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Texas - April, 2015

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• Iraq Urges 5th Circ. To Mull Mootness In Disputed Oil Row
• Texas Senate Passes Bill Aimed At Cutting Hail Policy Claims
• Frontier, Verizon Tell FCC Wireline Deal Will Benefit Public
• 5th Circ.'s 'Stop-Time' Ruling Viewed As Overly Harsh
• Locke Lord Win Affirmed In Foreclosure Fraud Suit
• Breitling Claims Ex-Exec Trashed Company After Firing
• Man Charged With Illegal Exports To Iran Wants Bail
• AMC Scores $1.2M Tax Refund For Movie-Showing Costs
• Fans Say NFL Can't Collect Costs In Super Bowl Ticket Fight
• Texas Senate Committee Passes Bill To Block Fracking Bans
• Ex-Schlumberger Atty Says Anti-SLAPP Rulings Support Her
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• Texas Strip Club Appeals Jury's Decision In FLSA Suit
• Ex-Diamond McCarthy Atty Denied Early Win In $1.4M Fee Row
• DQ Unnecessary For Leak In $630M Omnicare FCA Suit: Feds
• Enterprise, Occidental To Build Texas Natural Gas Processor
• Crown Castle Pays $1B For Fiber Optic Licensing Co.
• A Close Look At The New Texas M&A Broker Exemption
• Texas High Court Augurs Arbitration In Health Care
• Texas House OKs 25% Business Tax Cut In $5B Package
• Texas High Court Ruling Lowers Bar On Anti-SLAPP Defense
• Teladoc Seeks To Block Texas Board's Telemedicine Rule
• EBay Digs In Heels On Giving User Info To Mary Kay
• GM, Ford, Others Hit With Dashboard Phones IP Row
• Jackson Lewis Adds Houston Immigration Shareholder
• Texas, Breweries Settle Fight Over 'Alamo' Trademarks
• Texas Ruling Won't End Anti-Concurrent Clause Suits
• 5th Circ. Affirms Immigrant Can Be Removed Under 'Stop-Time'
• Hooters Settles Fight Over 'Fresh' TM With Fast-Food Joint
• Texas Voter ID Opponents Can't Show Harm, 5th Circ. Told
• Trinity Industries Faces Stock-Drop Suit Over Guardrails
• Texas Judge Will Fight Sanction Over Facebook Posts
• 5th Circ. To Hear Immigration Action Arguments In July
• Biz Groups Back Macy's In 5th Circ. 'Micro-Union' Battle
• Wyatt Asks Texas High Court To Deny Hurt Workers' Appeal
• Perry Says Prosecutors Can't Support Abuse Of Office Charges
• DuPont Freed From 2nd Asbestos Trial By Texas Court
• Man Pleads Guilty To Transporting Immigrants In Texas
• SEC Slams Sam Wyly's Plan To Sell $50M Ranch
• Judge Tosses Duplicative Lien Suit Over Offshore Oil Work
• Painting Contractor Hits BP With Deepwater Damages Suit
• Apple Told 'Hypothetical' PTAB Reviews Don't Warrant Stay
• 5th Circ. Urged To Rehear Off-Label Reglan Claims
• ATP Wants OK To Pursue Deepwater Claims Against BP
• 5th Circ. Won't Ax DAPA Moms' Intervention Bid Just Yet
• Texas Couple To Pay $4M For Medicare/Medicaid Fraud
• Highland Claims Ex-Sales Director Stole Client Data
• Andrews Kurth Scoops Ex-Gardere Trial Pro For Dallas
• Lawyers, Supporters Back Disbarred Texas Attorney's Appeal
• Policy Doesn't Cover Bad Repairs To Chevron Rig: 5th Circ.
• Ex-Cushing Trader Gets 30 Months For Securities Fraud
• Fracking Investors Being 'Swindled' Out Of Buyout, Suit Says
• Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sued Over NFL Star's Branding Deal
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Morgan Stanley, Apple, EPA
• Justices Deny Review Of Fight Over Texas Land Seizure
• High Court Squashes UT's $11M FICA Tax Refund Fight
• Border Agent Has Immunity For Teen's Shooting: 5th Circ.
• Texas Justices Toss $1.3M Verdict In Retaliation Suit
• L-3 Says Army Signed Off On Allegedly Overbilled Hours In FCA Suit
• Texas Officials May Nix Oil Well Permits Over Quake Fears
• Texas Justices Dump Mexican Crash Suit Against Bridgestone
• DOJ Tells High Court 5th Circ. Fumbled BIA Deportation Ruling
• Center Threatened Detainees Over Hunger Strike, Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Wipes Out ACA Origination Clause Suit
• Pharmacies Are Health Care Providers, Texas High Court Says
• Texas High Court Won't Extend Gov't Immunity To Contractors
• Post-Ike Rebuilding Coverage Rebuffed At Texas High Court
• Elbit Again Says Hughes' USPTO Filings Show Willfulness
• Clear Channel Can't Recoup Billboard Losses: Texas Justices
• Range Can't Revive Defamation Claims Against Anti-Frackers
• Texas Justices Say Student Housing Didn't Forfeit Tax Status
• Houston Am., SEC Settle Over Colombia Oil Project 'Fiction'
• Dallas Hospital Sued For Firing FCA Whistleblowers
• When Internet Libel Lands You In An Out-Of-State Court
• An Update On Hatch-Waxman Personal Jurisdiction Cases
• Texas Court Pauses CB&I Suit Against Ex-GC, Hogan Lovells
• Trustee Wants RadioShack's Customer Data Out Of Sale
• Game Over For EA's Challenge To $4.9M IP Verdict
• EPA Administrator Highlights Benefits Of Clean Power Plan
• Oil Group Says Texas Justices Got $21M Royalty Ruling Wrong
• Jury Awards Enterprise $2.2M In ETP Contract Suit
• Relator Slams Omnicare's 'Draconian' DQ Bid Over Disclosures
• Justice Department Sues Fort Worth For Disability Bias
• BP Wants Another Go At $750M Deepwater Coverage Case
• Officials Say North American Partnership Helps Energy Issues
• Houston Hospital Worker Admits $9.3M Billing Fraud
• Texas, Biz Groups Tell EPA Regional Haze Plan Is Unlawful
• Ex-Client Sued By Coats Rose Hits Back With $1M Lawsuit
• Kinder Urges Natural Gas Industry To Reach Out To Critics
• Houston Defense Attys Tapped For Probe Of Texas AG
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Child Care Center Can't Convince Court It's A Health Provider
• 5th Circ. Affirms $38M Penalty For Insurance Billing Scheme
• Bombardier Can't Shake Ruling Denying $32M Tax Refund
• 5th Circ. Gives Arch Victory In Insurance Coverage Row
• Black Stone Minerals Seeks $473M IPO To Repay Debt
• 9th Circ. Deepens Split Over Complex CERCLA Sites
• How Bankruptcy Courts Are Dealing With 'Stern Claims'
• Blue Bell Troubles Just Beginning After Listeria Recall
• Kurdistan Slams Iraqi Bid To Dismiss Disputed Oil Appeal
• ETP Veep Defends Cutting Enterprise's Pipeline Pressure
• CPSC Sues Michaels For Dangerously Defective Glass Vases
• Paul Hastings Guides Vanguard In $539M LRR Energy Grab
• Bombardier Wants New Trial In $32M Tax Refund Feud
• US Citizen Accused Of Marriage Fraud Agrees To Plea Deal
• Senate Energy Head Aims To Restart US Oil Exports
• Spanish-Language Cinema Says AMC Forced It Out of Houston
• Jackson Walker Nabs 4 Attys To Boost Texas Real Estate Team
• Brazilian Steakhouse Chain Fogo De Chao Charts $75M IPO
• Texas County-Run Hospital To Pay $23.6M To End FCA Suit
• Stanford Investors Suing Proskauer, Chadbourne Seek Cert.
• 5th Circ. Args May Signal Deference To Executive Action Block
• Strasburger Sheds Texas Malpractice Suit On Standing
• US Senate Confirms 2nd Texas Federal Judge
• Enterprise Never Had Pipeline Pressure Rights: Ex-Employee
• OSC Issues Letter On Texas E-Verify Executive Order
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Encana, Tesla Motors
• SEC's Texas Regional Director To Step Down
• DLA Piper Nabs 2 Energy Specialists from K&L Gates
• 10 Topics For Corporate Counsel To Consider On Coal Ash
• TPG Capital Leads PE Players' Cirque Du Soleil Buy-In
• Whistleblower Blasts IRS' Bid To Shake Improper Firing Suit
• 2nd Ex-Prof Cops To Duping Gov't For $1.38M In Funds
• Oil Heir Urges 5th Circ. To Rehear $25M Contingency Award
• EON, Apple Patent Venue Dispute Won't Make It To High Court
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• 5th Circ. Grills DOJ, Texas During Executive Action Args.
• GoberHilgers Hires IP Litigator, Ex-Sabre GC In Dallas
• Magna Faces IP Suit Over Car Windshield Camera Alerts
• Logistics Co. Wants High Court To Review DHL Contract Row
• Houston Judge Sides With City On Equal Rights Law Petitions
• Littler Mendelson Fights Contract Claims In Malpractice Suit
• Five Charged For Shipping $24M Of Microelectronics To Iran
• High Court Asked Again To Hear Army Corps Authority Case
• Make HHS Answer For Abuse, Immigrant Kids Tell High Court
• A Trend Toward More State Focus On Lawyer Mobility?
• Woman Who Hired Trans Worker Seeks To Revive Bias Claims
• Harris County To Appeal Int'l Paper River Pollution Judgment
• Eli Lilly Beats Cymbalta Withdrawal Risk Suit
• Texas House Approves Bill Blocking Local Fracking Bans
• Tesco, National Oilwell Settle $5M Fee Dispute In IP Row
• Multimedia Games Shareholders Settle Suit Over $1.2B Buyout
• Ex-Franchisees Seek To Sanction Texas Food Chain In TM Row
• New 5th Circ. Bankruptcy Fee Rule Benefits Attys, Advisers
• Pliva's Win In 5th Circ. Is A Blueprint To Beat 'Off-Label' Suits
• ETP Says Enterprise Changing Tune On Contract Interpretation
• Texas Plan To Ax Renewables Standard Imperils Development
• $150M In Transocean Excess Coverage Tapped, Judge Says
• Ex-Diplomat Can't Ditch Order To Return Stanford Ponzi Funds
• Judgment Nixed Against Ex-Mostyn Atty In Referral Fee Fight
• Catlin's Win Upheld In Kohl's Construction Coverage Row
• Kmart Says 5th Circ. Misunderstood Testimony In Flood Case
• Texas Enviro Regulator Hits Exide With $2.4 Million Waste Fine
• Texas AG Rips Radioshack's Plan To Sell Customer Data
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Ineos' Bottle Cap Patent As Invalid
• Protecting Company And Athlete In Endorsement Deals
• Millennium Will Pay SEC $76M To Settle Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Co-Conspirator Pleads Guilty In $374M Texas Medicare Fraud
• CFAA Claims Against Ex-Quantlab Workers Stand In IP Suit
• Signal Says It Has No Record Of 2 Plaintiffs In Trafficking Trial
• Ex-New Orleans Mayor Says Fraud Conviction Can't Stand
• 5th Circ. Rejects Injunction In NLRB Bargaining Case
• Goodwin Reps REIT DiamondRock On $85M Texas Hotel Deal
• OneBeacon Says Texas Law Bars $30M Recovery For Law Firm
• Blinded Tyson Worker Says Immigration Status Is Irrelevant
• Attys Want Texas High Court To Rule On $1B Back Pay Suit
• Branch Law Firm Says Former Atty Bound To Arbitrate Claims
• Feds Say Judge Mistook Obama's Immigration Action Remarks
• Texas Senate Votes To Wind Down Renewable Energy Credits
• 18 Immigrants Charged With Using Fake IDs To Get Jobs
• Texas Firms Botched Case Against Bayer's Mirena, Suit Says
• Texas Judge Pleads Not Guilty To Illegal Gun Sale Charges
• BP Wants Supreme Court To Strike CWA Liability Finding
• Akin Gump Snags Ex-Andrews Kurth Energy Tax Pro In Texas
• KBR Worker's Bribery Plea Doesn't Prove Liability, Judge Says
• CPA Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Embezzlement
• SEC Reaches Settlement With Evercore Insider Trader
• Ex-Prof Pleads Guilty To Duping Gov't For $1.38M In Contracts
• Low Pipe Pressure Not Covered In ETP Contract: Enterprise
• Senate Confirms 1st Federal Judge Since GOP Takeover
• Jackson Walker Ducks $3M Damages Award Over Ranch Sale
• San Antonio Bakery Fined For I-9 Violations
• Former Texas Judge Pleads Guilty To Taking Atty Bribes
• EPA Can Regulate GHGs At Some Power Plants, DC Circ. Says
• Texas Judge Slams Home Health Biz With $900K Sanction
• Stanford Receiver Argues Firms Can't See Class Cert. Data
• McKool Smith Adds Ex-Vinson & Elkins IP Litigation Pro
• Texas Firm Seeks $9M In Fees For OneBeacon Malpractice Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: ConocoPhillips, Affina, Cemig
• 5th Circ. Reveals Panel In Row Over Immigration Action Stay
• Galderma, Actavis Settle Generic Epiduo Suit Ahead Of Trial
• Four In Texas Sentenced In Human Trafficking Scheme
• SEC Accuses Energy Co. Of $4.4M Drilling Scheme
• No Exclusions Apply For $78M FCA Suit, Shipbuilder Says
• NewDay Forces Out COO, Pays $5.3M In State Mortgage Deal
• Inside CMS Proposed Mental Health Parity Rules
• Changes To Calif. Prop 65 May Affect Texas Businesses
• Texas Medical Board Adopts Stricter Telemedicine Rules
• Ex-Diamond McCarthy Atty Can't Depose Banks In Fee Row
• UT Disputes Feds' Argument In High Court FICA Tax Row
• Baker Donelson Adds Ex-Johnson Trent Pro To Houston Office
• Texas Court Upholds $6M Ruling In Online Defamation Suit
• Ex-Gov. Perry Says Texas Prosecutors Stifling Free Speech
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bombardier, CVC Capital, Cirque Du Soleil
• DACA Ruling Relevant To Executive Action Row, DOJ Says
• 5th Circ. Affirms Enhanced Sentence For Mexican Felon
• Full 5th Circ. Overturns 'Actual Benefit' Ch. 11 Fee Test
• EU Reopens Probe Into $7.6B Siemens-Dresser-Rand Merger
• 5th Circ. Frees Pliva, Others From Generic Reglan Claims
• The Latest Litigation Over FCA Public Disclosure Bar
• Texas Judge Won't Shut Down DRM Patents In Google Dispute
• Split Texas Court Endorses Lawyers' Duty To Prove Causation
• Pharmacy Gets Another Go At Texas Medicaid Payment Rules
• Texas Court Talks Insurance And Actual Cash Value
• Jailed Judge Can't Shield Assets From $6M Restitution: Feds
• Apple, Microsoft Targeted In Streaming Tech Co.'s IP Suits
• Bakery Can't Claim IP Rights In Mardi Gras 'Bead Dogs' Spat
• Riverstone Sinks $500M Into Latest Edition Of Oil Startup
• Exide Seeks OK For $2.5M Deal With Texas Regulator
• CORRECTED: Texas Panel Creates MDL Courts For Farmers Storm Suits
• ETP Took Bad Approach On Pipeline Cracks, Enterprise Says
• Texas Court Says Minor's Med Mal Claims Not Time-Barred
• Despite Stay, Similar Ruling A Good Omen For Obama Policy
• Iraq Wants Appeal Over Disputed Kurdistan Oil Tossed
• Texas Consulting Firm Wins $6.8M In Tech Contract Dispute
• Arbitrator Exceeded Authority In Contract Row, 5th Circ. Says
• Polsinelli's New Dallas Space Leaves Room For Expansion
• Texas Court Will Rehear $600M Eagle Ford Dispute En Banc
• IHeartMedia Finalizes $369M Portion Of Tower Asset Sale
• WBH Energy Seeks Approval Of $25M Ch. 11 Bid
• Texas Judge Charged With Illegal Gun Sales, Smuggling
• Bankrupt Dune Energy Gets Approval To Sell Assets In June
• Fifth Circ. Gives EPA Break In Gulf 'Dead Zones' Case
• Halliburton Eyes Sales To Get OK For $35B Baker Hughes Deal
• Looking Under Fracking's Surface: Part 2
• Judge Denies Obama's Bid To Lift Hold On Immigration Plan
• Texas Bill Urges 3-Judge Panels When State Is Defendant
• 5th Circ. Axes ICE Agents' Suit Challenging DACA
• AFL-CIO Backs Obama's Deferred Deportation Order
• National Union Escapes Tesoro's $15M Theft Coverage Suit
• Texas, Feds Recover $25M From Glenmark For Inflated Prices
• Texas Trader Indicted Over Collapsed Commodities Program
• Hooters Says Competitor Can't Trademark Descriptive Phrase
• Suit Claims Beckett Media Boss' Bullying Led To Breakdown
• Artis REIT, Trammell Crow Buy 127 Acres In Texas
• Gibson Dunn Aids Realogy Unit In Coldwell Banker Biz Buy
• Tesoro Gobbles Up Rest Of QEP Midstream MLP
• SEC Says Texas Man Sold $11.8M In Fake Oil Securities
• Houston Judge Rejects Bid To Revive Int'l Paper Pollution Row
• Looking Under Fracking's Surface: Part 1
• ETP Cut Pipeline Pressure To Run Off Enterprise, Jury Told
• Polsinelli Adds 2 Dallas Patent Litigators From Bracewell
• DLA, Andrews Kurth Guide Houston Mega Office Tower Deal
• Texas Court Says Latex Glove Maker Must Indemnify Dealer
• Detention Of Asylum Seekers Contrary To Past DHS Policy
• Amedisys Asks High Court To Hear Revived Shareholder Suit
• Avon Fights Bid For Rehearing In Soverain Patent Spat
• Mayors Call For Immigration Policies To Move Ahead
• Ebola Nurse's Claims Don't Belong In Court, Hospital Says
• Wage-And-Hour Suit Boom May Lurk Behind Oil Price Bust
• Social Media Can Be Part Of Ch. 11 Estate, Judge Rules
• CFIUS Report Reveals Rise Of Chinese Investments In US Cos.
• This Week in Congress: The Calm Before The Budget Debate
• NY, Dallas Had Most H-1B Approvals In 2013, Report Says
• Judge Says BMO Must Arbitrate Poaching Suit Against UBS
• Curvature Pays $2M To Avoid Charges Over Cisco Resales
• Breitling Can't Avoid Atty Fees In Fight With Petroleum News
• Hospital Group Says PE Funds Can't Dodge $45M Poach Suit
• DAPA Moms Ask 5th Circ. To Speed Up Intervention Appeal
• Citgo Dodges Conoco Depo Over Alleged Secret PDVSA Sale
• Appeals Court Dumps Dentist's Defamation Suit Against AOL
• Limiting Good-Faith Fraudulent Transfer Defense — Again
• 15 States Urge High Court To Uphold Same-Sex Marriage Bans
• Sierra Club Tries For Texas High Court In Waste Site Battle
• NLRB Asks Full 5th Circ. To Hear Murphy Class Waiver Fight
• Texas Court Says Agency's Drought Rules Exceeded Authority
• Mineral Owners Drop Fight Over Texas City Fracking Ban
• 5th Circ. Revives $25M Contingency Award In Oil Heir Fight
• Ex-Bush Flack Says TPG Smeared Him For Blowing Whistle
• Defense Contractor Blasts Hughes' Dismissal Bid In IP Suit
• Oneok, Fermaca Plan $500M Texas-Mexico Gas Pipeline
• 11 Lessons From A Year Of Post-Octane Atty Fee Decisions
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Invesco, Starwood, Blackstone
• Omnicare Says Loose Lips Sink Relator In FCA Kickback Suit
• Chaffe McCall Nabs Former US Attorney, Bracewell Partner
• Signal Can't Duck Trafficking Claims In Texas
• KBR Witheld Docs, $1.2M Scan Fee In DOD Contract, Suit Says
• Houston Blasts 'Slanted' Anti-Equality Law Signature Count
• Judge Won't Move IP Case Against Amazon, Samsung
• AT&T Sues Ex-Project Manager Over Kickback Scheme
• SEC Declares Open Season On Employee Agreements
• 5 Cox Smith Pros Launch Boutique Energy Firm Amid Merger
• EB-5 Center's Boss Must Cede Assets In SEC Row: 5th Circ.
• Here's How The CARERS Act Could Change Cannabis Policy
• 2 Dallas Litigation Boutiques Merge Into 30-Lawyer Firm
• Osler Guides Mitel Stock Offering To Back $560M Mavenir Buy
• 5th Circ. Snuffs Out Appeal Of Illegal Re-Entry Sentence
• SEC Brings 1st Whistleblower Action Over Confidentiality Pact
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider