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Texas - September, 2013

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• Mark Cuban, SEC Pick Jury For Insider Trading Case
• Comcast Hits Houston Sports Network With Involuntary Ch. 11
• Baseless Claims In Texas Now Have Financial Consequences
• ITT Can't Escape Raytheon's $14M Army Contract Row
• Choice Hotels Demands Judgment In Trademark Row
• Harvest In Talks For $137M Sale Of Gabon Operations
• 5th Circ. Backs EEOC In Same-Sex Harassment Battle
• Cantey Hanger Nabs Ex-FTC Regional Director As Partner
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lloyds, Glencore, Twitter
• Insurers Want Out Of Suit Over Pipeline Lost To Sinkhole
• Gardere Sues To Duck BNY Mellon Legal Costs In CDO Row
• MetroCorp Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $273M Merger
• Republican Group Ducks $2M Award Over Perry Donation
• Texas High Court Rejects Attack On Lawyer Discipline Rules
• MLB Pitcher's Pipeline Suit Survives On Ecotourism Argument
• Haynes And Boone Lands Former Health Fraud Prosecutor
• 5th Circ. Revives Ex-Chevron Chemist's FMLA Suit
• Planned Parenthood Sues To Block Texas Abortion Bill
• Fluctuating Workweek Alive And Well In Texas
• Microsoft Settles Hopewell Double-Click Patent Suit
• Texas Court Opens Door For Challenge To Tax Audit Rules
• Attys Eager For Cuban's Star Turn As SEC Trial Looms
• Texas Cab Companies Urge Judge To Toss Price-Fixing Suit
• Rock Supplier's $3M Award Against Southwestern Crushed
• Gov. Perry Names Texas Supreme Court Appointment
• Former Total Transportation Execs Sentenced In Hacking Case
• Reps. Want Speedier Permits For Cross-Border Energy Lines
• NRG, Digicel Will Partner On Caribbean Renewable Projects
• No More Dilemma Over Protecting Trade Secrets In Texas
• Devon Energy Wants Suit Over BHP's $94M Asset Buy Revived
• Duke Plans 400-MW Worth Of Wind Farms In South Texas
• Deals Rumor Mill: Icahn, Apax, Oaktree Capital
• Weil Steers $4B Grohe Sale, Japan's Biggest German Buy
• Kendall Law Cut From Malpractice Suit Over Rival FCA Case
• Mark Cuban Could Testify Twice At Insider Trading Trial
• CORRECTED: Texas Software Co. Founder Seeks Revival Of $85M Dividend
• Patton Boggs Nabs Ex-Chairman Of Locke Lord's PE Practice
• Bill Gates' Investment Co. Buys Four Seasons In Houston
• Barge Salvager Can't Escape Texas Oil Spill Suit
• Hawking To Cover Some Of Sipco's Fees In Wireless IP Row
• How They Won It: Fish Gets Marvell Off The Hook In IP Trial
• 5th Circ. Nixes Late Fraud Suit Against Avery, Renner Otto
• Texas High Court Asked To Revive $21M Oil Lease Judgment
• Dallas Leads National Office Market Uptick: CBRE
• Texas Judges Allow DOJ Intervention In Voting Maps Suit
• Facing Charges For Quashing Evidence, Texas Judge Resigns
• Anderson To Fill Late Husband's Role As Harris County DA
• 5th Circ. Backs Wal-Mart Worker's Firing Over Facebook Post
• Dell Sets Hollow Annual Meeting, Heeding Strine's Order
• Dentons Draws On Current Partners For Houston Outpost
• Mitsui Pledges $400M To Expand Eagle Ford Shale Operations
• Halliburton Wants $256M Tax Suit Against KBR Revived
• Panda Power Takes Majority Stake In 750-MW Power Plant
• Entergy Asks Texas To Reconsider $1.8B ITC Merger Deal
• TCEQ Greenlights New North Texas Water Reservoir
• Health Providers Sue Over Revoked Medicare Billing Privileges
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, TPG Capital, KKR
• 'Regrettable' Effect Of Rule 11 In Dow Corning Case
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• Texas E-Filers Seek Class Cert In LexisNexis Fee Suit
• Liberty Mutual Must Cover FEMA Fire Claims, 5th Circ. Hears
• Texas DOT Inks $100M Contract With Xerox
• BP To Transfer Texas Refinery CAA Liability To Marathon
• Gaedeke Targets Ex-Partner's Copyright Claim On Gas Study
• Brazos Health Care Portfolio Co. Buys Modern Medical
• McDermott Adds Former Prosecutors To White Collar Group
• Lloyd's Colluded With Shipmaker In Mediation, Suit Claims
• Recent Trade Secret Reform — And What Else Should Change
• Texas High Court To Hear Ford Venue Fight Over Mexico Crash
• Texas High Court To Mull 3rd-Party Subrogation Rights
• Former Exxon Worker Admits Stealing $1M With Invoice Scam
• 5th Circ. Embraces Broad Take On ADA Accommodations
• Hospital Fights State Farm's Car Crash Settlement Practice
• BP Atty Slammed As 'Sloppy' Stays On $10B Emission Suit
• Texas High Court Takes Challenge To $5M Defamation Award
• Shell Submits Rates For La.-To-Texas Pipeline To FERC
• Texas Refinery To Pay $8.75M For Violating CAA Deal
• Texas High Court Nixes Challenge To Water Permit Grant
• Texas High Court Won't Nix Ex-Housing Chief's Severance Suit
• Citgo To Pay Penalty, Step Up Pollution Controls In CAA Deal
• Texas High Court Rejects Contractor Dispute With CPS Energy
• Deals Rumor Mill: RBS, Univision, Versace
• Jury Orders Becton To Pay $114M In Syringe Antitrust Case
• HTC Strikes Licensing Deal With Wi-LAN To End Patent Rows
• 5th Circ. Ruling May Expand Cybersecurity Liability
• Texas Appeals Court Reverses Tom DeLay Conviction
• Conoco Inks $105M Deal To Sell Nigerian Unit To Oando
• Austin Sued In $300M JW Marriott Project Wage Fight
• Apache Contractor Accused Of Erasing Kickback Evidence
• Texas AG Claims Dallas Solar Plant Selling Chinese Panels
• Texas Judge Cops To Abuse Of Office Charges, Resigns
• Texas Federal Judge Defends Nazi Commentary In Bias Case
• Hitachi Denied New Trial In TV Receiver Patents Row
• Akin Gump Draws 3 Real Estate Pros From Kelly Hart
• Bracewell, Manatt Lead $273M Merger Of Calif., Texas Banks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Roche, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bickel & Brewer's William Brewer
• Appeals Court Weighs Lloyd's Duty To Pay Oil Well Costs
• Texas Court Urged To Nix $100M Suit Over Failed Energy Deal
• Apple Escapes Patent Suit Over Mobile Display Tech
• For Dallas Law Firms, Bigger Offices Are No Longer Better
• NAACP Says Texas Voter ID Law Is Unconstitutional
• How In-House Counsel Avoid Breaking Bad As Biz Advisers
• Dell Vote Tally Hints At Big Appraisal
• $5M Award Affirmed In Texas Gas Reservoir Row
• Open Source Software Co. Sues Co-Founder For Cyberpiracy
• 7 Tips For Navigating Texas' Hot Real Estate Market
• Labor Union Doesn't Qualify As Media In Defamation Appeal
• Ex-Jenner & Block Client Wants $4M Patent Fee Award Axed
• Haynes And Boone Adds Perkins Coie Energy Pro In Houston
• Taking A Swing At The 'Baseball Rule'
• Sidley Austin Lures 8 Weil Gotshal Partners In Dallas
• Google To Buy Power From 240-MW Texas Wind Farm
• Texas Businesses Urge 5th Circ. To Sink $8B Deepwater Deal
• Texas Slaps RBC With Fine Over Adviser Registrations
• Hotels, Online Travel Cos. Move To Ax Price-Fixing MDL
• 5th Circ. Ships Chinese Drywall MDL Defamation Suit To Calif.
• New York Pizzeria Says Ex-VP Stole Secrets To Start Rival
• Ousted Collins O'Neal Partner Barred From Firm Business
• Cuban 'Quid Pro Quo' Defense Not Fit For Trial, SEC Says
• Vinson & Elkins Steers Huntsman In $1B Rockwood Biz Buy
• Secret Franchise Stock Sale Fuels Partnership Dispute
• Hill Rivkins Accused Of Malpractice In $7M Verizon Feud
• Harris Health Pays $4M In Back Wages To End DOL OT Probe
• Delaware Eclipses Texas As Patent Hot Spot
• Brandywine, DRA Target Austin In $330M Real Estate Venture
• Proskauer Asks If Stanford Receiver Attys Shared Info
• Entergy To Seek Redo In Texas Over Planned ITC Grid Sale
• Catholic Health Strikes $220M Deal To End Affiliation Fight
• Deepwater Horizon Is Not Over Yet
• Insurer Seeks Toss Of $24M Verdict In Katrina Coverage Row
• Halcon Sells Off Oil & Gas Assets In $302M Deal Trio
• Dallas Lawyer Violated FLSA In Overtime Suit, Jury Says
• 5th Circ. Nixes La. DEQ's Appeal In Iron Plant Permit Row
• Dallas Architecture Firm Says Ex-Beijing Head Stole Clients
• Comcast, HBO, Dropbox Caught In Mobile App Patent Blitz
• Cole Schotz Snags Former Walker Sewell Partner In Texas
• ETP Streamlines Claims In Advance Of $3B Pipeline Trial
• Appeals Court Denies Jailed Texas Judge's Plea For Release
• Cisco Sued By Taiwan Group Over Wireless-Network Patent
• Texas Hospital Settles Criminal FCA Kickback Claims
• Baker & McKenzie Adds Angola LNG Vet In Houston
• DOJ Ends Investigation Into Clean-Coal Trade Secrets Theft
• 4 States Sue EPA Over Delaying Sulfur Dioxide Designations
• Beirne Maynard Denies Knowledge Of Partner's Land Deals
• Comcast, BT Scolded By Judge Over Patent Dispute Delays
• 3 Traps For Energy Employers — And How To Avoid Them
• Va. Law Firm Accused Of Botching $500M Contract Dispute
• Inventor Cracks Open Beer-Can IP Suit Against MillerCoors
• Indicted Texas Judge Loses Bid To Nix Removal Suit
• Jones Day Adds Ex-Carrington Coleman Appellate Pro In Dallas
• Dell Shareholders Greenlight $25B Buyout
• Plains Hit With Shareholder Class Action Over $750M Offer
• Workers Ask Texas High Court To Restore Severance Pay
• HHS Targets Minority-Owned Health Care Suppliers, Suit Says
• V&E Lands Former Weil Corporate Pro For Dallas Office
• Six Flags Sued For Wrongful Death Over Texas Coaster Fall
• Shore Chan Says $3M Off Limits Due To IP Referral Deal
• Google, Samsung Hit For Infringing Patents In Android Apps
• Bulgarian Gas Investor Seeks Upset Of $67M Damages Verdict
• Texas Just Tightened Its Grip On The Water Permit Nozzle
• Lance Armstrong Beats False Ad Suit Over Memoir Claims
• Dell, Silver Lake To Move Forward With Take-Private Deal
• Hecht Tapped As Next Texas Supreme Court Chief
• Texas High Court Urged To Revive $10M Plant Explosion Suit
• Hospital Group Asks 5th Circ. To OK $130M Deepwater Deal
• Patent Infringement Can Be Anti-Competitive, Judge Rules
• Texas High Court Urged To Strike Utility's Rate Hike
• 5 Tips For Fattening Firm Wallets In Lean Times
• Marathon Inks $590M Angola Asset Sale Amid Int'l Scale-Down
• O'Quinn Firm, Insurers Say Mediation Failed In Coverage Row
• PGA Officials' Union Wants Right To Sue Firm In Texas
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Rosneft, Tesco
• Jurors In Mark Cuban Case Won't Face Questionnaire
• Conclusory Allegations Won't Cut It Under FCA
• Freeport Lands 2 More LNG Export Customers
• OPTi Awarded $3M In Damages Over 'Presnoop' Patent
• 5th Circ. Backs Insurer In Row With Ex-Mayer Brown Atty
• Ch. 7 Trustee Seeks To Intervene In 'Nightmare' Domain Suit
• Texas High Court Mulls Liability Tests In Asbestos Cases
• 5th Circ. Sides With Drilling Co. In Worker's FMLA Suit
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• New Trial Orders In Texas Now Subject To Appellate Review
• Jones Walker Nabs Winston IP Pro For Houston Office
• Infosys Wins Drop Of Contract Claims In Versata Row
• Former Coats Rose Secretary Slaps Firm With FMLA Suit
• Kia Asks Texas High Court To Toss Faulty Airbag Claim
• 5th Circ. Nixes Insurer's Win Over BJ Services Execs' Theft
• PE-Backed ClubCorp Seeks Up To $324M From IPO
• Akin Gump Reps Sanchez Energy In $220M Eagle Ford Buy
• Neiman Marcus Sale Fetches $6B, Scuttles IPO Plans
• Deals Rumor Mill: Warburg Pincus, KSL Capital, OGX
• Texas Court Open To Bail-In Preclearance For Voting Maps
• Texas Asbestos Case Could Lower Ax On Toxic Tort Suits
• Panda Express Hit With Suit Over 'Delicious' Trademark
• BP Gets Expedited Appeal In Deepwater Settlement Fight
• 5th Circ. Curbs Abortion Providers Fight Against La. Rule
• SEC Ends Ban On Former Atty Of Ponzi Schemer
• Oil States Earns $600M In Sale Of Tubular Services Business
• 5th Circ. Limits Enforcement of Canada Defamation Suits
• Texas High Court Rejects TransCanada Land Seizure Appeal
• How 11th Circ. Muddied The Law On Bank Tax Refunds
• Texas High Court Enters $750M BP, Transocean Coverage Fray
• AT&T Again Beats PE Firm's $780M Suit Over T-Mobile Deal
• Former Shipping Exec Lands 5-Year Sentence For Hacking
• Liberty Mutual Off Hook For Linn's Pollution Case Defense
• Home Health Exec Gets 10 Years For Medicare Fraud
• Parkway, Thomas Properties To Combine In $1.2B Deal
• O'Quinn Firm Can Take Silica Clients To Arbitration
• Carrizo Gets $268M For Texas, Pa. Shale Assets
• Polsinelli Picks Up 3 Benefits Pros For Dallas Office
• Port Of Houston Ducks Noise, Light Pollution Class Action
• Deals Rumor Mill: Suntory, America Movil, TDR Capital
• Oasis Petroleum Lands ND Assets In $1.5B Deal
• 5 Texas Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall
• Patent Holder Reaps $40M In Circuit Tech Infringement Case
• Jailed Texas Judge Asks Appeals Court To Spring Him
• Texas Inks $5M Deal With Drug Co. Over Medicaid Drug Prices
• Trucking Execs Charged In Alleged $26M Con Of GE Capital
• Greystar Acquires $460M Multifamily Portfolio
• Texas Official Cops To Steering $40M Deal To Bear Stearns
• Texas Jury Convicts Oil Co. Exec Of Defrauding Investors
• Apple Among 15 Cos. Sued Over Computer Security Patent
• Texas Firm Cantey Hanger Adds Employment Partner In Dallas
• McKool Smith Atty Appointed To Texas 5th Court of Appeals
• Hedge Funds Line Up For JC Penney Shares After Ackman Exit
• Rainmaker Q&A: Andrews Kurth's Kathleen Wu
• How To Tank A Mediation Without Even Trying
• Toyota Ruling Will Yield Glut Of Texas Appeals, Experts Say
• Milbank Reps Lenders In Wind Farm Financing
• Texas High Court Axes Common Law's Unlawful Acts Doctrine
• Texas High Court Says Developer Wrongly Blocked By City
• 5th Circ. Refuses To Merge Faulty-Drywall Appeals
• Banks' Heartland Data Breach Claims Revived In 5th Circ.
• Confirmed: Texas' Pro-Policyholder Insurance Law
• 5th Circ. Revives Ex-Stanford Employees' Arbitration Bid
• BP Doesn't Owe $3.9M In Lease Dispute, Appeals Court Says
• Texas Chief Justice Says He'll Resign In October
• Texas High Court Allows Tort Claims Against Gov't Entities
• SEC To Call Mark Cuban As Witness In Insider Trading Trial