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Texas - August, 2013

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• Insurers Can't Ditch Lifetime Workers' Comp: Texas High Court
• Texas Justices Expand Appellate Review Of New Trial Orders
• Texas Justices Poised To Shake Up Public Works Projects
• Texas Justices Pan $1M Porter Hedges Malpractice Suit
• Texas High Court Says Docs Named In Suits Are 'Parties'
• BP Atty Beats Malpractice Claim Over Explosion Settlement
• BP Claims Unfair Class Definition Sours $7.8B Deepwater Deal
• Texas, Fla. Lead US In Rate Of Uninsured Residents
• Ex-Dynegy Exec's Atty Loses Fee Row In Texas High Court
• Russian Gas Co. Must Face Trade Secrets Suit: Texas Court
• Sinopec Pays $3.1B For Apache Egypt Oil Biz Stake
• Ex-EnerMax CEO Urges 5th Circ. To Uphold Investor Suit Toss
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Microsoft, Blackstone
• Dallas City Council Rejects Fracking Permits On City Land
• 5th Circ. Pulls Texas Justices Into Deepwater Insurance Row
• Life Settlements Are Securities, Texas Court Finds
• CORRECTED: Crowley Pipeline Settles Trade Secrets Dispute
• Meet The Eastern District Of Texas' New Magistrate Judge
• Insurance Co. Rates Disclosable, Texas Court Says
• Texas Comptroller Ducks Deposition Over Data Breach
• Inland Picks Up Houston Galleria Hotels For $220M
• Texas Court Axes $2.5M Award Over Rockets Arena Sign
• Indicted Texas Judge Jailed, Competency Questioned
• Texas Bank Buys Regional Rival in $250M Deal
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Houston Air Ordinance
• 5th Circ. Voids Ex-La. Lawmaker's Racketeering Sentence
• Texas Mayor, Officials Charged With Contracts Bribery Scheme
• Texas Water Permit Fight May Foster More Takings Claims
• EPA Defends Rejection Of Texas Emissions Exception
• 5th Circ. Won't Let Signal Int'l Escape WARN Class Action
• Plains All American Lobs $750M Stock Offer At Shareholders
• Texas Doctors Want Pollution Rules Stiffened At Energy Plants
• Texas Justices Asked To Revive $17M Drilling Ban Award
• DOJ, Airlines Open To Settlement Over $11B Merger
• King & Spalding Nabs Apache Corp. Global Transactions Pro
• ConocoPhillips Tops High Bidders In Western Gulf Lease Sale
• Texas High Court Snubs Pemex Union In $1B Contract Fight
• 5th Circ. Tosses $25M Antitrust Fine Against Pilgrim's Pride
• Deals Rumor Mill: Permira, Commerzbank, BlackBerry
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bailey Brauer's Alex Brauer
• A Close Look At Texas' New Expedited Trial Rules
• Reid Collins Opens Dallas Office With Diamond McCarthy Hires
• Dell, HP Latest Targets In Stragent Suits Over Network Patent
• Trial Date Set In Pared Human Trafficking Case Against KBR
• Taylor Farms Unlikely Behind Outbreak In Texas, CDC Says
• Apple, Verizon, Others Sued Over Mobile Location Patent
• Ex-Cassidian Employee Agrees To TRO In Trade Secret Case
• Mark Cuban Trying To Stack Insider Trading Jury, SEC Says
• 'Broad' Trade Secret Injunction Nixed In Noncompete Dispute
• Penson, BDO Seidman Settle Margin Loan Suit For $6.5M
• Appeals Court Upholds TransCanada Land Seizure
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Abramovich, Suntech
• Texas Fights $5.8M Attys' Fees In Redistricting Suit
• Texas AG Boots Challenge Of Tobacco Ad Fee To Courts
• Post-Lennar, Going Rogue Still Risky For Texas Policyholders
• Vinmar VP Fired For Challenging False EPA Report, Suit Says
• BP, Anadarko Fight Deepwater CWA Claims In 5th Circ.
• DR Horton Leans On 9th Circ. Ruling In Class Waiver Battle
• Texas City Can't Escape Suit Over Wholesale Power Sales
• Texas Court's Snub Sends BP Gas Delivery Suit To Arbitration
• TPG To Sink $109M Into Chinese RE Developer
• Texas Justices To Eye Fight For Unclaimed Settlement Funds
• Texas High Court Takes Up Same-Sex Divorce Cases
• T-Mobile Says AT&T Unit Stole Its 'Famous' Color
• Keep Watch Of Endangered Salamander Rules In Texas
• Dallas DA Aquitted Of Contempt In Mortgage Fraud Case
• Texas Justices To Decide If Arbitrator DQ Voids $26M Award
• Texas High Court Finds Coverage For $6M Voluntary Payments
• Texas Medical Liability Act Applies To Nurse, Justices Say
• Texas High Court Blocks Waco From Challenging Water Permit
• Highland Rebuffed Again In $15.5M BofA Loan Sale Case
• 5th Circ. Should Merge Faulty Drywall Appeals, Plaintiffs Say
• Texas Justices To Hear Exxon Bid To Cut Ex-VP's Stock
• Texas High Court To Hear Builder's Fight With Houston Port
• V&E Aids Natural Gas JV On $800M Credit Facility
• Texas Energy Boom Yields Few Summer Associate Slots
• Texas High Court Will Hear Blogger Defamation Row
• Constangy Bolsters Dallas Office With Employment Guru Hire
• Dell Can't Nix Age Bias Verdict In Texas Appeals Court
• Pemex Union Challenges $1B Settlement In Oil Delivery Row
• Judge Requires Horse Registry To Include Clones
• AA, US Air Push For Nov. Trial Date As Opposition Mounts
• Texas Investment Manager Admits To $72M Ponzi Scheme
• Houston Power Co. Plugs Into $20M Just Energy Merger Suit
• 5th Circ. Stands Pat On Texas Bingo Law
• Pioneer Southwest Smacked With Suit Over $1.5B Stock Swap
• Texas Court Axes $10M Verdict In Developer's Contract Row
• American, JetBlue, Others Hit With Rewards Program IP Suits
• 5th Circ. Axes Landowners' Suit In Interstate Flooding Row
• JC Penney Adopts Poison Pill As Earnings Skid Continues
• DOJ Sues Texas Over Voter ID, Redistricting Maps
• 5th Circ. Upholds KeyBank's Win In $202M Loan Default Row
• Texas Coal Plant Permit Fight Dropped Amid Finance Woes
• Legal Recruiter Ducks Suit Over Online Trash Talk
• WP Carey Picks Up State Farm Austin Complex For $110M
• Biofuel Producer Slammed With Investor Suit
• Accel-KKR Portfolio Co. Buys Nonprofit Software Firm
• Andrews Kurth Wants $10M Stanford Malpractice Suit Axed
• Bankrupt Driller's Contractors Sue To Enforce $25M In Liens
• Taylor Fresh Foods Targeted In Suit Over Illness Outbreak
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Blackstone, AIG
• Former South Texas Judge Gets 6 Years For Taking Bribes
• Will FEC Complaint Dismissal Bring More Donor Secrecy?
• Dallas County Joins Fight Against Texas Voter ID Law
• Special Prosecutor Tapped In Texas Gov. Ethics Probe
• Energy Cos. Duel Over Appeals Bond In $95.5M Shale Fight
• Texas Panel Quashes $10M Judgments Against Fen-Phen Atty
• 5th Circ. Backs Fluctuating Workweek Rule For OT Damages
• Houston Injury Attorney Says Law Firm Stole His Clients
• AIG Unit Hit With Wages Suit By Call Center Employee
• Former Army Doc Denies $8M Medical Supply Contract Scheme
• 5th Circ. Nixes Cardinal Whistleblower's Faulty Pumps Suit
• Dell, HP Laptops Infringe Cache Memory Patents, Suits Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: JC Penney, RBS, Blackstone
• PE Activity Is Increasing In The Urgent Care Space
• Judge Wants Bar To Look Into Atty Acquitted In Bribery Case
• Mortgage Cos. Shut Down Over Missing Client Funds
• Texas Supreme Court Won't Hear Judge's Discovery Dispute
• Texas, DOJ Tentatively Settle Nursing Home ADA Challenge
• Becton Can't Dodge Rival Syringe Maker's Antitrust Claims
• AA Union Chastizes Texas AG For Role In $11B Merger Suit
• JC Penney Sets Framework For Ackman's 17.7% Stake Sale
• Army National Guard Recruiters Charged In Fraud Scheme
• Panda Power To Build 859-MW Power Plant In Md.
• Texas' Water Rights May Be Endangered
• Dell's Win, Point By Point
• German PE Firm Renews Bid For $780M Claim Against AT&T
• Texas Court Reverses PUC's Cut To CenterPoint Bonus
• Twitter Can't Duck Infringement Suit Over Encryption Patent
• Oil Co. Gets $24M From Insurer In Katrina Coverage Row
• 5th Circ. Sends Workers' Comp Debate To Texas High Court
• Planned Parenthood Outlet Pays $4.3M To Settle FCA Suit
• Amazon Latest To Be Sued Over Online News Data Patent
• Texas Oil Regulator Pushed Engineer To OK Wells, Suit Says
• Luminant Hit With EPA Clean Air Suit Over Coal Plants
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Goldman Sachs, Carlos Slim
• Texas Law Firm Can't Trim Debt Collection Action
• 5th Circ. Nixes Medco's Bid For Damages In Pipeline Row
• Marvell Disks Don't Infringe Lake Cherokee Patents, Jury Says
• Consumers Fight Sabre's Bid To Exit Hotel Price-Fixing MDL
• 5th Circ. Says Class Cert. Reversal Ends Tolling Period
• Strine Denies Icahn Challenge, Paving Way For Dell Buyout
• Support Grows For TransCanada In Eminent Domain Fight
• Oil Heir Says Ex-Atty Isn't Clear Of Probe Of Dallas DA Ties
• Highland Capital Claims Ex-Adviser Planned To Steal Clients
• Medicare Trumps State Workers' Comp Law, High Court Told
• Texas Gov.'s Funding Veto Threat Draws Special Prosecutor
• 5th Circ. Won't Review Remand In Home Depot Injury Case
• Dickie Scruggs Appeals Corruption Conviction To High Court
• Houston Litigation Boutique Says Ex-Partner Stole Clients
• 5th Circ. Asks Texas High Court To Review Home Loan Mods
• $11M Oil Rig Collapse Award Upheld On Appeal
• Thompson & Knight Lures 4 Ex-Patton Boggs Trial Attys
• 5th Circ. Won't Toss Copyright Suit Against Televangelist
• BP Fights Investors' Class Cert. Bid In Deepwater Row
• Dancers Allege Texas Strip Club Denied Wages, Divided Tips
• Apache Agrees To $214M Sale Of Canadian Oil, Gas Assets
• Court Says Dallas Isn't Immune From $1B Back Pay Suit
• Indicted Texas Judge Twisting Law To Duck Ouster, State Says
• FDA Knew Compounder Had Unsterile Practices: Watchdog
• Texas Court Upholds $48M Judgment In Real Estate Fraud
• 5th Circ. Kickback Ruling Is Troubling For Contractors
• How To Mitigate Risk When Reporting Reserve Estimates
• Jury Acquits Texas Atty In Judicial Corruption Case
• $220M Bank Buyout Puts Cullen/Frost Closer To Texas Oil
• DLA Piper Snags Ex-Texas Medicaid Deputy Inspector General
• Airlines' Antitrust Lawyers: 'We're Litigating, Period'
• Cash America Pays $103M For Texas Pawn Shop Chain
• Texas High Court Asked To Revive BBB Defamation Suit
• 5th Circ. Revives Foreclosure Suit Against BofA Unit
• Worker Axed For Quitting Rehab Has No Claim, 5th Circ. Says
• Michael Dell Shouldering Buyout's $190M Dividend Alone
• Rainmaker Q&A: Sayles Werbner's Dick Sayles
• Texas Wind Insurance Pool Votes To Hike Premiums
• Icahn Adds Meeting Claim, Now Ripe, As Dell Hearing Looms
• Apt. Owner Sues Over Coverage For $7.5M In Ike Damage
• Registry Ban On Cloned Horses Blocked By Texas Judge
• Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Jackson Walker Partner In Austin
• Indicted Texas Judge Ducks Several Abuse-Of-Office Charges
• Dallas Fed Research Head Steps Down
• Airline Merger Fight Set To Become Slugfest
• Feds Clear Dallas DA Donor In Oil Heir Fraud Probe
• Texas Atty Faces 42 Counts Of Health Care Theft, Fraud
• Dallas Cowboys Ink $115M Long-Term Deal For New HQ
• Houston Astrodome Renovation Will Be Decided By Voters
• Argonaut Puts Up $187M In Assets For Compressor Co. Stake
• BP Sues EPA Over Federal Contracting Ban
• Credit Card Debt Cos. Duck False Ad Suit In 5th Circ.
• Mark Cuban Says Potential Jurors May Have Bias Against Him
• Directors, Found Liable, Must Foot Own Legal Fees For Now
• American-US Airways Merger Hits Antitrust Turbulence
• Strine Strips Indemnity Claim From Shale Rights Case
• Just Energy Owes $20M Merger Payment, Power Co. Says
• Trade Group Ducks Biofuel Co.'s Defamation Suit
• V&E, Andrews Kurth Broker $1.5B MLP Stock Swap
• Oil Developers Renew Bid To Dodge $31M Award To Investor
• Blackstone Snaps Up $2.7B Apartment Portfolio From GE
• Landry's Owes $3M For Terminating Texas Hotel's Lease
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ackman, JC Penney, Neiman Marcus
• Gardere Lures Ex-Haynes And Boone RE Pro To Dallas Office
• Texas Counties Say Scooter Store Owes On Tax Liens
• NGP Closes $65M Investment In Midland Basin Developer
• Compounding Pharmacy Linked To Infections Issues Recall
• LNG Exporter Hit With Breach Of Contract Suit Over Gas Deal
• Debunking The Myth Of Hydraulic Fracturing
• Rainmaker Q&A: Fish & Richardson's Tom Melsheimer
• Texas Court Of Criminal Appeals Chief Settles Ethics Case
• Texas Looks To Ax Voter ID Suit In Wake Of Shelby Ruling
• Austin Stands Firm On Wages In $300M JW Marriott Project
• FDA Links 15 Infections To Texas Compounding Pharmacy
• Atty Charged In $32M Money Laundering Plot Ruled Competent
• App Maker Ends 'Patent Troll' Suit With Charitable Donation
• Fired Texas Tech Coach's ESPN Libel Row Will Be Booted
• Dallas' Glass Buildings Face A Glaring Controversy
• Polsinelli Lands Ex-Akin Gump Corporate Pro In Dallas
• EPA Carbon Authority Cemented By DC Circ. Ruling
• Oil Refiners, Others To Sue EPA Over Sulfur Dioxide Delay
• Unwitting Blow To Internal Corporate Compliance Programs
• La. Must Return $240M In Medicaid Money, 5th Circ. Told
• Signal Int'l Urges 5th Circ. To Nix WARN Class Action
• Olive Garden, Food Supplier Hit With Tainted-Salad Suit
• Enterprise Products Can't Dodge ETP Pipeline Deal Suit
• Exxon, Imperial Pay $720M For Conoco Canadian Oil Field
• Lien In: Why You Can't Ignore Secured Creditors' Silence
• Porter Hedges Adds Ex-AB InBev Atty To Energy Practice
• Perkins Coie Lures Employment Atty From Morgan Lewis
• Texas Utilities Quiet Smart-Meter Foes With New Opt-Out
• Legal Recruiter Asks Texas High Court To Block Web Posts
• Bracewell Partner Joins Haynes And Boone's Energy Team
• Key Energy Fires Back At Ex-Manager's Noncompete Suit
• SettlePou Paralegal Didn't Work 'Flexible' Week, 5th Circ. Told
• GeyerGorey Opens In Dallas With Former DOJ Antitrust Ace
• AstraZeneca Can't Duck Patent Claim Over Symbicort Inhaler
• Gibson, US Development Group To Build Alberta Rail Terminal
• Texas High Court Opens Door For Libel Plaintiffs
• Texas E-Rate Contractor Settles FCA Action
• Helicopter Co. Says ATP Owes $4.3M For Offshore Transports
• Chesapeake Underpaid Oil, Gas Royalties, Texas City Says
• Chrysler, Nissan, Toyota Sued Over GPS Patent
• Ericsson Jury Win Unshaken In Router Patent Row
• Bitcoins Are Currency Subject To Securities Laws, Judge Says
• 5th Circ. Slams Williams' Rehearing Bid In Oil Credit Row
• Appeals Court Affirms Hygenic Win In Eye Injury Warning Case
• AT&T Asks Texas To End Oversight Of 100 Local Markets
• Texas Passes Road Funding, Ends Legislative Session
• Houston To Pay Firefighters $2M After City Law Ruled Invalid
• Dallas Law Firm Accused Of Mistreating Black Staff
• V&E Reps Spectra Energy In $11B Drop-Down Sale To MLP
• Angels Player Settles IP Suit Over 'Play Hard' Slogan
• Stuck In A Background Check Catch-22? Texas Has Your Back
• 5 Tips For Keeping A Jury Engaged During A Complex Trial
• Texas Attacks Bid For Bail-In Voting Preclearance As Moot
• Breitling Hits Petroleum News Bakken With Defamation Suit
• TCEQ Floats Updates To State Water Quality Standards
• Texas City Blocking Hispanic Mall, Developer Claims
• Transocean Slams BP, Anadarko Bid To Avoid Spill Blame
• BP Faces $29M In FERC Fines For Gas Market Manipulation
• Icahn Wants Quick Hearing On Dell
• Life Settlement Co. Can't Stop Texas From Suing Competitor
• Capitol Ties Pay Dividends For Texas BigLaw Firms
• Judge To Rethink Class Definition In Wells Fargo Wage MDL
• Former Texas Lawmaker Gets Four Years For Bribing Judge
• Fracking By EOG, Shell Caused Damaging Tremors, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lloyds, Icahn, Charter Communications
• Halliburton, Others Face Fracking Antitrust Class Action
• Dell, Founder Agree To Price Bump With Voting Change
• Texas Free Speech Law Bars Retaliation Claim, Judge Says
• Blank Rome Picks Up Maritime, Energy Boutique In Houston
• 8 Vinson & Elkins Attys Form Pipeline-Focused Boutique
• Texas Court Lets Lexington Duck $4M Coverage Verdict
• Indicted Texas Judge Charged With Felony Perjury
• Obama Orders Chemical Storage Revamp After Texas Blast
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Sharp, KKR
• Icahn Sues To Block Dell's Record Date Reset
• Bracewell Lands Environmental Regulations Pro In Houston
• AT&T Beats Back $30M Claim Over T-Mobile Merger Deal
• Texas Cracks Down On Medicaid Fraud — More To Come
• How Texas Community Property System Affects Patent Rights