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Texas - February, 2015

289 articles

• Texas Bar Slams Lawyer's Handling Of Daughter's Suit
• Texas High Court Says Workers' Comp Bars False Arrest Suit
• State Farm To Refund $353M Charged To Texas Customers
• Mid-Continent Must Cover Advertising Damages In IP Row
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Exxon Bonus Plan Suit
• Beef Over Royalties For Unpatented Features Hits High Court
• Ex-Aide To Texas Lt. Gov. Gets 7 Years For Embezzlement
• Texas Justices Extend Clock For Suits Against Partners
• Texas Judge Dismisses Fen-Phen Conspiracy Suit As SLAPP
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Allow Clawbacks From $9.2B Settlement
• Texas High Court Won't Touch $1B Dallas Back Pay Suits
• High Court Told Land Seizure Trampled Due Process Rights
• SIFMA Tells 5th Circ. Repose Law Kills FDIC's $2B RMBS Suit
• Judge Urged To See If Obama Defying Immigration Injunction
• Signal Slams Court For Muzzling Expert In Trafficking Case
• Kuwaiti Caterer's $10M Row With KBR Will Go To Arbitration
• Valero Drops Texas, La. Terminals Down To MLP For $671M
• Concho Unveils $650M Upsized Stock Offering Amid Oil Slump
• Bad Buys Drive Houston Health System Into Bankruptcy
• Ericsson Says Apple Is Infringing 41 Patents
• Magellan, Plains Partner To Build $850M Crude Oil Pipeline
• What Amazon Giveaway Means For Sweepstakes Laws
• Rick Perry Asks Appellate Court To Dump Felony Charges
• Sanders Morris Harris Sued For Withholding Stock Sale Info
• Court Upholds Texas Atty's Suspension Over Fee Dispute
• White House Eyeing Scope Of Texas Immigration Ruling: Rep.
• St. Paul Owes $6.3M In Atty Fees In Katrina Insurance Beef
• Texas Appeals Court Boots Suit Over $100M Water Project
• Texas Lawyer Sued For Ethics Violations In Bankruptcy Suit
• Senate Panel OKs Texas, Utah, Federal Claims Judicial Noms
• JSW Can't Nix Duty To Defend Claim Over $156M Judgment
• Tax Court Punts On Federal Successor-In-Interest Standard
• Emboldened By $533M IP Win, Smartflash Hits Apple Again
• 5th Circ. Tosses Anco's Bid For Asbestos Coverage
• Boeing Tells Texas High Court Lease Terms Aren't Public
• St. Joseph Demonstrates Challenges For Breach Plaintiffs
• Newfield Exploration Plans Upsized $726M Stock Offering
• Judicial Watch Argues Against Stay In Immigration Action
• Sullivan, Latham Steer Cyberonics-Sorin Med Tech Merger
• Texas Pol Files Judicial Complaint Over Austin Gay Wedding
• Former Longview Employees' Bond Too High, Texas Court Told
• IRS Whistleblower Cites Bias Due To Judge's Kin's Bribe Case
• BP Rips 'New' Evidence In $266B Atlantis FCA Suit
• SEC Cites 'Misleading' Life Partners Release In Trustee Bid
• 5th Circ. Reverses Poultry Co.'s $30M Tax Deficiency
• NOV Says It Can't Be Booted From Court In Trade Secrets Row
• Attys Urge Immigrants To Get Ready For Obama's Policies
• Hospital Fights Privileged Docs Release In Texas High Court
• Dentons Grabs Ex-Locke Lord REIT Group In Dallas
• AG Asks Texas High Court To Reverse Tax Exclusion Ruling
• Santander Buries DOJ's Army Car Repo Suit For $9.35M
• Noble Energy Plans $1B Stock Offering
• 2 Years Of Clapper: Takeaways From 12 Data Breach Cases
• DC Circ. Hears Texas-Led 'Good Neighbor' Air Rule Challenge
• Bombardier Says '92 Memo Bars IRS Collection Of Flight Tax
• C3PO's $6M Suit Over Terminated DynCorp Contract Slashed
• Texas Legal Market Stays Hot Despite Plunging Oil Prices
• Additional-Insured Concerns Surface In Deepwater Horizon
• Apple Ordered To Pay $533M In ITunes IP Battle
• 5th Circ. OKs Enhanced Sentence In Illegal Re-Entry Appeal
• Plains Must Pay Half Of $83M Lease Judgment, Torch Says
• Texas Agency Tightens 'Common Carrier' Pipeline Rules
• IRS' Lerner Sidesteps Conservative Org's Targeting Suit
• Texas Chancery Courts Bill Would Help Businesses, Pol Says
• Virtual Banking Tech Co. Lines Up $92M Follow-On Offering
• Google, Facebook, Amazon Copied Email Method, Suit Says
• US Says Atty Defrauded Wells Fargo With Mortgage Scheme
• Anadarko, MLPs Grab Stake In Enterprise Texas Pipeline
• Don't Forget About Publicity Rights In Estate Planning
• US Immigration Policy: Adventures In Fantasyland
• 5th Circ. Gives Acquiescence Guidance In Pennzoil TM Fight
• Ariz. Sheriff Urges Court To Keep Immigration Action On Ice
• 5th Circ. Slams Stubborn Judge, Revives $19M FCA Suit Again
• Aetna Files $120M Kickback Suit Against Houston Hospital
• Texas Couples Urge 5th Circ. To Unblock Same-Sex Marriages
• Bill Would Curb Nonresidents' Legal Mess In Texas Courts
• BP Can't Appeal Deepwater Gross Negligence, 5th Circ. Told
• Tex-Mex Chain's Owner Can't Revive Failed-Merger Claims
• Ex-Gov. Perry Says Facts Lacking In Abuse Of Office Charges
• UT Applicant Takes Affirmative Action Row Back To High Court
• Linn Energy To Sell $500M In Shares In Upcoming Offering
• Immigration Cases To Watch In 2015
• EPA Answers And Rejects Concerns About Texas Coal Plants
• High Court Won't Take $9B Verizon-Idearc Spinoff Dispute
• Texas' Top Court Asked To Eye Wal-Mart Optometrists' Award
• DOJ Seeks Emergency Stay Of Block On Immigration Policies
• This Week In Congress: Avoiding A DHS Funding Showdown
• Railroad Contractor Says Insurer Should Pay $2M Judgment
• BigLaw Name Change Game Can Be Perilous
• 5th Circ. Judge Cleared In Alleged Racist Remarks Probe
• Texas Legislature To Consider OK'ing Tesla Direct Sales
• Texas High Court Takes Case On Scope Of Public Info Act
• Texas High Court To Mull Gas Delivery Charges After All
• Brand Battles: Seattle Seahawks, USPS, March Madness
• High Court Urged To Hear Texas Strip Club Tax Row
• Harris County Asks For Int'l Paper River Pollution Retrial
• Ex-Atty, Financial Adviser Pleads Guilty To Ponzi-Like Fraud
• Obama To Seek Stay Of Order Blocking Immigration Policies
• ATP's Asset Sale And $44M Trust Survive Challenge
• Texas AG Files Petition To Void Austin Gay Marriage License
• Texas Justices Take Up Case Over Houston Clean Air Law
• Texas High Court To Review Atty Fee Arbitration Exemptions
• In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
• U.S. Ethernet Can't Collect $3M Jury Win On Nixed Patent
• Wyly's Payments To Ex Ruled Alimony, Axed From Ch. 11
• Nat'l Oilwell Varco Patent Suit Axed For Ownership 'Mess'
• EPA Issues Final Texas GHG Permit To Bring $200M Plant
• Forex Fraudster Hit With 97 Months, $3.9M In Restitution
• EEOC Settles Wal-Mart Age Bias Suit Over Fired Manager
• Texas High Court Stays 2 Orders Striking Gay Marriage Law
• Signal Challenges US Link Finding In Human Trafficking Suit
• Who Flips The Switch?
• DuPont Unit Loses Sanctions Bid In Migrant Worker Dispute
• Whistleblowers Say New Info Should Revive $266B BP Suit
• BP Loses Bid To Lower $13.7B Deepwater Penalty Cap
• GM Names New GC To Replace Millikin
• Texas High Court Fuels Uncertainty Over Trespass Claims
• Biz Groups Push Texas High Court To Limit Plant Liability
• PTAB Denies Apple Review Of VirnetX Patents In $368M Suit
• Texas AG Seeks Emergency Stay Over Gay Marriage Ruling
• REIT FelCor Lodging Nabs $93M In Sale Of 3 Hotels
• Former Texas Title Co. Exec. Gets 3 Years For $2M Fraud
• Texas Pols Vow Continued Fight Against Immigration Actions
• Quicksilver Skips Debt Payment, Warns Bankruptcy Possible
• Faulty Jury Instruction Revives BP's Texas Lease Dispute
• A Snapshot Of Patent Litigation In 2014
• Texas Justice Calls On Judges To Tackle Rising Legal Costs
• Shipbuilder Tells 5th Circ. Insurers Must Cover FCA Claims
• A Troubling Disregard For FCPA's Business Nexus Element
• Recasting Claims Under CGL Policies Is Rough In 5th Circ.
• Apple Wants Mirror Worlds Patent Nixed Under Alice
• DOJ To Appeal Texas Court's Halt Of Immigration Policies
• DOJ Likely Has Strong Appeal In Executive Action Case
• Texas Prosecutor Says Perry 'Stymied' Public Integrity Unit
• Winstead Botched $62M Loan Workout, Texas Suit Says
• Texas Gov. Seeks Stronger Border Presence, Vet Tax Breaks
• French Inventor Seeks Royalties On Chrysler Engine Parts
• 5th Circ. Vacates Sentence Of Man Who Lied For Asylum
• Intel, Others Sued Over Patent Related To Microprocessors
• Littler Mendelson OT Tip Draws Texas Malpractice Suit
• Fox Rothschild Adds Tax Pro To New Dallas Office
• Jackson Walker Nixes Jury's $3.8M Fraud Verdict On Appeal
• King & Spalding Adds Ex-Bracewell Atty To Houston IP Group
• Surcharge Bans For Retailers Look Ripe For High Court
• RTI Fights For Interest On $340M Becton Antitrust Verdict
• Phillips 66 Sells Pipeline Assets For $1B To Its MLP
• Prize Insurer Says Armstrong Won't Pay $10M Sanction
• Lewis Brisbois Lands Ex-Blank Rome Energy, Insurance Pro
• States Win Bid To Block Obama's Immigration Actions
• CORRECTED: Jury Finds Forgery In Attack On Houston Equality Law
• Apple, Samsung Can't Nix Anti-Piracy Patents Under Alice
• Deepwater Horizon Ruling Keeps Policyholders On Toes
• Stanford Receiver's 1st Win Sparks Hope For More Recoveries
• Droplets Seeks Fees, Royalty From Overstock For $15M IP Win
• Jury Puts Samsung On Hook For $16M In Rembrandt IP Suit
• Jackson Walker Grabs Ogletree Labor Pro For Houston Office
• NLRB Accused Of Slow-Walking 'Quickie' Election Rule Fight
• EU Watchdog Probes $7.6B Siemens-Dresser-Rand Deal
• Dallas Hotel Docs Protected By Privilege, Court Rules
• Texas High Court Says Seat Belt Evidence Now Admissable
• 5th Circ. Shuts Down BP Deepwater Whistleblower Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Freescale, POSCO, ProSiebenSat.1
• 4 Arrested In Texas Over $11M Medicare Billing Scheme
• Ocean Shipping Co. Hits Chapter 11 After Ship Seizures
• Nike Must Face Golf Retailer's Price Discrimination Suit
• DC Circ. Mulls Texas, Fla. Bankers' Challenge To Info Sharing
• SEC Commish Says Congress May Need To Solve Waiver Spat
• Curbing Contingency Fee Arrangements With State AGs
• Jury Says Ex-Diplomat Must Return Stanford Ponzi Funds
• Texas Justices Deny BP's Bid For $750M Transocean Coverage
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Hilda Galvan
• Wal-Mart Sues Texas For 'Irrational' Booze Permit Ban
• Texas Appeals Court Nixes Denbury Common Carrier Ruling
• Ford, Nissan Hit With Patent Suit Over Hybrid Batteries
• Schlumberger Settles Texas Patent Infringement Dispute
• 4 Texas Bills Undertake To Expand Abortion Rights
• Becton Wants Interest Axed On $340M Syringe Antitrust Loss
• Stanford Receiver's $1.1M Trial Against Ex-Diplomat Wraps Up
• 5th Circ. Ruling Could Widen Ad Injury Coverage
• Oil Slowdown Won't Stop Enviro Fights Over Eagle Ford
• Three Immigrants Can't Intervene In Executive Actions Suit
• Senate Panel OKs IP 'Czar' But Holds Off On Lynch, Lee Noms
• St. Joseph Dodges Ex-Patient's Data Breach Class Action
• Interstate Handgun Transfer Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
• Dell Stuck With Infringement Verdict In Hard Drive IP Suit
• Ex-Diplomat Says He Was Duped In Stanford Ponzi Scheme
• 5th Circ. Snubs Jailed DA's Appeal Over Juror Facebook Post
• Lawmakers Want Same-Sex Marriage Laws In State Hands
• Eagle Ford Attys Gear Up For Gush Of Lease Disputes
• Winstead Adds Jackson Walker Corporate Pro As Shareholder
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Sycamore Partners, Veolia
• Texas Law Would Invoice Feds For Immigration Actions
• Gov't Spars With Bombardier Over NetJets Tax Interpretation
• Jones Energy Sells $250M Notes, Launches Follow-On Offering
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• Lawmaker Wants To Push Texas State Judge Terms To 6 Years
• Texas Law Would Let AG Ask To Divert Suits To 3-Judge Panel
• Stanford Receiver Blames Ex-Diplomat For Missing Red Flags
• 2 Ex-Texas Housing Officials Busted For Bribery
• 5th Circ. To Hear Bass Pro's Appeal In Race Bias Suit
• No Quick Appeal For Greenberg, Hunton In Stanford Suit
• 5th Circ. Urged To Deny BP Clawback From $9.2B Settlement
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Texas Slams EEOC Bid To Evade Background Check Row
• Sinking Oil Prices Drive Fresh Legal Work In Eagle Ford
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telecity, Bain Capital, William Hill
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• Sutherland Scores Energy Pro from Andrews Kurth
• BALCA Says Officer Wrongly Denied Permanent Labor Cert.
• Texas Couple Gets Jail Time For Migrant Worker Conspiracy
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: BakerHostetler's Dennis Duffy
• Ariz. Sheriff Fights Discovery In Immigration Stops Case
• Stanford Receiver Says Ex-Diplomat Can't Keep Fees
• Reed Smith Poaches Burleson Finance Partner In Houston
• ABA Asks Officials To Crack Down On Atty Mortgage Scams
• The Case For Professionalizing Pro Bono Services
• Immigrants Push To Intervene In States' Executive Action Suit
• Enbridge Subsidiary Drops $160M On Eaglebine Assets
• ABA Wants Witness Protection Laws To Cover Online Threats
• Texas Lawmaker Proposes Tougher Eminent Domain Rules
• 5th Circ. Finds Atty Who Didn't Pay Fine Deserves Contempt
• Expert Testimony Whittled Down In Signal Trafficking Case
• Regency Faces Another Suit Over $11.2B Sale To ETP
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Gardere's Juan Alcalá
• C&J Cuts Nabors Buyout By $250M Amid Oil Price Woes
• What Features Matter In A Design Patent Case?
• Stanford Receiver Faces Uphill Battle In 1st Insider Trial
• Wells Fargo Gets Attys' Fees In Texas High Court Loan Fight
• Drillers In Limbo As Texas High Court Punts Trespass Issue
• Staples Drivers Hit Retailer With Wage-And-Hour Suit
• SEC Gives Nod To Linn Energy's $4.3B Berry Petroleum Deal
• Judge OKs ATP's Settlement Over Deepwater Drilling Claims
• Don't Mess With Texas Adjusters In Hail Damage Claims
• Texas Justices Dodge Underground Water Trespass Question
• BofA Need Not Record Deeds of Trust In Texas, 5th Circ. Told
• Mid-Continent Tells 5th Circ. Houses Weren't Ads In IP Suit
• Greenberg, Hunton Can't Buck Stanford Fraud Class Action
• AVIC's $2B Dispute With Biz Partner Must Go To Arbitration
• Trafficking Claims Against Signal Have US Link, Judge Says
• Saratoga Battles To Stay Afloat After $9M Default
• Willkie Farr Scoops Ex-Bracewell Energy Finance Partner
• Skadden Guides Frontier To $10.5B Verizon Wireline Buy
• Texas Court Axes $2.6M Award Over Enviro Contamination
• Rule Change Helps GDF Suez Energy Beat Manipulation Suit
• Amazon Hit With Patent Suit Over Music Streaming Service
• Crown Royal Urges Court To Not Dilute Rival's IP Judgment
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Toyota, Norges, Milwaukee Bucks
• TPG Seeks Immediate Injunction Following Second Leak
• Alleged BP Whistleblower Fired For Behavior, 5th Circ. Told
• Texas Retailers Lose Fight Against Anti-Surcharge Law
• Transocean Unit Not Liable For Pirate Attack, 5th Circ. Hears
• Texas Bill Would Codify TCEQ Discretion In Permit Fights
• Baker Botts Profits Blow Up In 2014 Amid Heavy Deal Flow
• Court Upholds Sanction Against Atty For Evidence Tampering
• 10th Circ. Frees Travelers In KBR $2M Pipeline Leak Row
• NJ Just Set The Standard For Health Data Protection Laws
• CFPB Bans Texas Card Co. From Offering Consumer Credit
• DOJ Says Immigrants Can't Join States' Obama Challenge
• BP Tells 5th Circ. Deepwater Claims Admin Has Conflict
• Regency Hit With Class Action Over $11.2B Sale To ETP
• Kelly Hart Snafu Shows It's Key To Double-Check Client Docs
• PAE Wins NASA Maintenance Contract Worth Up To $454M
• US Tells ATP Ch. 7 Judge To Ignore Objections, OK Deal
• Texas Appellate Judge Returns To Alexander Dubose
• Tesco's Rig Accident Coverage Bid Moot, Texas Court Says
• Law Profs Ask High Court To Nix Baker Botts Bankruptcy Fees
• Deals Rumor Mill: RadioShack, AT&T, Staples
• Bankruptcy Fears Rise As Lucas Energy Defaults On $7M Loan
• EnLink Midstream To Pay $600M For Coronado Midstream
• Oak Hill Prepares To Trim Dave & Buster's Stake
• Sabre's PE Backers To Line Up $408M Secondary Offering
• KBR Says It's Not Liable For Worker's Actions In Kickback Suit
• 5 Tips For Lasting Law Firm Success
• Cameron, Axon Drag Hercules Into Drilling Blowout Suit
• US Roasts Injunction Bid In States' Immigration Action Suit
• Anadarko Deepwater Horizon Penalties A Mistake, Expert Says
• Life Partners Execs Get No Break On Appeal Bonds
• Reed Smith Picks Up Baker Botts Energy IP Litigator
• MetLife Scores $50M Financing For Houston Office Building
• Banker's Estate Seeks $41M Refund On Art Investment Taxes
• O'Quinn Firm Says Texas Justices Should OK Ethics Sanction
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Exxon, Neverland Ranch, Centrum
• Rockstar Settles With Samsung Over Search-Engine Patent
• $2M Joe's Crab Shack IPO Settlement Wins Initial OK
• US Oil Workers Walk Out At 9 Plants After Talks Break Down
• Oceaneering Pays $230M For Offshore Services Rival
• Moncrief Pulls Plug Midway Through $1.36B Gazprom Trial
• An Update On USPTO's Patent Pro Bono Initiative
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Sutherland's Juan Garcia