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Texas - August, 2015

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• 5th Circ. Tough On NLRB In Murphy Oil Class Waiver Fight
• RadioShack Scheme Gave Control To Hedge Fund, Suit Says
• Dallas Mag Can't Ditch Suit Over 'Welfare Queen' Article
• Dollar General Tells High Court It Isn't Subject To Tribal Court
• Comcast Eyes 5th Circ. After $74M Loss In Network's Ch. 11
• Texas Pushes Full 5th Circ. To Hear Voter ID Suit
• Court Says No Evidence Highland Misled Fund Investors
• Exxon Asks Texas Justices To Hear Ranch Cleanup Case
• Texas High Court Tackles Conflict On Damages Requirements
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revive Malpractice Suit Against Hospital
• Trinity To Appeal $663M Guardrail FCA Verdict To 5th Circ.
• EEOC Tells 5th Circ. Bass Pro Appeal Misreads High Court
• Oil Co. Wins $1M Attys' Fees In Drilling System Patent Suit
• Insurers Needn't Cover Defense In FCA Case, 5th Circ. Rules
• CORRECTED: Barista's Tip-Pooling Status Should Be Re-Examined: 5th Circ.
• Judge Keeps Gray Reed Atty Out Of Medtronic Patent Row
• Judge Upholds Native Oilfield Drivers' $3.7M OT Award
• BP Tells 5th Circ. ERISA Suit Got Unfair Wave-Through
• Ocwen Parent In Too Deep To Shake FCA Claims, Relators Say
• Texas Justices Leave Intact $6M Defamation Award
• Texas Court Revives $1.9M Award Over Biotech Patent Project
• Justices Won't Rehear Deportee's Petition After June Ruling
• Real Estate Rumors: AIG, O2R, Real Estate Capital Partners
• Texas Supreme Court Declines Suspended Atty's Appeal
• Pier 1 Hit With Shareholder Class Action Over Rosy Forecasts
• Hunt Oil Heir Drills Son Over Bid To Wrest Trust Control
• Texas Solicitor General Living Appellate Lawyer's Dream
• What Out-Of-Staters Must Know When Hiring Local NJ Counsel
• 5th Circ. Urged To Consult Texas Court On Insurance Penalty
• 10 Years After Katrina, Legal Fallout Continues
• Nine More Join Immigrants' Suit Over Birth Certificates
• Oil Well Monitors Score Cert. In OT Collective Action
• USPTO To Open Dallas Office In November
• EEOC Wants In On Oral Arguments In Sage Trans Bias Case
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Tax Suit Over $84M Oil Co. Stock
• 'Fifty Shades' Publisher Must Set Aside $10M For Settlement
• Texas Judge Exits Med Center FCA Suit Over Witness
• Taking On LGBT Issues In The Texas Workplace
• Texas AG's Defense Lawyer Quits After Not Guilty Plea
• No Jurisdiction In Privacy Class Action, Texas Judge Says
• Shell's Benzene Too Pure To Infringe Patent, Judge Rules
• Trailer Co. Should Have Prevented Fatal Crash, Family Says
• Energy Companies Brace For Ch. 11 As Oil Prices Stay Low
• Justice Says Atty's Ethics Report Wasn't Clearly Protected
• 5th Circ. Revival of MBS Suit Flouts High Court, Banks Say
• PE-Backed Wound Care Co. Acelity Readies IPO Plans
• Texas Jury Acquits Cancer Agency Exec In $11M Grant Row
• Luminant Smokes Most Of EPA's Clean Air Act Suit
• Frontier, Verizon Nearing States' Approval For Deal
• 5th Circ. Revives Coverage Row Over $9M Injury Award
• RadioShack Estate Reaches Deal In Texas AG's Gift Card Suit
• Ex-Fluor Workers Says FCA Covers Their Retaliation Claims
• Texas AG Seeks To Nix Contempt Hearing After Policy Change
• The Rationale Behind BP Texas Manipulation Ruling
• Court Can't Step Into $2B Row's Arbitration, 5th Circ. Says
• Oil Startup Dodges Investor Suit Over Drilling Woes In Africa
• Dallas PE Firm Closes $446M Inaugural Oil, Gas Fund
• 5th Circ. Revives New-Evidence Bid In Bombardier FCA Suit
• Baker Botts Guides Schlumberger's $12.7B Deal For Cameron
• Ex-Schlumberger Atty Fails To Shake Contract Claim On Appeal
• Austin Sues Tax District To Change Texas Appraisal System
• 5th Circ. Forces Drug Stores To Arbitrate Claims Against CVS
• Austin Shells Out Atty Fees In Pregnancy Center Suit
• Texas Firm Wins $4M In Fees In OneBeacon Malpractice Row
• Medical Center Wants Judge Recused From FCA Suit
• Pepsi Must Arbitrate Texas Asbestos Indemnity Suit
• Texas Court Upholds Home Appraisal In Fire Insurance Row
• Eli Lilly's IP Suit Defense Based On Typo, Pharma Co. Says
• Dell Can't Transfer Patent Row From Texas To Calif.
• RSP Permian Sews Up $274M Texas Drilling Acreage Buy
• Price Impact Analysis — Where The Halliburton Court Erred
• Texas 'Revenge Porn' Ban Brings Enforcement Challenges
• Cobalt Sells Angola Offshore Stakes For $1.75B
• EFH Asks Bankruptcy Court To Hear $40M Texas Tax Dispute
• Medtronic Wants Gray Reed Atty Kept Out Of Patent Row
• Confusion Over FCA's Seal Requirements Continues
• Wyly Can't Relitigate SEC Suit's Findings In Bankruptcy
• Chesapeake Loses Key Ruling In Bass Family Royalty Suit
• CVS Can File Alice Motion In Texas, But Discovery Goes On
• Baker Botts Nabs Ex-Baker & McKenzie Exec As New COO
• Holland & Knight Boosts Dallas Office With Two Litigators
• Ashley Madison Slapped With Class Actions Over Breach
• Medical Device Cos. Didn't Flout Patent, Texas Jury Says
• Dominican Tells Justices Her Deportation Fight Was Unfair
• Market Map: 5 Recent Trends In Dallas Property Deals
• Super Bowl Fans Tell 5th Circ. Class Cert. Was Wrongly Denied
• International Energy Can Sue Chinese Co. Over BP Asset Sale
• Law360 Pro Bono All Stars Show Dedication To Helping Others
• Texas Justice Don Willett Tweets His Way Into History
• Texas Court Says Victim's Restitution Exempt From Atty Fees
• 20 Firms Show How To Win Big And Do Good
• Perry Asks Texas High Court To Dump Abuse Of Office Charge
• A Guide To Liberty's Texas CGL Coverage Showdown
• Texas Jury Awards $60M In Mineral Rights Partner Suit
• Jay Z's Roc Nation Says Dez Bryant Claims Lack Texas Link
• Noble Energy Asks Texas Justices To Mull Conoco Indemnity
• Comcast Can't Recoup $100M After Sports Network Ch. 11
• CORRECTED: Wyly Gets Nod To Sell Audubon, Rockwell Art To Pay Debts
• Texas AG Asks EPA To Halt Carbon Emissions Rule
• Petrohawk Asks Texas Court To Nix $11.5M Lease Judgment
• US Asks 5th Circ. For Limited Remand Of Texas Voter ID Suit
• Oil Tycoon's Family Must Pay Gift Tax On $84M Co. Stocks
• Texas Fines Citi For Securities Sales Rep Registration Lapse
• Nestle Waters Worker Says She Was Fired For Pregnancy
• Texas Court Knocks Out $36M Ethanol Investor Group Win
• Judge OK With DOJ Efforts To Recall Work Permits, Atty Says
• Ralph Lauren, Others Sued Over Recharging Purse IP
• 5th Circ. Revives Damages For Houston Cop In Retaliation Suit
• A Rose By Any Other Name: EPA Demand Is A Suit In Texas
• Texas Judge Puts Claim Construction Ahead Of Alice Motion
• Alice Motions Face Roadblocks In Texas' Eastern District: EFF
• CORRECTED: Anadarko Can Drill Through Rival's Land, Texas Court Rules
• Arnold & Itkin Settles Dallas Businessman's Negligence Suit
• Amgen Deal Struck As Tide Turns To Looser Off-Label Limits
• Legal Recruiter Loses Texas Appeal Over Lateral Hire Fee
• Dallas Atty Gets 1 Year In Vodka Investment Fraud Case
• Werner Not Liable In Ladder Injury Suit, Jury Says
• 5th Circ. Rejects Ex-NFL Player's Retirement Benefits Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Solera, Coca-Cola, OAS Investimentos
• Clerk Says Stained Dress Proves Texas Judge's Sex Abuse
• Houston Must Change Equal Rights Law Ballot Language
• Golf Retailer Wants Nike To Hand Over Discovery Docs
• 5th Circ. Delays Ruling On Firms' Ponzi Suit Immunity
• 5th Circ. Challenge Of NLRB Election Rule Earns Support
• US Trustee Objects To WBH Ch. 11 Plan
• Home Lender Faces Collective Action Over OT Pay
• K&L Gates Losing Ground In Texas As Partners Flee
• Southwest Denies Anticompetition Claim In Dallas Airport Row
• Texas AG Re-Indicted In Securities Fraud Case
• Texas Can't Shake $1M Fee Award In Voter ID Challenge
• 5 Reasons State Compliance With Clean Power Plan Is Easy
• Pringles March Madness Videos Used Stolen Song, Suit Says
• SEC Nabs Bracewell Partner To Lead Texas Regional Office
• Amgen Pays $71M In Multistate Drug-Marketing Settlement
• An Important Copyright Preemption Decision From 5th Circ.
• Newegg Loses Invalidity Bid Despite Killing $2.3M IP Verdict
• Texas County Pays Attys' Fees To Gay Couple Denied License
• Morgan Lewis Adds K&L Gates Employment Litigator
• FAA Plans To Fine Southwest $325K Over Aging Boeing 737
• K&L Adds Former Assistant US Attorney To Dallas Office
• Cigna Units, Health Cos. Settle Texas False Claims Case
• 5th Circ. Revives Homeowners' Devon Energy Nuisance Suit
• Gas Inspection Co. Says Ex-CEO Shut Down Its Website
• How Much Money Does It Take To Make A Lawyer Happy?
• State Farm To Ask High Court To Overturn Katrina FCA Ruling
• EFH Judge To Weigh Plan For Rallying Stakeholders
• Air Force Officer Takes Border Patrol Row To High Court
• The Wild West Of Improper Joinder In North Texas
• DC Circ. Rejects Bankers' Challenge To Info Sharing Law
• Immigration Group Seeks Docs Over Detention Center Abuse
• Texas High Court Won't Rethink Littler Atty Settlement Row
• Fed. Circ. Remands Flash Memory IP Row For Another Look
• Texas MDL Panel Combines 124 Hospital Billing Fraud Suits
• Texas Justices Pass On Friedman & Feiger Malpractice Row
• Gray Reed Removed From Medtronic Patent Trial In Texas
• Texas Judge Hit With Complaint For Ordering Man To Marry
• Hercules Could Signal Raft Of Offshore Ch. 11s, Fitch Says
• US Energy Objects To WBH Ch. 11 Confirmation
• Texas High Court Ejects Oil Heir's Suit Against Receiver
• NY AG Joins Push For RadioShack Gift Card Notification
• Exxon Can't Ditch Water Pollution Suit, Texas Ranch Says
• Toyota Ducks Self-Degreasing Patent Suit
• 5 Texas Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term
• Ex-Texas Judge Gets 18 Months In Gun Dealing Case
• 5th Circ. Axes $50M FCA Suit Hidden From Bankruptcy Court
• Commerce Gives Green Light To Mexico Oil Exports
• Real Estate Rumors: Time Inc., CBRE, Rockwood Capital
• Transocean Unit Not Liable For Pirate Attack, 5th Circ. Says
• Bombardier Asks 5th Circ. To Revive $32M Excise Tax Row
• Insurer Asks 5th Circ. To Rethink Katrina Coverage Ruling
• Brand Battles: Cronuts, French Wine, University Of Texas
• A Challenge To CFPB's Constitutionality Continues
• SEC To Review Investment Adviser's In-House Court Win
• Haynes And Boone Adds Chicago Office With IP Firm Merger
• Safeway Only Gets Partial Costs After Rewards Patent Win
• High Court Shouldn't Touch DHS Bias Ruling, Feds Argue
• Texas Justices Urged To Rethink Coverage For EPA Action
• Ex-Bracewell Atty Accused Of Lying In IP Row Joins Dentons
• BP Can't Shake FERC's Market Manipulation Ruling
• Sports Agency Trademark Row Kicked Back To State Court
• Houston Senior Living Facility Operator Nabs $109M Financing
• Koch Pipeline Co. Settles 1998 Oil Spill Claims For $770K
• General Dynamics Lays Into $3.7M Israeli Tank Contract Suit
• GM Settles Out Of Dashboard Phones IP Row
• Hercules Offshore The Latest Oil Driller To Hit Ch. 11
• EPA Says Startup, Shutdown Rule Challenge Belongs In DC
• Valero Denies Responsibility For Louisiana Refinery Death
• Law Grads Sue Texas A&M For New Diplomas After Merger
• Texas Issues Vital Docs Guidelines After Contempt Threat
• Texas Ducking Questions Over Swipe Fee Law, 5th Circ. Told
• Aetna Hit With Counterclaims In $120M Kickbacks Suit
• Ex-Texas Judge Asks For House Arrest In Gun Sales Case
• 5th Circ. Says Rejected Settlement Doesn't Moot ATM Case
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear FCA Katrina Ruling Against State Farm
• JP Morgan Can't Ditch $400M Eagle Ford Fraud Case
• Frontier Promises Broadband To 750,000 In Merger Review
• The Interplay Between Advertising Injury Insurance And IP
• Texas May Struggle To Meet Power Demand Under EPA Regs
• DHS Chief Dodges Court Appearance In Executive Action Row
• FAA Says Dallas' Federal Grants At Risk In Delta Airport Row
• 5th Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win In Tropical Storm Damage Row
• Feds, Texas Sue Koch Pipeline Co. Over 1998 Oil Spill
• 5th Circ. Says Freescale, Manpower Must Face ADA Claim
• NLRB Union Election Rule Exceeds Authority, 5th Circ. Told
• 5th Circ. Nixes Texas Insurer's ERISA Preemption Win
• Texas AG Wants RadioShack To Notify Gift Card Holders
• Deals Rumor Mill: CDK Global, Pearson, ConocoPhillips
• Dollar General Says Alice Invalidates Web Navigation Patents
• Facebook Can't Shake Oculus Virtual Reality IP Suit
• Duane Morris Hit With $150M Suit Over Chesapeake Work
• A Flood Of Changes: The Growing Risk Of Flood Loss
• 5th Circ. Revives Gov't's MBS Suit Against Goldman, Others
• Texas AG Avoids Contempt Bid Over Same-Sex Death Papers
• Texas Court Axes Broker's $3M Win In Oil Land Deal
• Culhane Meadows Sued For Malpractice Over Ch. 11 Advice
• Dallas Cab Operators Sue Airport Over Uber-Friendly Rules
• Baker Hughes Sues Over Fracking Trademarks
• Horse Racing Co. Says License Refusal Voided Stock Transfer
• Employment Firm Littler Mendelson Sets Sights On Austin
• Marketing Co. Blasts Bid To Dismiss Dez Bryant Branding Suit
• EFH Agrees To Hunt Deal With Eye Toward Ch. 11 Exit
• Mexican States Ask High Court To Allow Deepwater Spill Suit
• Houston Urges Justices Not To Hear Bias Complaint Standards
• Birth On US Base Doesn't Give Citizenship, 5th Circ. Says
• Mirror Worlds Says Apple Can't Lodge Appeal Mid-Case
• Graber V. State Farm Is A Texas Prompt Payment Outlier
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Ruling For Greenhouse Gas Regulation
• Aetna Ordered To Allow Man's Cancer Treatment
• Texas AG Rips Contempt Fight As Gay Marriage Law Evolves
• Frontier Wants FCC To Ignore Comments On Verizon Deal
• Energy Co. Shareholders Renew Effort To Block Parallel Suit
• States Doubt Gov't Is Obeying Executive Action Injunction
• DA Slams 'Star-Struck' Judge Who Cut Peterson's Probation
• Securities Boutique Can't Dodge Missing Funds Suit: Investors
• RadioShack Extends Gift Card Claims, Settles Creditor Fights
• Luca Oil Co. Hit With $748M Investor Breach Of Contract Suit
• Magistrate Says Hybrid Battery IP Case Should Go Forward
• Foes Of Houston Equal Rights Law Challenge Ballot Wording
• Sworn Proof Of Loss Needed For Isaac Claim, 5th Circ. Says
• Dell Facing $9M Contract Suit Over Classified Info Project
• Google Loses Bid To Kill ContentGuard Patents Under Alice
• 5th Circ. Sets Boundaries For States With Voter ID Ruling
• USCIS Will Issue Employer Guidance On 3-Year DACA Permits
• Ex-Army Lt. Col. Who Took Bribes For Contracts Gets 3 Years
• Sony, E-Watch Settle Camera Phone Patent Dispute
• US Sen. Says $18.7B BP Deal Must Face Public Scrutiny
• Chesapeake, Others Say Texas Justices Botched Royalty Case
• Gardere Nabs Ex-Locke Lord Litigator Who Served Gov. Perry
• Exxon Expands Permian Operations With Pair Of Land Deals
• Job Ads Don't Need To Be In Largest Paper, BALCA Says
• Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Debate May Be High Court Bound
• Eli Lilly Says Plaintiff Doesn't Own Patent In Cialis Dispute
• Munck Wilson Adds Ex-Baker Botts Commercial Litigator
• Houston City Council Sends Equal Rights Law To Voters
• Texas City Changes Gas Well Rules After Lifting Frack Ban
• Video Sparks Local DA To Probe Houston Planned Parenthood
• Ex-Voltaix Engineer Pleads Guilty To Trade Secret Charges
• Texas AG Faces Contempt Over Gay Man's Death Certificate
• Teladoc Says Texas Telemedicine Letter Violated APA
• Liberty Mutual Unit Sued For Snubbing Settlement
• Internal Whistleblowers Have Full Protections, SEC Says
• Mercedes Reaches Deal To End Door-Locking Patent Suit
• Pine Brook Sinks $300M Into Oil Driller Startup
• Texas Voter ID Law Flouts Voting Rights Act: 5th Circ.
• SunEdison Secures $390M For 300-MW Texas Wind Farm
• Fluor Says Army Contractors Weren't Protected By FCA
• Insurance Showdown In Texas: Seger V. Yorkshire Insurance
• Texas Gov. Backs Industry Opposition To Houston Air Law
• Time To Refile OT Row Can't Be Retracted, 5th Circ. Told
• Dallas Immigration Atty Pleads Guilty To Identity Theft
• Hedge Fund Can't Shake Arbitration Award With Ex-Counsel
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Want 5th Circ. To Nix Ponzi Row
• Houston Equal Rights Law Foes Seek Legal Fees, Damages
• Texas Firm Faces Rebooted Barratry Claims
• Jones Day Adds Energy Transactions Pro From BakerHostetler
• Smartflash Wants $533M Apple Verdict Back On Table
• Rangeland Gets $300M PE Backing For New Midstream Co.
• Trinity's New Trial Bid Denied Following $663M FCA Verdict
• Prosecutors Face High Bar In Fraud Case Against Paxton
• SEC Settles With Houston Man Over $114M Ponzi Scheme
• Texas' Paxton Just The Latest AG Embroiled In Scandal
• Texas Vows To Fight Obama's Clean Power Plan In Court
• Google Gets IP Row Moved After Fed. Circ. Scolds Judge
• Feds Seek To Nix Contempt Hearing In Executive Action Row
• Fox Sports Firing Was Religious Discrimination: Ex-Analyst
• SEC Subpoenas Flowserve Over Possible FCPA Violation
• Texas Home Health Co. Fights $12M Medicare Repayment Bid
• Jackson Walker Hooks Ex-UT President For Austin Office
• Helix Energy Hid Potential Losses, Investors Claim
• NextEra Energy To Buy 7 Texas Pipelines For $2B
• Texas AG Paxton Charged With Securities Fraud