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Texas - January, 2016

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• Texas Justices Say Intent Determines Mineral Rights In Will
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Investor's $1.4M Davis Cedillo Suit
• Gilstrap Won't Slash $16M Samsung Patent Loss
• Cartel Associate Convicted Of $1.2M Judge Bribing Scheme
• Texas High Court Upholds Royalty Ruling Against Gas Co.
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Co.'s Claims Against Utility
• Texas Justices Grant RRC New Trial In Well Plugging Row
• Marathon Oil Gets Arbitration Over Foreign Tax Credits
• Tang Says AVIC's China Cos. Must Pay $70M Arbitration Award
• East Texas Jury Says Motio Software Patent Was Infringed
• Medical Airlifter Sues To Block Price Regulation By Texas
• Insurer Says It Won't Cover Blue Buffalo Supplier Fraud Suit
• De Facto Patent Reform In The Eastern District Of Texas
• FWS Keeps Up Court Bid To Relist Prairie Chicken
• US Tribes Say Canada Pipeline Project Threatens Environment
• Ogden Gibson Atty To Lead Dentons' Houston Labor Group
• Uber Drivers See Slim Chance Of Consolidating Wage Battle
• Feds Can't Rush Appeal Of EFH Unit Clean Air Row
• Texas Appeals Court Flips $21M Verdict Over Deadly Blast
• Feds Say States Can't Sue Over ACA Fee That They Don't Pay
• Feds Halt Release Of Texas Atty Who Led $8M Legal Scam
• Firm Seeks Court Aid To Bring Fee Dispute To Cayman Islands
• LED Products Flout Nichia Patents, Gilstrap Rules After Trial
• Cicero On Legal Advocacy
• Texas DOT Unveils $1.3B Plan To Address Congestion
• Total Says FERC Gas Manipulation Case Belongs In Court
• Immigrants Fight Texas Bid To Trim Birth Certificate Suit
• Rosewill Sues Company After Ducking Infringement Claim
• Appeals Court Says Oil Heir Owes Law Firm $7M More
• Wylys Deny Fraud As $2.2B Tax Trial Comes To A Close
• Ex-Texas Bankruptcy Judge Sets Up Shop At Shannon Gracey
• Oilfield Co. Ducks Some Discovery Demands On Appeal
• Fixing US Infrastructure: New Model P3 Law A Good Start
• 5 Texas Supreme Court Energy Cases To Watch In 2016
• 4 Ways To Improve The Business Intake Process
• Nexstar Wins Battle For Media General, Inks $4.6B Deal
• Texas Law Against Harboring Immigrants Crosses Line: Suit
• Supplement Maker Calls Insurer's Challenges Premature
• Indicted Anti-Abortion Filmmakers To Turn Themselves In
• Shrimp Breeders Snagged In Antitrust Suit By Texas Rival
• Texas Says ABA Shouldn't Rush On Rules For Legal Services
• Apple Dodges Software Activation Patent Suit
• Gov't Action A Must For Chemical Plant Risks, CSB Says
• Burleson To Head Paul Hastings Energy Practice In Houston
• Greenberg Nabs Norton Rose, Munsch Hardt Attys In Texas
• Texas Says Gov't Actions Show Need For Refugee Lawsuit
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2015 JPML Practice Trends
• T. Boone Pickens Settles Feud With Son Just Before Trial
• How The Feds Are Hoping To Save Obama's Immigration Plans
• Vinson & Elkins Scores Bracewell Energy Finance Pro In Texas
• Texas Jury Awards EMS Instructor Win In Sex Bias Suit
• Gym Chain Must Wait In Its Fight For Class-Action Waivers
• Canadian REIT Lands $117M San Antonio Apartment Portfolio
• Energy Co. Says It's Owed $25M Under Credit Agreement
• Delta Takes 2nd Shot At Sinking Trophy Cargo Row
• Debating Presidential Powers And Obama's Immigration Action
• Rail Scale Test Co. Denied TRO In Trade Secrets Row
• AA Worker Seniority Rights Trampled In Reshuffle, Union Says
• High Court Won't Hear Claim That Payment Nixes Suit
• Gilstrap Won't Ax Coupon Patents In CVS Case Under Alice
• Gardere Nabs 3 Perkins Coie Supply Chain, Franchise Pros
• 5th Circ. Grants Jailed ArthroCare Executives New Trial
• Dentists Pull Together To Sue Supply Distributors
• Lone Star Lateral Demand Heats Up Despite Energy Slowdown
• How States Are Challenging Obama's Immigration Actions
• Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Indicted
• VirnetX Seeks $532M In Apple Patent Trial Rematch
• Judge Won't Sever Malpractice Claims In Ike Damage Row
• 5th Circ. Upholds Homeland Agent's Corruption Conviction
• High Court Won't Eye Pair Of Election Law Fee Fights
• Deals Rumor Mill: AB InBev, Schlumberger, Bridgepoint
• Ashford Nabs $375M Hotel-Backed Refi
• Williams & Connolly Accused Of Overbilling Bankrupt School
• High Court Won't Hear Bombardier Aircraft Parts FCA Suit
• Rail Scale Test Co. Requests TRO Against Former Employees
• Texas Multifamily Portfolio Scores $119M In Financing
• DynCorp Can't Duck Contract Bill Over Deadline, C3PO Says
• Hacking Conviction Survives Bad Jury Instructions: Justices
• Dallas Litigator Sanctioned For Attempts To Taint Jury Pool
• PilePro IP Spat A Cautionary Tale Of Greed, Judge Says
• Texas High Court To Hear Workers' Compensation Row
• 5th Circ. Urged To Review Chesapeake Lease Spat Jurisdiction
• Texas Law School Hit With Bias Suit By Ex-Librarian
• Theater Co. Blocks Regal From Excluding Small Competitors
• Texas Justices Take Up $2M EnLink Drilling Noise Suit
• Texas Justices To Weigh Judicial Error In Malpractice Case
• Jury Convicts Tech Exec Of Lying To FBI In Corruption Case
• Norton Rose Nabs Ex-Transocean VP To Head Up Compliance
• Former Texas DA Loses Law License After Guilty Plea
• Texas Justices Let Ruling Stand Allowing Post-Arb. Discovery
• Developer Can't Take $1.6M Oncor Row To Texas High Court
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Atty Complaint Record Row
• Texas Can't Ditch $3.1M Takings Verdict In Highway Suit
• Jones Day Scores Greenberg Traurig Energy Pro In Houston
• Some Attys Can Contact Opponents, Texas Ethics Panel Says
• Texas High Court Takes Oil Producer's Tax Refund Suit
• 3 Traits Of Best-In-Class General Counsel
• Texas Bar Committee OKs Collection Agencies For Fees
• Horizon Tire Accuses Ex-CEO Of Trade Secrets Theft
• Texas Justices Won't Rethink Coverage For EPA Action
• Baker Donelson Adds Business Litigation Pro From Locke Lord
• Dykema Adds IP Pro From Denko Lauff To Austin Office
• GAO Upholds $10M Army Corps Mexico Fence Contract
• Gilstrap Nixes Dashboard Phone System IP Suit Under Alice
• Wyly Tax Fraud Trial Likely To Warrant Opinion, Judge Says
• Liquor Store Co. Can't Nix Wal-Mart Subpoena In TABC Row
• Astros And Cardinals Made Rookie Data Security Mistakes
• The Future Of Privatized Passenger Rail In The US
• 5th Circ. Affirms Secured Lender Surcharge
• Norton Rose Nabs Corporate Finance Partner From Bracewell
• Texas Appeals Court Reduces Revenge Porn Damages
• 'Old School' Tools May Hinder Attorney Collaboration
• FireEye Buys Cybersecurity Firm For $200M
• Hicks Thomas Nabs Trial Ace In Houston
• Texas Judge In AG Fraud Case Faces Conduct Complaint
• Dallas Broker Gets 3 Years For Securities Fraud Scheme
• Real Estate Rumors: Uber, University Of Texas, John Lennon
• REIT Announces $120M Texas Resort Expansion
• Texas Likely To OK Controversial Water Rights Permit
• Bracewell Braces For Life Without Rudy
• Lynn Tillotson Name Partner Leaves, Opens Own Firm
• Parents Blame Honda Accord's Design For Daughter's Death
• Texas High Court Agrees To Hear Nationwide Forum Dispute
• Fitness Chain Says VP Used Trade Secrets To Start Rival
• Home Health Co. Co-Owner Gets 10 Years For Medicare Fraud
• 6 Types Of Legal 'Mumbo-Jumbo' Attorneys Must Avoid
• Carlton Fields Reps TIAA-CREF In $248M Texas Retail Loan
• Gilstrap Hands Out Fee Awards After Nixing EDekka Patent
• Texas Atty Cleared To Represent Himself In BP Fraud Trial
• NFL Says Dropped Super Bowl Claim Warrants More Costs
• Texas High Court Takes Up $1.7M DLA Piper Negligence Row
• Sovran Readies Share Sale For $398M Self Storage Buy
• BakerHostetler Adds Ex-Burleson Energy Partner In Houston
• Insurers' Oil Rig Coverage Trial Win Upheld By 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Agrees Woman Must Pay Ex's Tax Restitution
• Justices May Finally Give Obama A Win In Immigration Case
• Marathon Oil Seeks To Compel Arbitration In Foreign Tax Row
• Obama's Immigration Executive Action Saga: A Look Back
• Texas Judge Awards $1M Attys Fees In Trade Secret Row
• Justices Won't Eye Ruling To Keep Ch. 15-Linked Suit Federal
• US Drops Charges In $24M Iran Export Suit Amid Prisoner Deal
• Giuliani Leaves Bracewell To Head Greenberg's Cyber Practice
• Attys React To High Court Taking Up Immigration Action Case
• Southwest Takes Delta's Dallas Airport Win To 5th Circ.
• Orrick Fires Up Energy-Focused Outpost In Houston
• BNSF Calls For Sanctions In Racial Discrimination Row
• CORRECTED: Light Sensor Co. Says Rival Still Selling Infringing Products
• Feds Say Law Firm Exec Can't Bar Ethics Complaint In BP Trial
• Texas Cites ISIS Sympathizer In Bid For Refugee Information
• Lawyer Appeals Federal Judge's 'Far Too Lenient' Reprimand
• Patent Holder Slams Bid To Involve Fed. Circ. In Texas Suit
• 5 Insights From Sharp Electronics Deputy GC Deborah Tyler
• Texas AG Finds Daily Fantasy Sports Are Illegal Gambling
• What To Know About NY's New Pregnancy Law
• The Legality Of Tracking Employees By GPS
• High Court Agrees To Hear Obama Immigration Action Case
• Houston Asks High Court To Consider Cop Retaliation Row
• Jury Hands Genband $8.2M Patent Win Against Metaswitch
• Akerman Nabs 2 Baker McKenzie Bankruptcy Pros
• Texas AG Faces Land Deal Investigation, Open Records Fight
• Chadbourne, Proskauer Say Stanford Investors Can't Save Suit
• Texas Firm Wants Court's Help Serving Taiwanese Client
• Judge Tosses Texas A&M Law Grad Diploma Suit
• Texas Appeals Court Won't Revive Gray Reed Extortion Suit
• Travelocity's Defense Costs Row With Insurer Settles
• FCC Approves AT&T Spectrum Buy In Rural Texas
• 10 Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2015: Part 2
• Siemens Unit Tells Texas High Court City Can't Duck Suit
• Venezuelan Oilman Sent To Texas To Face Corruption Charges
• Insurer Tells 5th Circ. Policy Not In Play In Rig Explosion Suit
• Texas Justices Told Internet Doesn't Alter Public Official Status
• In Tax Trial, IRS Says Wyly Fudged Returns To Duck Audit
• Stanford Receiver Says Greenberg, Hunton Stalling Suit
• Bingo Groups Blast Tribe's Attempt To Lift Gaming Ban
• Texas Appeals Court Axes Jury Verdict On Shareholder Duty
• 5th Circ. Rejects Suit Over Semiconductor Co.'s Labor Woes
• Payroll Co. Takes NLRB's Class Waiver Fight To 5th Circ.
• Lessons In Enforcing Paid Sick Leave Protections
• Insurer Pulls Federal Suit Against Army Housing Contractor
• Texas Judge Orders $1.3M Sanction In Free Speech Case
• Schlumberger Asks Texas Justices To Shield Trade Secrets
• Texas Justices Told Common Law Can Nix Arbitration Award
• Religious Leaders Slam Texas Bid To Block Syrian Refugees
• Trucker, Amici Ask Fed. Circ. To Speed Up Texas Rulings
• Abbott Asks For Reconsideration To End Stent FCA Suit
• Why 2016 Will Be A Big Year For Big Data
• BigLaw 2016: A Look Ahead
• L-3 Prevails In FCA Trial Over Bills To Army
• Texas High Court Told Funds Can't Dodge $45M Deal Row
• Tang Wants Arbitration Award Against Avic Over JV Confirmed
• Texas Says DOI Letter Doesn't Justify Lifting Gaming Ban
• Texas Court Revives Whistleblower Suit After Worker Quits
• Texas Trade Secrets Law Gets 1st Test In Schlumberger Fight
• Golf Channel, Ponzi Scheme Receiver Clash On Payments
• Birth Control Mandate Unlawful, Texas Again Tells High Court
• Hyperdynamics Unit Says Partners Bailed After FCPA Probe
• Whistleblower Wants 5th Circ. To Revive $266B BP FCA Suit
• Wyly Says Offshore Trusts Not Secret In $2.2B Tax Trial
• Big Lots Loses Bid To Undo $1M Falling Bottle Verdict
• Enviros Ask EPA To Curb Texas' Permitting Authority
• Federal Waters Open Up For Aquafarming With NOAA Rule
• FERC Can't Consider Drilling In LNG Review, DC Circ. Told
• Real Estate Rumors: Equinox, Banyan Street, Dunavant
• 2nd Amendment Still Undecided, Hiding In Plain View
• Cameron Can Sue Liberty For Unfairness, Texas Justices Told
• Sherwin Alumina Files For Ch. 11 Amid Price, Labor Pressure
• In $2B Tax Fraud Trial, Wyly Admits He Weighed Expatriation
• DraftKings, FanDuel Dispute Patent Infringement Claims
• Sutherland Snags Energy Veteran From Pillsbury Winthrop
• Suncoast Says Rivals Can't Evade $28M IP Verdict
• Law Firm Boss Wants Bro's Ethics Complaint Out Of BP Trial
• Texas Horse Owners Fight To Keep Racing Alive
• High Court Turns To Solicitor General In State Farm FCA Suit
• Justices Won't Review Texas Medical Arbitration Rule Case
• After Riley, Circuits Narrow Private Search Doctrine
• Texas Says It Can Still Fight $1M Atty Fees In Voter ID Row
• In $2.2B Tax Trial, Wyly Wanted IRS To 'Put Up Or Shut Up'
• Southwest Loses Bid To Kick Delta Out Of Dallas Airport
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds HP's Win In Fraud Suit
• Texas Gov. Slams Bar's Separation Of Church, Education
• Coats Rose Merges With Dallas-Based Wright Ginsberg
• Texas Magistrate Says Firewall IP Should Survive Alice
• Blue Bell Still Finding Listeria In Ice Cream Plants
• Dallas DA Beats Bid To Oust Her Over Mental Illness
• Bombshell $15B Keystone Case Adds To Mounting TPP Woes
• L-3 Asks Judge To Halt FCA Trial Over Bills To Army
• Texas Medical Board To Appeal Teladoc Immunity Decision
• Texas Justices Nix $9.6M Occidental Worker-Injury Ruling
• Ex-Cards Scouting Head Pleads Guilty In Astros Hacking Case
• Luggage Transporter Hit With Antitrust Claims
• Texas Justices OK Loss-Of-Use Damages For Total Destruction
• Texas Co. Drops QR Code Suit Against Northrop
• 5th Circ. Sends Texas Gas Lease Spat Back To Fed Court
• 6 Steps To Becoming A Superior Supervising Attorney
• State Courts May Become Sole No-Injury Class Action Forum
• TransCanada's Challenge To Keystone Denial A Long Shot
• Wyly Defends Offshore Trusts In $2.2B Tax Fraud Trial
• 5th Circ. Rebuffs Ex-New Orleans Mayor's Bribery Appeal
• Calif. Gillette Decision Lends Heft To State Tax Autonomy
• Deepwater Rulings Could Hamstring DOJ, Gov't Argues
• SEC Says Atty In Fracking Fraud Can't Evade $2.5M Penalties
• 5 Key Arguments As High Court Abortion Fight Begins
• Texas Court Revives Oil Co.'s Well Blowout Suit Against Driller
• Abbott, Whistleblower Can't End Stent False Claims Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Google, PwC, Rhodium Capital
• Luminant Hits Back At Feds' Speedy Appeal Bid In CAA Suit
• IRS, Texas Taxmen Oppose American Apparel Ch. 11 Plan
• Ogletree Adds Seasoned Employment Atty To Dallas Office
• Targa's $6.6B Unit Buy Under Scrutiny In Shareholder Suit
• Comerica Ducks $24M Oilfield Asset Row Against Jaffe Raitt
• Toe Implant Fight Wrongly Sent To State Court, Stryker Says
• Only High Court Can Settle NLRB's Fight Over Class Waivers
• Insurer Must Cover DNA Testing Co. In Privacy Suit
• BigLaw Attys Share Abortion Stories At High Court
• Defect Exclusion In Condo Fire Suit May Apply, 5th Circ. Says
• Firm Tie-Ups in South, Chicago Fuel Record Year For Mergers
• IRS Slams Wyly Offshore Scheme In $2.2B Tax Fraud Trial
• AIG Says Farm Co.'s Lies Nix Coverage Of $44.5M Award
• Gov't Urges High Court To Review Immigration Policy Block
• Two More Ex-Prosecutors Back Move To Oust Dallas DA
• Real Estate Rumors: Fannie Mae, Heitman, Clipper Realty
• Feds Say Texas Hasn't Shown Syrian Refugees To Be Threat
• TransCanada Launches $15B Legal Fight Over Keystone Denial
• Rodeo Cowboys Score Win In Suit Claiming PRCA Monopoly
• Business Intel. Software Patent Survives Alice Challenge
• New Guidance On ACA 1332 Waivers Unlikely To Deter States
• Construction Firm Breaks Into Texas With 9-Lawyer Hire
• BIA Stays Deportation Of 4 Families Targeted In Raids
• Texas Atty Fights Delay In BP Fraud Trial
• IRS Could Win Big In Wyly's $2.2B Tax Claim Trial
• Oil Field Co. Blasts DQ Of Counsel In Equipment Patent Suit
• Nonprofit Seeks To Escape Texas Suit Over Syrian Refugees
• GPS Patent Should Fall Under Alice, Judge Says
• The Biggest Energy Decisions Of 2015
• FDA Warning Wire: Lawsuit Targets Defiant Compounder
• Chubb Unit Must Cover Email Scam Loss, Suit Says
• Dallas IP Boutique Teams With LA Litigation Firm
• Texas Voter ID Challengers Ask Justices To Uphold Legal Fees
• Defense Contractor Blasts Hughes' Bid To Stay Patent Suit
• Fans Say NFL Trying To Pass Buck In Super Bowl Ticket Suit
• 24 Hour Fitness Takes NLRB Class Waiver Fight To 5th Circ.
• DynCorp Says C3PO's Trimmed $6.6M Contract Suit Void
• Hospital Says Judge Can't Decide Ebola Nurse's Work Status
• BP Gets Securities Fraud Complaints Nixed In Deepwater MDL
• 5th Circ. Affirms Texas' Right To Deny Grant In 'Machete' Row
• FERC Greenlights Gas Pipeline Under Rio Grande
• Smyser Kaplan Asks Court To OK Award Over Unpaid Fees
• Texas Boutique Snags A Former Baker Botts Litigation Head
• 5th Circ. Keeps Oil Pipeline Pollution Suit In Federal Court
• American Standard Energy Sues 2 Directors For Fraud
• Texas AG To Fight Securities Fraud Charges In Appeals Court
• Texas Urges Justices To Decline Immigration Action Appeal
• Samsung Says Workers Took Kickbacks In Counterfeit Scheme
• Swift Energy Latest To Join Oil Sector Rush To Ch. 11
• Teladoc Antitrust Case Offers 3 Lessons For State Boards
• Pathway Genomics To Pay $4M In FCA Settlement
• More Tough Times Ahead For The Energy Industry
• What To Expect From State Attorneys General This Year