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Texas - March, 2013

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• Verizon Retirees Clinch Class Status In ERISA Suit
• Vitro Takes Nondebtor Release Ban To Supreme Court
• Samsung Faces $29M Royalty Demand In Photo Patent Trial
• Texas Businessman Gets 15 Years For Biodiesel Scam
• EEOC Wins 5th Circ. Rehearing In Same-Sex Harassment Suit
• 5th Circ. Says Bankruptcy Court Erred In Nixing WARN Act Suit
• Texas High Court Limits Repair Agreement Implied Warranty
• Miami Heat Fan Drops Suit Against Spurs Over Rested Stars
• Texas Justices Will Hear $66.5M Gas Field Contract Row
• Texas High Court Allows Takings Claim Over Buyback Right
• Stanford Investors Go To Bat For $300M SEC, Antiguan Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, Billabong, Lenovo
• Quicksilver Rakes In $485M With Barnett Shale Asset Sale
• Texas Lawyer Sued Over Mongolian Business Deal Gone Bust
• Robbins, Edison Can't Reap Fees From Merger Settlement
• Texas Attorney Stole Pfizer Settlement, Ex-Clients Say
• RBC Asks Court To Ax $21M Verdict In Failed Trade Suit
• Proskauer, Hunton, Chadbourne Attack Antiguan Stanford Deal
• 5th Circ. Ruling Clarifies Supreme Court's Till Decision
• TWIA Firm Nixed Over Phantom Conflict, Appeals Court Told
• Texas Condo Owners Hit Metals USA With Defective Roofs Suit
• Baker Botts Wins $5.2M In Asarco Bankruptcy Fee Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain Capital, Dell, BayernLB
• Texas Panel Urged To Greenlight Energy Commission Reforms
• Hosting Co. Rackspace Beats Uniloc's Computing Patent Suit
• NFL Commish Avoids Deposition In Super Bowl Ticket Suit
• Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven Face Class Action Over Prepaid Cards
• Ridgemont, Post Oak Commit $100M To Titan River Energy
• EPA Says Sierra Club's CAA Claim Fails After DC Circ. Ruling
• SEC Trims Nigerian Bribery Suit Against Noble Execs
• Landry's Targets Rival, Ex-Manager In Noncompete Suit
• Harvest Sued Over Scuttled $725M Venezuelan Asset Deal
• Crown Royal Maker Sues Over 'Crown Club' Whiskey
• National Union Off Hook In $49M Carbon Black Row: 5th Circ.
• Apple Can't Kick Patent Suit Over Smartphone Sensors
• Wind Makes A Texas Comeback, But Market Remains Rough
• 5th Circ. Blocks Water Permit Ban Following Bird Deaths
• Texas Agency Eases Frack Water Reuse Amid Power Struggle
• Greenberg Traurig Says Stanford Deal Imperils Law Firms
• Bristow Wins $2.4B Deal To Run UK Search And Rescue Ops
• Chief Judges Agree To Delay Google Patent Case Transfer
• Perkins Coie Expands Dallas Office With 5 New Attys
• Forum Selection Clauses In The Intra-Corporate Litigation Era
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hulu, NEC Corp., Exxon
• Texas Rep.'s Public Beach Bills Aim To Sidestep State Justices
• Halliburton Denied Texas Venue In $300M Fracking Secrets Suit
• Appeals Court Junks Malpractice Suit Over Work-Injury Case
• Texas Officials Lose Open Meetings Act Fight In High Court
• Bank Law Group Backs Trustmark In Stanford Clawback Row
• 8 Houston Attys Accused Of Chiropractor Kickback Scheme
• Jury Nixes Oasis Web Data Patents In Row With EMC
• Argon Pays $363M For Angiotech's Device Business
• Apple, AT&T Strike Deal With Patent Co. In Smartphone IP Row
• Baker Botts Picks Up 2 DLA Piper Energy Pros In Houston
• McKool Smith Adds Appellate Specialist From Gibson Dunn
• Frito-Lay Can't Dodge Gender Bias Probe, DOL Says
• Cisco Continued Infringement After $95M Verdict, SynQor Says
• Dell Dealings Heat Up With Offers From Blackstone, Icahn
• Sabre Keeps Flight Ticketing Pleadings Under Wraps
• Central Bancorp Owes $21M Over Fraud 'Frenzy,' Judge Told
• BP Can't Collect Coverage For Land Trespass Suit
• Texas Accused Of Ignoring Water Rights In High Court Case
• Carlyle JV Scoops Up Massive Mixed-Use Complex In Houston
• US Beats Enviro Challenge Over Turtle Habitat Designation
• Highland Can't Remove Special Master In Fight With Exec
• Austin Enviro Zoning Vote Delayed As Attys Lock Horns
• Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Baker Botts Securities Pro In Houston
• Ins And Outs Of Nonparty Discovery In Texas Arbitration
• Jackson Walker To Appeal Jury's $4.5M Malpractice Verdict
• Refinery Workers Must Arbitrate FLSA Suit, Judge Rules
• Dallas Panel Denies Permits To Allow Fracking On City Land
• 5th Circ. Asked To Nix Water Permit Ban Following Bird Deaths
• Firm Can't Dodge Malpractice Suit Over Botched Patent
• Porter Hedges Dodges $1M Suit Over Client Conflict
• Energy Transfer Pays Partner $3.75B For Sunoco Holding Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, KKR, RBS
• AT&T Hit With $28M Verdict For Streaming IP Violations
• IP Co. Blames Loss On Mediator's Link To Fish & Richardson
• 5th Circ. Sides With La. Monks In Casket Cartel Action
• Soccer Pro's Suit Says Nike Logo A Flimsy Excuse For Firing
• Fraudster In $60M British Telecom Scheme Gets 7 Years
• Samsung Hits Back At Ericsson In Patent Licensing Battle
• Clearwire Investor Hires Proxy Co. To Fight $2B Sprint Buy
• Cuban Slams SEC's 'Hollywood' Remark In Inside Trading Suit
• Energy Future Owes $725M After $43B Buyout, Fund Says
• Texas Landowner Seeks To Halt $2.4B Water Pipeline
• Weatherford Says JV Partner Stole Well-Monitoring Technology
• Associates Make Bank As BigLaw Descends On Texas
• Memorial Drops $200M In Texas, La. Oil Property Buy
• Omni Nabs $250M Prudential Loan For Hotel Trio
• Sidley Austin Adds Vinson & Elkins Tax, PE Pro In Houston
• Sanchez Energy To Pay $265M For Hess' Eagle Ford Assets
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, Gazprom, Deutsche Telekom
• Bass Pro Can't Shake EEOC's Race Discrimination Suit
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• National Oilwell Can't Arbitrate Supply Contract Row: Judge
• Highland Wants To Boot Discovery Ref In Fight With Ex-Exec
• 33-Story Dallas Building Eyed For Sale Amid Makeover
• Officials Must Reveal Gov't Contracts, Texas Legislator Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Marks & Spencer, Liberty Media, CPPIB
• McKesson-Affiliated Cancer Centers Hit With FCA Suit
• Texas Lawmaker Wants To Clamp Down On Lawsuit Lenders
• Insurer Off Hook For $20M Verdict In Car Wash Contract Suit
• Texas Lawmakers Want Payday Lenders To Unveil Backers
• Texas Enviro Boutique Lands Fulbright Pro In Austin
• Homeowners Have No Right To FEMA Funds, Judge Says
• Del Frisco's Founder Says PE Firm Owes Her Benefits, Stock
• Texas Fights Ban On Water Permits Following Bird Deaths
• Texas Admin Hearing Agency Floats Updated Evidence Rules
• For Keystone, Large Hurdles Lurk Beyond Gov't Approval
• Buccaneer Strikes Back With $30M Claim Over Failed Oil JV
• Texas Senate OKs Bill Requiring Deductibles To Be Clear
• Texas Firm Beats Fraud Suit For Keeping Mum On Noncompete
• Reed & Scardino Lands IP Litigation Pro In Austin
• Deals Rumor Mill: IBM, GE, Forstmann Little
• Rosetta Puts Up $768M For Comstock's Permian Assets
• Jury Clears Cisco In VirnetX's $258M Infringement Suit
• CenterPoint Forms $11B Gas Venture With OGE, ArcLight
• Special Prosecutor To Take On Dallas DA's Contempt Case
• Texas Atty Seeks Reversal Of Bribery Conviction
• Personal Injury Firm Can't Arbitrate Fee Row: Texas Court
• Former DA Avoids Indictment Over Breathalyzer Jury Probe
• Fed. Court Can't Hear Baker Botts IP Malpractice Suit: Axcess
• $1.5B MetroPCS, T-Mobile Deal 'Grossly Unfair,' Investor Says
• Amid Drought, Texas Panel Approves $2B For Water Projects
• Carnival Knew 'Poop Cruise' Ship Had Problems, Suit Says
• Criminal Probe Drives Deepwater Atty From Plaintiffs Team
• Wacthell Guides Ameren's $825M Coal Plant Sale To Dynegy
• Schwab Says Ex-Advisers Diverted $47M In Accounts To Rival
• Texas Bill Would Boost Oversight Of Life Settlement Market
• Texas Lawmakers Weigh Mineral Rights Pooling Bill
• American Airlines Settles Antitrust Feud With Travelport
• 5th Circ. Won't Scrap 2-Step FLSA Class Cert. Process
• 5th Circ. Reverses Total, Statoil Win In $3.5M Royalty Row
• Texas Lawmaker Aims To Curb Vexatious Litigants
• Travel Cos. Could Owe $55M In Hotel Taxes Class Action
• Texas Jury Slaps RBC With $21.5M Verdict Over Failed Trade
• Texas Lawmakers Rip Bill To Shorten Insurance Claim Limits
• El Paso Fraudster Gets Hearing Over Kickback Forfeiture
• RBC Asks Jury To Let It Off The Hook For Failed $45M Trade
• Texas Bill Would Let Chiropractors Make Diagnoses
• Fulbright Reps Advanced Micro In $164M Sale-Leaseback Deal
• Enterprise To Build 270-Mile Gulf Coast Pipeline
• Oil Co. Asks Texas High Court To Save $12M Contract Award
• Baker Botts Targets Federal IP Malpractice Suit After Gunn
• Texas Water Permits Blocked Over Endangered Bird Deaths
• Supreme Court Hearing Sought For Katrina Levee Breach Case
• MetroPCS Urges Investors To OK $1.5B T-Mobile Merger
• 5th Circ. Nixes Parker Drilling Investor's FCPA Suit
• Hyatt Puts Up $85M For Austin's Driskill Hotel
• 'Knockoff' Blood Clot Product Still On Market: Supplement Co.
• Tenet Says Agreement Voids Ex-Nurse's Meal Break Suit
• NFL Moves For Sanctions In Super Bowl Ticket Dispute
• Texas Lawmakers Propose Limits On Pipeline Land Grab
• High Court Asked To Hear Generic Reglan Design Defect Suit
• Texas Bill Would Protect Workers Who Report Discrimination
• Fisher & Phillips Opens 3rd Texas Office In San Antonio
• Texas Lawmaker Eyes Expedited Enviro Permit Program
• TPG Capital's $880M Bid Wins Over Aussie Poultry Giant
• Texas Rep. Aims To Speed Up Civil Appeals Process
• Orix's Unfit-Judge Claim Falls Flat At Texas High Court
• Texas Attorney Admits To Tax Fraud That Cost US $2M
• Texas Lawmakers Divided On Medicaid Expansion
• $135M ATP Royalty Deals Off-Limits From Creditors, Suits Say
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Halt Suit Over $7B Stanford Ponzi
• 5th Circ. Stirs The Artificial Impairment Pot
• Texas High Court Nixes $1.5B Power Plant Cost Recovery Row
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Ex-GameStop VP Gets 4 Years In Prison For Mail Fraud
• Texas High Court Revives Developer's Floodplain Project Suit
• Appeals Court Won't Let Texas County Duck Flooding Claims
• FTC Targets Marketing Cos., Sites Over Gift Card Text Scam
• Dallas DA Held In Contempt After Refusing To Testify
• Texas PUC Likely Won't Take Up Energy Shortage Until Fall
• FERC Begins Vetting Excelerate's LNG Export Facility Plan
• Whistleblower Can Pursue FCA Suit Over Vascular Treatments
• K&L Gates Snags Sutherland Pair To Boost LNG Presence
• Rosneft Scores Stake In Exxon's Gulf Of Mexico Ops
• DOE Deputy Pushes Green Energy, Tech Investment
• Sony, Dell Patent Suit Stayed For Inter Partes Review
• Epstein Becker Malpractice Suit Debated At Appeals Court
• Texas Chief Justice Urges Lawmakers To Modernize Courts
• Texas Keystone Appeal Could Force Eminent Domain Delays
• Haynes And Boone Boosts Brazilian Practice With Co-Op Deal
• Rules To Ease Frack Fluid Recycling Near: Texas Regulator
• Energy Cos. Will Form Joint Venture To Develop NGL Pipeline
• 5th Circ. Upholds Block On Blood Clot Supplement 'Knockoff'
• Wick Phillips Lands Ex-McKool Smith Litigation, IP Whiz
• Texas Judge Tempers T-Mobile Win In Realtime Patent Row
• 5th Circ. Backs Playboy In Licensing Feud With Distributor
• Energy Execs Push For Modernized Infrastructure Regs
• SEC's Insider Trading Case Against Cuban No Slam Dunk
• Texas Doctors Groups Pay $2.3M To Settle FCA Suit
• VirnetX Patent Trial Against Cisco Gets Under Way In Texas
• Linn's Tax Work-Around In $4B Berry Buy Could Catch On
• Fracking Cos. Face Explosion Of State Water Regs, Panel Says
• Highland Capital Targets RBC For $47M Over Failed Deal
• Anadarko Nets $860M In Gulf Of Mexico Oilfield Stake Sale
• Canada Pension Plan Strikes $606M Deal For Food Portfolio
• Texas Ranch Seeks High Court Review Of $70M Takings Claim
• Mark Cuban Can't Shake SEC's Insider Trading Case
• Dell Showcasing PC Woes To Justify $24B Bargain: Investor
• Hotel Zaza Project Highlights Hole In Austin Code
• Bowlz Chips Don't Dip Into Frito-Lay's Patents, Jury Says
• BP's 5th Circ. Win Heats Up $750M Transocean Coverage Row
• Texas Lawmaker Seeks Adoption Of Uniform Trade Secrets Act
• Ocwen Unit Targeted In FCA Probe Over Mortgage Program
• Vitro Ends Creditor Feud With $235M Bond Deal
• White Deer Closes $1.38B Energy Fund
• Texas City Can't Skirt Suit Over $250M Project, Developer Says
• A Victory For State-Action Doctrine Critics
• BP Can Tap $750M Transocean Insurance, 5th Circ. Says
• Liberty Mutual Sues Contractors Over $50M In Bond Losses
• Texas Lawmakers Want TCEQ Permit Process To Emulate EPA
• Texas Bill Curbing Paycheck PAC Funding Draws Unions' Ire
• Dallas Jury Awards $49M In Corporate Jet Dispute
• Keystone Won't Affect Oil Development, Demand: State Dept.
• Texas Atty Commits Suicide After 5th Circ. Denial
• 5th Circ. Won't Enforce NLRB Arkema Union Election Ruing
• Pilgrim's Pride Exposed Workers, Families To Staph: Suit
• Paulson Opposes 'Unfair' $1.5B MetroPCS, T-Mobile Merger
• Samsung Still Infringing Antenna Patents, Fractus Says
• Strategy Savvy From Strategic Growth's Mile High Bank Buy