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Texas - October, 2013

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• 5th Circ. Grants Stay On Block To Texas Abortion Law
• Immigrants' Appeal Of Texas Driver's License Suit Nixed
• Google, Samsung Sued Over Nortel Search-Engine Patents
• SCA Can Attack $7.5M Award To Armstrong, Arbitrators Rule
• DOJ Wants Voter Fraud Group Kept Out of Voter ID Case
• Haynes And Boone Settles Ex-Client's $10M Atty Fee Suit
• A New World Of Alcohol Taxation In Texas
• 5th Circ. To Rehear Texas Bingo Law Challenge En Banc
• Apple Shuts Down Faulty MacBook Class Action
• Alco Stores Shareholders Reject $47M Buyout By Argonne
• Ex-Texas Mayor Hit With $20M Suit Over Land Swindle
• Riverstone Puts Up $200M To Launch Houston Energy Co.
• Swire Oilfield Services Hit With OT Class Action
• Handgun Students Slap Texas Attys With Solicitation Suit
• Worker Injured In Deadly Oil Rig Blast Sues Black Elk
• Cheniere Execs Seek Exit From Fired GC's Whistleblower Suit
• NRG Seeks Approval Of Wind Takeover In $2.6B Edison Merger
• Astros, Comcast Strike Truce In Row Over Network's Ch. 11
• How To Support Atty Fee Claims In Texas
• Texas Group Seeks $60M Cleanup Bond For Luminant Mine
• DLA Piper Adds Enviro, Energy Pro In Houston And Tampa
• Texas Couples Challenge Gay Marriage Ban
• Ex-Cushing Trader Pleads Not Guilty In Front-Running Case
• Business Divorce Could Be Better Balanced In Texas
• Duke Should Face Fraud Claims Over Crescent Ch. 11: Trustee
• Wapiti Sues For Costs, Taxes In $375M Oil Field Sale
• Ex-Chemical Co. President Gets 1 Year In Worker Death Case
• Texas High Court Asked To Revive $780M Suit Against AT&T
• Texas Seeks Emergency Stay Of Judge's Abortion Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, RBS, CVSL
• Dell Yanks Public Listing After Sealing $25B Buyout
• Claims Streamlined In Highland's Dispute With Ex-PE Head
• Jury Sides With Roche In Age Bias Trial
• Dow Hits Texas Cos. Over Superfund Recovery Costs
• Hypercom Denied New Trial In $2M Infringement Suit
• Texas Abortion Restriction Ruled Unconstitutional
• 'Patent Monetizer' Plugs Biz Model In Alaska Air Accord
• BP Fights What's Left Of Deepwater Horizon Securities Suit
• Texas Denies Race Discrimination Claims In Voter ID Case
• Medicare Fraudster Can't Claim Double Jeopardy: 5th Circ.
• Crosstex Energy Invests $140M In Permian Basin Project
• Texas PUC Vote Signals Move Toward Power Subsidies
• EPA Approves Texas Air Plan For Grandfathered Facilities
• Cuban Takes Parting Shot At Ex-SEC Enforcement Chief
• Texas High Court Strikes Atty Fee Award Due To Lack Of Docs
• V&E Reps Pioneer In $550M Alaska Subsidiary Sale
• Biz Groups Add To Swelling Support For AA-US Airways Deal
• Tetra Says Execs Stole Secrets To Create PE-Backed Rival
• Disbarred Dallas Atty Gets 25 Years For Client Fraud
• Texas High Court Urged To Toss Tax Incentive Defamation Suit
• HP Sues LG, Philips Over Disc Drive Price-Fixing Scheme
• Texas High Court Asked To Nix $7.5M Excess Coverage Award
• Estimation Fight At The AUP Corral
• More Proof Of Texas Courts' Split On Certificate Of Merit
• Boeing Asks Texas High Court To Prevent Lease Disclosure
• Sullivan Reps RR Donnelley In $620M Printing Outfit Buy
• The Hotel Market Check-In: GHL, Carey Watermark, ICH
• Privacy Concerns Nix Bankruptcy Sale Of Dating Site Data
• Court Declines To Nix $10M Suit In Hospital Management Row
• Apple Beats Wi-LAN At Wireless Patent Trial
• 50 Cent Hit With Copyright Suit Over Song's Promo Image
• Texas High Court Asked To Nix Hurricane Ike Class Action
• Cancer Testing Co. Can't Kill Medicare Overbilling Suit
• Texas Lawyer Who Stole From Clients Could Get Life Sentence
• Texas Doctors Lose Bid To Curb Coal Plant Pollution
• UT Hospitals Want $11M In Social Security Taxes Returned
• Sabra Health Care REIT Invests $300M In Texas Hospitals
• Ohio PE Firm Boosts $223M Fund With Aviation Repair Biz
• 2 Contractors, Ex-Air Force Officer Indicted In Bribery Scheme
• Appeals Court Revives $3.5M Award Against Oxbow Unit
• Rockets Support Comcast Network Ch. 11 In Split From Astros
• Texas City Seeks To Block Gas Wells In Permit Fight
• Land Deal Suit Threatens $500M Martin Midstream Refinery
• Oilfield Co. Must Pay Atty Fee Award, Appeals Court Rules
• Kelly Hart In Dispute Over Files After Akin Gump Defection
• Two National Guard Members Admit To Recruiting Bonus Scam
• Fowler Rodriguez Hit With $4.3M Malpractice Suit
• UnitedHealth Must Pay MRI Scan Claims, Suit Says
• Vinson Reps Plains All American In Gas Storage Co. Buyout
• Texas Courts' Rigorous Standards For Well-Pled Complaints
• Houston Firm Can't Beat Unfair Debt Collection Class Action
• Littler Mendelson Scoops L&E Attorney From Gardere
• Roche Diagnostics Denies Fired Manager's Age Bias Claims
• Apple Demands Mistrial In Wi-LAN Patent Feud
• Texas Judge Who Texted Prosecutors From Bench Resigns
• Vinson, Baker Botts Help Seal Devon-Crosstex Merger
• How To Prepare Witnesses To Make (Not Break) Your Case
• $175M Deal Gives 3i Majority Stake In Texas Consulting Firm
• Ultra Petroleum Pays $650M For Utah Oil Fields
• Astros May Strike Out In Bid To Ax Network's Forced Ch. 11
• Texas High Court Rebuffs Injunction Against Hospital Buys
• Settlement Class Says Deepwater Deal Should Be Affirmed
• U. of Texas Settles Trademark Suit With 'Hook'em' Shirt Maker
• Texas High Court To Review Farmers Vacant House Fire Win
• O'Quinn Beats $1.3B Malpractice Suit Over Chevron Fight
• Texas Supreme Court Takes Up Jury Charge Timing Question
• Financial Consultant Gets 3 Years Over $7M Ex-Im Bank Fraud
• Baker Botts Reps NRG In $2.6B Bankrupt Edison Mission Buy
• Texas Courts Split On Certificate Of Merit
• Texas High Court Won't Revive $17M Drilling Ban Award
• Texas High Court Takes Fight Of Pollution 'Stigma' Damages
• Plains Lobs $100M Suit At Kinder Morgan Unit Over Gas Row
• Occidental Sells $1.3B Stake In Pipeline Partnership
• Energy Investment Fund Drops $150M Into 2 Exploration Cos.
• Latham Guides Investor's $430M Hotel Portfolio Purchase
• Trade Secrets Don't Need To Satisfy All 6 Test Factors: 5th Circ.
• Texas Ponzi Schemer Slapped With $3.8M Penalty In SEC Suit
• Jury Axes Texas Lawyers' $42M Claim Against Former Client
• ATP Deepwater Asset Sale Gets Final Nod From Judge
• Atty Issues Doom $250M Patent Suit Against Retail Giants
• Attys Group Asks High Court To Review Class Cert Precedent
• BriovaRx Claims Ex-Salesman Stole Data, Trade Secrets
• Texas AG Seeks To Block Transfer Of Dating Site's User Info
• Texas Court Again Blocks $10M Award In Mexico Hotel Row
• Cabot Brings In $188M For Oil, Gas Assets
• Azure Takes Over BG Group, EXCO JV In $931M Deal
• Valero Beats Tax Assessor's Bid For Texas Refinery Data
• 5th Circ. Axes Texas Ban On Corporate PAC Donations
• Ricoh Exits Printer Monitoring Patent Suit
• Cuban Verdict Likely The Last Word In SEC Case
• Enbridge Unit Asks FERC To Review Pipeline Rate Changes
• Umami — Trendy But Not Protectable
• 5th Circ. Sides With Paralegal In OT Dispute
• Comcast Urges Judge To Preserve Houston Network's Ch. 11
• Jury Hands Cuban The Win In SEC's Insider Trading Case
• Apple Can't Use FRAND Defense In Wi-LAN Trial, Judge Says
• Jurors Weigh Cuban Insider Case After Contentious Closings
• Lionstone Group Takes Over Iconic Houston Office Tower
• Diversity Report Gives BigLaw In Dallas Failing Grade
• Weil Gotshal Loosens Hold On Departing Texas Partners
• US-Mexico Border Drilling Bill Sails Through Senate
• Texas Windstorm Insurer Says Judge Is Rushing Ike Cases
• PrinterOn Sues Competitor Over Cloud Printing Patents
• BP Tells 5th Circ. Deepwater Deal Needs Redo On Remand
• Becton Seeks New Trial, Nix Of $114M Antitrust Verdict
• Pitfalls Await Those Who Do Not Think Through TTLA Claims
• Jury Awards Luv N' Care $10M Judgment Against Rival
• Cert. Granted In Defective Frigidaire Washing Machine Row
• BP Loses Bid To Send Deepwater Securities Suit Abroad
• Retailers Infringed Online Search, Data Patents, Tech Co. Says
• Andrews Kurth Sued Over $3M Fees In Martin Midstream Row
• Careful, That Slice Of Pizza May Be Full Of Trade Secrets
• 5th Circ. Urged To Ax UT's Race-Conscious Admissions Policy
• Dell Wants Adaptix Lawyers DQ'd In Patent Fight
• Energy Pro Kicks Off 2nd Tour Of Duty At Hicks Thomas
• French Fracking Ban Survives Constitutional Challenge
• O'Quinn Sues For Coverage Of $46.5M Overbilling Settlement
• Texas Greenhouse Gas Permit Plan Could Unlock EPA Backlog
• Patton Boggs Lands Munck Wilson, Locke Lord Finance Pros
• DC Circ. Tests FOIA Exemptions In Faulty Dam Case
• Kinder Morgan To Drop $74M On Eagle Ford Pipeline Extension
• Riverstone Sinks $300M Into Texas Oil Exploration Firm
• Porter Hedges Adds Adams & Reese Transactional Partner
• The Hotel Market Check-In: Kerzner, Omni, IHG
• EPA's Passive-Aggressive Use Of Title V Objections
• OSHA Knocks Texas Fertilizer Plant For Failings Before Blast
• FERC Oversight Preempts Property Damage Suit: 5th Circ.
• BP Beats Damages In $10B Toxic Emission Test Case
• Vinson Reps Crestwood In $750M Bakken Midstream Buy
• Baker Botts Reps Regency In $5.6B Deal For Pipeline Rival
• ATP Unit Objects To Anadarko Oil Field Clean-Up Deal
• Buckeye To Pay Hess $850M For Storage Terminal Unit
• Info Cuban Traded On Was Public, Insider-Trading Jury Told
• BlackBerry And Wi-LAN Reach Deal To End Patent Feud
• Astros Want Involuntary Ch. 11 Filed By Comcast Axed
• Ford Harrison Snags Ex-Crain Cubbage Labor Pro In Dallas
• BP Looks To Sink FERC's $29M Market Manipulation Fine
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apollo Tyres, Telecom Italia, AT&T
• Weil's Dallas Woes Exacerbated By Long-Term Lease
• Thompson & Knight Wants $2.5M Investor Fraud Appeal Axed
• Texas Program Will Give Patient Privacy Law Seal Of Approval
• Cuban's Broker May Be Covering Up Insider Trade, SEC Says
• EPA To Push Against State Air Rules After High Court Denial
• 5th Circ. Revives Bus Co.'s School Contract Bias Suit
• DePuy Says Ex-Sales Reps Breached Noncompetes
• Immunity Bars Rail Project Overrun Claim, Texas Court Told
• Lime Rock Rakes In $750M For US Oil And Gas Buys
• Huawei Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Patent Dispute In Calif.
• Ogletree Abbott Says FindLaw Botched Web Redesign
• Koch's Latest Buy Adds 1,055-MW Texas Power Plant
• Notice Starts Clock On Wrong-Venue FDCPA Claims: 5th Circ.
• Let's Really Consider The Idea Of A 2-Year Law Degree
• Jury Urged To Slam BP As $10B Toxic Emissions Trial Ends
• High Court Weighs Law Firms' Liability In Stanford Ponzi
• Scruggs Loses High Court Bid To Nix Corruption Conviction
• Sidley Confirms More Weil Gotshal Additions In Dallas
• Cuban Can't End Insider Trading Trial After SEC Rests
• 5th Circ. Affirms Win For Prospect Energy In Contract Row
• Justices Won't Hear Design Defect Suit Over Generic Reglan
• Supreme Court Spurns Casino Discrimination Case
• High Court Rejects Luminant's Challenge To Emissions Limits
• Cy Pres: 'As Close As Possible' Is Not Good Enough
• Darling Int'l Inks $2B Deal To Buy Vion Ingredients Biz
• Adelson's Libel Suit Against Dallas Atty Dumped
• Weil Gotshal Defections Grow In Dallas
• Crestwood Unitholders OK Plans For $8B Inergy Tie-Up
• Texas High Court Urged To Undo $57M Hotel Sale Verdict
• The Best Cyberdefense Is A Good Offense
• AA Wins Order Blocking Travel Agents' Trademark Use
• Forest Oil Continues Selloff With $1B Texas Panhandle Deal
• 'Troll' Drops Kaspersky Patent Suit On Eve Of Trial
• DOL Adverse Action Ruling 'Outcome-Driven,' Halliburton Says
• Solera Pays $289M For 50% Of Welsh Carson Auto Service Co.
• BP Secures Freeze Of Some Gulf Spill Settlement Payments
• La. Says Policy Assignment Cases Belong in State Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: BNP Paribas, Ikaria, Best Buy
• Icahn Drops Dell Appraisal Fight, Will Take Deal Cash
• Judge Trims Deepwater Securities Suit Against BP, Execs
• Jackson Walker Botched Workout With Borrower, Bank Claims
• 5th Circ. Reverses Block On Texas Voter Registration Rule
• Cuban Denies He Promised To Keep Deal Info Confidential
• New Trial Ordered In Fulcrum Energy's Fight With Ex-Worker
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Houston Enviro Pro From Sidley
• Groupon Can't Get Peer-To-Peer IP Case Moved Out Of Texas
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, Mergermarket, Societe Generale
• An Unexpected Role For A Franchisor Principal
• Bracewell Adds 4 Public Finance Aces To San Antonio Office
• EEOC Must Prove Tactics In $30M Bass Pro Deal Proper
• IDI Acquires Verde Realty For $1.1B
• Weil Gotshal's Texas Troubles Hit Houston
• Cuban Disputes SEC's Claim He Traded On Confidential Tip
• ExxonMobil Says New Fox Channel's Logo Violates Trademark
• Axis Avoids Defending Mortgage Broker In $5M Fraud Suit
• Stanford Investors Accuse Willis Of Aiding $7B Scheme
• HP Dismisses Suit Over Patent Holder's Wi-Fi Ligitation Blitz
• Texas Cab Drivers Get Judge's Nod To Drop Antitrust Suit
• Texas Chief Justice Resigns, Joins Alexander Dubose
• 5th Circ. Invites Bias Suits Over 'Horseplay,' Lawyers Say
• Texas AG Drops Antitrust Challenge To US Airways-AA Merger
• Shareholders Sue JC Penney After Major Investor Exits
• Fed. Circ. Says Houston, DC Can't Trademark Their Seals
• Shareholder Suit Over $45M Vocada-Nuance Merger Nixed
• Rainmaker Q&A: Chamblee Ryan's Bill Chamblee
• Cuban's Stock Dump Hurt Average Investors, SEC Tells Jury
• Don't Conflate Shutdown And Debt Ceiling Challenges
• Perkins Coie Adds Another Partner To Dallas Office
• 5th Circ. Reverses Ban On Miffed Officers' Website
• Pharmaceutical Patent Pro Joins Baker Botts In Houston
• Seismic Map At Center Of Trade Secret Theft, Conspiracy
• Another JCP Investor Cuts Stake In Sputtering Retailer
• US Government Shuts Down As Funding Fight Goes Nowhere
• BigLaw Braces For Revenue Hit In Federal Shutdown