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Texas - January, 2013

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• Texas Energy Agency Chief Advocates Keystone XL, Fracking
• Austin Council Rejects $90M Boutique Hotel Near Capitol
• 'Anonymous' Spokesman Deemed Competent For Trial
• Texas Court Says Nonprofit Falls Under Public Info Law
• Texas County Can't Avoid Suit After Waiving Immunity: Court
• RBC Can't Dodge Highland's $47M Suit Over Scrapped Deal
• Bell Helicopter Denied Sales Ban Bid In Trade Secrets Row
• Ex-BP NGL Trader Says He Was Fired To Allow Market Scheme
• Fed. Circ. Order May Lead To Speedier Transfer Rulings
• ConocoPhillips' Kazakh Venture Sale Marks Caspian Exit
• Legal Publisher's Ex-GC Says She Was Fired Over Her Age
• Surgery Center Says UnitedHealthcare Backed Out Of Payment
• Texas Sen. Cornyn Pushes For Public-Private Port Deals
• Ridgemont Equity Takes Partnership Stake In Unitex
• MBIA Sues Texas Sports Authority To Cover $1B In Bonds
• Mayer Brown Leads Sinochem In $1.7B Texas Shale Play Buy
• JP Morgan Investors Sell AllianceTexas Office Building
• Kinder Morgan Strikes $5B Deal For Copano Energy
• NLRB Lacked Quorum For DR Horton Ruling, 5th Circ. Told
• Wells Fargo Sues Babcock Fund Over $194M Loan
• Bracewell & Giuliani Brings Outsourcing Pro To Tech Group
• Texas Lawmaker Proposes Soda Tax To Fund Health Programs
• Texas Agency Gives Nod To Contentious Coal Mine
• Tenaska Signs On For 800-MW Natural Gas Plant In Texas
• Texas Gov. Calls For $3.7B To Fund Water, Road Projects
• Freescale Says Ex-Employee Took Trade Secrets To Rival
• Noble, Mariner Settle Williams' $25M Pipeline Damage Claim
• SEC Says Noble Execs Hid Nigerian Bribery From Auditors
• Indicted Texas DA Objects To Moving Racketeering Trial
• Bank Can't Skirt Oil Newsletter's Article-Sharing Claims
• Metal T-Shirts Rip Off 'Hook 'Em' Design, U. of Texas Says
• Texas Homeowners Get Another Shot At Beach Takings Claim
• TransCanada, Enviros Agree To Curb Keystone Protests
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• Strasburger Snags Jackson Walker Trade Pro In San Antonio
• US Can't Dodge Challenge To Deferred Deportation Plan
• Noble Energy To Top Off Corporate Campus With New Tower
• Texas Lawmakers Target Employment Bias Against Gays
• Heelys Investors OK $63M Go-Private Sale To Sequential
• Lincoln General Wins $16.5M In Auto Reinsurance Fight
• TiVo Can't Junk Motorola Claims In DVR Patent Fight
• Jackson Partners, Energy Co. MEG End Ownership Stake Row
• Mayer Brown Lands 2 Thompson & Knight Partners In Houston
• Ex-NFL Player Charged With Running $2M Ponzi Scheme
• Contractor Gets 30 Months For $1M Iraq Reconstruction Fraud
• Texas County Eyes Tax On Energy Transfer's $162M Gas Cache
• Dallas Dodges FCA Suit Over Blocked Housing Project
• Texas Bill Offers Tax Breaks For Defying Contraception Rule
• NRP Buys $310M Soda Ash Mining Interest From Anadarko
• 5th Circ. Snubs Challenge To Lothian Bankruptcy Deal
• Financial Backer Drops $3B Power Plant Amid Permit Row
• Novartis Faces Probe Over Trade With Iran
• Dynegy Escapes Ergon Gas Contract Suit In 5th Circ.
• Stanford Investors Told To Return Up To $220M In Profits
• Dallas' Inaction On Fracking Regs Driving Away Drillers
• 5th Circ. Says Petroleum Co. Owes $3.8M For Plant Explosion
• Chemical Cos. Settle Suit Over Pollution At Texas Site
• Texas' Former Top Energy Regulator Joins Patton Boggs
• Bankrupt ATP Seeks To Unload Its Deepwater Properties
• GoDaddy Hit With Privacy Suit Over 'Revenge Porn' Site
• Judge Denies Law Firm DQ In Army Subcontracting Row
• Judge Dents Claims That Verizon Overvalued $10B Spinoff
• Judge Pares UnitedHealth Class Claims Over Unpaid Bills
• Early Claim Construction Can Aid Multi-Defendant IP Suits
• Texas County Restarts RICO Suit Against Ex-Officials, Atty
• Morgan Keegan Attacks $1.3M FINRA Award In Bond Case
• Blackstone, Warburg Want Out Of Kosmos IPO Suit
• W&T Demands Coverage For $50M Hurricane Ike Claims
• Halliburton Says Ex-Worker Hid Drilling Method Patent
• American Capital Cheated PE Guru Out Of $45M, Suit Says
• Former Stanford CFO Gets 5 Years For Role In $7B Scam
• Jury Hands Toyota Win In Texas Seat-Defect Crash Suit
• Winstead Lands Cox Smith Energy Pro In San Antonio
• Dallas Criminal Defense Atty Admits To Money Laundering
• Cuban Says SEC Can't Prove His Trading Ran Afoul Of Law
• Houston Developer Gets 9 Years For Hurricane Ike Fraud
• Lawmaker Pushes Bill To Open Texas To Gov't Contract Suits
• Texas High Court To Mull Sales Tax Tagged To Gov't Services
• BakerHostetler Inks New Office Lease In Houston
• Insurers Lose Bid To Dodge Sabre Antitrust Claims In Texas
• Noble Can't Cut Conoco From Oil Cleanup Insurance Row
• Texas Rep. Wants Oil, Gas Taxes To Pay For Shale Play Roads
• 5th Circ. Backs BP Execs' Dismissal From Securities MDL
• Grocery Chain Beats Antitrust Suit Over Produce Restrictions
• Hobby Car Co. Sues Dallas Architects Over $32M Complex Plan
• Texas Firm Says It Was Stiffed By Energy Co. Investors
• Builder For Sandra Bullock Can't Revive Malpractice Suit
• Burger King Settles Claims It Axed Christian Worker Over Skirt
• J&J, Boston Scientific Escape Off-Label Marketing Suit
• Avison Young Acquires Houston Commercial Realty Broker
• T-Mobile Wireless Patent Suit Should Be Tossed, Judge Says
• Water Export Bans Hang In The Balance Of Red River Fight
• Houston Leaders Assail Drainage Fee As Discriminatory
• Texas Court Blocks Release Of Chiropractor Docs
• Enterprise's Texas Express Pipeline Clears Easement Hurdle
• Reed Smith Opens In Houston To Tap Energy Deal Market
• Ticketholder Sues NBA's Spurs For Benching Star Players
• CVS Caremark Unit, Texas To End Insurance Fraud FCA Suit
• Retired Texas Appellate Judge Joins Hankinson LLP
• Texas Grid Operator Should Up Capacity, Watchdog Says
• Greenberg Traurig Cleared In Suit Over Resort Project Advice
• Oppenheimer Sued For $1M Over Alleged Bad Client Advice
• Riverside Co. Grows Portfolio With Trucking Data Bolt-On
• Texas High Court Review Sought In Defamation Doc Fight
• S. Korean Investors Nab Weatherford's Houston HQ
• Noble, Mariner Take On $25M Pipeline-Damage Claim
• CORRECTED: Omega Looks To Sell Assets After Judge Halts Settlement
• Ex-Rangers Owner, JPMorgan Call Truce In Creditor Dispute
• Texas Court The Top Spot For Patent Cases Filed In 2012
• Texas Bill Would Expand Buyback Right After Eminent Domain
• Schlumberger Seeks To DQ Bracewell In Drilling IP Suit
• Kinder Morgan Drops $170M On Houston Terminal Expansions
• Gunn V. Minton Will Impact Future Patent Malpractice Cases
• Flowers Foods Puts Up $390M For Hostess Bread Biz
• Supreme Court To Hear Case Over Right To Remain Silent
• Ex-Rangers Owner Drops Brit Suit Over $476M Liverpool Sale
• Locke Lord Settles Storage Co.'s $45M Malpractice Suit
• Intervale Adds Aegis Chemical To Oil Field Services Portfolio
• Ex-Cowboy's Investing Partner Pleads Guilty To $40M Scam
• Foreign Lawyers Would Be A Boon For Texas: Task Force
• Texas Court Enforces Foreign 'Loser Pays' Judgment
• K&L Gates Dallas Office Lands Corporate, Litigation Pros
• Rees-Jones, Devon Energy Put $200M Investor Suits To Rest
• Kinder Morgan Pours $1.3B Into Pipeline As Shippers Sign On
• How Texas' Water Rights Case May Affect Oil And Gas Cos.
• Patton Boggs Faults Energy Execs In $1.3M Malpractice Suit
• ConocoPhillips Asks Texas Court To Ax Gas Royalties Claim
• Texas Lawmaker Requests $2B Fund To Pay For Water Projects
• Texas Bill Would Tighten Contractor Criteria For Builders
• Ex-ShopSavvy CEO Sues To Claim Severance Money
• Summit Drops $513M On Blackstone-Backed Midstream Co.
• Houston Boutique Law Firm Boosts 1st-Year Pay To $170,000
• Wilson Elser Boosts Texas Ranks With Powers & Frost Merger
• Jones Day Helps Rangeland Secure $200M Equity Commitment
• Black Elk Energy Hit With Derivative Suit Over Rig Accident
• 5th Circ. Revives Notification Claims Against BP, Transocean
• Texas Court Blasts TRO In T-Mobile-MetroPCS Merger Suit
• Court Weighs Reviving $1M Porter Hedges Malpractice Suit
• Google Invests $200M In 161-MW Texas Wind Project
• Coming Out From Icahn's Shadow, CVR To Relist As MLP
• Castex Settles Mirant Claims In $126M Mineral Deal Suit
• Texas High Court Mulls City's Immunity From Land-Option Suit
• Brit Gets 33 Months In Iran Missile Part Export Scheme
• Gardere Nabs Enviro Partner From Patton Boggs
• Investcorp Pays $120M For Houston, Chicago Office Parks
• Noteworthy Product Liability Decisions Of 2012: Part 1
• Expert-Report Deadline Debated In Texas Malpractice Case
• Baker Botts Attys May Take Stand In $126M Oil Lease Trial
• Thompson & Knight Can't Shake Malpractice Judgment
• Texas Takes Water Dispute With NM To Supreme Court
• Businessman Cops To $16M Forex Scam Against Christians
• Texas Court Eyes Toyota's Bid To Restore Win In Crash Suit
• Glimcher Pays $105M For Luxury Texas Shopping Center
• Thompson & Knight Aids EnCap's $100M Midstream Stake Deal
• Texas Police Chief Fired After Balking On Perjury, He Says
• Ex-Enron Execs Fined $1.175M Over Securities Fraud
• Texas Could Lead The Nanotech Revolution
• UnitedHealth Takes Reimbursement Fight To Supreme Court
• W Financial Group Exec Gets 10 Years For $17M Fraud
• FLSA Collective Action Filed Against Tenet Over Meal Breaks
• Novak Druce Absorbs IP Boutique To Break Into Boston
• Judge Lets Ex-Dukes Members Appeal Sex-Bias Dismissal
• Breach Of Trial Agreement Cost EP Energy $21M Verdict: Suit
• BP Says Pension Funds' Stock Loss Claims Belong In UK
• Oceaneering Says Insurer Owes It $2M For Chevron Rig Repair
• Adaptix Sues Apple, AT&T Over Data Encoding IP
• Coca-Cola Kills Mexican Musician's Song Copyright Suit
• 5th Circ.: Medical Administrator Liable for Wrongful Denial
• Texas High Court Likely To Boost Medical Malpractice Reform
• Texas Firms' Newly Sleek Offices Take Cues From Tech Startups
• Goldgroup Slapped With $14M Suit Over Mexico Gold Mine
• PE Firm Wants $35M From Capital Adviser For Bad Books
• High Court To Hear Texas-Okla. Water Compact Battle
• K&L Gates Sued For Malpractice Over $5M Ethanol Co. Deal
• Pfizer, Endo Pay $50M To Settle Drug Price Inflation Claims
• Jackson Walker Reps NuStar In $115M Texas Refinery Sale
• EEOC, DOL Defend 2-Step FLSA Cert. Process
• Nike Sued Over 'FuelBand' Bracelet Data Technology
• Junior Lenders Object To Proposed Omega Settlement Deals
• CEOs Must Pay Up Under SOX — Regardless Of Fault
• Texas To Take Up Employer Access To Social Media Passwords
• Texas Court Says Illegal Workers Can Recover Lost Wages
• Fugitive Texas Lawyer Surrenders In $9M Embezzlement Case
• Be Careful What You (Don't) Ask For Before Sentencing
• Sidley Austin Seals Deal On New Houston Headquarters
• Texas-Based Beirne Maynard Moves Into La. With Merger
• 5th Circ. Lets Chubb Off Hook In $20M Diet Aid Coverage Row
• Atty Excluded Ex-Clients From $11M Toxic Wood Deal: Suit
• Forest Oil Pockets $325M In Sale Of South Texas Gas Assets
• Lack Of Lawyer Sinks Marketing Co.'s Vegas Casino Suit
• Court Keeps $7.5M Insurance Ruling In Spite Of Dissent
• Morgan Lewis Adds White Collar Whiz From Baker & McKenzie
• Release Bars $4M Award In Energy JV, Texas Court Says
• Mayer Brown Lands Banking, Finance Veteran In Houston
• Firm Dodges $2M Malpractice Claim Over Botched RE Deal
• German Distributor Pays $125M For Houston Chemical Co.
• Weil Gotshal Extends Dallas Office Lease To 2028
• Judge OKs Funding Cuts To Texas Planned Parenthood Clinics
• Texas Regulation And Legislation To Watch In 2013
• Texas Cases To Watch In 2013
• Law360 Selects Top Practice Groups Of The Year