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Texas - December, 2013

159 articles

• Art Collector, Gallery Broke Pact Over Rothko Work, Jury Finds
• Patton Boggs' Chevron Problem Scuttled Merger Deal
• Texas Windstorm Insurer Facing Scrutiny Over Racist Emails
• Drill Texas Drill!: Surface Rights And Subsurface Effluent
• Bankruptcy Court Allows ATP To Sell UK Subsidiary
• Kinder Morgan Teams With Targa On Texas NGL Facilities
• Pipeline Co. Takes Gas Delivery Fight To Texas High Court
• Obama Taps Boies Schiller Partner For DC District Court
• Kinder Morgan, Imperial To Build $170M Oil Rail Terminal
• Bickel Belongs Back In $60M Suit, Texas High Court Hears
• Vinson Reps Summit In Deal For Gas Infrastructure Co. Stake
• Patton Boggs, Locke Lord End Merger Talks
• BBB Hit With Antitrust Suit After Sinking Defamation Claim
• Locke Lord Counsel Appointed Texas Secretary Of State
• MicroMed Investors Say Execs Lied About Heart Pump Patents
• Martinair Again Gets Software Contract Suit Nixed In Texas
• 5th Circ. Axes Attys' Fees In Texas Redistricting Fight
• What The Hail Is Going On In Texas?
• Texas Ex-Mayor Gets 3 1/2 Years In $100M Kickback Scandal
• Texas Wind Projects Die Down With End Of Tax Credit
• Considerations Before Mandating English In The Workplace
• Energy Co. Rips Ex-Partner's $35M Claim In Power Plant Row
• Ex-NFL Player Cops To Running $2M Ponzi Scheme
• A Look Back At The Deals That Defined 2013
• Dallas Appeals Court Denies Rehearing In $1B Back Pay Row
• Houston's Benefits Offer To Gay Workers' Spouses Quashed
• Luv N' Care Wants Rival Sanctioned After $10M Trademark Win
• Blackstone Puts Up $685M For 3 Texas Gas Plants
• Employer Takeaways From Atlantic Marine
• More Geolocation, Biometrics State Laws On The Horizon
• Clinic Asks Texas High Court To DQ Doctor's Counsel
• Beirne Maynard Fights Appeal Over Partner's Land Deals
• Consultant Co. Hits El Paso With Software Copyright Suit
• Texas AG Says Austin Can Transfer Utility Oversight
• Former NFL Star Ricky Williams Says Adviser Stole $6M
• Expedia, Hotels Say Online Price-Fixing Suit Can't Stand
• Thoma Bravo Sells Digital Security Co. To ID Card Supplier
• AT&T Exits Conn. Landline Business In $2B Deal
• Kinder Morgan Asks Canada To OK $5B Pipeline Expansion
• Texas Secretary Of State Quits Amid Fight Over Voting Laws
• Locke Lord Adds Energy Litigation Pro From Harrison Bettis
• GE, Mitsubishi Bury Hatchet Over Wind Turbine Patents
• VC Firm Can't Collect $7.5M From Transvaginal Mesh Suits
• IFM Invests $1.3B In Freeport LNG Export Facility
• Penn Virginia Lands $100M For Eagle Ford Gas Assets
• Supreme Court Won't Review Gulf Drilling Ban
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Versace, Dexus
• Markel Can't Budge Texas Justices In $6M Coverage Suit
• $57.3M Hotel Sale Dispute Heads To Texas High Court
• No Rehearing Of Malpractice Suit Over BP Blast Settlement
• Fight Over Child Injury Suits Heads For Texas High Court
• Fen-Phen Malpractice Awards Denied By Texas High Court
• Texas High Court Snubs LegalZoom's Appeal Of App Fee Suit
• Of Lance Armstrong And Arbitration Panels
• JC Penney, Texas Co. Drop Patent Suit Over Bar Code Ads
• Oil Driller's Trespass Case To Get Texas High Court Review
• Bank Holding Co.'s Ch. 11 Asset Sale Gets Nod
• Texas High Court To Hear Legal Recruiter's Web Post Battle
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Sprint, Icahn
• Entergy, ITC Holdings Pull Plug On $1.8B Transmission Deal
• BreitBurn Inks $282M Deal For Permian Oil, Gas Properties
• Koch Unit Cuts Deal With Enviros To Curb Refinery Emissions
• Texas Court Axes Energy Exec's Indemnity For $5M Verdict
• Rockets To Take Reins From Astros In Network Negotiations
• Texas Judge Won't Remove DA After DWI Controversy
• Time To Revisit Mistaken Precedent On CGL Coverage
• Epstein Becker Can't Duck Malpractice Suit On Appeal
• Time Warner Hit With Suit Over Nortel Network Patents
• First National Sues To Keep $10M Tax Refund From FDIC
• US Urges Supreme Court To Take Up Texas-NM Water Fight
• Jilted Stalking Horse Wants Dallas Bank Auction Reopened
• Energy Co. Aims To Knock Out $595M Eagle Ford Judgment
• Apple, Nokia, Sony Hit With Camera Phone Patent Suits
• Dallas Adopts Strict Urban Gas-Drilling Ordinance
• Tax Deal For $133M Texas Hotel Complex Wins City Nod
• Deals Rumor Mill: Men's Wearhouse, Scripps, Morgan Stanley
• A Formidable Tool For Forum Selection Clause Enforcement
• Greyhound Parent Rebuffs Hedge Fund's Sale Proposal
• Keeping Trade Secrets In The Texas Oil Patch
• Rivera Deepens Circuit Split On H-2 Worker Reimbursement
• Texas Appellate Judges Face Challengers For 2014
• Plaintiffs' Firm Wants Ex-Associate's Fee Claim Arbitrated
• Bracewell Lands Former V&E Energy Transactions Pro
• Texas Court Axes Suit Against Sierra Club In Toxic Waste Row
• Comcast Blasts Astros Owner's Suit Over Regional Network
• BlackBerry Ripped Off 'Smart Dialing' Patent, Suit Says
• Consol, Noble Pay Dominion $190M For Gas Drilling Rights
• Justices Rule Federal Courts Can Weigh State Agency Fights
• Texas Judge Flips Parties As Justices Draw 2014 Challenges
• Bechtel, Cheniere Strike $9.5B In Deals To Build LNG Facilities
• Texas Drought Drives Uptick In Water Rights Disputes
• Oil Field Co. Slammed With $281M Wrongful Death Verdict
• NFL QB Vince Young Settles $5.5M Suit Against Ex-Advisers
• NET Midstream Wins $665M In Funding For Texas Gas Pipeline
• WhiteWave To Pay $600M For Organic Food Co. Earthbound
• Texas Civil Litigation Boutiques Eye New Years' Tie-Up
• Enviros Can't Bar States From Suit Over EPA SO2 Rule
• AMR-US Airways Merger Takes Effect
• Vinson Reps EnerVest In $950M Permian Basin Asset Sale
• Holding Co.'s Sale Of Dallas Bank Lacks Details, Creditors Say
• Former Cancer Research Exec Indicted Over $11M Grant
• Texas High Court Asked To Take Fracking Pollution Fight
• Insurer Must Defend La. Parish In Katrina Suits: 5th Circ.
• J&J Keeps Vaginal Mesh Suit Out Of Texas State Court
• Bankrupt TMT Can Seek Release Of Creditor-Seized Ships
• Comcast Ruling Blocks Class Cert. In BP Securities Suit
• States Rejecting Medicaid Expansion To Lose Billions: Report
• Developers For $335M Texas Hotel Land Financing, Marriott
• SynQor, Cisco Settle Suit Over Patent Infringement
• Ex-NBA Player Wrongfully Dodged Goodwill Tour, Suit Says
• Texas Supreme Court Won't Revive $780M Suit Against AT&T
• A Growing Consensus In Favor Of Labor Arbitration
• Samsung Defective Phone Class Action Won't Go To Arbitration
• Plant Asks Texas Justices To Nix Damages In Light Of Cleanup
• Ex-Fish Atty Cuts Deal In Wireless Network Patent Suit
• Cheniere Lands 1st LNG Buyer From Texas Export Terminal
• Winston Nabs Baker Botts, Fulbright Energy Pros In Houston
• Deals Rumor Mill: America Movil, JC Penney, Wilbur Ross
• Frito-Lay Argues DOL Lacks Authority In Gender Bias Probe
• Engineering Firm Must Face Suit Over Waste Facility Design
• Delos, Satori Nab Coatings Maker California Products
• Texas Justices Urged To Uphold Immunity In Arrest Suit
• Perkins Coie Builds Dallas Office With Franchising Pro
• Water Conservation Group Can't Ax Texas Town's Permit
• Texas Proposes Screenings, Guidelines For ACA Navigators
• Refi Principal Cap Could 'Wreak Havoc,' Texas Justices Told
• Marriott Dodges Claims In Texas Resort Cost Overruns Suit
• State Judges' Money Conflicts Mostly A Mystery, Report Says
• Austin Attorney Gets 20 Years For Judicial Bribery Scam
• Deals Rumor Mill: GM, Essex Property, Men's Wearhouse
• Calif. Taxpayers: You Can['t] Check Out Any Time You Like
• 5th Circ. Flugence Case May Sway Section 550(a) Readings
• Ford Asks Texas Justices To Send Crash Suit To Mexico
• 2 KBR Cases Illuminate Kickback Risks For Contractors
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Too Hot Or Cold For An MDL?
• Texas' Prop 6 And The Challenges That Lie Ahead
• Employers Win Class Waiver Battle, But War Isn't Over
• SEC Negligence Not Protected Under FTCA, Ponzi Victims Say
• Judge Won't Pare Claims In SEC Suit Against Life Partners
• Brown Sims Hit With Fraud Suit Over Atty Misconduct
• UK Backs BP In Challenge To Federal Contracting Ban
• Halliburton Securities Class OK'd To Continue Discovery
• Calpine Drops $625M On 1,000-MW Gas-Fired Plant In Texas
• Haggar Acquires Tribal Sportswear From Kilmer Capital
• 5th Circ. Grants BP's Bid To Halt Further Deepwater Payouts
• 5th Circ. Rejects NLRB Class Waiver Ban
• 5th Circ. Says Credit Card Add-On Dispute Not Federal Case
• TMT Creditor Seeks To Pursue $2.7M Real Estate Transfer
• Charges Pared Against Atty Caught In Judicial Bribery Scam
• Defunct Tech Co. Wants Suit Against Southern Union Revived
• Ex-Mexican Gov. Accused Of Drug Smuggling, Bribery Scheme
• 5th Circuit's E-Briefing Innovation Prompts Rule Change
• Dallas' Godwin Lewis Promotes Female Ex-Judge To Lead Firm
• Dell Says $25B Buyout Didn't Undervalue Company
• $950M In Wind Subsidies Give Taxpayers Shaky Returns: Study
• Texas Cities Seeing Spike In Condo Sales, Report Says
• Texas Physical Therapy Clinics Reach $4.3M FCA Deal
• Following Up On Follow-On Biologics
• A Guide To Making O&P Payments On Texas Roof Repairs