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Texas - July, 2013

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• MetLife Sinks $145M Into Dallas-Area Apartment Complex
• SCA Promotions Says $14M Investment Isn't A Loan
• Wyndham, Ramada Exit Online Marketing Patent Case
• Houston Doc Sues Husch Blackwell For Medicare Negligence
• Cyberonics Settles $200M Suit Over Therapy System Patents
• Insurers Needn't Cover W&T $50M Hurricane Ike Claims
• Judge Bounces $45M Tech Merger Row Back To Arbitration
• Hanwha Unit Launches Fraud Suit Over $240M Oil Project
• AmeriPlan Contractors Must Arbitrate Comissions Dispute
• Consultant Lays Claim To $47M From BP Asset Purchase
• Texas Lawmakers Ordered To Keep Hashing Out Road Funding
• 5th Circ. OKs Warrantless Cellphone Location Data Seizures
• Group's Cloned Horse Ban Violates Sherman Act, Jury Finds
• Texas High Court Asked To Wade Into Pool Co.'s BBB Suit
• Cobalt Capital Sells 1.4M-SF Dallas Industrial Portfolio
• Indicted Texas Judge Asks Appeals Court To Nix Removal Suit
• PE-Backed Kinetic Drops $485M On UK Wound Care Biz
• 5th Circ. Kickback Ruling Further Squeezes Contractors
• Mexico Ranch Owner Sentenced In Ex-Im Bank Fraud Scheme
• Cousins Drops $1.1B On Texas Office Portfolio
• Shareholder's Fight Of $25M Pescor Sale Dismissed
• VPR Creditors Say PE Owner's $50M Claim Must Be Redefined
• Alticor Unit's IT Chief Gained From Illicit Deal, Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Urged To Keep BP, Anadarko On Hook For Gulf Spill
• Rainmaker Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Holt Foster
• Mall Owner Asks Texas Court To Review $50M Insurance Row
• Dallas Suburb Sued Over Vote To Drop Voting Rights Appeal
• Acadia Says Co. Failed To Prove $3.4M Hail Damage Claim
• A Trifecta Of 1st-Amendment Advances In Texas
• Houston Says Xerox Bungled EMS Billing Services
• SEC Hits Investor Relations Exec With Insider Trading Suit
• Texas Hospital Group Pays $8M To Settle Medicare FCA Suit
• Former Exec Hits Fujitsu Unit With Sex Discrimination Suit
• CMS' Anti-Fraud Push Targets Providers In Fla., Texas
• Irving Ends Suit Over Music Complex With New $165M Deal
• Oil Co. Liable For Landman's Leases: Texas Appeals Court
• Fidelis, BlackRock Pay $126M For Houston Shopping Center
• Texas, Wyo. Lose DC Circ. Challenge To GHG Rules
• Smith & Nephew, Rival Company Drop Noncompete Suit
• Indicted Texas Judge To Get Public Defender
• Texas Voting Battles Give DOJ Hope For Bail-In Victory
• Int'l Paper's Appeal Over Connelly Baker Hire Falls Short
• Elliott Management To Roll Over $137M Into BMC Deal
• BMC Gets Investor OK For $6.9B Sale, Settles Row Over Deal
• Pepsi's Challenge To $308M Asbestos Deal Survives
• Deals Rumor Mill: Japan Post, GlaxoSmithKline, Raytheon
• Holder Vows To Keep Texas Voting Laws Under DOJ Oversight
• Defamation Suits Face High Bar In Texas Anti-SLAPP Law
• McKesson OK'd Fake Medicare Bills, Ex-Worker Claims
• 5th Circ. Revives Refining Co.'s Challenges To Ch. 11 Plan
• Appeals Court Trims ALJs' Wrongful Firing Suit
• Texas Medicare Schemer Gets 11 Years In Prison, $5M Fine
• EDF Renewable Nabs Interests In $285M Texas Wind Farm
• Planned Parenthood Pays $1.4M To End Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Cigna Knocks $40M Hospital Reimbursement Suit In 5th Circ.
• Waller Lansden Snags Health Care Pro From McDermott
• State Slams Indicted Texas Judge's Immunity Defense
• Dykema Adds IP, Commercial Litigation Pro In Dallas
• 500 Days Of The Revised Removal Statutes
• Transocean Can't Shake Deepwater Doc Subpoenas: 5th Circ.
• Bogus Transfer Claim Settled In $10M Securities Fraud Case
• EPA Settlement Lands $1.1B In San Antonio Sewer Upgrades
• Dueling Experts Can Testify In SEC Case Against Cuban
• 5th Circ. Strikes Dallas Suburb's Immigrant Rental Law
• Texas Ex-Mayor Admits Role In $100M Kickback Scandal
• Goldman, PE Firm Team Up On $100M Oil Co. Investment
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• O'Quinn Firm Wants $1.3B Chevron Malpractice Suit Pared
• Sidley Austin Snags Global Finance Pro From Baker Botts
• SEC Sues Virtual Bank Founder Over $4.5M Bitcoin Scam
• Houston Sues Banks Over Libor Losses On $1.1B In Swaps
• Jones Day Helps TriGate Close $324M Real Estate PE Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, DuPont, Lotte Shopping
• Another Ex-ArthroCare Exec Cops To $400M Fraud Scheme
• Texas Bucks New Challenges To Redistricting Maps
• 5th Circ. Revives Kickback Claims Against KBR
• Shareholder Class Action Says $390M Crimson Sale Too Low
• Texas Appeals Court Axes $72M Drilling Rig Death Payout
• Jones Day Adds Former Cybercrime Fed to Texas IP Practice
• Boy Scouts Want Excess Insurers To Cover Abuse Settlement
• Last Sentence Handed Down In Air Force Bribery Scheme
• Haynes And Boone Nabs Trio Of Winstead Real Estate Pros
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, Onyx, Telefonica
• Dallas DA Can't Recuse Judge Who Held Him In Contempt
• CIBC Dodges $77M Suit Over Failed Oil Well
• Spain's Abertis Drops 2 Airports In $370M Sale To ADC & HAS
• Insurer Beats Workers Comp Claim Due to Wage Miscalculation
• Dallas DA Says Judge Who Held Him In Contempt Is Biased
• NFL Objects To Deposing Commish Over Super Bowl Seats
• A Long Shot For Dell: Switch To Tender Offer
• JetBlue Settles Data Encryption Patent Row
• 3 Charged In $8M Army Medical Supply Contract Scheme
• Bankrupt TMT Dodges Creditors' Bad Faith Complaints
• HHS Criteria For Medicaid Pilot Projects Outdated, GAO Says
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Blaze New Trails Worldwide
• Apache Redirects Focus With $3.8B Gulf Asset Sale
• Does CFPB Have Jurisdiction Over Service Contracts?
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bailey Brauer's Clayton Bailey
• Texas Wrong Forum For Insurer's Malpractice Suit: 5th Circ.
• Texas Enacts Controversial Abortion Restrictions
• Ousted Dallas City Judges Blocked On Appeal From Suing City
• Gay Staffer In AG Office Didn't Show Harassment: Texas Court
• Whistleblower Attys On Edge As Dodd-Frank Split Deepens
• Texas High Court Asked To Revive $1M Faulty Tire Verdict
• Willkie Farr Pilots Men's Wearhouse's $98M Designer Line Buy
• New Texas Laws Will Boost The State's Energy Industry
• FTC Seeks Details on $1.4B Deal Merging Funeral Giants
• WaPo Owner Lands Boiler Co. Amid Diversification Push
• Dell Delays Buyout Vote To Rally Support
• 5th Circ. Vacates $6M Oil Spill Fine Against Citgo
• Credit Suisse, Highland Face Off Over RE Loan Trades
• Texas AG Asked To Weigh In On New Criminal Court Cost Law
• 5th Circ. Says Ex-GE Exec Not A Dodd-Frank Whistleblower
• San Antonio Constables Lose Collective Bargaining Appeal
• Valero Resists Tax Assessor's Bid For Texas Refinery Data
• Dell Heads Into Do-Or-Die Buyout Vote With Thin Margin
• Texas Court Backs 'Death Penalty' Sanctions For Phony Docs
• Ex-ArthroCare CEO, CFO Indicted For $400M Earnings Fraud
• Citing Gunn, Texas Court Revives Patent Malpractice Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: AXA Private Equity, Dell, PepsiCo
• Norton Rose Fulbright Lures Energy Pro From King & Spalding
• 3 Resolutions To The Cross-Claim Conundrum
• BBB Ducks Repair Company's Defamation Suit On Appeal
• Katten Muchin Amps Up Enviro Group With 2 New Attys
• Billionaire's Resort Says Ex-Workers Stole Info For Wyndham
• Cortland Partners Drops $107M On 2 Texas Apt. Complexes
• Dell's $24B Buyout Faces Final Test, But Vote Looks Tight
• New Texas Administrative Hearing Rules Go Into Effect
• Gastar Beats Denial Of Coverage For Mare Investment Suits
• Thompson & Knight Aids EnCap's $150M Investment In Isis
• Starr Fights For Bernanke Deposition In AIG Bailout Row
• Insurer Sues To Nix Skanska Air Force Project Bond
• Phelps Dunbar Opens 2nd Texas Office In Dallas Area
• Hospital Isn't Owed $21M CMS Write-Down, 5th Circ. Says
• Disney Hit With Royalties Suit Over 'Jungle Book' Song
• Australia's ALS Puts Up $533M For Gas Industry Servicer
• Cielo Realty Picks Up $9M Texas High-Rise
• J&J, Endo Pharma Units Face More Pelvic Mesh Claims
• Deepwater Horizon Securities Suit Against Anadarko Slashed
• Abbott Shells Out $710M To Expand Heart, Eye Portfolio
• Dallas DA Avoids Contempt Hearing In Oil Heir Fraud Case
• Texans Tell 5th Circ. $8B BP Settlement Favors Louisianans
• HTC, Sony, Others Beat Wi-LAN's Wireless Patent Claims
• How Windsor Affects Securities Law And Corporate Finance
• Memorial Pays $606M For Permian Basin, Rockies Assets
• Drawing The Line: Preemption Of State Enviro Regulation
• Defamation Claims Increase Cost Of Cooperation With Gov't
• Texas Senate Sends Abortion Restriction Bill To Governor
• Google, Expedia, Costco Can't Dodge Mobile Patent Suit
• Nabors Ducks Encana Subcontractor Claims In Appeals Court
• AT&T Inks $1.2B Deal To Buy Prepaid Provider Leap
• Texas Biofuel Co. Launches $10M Suit Over Failed Venture
• Pharmacy Co-Op Loses Bid For Minimum Medicaid Rates
• Texas Regulator Attacks Starr Subpoena In AIG Bailout Suit
• PE-Backed Country Club Operator To Raise $100M In IPO
• Wal-Mart Accused Of Unlicensed Hearing Aid Sales
• Linn Energy Execs Accused Of Pumping Up Stock Value
• Weatherford Names Ex-Lufkin Exec As New VP, Co-GC
• Don't Count On Appraisal, Dell Warns Shareholders
• 10 Personal Liability Pitfalls For Directors And Officers
• BP's Deepwater Medical Benefits Deal Unfair, 5th Circ. Hears
• Texas Pipeline Cos. Now Under Closer Watch
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Schwartz Junell Commercial Litigation Pro
• RJ Machine Sues Pipe Rival Over Expired-Patent Monopoly
• Icahn Unlikely To See MAC-Driven Dell Price Bump: Experts
• Texas Suit Takes Aim At Johnson & Johnson Pelvic Mesh
• Homeowners Lose Appeal Of Hurricane Ike Takings Claims
• Texas Appeals Court Guts $40M Energy Trade Secret Verdict
• FTC Urged To Block $1.4B Funeral Co. Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, Grohe, Carlyle
• Defamation Suit Against Houston TV Station Nixed On Appeal
• Williams Owes Anadarko $9M In Oil Deal, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Court Rejects Class Cert. In LegalZoom App Fee Case
• NFL's Goodell Can Be Deposed In Super Bowl Seat Case
• Paul Hastings Adds M&A, Energy Pro To Houston Office
• Patton Boggs Names New Dallas MP Following Atty Defections
• Revised $635M ATP Asset Sale Wins Judge's Initial OK
• Posner Says Justices Should Cut BS From Opinions
• Taiwan Tech Firm Hits Samsung With Networking Patent Suit
• PE Firm Accused Of Aiding Pipeline Co.'s Trade Secrets Theft
• Icahn Urges Dell Shareholders To Fight For Their Rights
• Texas House Approves Abortion Restriction Bill
• Indicted Texas Judge Claims Immunity From Criminal Charges
• Shell To Spend Up To $160M To Settle CAA Suit
• Life Partners Investors Denied Class Cert. In Settlement Suit
• Ongoing Tension Between Filed-Rate And State Doctrines
• 5th Circ. Tosses ERISA Action Against Idearc Execs
• Baker & McKenzie Alums Form Dallas Trial Boutique
• Texas Challenges Securities Ruling In Life Partners Case
• NFL Dodges Class Cert. In Super Bowl Ticket Fight
• CBRE Brokers Sale Of Prominent $65M Dallas Tower
• Armstrong Can't Avoid Insurer's $3M Suit For Race Bonuses
• Wells Fargo Wins $10M From Investment Fraudster On Appeal
• For Some, Saying 'I do' Remains Difficult
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Hulu, TPG
• Boxer Pushes For State Chemical Safety Protections
• Texas High Court Asked To Nix Keystone Land Seizure Ruling
• FWS Settlement Earns Texas Critters' Endangered Status
• Texas AG Asked To Define TWIA's Duty To Charge Insurers
• Indicted Texas Judge's Facebook Rant Spurs Contempt Motion
• FireStryker, Acell, Investors Launch Securities Battle
• Pharos Sues Insurer Over Fees Tied To Gov't Contract Suits
• Appeals Court OKs Extension Of Insurer's Noncompete Deal
• Bracewell Lures White Collar Pro From Norton Rose Fulbright
• Porter Hedges Adds Harrison Bettis Energy Litigation Pro
• Patton Boggs Settles Energy Co.'s $1.3M Malpractice Claim
• Q&A With Strasburger's Francine Breckenridge
• Dykema Launches Austin Office With Tax, Real Estate Pros
• ISS Blesses Dell's $24B Buyout As Vote Approaches
• Exide Bankruptcy Loan Shirks Enviro Liability, Texas Says
• Biglari Investor Sues Over CEO's Self-Made License Deal
• BancorpSouth Can't Dodge Cash Management Tech Suit
• Texas Land-Pooling Fights Spur New Work For Energy Firms
• Chinese Co. Can't Duck Faulty Drywall Claims, 5th Circ. Told
• High Court Urged To Clarify Standard For Retaliation Claims
• $33M Air Force Contract Fraudsters Get 85 Years Probation
• Provident Execs Sentenced For Roles In $485M Ponzi Scheme
• BP Workers Seek To Revive Abraham Watkins Malpractice Suit
• Versata Ruling Raises More Questions Than It Answers
• EXCO Unit To Pay $1B For Chesapeake Shale Plays
• Sprint To Cover Crest's Proxy Costs As Fight Winds Down
• McGuireWoods Lands Littler Mendelson Employment Pro
• Ex-CEO Of Bankrupt Scooter Store Wants Legal Fees Covered
• Anti-Corruption Unit Faces Layoffs After Texas Gov.'s Veto
• Refinery Equipment Maker Says Exec Stole Client List, Data
• US Cities Hand Renewable Energy Developers A Tall Order
• Bickel & Brewer Asks Texas Supreme Court To Undo Ouster
• SEC Probes Linn Energy Over $4.3B Berry Deal
• Texas Appeals Court Keeps Judge Removal Suit Alive
• Associates Can Live Like Top Dogs In Texas Cities
• Icahn's Financiers Get Breakup Fee Of Their Own
• Insurers Get $20M Siemens Turbine Case Remanded
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Providence Equity, Toksoz
• Texas Can't Escape Challenge To Redistricting Plan
• State Won't Cover TWIA Shortfall, Texas' Top Lawyer Says
• Oil Industry Vet Cheated Investors Out Of $17.6M, SEC Says
• 24 Patton Boggs Defectors Land At Holland & Knight
• Cole RE Investments Pays $161M For Texas, Mass. Properties
• Criminal Victim Payouts Exempt From Fee, Says Texas Judge
• Icahn Nails Down $5.2B To Cover Dell Buyback Plan
• Broadcom Wants Justices To Enforce Contract's Forum Choice
• Indicted Texas Judge Asks Appeals Court To Nix Ouster Bid
• HP, Dell Copied Computer Display IP, Suit Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Blackstone, BC Partners
• TX Home Equity Lenders, Get Ready For Change