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Texas - June, 2013

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• Ex-Execs Duck Bribery Claims Over Rival's Hospital Buy
• Texas High Court Takes Up Union Carbide Asbestos Case
• Jury Says The Gap Didn't Rip Off Gift Card Patent
• Texas High Court Won't Alter $57.5M Award In Hotel Row
• Texas Mayor Gets 3 Years For Bribery In Annexation Deal
• Texas High Court Cuts Houston Firefighters' Win In Pay Row
• Texas Justices Toss Retaliation Claim Over Expert Report
• Texas High Court Rejects TV Station's Defamation Defense
• Lexington Can't Shake $10M In Hailstorm Damage Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Anglo American, Murdoch
• Beware The Boilerplate In Merger Clauses
• Major TMT Creditor Says Ch. 11 Case Filed In Bad Faith
• Texas Court Says Affidavit Ruling Needed Before Appeal
• House Passes Bill To Enact US-Mexico Drilling Deal
• Gas Developer Can't Revive Enbridge Pipeline Access Suit
• Samsung Unable To Dodge $15M Verdict In Patent Row
• Texas Court Blocks Challenge To Medicaid Drug Pay Rules
• NLRB Class Waiver Ban Survives AmEx Ruling, 5th Circ. Told
• $33M Air Force Contract Fraudster Seeks Light Sentence
• After Shelby, Justices Vacate Texas Voter ID, Maps Rulings
• Your Silence May Be Used Against You
• Boxer Rips EPA For Dragging Feet After Plant Explosions
• Deals Rumor Mill: ING, KKR, Amgen
• Prop 8 Ruling Leaves Room For More Marriage Battles
• Anadarko Seeks To Stall ATP's Oil Field Abandonment
• Texas Panel Says Nursing Facility Can't Arbitrate Abuse Suit
• 5th Circ. Blocks 'Split Note' Foreclosure Theory In Texas
• Hamas Victims Can't Get Alleged Funder's Assets: 5th Circ.
• DOMA Ruling Will Spark New Employee Benefits Challenges
• Stanford Receiver Can't Claim $32M, Investors Tell 5th Circ.
• Rep. Sues To Block Texas Voter ID Law In Wake Of VRA Ruling
• Texas Gov. Hauls Lawmakers Back For Abortion, Roads Bills
• LG, RIM, Verizon Targeted Over Smartphone Patents
• Judge To Increase Schlumberger Unit's $106M Patent Award
• DOMA Ruling Leaves Estate Planning In Limbo
• House Moves Controversial Offshore Drilling Bills Forward
• The Fate Of Race-Conscious Admissions Policies ... Delayed
• Luminant Asks High Court To Topple EPA's Emissions Limits
• High Court Nixes DOMA, Leaves Marriage Laws To The States
• Texas Lawmakers Likely To Return After Abortion Bill Failed
• RBC Again Loses Bid To Ax Highland's $28M Award
• Verizon Escapes ERISA Suit Over $7.4B Pension Transfer
• FCC Fines Houston Cable Co. $2M For Local Broadcast Use
• 5th Circ. Backs IRS' Denial Of $18M Loss In Tax Shelter Row
• Texas Voter ID Law Revived After High Court's Shelby Ruling
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Shell FCPA Defamation Suit
• $194M Astrodome Conversion Project Put On Path To Approval
• Abortion Filibuster Sinks Highway Bill In Texas Senate
• High Court's AmEx Ruling Sinks NLRB Defense: DR Horton
• Chevron, Cimarex Team Up To Develop Texas Oil Wells
• High Court Opens Door For More Affirmative Action Suits
• More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
• Texas Lawmakers Advance Abortion Restriction Bill
• Texas Firms Stand Their Ground Amid Merger Mania
• Attys React To High Court's Affirmative Action Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carrefour, Pharmstandard, Lloyds
• Amazon Accused Of Infringing Content Delivery Network IP
• Lafarge Reaps $700M For Gypsum Biz In Ongoing Asset Sale
• Texas City Sues Fertilizer Plant Owner Over Deadly Blast
• Judge Upholds $1.5M Verdict For NPE In Eastern Texas
• PE-Backed Neiman Marcus Preps For $100M IPO
• Apple IPhone 4 Infringes Microstructure Patent, Suit Says
• Kitchen Sink Litigation Clogs The Judicial Pipeline
• Supreme Court Steers Clear Of Broad Affirmative Action Ruling
• SEC Escapes Stanford Victims' Suit Over $7B Ponzi Scheme
• Texas Appeals Court Reverses Cert. In Title Insurance Suit
• Use Of Middleman Blocks Contractor Claim, Texas Court Says
• Supreme Court Ventures Into Charted Waters
• Hospital Asks 5th Circ. To Revive $40M Cigna Dispute
• Texas City Panel Postpones Taxes For 600-Acre RE Project
• Kuwaiti Co. Sues KBR To Secure $12.6M Arbitration Win
• Texas High Court Axes Rancher's Suit Over Oil Well
• Enron's Skilling Gets Sentence Slashed To 14 Years
• Texas High Court Strikes State Home Equity Loan Proposals
• New Class Cert. Hearing Ordered In Phillips Gas Royalty Suit
• Ship Seizures Push TMT Group Into Bankruptcy
• 5th Circ. Remands Total, Statoil Royalty Contract Row
• Texas Justices Affirm Exception To Medical Report Deadline
• 4 Steps For Smooth Class Action Settlement Administration
• Alito Downplays Role Of Oral Arguments In High Court Cases
• Enbridge Denies Poaching Customers In $3B Pipeline Row
• Texas Court Revives Suit Seeking Half Of Plains' $83M Award
• Dell Exits Sprawling Flash-Memory Patent Case
• Indicted Texas Judge Agrees To Suspension In Removal Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Unilever, Nets, Microsoft
• KBS's $269M Portfolio Buy Includes Once-Elusive Md. Building
• Yet Another Denial Of Access For CSB
• Appeals Court Asked To Toss $11M Award In Oil Rig Collapse
• More Criminal Trade Secrets Theft Suits On Texas Horizon
• Keystone's Private Status Nixes Land Seizure, Owners Say
• Husch Blackwell Enters Texas With Brown McCarroll Merger
• Starr Can Deny SGS Chemical Spill Coverage, 5th Circ. Says
• Cyprus Inks Gas Processing Deal With Noble, Delek Units
• Indicted Texas Judge Can't Duck Civil Removal Suit
• Thompson & Knight Debuts Cybersecurity Practice
• Verizon Finishes Off Creditor Suit Over $9B Idearc Spinoff
• Allstate Says Evidence Supports Jury's $6M RICO Award
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Suit Over Gas Delivery Deal
• Tesoro To Shed Assets To Close $355M Chevron Pipeline Buy
• Cancer Testing Co. Blasts False Claims Suit As 'Speculation'
• Icahn Calls For $15.6B Stock Buyback In Dell Buyout Fight
• Par Petroleum To Shell Out $400M For Tesoro Hawaii
• Lenders Up Cash Bid By $10M For ATP Oil Assets
• NLRB Denied Group Due Process In Union Row, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Windstorm Insurer Says It's Climbing Out Of $183M Hole
• Texas Gov. Approves Country's Toughest Email Privacy Law
• Texas Business Tax Cuts Target High Tech, Clean Energy
• New Texas Laws Crack Down On Medicaid, Medicare Fraud
• Texas Gov. Approves $225M Fund For Eagle Ford Roads
• Texas Expands Pipeline, Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Powers
• Jones Day Lures Health Care Transactions Partner In Dallas
• Texas Supremes Block Univ. Of Houston Prof's Retaliation Suit
• How Flexible Flyer Slipped Past The WARN Act
• BoyarMiller Owes $1M Over Botched Deal, Inkjet Co. Says
• Disney, 'High School Musical' Singer Face Copyright Suit
• 5th Amendment Protections Must Be Invoked, High Court Says
• Jury Finds Reynolds Didn't Infringe Crock Pot Liner Patent
• Texas Gov. Vetoes State Version Of Lilly Ledbetter Act
• Texas Justices Refuse To Reconsider Killing Houston Air Law
• Texas High Court Won't Review $2M RE Malpractice Claim
• Belo Shareholder Bucks $2.2B Gannett Takeover
• Travelocity Wins Arbitration Fight In Price-Fixing MDL
• Texas High Court Won't Take Up Chiropractor Rule Challenge
• Dallas Taxi Rule Not Barred By Clean Air Act, 5th Circ. Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, Siemens, KKR
• Cisco, HP Sue Patent Holder Over Wi-Fi Litigation Blitz
• Jury Finds Netgear, D-Link Infringed Ericsson Router Patents
• Bankrupt ATP Gets OK To Abandon Oil Lease, Access Cash
• High Court Boosts States' Rights In Texas Water Ruling
• Sunbelt Real Estate Investment On The Rise
• Texas High Court Stays Gas Theft Suit To Weigh Arbitration
• 5th Circ. Judge's Misconduct Complaint Sent To DC Circ.
• Indicted Texas Judge Wins Delay In Suit Seeking To Oust Him
• Gannett Doubles TV Holdings With $2.2B Deal For Belo
• Deals Rumor Mill: Springer, TPG, Sinopec
• Justices Say Water Export Bans OK Under Multistate Compact
• Texas Pols Urged To Back Bill Adding Road Projects Funding
• Cooper Asks To Nix Pepsi Challenge Of $308M Asbestos Deal
• 5th Circ. Denies Bail For Ex-Army Official In Bribery Suit
• Dallas Safari Club Hit With Antitrust Suit By Hunting Co.
• 'Duke Nukem' Developer Says It's Owed $2M In Rights Deal
• First Reserve Pours $500M Into New Midstream Energy Venture
• 5th Circ. Judicial Misconduct Complaint Can't Stop Execution
• Starbucks, Target Too Late With Prior Art In Map-Tech IP Suit
• The New Frontier Of Agreements To Negotiate
• Texas High Court Asked To Send Gas Theft Suit To Arbitration
• NFL, Dow Jones Settle Data Encryption Patent Claims
• Oilfield Co. Says Fee Award Excessive In Contract Fight
• How They Won It: Jackson Walker Shapes Anti-SLAPP Law
• RBC Asks Texas Court To Axe $28M Securities Judgment
• US Says States, Banks Aren't Harmed By Dodd-Frank
• Dallas Immune From $1B Back Pay Suit, Appeals Court Told
• 5th Circ. Tells Watson It Can't Review Fentanyl Jurisdiction
• Diamond Offshore Pulled Back Into Asbestos Liability Fight
• Idearc Execs Strike $34M Deal To End Investors' Fraud Claims
• Gardere Restructures Management As Part of Growth Plan
• Texas Jumps On The Uniform Trade Secrets Act Bandwagon
• A New Ballgame For Enviro Due Diligence In Texas
• Budget Impasse Puts ATP Bankruptcy Financing At Risk
• Appeals Court Won't Force Arbitration In Pipeline Theft Suit
• Texas High Court Says City Temp's Injury Claim Is Barred
• Atlas Shells Out $800M For EP Energy Natural Gas Assets
• MBIA Asks Texas Appeals Court To Revive $1B Bond Suit
• Investors Drove Out Fracking Sand Co.'s CEO, Suit Says
• Barnes & Noble Didn't Infringe Gift Card IP, Jury Says
• The Other Pivot: Russian Energy Policy Toward China
• FCPA Powerhouse: WilmerHale
• 5th Circ. Asked To Affirm Water Permit Ban Protecting Birds
• Judge Won't Give Idearc Creditors Jury Trial In $9.9B Suit
• Texas Supremes Take Up Whistleblower Case Against State
• Texas High Court Says Its Remands Don't Strip Courts' Powers
• Family Asks Texas High Court To Sink State's Claim To Beach
• BP, Statoil Triumph Over Tycoon's $175M RICO Claims
• Cigna Shorted Texas Hospitals $22M In Payments, Suit Says
• Crestwood Shareholder Sues To Block $7B Inergy Merger
• Texas High Court OKs Tax Refund For Health Care Contract
• Motorola, Cisco, TWC Pay $490M In TiVo Patent Settlement
• Huntsman Names Ex-BASF Exec As New General Counsel
• Entergy Urges 5th Circ. To Reject NLRB Recess Appointments
• AMR Inks Cash-Saving Lease Deals In Advance Of $11B Merger
• FCPA Powerhouse: Willkie Farr
• Motorola, Tivo Settle Billion-Dollar Patent Row On Eve Of Trial
• Walton Street JV Picks Up 530-Acre Houston-Area Community
• Kelly Hart Picks Up Ex-SEC Trial Leader In Fort Worth
• Dish Scores $12.6M Malpractice Award Against Houston Firm
• Agency Has Last Say On Workers' Comp Refunds: Texas Court
• FCPA Powerhouse: Venable LLP
• 5th Circ. Says Co. Must Forfeit Land To Fulfill $173M IRS Claim
• Texas Court Drops Bickel & Brewer From Contract Dispute
• Texas Appeals Court Says Traffic Reroute Case Lacks Proof
• Mediators, Expand Your Tool Kit In Complex Litigation
• 5th Circ. Judge Accused Of Misconduct Over Race Remarks
• Texas Court Urged To Toss $4M Fen-Phen Referral Fee Award
• County's Lawyers Removed From Clayton Homes Fraud Suit
• Judge Questions Class Similarity In Super Bowl Ticket Feud
• Belt-Tightening Slips On GCs' Priority List
• Andrews Kurth Welcomes Back Bankruptcy Pro
• V&E Reps Summit Midstream In $460M Pipeline Assets Buy
• Dr. Phil Goes For Win In Fight Over Te'o Hoaxer Interview
• FCPA Powerhouse: Reed Smith
• Pushing Buyout, Dell Says Icahn's Math Doesn't Add Up
• Apple Can't Evade VirnetX Royalty Suit In FaceTime IP Fight
• Midmarket Companies Eyeing Texas For Captive Insurance
• Chicago Title Award Upped To $1.3M For Class Action Defense
• Federal Rule Shortening Snapper Season Overturned
• Vorys Picks Up Bankruptcy Expert From Andrews Kurth
• 7-Eleven Ices Ad Firm's Contract Suit
• Texas High Court Asked To Allow $8M Building Seizure
• Blackstone Snags $581M Refi For GE Capital Hotel Portfolio
• FCPA Powerhouse: Kirkland & Ellis
• IBM Puts Up $2B For Cloud-Computing Firm SoftLayer
• Kinder Morgan To Spend $107M On Texas Pipeline Extension
• Houston Pain Clinic Docs To Pay $38M For Billing Scheme
• Texas BigLaw Locks Up Talent, Clients Amid Energy Rush
• Texas Radio Host Can't Stop Insurance Deal In Fraud Case
• Haynes And Boone Can't Ax Ex-Client's $10M Legal Fee Claim
• KBS Shells Out $270M For 3 Office Buildings From CBRE
• Bankrupt Hardware Wholesaler Seeks Sale To PE Firm
• Best Buy, McDonald's Defense In Gift Card IP Row Fails
• Gardere Adds 2 Haynes And Boone Gov't Pros In Houston
• Intel Smacked With Patent Suit Over Circuit Products
• FCPA Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn
• A 7-Point Checklist For Tornado Insurance