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Texas - October, 2014

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• States, Profs Tell High Court 'Amazon Law' Is A Local Matter
• BP Urges Justices To Review $9.2B Deepwater Horizon Deal
• EPA Gives Thumbs Up To Texas GHG Permitting Plan
• RE Moguls On The Move
• 8 Ballot Measures Attorneys Will Be Watching
• Texas Justices Nix Broad Discovery Order Against Lloyds
• Houston Can Cut Off Service To Treatment Plant, Court Says
• San Antonio Approves $3.4B Water Supply Pipeline
• Former Texas Football Player Sues NCAA Over Head Injuries
• K&L Gates Settles Malpractice Suit, Pulls High Court Appeal
• Devon Energy's Oil Deed Suit Stays Dead In Texas
• 23 AGs Assail EPA's Mercury Rule At Supreme Court
• BakerHostetler Adds Ex-Haynes And Boone Energy Litigator
• DOJ, AllQuest's Doc Dispute In $264M FCA Suit Rages On
• Law360 Names Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms Of 2014
• Akin Gump Bankruptcy Atty Decamps To Rejoin Gardere
• Attys Flubbed Trial Against Doctors' Group, Ex-Client Claims
• Wyly Bankruptcy Atty Says Case Proceeding 'By The Book'
• Judge Orders Trinity To Mediate After $175M Guardrail Verdict
• 5th Circ. Favors Homeowners In Defect Exclusion Fight
• Superior Crude To Pay $1.6M To Settle Oil Spill Claims
• Texas Court Rejects Bid To Bar Anadarko Wells In Eagle Ford
• Insurer Owed Shamoun Defense In Fee Dispute: Texas Judge
• American Energy Drops $726M On Texas Acreage
• KKR, Anadarko Team Up To Drill In Southeast Texas
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Norton Rose Restructuring Atty
• Anadarko's Western Gas Pays $1.5B For Nuevo Midstream
• DOL Crackdown On Texas Employers May Come In 2015
• Texas Appellate Judge Accused Of Retaliation By Staff Atty
• Texas Court Keeps Filipino Human Trafficking Suit Alive
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Texas Online Horse Betting Ban
• Allied Asks 5th Circ. To Overturn HUD Suspension
• EPA's 'Collusive' SO2 Deal With Enviros Illegal, States Argue
• Dow Urges 5th Circ. To Rehear $1B Tax Shelter Case
• Jury Hits Health Care Co. With $500K Verdict In Bias Suit
• Texas Adopts Rules Aimed At Curbing Earthquakes
• NML, Argentina Fight Over Energy Co. Subpoenas
• HCA Unveils CareNow Acquisition, $1B Buyback Plan
• The Legal Professions' Curious Under-Use Of 2nd Opinions
• Online Travel Booking Companies Escape Price-Fixing MDL
• EnLink Aims For $350M Follow-On Offering To Refinance Debt
• Oil Co. Issues $300M Offering Amid Eagle Ford Asset Buy
• Oneok Pays Chevron $800M For Permian Basin Pipelines
• 'Crown Club' Maker Can't Shake Crown Royal's TM Suit
• BP Wants Access To $9.2B Settlement Audit In Deepwater MDL
• River Shipper Asks High Court To Weigh Oil Pollution Act
• Fuel Distributor Cleared Of Benzene Claims In Worker Death
• DynCorp Slammed Over Bid To Escape Afghan Deal Dispute
• Triumph Bancorp IPO Looks To Raise Up To $123 Million
• Layne Christensen Pays $5M To Settle FCPA Probe
• 5th Circ. Denies UT Bid To Rehear $11M Tax Refund Suit
• Yellow Pages Publisher Will Pay $3M To Settle OT Suit
• Medicare's Review Of Suspensions Called Unconstitutional
• Fujifilm Scoops Up Vaccine Maker As Ebola Crisis Worsens
• National Oilwell Seeks $5M Fee Award In Tesco IP Row
• Texas Justices To Mull Cities' Immunity In Power Contract Row
• Trinity Stops Shipping Deadly Guardrails After $175M Verdict
• Texas High Court Will Review Bickel & Brewer DQ Order
• Cross-State Rule Will Gain Power As EPA Revises Air Regs
• Texas Hospital Overhauls ER Screening After Ebola Failings
• Texas Justices Won't Review Bias Claim In $3.5M Oxbow Case
• Texas High Court Won't Rethink Minority Shareholder Ruling
• Texas Justices Won't OK Comptroller Depo Over Data Breach
• $370M Austin Hotel Secures Colony Capital Financing
• Porter Hedges Opens Okla. City Office With Energy Pro
• Investors Blast Multimedia Games' $1.2B Sale To Global Cash
• CFTC Wins $3M Judgment Against Texas Co. Over Forex Fraud
• DC Circ. Lifts Stay On EPA's Cross-State Air Rule
• 5th Circ. Told Bad Repairs To Chevron Rig Are Covered
• Tesoro Plans $1.3B Bond Offering To Fund Oil & Gas Co. Buy
• Surprise Verdict In Hip Implant Trial Gives J&J The Edge
• A Possible Game-Changer For 'Silent' Arbitration Clauses
• Texas Securities Board Paves Way For Equity Crowdfunding
• Wyly Wife Seeks Ch. 11 Protection In Face Of $101M SEC Debt
• SEC Wins Asset Freeze Against Wyly Despite Bankruptcy
• Jury Clears J&J In 1st Bellwether Over Pinnacle Hip Implant
• 5th Circ. Can't Review State Court Energy Suit: Investor
• Dechert Reps PE-Backed Aqua Terra In Permian Basin Deal
• Phillips 66 MLP Pays $340M For Rail, Pipeline Assets
• Exxon Says Free Speech Right Nixes Worker's Defamation Suit
• Stanford Files Pro Se Appeal In $7B Ponzi Scheme Conviction
• Prophet Equity Says Insurer Owes $15M For Ex-Worker's Suit
• Market Rumors: Wingstop, Yodle, ECB
• Amazon, Apple, Dropbox Sued Over Networking Patent
• Whistleblower Gets Omnicare Defense Pared In FCA Suit
• Wyly Says Ch. 11 Should Block SEC Asset Freeze
• Testing Texas CGL Coverage For 3rd-Party Products
• New Jurisdictional Issues When Moving To Quash A Subpoena
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Hurry $9.2B Settlement Appeal
• Abraham Watkins Defeats BP Workers' Malpractice Suit
• UPDATE: Houston Atty, Movie Producers Settle $6.5M Fraud Suit
• Halliburton Execs Don't Have To Testify In Price Impact Row
• DePuy Hip Implant Bellwether Trial Heads To Jurors In Texas
• Simpson Thacher To Help PE Firm Give Up ClubCorp Stake
• Captain Of The Patent Rocket Docket: Judge Leonard Davis
• US Asks 5th Circ. To Deny UT Bid To Rehear Tax Refund Suit
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Law Trumps Toyota Faulty Air Bag Suit
• Four Convicted In $158M Houston Hospital Medicare Scam
• EPA Ozone Rulings Are Inconsistent, States Tell DC Circ.
• CORRECTED: OneBeacon Hit With $34M Verdict Over Dish Malpractice Case
• Sam Wyly Seeks Ch. 11 To Deflect Looming $198M Fine
• PR Team Says Texas Attys Owe $8M For Soliciting Spill Claims
• Trinity Bilked Feds Of $175M, Jury Finds In Guardrail FCA Suit
• Nurses Launch Campaign For Strict Ebola Protocols
• DOD Seeks Contractors For Fort Hood Green Energy Project
• U. of Chicago Hit With Copyright Claim Over Translation
• Justices Pass On Dismissal Of Investors' EnerMax Suit
• High Court Won't Consider State Claims In BP Spill
• QEP Nabs $2.5B In Sale Of Midstream Biz To Tesoro
• Texas Clears Path For Property Damage Calculations
• We Need A Specialized Patent Trial Court
• Laredo Petroleum Leak Settlement Spurs Possible Sanctions
• Texas Ethics Group Will Reconsider Ruling On Officer Titles
• 5th Circ. Ruling Doesn't Excuse Trinity From FCA Suit: Judge
• Texas Needs More Ebola Treatment Options, Task Force Says
• Diagnostic Centers To Pay $2.6M To Settle Medicare FCA Suit
• Justices Allow Texas Voter ID Law To Stand During Election
• Eagle Materials Drops $225M To Acquire Frac Sand Supplier
• Haynes And Boone Adds IP, Energy Partners In Houston
• Chuck E. Cheese's Gobbles Up Competitor Peter Piper Pizza
• 5 Risks Employers Face Dealing With Ebola
• Heartland Says Texas Law Bars Banks' Data Breach Claims
• 5th Circ. Declines To Hear $50M Sinkhole Coverage Battle
• Texas Hospital Admits Ebola Failings Before House Panel
• Texas Court Clears Oncor From $4.7M Worker Injury Award
• Locke Lord Scoops Up Norton Rose's Austin Chief
• Ranbaxy To Pay $40M To Settle Texas Medicaid Fraud Case
• Tiger Woods Foundation Can't Knock Stanford Suit Off Course
• Chesapeake Reaps $5.4B In Marcellus, Utica Asset Sale
• Dollar Tree Hit With OSHA Fines For Continued Safety Issues
• The Truth About Patent Damage Awards
• JC Penney Attacks $3.1M Atty Fees In Texas Derivative Suit
• DC Circ. Tosses Ethics Complaint Against 5th Circ. Judge
• Nurses Rip Hospital's Ebola Actions, Prod White House
• Texas AG Didn't Pursue Judge's Ethics Fine, Group Says
• Jones Day Reps Behringer In 435-Unit Dallas Apartment Buy
• Range Tells Texas Justices Not To Dumb Down Energy Deals
• Deepwater Plaintiffs Pan BP Bid To DQ Claims Administrator
• Blue Cross, HCSC Urge End To Hospital Underpayment Suit
• Organon To Pay $31 Million Over FCA Medicaid Allegations
• Kinder Morgan Drops $240M On Texas Terminal Expansions
• Texas Gets Green Light To Join 'Alamo' Trademark Fight
• Vista Equity Rakes In $5.8B For Largest PE Fund To Date
• American Midstream Pays $470M For Permian, Bakken Assets
• Supreme Court Keeps Texas Abortion Clinics Open For Now
• 5th Circ. Reinstates Texas Voter ID Law For Nov. Election
• Texas Gov. Appoints New Appellate Judge In El Paso
• Texas Justices Told Fed. Arbitration Act Trumps Med Mal Law
• 5th Circ. Shouldn't Rethink Deepwater Ruling, US Says
• 5th Circ. Can Hear $50M Sinkhole Battle, Texas Brine Says
• RBC Unit Asks Texas Court To Nix $28M Highland Judgment
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sysco, GlaxoSmithKline, Providence Equity
• Crown Castle Pressed To Pay Up Before More Deal Making
• Vinson & Elkins Guides Targa In $7.7B Atlas Energy Buy
• King & Spalding Adds Ex-BakerHostetler Atty To Litigation Group
• AstraZeneca Facing Suit In Texas Over Seroquel Marketing
• Comcast Signals Intent To Appeal Sports Network Ruling
• Boeing Pays $23M To End FCA Whistleblower Suit In Texas
• Texas CGL Case May Boost Insureds In Property Damage Suits
• New Texas Dentist Rules Could Hurt Competition, FTC Says
• Texas Federal Judge Nixes State Voter ID Law
• PE-Backed Dave & Buster's Scores $95M In Public Debut
• Proskauer Loses Bid To DQ Neligan In Stanford Ponzi Suit
• OPINION: Don't Mess With... Arizona?
• Tug-Of-War: Attorney-Client Privilege Vs. Deposition
• 4 Ways To Minimize Risk In Retaliation Claims
• Telemarketers Ink $125M Deal To End FTC Health Scam Claims
• Dallas Clinic Cleared Of Fired Worker's Fraud Allegations
• Exxon Wins $1.6 Billion Settlement For Venezuela Seizure
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Decision On Texas Abortion Law
• Consolidated Income Taxable At Graduated Rates: Tax Court
• EPA Approves $200M Expansion For Texas Power Plant
• Renewables Thrive In Texas Despite Regulatory Hurdles
• US Development Group Drops Rail Biz IPO Price to $155M
• BP Must Live With $9.2B Deepwater Deal, Supreme Court Told
• Norton Rose Adds Ex-Locke Lord Health Care Atty In Dallas
• OPINION: Uphold Reasonable Regs On Judicial Campaigns
• BP Slams Bid To Drag It Back Into $266B Atlantis FCA Suit
• Domino's Sees GeoTag Store-Locator Infringement Suit Tossed
• Texas Judge Seeks Answers For 'Misleading' Info In IP Row
• Comcast Can't Recover $100M From Houston Sports Network
• Littler Snags Ex-Fisher & Phillips Global Employment Atty
• Cheniere's Corpus Christi LNG Project Clears Enviro Hurdle
• Blackstone Floats $700M To Energy Co. For CO2 Oil Recovery
• Baker Donelson Taps Ex-Strasburger Health Care Team
• 5th Circ. Maritime Case May Set National Standard
• Comcast Fights Lowball Value Of Regional Sports Network
• DynCorp Says It Was Justified In Abandoning Bombed Facility
• Athlon Shareholder Challenges $7.1B Encana Buyout
• RE Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bank, 1 WTC, Hanover
• Schiff Hardin Opens Dallas Office With Ex-Squire Patton Attys
• Texas Abortion Clinics Take Fight To Supreme Court
• Texas Seeks Bids For Corpus Christi Bridge Replacement
• 'Disparate Impact' Finally Gets Its Due
• Schlumberger Is Not A New Normal In Trade Secret Cases
• Proskauer Says Stanford Ponzi Abetting Suit Is 'Stale'
• Texas Firm Munsch Hardt Merges With Houston Boutique
• Comcast, Houston Ball Teams Spar Over TV Network's Value
• SAP, Versata Agree To Settle $391M Patent Dispute
• Texas High Court Takes On Gharda's $8M Chemical Fire Fight
• Kelly Hart Opens New Texas Office With 6 Hinkle Attys
• State Farm Asks 5th Circ. To Reverse Katrina Fraud Ruling
• High Court Won't Revive $17M Award In Houston Land Case
• Casino Group Drops Akin Gump Malpractice Appeal
• RBC Pays $1M To Settle Texas Underwriting Antitrust Case
• Kirkland Nabs Ex-Vinson Capital Markets Pro In Houston
• Multimedia Games $1.1B Deal Stiffs Shareholders, Suit Says
• Natural Resource Pays $340M To Expand Williston Footprint
• Ex-Texas State Atty's Racism Claims Rebuffed By High Court
• High Court Snubs Investors' Appeal Over $23M Oil Well Scam
• Chadbourne & Parke Wants Stanford Ponzi Abetting Suit Axed
• Ensign, Exec Must Pay $16M To Man Fired Before $52M Deal
• Texas High Court Takes Hurricane Ike Insurance Battle
• Kinder Morgan Investor Sues Over $70B Consolidation Plan
• 4 Legal Risks For Hospitals Amid Ebola Threat
• Texas Brine Demands Liberty Cover $50M In Sinkhole Claims
• Jury Clears Blue Cross In $26M Surgery Reimbursement Suit
• Bracewell Parts Ways With Atty Who Lied To Judge In IP Row
• Texas High Court To Mull Tax Exemption For Student Housing
• Chilean Co. Fights Bickel & Brewer Bid For Reinstatement
• Texas High Court Won't Review Gas Delivery Charge Suit
• Waste Management Can't Duck Texas County's Pollution Suit
• Texas Justices Won't Revive $57M Verdict In Land Sale Row
• EBay, Landmark Bury Hatchet Over Patent Re-Exam Suit
• Linn Energy Reaps $2.3B From Texas, Okla. Land Sales
• Union Pacific's Deed From 1879 Holds Up In Texas Court
• ETP Says It May Offer Up To $1.5B In Common Units
• Post-Deepwater Securities Suit Against BP Trimmed
• Sidley Snags Weil Gotshal Securities Partner In Dallas
• Deepwater Gross Negligence Ruling Doesn't Hold Up, BP Says
• 5th Circ. Backs Texas Abortion Law Shuttering Clinics
• Baker Botts' High Court Fight Could Bolster Ch. 11 Paydays
• 5th Circ. Revives Investors' Amedisys Medicare Fraud Suit
• Microsoft Hit With $2M Award In Texas Retaliation Suit
• Boston Scientific Hit With $34.6M Pelvic Mesh Judgment
• EPA Clears Way For Largest Methanol Plant In US
• ETP Unit Stuck With Texas Tax Bill On $162M In Stored Gas
• Stratum Energy To Spend $150M In Romania Expansion
• Tesoro Wants Contempt Order For National Union In $15M Row
• Tesco Fights To Revive IP Suit Over Bracwell Atty's Lie
• Supreme Court To Hear Texas FHA Tax Credit Dispute
• Supreme Court To Hear Baker Botts' Bankruptcy Fee Appeal
• CORRECTED: JSW Steel Can't Hold Off $156M Antitrust Loss: 5th Circ.
• Comcast Fears Network Ch. 11 Plan Will Void $100M In Loans
• Deepwater Litigation Win Triggers Layoffs At Godwin Lewis
• Highland Fund Says UBS Breached Debt Trade Agreement
• Texas Court Asked To Revive Claim Law Firm Stole FCA Suit
• BP Must Face Foreign Investors In Texas Court, Judge Rules
• Enterprise Partners Buys Stake In Oiltanking, Seeks Merger
• Texas Homeowners Ask Court To Rethink Claims Against Atty
• BP Deepwater Securities Claim Not Time-Barred, Judge Says
• Merger Doesn't Absolve FMC Of Asbestos Liability, Suit Says
• EEOC Hits Texas Oilfield Co. Over Alleged Sex Bias
• Endeavour Gets Window To Forge Prepack With Creditors
• DeLay Cleared By Texas High Court In Money-Laundering Case
• Dealmakers Q&A: Pillsbury's Laura Hannusch
• New Texas Pipeline Permitting Process Is Modest Change