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Texas - May, 2013

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• Second-Tier Firms Hire Up As BigLaw Sheds Work
• FCPA Powerhouse: Debevoise
• Texas High Court Axes Modified Insurance Contract Ruling
• Chinese Drywall Maker Challenges Fla. Case In 5th Circ.
• OPTi Wins $2.1M Jury Award In 'Pre-Snoop' Patent Suit
• Enterprise Fights ETP's $1B Claim Over Pipeline Deal
• 5th Circ. Win Primes EEOC For Pregnancy Bias Battles
• ATP Sale Shirks $153M In Enviro Liability, Anadarko Says
• Volunteer Firefighter Isn't An Employee, 5th Circ. Says
• Bracewell Can Rep Schlumberger Rival In Drilling IP Row
• Drone Privacy Bill Lands On Texas Governor's Desk
• Title VII Bars Breast-Feeding Discrimination, 5th Circ. Says
• Dell Sets Vote On $24B Buyout, Begins Persuasion Campaign
• Digging Deeper Into Deepwater Horizon
• Time Warner Ducks Rebroadcasting Injunction In 5th Circ.
• ArthroCare Exec Pleads Not Guilty In $400M Fraud Scheme
• Valerus Wants Ex-Exec's Stock Redemption Row Arbitrated
• Texas Firms' Fees Slashed $1.4M In 'Nightmare' Tech Case
• Dell Investors Sue Over CEO Proxy Statements In $24B Buyout
• Investors Awarded $26M Over Failed Vegas Casino Venture
• FCPA Powerhouse: Davis Polk
• O'Donnell Ferebee Sued Over Fee-Splitting Agreement
• Texas Email Privacy Bill Could Prod States, Feds
• Crain Caton Says Insurers Owe Defense Costs In Trust Dispute
• Dykema Lands 2 From Curran Tomko For White Collar Group
• Bankrupt K-V Settles Texas Medicaid Fraud Suit For $3M Claim
• AT&T Owes $30M For Research On T-Mobile Deal, Court Hears
• Cheniere Closes $5.9B Financing For Sabine Pass LNG Project
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• ArthroCare Exec Wants Conspirators' Names In $400M Fraud
• Mitsubishi Can't Knock Out $170M Wind Patent Judgment
• Shearman Aids Funeral Co. SCI On $1.4B Deal For Rival
• FCPA Powerhouse: Crowell & Moring
• Texas Pipeline Industry Faces New Eminent Domain Hurdles
• How They Won It: O'Melveny Debunks Hitachi TV Patent Claims
• Former Texas DA Convicted For Role In Bribery Scheme
• Indicted Texas Judge Rips Suit Seeking His Ouster
• Yelp, Groupon Hit In Latest Round Of Marketer's IP Blitz
• Supreme Court Says Bad Counsel Can Excuse Claim Default
• Nintendo Can't Escape Wii Controller Patent Case
• Wi-LAN Strikes Licensing Deal With Dell To End IP Suit
• FCPA Powerhouse: Cahill Gordon & Reindel
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rosneft, KKR, TPG Capital
• Texas Lawmakers Pass Bill Blocking Medicaid Expansion
• The Ethical Neutral: What Must Be Disclosed In Mediation
• Primcogent Files Ch. 11 In Feud With Fat-Zapping Laser Maker
• Oil Rig Makers Can't Duck Suit By Nixing Exhaust Patent
• JPML Head Judge Explains Why Panel Is More Picky
• Monopoly Claims Cut In Suit Over AQHA Horse-Cloning Ban
• Ch. 7 Trustee Can't Stall His Removal Over Improper Billing
• Highland Beats Investor Claims Over Leveraged Hedge Fund
• Indicted Texas Judge Suspended Without Pay
• Texas High Court Lets Foreign 'Loser Pays' Judgment Stand
• Law360 Names 10 FCPA Powerhouse Firms
• Houston Pension Rules Can't Be Reviewed: Appeals Court
• El Paso Domestic Partner Benefits Get Texas Court's OK
• NGL Pipeline Co. Loses Bid To Access Private Land
• SEC Files $1.7M Insider Trading Suit Against Cushing Broker
• Fish Can't Duck Fraud Suit Over $28M Award, Texas Court Told
• Air Force Base Bribery Schemers Get Prison Time
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Keystone XL Land Grab
• Terrafina Buys $600M Mexican Portfolio From Kimco JV
• Texas House Strongly Backs Unemployment Drug Testing Bill
• Texas Senate Narrowly Approves Equal-Pay Bill
• WWE's Online Store Infringes Data Patents, Suit Says
• Texas Judge Indicted On Abuse Of Office Charges
• Texas Lawmakers Advance Business Tax Cut Bill
• Bank Software Developer Faces Suit Over Trade Secret Theft
• Samsung, Xerox Among Cos. Caught In Monitoring Patent Blitz
• Texas Senate Clears Bill Allowing Contractors To Sue State
• Haynes And Boone Adds Veteran Patent Expert In Austin
• Patent Attys' USPTO Applications Protected By Fair Use
• Ex-Texas High Court Clerk Nets Jail Time For Lifting Funds
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Saks, Sony
• Marine Services Co. Hit With Human Trafficking Suits
• Texas Beach Access Bill Clears State Legislature
• Texas Bill Curbing Suits Over Ex-Offender Hiring Reaches Gov.
• Texas Passes Water Finance Plan, But Still Needs $2B Funding
• Thompson & Knight Dodges $2.5M Shareholder Fraud Appeal
• BP, La. Fend Off Deepwater Berm Claims In 5th Circ.
• Samsung Seeks Reversal Of $15M Verdict In Patent Row
• 5th Circ. Upholds Texas' Under-21 Concealed Gun Ban
• Akin Gump Aids Laredo On $438M Asset Sale To EnerVest
• Michaels Fights To Avoid Legal Fees In $550M Wyly Fraud
• Dallas Brokerage Fends Off RICO Claim For Trade Fees
• Real Estate Co. Accuses Adviser Of $32M Financing Fraud
• Exxon Can't Nix Ex-VP's $5M In Stock, Texas Justices Told
• BMC Investor Sues To Block $7B Sale To Bain, Golden Gate
• Texas Sens. Vote To Expand Pipeline Regulator's Reach
• Baker Botts Lands Employee Benefits, Tax Pro In Dallas
• Transocean Seeks Delay Of Spill Doc Deadline Amid Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Freeport-McMoRan, Blackstone, Billabong
• T. Boone Pickens Cleared To Sue Son For Tell-All Blog
• Affiliation Dispute Threatens $2B St. Luke's Acquisition
• Investor Says Bain's $7B Bid For Software Co. Is Too Low
• Texas Joins Other Gulf States, Hits BP With Deepwater Suit
• Hospitals' Medicaid Rate Suit Nixed By Texas High Court
• Motorola Didn't Infringe Wireless Headset Patent, Jury Says
• First American Charges Excess Mortgage Fees, Class Claims
• Texas High Court Clarifies Profession Defamation Limits
• Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
• Summit 6 Wants $2M More After $15M Samsung Patent Verdict
• Galderma Settles Pimple Drug Patent Suit With Par
• Attys' Fees Needn't Be Bonded On Appeal: Texas High Court
• Toyota, Others Denied Sanctions For 'Frivolous' NPE Suit
• DOE Approves 2nd LNG Foreign Export License In Texas
• Jackson Walker Can Try To Ax Overbilling Claims, Judge Says
• Tuesday Morning Ex-CEO Sues, Says Ousted For Cancer
• The Oil And Gas Operator's Texas Advantage
• Pioneer Loses Bid To Delay Arbitration In ATP Lease Row
• Bid To Reform Broke Texas Windstorm Insurer Shot Down
• ATF Says Cause Of Texas Fertilizer Plant Fire 'Undetermined'
• NRG Unit Owed Defense In Air Pollution Suit, 5th Circ. Says
• BBB Dodges Atty's Defamation Suit In Texas Appeals Court
• DOJ Settles Police Discrimination Suit With Corpus Christi
• Jones Day Adds Porter Hedges Patent Litigator In Houston
• Bass Pro Says EEOC Bullied It To Accept $30M Bias Settlement
• GAO Orders Army To Rethink Health System Contract Bid
• 5th Circ. Affirms $44M Wellogix Jury Award In IP Fight
• Water Projects Spending Bill Sails Through Senate
• Texas Lawmakers Scuttle Bill To Reform Energy Agency
• Oil Developer Can't Target Biz Partners, Texas Court Says
• Medicare Doesn't Trump State Workers' Comp Law: 5th Circ.
• Texas Sen. Cornyn Seeks To Push Mexico On Water Treaty
• Texas Court Rejects Sanctions Bids In Solar Engine Suit
• Investors Can't Revive Suit Over Failed $60M Oil Rig Deal
• Hospital's $350M Bond Issuance Suit Falls In 5th Circ.
• Architecture Firm Must Leave Sculpture Behind, Landlord Says
• Dell Accuses Toshiba, Sony Of Fixing Prices For Disk Drives
• Texas Sens. Pass Bill Limiting Insurers' 3rd-Party Recovery
• $223M Medicare Fraud Sweep Nets 89 Across US
• Sunoco Partnership Preps Eaglebine Pipeline In Texas
• Justices Urged To Take Up Trademark Row Over Greek Paddles
• Texas Lawmakers Push Health-Data Modernization Bills
• Texas Judge Punts On Cement-Dust Coverage Suit
• Physicians Seek Supreme Court's Take On $43M Fraud Ruling
• Contractors Group Slams EEOC Same-Sex Harassment Claim
• Texas Health Co. Loses Appeal For Workers' Comp Arbitration
• HP, Dell Accused Of Infringing Touch-Screen Patent
• Clement Brief Backs BP In Row Over $8B Deepwater Settlement
• Google Search Targeted In Data-Retrieval Patent Suit
• Deepwater Securities Suits Belong In UK, BP Tells Court
• Texas Trade Secrets Law Gets Business-Friendly Upgrade
• Oil Co. Sees Claims Trimmed In $15M Katrina Coverage Row
• Exxon, QPI Outline Export Plans For $10B Texas LNG Terminal
• Texas Officials Launch Criminal Probe Of Plant Blast
• Icahn, Southeastern Put Up Bid Against $24B Dell Buyout
• TPG Rakes In $305M In Shriram Transport Finance Stake Sale
• App Designers Lifted Data Transfer Patents, Suits Say
• Independent Contractors Strike Out — Lessons For Employers
• Calif. Chemical Safety Rules Push Constitutional Envelope
• Chemical Co. CEO Cops To Charges Over Employee Death
• Texas Firms Face Steep Cuts In 'Nightmare' Tech Case
• 5th Circ. Upholds Sanctions On Group Suing Bankrupt Lothian
• Arthrocare Exec Cops To $400M Securities Fraud Scheme
• Bryan Cave, AmEx Unit End Tax Shelter Class Action
• Texas Court Revives Abraham Watkins Patent Malpractice Suit
• Hearing On ATP's $691M Asset Sale Pushed Back
• Sidley Austin Nabs Capital Markets Pro In Houston Expansion
• Texas Court Axes $53M Award In Suit Over Real Estate JV
• Apache Preps $4B In Asset Sales, $2B Stock Buyback
• Centene Nurses Win Conditional Cert. In OT Action
• SEC, Texas Probe Morgan Keegan Over Muni Bond Sales
• Dallas, Waste Companies Settle Disposal Ordinance
• Texas Firms Duel Over Fees In Wake Of 5th Circ. Ruling
• 5th Circ. Says ERISA Plan Gets 1st Dibs On Recovered Costs
• Chevron, Noble Say Enbridge Pipeline Rates Are Too High
• Enron's Skilling Could Cut Decade Off Sentence Under Deal
• GOP Donor's Suit Says ACA Breached Origination Clause
• McGlinchey Shakes $10M Bomb Range Suit In 5th Circ.
• Lawmakers Push 5th Circ. To Keep Chinese Drywall Suit Alive
• Conoco Scores Space In Houston's Coveted Energy Corridor
• Mark Cuban's Mavericks Nearly Bankrupt, Appeals Court Hears
• McKool Smith Lands International Trial Wiz From Hogan
• Credit Suisse, Other Lenders Pay $691M For ATP Assets
• Mannatech Sytematically Ousted Female Execs, Ex-VP Says
• Alco Stores Fends Off Activist Investor With Poison Pill
• Guggenheim Funding Must Return 4.8M Valerus Shares
• Staffing Firm To Pay $2M In Back Wages, DOL Says
• EPA Clean Air Policy Is 'Coercive' To States, DC Circ. Hears
• Expert Wouldn't Have Aided Convicted Dow Engineer: 5th Circ.
• Porter Hedges Nabs M&A Pro From Seyfarth Shaw
• Marketing Biz Hits Yelp, Groupon With More Patent Suits
• A Wake-Up Call For Video Game Developers
• Samsung, Others Hit With Music-Sharing Patent Suits
• Texas Plant's $1M Policy Leaves Blast Victims In The Lurch
• Dr. Phil Sues Deadspin Over Manti Te'o Hoax Interview
• Freeport's $9B Bid For Plains Draws More Investor Opposition
• Apple FaceTime Infringes Taiwan University Patent, Suit Says
• Biomet Accused Of Breaking Patent Deal
• Mayer Brown Adds Vinson & Elkins Tax Pro In Houston
• BP Says Ruling Could Imperil $7.8B Oil Spill Settlement
• Crestwood, Inergy Midstream Ink $7B Merger Deal
• Bain, Golden Gate Partner On $6.9B BMC Software Takeover
• Deals Rumor Mill: Neiman Marcus, Icahn, TPG
• Best Buy, The Gap Can't Invalidate Gift Card Patent Claims
• 5th Circ. Pares Age Bias Judgment Against Raytheon
• Arbitration Deals Can Apply In Trusts: Texas High Court
• Texas House Stops Bill Letting Pipeline Cos. Condemn Land
• Starbucks, HP Sued By Patent Adviser Over Workflow Software
• Insurer Sues To Duck $1M Patient Data Breach Settlement
• Expedia Seeks Retrial After $55M Hotel Tax Judgment
• Gordon & Rees Unfairly Swapped Fee Contract, Ex-Client Says
• Ex-Cowboys Player's PE Partner Gets 10 Years For $40M Fraud
• BP Racks Up $665M Bill For Gulf Oil Spill Restoration
• 5th Circ. Urged To Nix Ruling Tying Policy To Bird Deaths
• Under Pressure From Jana, Oil States Mulls Asset Spinoff
• GE Gets FTC Nod For $3.3B Deal For Oil Service Co. Lufkin
• Texas Could See Utilities Pay Customers For Surplus Solar
• Planned ATP Lease Sale May Create Enviro Hazards, Feds Say
• Oil Investor Says Competitor Destroyed Evidence In IP Case
• Winston & Strawn Lands Vinson & Elkins Litigator In Houston
• Exxon's Fight To Curb Citizen Suits Again Rejected In Texas
• VPR Creditors Say CEO's Missteps Warrant Ch. 11 Trustee
• Pickens Drops $33M Insurance Row Over Divisive OSU Plans
• Calif. Law Guides Texas Appeals Court's Anti-SLAPP Ruling
• Reed Smith Nabs Jones Day, Akin Gump Attys In Houston
• 5th Circ. Snubs Halliburton Bid To Nix Investor Class Cert.
• Texas Hospital Not Immune From Contract Suit: Appeals Court
• Quantum Puts Up $225M For Majority Stake In Canadian Oil Co.
• Shook Hardy Adds 2 Lathrop & Gage Vets To Enviro Team
• Texas Can't Offer Benefits To Same-Sex Partners, AG Says
• $84M Claim Against Haynes & Boone Dismissed
• Atomic Energy Act Precludes Toshiba Nuke Plants, NRC Says
• $2B Bill For New Water Projects Stalls In Texas House
• Dallas Firm Fights To Keep Malpractice Suit Shut Down
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Bain Capital, Fin
• How McBurney V. Young Will Impact State FOIAs