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Texas - August, 2014

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• Ex-Arthrocare CEO Gets 20 Years In $756M Fraud Case
• Texas High Court Won't Overturn Fraudster's Disbarment
• Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down State Abortion Restrictions
• Texas High Court To Let Jury Resolve Enbridge Pipe Damages
• Exxon Ruling Gives Employers More Leeway In Bonus Plans
• Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Implied Easement In Land Row
• Legal Recruiter Can Seek Injunction To Block Web Defamation
• Texas Justices Say Jury Charge Objections Can Be Untimely
• Ford, Affinity Pare Judge-Skewered Objections In Patent Row
• Texas Can't Grab Uncollected Settlement Funds, Court Says
• Oil Cleanup Is Covered Despite Settlement, Texas Court Says
• Texas Justices Revive Builder's $20M Suit Over Project Delays
• Google Needn't Reveal Blogger's Identity: Texas High Court
• The 5 Most Fearsome EEOC Regional Offices
• Texas Justices Say Farmers Vacancy Clause Precludes Payout
• Inside The 3 Busiest Patent Litigation Forums
• Monitoring Employees: How Far Can Employers Go?
• BP Deal Over Texas Hydrogen Sulfide Leak Undone On Appeal
• GeoTag Sues Atty For Assigning Patent Rights To Himself
• Dallas Tech Execs To Pay SEC $675K For Revenue Inflation
• Texas Judge Finds School Tax System Still Unconstitutional
• Tesco Bid For Rig Accident Coverage Revived In Texas Court
• Halliburton Case Returns To District Court For 'Price Test'
• Toyota Can't Quash Market Research Contract Dispute
• Watchdogs Warn States Against Floating Tesla Too Many Perks
• NY Joins Texas In The Broad Use Of Appraisal
• Mixed Feelings In Texas About ALI's Negligence Approach
• Bracewell Penalty Proves Lying To Win Isn't Worth It
• Cherry Petersen Escapes Sanctions Order In Texas Court
• Linear Can't Nab Fees In Battery Patent Holder's Suit
• Texas Sues Xerox For Return Of Medicaid Records
• Texas Court Says Banks Can't Make DA Pay For Records
• Excess Insurer Seeks To Alter 5th Circ. Ike Coverage Ruling
• Texas Pipeline Permits Stir Debate Over Land Grab Policy
• Schlumberger Fined, Trade Secrets Suit Against Ex-Atty Gutted
• ATP Trustee Sues Insurer For Deepwater Horizon Defense
• The 8 Gotchas Of Technology Contracting: Part 2
• Bitcoin Again Found Subject To Securities Laws In Scam Suit
• Appeals Court Nixes Arbitration In Avandia Fee Row
• Cole Schotz Gets Bigger In Texas With New Dallas Office
• Bracewell Atty's Lie To Judge Sinks Drilling Patent Case
• Enduring Must Pay Ex-Owners Of Sold-Off Oil-Gas Assets
• 5th Circ. Says Sincerity Of Beliefs Revives Bias Claims
• Bickel & Brewer Wants Texas Justices To Rethink DQ Order
• The 8 Gotchas Of Technology Contracting: Part 1
• Texas Turns To 5th Circ. In EEOC Background Check Battle
• Cimarex Reaps $326M From Texas Oil Acreage Sales
• Google Seeks Sanctions From SuperSpeed Over Copied Code
• 1M Barrels Of Disputed Kurdistan Oil Won't Be Seized
• Dealmakers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Sarah McLean
• Stanford Can't Freeze Estate Receiver's Personal Accounts
• EPA Letter Triggers CGL Coverage, Texas High Court Told
• Proposed Rules Address Injection Wells' Earthquake Risk
• Texas Prosecutor Tapped For Dallas Appellate Court
• Embezzling DeHay & Elliston Partner Hands Over Bar Card
• LyondellBasell To Launch Gulf Coast Gas Processing Plant
• EPA, Enviros Pan Bid To Delay Cross-State Air Rule
• Beirne Maynard Sued For Malpractice Over Developer's Ch. 11
• Buffalo Wild Wings Buys Majority Stake In Rusty Taco
• Amazon, Blizzard Accused Of Violating Networking Patents
• Feds Seek 30 Years In Prison For ArthroCare CEO, 20 For CFO
• Perry Argues Charges Threaten Separation of Powers
• Texas Agrees, 'I Agree' Clause Can Mandate Arbitration
• Texas Justices Say Would-Be Whistleblower Doesn't Qualify
• Texas Justices' Broad Waiver For Foreclosure Offset Stays Put
• Foreign Investors Ask High Court To Revive EnerMax Suit
• Texas High Court To Weigh Shell FCPA Defamation Suit
• Texas Bar Allowed To Use Expunged Records Against Ex-DA
• Texas Justices Will Hear K&L Gates Drilling Data Dispute
• Texas High Court Takes Up Fracking Defamation Fight
• Texas Justices Ax $400K Award For Environmental 'Stigma'
• Rockets Arena Can't Restore $2.5M Award At Texas High Court
• Cuban Not Running Mavs Into Ground, Appeals Court Rules
• Texas High Court Won't Rethink Union Carbide Asbestos Case
• Texas High Court Lets $125M Tenaska Judgment Stand
• Plains All American Partners With Valero On $900M Pipeline
• Texas High Court Snubs ETP Appeal Of $162M Gas Valuation
• Academy Wins Copyright Row Over Fake Oscars
• SpaceX Strikes 10-Year Tax Savings Deal With Texas County
• Korean Co. Says Contractor's Lies Cost It Bidding Rights
• Texas Real Estate Exec Faces IRS Suit Over $1.73M Tax Bill
• Schlumberger Drops Ex-Employee Breach Of Contract Suit
• Quantum Energy, Tug Hill Launch $450M Exploration Venture
• Dynegy Embarks On $6.25B Power Plant Buying Spree
• Solvency Drives Dismissal Of Fraudulent Transfer Suit
• Texas' Progressive Claims Syndrome Is Treatable
• BP Freed From $266B FCA Suit Claiming Gulf Plant Unsafe
• Halliburton Investor Asks To Depose Cheney, Citing His Health
• Texas Pays $38M For Massive Ranch Using Deepwater Funds
• Texas County Atty Can Keep Job While Seeking Judgeship
• Valero Again Fends Off Tax Assessor's Bid For Refinery Data
• Kohl's, Target Settle Wolf Run's Messaging Patent Suit
• Travelers To Pay Over $8.5M In Well Explosion Suit
• Life Partners, Execs Blast SEC's Move For $2B Judgment
• Texas Anti-SLAPP Law Covers Legal Filings, Court Rules
• Perry's Lawyers Say Veto Not Linked To Ethics Investigation
• Texas Atty Arrested For Plot To Murder Witness
• Texas' Suit Against EEOC Over Background Check Policy Axed
• 5th Circ. Cites Hobby Lobby To Decide Eagle Feather Law
• Deal Ending $7M Fen-Phen Referral Fee Row May Be Near
• Texas Firm Can't Use Immunity To Duck Atty Fraud Claim
• Aetna Wins $8.4M For ER Billing Fraud Conspiracy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mylan, Lear, Iliad
• India's Sesa Sterlite Takes $83M Hit Over Failed Asarco Deal
• Thompson & Knight Gets $960K Malpractice Judgment Nixed
• Toyota Worker Claims Bias, Retaliation Behind Denial Of Work
• GM Urges 5th Circ. To Ax Auto Parts Antitrust Suit
• DOI Reaps $110M In Gulf Of Mexico Oil Lease Auction
• CFPB Fines Auto Lender $2.8M Over Flawed Credit Reporting
• Fox Can't Escape Dilution Claim In Exxon Trademark Row
• American Realty Accused Of Dodging $63M Award
• Chesapeake Settles Gas Royalty Dispute With Texas City
• Schlumberger Suggests Ex-GC Is Behind Second Patent Suit
• Texas Gov. Waives Arraignment, Faces Corruption Charges
• Deals Rumor Mill: Couche-Tard, Apax Partners, TPG Capital
• Susser, Shareholders Work Out Deal Over $1.8B ETP Merger
• Fried Frank Guides $357M Purchase Of Evoq Properties
• KBR Insists Business Gifts Aren't The Same As Kickbacks
• Texas High Court Asked To Revise Beach Property Ruling
• Goldman, Deutsche Escape $2.1B Guaranty Bank MBS Suit
• Legal Heavyweights Square Off In Perry Corruption Case
• Prosecutor Breaking New Ground In Perry Corruption Charge
• Schlumberger Says Ex-GC's Conflict Fatal To Patent Suit
• Bid Dropped For Injunction On Houston Gay Worker Benefits
• Michelin Tells 5th Circ. Le Mans Tire Row Lacks Merit
• Insurers Want Exxon's $4M Plant Explosion Award Axed
• Ch. 7 Trustee Sues ATP Oil Execs Over Reckless Spending
• Texas Bar Sues Atty For Repping Son Fired By Ex-Client
• Starwood Energy Group Closes Financing On Texas Wind Farm
• Lawyers Go Outside The Box To Sanction Big-Money Cos.
• Steadfast Sues Texas O&G Investment Firm Over Trademark
• Podcaster Adam Carolla Settles Suit With 'Patent Troll'
• McGuireWoods Hires IP Alston & Bird Atty In Dallas Office
• Texas Gov. Perry Indicted For Abuse Of Power, Coercion
• Chamber Urges Texas Justices To End Shell Defamation Suit
• Brigham Investors Lose Class Cert. In Suit Over Statoil Buy
• Texas Supreme Court Rejects Export Sales Tax Question
• Texas Court Affirms 'Small Tobacco' Tax Is Unconstitutional
• Pulling Up Stakes: Wilson Sonsini, Seward, Jackson Walker
• BNP Exec Exits FCA Bribery Suit Following $80M Settlement
• 5 Tips To Clear Environmental Hurdles In Oil And Gas Deals
• SEC Charges Chimera, Execs In Fracking Pump-and-Dump
• 5th Circ. Nixes $1.4M Penalty In Wal-Mart Optometrist Row
• An In-House Lawyer's Top 10 Tips For Outside Counsel
• A Different Claim Aggregation Method To Avoid SLUSA
• Schlumberger Suit Against Ex-IP Counsel Likely To Proceed
• Buccaneer Energy To Pay $12M To Settle Credit Bid Row
• Feds Propose Critical Habitat Across 9 States For Cuckoo
• Whataburger 'Unconscionable' Arbitration Policy Ruling Axed
• Diamond McCarthy Overbilled Dreier Estate, Ex-Partner Says
• Nissan Wants Bosch Held Liable In Sound System Patent Fight
• Shell Divests $2.1B Worth Of Natural Gas Assets In 2 Deals
• FTC Approves Divestitures In $1.4B Funeral Co. Merger
• Unilever, Wal-Mart Sued Over Shampoos Linked To Hair Loss
• EBay Says It Can't Be Sued Over Patent Re-Exam Request
• 5th Circ. Revives Int'l Paper Offshore-Drilling Waste Suit
• Treasury Releases Rules On Distributing Deepwater Spill Fines
• Oil, Gas Drilling Gear Isn't Tax Exempt, Texas Court Says
• Oil Startup Venari Raises $1.3B To Further Explore Gulf
• Newegg Can't Limit Damages Based On Patent Suit Delay
• Littler Signs Ex-Haynes And Boone Employment Ace
• 5th Circ. Rules Texas Laws Violate PAC's Free Speech Rights
• Schlumberger Attacks Anti-SLAPP Law In IP Fight With Ex-GC
• O'Quinn Agrees Not To Disclose National Union Settlement
• JPML Denies Time Warner MDL For Five Patent Suits
• Novak Druce Adds 4 Attys To Houston And Calif. Offices
• Domino's Win Likely In Store-Locator Patent Suit, Judge Told
• Texas High Court Urged To Drop Flow-Through Tax Rule Case
• Texas AG Calls EPA's Navigable Water Rule Too Broad
• T&K Lands Team Of Andrews Kurth Energy Pros
• RE Firm Hines Buys Texas Office Building From Chesapeake
• Mayer Brown Snags Ex-Baker Botts Energy Transactions Atty
• Texas Floats Fracking Rules To Address Earthquake Concerns
• Lubbock Beats Takings Claim Over Zoning Near Water Park
• Porter Hedges Avoids Jury Demand In Texas Malpractice Row
• Texas Judge Denies 'Abusive' SEC Bid To Bar Ex-Bankers
• Stay A Step Ahead Of State Data Breach Laws
• $70B Kinder Morgan Deal Won't Sour Midstreams On MLPs
• Locke Lord Nabs McDermott Energy Transactions Pro
• Drilling Co. Says Texas Policy Change Doubles Sales Tax
• Texas Judge Narrows But Affirms MicroData IP Verdict
• Yahoo's Suit Over $1B NCAA Prize Contract Gets Nixed
• Southwest Worker Retaliated Against For Leaving Union: Suit
• Former Texas Mayor Gets 10 Years For Bribery
• Intel Denied Atty Fees In Stragent Processor IP Row
• Ex-Schlumberger GC Seeks $1.2M In Trade Secrets Brawl
• Travelers Loses Bid To Duck Coverage Over Well Explosion
• Taro Settles With Texas For $19.5M Over Medicaid Claims
• Texas Prosecutor Caught In Bribery Scam Loses Law License
• TPG Puts Up $3.2B Counteroffer For Treasury Wine
• Dealmakers Q&A: Vinson & Elkins' Doug Bland
• Kinder Morgan's $70B Megadeal Creates Single Entity
• Law Firms Going Global Grapple With Corporate Structure
• Texas Agency Considers Allowing Booze At Gun Shows
• Texas Oil Co. Says $2.9M Nuisance Verdict Tainted By Juror
• Baker Botts Won't Face New Trial In $41M Malpractice Suit
• Media Group Denied Return of Escrow In $115M Stations Sale
• 5th Circ. Renews Yellow Pages ERISA Suit, Citing Fifth Third
• Compliance Reigns Supreme As In-House Demographics Shift
• Top EPA Atty Says High Court Rulings Cemented Authority
• 5th Circ. Nixes Firm's Suit Over Criminal Records Access
• Professor Calls For EPA Focus On Small Source Polluters
• Groups Urge 5th Circ. To Rehear UT Affirmative Action Case
• American Energy, Regency Join Up On $500M Pipeline Project
• AT&T, DirecTV May Soon Take Over Troubled Sports Network
• Plaintiffs Can't Tour Goodyear Plant In Tire Defect Row
• Magistrate Supports Domino's Win In GeoTag Patent Suit
• Cowboys Stiff-Arm Super Bowl Seat Fight, But NFL Remains
• Instant Racing Is Catching On
• Nationwide 'Water Crunch' Poses Threat To Fracking
• Gazprom Says Moncrief Must Arbitrate $1.3B Oil Field Claim
• Texas Law Firm, 3 Attys Sanctioned For Time-Barred Suits
• Houston City Council Gives Green Light To Uber, Lyft
• Longhorn Steakhouse Wins 5th Circ. Ruling In Lease Dispute
• TPG Sells $250M Stake To China Life, Ponders IPO: Report
• Texas Bar Asked To Probe AG Candidate Over Securities Work
• Houston Sued Over Benefits Offer To Gay Workers' Spouses
• Pattern Swings Deal For 200-MW Texas Wind Project
• Interest Group Can't Defend Texas Voter ID Law: 5th Circ.
• Blueknight Energy To Build $300M Pipeline In Texas
• AVIC Calls Arbitrator Selection Unfair In $2.25B Row
• 'Vicarious Liability' Suits In Vain After 5th Circ. Case
• Texas Agency Cut From FCA Suit Against NFL Star's Charity
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Dallas Housing Authority FCA Suit
• RE Investor Says Partner Hid Land Deal With Cowboys Owner
• Schlumberger IP Fight Highlights GC Privilege Obstacle
• Amazon, Apple Hit With Multiplayer Gaming IP Suits
• FERC Should Mull Texas LNG Project's Enviro Effects: EPA
• HUD Wins Suspension Fight Against Mortgage Lender
• Tech Cos. Ask Fed. Circ. To Nix Internet Machines' $1M IP Win
• 5th Circ. Affirms Louisiana Attorney's $600K Tax Liability
• Pioneer Reaps $495M From Texas, Kansas Gas Acreage Sales
• Public Adjusters Do Not Have Free Pass To The Stand
• Dancing Through The Minefield Of FLSA Settlements
• Community Health To Pay $98M To Resolve 7 FCA Suits
• High Court Asked To Clarify Judges' Power Of Receivership
• Stock Owners Not Liable Successors In VistaCare FCA Row
• Bickel & Brewer Alums Launch Dallas Litigation Boutique
• 'Fraudulent' $47M Suit Over BP Asset Sale Axed By Judge
• SEC Says Texas Co., CEO Lied About Value Of Oil Reserves
• Kurdistan Wants Seizure Of 1M Barrels Of Oil Reversed
• Domino's Bid To Narrow GeoTag Patent Suit Backed By Judge
• Atlanta REIT Pays $125M For 9 Grocery-Anchored Malls
• Diet Supplement Maker Sued Over Pre-Workout Drink
• Warburg Pincus To Inject $600M Into Fuel Terminal Biz
• DC Circ. Urged To Delay EPA Cross-State Air Rule
• Vanguard Pays $278M For Oil And Gas Assets In Texas, La.
• KBR Asks High Court To Mull Appeal Over Iraq Pollution
• Insurers Be Warned, Your Communications Are Discoverable
• Verein Tie-Ups Gain Allure As Firms Eye Global Expansion
• UK Firms Expand Global Empire, But US Firms Gaining Ground
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Take Global To New Heights
• Dallas Plaintiffs Firm Says Ex-JV Partner Went Rogue
• Appeals Court Asked To Revive $4M Shoddy Accounting Suit
• Texas Defends High Court FHA Appeal Against Housing Group
• Baker Botts Takes $5.2M Defense Fees Row To Supreme Court
• Fish & Richardson Fraud Suit Booted By Texas High Court
• Ex-Client Wants Lynch Chappell To Arbitrate $1.2M Fee Fight
• HFF Secures $175M In Financing For 7-Property Portfolio
• LeClairRyan Stakes Claim In Texas With Hays McConn Merger