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Texas - November, 2014

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• Safety Group Can't Intervene In $175M FCA Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Investors Sue To Halt $35B Halliburton, Baker Hughes Deal
• Conoco Claims PDVSA Dodging Payout Via Secret Citgo Sale
• Texas City Immune From Atty Fees In Energy Contract Dispute
• State Farm's $310M Texas Rate Fight Sent Back To Regulator
• 5th Circ. Told Texas Abortion Law Overburdens Providers
• Texas Investigator Accused Of Stealing $200K In Comic Books
• Miller Weisbrod Can't Buck Suit Over Eye Doctor TV Ads
• Energy Future, Sierra Club Reach Deal Over $6.4M Fee Award
• Texas Panel Boots Suit Over Untimely Discrimination Claim
• 3 Takeaways From Post-Octane Fitness Cases
• Discover Subsidiary Hits Visa With Texas Antitrust Suit
• Texas Jury Rejects Atty's Claim Energy Co. Fired Him For Age
• Ex-PilePro CFO Seeks To Disqualify Firm In IP Theft Case
• Texas Court Strikes Down Medicaid Payment Hold Rules
• American Energy Acquires $440M Permian Basin Drilling Land
• Texas Court Rejects Morgan Stanley Bid To Exit MBS Suit
• Texas Malpractice Suit Puts Fee Agreements In Crosshairs
• Helen Of Troy CEO Targets Board In $60M Suit After Ouster
• States Still Fighting Bad-Faith Patent Infringement Claims
• Ex-ArthroCare CEO Wants Retrial Over $756M Fraud Scheme
• Cancer-Stricken Ex-Boss Sues Unlicensed Atty For $8M Heist
• Texas AG Vows Suit Over Obama's Immigration Action
• Texas Court Won't Make Zimmer Retry Metal Plate Suit
• Kmart Tells 5th Circ. Landlord Owes $2.6M Over Floods
• GM Admits Ignition Switch Defect Led To 2004 Deadly Crash
• Texas Appellate Rejects Coach's ESPN Defamation Suit
• Texas Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Sex Biz Tax Row
• HealthSouth Nabs Hospice Co. In $750M Deal With Cressey
• Inventor Hits Mercedes With Latest Keyless Ignition Suit
• What If States Opt Out Of EPA's Existing Source Rule?
• Free Trade, Comity And The Bankruptcy Code
• Texas Justices Take On Retaliation Suit Against Utility
• Insurer Asks 5th Circ. For Rehearing In Home Defect Row
• Texas Justices Say Court Misread Gas Contract Ruling
• CH2M Fires Off $11M Suit Over Canceled Air Force Contract
• Texas High Court Takes On Suit Over Boeing Lease Disclosure
• Texas Supreme Court Buries TCEQ Worker's Retaliation Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telecom, Sysco Corp., UniCredit
• Obama's Immigration Action Is Cause For Celebration
• Kelso, Estancia Pick Up American Beacon From TPG, Pharos
• Texas High Court To Weigh Dow's Liability In Asbestos Suit
• Schlumberger Questions SLAPP Ruling In Trade Secret Appeal
• Oiltanking-Enterprise $6B Deal Stiffs Unitholders, Suit Says
• Texas Court Upholds Marina's $8.7M Verdict In Coverage Spat
• Texas Top Court: Worker Who Lost Hand Can't Sue Insurer, Yet
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shackelford's Rakhee Patel
• Keeping Pace With Texas Hail Claim 'Case-Runners'
• Siemens Avoids Liability For Texas Gas Plant Explosion
• Texas Court Denies Tax Assessor's Valero Rehearing Request
• Beirne Maynard Dallas Head Leaves For Friedman & Feiger
• Fluor Strikes Deal With Contractor In $17M Hot Shower Suit
• Exxon Retirees Win $4M For Financial Co.'s Mismanagement
• Halliburton Fires Back In Economic Expert Analysis Row
• Texas Court Clears Littler Atty In Employment Settlement Row
• Texas Urges 5th Circ. To Revive EEOC Background Check Row
• Florida State University Shooter Was A Former BigLaw Atty
• High Times Slaps 'High Times Lifestyle' With Trademark Suit
• Lender Tied To Houston Pol Targets Consumer Protection Law
• Apache Sheds $1.4B In Assets After Activist Pushes Slimdown
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Raven
• Texas' Southern District Rounded Up $136M In FY14, DOJ Says
• Norton Rose Scoops Up Ex-Hunton Banking Partner In Dallas
• Winstead Covered Up Think Tank Sex Scandal, Suit Claims
• DuPont Hit With Two Suits After Chemical Leak Deaths
• Hess Says Rivals' Well Contamination Suit Is Time Barred
• Texas Appeals Court Renews Fracking Contract Dispute
• BP Plaintiffs Can't Force Disputed Spill Payments: 5th Circ.
• Willkie Steers Colony Financial In $1.6B Cobalt Capital Buy
• Investor Suits Over $1.2B Multimedia Games Buyout Combined
• Dallas, Houston Among Top Markets For Data Center Leases
• Cancer Biotech Co. Bellicum Pharma Files For $115M IPO
• 5th Circ. Denies Rehearing In Dow $1B Tax Shelter Case
• FTC Says Credit Monitor Will Pay $22M For Duping Customers
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms
• Lawyers Tell 8th Circ. To Uphold Jones Day Atty Sanctions
• Texas Judge Won't Dump Perry Prosecutor Over Paperwork
• TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline Falls Short In Senate
• Infinity Exploration To Pay $4.2M In SEC Fraud Suit
• Halliburton-Baker Deal Faces Hard Road To Antitrust Approval
• Blackstone Launches $410M Sale Of La Quinta Shares
• Sidley Austin Adds 2 Ex-Andrews Kurth Attys In Houston
• US Renews Bid To Resolve KBR Kickback Suit
• Fluor Issues $500M In Notes To Fund Growing Stock Buyback
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Ronald Kirk
• Why Can't We Be (Facebook) Friends? You Be The Judge
• Bass Pro, EEOC Get OK For Quick Appeals In Race Bias Suit
• $3B Texas Pollution Case Puts Punitives In Play For Gov't
• Justices Won't Hear Appeal Over Boozy Schlumberger Outing
• Halliburton-Baker Deal First Ripple In Oil Field M&A Wave
• EPA Power Plant Rule Will Raise Prices, Texas Report Predicts
• Perkins Coie Adds Ex-K&L Gates Tech Pro To Dallas Office
• Nurses At Texas Hospital Win Conditional Cert. In OT Suit
• Texas Court Affirms UBS Win In Highland Debt Trade Row
• Halliburton To Pay $34.6B For Oilfield Rival Baker Hughes
• Yahoo Atty Says Judge Questioned Harm Of Surveillance
• Scalia Says It's Not Judges' Job To Police 'Garbage' Laws
• High Court Likely To Face Follow-On ACA, Standing Cases
• Texas GOP Aims To Bring Down Franchise Tax In 2015
• DOE Gives Final Export Authorizations To Freeport LNG
• Vascular Solutions, CEO Indicted For Unapproved Sales
• Delek To Pay Fine Over Fatal 2008 Refinery Pipe Rupture
• QR Energy Settles Suit Aiming To Block $3B Merger
• Garlock Fights Venue Change In Law Firm Fraud Suit
• House Greenlights TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline
• There Might Still Be Hope For Texas Franchise Tax Refunds
• What The Hail Is Going On With Texas Insurance Claims?
• Ethicon Gets 76 Pelvic Mesh Users' Claims Nixed In Texas
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear U. Of Texas Affirmative Action Case
• Houston Jury Clears Int'l Paper In $3B River Pollution Suit
• Bankrupt Biofuel Co. KiOR Gets Interim Nod For $15M DIP
• President Of Dallas Fed To Step Down In March
• Orthotic Co. Faces Stock Drop Suit Over Medicare Audits
• Texas City Fights Bid To Remand Drilling Ban Suit
• Azure Midstream Eyes $175M IPO Amid Public Push For MLPs
• Texas Cites Other States In Fighting A Fracking Ban
• Ex-McKool Atty Wants To Hit Firm With Human Trafficking Suit
• Texas House Floats 2 Bills Over Atty, Contingency Fees
• Halliburton Can't Reverse SOX Retaliation Ruling: 5th Circ.
• Texas Bill Allows Forced Pooling For Oil & Gas Reservoirs
• Whole Foods Sued For Underreporting Yogurt Sugar Content
• Texas Hospital Settles With Ebola Victim's Family
• Texas Legislators Urge 5th Circ. To Uphold Abortion Law
• JPMorgan Deal In $681M Texas Oil Rights Suit In Limbo
• Deals Rumor Mill: Clear Channel, Etihad, Pershing Square
• UK Man Sentenced For Bilking HP Out Of $20M In Equipment
• 5th Circ. Affirms Liberty Mutual Win In $13M Katrina Row
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Six New Hires To Austin Office
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Botts' Cristina Rodriguez
• Cheniere Secures $2.5B For Corpus Christi LNG Project
• Becton Must Pony Up $340M In Syringe Antitrust Suit
• Texas Legislators Restart The Clock On Pay Discrimination Bill
• Chartis, Tesoro Dispute Unit's Coverage In $30M Cleanup Row
• Texas Bill Requiring Law License Could Affect New AG
• High Court Flips 5th Circ. Ruling In Cop Termination Row
• Nissan Dealership Sale Call Only Protected In Part
• Texas Gov. Is Trying To Evade Jury, Prosecutors Say
• Wellogix Claims Against SAP Tossed Over Jurisdiction
• Hyatt Pays $143M To Buy Out Partners' Interest In Texas Hotel
• Oil Co. Cut Investors Out Of Lucrative Well, Suit Claims
• IBM Cloud Co. Inks 125K-SF Lease In Dallas For New HQ
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps AT&T In $2.5B Deal For Iusacell
• JPMorgan Attains Potential Deal To End $681M Oil Rights Suit
• Wyly Ex Sues To Keep $500,000 Alimony Out Of Bankruptcy
• FTC Settlement With 'Patent Troll' May Signal Wider Action
• Texas Court Boots $1B Entergy Theft Claims Over Jurisdiction
• Full 5th Circ. To Rethink Pro-Snax In Bankruptcy Fee Row
• Blank Rome Plans Texas Office Move, Expansion
• Wilbros Shareholder Sues Over $20M Filing Discrepancy
• Seismic Events Shake Up Texas Rules On Injection Wells
• 'Patent Troll' To End Deceptive Tactics In Deal With FTC
• Texas Approves Rules For $2B Water Infrastructure Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Citgo, Continental, GTCR
• IRS Says Wyly's Bankruptcy Personal Budget Is Texas-Size
• Comcast Drops Bid To Block Sports Network's Ch. 11 Plan
• Shell Seeks End To FCPA Defamation Suit In Texas High Court
• Zoe's Kitchen Shareholders To Offer $161M In Common Stock
• Perry Says Faulty Oath Should Nix Abuse Of Office Charges
• Texas Court Rebuffs Investor Suit Over Busted Highland Fund
• Virtual Bank Founder Arrested Over $5M Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
• Plains All American Pays Occidental $1.1B For Pipeline Stake
• 5 Ways To Uncover Bias During Jury Selection
• 5th Circ. Won't Budge On BP, Anadarko Deepwater Liability
• Comcast Can't Take $100M Ch. 11 Claim To 5th Circ.
• U.S. Settles Religious Bias Suit, Allows Sikh Knife At IRS
• BP Tells 5th Circ. It's Entitled To Deepwater Claims Data
• Barbri Says Broken Noncompete Puts Secrets At Risk
• Texas Atty Sued For $6.7M Over Ponzi Scheme Investment
• Pioneer, Reliance Look To Shed Texas Midstream JV
• Ace Needn't Cover Contractor In Well Blowout Suit, Judge Says
• How Senate Without Filibuster-Proof Majority Avoids Gridlock
• Aetna Seeks Sanctions After $8.4M ER Billing Fraud Win
• Confidential Witness Denies Testimony In Remoxy Suit
• Texas Agency, Energy Lobby Challenge Denton Fracking Ban
• EPA Urges DC Circ. Not To Rehear States' GHG Challenge
• Biz Groups Say Texas Ruling Undermines FCPA Enforcement
• Alstom To Build $112M Generators For Exelon Gas Plants
• BHP Plots Texas Oil Exports Without Formal US Guidance
• The Odds Of Getting A Case Stayed Pending AIA Review
• Texas Republican Sweep Preserves Perry Agenda
• Texas High Court Judges Keep Seats Against Challengers
• Texas City's Vote To Ban Fracking Sets Up Legal Fight
• Eon Wins $13M From Silver Spring In Telecom Patent Suit
• Texas Voters OK $1.2B Transportation Funding Measure
• Texas Officials Press 5th Circ. To Uphold Abortion Laws
• Wyly Widow's $28M Home Can't Cover Debts, Filing Says
• Willkie Farr & Gallagher Opens New Office in Houston
• Texas Limits Quarantines On Symptom-Free Ebola Workers
• 2 Firms Pursuing Civil Claims Over Trinity Guardrails
• 5th Circ. Nixes Review Of Nuance Arbitration Award Remand
• WWE Can Smack Down 'Fly By Night' Counterfeiters: 5th Circ.
• Aetna Beats Chevron Worker's ERISA Class Action In 5th Circ.
• Halliburton Can't Nix Filing Bashing 'Price Impact' Expert
• Texas Lawmaker Dodges Depo Pending $8M Hurricane Deal
• GM Sued Over Chevy Silverado Safety After Man Dies In Crash
• SEC Granted Broad Freeze On Wyly Family Assets
• Endeavor Wins Appeal In Texas Oil Land Lease
• Schlumberger Accused Of Stealing Lab Business In $1.5M Suit
• Bass Pro Pushes For Quick Appeal In EEOC Race Bias Suit
• Perry Prosecutor Attacks Texas Gov.'s Free Speech Claims
• High Court Asked To Review Army Corps Wetlands Finding
• Justices Tap Gordon Arata Atty To Guide States' Water Fight
• Scrutinized Sysco-US Foods Deal Likely Won't Close In 2014
• Comity Is King: Chapter 15 Lessons From Rede And Vitro
• Comcast Loses Bid To Stay Houston Network's Ch. 11 Plan