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Texas - February, 2013

183 articles

• 5th Circ. Backs Continental Win Over Late Direct-Action Claim
• TCEQ Asks Texas High Court Not To Expand Permit Hearings
• Texas Atty Convicted In Judicial Bribery Scheme
• Texas Appeals Court Sends BP Gas Delivery Suit To Arbitration
• Austin Delays Vote On Proposed Development Code Change
• Camp Bowie Empowers Debtors In Ch. 11 Confirmation
• Texas Atty Indicted Over Alleged $32M Laundering Scheme
• Texas Appeals Court Nixes $10M Award Against Fen-Phen Atty
• Texas Bill Would Let Suits Be Served Via Facebook, Twitter
• TPG Sells Off Flagging Clothing Chain
• Texas Bill Would Give Cities Power To Regulate LNG
• Locke Lord Guides Regency's $1.5B Permian Basin Assets Buy
• A Texas Template For Safely Armed Teachers
• Texas Sen. Moves To Phase Out Homeowner Insurance Pools
• Mississippi's $1M Damages Cap Is Legal, 5th Circ. Rules
• Philips 'Bullied' Bayco For LED Patent Royalties, Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Enforces Arbitration Deal Despite Rights Clause
• Texas High Court Weighs Construction Insurance Exclusion
• Apple, LG, AT&T Sued Over Smartphone Patents
• Allstate Opens Fraud Trial Against Chiropractor Network
• Apple Can't Dodge $368M FaceTime Infringement Verdict
• Beirne Maynard Adds Former Texas Judge To Appellate Team
• Houston American Beats Investor Suit Over Exec Bonuses
• Texas Bill Would Shift Oversight Of Water Rates
• AmerisourceBergen Faces FCA Suit Over Kickback Scheme
• Investor Barred From Taking Ex-Biz Partner's Oil Cos.
• Texas High Court Weighs At-Will Employees' Right To Sue
• Japan Auto Parts Co. Dropped From Toyota Acceleration Suits
• Texas High Court Eyes Limits Of Shareholder Oppression Suits
• Endurance Doesn't Owe Defense In Pollution Control Suit
• Reed Smith Says Howdy To Houston With 12-Partner Office
• Exec Who Took Chemical Co. Clients Hit With $725K Verdict
• Shine Might Be Off Alt Fee Arrangements, GC Survey Shows
• Expedia, Others Can Shield Antitrust Docs In Booking MDL
• Travelocity Beats $20M Patent Suit For Hotel Search Display
• Texas Dodges Sales-Tax Refunds For Rebated Office Goods
• K&L Gates Sued Over Failed Chesapeake Investment
• Common Insurance Problems For Foreclosing Mortgagees
• AZZ Plunks Down $250M For Energy-Sector Repair Unit
• NLRB Tells 5th Circ. Becker's Validity Not An Issue In DR Horton
• Noble Execs Say SEC's Nigerian Bribery Claims Are Too Late
• High Court Won't Weigh UnitedHealth ERISA Preemption Case
• Sotomayor Blasts Texas Prosecutor's Race-Tinged Remark
• Ch. 15 — Still Coming Of Age
• Texas High Court Could Complicate Water Permitting Fights
• Texas High Court Nixes Public Workers' Whistleblower Suits
• LNG Import Facility Loses Approval Amid Fracking Boom
• Magellan Commits $190M For 800 Miles Of Pipeline
• Vinson & Elkins Won't Be Booted From Galderma IP Suit
• Texas High Court Lets Oil Royalty Class Cert. Bid Proceed
• Mid-Continent Win In Katrina Spill Fight Upheld By 5th Circ.
• Wal-Mart Picks Up Retail Center In Hot Texas Market
• Texas High Court Case May Expand Duties Of Corporate Brass
• Travelport, American Duel Over Conspiracy Claim Deadlines
• Court Resists Altering $106M Verdict In Energy Patent Row
• Kinder Morgan, Mercuria To Build Texas Crude-By-Rail Facility
• El Paso Wins Appeal Over Strip Club Ordinance
• Texas House OKs $4.8B Bill To Plug Medicaid Funding Gap
• Texas Lawmaker Aims To Expand Property Rights Protections
• Dell Hits Philips, Others With Cathode Ray Cartel Suit
• Latham Reps Linn Energy In $4.3B Deal For Berry Petroleum
• Bond Seller Tied To $52M Ponzi Scheme Enters Plea Deal
• Texas Lawmakers Deny Request To Raise Judges' Pay
• Texas AG Endorses Bills Requiring Secret Ballots For Unions
• ATP Rebuffs Creditors' Liquidation, Trustee Demands
• IP Malpractice Suits Belong In State Court, Justices Rule
• US Can Collect From Bankrupt Contractors, 5th Circ. Finds
• Texas Agency Loosens Proposed Fracking Rules
• High Court Won't Touch Zach Scruggs' Misprision Conviction
• TSYS Inks $1.4B Deal To Buy NetSpend
• Texas Lawmaker Wants Private Projects Banned Near Capitol
• Texas Court To Eye Kia's Compliance Claim In Airbag Case
• Justices Won't Review Ex-Army Officer's Bribery Indictment
• Texas Lawmaker Wants To Clear Stalled Asbestos Cases
• 3 Sentenced In $100M El Paso Health Plan Kickback Case
• Mercedes, Others Must Pay $136M In Dealership Fraud Suit
• Ch. 7 Trustee Sues Ex-Conex Execs Over $246M Buyout
• Supreme Court Refuses To Hear $7.4M Ford Defect Appeal
• Gruber Hurst Snags Bell Nunnally Bankruptcy Expert
• Texas High Court OKs Pared Medical Liability Reports
• Morgan Lewis Beats Texas Tax Shelter Conspiracy Claims
• Contractor's Overrun Suit To Get Texas High Court Review
• Texas High Court Takes Up Mesothelioma Causation Case
• Austin Council Gives Early Nod To Hotel Zaza Project
• Parker Drilling Faces $16M Charge To Resolve FCPA Probe
• Texas High Court Crushes Houston Air-Quality Ordinance
• GCs Name 43 Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Skadden Reps Sage Group In Asset Sales Worth $145M
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• Pipeline Co. Says Surveyor Gave Rival Secret Route Info
• Dynex Must Pay $27M For Breaching Development Loan Deal
• Texas Bill Looks To Simplify Procedures Of Agency Hearings
• 3rd-Party Litigation Funding Regs Proposed In Texas
• 5th Circ. OKs Ecuador's Discovery Bid In $19B Chevron Row
• Oxford University Sues Shore Chan Over Emerson Patent Row
• Hicks Thomas Enters Dallas By Bringing On Litigation Pro
• Dell Tells Investors CEO's Buyout Is By The Book
• Ex-Stanford Execs Get 20 Years For Roles In $7B Scheme
• Kia Hit With 4 Patent Suits Over Vehicle Monitoring Systems
• Texas High Court Fails To Clean Up Law of Negligence
• Crown Royal Maker Sues Rival Over Poison Whiskey Ad
• Texas, 7 Other States Join Challenge To Dodd-Frank
• Upsher, Forest Ink $11M Drug Price Inflation Settlement
• Morgan Lewis Says Tax Shelter Conspiracy Claims Too Late
• Provident Execs Plead Guilty In $485M Oil Investment Ponzi
• TPG-Backed UK Clothing Chain To Unwind After Dismal Sales
• Unsigned Orbitz Deal Can't Ground American's Antitrust Row
• Pipeline Group Calls FERC's Gas Sale Reporting Rule 'Unwise'
• 7 Resolutions For Legal Industry Marketing In 2013
• Mary Kay Says Michael Kors Broke 'MK' Trademark Pact
• Pemex's Suit Over $300M Cartel Gas Theft Trimmed
• Texas Bill Would Allow Privacy Suits Over 'Smart' Utility Meters
• T-Mobile Didn't Infringe Data Compression Patents, Jury Says
• Winston Nabs Porter Hedges Corporate Transaction Pros
• Orbitz Urges Enforcement Of American Airlines Antitrust Deal
• Tetra Unit Settles $60M Hurricane Damage Insurance Row
• CVS Can't Arbitrate Patient Info Dispute, 5th Circ. Says
• BP, Freeport Strike 20-Year LNG Export Deal
• Flexible Flyer Workers' WARN Act Suit Crashes In 5th Circ.
• Anadarko Tells 5th Circ. Williams Owes $9M In Oil Deal
• Texas Bill Floats Public Financing For Judicial Elections
• ATP Creditors Demand Trustee Or Liquidation
• Dow Shakes $2.6M Verdict In Asbestos Death Case
• Banks Ask 5th Circ. To Revive Heartland Data Breach Claims
• Fairfield Nabs 595-Unit Luxury Housing Complex In Houston
• Apple, Others Hit With Greeting Card Patent Claims
• Jones Day Renews Lease In Dallas' Harwood District
• Vinson & Elkins Reps CapStreet In Energy Servicer MBO
• Ex-Mayor Again Pleads Not Guilty In $100M Kickback Case
• K&L Gates Launches In Houston With Fulbright Securities Pro
• Sensitivity To Smell Not A Disability, 5th Circ. Rules
• TCEQ Wants To Streamline Oil, Gas Emissions Approval
• No Space For Partner Egos In Law Firm Of The Future
• Worker Fired For Refusing To Infringe Copyright, Court Says
• Schlumberger Stops Ex-Engineer From Taking Halliburton Job
• Texas Atty Groups Want Expedited Trials Made Voluntary
• Allstate, Others Blame Texas Electric Co-Op For Wildfire
• Job Training Co. Ripped Off Military Spouses, Suit Claims
• Texas High Court Won't Pick Up Chesapeake Lease Appeal
• Cousins Pays $233M For Houston Office Complex
• Winstead Victory In Texas Tax Ruling Good News For Firms
• Fine Print Puts Lance Armstrong In The Lead Against Insurer
• Insurer Targets Armstrong's Doping Denials In $12M Suit
• Texas Rep. Backs Medicaid Expansion, Insurance Exchange
• Provident Trustee Settles Creditor Suit Over Broker Fees
• Property Insurance Reform Bill Clears Texas Senate Panel
• Hospital Not Owed $21M For Writedown, CMS Tells 5th Circ.
• Crain Caton Settles Malpractice Suit Over Bad $4.5M Loan
• Former Carrington Coleman Partner Joins Hankinson In Dallas
• Civil Rights Group Wants Judge To Quit Over Racist Remarks
• Texas Fair-Pay Proposal Ups Ante In Discrimination Suits
• Ex-BakerHostetler Atty's Hubby Traded On Pillow Talk: SEC
• Lance Armstrong Faces Insurer Suit Over $12M Bonus Fraud
• Wells Fargo Slams Lax FLSA Class Standards In 5th Circ.
• Patient Data Suit Must Be Arbitrated, CVS Tells 5th Circ.
• Google's Chrome Violates Anti-Malware Patents, Suit Says
• Texas High Court Asked To Set Award In Malpractice Case
• Copano Investor Targets $5B Kinder Morgan Merger
• Texas Must Recalculate Medicaid Rate, State High Court Told
• Former Sen. Hutchison Joins Bracewell As Senior Counsel
• Texas Bill Would Start Complaint Clock At Each Paycheck
• NLRB Class Waiver Ban Comes Before 5th Circ.
• Farmers Insurance Hit With Class Action Over Skimpy Payouts
• Morgan Lewis Lands Vinson & Elkins Environmental Vet
• Texas High Court Eyes Deadline For Medical Expert Reports
• Patton Boggs Lands Former US Attorney In Dallas
• Texas School Finance Ruling May Prompt Tax Reform
• Life Partners Investors Unlikely To Win Class Cert.: Judge
• Houston Atty Sued Over Role In $60M Reverse Merger
• Texas Lawmaker Latest To Float Drone Privacy Bill
• U Of Texas Hospital System Loses $11M FICA Tax Fight
• Texas Speedy Trial Rule Shafts Defendants, Groups Say
• Jenner & Block Sued By NPE Over 'Unconscionable' Contract
• Ogletree Adds Ex-Fulbright Immigration Pro To Austin Office
• Lubbock Advances Texland Petroleum's Fracking Plan
• Winstead Nabs Former Lloyd Gosselink Environmental Partner
• Chevron Says BP, Exxon Seized $13M In Oil Over Pipeline Fee
• Thompson & Knight Aids EnCap On $5B Fund Closing
• Texas High Court Takes Up Fight Over Water Permits
• Insurer Must Partially Cover Failed La. Project, 5th Circ. Says
• Houston Can't Dodge $5M Suit Over Unpaid Software Bill
• 5th Circ. Poised To Weigh NLRB Class Waiver Ban
• Chadbourne, Proskauer Targeted Over $7B Stanford Fraud