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Texas - April, 2016

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• EFH Has Few Good Options After Big Bet On Oncor Deal Sours
• Punished Atty Asks High Court To Find Conflict Of Interest
• 5th Circuit Affirms Slashed Atty Fees In Hospital FCA Suit
• OPINION: Engaging The Media May Help Your Client
• Texas Jury Rules Against School Board In Retaliation Suit
• Treasury Fights Bankers' Challenge To Info-Sharing Law
• Fed. Circ.'s Pass On Patent Venue Sends Fight To Congress
• Akin Gump Reaches Deal In Fired Staffer's Race Bias Dispute
• EPA Says Texas-Okla. Haze Plan Fight Belongs In DC Circ.
• Blank Check Co. Files $345M IPO To Buy Hospitality Biz
• Atty Says Prosecutors' Bad Behavior Warrants Axing Charges
• Texas Law Firm Says Ex-Client Can't Show Malpractice
• Carriers Aim To Wring Fees From Level 3 After Massive MDL
• Honduran Child Must Be Returned To Father, 5th Circ. Says
• Supreme Court Won't Block Texas Voter ID Law For Now
• FERC Floats $225M Penalty For Total Gas Manipulation Charge
• 5th Circ. Vacates Fraudster's Sentence For Gov't Contracts Plot
• Texas Appeals Court Nixes $8.7M Workplace Injury Win
• Obama Immigration Case: Interpreting The Oral Arguments
• State Tax Fallout From Federal Related-Party Debt Plan
• Fed. Circ. Refuses To Restrict Venue In Patent Cases
• Texas High Court Nixes Houston Air Quality Law
• Counsel Row Resolved In $70M Wind Energy Award Suit
• Hotel Asks 5th Circ. To Rethink Ruling Denying Hail Coverage
• Proskauer, Ex-Atty Hit With $5B Suit Over Stanford Scheme
• Judge Gilstrap Kills Website-Labeling Patents Under Alice
• Defense Contractor To Pay $2M For Alleged FCA Violations
• Ex-EMS Instructor Wants Attys' Fees After Sex Bias Verdict
• 3 Cost-Effective Cybersecurity Tips For Firms Big And Small
• FCA Whistleblower Slams Hospice's Bid To Block Witnesses
• Dozens Of Mayors Rally Behind FCC Lifeline Expansion
• Ex-Ambassador Can't Slash Stanford Penalty, 5th Circ. Says
• Kirkland & Ellis Leads Mineral Co. In $375M Equity Raise
• Oil Shipper's Rail Car Contract Suit Off-Base, Judge Hears
• Houston Atty Makes Bid To Nix Lengthy RICO Suit Sanctions
• Energy Future Holdings Scraps Crucial Part Of Ch. 11 Plan
• KBR Can't Contest State Law Chosen For Soldier Death Suit
• Dentons: A New Kind Of Network?
• 22 Firms Win Top Marks From GCs On AFAs
• Atty Accused Of Forcing Clients To Pay With Sex Indicted
• Exxon Didn't Overpay Millions In Enviro Deals, Jury Finds
• Blackberry Kills 2 Mobile Email Patents Under Alice
• Dallas Tells 5th Circ. Housing FCA Suit Properly Tossed
• Morgan Lewis Adds Employment Partner in Texas
• Texas Officials Want Austin Highway Projects Enviro Suit Axed
• Nurse Convicted In $374M Medicare Fraud Wants New Trial
• Stanford Receiver Seeks To Deny Ex-Diplomat's Rehearing Bid
• AVIC Opposes Splitting Of Issues In $70M Wind Energy Row
• 5th Circ. Finds 'Former Informants' Not Protected Group
• Texas A&M Rips Evidence Destruction Claims In Bias Row
• Teen's Family Says Takata Air Bag At Fault In Her Death
• CVS Hits Back At Texas In 1st Circ. Medicaid Drug FCA Row
• Fed. Circ. Rejects Patent Venue Amicus After Kraft Objection
• Texas Jury's $89M Verdict In Patent, Trade Secrets Row Cut
• DFW Airport Urges 5th Circ. To Reconsider AC Plan Specs
• Texas Fights Bid To Disclose More Data In Birth Docs Case
• Houston Bakery To Pay $1M To End EEOC Race Bias Suit
• Rail Logistics Firm Cleared By Jury In Inflated Value Case
• Jackson Walker Adds Finance, Real Estate Partner In Houston
• Give Wells Fargo FLSA Suit 2nd Chance, 5th Circ. Hears
• Houston Energy Co. Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzling
• Koch Ranch Wants New Trial Over Cattle Sale Rights
• Thompson & Knight Seeks $4.7M For Life Partners Work
• Space City Comic Con Battles IP Claims To Keep Event
• Jaffe Raitt Continues Fight Against $24M Oil Field Asset Suit
• Husch Blackwell Faces DQ In Contract Dispute
• AVIC Stalling By Refusing To Split $70M Suit, Tang Says
• Texas Hail Claims: Dealing With Multiple Disasters At Once
• OCAHO Dings Texas Produce Co. $10K In I-9 Violation Case
• Yes, Internal Revenue Code Is Law, Tax Court Tells Trust
• BarBri Discriminates Against Blind Bar Exam Students: Suit
• AVIC Says Soaring Wind, Tang Can't Split $70M Award Fight
• Trustee Will Oversee Bankrupt, Unbuilt Texas Cancer Center
• Halliburton Fights Class Members' Price-Impact Theory
• ContentGuard To Appeal Verdict In Apple DRM Patent Fight
• Judge Won't Bar Light Sensor Sales After $89M Jury Verdict
• Texas Justices Asked To Define 'Imbecility' In Benefits Suit
• Whistleblowers Drop FCA Suit Against Dallas Hospital
• Louisiana Seeks Audit Of Bankrupt Energy XXI
• High Court Won't Review Bid For Atty Fees In Age-Bias Suit
• Southwest Tells 5th Circ. Dallas Airport Lease Terms Flouted
• 'Frivolous' Dish Suit Costs Texas Lawyer A Pretty Penny
• Google Wants 5th Circ. To Revisit Injunction On Miss. AG
• Ace Says BP Opinion Requires Do-Over In Pipeline Blast Suit
• Nichia Tells Fed. Circ. Judge Gilstrap Erred On Injunction
• Judge Won't Stay Arbitration In Texas Wind Energy Dispute
• Castlelake Rejects US Energy's $11.4M Claim Before Trial
• Pilgrim's Pride Beats Poultry Growers' Antitrust Suit
• Wilson Elser Adds 5 From Schell Cooley In Dallas
• Biz Groups Seek Preliminary Halt To DOL Persuader Rule
• 5th Circ. Told Class Arbitration Fight Should Pause For Appeal
• Texas High Court Won't Consider HP Win In Fraud Suit
• Contractor Gets 6 Months For Bribing Dallas County Official
• 5th Circ. Nixes Bid To Revive Beverage Permit Residency Rule
• Schlumberger Says Non-Compete's End Doesn't Kill NOV Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Akindo Sushiro, Comerica
• Strasburger Adds Health Industry Pro In Texas
• Raytheon Says Cray Infringing 5 More Supercomputer Patents
• Challenges To State E-Waste Laws Face Tough Battle
• When A Contract 'Runs With The Land' — A Look At The Laws
• Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Researching Attorneys In PACER
• Houston Chronicle Building's Demolition Triggers Suit
• EEOC Slams Bass Pro Bid To Obtain Evidence During Stay
• DOJ Says Wyly Can't Use Cayman Entity As Ch. 11 Creditor
• 2 Indicted For Bribery Scheme Involving Chevron Oil Trades
• A Review Of Gov't Cases Against Execs In Q1
• Insurers Look To Duck Covering CF For Texas Explosion
• Ex-Houston Mayor Asks 5th Circ. To Nix Atty Fee Fight
• Texas AG Says Cronyism Isn't Discrimination In Worker's Suit
• Sex Expo Organizers Can't Force Dallas To Hold Convention
• New Tax Plan Will Hurt IT, Pharma Vendors In Texas
• 5th Circ. Rejects El Salvadoran Man's Bid For Status Change
• When Must A Successor Employer Bargain With Unions?
• ETP Defends Damages In Blockbuster $535M Pipeline Win
• Texas Appeals Court Overturns Doc's $2M Malpractice Verdict
• Texas Loses Bid To Retain $3M Tax From Banking Service Co.
• Wal-Mart Blasts Texas Group's Bid To Join Liquor Permit Row
• Texas Atty Denies Being 'Co-Venturer' In $8M Contract Suit
• Mexcor 'Crown' Ban On Whisky Overly Broad, 5th Circ. Told
• Callon Petroleum Pays $220M For Texas Oil Assets
• Texas Court Denies Hospital District's Fee Bid In Utility Fight
• Tech Co.'s Ex-CFO Wants Fraud Claims Cut From SEC Row
• Gov't Can't Break Up Suit Kept Alive By EPA, FBI Agents' Affair
• Gov't Owes $133M For Ruined Dallas Terminal
• An Uncertain Fate For DOL Persuader Rule: What's At Stake
• Bridge Contractor Hit With $17M Verdict After Worker's Death
• Gardere Adds Ex-EPA Atty To Enviro Team In Dallas
• Hunt Seeks Texas PUC's Rehearing Over $20B Oncor Deal
• Texas County Asks For New Trial In Int'l Paper Pollution Row
• Michael Best Nabs Ex-Reed & Scardino Patent Whiz
• NLRB Asks 5th Circ. To Rethink Class Waiver Ruling
• $535M Texas Case Not Done Reshaping Pipeline Contracts
• Texas Backs Up Ind. In 7th Circ. Syrian Refugee Appeal
• Texas Slams CVS Stores In 1st Circ. Medicaid Drug Row
• Texas High Court Urged To Hear Tesoro Petroleum Name Suit
• 4 States Enforce NY Forum And Choice-Of-Law Provisions
• Apple Can Contact Jurors Who Delivered $625M IP Verdict
• Insurer Fights $1.5M Bank Fraud Coverage At 5th Circ.
• Texas Pushes 5th Circ. To Delay EPA's Haze Plan
• Yogurt Maker Wants Out Of Sugar Content MDL
• DOJ Blasts Acquittal Bid From Texas Anesthesiologist
• Ex-Diplomat Asks 5th Circ. To Rehear Ponzi Scheme Case
• Feds Tell 5th Circ. KBR Is Liable For Employee Kickbacks
• Gilstrap Nixes New Trial Bids In Apple DRM Patent Row
• Texas Voter ID Law Isn't Discriminatory, 5th Circ. Told
• Insurer Ordered To Defend Allergists In Competition Suit
• Should Energy Cos. Expect More Climate Change Probes?
• Texas Judge Threatens To Sanction Atty For Baseless Case
• Entergy Asks Full 5th Circ. To Block Sierra Club In FOIA Row
• Another Take On Reed Smith, Pepper Hamilton Merger Talks
• Justices Appear Split In Obama Immigration Action Row
• AT&T Wants $5M Over Level 3's Canceled Fiber Optic Deal
• Workplace Free Speech: When Politics And Religion Collide
• Stonepeak Pledges Up To $500M To Midstream Services Co.
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• The Top 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Women
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Made In Texas: The Battle To Ground A Patent Rocket Docket
• Longview Slams 'Forum Shopping' Claim In $95M Dispute
• Texas Justices' Reversal Of Atty Fee Ruling Hinges On Comma
• Texas High Court Sides With Hallmark In 'Net Gain' Tax Case
• Texas Justices Say Utility Not Immune From Atty Fee Fight
• Border Resident Claims Texas Drone Law Violates Privacy
• Energy XXI Gets Nod To Use Cash Collateral As Ch. 11 Begins
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Attorney's Univision Fee Fight
• Ex-Locke Lord IT Engineer Gets 9.5 Years For Network Attack
• Texas Justices Say Early Gay Marriage Flouted Rule Of Law
• Activist Says Planned Parenthood Jury Can't Indict Him
• Goodrich Petroleum Joins Driller Bankruptcy Parade
• 5th Circ. Says Hotel Can't Get Coverage For Old Hail Damage
• Real Estate Rumors: Morgan, Pistilli, Texas Mixed-Use Project
• OPINION: Advising The GOP About Its Obligation To Advise
• Texas Oil Units Oppose 2nd Arbitration With Saudi Co.
• Sparring Beef Co., Koch Ranch Seek New Trial In Cattle Fight
• Gemalto Tells Texas Judge Retailers Owe $46M Arbitral Award
• Comcast, Others Back Senate Bill Over Patent Suit Venue
• Texas Law That Bars Housing Immigrants Temporarily Blocked
• Texas City Manager Indicted In Pay-To-Play Bribery Scheme
• Texas AG Sides With Dallas In Fight Against Sex Expo
• 7-Eleven, Ex-Worker Agree To End National Origin Bias Suit
• EEOC Says Halliburton Breached Deal In Worker Bias Case
• Texas Appellate Court Revives Attorney Malpractice Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: NetApp, Clarion, Crescent Communities
• Dallas Doc, 3 Others Convicted In $374M Medicare Fraud Plot
• When Product Liability Meets The Uniform Commercial Code
• Energy XXI Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Nix $2.8B In Debt
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Kaplan Paralegal Teacher's FCA Suit
• Halliburton Merger Judge Recuses Over Schlumberger Stake
• Enviro Groups Back Obama Rejection Of Keystone Pipeline
• Gardere Wynne Sewell's Revenue Ticked Up In 2015
• Exxon Turns To Texas Court To Block Climate Change Probe
• 5th Circ. Nixes FCA Appeal From Jailed Health Co. Heads
• K&L Gates Adds Deals Pro In Dallas
• BDO Tells Texas Court $1.5M Botched Audit Verdict Can't Fly
• BP Hit With $100M Class Action Over Retirement Plan
• House Passes 3 Bills To Toughen US Border Security
• House OKs Bill To Restore TSA Screening To Denied Airports
• CORRECTED: Texas Citizens Group Loses Appeal To Nix Transfer Station
• K&L Gates Hits Back In Houston Malpractice Suit
• Houston IP Firm Patterson & Sheridan Opens Office in Japan
• Atty Says Full 5th Circ. Should Vacate Monetary Sanction
• Securities Fraud Cases Pose Strategy Dilemma For Texas AG
• 5th Circ. Grounds $1.29M Judgment Against DFW Airport
• Acacia Unit Escapes Fee Bid Over Suit Dropped Due To Alice
• Real Estate Rumors: Magellan, Dallas County, Chestnut
• SEC Will Wait To Collect $1.7M For Fraud From Bankrupt Atty
• 5th Circ. Says Equipment Lease In Barge Dispute Not Binding
• Prior Deal Dooms FLSA Case, Wells Fargo Tells 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Upholds Prudential's Win In Benefit Denial Dispute
• Houston Attys Settle $22M Fee Dispute Over Firm Dissolution
• Deepwater Spill Increased Dolphin Deaths, NOAA Says
• YouTubers Hire New Attys After $20M Verdict In Fraud Row
• Beyond The Bathroom: NC Law Flushes Employee Protections
• Drafting Separation Agreements For Employers: A Quick Guide
• J&J Ultamet Verdict Is Too Much Green
• Why Food Companies May See More Slack-Fill Class Actions
• Global Tel*Link's Inmate Calling Patent Survives AIA Review
• DOJ Tells Jury Doc Ran $374M Medicare 'Fraud Machine'
• Attys' Fees Case A National Issue, Supreme Court Told
• Wind Energy Investors Say Counsel Spat Nearly Resolved
• Texas Jury Convicts Two Men In Immigrant Hiring Scheme
• 5th Circ. Revives Row Over Discrimination Witness' Firing
• Gov't Lodges Exec. Action Reply As Oral Arguments Loom
• PE Firms Piping $170M To Southcross After Quick Ch. 11 Trip
• Bass Pro Fights EEOC Bid For More Hiring Data In Bias Suit
• Texas Judge Gets 2 Years For Embezzlement
• After Fed. Circ. Loss, SimpleAir Again Hits Google With IP Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Send Toyota Sun Damage Suit To State Court
• Texas Oil Worker Sues For $1M Over Well Blowout
• Strasburger Nabs Ogletree Deakins Employment Pro In Texas
• SEC Sues Texas AG Paxton Over Tech Co. Promotions
• 5th Circ. Says Honduran's Abuse Falls Short Of Persecution
• House GOP Gets High Court Time In Obama Immigration Case
• 5th Circ. Nixes Injunction Blocking Miss. AG's Google Probe
• Halliburton Wants DOJ $34B Baker Hughes Suit In Texas
• Prof Says A&M Destroyed Evidence In Discrimination Suit
• Health Fraud Defense Attys Riding High As Wins Pile Up
• Texas Appeals Court Favors Exxon, Shell In Superfund Suit
• Barnes & Thornburg Nabs Ex-Strasburger Deals Pro In Dallas
• Greenberg Traurig On Tap To Rep Buffets' Creditors Group
• Texas News Site Wins Appeal, Release Of Austin City Emails
• EPA, Enviros Fight 5th Circ. Bid For Haze Plan Delay
• Legal Delivery In The 'Gig Economy'
• Will Texas Stay Moderate When It Comes To E-Discovery?
• Omnicare Blasts Bid To Revive $630M FCA Row In 5th Circ.
• Texas High Court Denies Builder's Bid To Toss $715K Verdict
• Farm Firm Fights AIG's Bid To Weed It From Coverage Case
• Willkie Adds Houston Private Equity M&A Pro
• Monitronics Wants First Mercury To Defend TCPA Suits
• Texas Immunity Ruling May Chill Economic Development Deals
• Utica Mutual Must Defend Broker In Suit, NJ Court Says
• Abbott Prevails In $219M Whistleblower FCA Trial
• Dallas Firm Grows Employment Group With Ogletree Vet
• Church Tells 5th Circ. Insurer Is Wrong About Copper Theft
• Ex-Abbott Rep Says Profits Trumped Safety In $219M FCA Trial
• CVR Energy Wins Challenge To Texas Venue In Injury Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Connor, North Face, Capital Commercial
• Apple Accuses VirnetX Of 'Unabashed Smear' In $625M IP Row
• Texas Couple Asks Justices To Reopen Malpractice Suit
• EDekka Cools Off EDTX Patent Hotbed As Suits Drop 47%
• Dallas Trial Boutique Launches East Texas Office
• Honda Reports New Takata Air Bag Fatality In Texas
• Texas Medical Equipment Co. Owners Charged With Fraud
• Offshore Driller Ensco Faces Gender Discrimination Suit
• Rick Perry's Lawyer Vows To Probe Why Gov. Was Indicted
• 4 Takeaways From The DOJ's Halliburton-Baker Hughes Fight
• More Biz Groups Tee Up Challenge To DOL Persuader Rule
• Williams Says ETE Chair's Offering Broke Merger Pact
• DQ'd Firm Can Seek Fees In BP Deepwater Settlements
• Succession Planning: A Key Strategy For Law Firm Longevity
• YouTuber Faces Sanctions Over Call For Porn In Investor Row
• GOP Govs., Sens. Urge Justices To Block Immigration Actions
• Exxon Sues Lockheed Over Asbestos Litigation Bill
• Texas AG Says Perry Ruling Spells End For Fraud Charges
• Energy Future Wins $4B Battle Over Oncor Shares
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Ex-DLA Piper Partners In Dallas
• Construction Groups Fight New OSHA Silica Exposure Limits
• Tesoro Tells 5th Circ. To Ax Chartis Win In $30M Cleanup Row
• Houston Law Firm Sues Property Group For Office Access
• FERC Says Total Can't Fight Manipulation Charge In Court
• 10 Tech Trends Automakers And Insurers Need To Watch
• TSCA Amendments Are Coming: 5 Ways To Prepare Now
• High Court Says All Residents Can Count For Redistricting
• Texas Ponzi Ruling Likely To Limit Clawback Suits
• Texas Jury Awards $20M In Video Game Partnership Row
• Yahoo Gets Attorneys' Fees In NCAA Contest Insurance Row
• Texas High Court Refuses To Review Free Speech Exemption
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Aetna Win In $73M Late-Payment Row
• Carey REIT To Buy, Lease Back 3 Schools In $167M Deal
• BP Gets $20B Deepwater Settlement Approved
• DQ'd Firm Wants Piece Of BP's Deepwater Settlement Action
• DOT Says 'Sham' Flight Lease User Ignoring Cease & Desist
• 5th Circ. Upholds Ship Lien In Fuel Payment Row
• Life Partners To Pay Over $1B To Settle Investor Suits
• 7 Lessons I Learned As A Trial Lawyer On Jury Duty
• Background Check Challenges For Home Health Care Agencies
• Obama Had Authority To Nix Keystone XL Pipeline, Gov't Says
• Texas Justices Won't Mull Tesco's $1.5M Rig Coverage Bid
• Caffe Ribs Wins Round In Texas Land Value Dispute
• Texas Jury Awards Enercorp $9.3M In Bakken Lease Fight
• Houston Psychiatrist Gets 12 Years For $158M Medicare Fraud
• Halliburton Investors Urge 5th Circ. To Uphold Class Cert.
• Abbott Whistleblower Blasts Directed Verdict Bid
• Orthotic Co. Beats Claims That Audits Caused Stock Drop
• Texas Justices Dodge Question Of New Trials In USAA Row
• 'Small Tobacco' Tax Upheld By Texas Supreme Court
• Texas Justices Say Houston Not Immune From Railroads' Suit
• Texas Firms More Than Doubled Fee, Ex-Estate Client Says
• Texas High Court Deals Blow To Stanford Ponzi Receiver
• DOI Wrongly Pumping Up Royalty Violations, Statoil Says
• Texas' New Rule On Clawing Back Ponzi-Tainted Money
• Fish & Richardson Ducks DQ Bid Over Patent Judge Hire
• Cities Not Immune From Contract Suits, Texas Justices Rule
• National Oilwell Units Say $881M ICC Fight Halts US Case
• The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm
• Textron Faces $16M Verdict After Acceleration Accident
• Texas High Court To Review Pipeline Eminent Domain Ruling
• 5th Circ. Affirms Enhanced Sentence For Illegal Re-Entry