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Texas - November, 2015

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• Texas Court Blocks Suit Over Smart Meter Rulemaking
• National Oilwell Workers Denied New Trial On Racism Claims
• Nursing Home Chain To Pay $3M Over Ambulance Kickbacks
• Justices Won't Hear Texas Vet's Occupational Speech Appeal
• Southern Co. Picks Up 51% Stake In Texas Solar Project
• Texas Ethics Board Punts On Out-Of-State Donor Guidance
• High Court Won't Hear Fee Dispute In Texas Redistricting Case
• High Court Wants SG's Take On Border Patrol Immunity
• High Court Won't Hear Mexican States' Deepwater Spill Appeal
• Texas Appeals Court Dumps Longview's $600M Shale Win
• 5th Circ. Upholds $156M Antitrust Award Over Steel Boycott
• Texas AG, Others Support Obamacare Tax Row In High Court
• Honda, Others Hit With IP Suits Over Remote Control Apps
• Enviros Blast Texas Agency Over Delayed Pollution Permits
• Texas AG Shuts Down 'Unlawful' Dating Service
• Jackson Walker Nabs 2 Appellate Pros From Sutherland
• Halliburton Can't Stay Investor Suit For 5th Circ. Appeal
• OPINION: In Search Of Our Best Law Firm Selves
• Ex-Food Network Star Sues Developer Over Texas Restaurant
• The Dangerous Secrets Your Client Is Keeping From You
• O'Quinn Says Insurer's Win In Billing Suit Flouts Rulings
• 5th Circ. Clarifies And Complicates Choice-Of-Law Analysis
• Burleson Closure Reveals Downside To Boom-Fueled Growth
• Michelin Doesn't Have To Open Up Plant In Texas Injury Suit
• Munsch Hardt Adds Ex-Cantey Hanger Tax Whiz In Dallas
• Real Estate Rumors: TIAA, NewcrestImage, Charter Schools
• Aramark Settles Race, Sex Bias Claims From DOL
• Texas Seeks Delay In Supreme Court Immigration Appeal
• 5th Circ. Axes Debtors' Garnishment Over Cuban Trafficking
• New Federal Rules Acknowledge It's Time To Drop The 'E'
• Avoiding Gamesmanship In Appointing Appraisal Umpires
• FinCEN Expands Data Collection Geography Beyond Banking
• Justices Asked To Flip FCA Intent Ruling In State Farm Case
• Ins And Outs Of US Trusted Traveler Programs
• Texas Pol Gets 1 Year For Barratry In Kickbacks Plot
• Burleson To Close Entire Firm At The End Of The Year
• Planned Parenthood Sues Texas Over Cut Medicaid Contracts
• EFH Strikes Deal To End Major Opposition To Ch. 11 Plan
• Texas Jury Returns $2.2M Verdict In Tyson Worker Injury Row
• Medical Device Maker Gets $7.5M From Jury In Contract Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Revival Of $8.8M Coverage Battle
• Zigzag On Zeig: When Is Exhaustion Really Exhaustion?
• Texas Jury Finds Apple Didn't Rip Off ContentGuard IP
• Obama Administration Takes Immigration Row To High Court
• 5th Circ. Sends Deepwater Insurance Query To Texas Justices
• Ariz. Sheriff Takes Executive Action Suit To Supreme Court
• Texas Justices Will Hear Key Ponzi Scheme Case In January
• Texas Justices To Weigh Plant's Liability For Worker Injury
• Texas Justices Won't Hear $1.26B Eagle Ford Fallout Case
• Atty's Alleged Error Not Grounds For Appeal, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas High Court Takes Up Schlumberger Trade Secrets Case
• Texas High Court Will Hear Spat Over Estate Arbitration Award
• Newegg Wins Atty Fees For 'Frivolous' Appeal In IP Row
• Texas Justices Avoid Excess Coverage Fight In Oil Cleanup
• Texas High Court Won't Push Forex Receiver To Arbitration
• Army Contractor Sued Over Insurer Deal In $351M Loan
• Texas High Court Takes On Row Over $45M Hospital Buy
• Texas High Court Won't Hear $6.5B Huntsman Merger Suit
• Texas Justices Nix Sanctions Appeal In O'Quinn Fee Dispute
• Judge Threatens Sanctions In Hunt Petroleum Heir Case
• Southwest Airlines Blasts Union's Thanksgiving Call-Out Plans
• 3 Ways Technology Is Changing Law Office Designs
• State Statutes May Stymie Arbitration Of R&W Disputes
• Apple Wants ContentGuard Patents Invalidated Amid Trial
• 13 Key Business Objectives For Corporate Legal Departments
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink $123M Moroccan Oil Venture Ruling
• Texas AG Calls Securities Pleadings 'Bombastic,' Sarcastic
• Dallas Immigration Atty Gets 2 Years For Using Cop's Info
• Yahoo Wins Refund In Fight With Insurer Over NCAA Contest
• Toy Car Co. Seeks Sanctions After 'Erasing Evidence' Text
• Immigrant Mothers To Join High Court Exec. Action Case
• FAA Asserts Authority To Investigate Dallas Airport Access
• Google, Facebook, Others Say Alice Kills Email Patent
• Real Estate Rumors: MetLife, Rockefeller, CNOOC
• OPINION: We're Still Failing Our Vets
• Split 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Axing Fee Award In Age Bias Suit
• Jailed Enron CEO Barred From Top Posts As SEC Suit Wraps
• Kennedy's Hazy Abortion Record Clouds High Court Case
• 5th Circ. Won't Touch Chinese Drywall Injunction
• VW Wants Emissions Fraud Suits In Texas Consolidated
• Hunton & Williams Adds Former Akin Gump Litigator
• Andrews Kurth May Pay Big For Sticking By Soured Settlement
• Texas AG Asks To Intervene In Red River Land Grab Suit
• Texas Lawyer Accused Of Trading Legal Services For Sex
• Rick Perry Urges Texas High Court To Dump Felony Charges
• Zurich Settles With Oil Drilling Co. Over Fire Coverage
• NextEra Renews Bid For EFH's Oncor Business
• OB/Gyn Licensing Board Slaps Test Co. With Copyright Suit
• Stanford Victims Slam Greenberg, Hunton Discovery Bids
• Real Estate Rumors: Meyer Bergman, TIAA-CREF, McCord
• Regal, AMC Block Others' Access To Blockbusters, Suit Says
• Rodeo Cowboys Seek Instant Barring Of 'Monopoly's' Bylaws
• Houston Firm Loses Appeal Over Fen-Phen Referral Contract
• Dallas Firm Counters Gasket Co.'s RICO Claim In Asbestos Suit
• Aethon Energy Rakes In $240M For PE Fund
• Local Carriers' Long-Distance Fees On Wireless Calls OK'd
• Texas Atty Says Studio Movie Grill Can't Ditch Advisory Fee
• Texas Landowners Sue BLM Over Land Seizure On Red River
• Bass Pro Calls For 'Viable Trial Plan' In EEOC Bias Suit
• Tyson Says Worker's Sanctions Bid Based On 'Hyperbole'
• Real Estate Rumors: Brookfield, Olympic, Occidental
• Andrews Kurth Hit With $200M Verdict In Malpractice Trial
• Nissan Settles Hybrid Vehicle Battery Patent Suit
• Exhibit A — Winky Face: Emoticon Evidence Enters Courts
• 28 Indicted In $9.5M Workers' Comp Billing Fraud Scheme
• McKool Smith Faces Appeal Of $1.4M Unpaid Fees Award
• Insurer Escapes Texas Oil Well Blowout Coverage Row
• Prosecutors Defend Securities Laws Challenged By Texas AG
• Obama: Slamming Door In Refugees' Faces Betrays Values
• Ranch Tells High Court Not To Review Exxon Water Ruling
• Judge Who Survived Shooting Plans To Return To Bench
• 5th Circ. Won't Upset $123M Moroccan Oil Venture Ruling
• Akin Gump Fights Mediation In Bias Row With Fired Staffer
• Texas Jury Says Bible Quotes Refuser Not Wrongly Fired
• NLRB Orders Delek To Recognize Union Addition In Texas
• Former Norton Rose Attys Open New Immigration Firm
• Dallas Fights To Halt Watchdogs' Probe Of Delta Gate Access
• High Court Won't Review Deepwater Award Denials
• Should In-House Counsel Use US Contract Terms In Europe?
• Insurance Benefit Assignment To Contractors: Not In Texas
• 5th Circ.'s Immigration Ruling Raises Fears About DACA
• Prosecutors Say Texas AG's Securities Charges Pass Muster
• Dallas Jury Hits Broker For $5.45M In Investment Fraud Suit
• Judge Gilstrap Scolds Apple In ContentGuard Patent Row
• Texas Federal Jury Convicts Brothers In Visa Fraud Case
• 5th Circ. Says Cargo Co. Responsible For Asbestos Poisoning
• Texas Tort Reforms Don't Bar Medical Device Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hulu, General Electric, BAE Systems
• KB Home Sales Staff Lose Class Cert. In Wage Spat
• Take Your Marks: An Associate's Guide To Your 1st Big Trial
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Andrews Kurth Energy Pro In Houston
• US Supreme Court To Review Texas Abortion Law
• Texas Court Says Jury Fraud Claims Nullify $3M Ford Deal
• Group Sues Over Alleged Gerrymandering In EB-5 Program
• Royalty Owners Want Texas Chesapeake Ruling Left Intact
• Wells Fargo, Carrington Must Pay $5M In Foreclosure Row
• Double Jeopardy Doesn't Apply In Texas AG Case, State Says
• Texas Justices Give Free Speech Expert Slot In Perry's Args
• Whistleblower Takes Bombardier FCA Suit To 5th Circ.
• Flotek Shareholder Sues Over Fracking-Analysis App
• Texas A&M Lodges '12th Man' Suit Against Indianapolis Colts
• Lynch Chappell Client Loses Bid To Arbitrate $1.2M Fee Fight
• Judge Gilstrap Rewrites Rules For Alice Motions In Texas
• Squire Patton Picks Up Litigation Pro In Dallas
• Kraft Says Push To Change Patent Venue Law An Overreaction
• High Court May Take Obama Immigration Case This Term
• Texas Tribe Says Gaming Bar Should Be Lifted With Feds' OK
• USPTO Director Calls For More Female Inventors
• Texas AG Is Trying To Change Conversation, Prosecutors Say
• Spurs Star Says He Was Duped Into Bad Cosmetics Co. Deal
• Texas Firm Sues To Block Ex-Associate From Poaching Clients
• Wilson Elser Nabs 11 Lewis Brisbois Attys In Texas
• Culhane Meadows Nabs 9 Attys To Bolster Texas Offerings
• Coastal Damage Suit Belongs In La. Court, 5th. Circ. Told
• Texas Police Say Judge Attack Was Attempted Murder
• Texas A&M Can't Yet Knock Out Law Diploma Fight
• Judge In Bombardier FCA Toss Won't Have To Recuse Himself
• Alice Haunted Federal Courts And USPTO In October
• Exec Fired For Trying To Report Toxic Gas Problems, Suit Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Great Eagle, Black Spruce
• State Forays Into The Regulation Of Biometric Data
• US Fire Fights Atty Fees In $2.5M Asbestos Coverage Suit
• 5th Circ. Agrees To Hear GDF Power-Supply Manipulation Row
• Halliburton III May Be On The Horizon After 5th Circ. Acts
• Texas Pelvic Mesh Ruling Could Make Plaintiffs Think Twice
• Block On Obama's Immigration Actions Upheld By 5th Circ.
• Texas Judge Shot In Apparent Assassination Attempt
• USPTO Opens Satellite Office In Dallas
• Market Map: 4 Trends In Houston Real Estate Deals
• Biz Groups Continue Push To Nix NLRB Election Rule
• Homeowners Can't Recover Ike Losses Twice, 5th Circ. Says
• Microsoft To Pay $4.6M To End Mirror Worlds' Patent Suit
• EEOC Slams Bass Pro's Bid To Stay Discovery In Bias Suit
• 4 Ways To Knock Out A Frivolous Patent Suit In East Texas
• Top Rodeo Cowboys Say Sports Body Fighting For Monopoly
• Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own
• 5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms
• Judge Drops Austin Suit Challenging State Tax Policy
• Power Cos. Defend EPA Carbon Plan, Opponents Seek Stay
• Furmanite Hit With Investor Suit Over $335M Merger Plan
• Google, More Ask Fed. Circ. To End East Texas Patent Docket
• Tyson Threw Away Evidence On Purpose, Worker Says
• Halliburton Prices $7.5B Bond Offer For Baker Hughes Deal
• E-Retailers Ask Gilstrap For Fees In Axed EDekka IP Suit
• Full 5th Circ. To Hear Row Over Man's Removal Warning
• BP Engineer Avoids Prison In Plea Deal Over Deleted Texts
• 5th Circ. Will Rehear Stryker Toe Implant Fight
• Aetna Says Texas Hospital Already Has $120M RICO Suit Docs
• Bodybuilding Group Bullied Athletes To Hurt Rival, Suit Says
• Texas Court Kills $1.2M Pelvic Mesh Verdict Against J&J
• Prosecutors Slam Texas AG's Accusation Of Grand Jury Flaws
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Bankers' Challenge To Info Sharing Law
• Apotex Wants Lupin Docs In Patent Suit Jurisdiction Row
• Chinese Drywall Cos. Say 5th Circ. Can Hear Injunction Appeal
• Wells Fargo Dodges Mortgage Bankers' Remaining OT Claims
• San Antonio Buys Soccer Stadium With Eyes For MLS
• US Fire Can't Douse Trinity's $2.5M Asbestos Coverage Costs
• Texas Court Won't Hear O'Quinn Silica Malpractice Row
• Houston Hospital Says Fired Manager Never Made FCA Claims
• Texas Court Boots Lobbying Ethics Dispute To Austin
• Texas Bar Defends 15-Year Sanction For Suspended Lawyer
• NFL Latest To Be Blitzed By Fantasy Patent Holder
• Dallas Judge Agrees To Suspension After Alcohol Abuse
• 5th Circ. 'Reluctantly' OKs Halliburton's Class Cert. Appeal
• 5th Circ. Says Lawyer Rightly Booted From Tax Fraud Case
• Texas Asks 5th Circ. To Rethink $123M Moroccan Oil Ruling
• EnerVest Drops $1B For Texas, Va. Drilling Properties
• 3 Ways To Attack Pleadings In Texas State Court
• Texas Judge OKs Deal In Gov't Row Over Barge Spill
• Gas Co. Suit Claims Competitor Seeking Monopoly
• Texas Justices Weigh Court Power To Grant New Trials
• ESPN, 2 Others Targeted In Latest Fantasy Sports Patent Suits
• Gilstrap Says $2.3M Award Correct If IP Verdict Reinstated
• Texas Gov. Threatens Funding Cuts To Sheriffs Who Defy ICE
• Expedia To Acquire Vacation Rental Site In $4B Deal
• Dallas County Taps Neighbor For Suit To Oust Dallas DA
• Amerimex Off The Hook For Drillers' Deaths During Commute
• Fed. Circ. Mulls Row Over $22M USDA Dredging Contract
• Houston Mayor Blames 'Lies' For End Of Equal Rights Law
• OPINION: Via Duke, Companies Are Shaping Discovery
• Bell Nunnally Adds 2 Real Estate Pros From Husch Blackwell
• Schlumberger Asks Fed. Circ. To Uphold Atty DQ In IP Fight
• Texas Hospital Wants Aetna Sanctioned In $120M RICO Suit
• Apple's Jury Win In Core's Patent Suit Affirmed In Texas
• Texas Quake Findings Likely To Deter Civil Suits
• Union Pacific Aims To Swat Employee's West Nile Virus Suit
• Texas Regulator Lets XTO, EnerVest Off Hook For Quakes
• Insurer Dodges Defense In Worker's $10M Garbage Fire Suit
• Insurer Says Forgery Not Theft In Petroleum Loss Suit
• Rodeo Sues Restaurant over 'Rodeo Austin' Trademark
• Bombardier Slams Use Of IRS Test In $32M Excise Tax Suit
• Fox Sports Latest Target In Fantasy Patent Litigation
• Former FordHarrison Managing Partner Rejoins From Ogletree
• What Nevada Action Means For Future Of Daily Fantasy Sports
• Dell Says $9M Classified Info Contract Suit Belongs In Del.
• Texas AG Says Grand Jury Flaws Should Quash Charges
• Licensing Of Texas Family Detention Centers Put On Hold
• BigLaw Must Change Ways To Make Boutique Tie-Ups Work
• Ex-Texas Atty Barred From Immigration Courts
• FanDuel, DraftKings Accused Of Ripping Off Fantasy Patents
• Material Supplier Must Indemnify Builder, Texas Justices Hear
• Dykema Adds Former FDIC Official As Gov't Policy Partner
• Jury Clears Reflectix In Thermal Insulation Patent Dispute
• Fed. Circ. Grills Apple, Profectus For Redactions In IP Row
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Slam Suit Over Stanford Scheme
• Strasburger Adds Corporate, Real Estate Pros In Texas