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Texas - July, 2014

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• OPINION: Lawyers Should Think In Terms Of Big Data
• Texas Appeals Court Says Marketing Worker OK'd Arbitration
• Texas High Court Urged To Revive $57M Marriott Verdict
• Retiring Dallas Judge To Head Gray Reed Appellate Practice
• Highland Holds Onto $2.8M Atty Fees In Fight With Ex-Exec
• Hedge Fund Manager Wins Appeal Over Failed Oil Co.
• Fed. Circ. Judge Says Expert Report Doesn't Flout Nautilus
• Apache Exits 2 LNG Projects Amid Activist Pressure
• Texas Developer's Estate Denies Owing $5.6M To IRS
• FERC Greenlights Freeport LNG Export Project In Texas
• Denied Rule Petitions In Texas Will Have No Day In Court
• A Texas Framework For Extending The Economic Loss Rule
• McDonald's Hit With $27M Verdict Over Texas Teens' Deaths
• Extended Medicare Bans Hint At Entrenched Fraud
• $3B QR Energy Price Tag Undervalues Co., Suit Says
• EEOC Can Use Wider Proof Model In Bass Pro Race Bias Suit
• Texas AG Asks State High Court To Block Whistleblower Suit
• Huntsman Chases EU Approval For $1.1B Rockwood Biz Buy
• Kurdistan Government Will Fight $100M Oil Seizure In Texas
• Schlumberger's Ex-GC Wants Fees, Sanctions In IP Spat
• Enterprise Seeks New Trial After $500M Pipeline Judgment
• Twists And Turns For Texas' Health Care Employers
• Texas Doubles Down On Same-Sex Marriage Fight In 5th Circ.
• Bankrupt Ship Co. CEO Casts $100M IP Suit Over Vessel Sale
• Facebook Hit With $123M 'Revenge Porn' Suit Over Fake Pics
• Patent 'Troll' Accuses Adam Carolla Of Spurning Podcast Deal
• 5th Circ. Axes Texas Bingo Law Limiting Political Speech
• Huntsman Investor Aims To Sue Over $7B Hexion Merger
• HTC Loses Attempt To Transfer Rockstar Suit To California
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Top 10 Venue Arguments
• Hyundai, Kia, Honda Win Transfer Of Patent Suits To Mich.
• Texas Judge Orders Seizure Of $100M Of Kurdistan Oil
• Waste Management Seals $2B Sale Of Renewables Unit
• Clearer Standard For Multiple Source Causation In Texas
• Locke Lord Adds Former Dentons Energy Partner In Dallas
• Jones Morris Sued For $6M Over Bungled Wrongful Death Case
• Vascular Solutions Settles Ex-Sales Rep's FCA Suit
• Schlumberger's Ex-GC Seeks Dismissal Of Trade Secrets Suit
• Texas Lawmaker Appeals To Dodge Deposition In $26M Suit
• Nixed $750M BP Dividend Suit To Be Appealed To 5th Circ.
• EPA Should Update Fracking Pollution Regs, GAO Says
• Rail Logistics Firm Accused Of Cooking Books In $18M Deal
• 5th Circ. May Have Created New Rule On Policy Exhaustion
• Fired Ad Designer Says Agency Mocked His Religion
• Texas AG Candidate Faces Complaint Over Securities Work
• Texas Appeals Court Reverses Fee Award In Attorneys' Row
• Texas Court Kicks Deepwater Investor Suit To Switzerland
• 5th Circ. Says Orders To Clarify Arbitration Awards Aren't Final
• Dallas Leader Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery, Fraud Charges
• Dealmakers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Darrell Windham
• BNP Paribas Reaches $80M Deal In Federal Credit FCA Suit
• Andrews Kurth Atty Who Repped Allen Stanford To Leave Firm
• Texas Court OKs Sempra Energy Ex-Exec's Back Pay Award
• Olymbec Group Picks Up Dallas Skyscraper From Berkeley
• Forest Oil Can't Shake $24.5M Radioactive Waste Judgment
• Halliburton Wins Discovery Stay In Securities Class Action
• 5th Circ. Remands Denbury Class Action To State Court
• Latham Reps Breitburn In $3B QR Energy Buy
• DLA Piper Gets $1.1M Negligence Judgment Axed In Texas
• Google Dodging Disclosure In Patent Row, Rockstar Says
• DynCorp Hit With $9M Suit Over Afghan Base Subcontract
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gardere's Quan Vu
• Your State Contract May Prohibit Offshore Outsourcing
• ETP Expected To Win More Than $500M In Pipeline Case
• 5th Circ. Sides With Anheuser, Jets In 'Ultimate Fan' Row
• Twitter, Others Dodge TQP's Encryption Patent Suits
• Texas Appeals Court Tosses Suit Over GHG Emissions Ruling
• 5th Circ. Nixes Remand Of Elliott Co. Asbestos Suit
• SEC Says Stanford's Criminal Conduct Charges 'Slanderous'
• Lloyd's Insurers Target Cameron Over Gulf Of Mexico Blowout
• Texas Court Says Delay Didn't End Eminent Domain Suit
• Locke Lord Adds Norton Rose IP Litigator To Houston Office
• Kelly Hart, Beard Kultgen Beat RE Co.'s Malpractice Suit
• Code Trumps Contract In The 5th Circ.
• Costs And Benefits Of Opting Out Of Texas' Workers' Comp
• Jury Orders Great American To Pay $40M In Fraud Claims Suit
• BP, Anadarko Want 2nd Shot At 5th Circ. Deepwater Decision
• Texas Court Says State Workers Can't Be Served Via AG
• $25M Houston RE Investment Was Induced By Scam, Suit Says
• 2 Get Year In Prison For Trying To Bribe Texas Federal Judge
• $3.7M Suit Claims Gen. Dynamics Unit Bankrupted Contractor
• Bracewell & Giuliani Adds Energy, Finance Pro In Houston
• Lines Drawn In Tesla Direct Sales Battle
• Google Can't Shake Rockstar Search-Engine Patent Suit
• Texas Firm Hits Client With Fee Suit Over 'Nightmare' Case
• Mistrial Declared In Trinity Guardrail Whistleblower Suit
• Bass Pro Slams EEOC Investigation Before Bias Suit
• 23 States Tell High Court EPA's Mercury Regs Too Costly
• Baker Botts Hires Ex-Locke Lord Corporate Atty In Houston
• Tetra Partnership Buys CSI For $825M After Public Offering
• Key Democrats Tell 5th Circ. To Nix GOP Donor's ACA Suit
• MetroCorp Settles Shareholder Suit Over $273M Merger
• An Inventive Way To Remove Pure State Court Claims
• Texas Asbestos Ruling Holds Silver Lining For Plaintiffs
• NRG, JX Nippon Launch $1B Carbon Capture Project In Texas
• ETP, Enterprise Duel Over Final Word In $1B Pipeline Case
• LBDS Admits Using Phony Docs In $25M Trade Secrets Suit
• EDF Inks $2.8B Supply Deal For Cheniere LNG Project
• Texas Court Shoots Down AEP's Branding For Retail Unit
• Energy Future Says It Might Toss Ch. 11 Creditor Deal
• Lexington Dodges Coverage For O'Quinn Overbilling Cases
• 5 Insights From Pfizer Chief Litigation Counsel Michael Parini
• Dealmakers Q&A: Locke Lord's Bill Swanstrom
• Texas High Court Provides Certainty Over O&G Operations
• Dentons Snags Former MetroPCS Counsel For Texas IP Team
• Doc Says Scheef & Stone Overbilled Him For Hopeless Case
• Squire Patton Boggs Adds Former Pemex Atty In Houston
• Sidley Austin Inks 12-Year Lease For Dallas Office
• Texas Judge Slams Door On Slew Of Online Sales Patent Suits
• Delay Notice In $450M Apple E-Books Deal To Get Closer Look
• Texas Judge Rebuffs Warrantless Bid For Cell Location Data
• Apache Takes Oil Lease Payment Case To Texas High Court
• 5th Circ. Denies UT Tax Refund For Medical Residents
• Ex-Im Fraudster Can't Appeal 10-Year Sentence: 5th Circ.
• Texas District Court Finds Out 'What The Hail Is Going On'
• Minimum Wage Mania Among Cities And States
• OPINION: Let's Financially Reward Law Firm Diversity
• As Dust Settles In ETP Case, $319M Verdict Makes Its Mark
• NLRB Won't Take Horton To High Court, But Battle Rages On
• Toys R Us, Ralph Lauren Exit IP Suit Over Web Shopping Carts
• Houston Taps Susman Godfrey In $200M Pension Shortfall Suit
• Schlumberger Faces Sanctions Over Suit Against Ex-GC
• EPA Isn't Enforcing Stricter Smog Regs, Sierra Club Says
• Enviros Sue For EPA Action On Texas Coal Plants
• Apple Agrees To Pay Up To $400M To Settle E-Books Claims
• Crucial Predictive Coding Case Law: Progressive V. Delaney
• Texas City Rejects First-In-State Proposed Fracking Ban
• 5th Circ. Revives Houston American Investors' Fraud Action
• 5th Circ. Revives BP Stock Drop Suit, Citing Dudenhoeffer
• 5th Circ. Says UT Affirmative Action Passes High Court Test
• Wind Developers Say EPA's GHG Rule Could Boost Demand
• Texas Justices Asked To Reconsider Axed Porter Rogers Suit
• AmREIT Investors Want Board To Consider $433M Regency Bid
• 5th Circ. Asked To Rehear Construction Defect Exclusion Row
• Energy Future Ends Bid For Optim Power Plant
• Bass Pro Settles Suit Claiming It Infringed Web Patent
• KKR Takes BlackGold Stake To Boost Hedge Fund, Energy Biz
• Texas Firm's Fee Suit Over $27M Oil, Gas Lease Sale Revived
• A Victory For State Anti-SLAPP Laws
• States Cracking Down On Pregnancy Discrimination
• 5th Circ. Frees Pfizer Unit, Others From Generic-Reglan Suit
• Gas Industry, Enviros Say Data Can Help Stop Methane Leaks
• Comcast, Astros, Rockets Told To Tune Network Sale Terms
• Quinn Emanuel Stakes Out 1st Texas Post With Gerger Merger
• Dell, Panasonic, Others Sued Over Data Transmitting Patents
• GIP Fund To Drop $850M On Freeport LNG Stake
• EPA Head Urges States To Act Early On Carbon Plans
• Houston Clean Air Act Fight Signals Rise Of Preemption Cases
• Top Texas Energy Regulator Calls Fracking Ban 'Misguided'
• Texas High Court Dumps Sanctions In Fuel Spill Battle
• Investors Ask High Court To Review Texas Ruling On Standing
• Texas Justices Raise Liability Bar In Mesothelioma Cases
• Halliburton Fights To Stay Discovery, Review Price Impact
• Vinson & Elkins Goes Virtual For Texas Pro Bono Clients
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revive GM Parts Monopoly Row
• States May Be Moving To Expand The Federal Sunshine Law
• Finally, Clarity On Spoliation Under Texas Law
• 5th Circ. Puts Contractual Liability Exclusion Back On Map
• Texas Appeals Court Boots Atty Fee Suit To New Mexico
• Houston Texans, Rodeo Submit $66M Plan To Raze Astrodome
• HUD Tries To Block Sears Methodist's Cash Use For Ch. 11
• Bank Told To Take Suit Over Fee From $55M Deal To Mexico
• Forest Oil, Sabine Oil & Gas Revise Deal Structure
• Deals Rumor Mill: Airbus, WH Group, KKR
• Texas Free Speech Law Blocks Homeowners' Suit Against Atty
• CFPB Reaches $10M Settlement With Texas Payday Lender
• Phillips 66 Ups Capital Budget To $3.9B To Fund Deals
• No Zoning, No Problem? Think Again
• Kinder Morgan Unit Wants $1M Fraud Award Revived
• McKesson Beats Ex-Worker's Medicare FCA Suit
• 5th Circ. Nixes Tribal Bid To Block Texas Drilling
• Former Texas Judge Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery Charges
• Enel Green Power Nabs $400M Funding For 2 US Wind Farms
• GE, E.ON Team Up To Build 211-MW Texas Wind Farm
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Jeffrey Chapman
• KKR Kicks Off Second Half With Pair Of Energy Deals
• A New Litigator's Guide — Top 5 Tips For Court Prep
• Newegg Loses $1.2M Fee-Shifting Bid In Sales Patent Suit
• Texas Justices Asked To Nix Shareholder Oppression Ruling
• Mayer Brown Nabs Baker Botts International Arbitration Pro
• Texas Court Affirms Receivership For Disbarred Atty
• BofA Trustee Booted From Texas Wastewater Well Battle
• ExxonMobil-Qatar JV Seeks FERC Permit To Build LNG Plant
• Billionaire Pickens Accuses RE Co. Of Skirting $4M Payment
• Oil Drillers Argue BP Can't Blame Gov't For Post-Spill Losses
• 5 Insights From Home Depot GC Teresa Roseborough
• Why Texas Insurers Need To Report Fraudulent Hail Claims
• 5th Circ. Says E-Rate Funds Ineligible For FCA In Cisco Row
• Texas Lawmaker Blasts Depo Order In $26M Coverage Suit
• FTC Says High Court Election Case Can't Help 'Troll' Suit
• Gardere Picks Up Energy Partner From Chamberlain Hrdlicka
• Porter Hedges Adds Hodgson Russ Litigation Partner
• Travelers Can't Nix Texas Well Blowout Coverage Row
• Watchdog Bars Ex-PwC Auditor Over $400M ArthroCare Fraud
• Accenture, Wellogix Spar Over $22M Fee Bid In Secrets Row
• Disbarred Atty Accused Of Diverting Firm's Clients, Cash
• Honeywell Tries To Nix $1.4M Plane Engine Defect Verdict
• Dealmakers Q&A: Jones Day's Scott Cohen
• Union Carbide Asbestos Suit Axed Over Medical Report
• Texas Justices Strike $5M Verdict In Beach Property Battle
• Texas High Court Won't Send Ford Crash Suit To Mexico
• Texas Justices Split On 'Plaintiff' In Homebuilder Row
• Texas Justices Clear Lubbock County In Marina Lease Dispute
• Texas High Court Sets Standards For Evidence Spoliation
• Houston Atty Accused Of Forging Client's Name On Settlement
• Ex-Noble Execs Duck Fine, Liability In Nigerian Bribery Case
• Carstens & Cahoon Snags IP Litigator from Haynes & Boone
• Royalty Ruling Boosts Energy Cos. In Permian Basin Fights
• ArthroCare Execs Can't Duck Verdict In $400M Fraud Scheme
• Choice Hotels' IP Suit Revived After Settlement Ignored
• Texas Bar Sues Houston Atty Over Client Referral Scam
• Evanston Seeks To Stay Out Of Suit Over Posted DNA Results
• Diamond McCarthy Sues Ex-Partner Over Dreier Ch. 11 Fees
• 5th Circ. Frees Morgan Keegan From ARS Suit
• BP Sued For Texas County's Lost Taxes After Deepwater Spill
• 5th Circ. Affirms $3.5M Judgment For La. Hotel Investors
• Texas Court Dumps $46M Award Against TaxMasters CEO
• Texas Powerhouse: Winstead
• FTC Asks For More Info On $13.4B Zimmer-Biomet Deal
• Noble Execs Settle Nigerian Bribery Case With SEC
• 5th Circ. Frees Liberty Mutual From Defending Pollution Suit
• IRS Calls Conservative Org's Targeting Suit Premature
• Newegg Says Intuit Win On Same Patent Nixes $2.3M Verdict
• Kirkland Nabs Energy Transaction Pros From V&E, Baker Botts
• Holland & Knight Adds 11 Attys To Energy Team In DC, Texas
• Wellogix Seeks $22M In Fees Following $44M Accenture Win
• Apache Sues NextEra, Seven Group Over $63M Oil, Gas Sale
• Bass Pro Slams EEOC Approach In Systemic Race Bias Suit
• 2014's Top Activist Plays So Far
• Texas Powerhouse: Thompson & Knight
• Texas High Court Changes Shareholder Dispute Landscape