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Texas - May, 2014

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• Enviro Group Sues Construction Co. Over Wetland Destruction
• SEC Sues Ex-CFO Of KGW Capital Over Forex Fraud Scheme
• Oil Investor Group Asks High Court To Save $23M Fraud Suit
• Texas A&M Stadium Contractors Cited Over Worker Death
• Texas Supreme Court Cases To Watch For This Summer
• State Claims Over BP Spill Not Preempted, High Court Told
• Texas Atty Gets 20 Years For Oil, Gas Investment Fraud
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Armstrong's Arbitration Battle
• Can Bankrupt Law Firms Claw Back 'Unfinished Biz' Profits?
• Judge Unimpressed By $51M Suit Against Andrews Kurth
• 5th Circ. Affirms $11M Aspen Win In IP Row, Trims Fees
• Telecom Giants Win Dismissal Of 3 Claims In Patent Row
• State False Claims Act Enforcement Explodes In 2014
• Appeals Court Nixes Territory Dispute Between Texas Cities
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds $7M Award Over Oil Well Snafu
• Deals Rumor Mill: GSK, Softbank, Swift Worldwide
• Ex-ArthroCare Execs Can't Duck $400M Fraud Charges
• Advice From Counsel: The Emerging E-Discovery Playbook
• Texas Asks State High Court To Address Flow-Through Tax
• Laredo Lands $130M In PE Funding For Drilling Program
• Akin Gump Made Right Call In Reporting Client, Experts Say
• Is It Time To Increase Your Billing Rates?
• BP Asks High Court To Stay Deepwater Settlement Payouts
• Haynes And Boone Names New Leader, Eyes Expansion
• Centurion Buys Dallas Hotel, Preps For $175M Redo
• High-Stakes Litigators Can Cost $1,500 An Hour
• GCs Question If Partners Are Worth The Cost
• BigLaw Hourly Rates Dwarf Rivals' Across The Board
• Steel Cos. Want New Trial After $156M Antitrust Judgment
• DOE Puts Up $217M Match For Fluor's Nuclear Technology
• 5 Insights From Ingram Micro's Lily Hughes
• Westlake Puts Up $667M For PE-Backed Chemical Co.
• Texas Comptroller Drops Fight On Oil Well Inspection Tax
• Koch Refining Unit Drops $2.1B To Buy PetroLogistics
• Ex-Employees Hit Pemex With Age Discrimination Suit
• Gotham Insurance V. Warren E&P Answers Age-Old Question
• Akin Gump Accused Of Breaching Privilege In Trade Secrets Case
• Texas Accounting Firm Accused Of Bad Insurance Audits
• Texas Court Won't Revive Fight Against Payday Loan Law
• 5th Circ. Hands Win To Novartis In Bone Drug Action
• Insurer Says $2.6M Verdict Shouldn't Be Time-Barred
• DGSE, Ex-CFO Settle SEC Action Over Faulty Bookkeeping
• Texas Takes Section 8 Housing Bias Row To High Court
• And Now A Word From The Panel: What's Good For America?
• BP Can't Extend Deepwater Payment Freeze, 5th Circ. Says
• Will Earthquakes Shake Up The Shale Wastewater Debate?
• Jones Day Adds 2 Haynes And Boone M&A Pros In Houston
• Justices Urged To Revive $17M Ruling In Houston Land Case
• 5 Insights From MetLife General Counsel Ricardo Anzaldua
• Class Action Targets TPG-Owned Valerus For Tax Scheme
• RE Co. Accuses Beard Kultgen, Kelly Hart Of Malpractice
• Judge Says Texas Should Be Able To Storm 'Alamo' Beer Row
• Tardy Whistleblowers Want Cut Of Docs' $38M Restitution
• Texas Jury Says Chesapeake Gas Well Was Nuisance
• Medtronic Gets Some Sanctions Cut In Morphine Death Suit
• Malpractice Claim Against Andrews Kurth Could Reach $51M
• T. Boone Pickens Can Sue Son Over Blog, Appeals Court Says
• Insurer Hit With $28M Suit Over Fertilizer Plant Blast
• In Pursuing BP, FERC Unafraid To Cast Wide Enforcement Net
• Texas High Court Refuses $90M Marriott Cost Overrun Suit
• Arbitrator's Nixon Peabody Ties Fell $125M Tenaska Judgment
• GM, Delphi Win Delay Of Texas Ignition Switch Defect Suits
• TPG Rakes In $3.3B For 6th Asia-Focused Fund
• Why There Is No Frivolous Patent Lawsuit Crisis
• Energy Future Wins Fight To Keep Ch. 11 In Del.
• NAACP Pans Texas Suit Over EEOC Background Check Policy
• Olympic Track Coach Sues USADA Over Doping Allegations
• Texas Regulator Greenlights Marathon Injection Well
• Allegedly Bogus Houston Firm Sued For Illegal Law Practice
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reynolds American, Travelex, TSB Bank
• Andrews Kurth Atty Wanted At $10M Stanford Malpractice Trial
• RE Rumor Mill: Secured Capital, UC Davis, Sam's Club
• 5th Circ. OKs Rancher's Cash Accounting Method
• EBay Hit With E-Bazaar Patent Infringement Suit
• 5 Insights From Hewlett-Packard GC John Schultz
• 5th Circ. Overturns Ex-La. Mayor's 22-Year Bribery Sentence
• EPA Greenlights Dow's $3B Gas-Processing Plant In Texas
• Texas City Settles With Utility Over Power Contract Exit
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Continue Deepwater Payment Freeze
• Signet Sticking To $690M Zale Deal Despite Investor Outcry
• Sanchez Energy Drops $639M For Shell Eagle Ford Assets
• CORRECTED: Bell Helicopter Wins $378M Marines Contract Extension
• Men's Wearhouse Extends $1.8B Offer For Rival, Waits On FTC
• Bombardier Fights Gov't Bid To Wrap Up $32M Tax Case
• Dallas Juries Favor Business Plaintiffs In High-Dollar Verdicts
• Sullo & Sullo, Bobbitt Accused Of Infringing Software IP
• How An Antitrust Case Changed The Gay Marriage Debate
• Akin Gump Says Client Faked Evidence In Trade Secrets Case
• The Trial Lawyer's Guide To A Winning Direct Examination
• Video Game Giant Hits Oculus With Trade Secrets Suit
• Cash-Cow Sports Media Rights Help Shape Bigger M&A Picture
• Noble, Woodside Scrap $2.6B Israel Gas Field Deal
• 5 Insights From Caterpillar Chief Legal Officer Jim Buda
• Harman International Pays $365M For Tech Automation Co.
• ION Appeals Schlumberger Unit's $124M Patent Award
• GM, Delphi Want Texas Ignition-Switch Suits Consolidated
• 5th Circ. Won't Let Chinese Drywall Maker Evade Judgments
• BP Investor Group Scores Class Cert. In Deepwater Suit
• Ericsson, Verizon Accused Of Infringing Wireless Patent
• Disbarred Texas Atty Pleads Guilty To Ch. 13 Forgery
• Texas Fed. Judge Heads To 5th Circ. On Senate Confirmation
• Nintendo Wins Interactive Gaming Patent Suit In Texas
• Hospitals Sued For Forcing Work On Meal Breaks Without Pay
• Zale Chair Blasts TIG's Objections To $690M Signet Merger
• Porter Hedges Reneged On Malpractice Jury Trial, Suit Says
• The No-Nonsense New Yorker: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing
• 5 Insights From Prudential General Counsel Susan Blount
• Crown Royal Cites 'Rampant' Confusion In Whiskey TM Row
• Enterprise Products Contests Jury's $319M Pipeline Verdict
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear $9.2B BP Spill Settlement Case
• Polsinelli Boosts Dallas Team With Ex-Patton Boggs Litigator
• Chesapeake Hit With More Suits Over Barnett Gas Royalties
• Ex-Partner Stole $1.8M From Texas Injury Firm, Suit Says
• Defunct Clearing Firm Employees Accused Of SEC Violations
• 5 Insights From Microsoft Deputy GC David Howard
• Latest TV Megamerger Isn't A Comcast-Time Warner Replay
• Shamoun Wants Explanation For Loss Of $7.25M Fee Verdict
• Texas Court Axes Insurers' Takings Claims Over Wildfire
• 5th Circ. Asked To Reopen Bias Case Against Texas Judge
• Huntington Ingalls Enters Energy Sector With UPI Buy
• Anadarko Pays $12.5M To Settle Deepwater Horizon Suit
• High Court Won't Hear $500M LexisNexis Arbitration Appeal
• AT&T Drops $48.5B To Buy DirecTV
• Texas Justices Take Up Clear Channel's Condemnation Case
• Disbarred Texas Ethics Attorney Says Sanction Was Unjust
• Texas Utility To Battle $90M Reservoir Project In Court
• 5th Circ. Sides With Texas On Medicaid DME Coverage Spat
• Axis Wants Out Of Shipyard Injury Dispute
• Oklahoma Oil Co. Shells Out $80M For Eagle Ford Stake
• State Farm Back To Court Over Runaway Hospital Payment
• Toyota Crash Victim's Widower Urges 5th Circ. To Revive Suit
• Texas Justices Set Boundaries For Mortgage Restructurings
• Texas High Court OKs Arbitration In Law Firm's Fee Fight
• Is It Time For A Patch To Be Applied To The AIA?
• Samsung Fails To Unseat Rockstar IP Suit
• Baker Botts $41M Verdict Puts Patent Conflicts In Crosshairs
• Fox Faces Pared-Down Suit Over Web Broadcasting Patents
• Life Partners Fails To Undo Securities Class Action
• American Meat May Whet Supreme Court Appetite
• Mercedes Settles Wireless Communications Patent Suit
• 5 Insights From Aetna General Counsel William Casazza
• FERC Won't Dismiss BP $29M Market Manipulation Fine
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Orange, Dave & Busters
• Reed Smith Hooks Texas Energy Atty With Industry Chops
• Patent-Holding Co. At Risk For Sanctions Over 8 Game Suits
• EnCap Flatrock Closes $3B Midstream Fund Above Target
• Texas Can Use Section 8 Money To Pay Tax Debt, Court Says
• 3 Ariz. Judges Confirmed, 5th Circ. Nom Advanced
• Texas Ethics Panel Says Nonlawyers Can't Be 'Officers'
• Zale Backs $690M Signet Merger Despite Investor Pushback
• States Helping Themselves To Nationwide Tax Jurisdiction
• Baker Botts Dodges $41M Verdict In IP Malpractice Trial
• P3 Attys Eye States' Potential If Feds End Highway Toll Ban
• EPA Appeals Board Clears Permit For Exxon's Baytown Plant
• Ex-Jenner & Block Client Looks To Undo $4.4M Atty Fee Award
• An Important Case On Subsurface Trespass
• Texas Jury Weighs $50M Baker Botts Patent Malpractice Suit
• Dallas Boutique Picks Up Fulbright Appellate Pro
• 5 Insights From Cisco General Counsel Mark Chandler
• Groups Urge EPA To Limit Air Toxics From Fracking Wells
• EPA Greenlights $301M Texas Gas-Fired Power Plant
• Gannett Puts Up $215M For 6 Texas TV Stations
• Health Co. Trustee Targets K&L Gates In Negligence Suit
• Patton Boggs Slapped With Discrimination Suit In Texas
• Feds Charge 90 For $260M Of False Billings To Medicare
• Preemption Dooms Branded, Generic Reglan Suit In 5th Circ.
• Eastern Texas Judge Has Nation's Busiest Patent Docket
• The Tenacious Technocrat: Judge Francis Allegra
• Judge Refuses To Rethink $15M Wells Fargo FLSA Deal
• States Assert Standing In DC Circ. Dodd-Frank Challenge
• Baker Botts' Ethics Expert Says No Conflict In Patent Work
• RE Rumor Mill: Related, Stuy Town, RentPath
• Texas City Approves $7M Package For Toyota HQ Move
• Fed. Circ. Judge Denies Fees, Even After Octane Fitness
• 5 Insights From MassMutual General Counsel Mark Roellig
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Telefonica, TPG
• Katten Muchin Hires Trial, Energy Pro From Akin Gump
• Axis Dodges D&O Coverage For Martin Midstream Parent
• Solera Pays $280M For Pittsburgh Glass Works' Insurance Biz
• Toyota Nails Partial Dismissal Of Sound System IP Suit
• Texas Regulators Take Aim At EPA's Power Plant GHG Rule
• Baker Botts Experts Pan Ex-Client's $50M Patent Claim
• Energy Users Challenge Rate Hike For $1.5B Plant Costs
• Sprint, Microsoft Hit With Monitoring Patent Suits
• 5 Insights From UPS Chief Legal Officer Teri McClure
• Investcorp Puts Up $105M For Texas, Florida Properties
• EEOC Settles Breastfeeding Bias Suit
• Energy Boom Tests State Eminent Domain Laws
• KBR Overstated 2013 Earnings, Investors Say
• Energy Future Blasts Bid To Shift Ch. 11 Case To Texas
• Texas Sex Biz Tax Upheld, But No Funds To Schools
• Texas Sues Xerox To Recover Millions In Medicaid Payments
• Texas Justices Won't Budge On TransCanada Land Seizure
• Texas Quakes Unlikely To Spur Tough New Drilling Laws
• Exonerated Sports Agency Worker Says Co. Lied To DA
• TWIA Sues To Block Release Of Bracewell & Giuliani Records
• DR Horton Throws Down $210M For Crown Communities Unit
• Pro Bono Spotlight: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• ShawCor Ponies Up $260M For Pipeline Test Services Co.
• Waste Management Shakes $5M Defamation Judgment
• Estimates Vs. Bids: Determining Insurer Obligation
• Ex-Schlumberger GC Says Oil Giant Has No Case
• Baker Botts Gets Claims Cut From $50M Malpractice Case
• PE Co. Black Forest Buys Dallas DoubleTree Hotel
• GM Asks Texas Court To Stay Case For Bankruptcy Issues
• SEC Ends Chesapeake Probe Over Ex-CEO's Gas Well Perk
• Republican Sens. Ask EPA To End Fracking Investigation
• Deals Rumor Mill: Beats, ShopRunner, T-Mobile
• PE-Backed JP Energy Partners Files For $200M IPO
• 5 Insights From Sprint General Counsel Charlie Wunsch
• Yet Again, Men's Wearhouse Extends $1.8B Jos. A. Bank Offer
• If Exotic Dancers Aren't Independent Contractors, Who Is?
• 5th Circ. Axes Part Of Chesapeake Win In $232M Property Row
• Rebuttal: Mandatory Pro Bono Is Needed
• Baker Botts' Work For Rival Shocked Ex-Client, CEO Says
• 5th Circ. Nixes Rape Victims' Suit Against ICE Workers
• Wyly Atty Questions 'Fuzzy' SEC Rules As $550M Trial Wraps
• Judge Won't Block Allergists From Contacting Insurers
• Texas City Temporarily Halts New Fracking Permits
• RE Rumor Mill: CVS, Turner Field, Houston's Belfiore
• Lighting Tech Co. Files For Ch. 11 Protection In Texas
• Fort Worth Newspaper Hit With Retaliation Suit
• Encana Drops $3.1B For Piece Of Oil-Rich Eagle Ford
• Bat Maker's NCAA Antitrust Suit Strikes Out In 5th Circ.
• 5 Insights From News Corp. GC Gerson Zweifach
• Exxon Memo Covered By Atty-Client Privilege, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Alcohol Law Under Scrutiny In Stores' Permit Appeal
• Fulbright's $6M Foreclosure Heads To Texas Appeals Court
• 'Patent Troll' Accused Of Suing FTC In Effort To Disrupt Work
• In Texas 1st, Court Tosses Arbitration Award For Delay
• Sierra Club Asks Texas Court To Rehear Waste License Case
• The Most Important Liability Insurance Coverage Judge
• Elder Statesman Of The Capital Court: Judge Paul Friedman
• Uniloc Launches Slew Of New Suits Over Registration Tech
• Former Tadano Counsel Gets 40 Years For Embezzling $9M
• Vinson & Elkins, Simpson Thacher Rep Sabine In Forest Buy
• Gawker, Dr. Phil End Suit Over Manti Te'o Hoaxer Interview
• Kinder Morgan Sinks Another $671M Into CO2 Projects
• 5 Insights From Archer Daniels Midland GC Cameron Findlay
• Bankrupt Relator Can't Bring $12B FCA Suit Against Navistar
• Fed. Circ. Keeps Microsoft Cloud Patent Suit In Texas
• $156M Judgment Delayed As Nucor, Reliant Push For New Trial
• Baker Botts GC Denies Conflict In $50M Patent Flub Case
• Lance Armstrong Takes Arbitration Fight To Texas High Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Energy Future, Pfizer, Siemens
• Luxury Hotel Added To Austin Pipeline By JV
• Diamond McCarthy Snags Heller Bankruptcy In 7-Atty Hire
• YouTube Takedown Order Reversed In Judicial Bias Case
• Texas AG Candidate Fined For Violating State Securities Law
• 5 Insights From AIG General Counsel Tom Russo
• Coverage Vs. Damage: Does Appraisal Include Causation?
• Memorial Production Puts Up $935M For Wyoming Oil Assets
• Energy Future Gets Green Light For First-Day Motions
• Texas Rulings Could Ease Permit Battles At TCEQ
• 5th Circ. Backs Restaurant In Boxing Screening Row
• 5th Circ. Says Chesapeake Must Pay $120M Oil Lease Verdict
• Jackson Walker Settles Overbilling Malpractice Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Merck, York Risk
• GM Atty Enters Talks To Settle Personal Injury Claims
• State AGs Urge 3rd Circ. To Reverse Pay-For-Delay Ruling
• Texas Justices Take $21M Royalty Dispute Over Well Site
• SF Energy Co. Pays $125M For Major Stake In Texas Wind Farm
• Martin Midstream Parent, Insurer Settle D&O Coverage Row
• Energy Future Gets Nod For $2.3B Interim DIP Package
• Toyota Asks 5th Circ. To Toss Fatal Airbag Defect Appeal
• Baker Botts Hindered Client's Patent Portfolio, Witness Says
• Lawyer Can't Shake KPMG Malpractice Suit
• How Obama's Highway Toll Bill Would Affect PPP Activity
• Tiger Woods Charity Accused Of Keeping Stanford Funds
• Ferrellgas Puts Up $125M For Sable Environmental
• Is Your Energy Contract At Risk In Texas?
• Littler's EEO Tracking Software Targeted In Patent Suit
• Prepetition Default Interest — Take Nothing For Granted
• 5th Circ. OKs Baker Botts' $4.2M Award In Asarco Fee Fight
• Baker Botts Atty Questioned Over Patent Similarities