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Texas - December, 2014

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• Actavis Jumped Gun On Allergan Eye Drug ANDA, Judge Says
• Google Sues Visa, MasterCard After $5.7B Fee MDL Opt-Out
• Insurers, Cos Face Off On EPA Letters' Effect On Coverage
• Texas Supreme Court's Appellate 'Merits Review' To Get Clarity
• First Reserve Acquires Oil Firm Ahead Of Pipeline Completion
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Accused Of Exploiting Client Info
• Texas Appeals Court Denies EP Energy's $21M Recovery
• Ellandi, Lone Star Funds JV Drops $403M On 7 UK Malls
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Porter Hedges' Soliman
• 2014 Hail-Related Insurance Litigation Year In Review
• Texas Court Rejects Campaign Finance Suit Against TAB
• Idearc Trustee Says 5th Circ. Cut Off Its Right To A Jury
• $47M Life Partners Judgment Impairs MDL, Shareholders Say
• AP Gas & Electric Subsidiaries Battle Over Arbitration Fees
• Electricity-Focused InfraREIT Eyes $400M IPO
• $3M JC Penney Attys' Fee Ruling Stands In Investor Suit
• Lawmakers Can Participate In States' Immigration Suit
• Doctors Sue Fizer Beck Over 'Seriously Deficient' Contracts
• BP Deserves $18B Max Penalty For Deepwater Spill, US Says
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Judge Won't Expand $188M Judgment In Wyly Fraud Case
• Bankruptcy Attys, Trustees Back Baker Botts' Meta-Fee Bid
• Texas High Court Will Hear Life Partners Securities Suits
• Former Diplomat Can't Dodge Stanford Receiver's Suit
• 5th Circ. Rejects Insurer's Call To Review Home Defect Ruling
• Texas High Court Denies Rehearing In Port Contract Dispute
• Becton Didn't Hold Monopoly Power, Judge Rules
• Microsoft Shells Out $23M To Settle VirnetX Patent Case
• Amazon Fire Phone Infringes Messaging Patent, Tech Co. Says
• Tracking State Data Protection Enforcement In 2014
• Enterprise Products VP Joins Norton Rose Fulbright
• Texas Justice's Union Defamation Dissent Cites Ferris Bueller
• Credit Suisse Hit With $40M Verdict In Texas Loan Fight
• 5th Circ. Affirms $2.1M Verdict In Rap Song Rights Fight
• LCRA Settles Power Supply Suits With Texas Cities
• Texas Lawmaker Aims To Block City Fracking Bans
• Texas Court Won't Nix Jurisdiction In Pepsi Asbestos Suit
• Sprint Exchange Fee Suits Combined Into Texas MDL
• Natural Gas MLP Regency Energy Eyes $1B Public Offering
• NLRB Judge Finds Against Hillshire In Organizing Beef
• 'Crown Club' Whisky Infringes 'Crown Royal,' Jury Says
• Exxon Triumphs In $641M Suit Over Texas Refinery Emissions
• Cancer Biotech Bellicum Soars After $140M IPO Trumps Range
• A Busy Year For Anti-SLAPP Litigation And Legislation
• Nissan Gets Defective Infiniti Class Action Tentatively Trimmed
• Ponzi Investors' Claims Trimmed Against Greenberg, Hunton
• Jurors Give Ex-JP Death Sentence In Texas DA Murders
• Westlake Sues Contractors Over Allegedly Deadly Botched Job
• 5th Circ. Upholds Asset Seizure In $24M Laundering Case
• Highland Seeks $172M From Credit Suisse In Refi Fight
• Texas Asks DC Circ. To Nix $1M Award In Election Maps Suit
• Sheridan Rakes In $1.5B For US Oil, Gas Acquisitions
• Senate Votes To Confirm 12 Federal Judges
• Ponzi Schemer Caught After Skipping Prison
• Order Impeded Arbitration Appeal In Avandia Fee Fight: Court
• Former Nonprofit Worker Indicted For Afghanistan Bribery
• Susman Godfrey Goes Big With Associate Bonuses
• Regulators Say Texas Treats Life Settlements As Securities
• 9 Lawyers From Closing Houston Boutique Join Vorys Sater
• Senate Confirms Texas Prosecutor For ICE Chief Role
• 5th Circ. Denies En Banc Hearing In Whooping Crane Ruling
• Houston Wants Immunity In Payday Lender Suit Tied To Pol
• 8th Circ. Asked To Nix Attys' Support Of Jones Day Sanctions
• Insurers Want Adjuster's $12M Hurricane Ike Claims Bounced
• Sabre Braces For Big Hit On LastMinute.com In $120M Sale
• RE Rumor Mill: Mercedes-Benz, Trammel Crow, Stone Street
• Top 10 Trade Secrets Developments Of 2014: Part 1
• Willis Group Still On The Hook In Stanford Investors Suit
• Treaty Energy Execs Charged With Stock Manipulation
• US Objects To 'Lavish' Expenses In Wylys' Ch. 11 Budget
• Judge Fines Viora for Motion 'Escapade' In Syneron IP Feud
• RE Rumor Mill: Jurys Inn, Heritage Equity, Warby Parker
• Texas Looks To Bridge Divide Over Urban Fracking
• Year In Review: 2014 State And Local Employment Laws
• 5th Circ. Vacates Sentences In Ex-NFL Star's $20M RE Scam
• Justices To Decide Who Gets Funds In Bankruptcy Conversion
• Blackstone Sells Retail Portfolio Stake To Kimco For $512.3M
• Pacifica Cos. Picks Up San Antonio Hotel Near SeaWorld
• Honda Falls Prey To Slew Of GPS Tech Patent Suits
• JPML Again Won't Combine USPlabs Diet Supplement Suits
• Texas Judge Won't Lift Gay Marriage Stay, Citing 5th Circ.
• EPA Issues GHG Permit For $400M Texas Refinery
• BAE Systems To Pay Esterline $28M For Texas Intelligence Biz
• Austin Council OKs Plan To Phase Out Old Gas, Coal Plants
• $350M Insurance Suit Was Invalid, Lloyd's Tells 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Says No Proof Illegal Workers Reduced Sales Wages
• Greenberg Traurig Snags Winstead Corporate Pro In Texas
• Texas Law Stifles Craft Beer Business, Breweries Say
• JPML Combines Whole Foods Yogurt Suits In Texas
• Dallas Airmotive Pays $14M To Settle FCPA Claims
• Immigration Atty Accused Of Abandoning Client Midhearing
• Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari Facing GPS Tech Patent Suit
• US Asks High Court To Reverse Baker Botts Fee Ruling
• Insurer Ducks $1.5M Hail Storm Suit In Texas
• Goodrich Mulls Eagle Ford Sale Amid Oil Price Drop
• Google Stuck With $85M Verdict In SimpleAir Patent Row
• Cartel Associate Pulls Guilty Plea In Judge Bribery Case
• Gardere Adds Gov't Affairs Pro To Austin Office
• Gharda Tells Texas Justices $8M Fire Verdict Lacks Proof
• Astros, Rockets To Pay $26M For Houston Network Collateral
• Injured Oil Rig Cleaners Sue Fieldwood Over Gulf Explosion
• Kirkland & Ellis Reps Gramercy REIT In $399M Portfolio Buy
• Plains All American Raises $1.2B To Back Pipeline Deal
• Texas Mischaracterized Abortion Law Args, Providers Say
• Texas Limits Discovery In City Utility Rate Fights
• BNY's Pershing Can't Escape Stanford Ponzi Suit
• Texas Justices Told Biz Judgment Trumps Family Grudges
• Market Rumors: Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Santander, Ardagh
• Dechert Reps Aqua Terra In Permian Basin Expansion
• Troutman, Kaufman Steer $151M Financing For Texas Resi Buy
• 5th Circ. Affirms Oil Exec's Investor Fraud Conviction
• Becton Seeks Stay Of Injunction In $340M Antitrust Suit
• Do Fracking Bans Trigger Civil Authority Coverage?
• Judge Won't Reverse $8.5M Oil Blast Verdict Against Travelers
• King & Spalding Brings Energy Pro Back To Austin Office
• Justices Snub Whistleblower's Claim On Hospital FCA Deal
• Shumway Van Challenges DQ Bid In Ex-PilePro Exec IP Suit
• Texas City Fights Ranch's Bid To Halt Water Well Drilling
• KBR Seeks Toss Of Class Action Alleging Overstated Earnings
• No New Trial For Two Convicted ArthroCare Executives
• RadioShack Sued For Investing 401(k)s In Own Stock
• Industry Groups Back Texas In High Court FHA Tax Credit Suit
• Global Cash Access Backs $1.2B Deal With Note Offering
• BP Fails To Win High Court Review Of Deepwater Settlement
• Risks And Opportunities Amid Falling Oil Prices
• 3 More States Join Opposition To Obama Immigration Action
• Recruiter Asks Justices To Nix Web Trash Talk Injunction Bid
• EA Hit With $5M Verdict In Security Software IP Battle
• Wellogix Says Judge Wrongly Decided SAP Trade Secret Suit
• San Antonio Judge Faces Disciplinary Suit Over Alleged Bribes
• La. Backs Couples' Bid For High Court Marriage Ban Review
• Texas Justices Snub Plant Operator's Immunity Challenge
• KBR Casts Doubt On Dying Man's Plea Deal As Evidence
• Supplement Seller's Religion Claims Against Texas AG Tossed
• Whistleblower Says Trinity Can't Duck $175M FCA Verdict
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
• A Tale Of 2 Circ. Court Whistleblower Cases
• Tips For Managing E-Discovery In State Courts
• Employers Prep For Immigration Revamp As States Protest
• Treasury Official Urges Banks To Buy Cyberrisk Insurance
• Texas Jury Finds Ex-Justice Of The Peace Guilty Of Murder
• Gov't Rejects ArthroCare Execs' 6th Amendment Claims
• Cantey Hanger Says Exception Doesn't Apply To Fraud Case
• Littler Gets Software IP Row Nixed, Drops Inter Partes Bid
• Endangered Frog Not Welcome On Private Land, 5th Circ. Told
• Enviros Seek To Intervene In Texas City's Fracking Row
• Chick-Fil-A Cherry Caused Heart Attack, New Suit Says
• Sirius To Pay $3.8M To Settle 44-State False-Ad Suit
• Energy Co. Tells Texas Justices Anti-SLAPP Law Unclear
• Chrysler, Ford Expand Recalls Of Takata Air Bags
• Okla. Oil Startup Grabs $100M From Lime Rock, Wells Fargo
• Stanford Receiver Defends Timing of Proskauer Ponzi Suit
• May State And Local Gov'ts Control Low-Flying Drones?
• Post-Nautilus, Post-Interval: Indefiniteness In November
• Wyly Widow's $550K Fees, Living Expenses OK'd In Ch. 11
• Texas Agency Adopts Pipeline 'Common Carrier' Rules
• Halliburton Decision To Test High Court Gift To Defendants
• ICA Fluor To Build $1.3 Billion Coker Plant In Mexico
• $75M Whole Foods-Anchored Texas Project Secures Financing
• BMW, Mercedes Accused Of Infringing Door Locking Patent
• 17 States Sue Over Obama Immigration Action
• 5th Circ. Won't Hear Trinity Appeal Of $175M FCA Verdict
• Texas Court Revives Emotional Distress Claim Against Firm
• And Now A Word From The Panel: End Of An Era
• Ex-ArthroCare CFO Also Seeks Retrial In $756M Fraud Case
• Atty Accused Of Plotting Witness' Death Surrenders License
• Life Partners, Execs To Pay $47M For False SEC Filings
• Texas Officials Say No Proof Abortion Law Strains Providers
• SEC Pursuit Of Wyly Widow Is Ch. 11 Issue, Scheindlin Says
• Google Prevails In Anti-Malware Patent Row
• Winston & Strawn Adds Mayer Brown Banking Pro In Houston
• Texas Lawmakers Say Medicaid Waiver Will Curb Costs
• Rothko Painting's Ex-Owner Loses Revival Bid In Contract Row
• Highland Entity Blames Credit Suisse For $285M Refi Loss
• Lime Rock, Wells Fargo Sink $220M Into Texas Oil Co.
• 5th Circ. Limits 'Value' In Fraudulent Transfer Defense
• 5th Circ. Urged Not To Revisit Defect Exclusion Dispute
• No Fishing In Unrelated Claim Files In Texas
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• Locke, Edwards Merger Integration Faces Rough Road
• Halliburton Says Asbestos 'Misstatements' Didn't Hurt Stock
• Cobalt Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Angola Bribery Claims
• Ogletree Deakins Adds Shareholder To Houston Office
• Quinn Nabs Vinson & Elkins' Houston Managing Partner
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• Locke Lord, Edwards Wildman Partners Approve Merger