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Texas - July, 2016

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• Wyly Trustee Says Vinson Can't Get Paid For Exemption Fight
• Baker & McKenzie Snags Energy Attys From Winston & Strawn
• Apple Gets New Trials, Scraps VirnetX's $625M Patent Win
• Feds Expand Anti-Fraud Bans On Ambulances, Home Health
• 5th Circ. Says Forgery Not Theft In Petroleum Loss Suit
• Texas Businessman Cops To Defrauding Law Firm Clients
• 5th Circ. Gives Deported Mexican Chance To Reopen Case
• Support Co. Says Troutman Stiffed It In Commerzbank Case
• Blue Bell Fined $850K For Last Year's Listeria Outbreak
• Texas A&M Can't Ditch Prof's Race Discrimination Suit
• 9th Circ. Revives Contract Fraud Suit Against UD Trucks
• $10B Texas LNG Projects Gets FERC's Final Enviro OK
• Coverage Spat Over Stolen Oil Rig Engines Ends In Dismissal
• Texas Multifamily Portfolio Nabs $119M In Financing
• Texas Judge Admonished For Conduct During DWI Arrest
• FLSA Suit Claims Dallas Hospital Chain Owes Nurses Back Pay
• Prevent Litigation From Becoming A Threat To Data Security
• NextEra To Buy Bankrupt EFH In $18.4B Deal
• J&J Denied Bid For Speedy 5th Circ. Appeal In Hip MDL
• Texas Oilfield Co. Settles SEC Suit Over $12M Ponzi Scheme
• Merchants Want High Court Review In Texas Swipe Fee Row
• Nabors, C&J Energy Hit With EEOC Racial Harassment Suit
• Feds Hit Back On Bid To Block Obama's Gender ID Policy
• Ex-Baylor Staffer Seeks Full Pepper Hamilton Sex Assault Doc
• Medical Device Co. To Pay $11.5M Over Alleged Kickbacks
• TaylorHittner, Focused On Public Policy, Launches In Texas
• Bass Pro Seeks 5th Circ. Rehearing Of Discrimination Claims
• Corporations In The Crosshairs Of Product Liability Claims
• OPINION: Our Juries Are Being Circumvented
• Atty Fights Sanctions From Counsel He Said Used Racial Slur
• EPA Defends Startup, Shutdown Revisions At DC Circ.
• Cemex Agrees To $11.7M Deal To Settle Air Pollution Claims
• Family Says Evidence Standard Too High In Eagle Ford Fight
• 5th Circ. Urged To Raise BP Atlantis FCA Suit
• FinCEN Extends Real Estate Scrutiny To Calif., Texas
• CORRECTED: Uber Slammed With $2M Breach Of Contract Suit
• Texas, La. Student Housing Projects Score $86M Loan
• Builder Pulte Can't DQ Texas Firm In Townhome Dispute
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Insurance Trio From Anderson Kill
• Exxon, Shell Block South Texas Historic Royalty Claim
• Fifth Circuit Revives FMLA Suit Against Carabin & Shaw
• DynCorp Wage Suit Belongs In Kuwait, 5th Circ. Says
• Dickinson Wright Opens In Texas With Greenberg Traurig Trio
• 'Ban The Box' Goes Beyond The Application In Austin
• Prior And Pending Clauses Don't Undercut Interrelated Claims
• Legal Aid, Meet Legal Tech
• 4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms
• 5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops
• Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation
• J&J Can't Speed Up Appeal In Hip MDL, Patients Tell 5th Circ.
• Berkshire Seeks 5th Circ. Rehearing Over Revived ERISA Suit
• Anti-Abortion Duo Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Cleared
• Deion Sanders FCA Suit Draws Fight Against Default Bid
• 5th Circ. Nixes USPS Employee's Age Discrimination Suit
• Texas Cities Seek $43M In Attys' Fees From Travel Sites
• Apple Says Cuozzo Ruling Should Halt $625M VirnetX Case
• Biz Groups Back Macy's In 5th Circ. Bargaining Unit Fight
• Texas Judge Says No Plea Deals In Assaults Against Police
• 5th Circ. Says Bombardier Can't Ditch Aviation Taxes
• Energy Investor Atinum Hits Ch. 11 After $365M Debt Default
• Too Early To Decide Tax Fight Over $140M Of Art, IRS Says
• Prof Wants Atty On Hook For Complaint About Amicus Brief
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 4 All-Star MDLs
• Dollar General Upholds Tribal Jurisdiction Status Quo
• Creditor Vote Set On Saratoga Resources Ch. 11 Plan
• 5th Circ. Again Will Not Resurrect Plane Parts FCA Suit
• Comanche Trail Pipeline Gets Border Construction Nod
• Prior Rulings Doom LNG Project Challenge, DC Circ. Told
• Testing The UBE: Portable But Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores
• DuPont Urges 5th Circ. To Nix FCA, Retaliation Suit
• Lawyers Urge Texas To Streamline Groundwater Oversight
• Ex-Citibank Worker Who Brought Down Networks Gets 21 Mos.
• Amazon Defends Cloud Tech, Customers Against IP Holder
• Orrick Taps Ex-Mayer Brown Energy Pro As Houston Partner
• Texas To Accept More Documents In Bid For Birth Certificates
• Texas Judge Revives IP Claims Against ConocoPhillips
• Japanese Trader Gets Ship Stopped Over $32M In Spoiled Soy
• Mass Tort Atty Says Firm CEO Bought Plane, Skipped Bonuses
• PE-Backed At Home Group Primes $130M IPO
• Greenberg Traurig Claims Immunity In Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Greens Fight Exxon En Banc Bid In 5th Circ. Pollution Row
• Gulf Oil, Gas Lease Sale Will Be First Streamed Online
• Cybersecurity Startup Raises $150M For Growth, Platform
• Blue Cross Seeks New Trial In $26M Contract Suit
• Idaho Gov. Supports Blocking Obama's Gender Identity Policy
• Stanford Investors Say $5B Proskauer Suit Should Proceed
• EPA Wants More Control Over State-Issued Discharge Permits
• Preferred Imaging Pays $3.5M, Resolves FCA Allegations
• Testing The UBE: Missouri Benefits From Uniform Bar Exam
• Feeding The Future World: The Israel Outlook
• Atlas Resources Inks Ch. 11 Prepack To Nix $900M In Debt
• Texas Bankruptcy Courts Boom With Commodities Bust
• Trinity Pushes 5th Circ. To Reverse $663M FCA Judgment
• Cotton Bledsoe Accused Of Forum Shopping Oil & Gas Claims
• CORRECTED: Medtronic IP Expert Dinged For Lack Of Mind-Reading Prowess
• New Offshore Shutdown Cost Regs Offer Cos. A Soft Landing
• Fox Fights Comcast's Docs Bid In Network Bankruptcy Suit
• Gilstrap Eases Filing Of Patent Summary Judgment Motions
• 5th Circ. Nixes Atty's Appeal Of $1.77M Fraud Judgment
• Lawyer Denied Texas High Court Review Of Ex-Client Row
• C&J Energy Gets OK To Begin Tapping $100M Debtor Package
• Silver Run Buys 89% Stake In Oil And Gas Co. Centennial
• Ex-Worker At Dallas Tech Co. Charged With Embezzling $2.4M
• 5th Circ. Says Coverage Of University Building To Be Split
• Workplace Video Monitoring: What Employers Need To Know
• Ingredient Co. Hit With $7.5M Suit Over Guar Gum Factory
• 5th Circ. Axes Insurers' Win In Botched Oil Well Dispute
• Texas Oil Surveyor Beats $3.2M IRS Bill
• JPMorgan Gets Claims Booted In Texas Soccer Club Suit
• Houston Energy Co. Embezzler Gets 36 Months In Prison
• Virtual Bitcoin Bank Founder Gets 18 Months For Ponzi Fraud
• Atty Wants Sanctions For 'Outrageous' Racial Slur Allegations
• Plaintiffs Attys Seek $600M Payout For Deepwater Work
• Level 3 Can't Duck Connection Fee Suits, Local Carriers Say
• Latinos Sue Texas Gov. Over High Courts' Election Process
• Life Partners Seeks Nod On $10M In New Ch. 11 Financing
• OPINION: It's Time To Radically Rethink Immigration Reform
• Gilstrap Axes Patent Suit Over NPE's Cut-And-Paste Job
• Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act: 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Says Oil Co. FLSA Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• Nichia Pushes Fed. Circ. To Overturn Gilstrap Injunction Ruling
• Cowboys' Dez Bryant Claims Texas Sen. Ripped Him Off
• Koch Foods Tells 5th Circ. EEOC-Cited Ruling Is Irrelevant
• IRS Objects To $61M Loan Claims In Wylys' Bankruptcies
• Blackberry Beats $48M Patent Claim After Texas Trial
• Docs Say Allergists Are Becoming Hostile In Antitrust Suit
• 5th Circ. Asks La. High Court To Define 'Good Faith'
• When A Shareholder Oppression Remedy Is No More
• A State-By-State Guide To Driverless Car Regulations
• Holland & Knight Adds Employment Litigator In Houston
• 6 Telecom Cos. Accused Of Flouting Call Network Tech IP
• PE-Backed Metal Products Maker NCI Prices $145M Offering
• Houston Doctor Gets 5 Years For Medicare Fraud
• ADA Atty Defends Use Of 'Sapo' As Slang, Not Racial Slur
• Trade Secret Forum Shopping: DTSA Vs. Texas UTSA
• Upstream Energy Co. Luca Seeks Ch. 11 Plan
• Gov't Wants Sanctions Order Nixed In Texas Immigration Case
• MLB Says It Is Looking Into Cardinals-Astros Hacking Scandal
• Insurer Says Firm Moved Too Slow On Wrongful Death Defense
• Atty Says Co-Counsel Cut Him From $52M Chesapeake Deal
• McKool Smith Taps Longtime Atty To Manage Operations
• Atty Wants Texas Bar Proceedings Stricken From Fraud Suit
• Beirne Maynard Folds, Attys Join Akerman, Start Own Firm
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Monsanto, Silver Run
• Chamber, Others Say DOL Fiduciary Rule Needs The Ax
• Texas High-Speed Rail Line Doesn't Need STB Approval
• Macy's Urges 5th Circ. To Rethink 41-Member Union Ruling
• How States Are Reacting To EPA's CAA Mandate
• Colombian Man Deportable Despite Green Card Delay: 5th Circ.
• FWS Yanks Lesser Prairie Chicken From Threatened List
• Texas Attys Sued Over Possession Of Valuable Thai Rubies
• Ex-Cardinals Director Gets 46 Months For Astros Hacking
• Miss. Atty Ducks Texas Firm's Suit Over Toxic Tort Case JV
• Following Halo, Power Meter IP Row Settles On Eve Of Trial
• 5 Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Your Firm Retreat
• Fitness Camp Hit With Suit Over Unpaid Internship Program
• FERC Victory Slows Manipulation Targets' Path To Courts
• AIG Needn't Cover Unfair Competition Suit, Court Told
• DOJ Wants 9 Justices To Rehear Obama Immigration Case
• Tesoro Strikes $425M Deal With EPA, DOJ Over Emissions
• Court Botched Patent Law In $41M Baker Botts Case: Ex-Client
• Texas-Based Pelican Energy Partners Closes $210M Fund
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear DQ Of Attys From BP Claims Program
• Texas AG Paxton Calls SEC Stock Fraud Suit Doomed
• Hunton & Williams Says Immunity Dooms Stanford Ponzi Suit
• Roc Nation Wants Last Claim Axed In Bryant Branding Suit
• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces
• Total Gas Loses Bid To Fight FERC Penalty In Fed Court
• Equifax Urges Toss Of Credit Report Suit, Citing Spokeo
• Power Co. Can't Claw Back Nixed Texas Arbitration Award
• Audible Magic Scores Win As Blue Spike Settles Patent Suit
• AXIS, Federal Must Pay In Oil Explosion Suit, Liberty Says
• Immigrant Challenges Texas Plea In 2nd High Court Appeal
• Intel, McAfee Accused Of Anti-Virus Patent Infringement
• EPA's Texas Haze Plan Stayed By 5th Circ.
• Adams & Reese Adds Houston IP Litigation, Transaction Atty
• $2M Settles FCC Probe Into Tribal Lifeline Enrollments
• Wyly Estate Brings $210M IRS Fight To Tax Court
• Uranium Energy Dodges Shareholder Suit Over Paid Articles
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Weiss, Kirkland, Simpson
• AstroWorld Fraud Claims Survive Defense Challenge
• BP Hikes Deepwater Horizon Spill Bill To $62B
• Chevron Seeks Tribunal, Not State Court, For Nigeria Oil Row
• 5th Circ. Flipped, But Won't Flop, In BP Asset Sale Case
• Level 3 Says Carriers' Call Fees Suit Gets Law Wrong
• Exxon Not Off the Hook In Texas Workers' Comp Suit
• Energy Cos. Spar Over Arbitrator Choice In Bribery Row
• Sen. Flake Pushes Colleagues To Act On Patent Venue Reform
• Deals Rumor Mill: Teva, Berkshire Hathaway, MBK Partners
• LG Can't Criticize USPTO At Core Wireless Trial, Judge Says
• Nat'l Oilwell Urges 5th Circ. To Uphold Its Bias Row Win
• Craddick Must Arbitrate Sales Fight With Drilling Supplier
• Relator Says New Evidence, Escobar Save Plane Parts FCA
• Houston Law Center Wants Rival's Diplomas Halted In IP Row
• Nokia Hits Huawei With Suit In 4G Tech Patent Row
• ConocoPhillips Award Violates US Policy, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Allergist Groups Want Sanctions In Insurance Antitrust Spat
• Andrews Kurth Atty Accused Of 'Brazen' Deposition Tactics
• Texas AG Says Pharmacy Choice Rule Not Yet Enforceable
• J&J Asks 5th Circ. To Hurry Hip MDL Appeal
• Total Says FERC $225M Manipulation Penalty Is Unfounded
• Seeger Weiss' Vioxx Deal Doesn't Bar Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Sunoco Settles EPA Suit Over Texas, Okla. Oil Spills
• SEC Can Try To Force Wylys To Bring Offshore Money Home
• Jaffe Raitt Atty To Retry Escaping $24M Oil Field Asset Suit
• Chinese Fertilizer Trade Case Clears First ITC Hurdle
• NHTSA Autonomous Vehicle Rules Take An Unexpected Turn
• 5th Circ. Revives Berkshire ERISA Claims Over Acme Unit
• Profs Back Patent Venue Reform, Slam Texas' Eastern District
• Men's Clothing Execs Accused Of Hostility To Women Workers
• Texas Atty Says Slur Merits Counsel's Suspension In ADA Suit
• 5th Circ. Backs Court's Right To Snub BP Claim Fights
• Houston Firm Says It's Owed For Negotiating $33M Deal
• Sam Wyly Plans Appeal Of $1.1B Tax Fraud Judgment
• FERC Fines BP $20M For Texas Gas Market Manipulation
• Exxon Wants Full 5th Circ. Review Of Pollution Suit Revival
• DC Circ. Offers Clarity On GHG Emissions In NEPA Studies
• Escobar Can't Revive Airplane Parts FCA Suit, Northrop Says
• The Rising Pressure Against DOL's Persuader Rule
• Alcatel Settles Network-1 Suit In Ethernet-Patent Dispute
• OSHA Sued Over Drug-Test Limit In Accident Reporting Rule
• Texas Hospital Hits Kickapoo Tribe With $2M ERISA Suit
• PE-Backed Gas Co. Shareholders Say $4.4B Deal Too Low
• Texas Court Halves $753K Atty Fee In Trade Secret Row
• Jaffe Raitt Ducks Some Claims In $24M Oil Field Asset Suit
• BlackBerry Faces $48M Claim In Texas Patent Trial
• 5th Circ. Upholds Ericsson Win In ERISA Severance Dispute
• Sex Harassment Investigation Of Texas Fed. Judge Isn't Over
• Kinder Morgan Sells $1.47B Stake In Pipeline To Southern Co.
• AVIC Cos. Fight 'Stacked Deck' From $70M Arbitration Award
• Riverstone To Pay Up To $175M For Stake In Oil And Gas Co.
• Sunoco Pipeline Faces $1.5M Fine For Texas Safety Violations
• How To Close A Law Firm — Practically And Ethically
• Apple, Mirror Worlds Reach $25M Deal On Eve Of Patent Trial
• Google, Samsung In Clear On ContentGuard IP, Judge Affirms
• Texas Rule Tweaks Could Help Grow Crowdfunding Market
• Texas Asks High Court Not To Review Swipe Fee Row
• Icon Of IP: Former U.S. District Judge T. John Ward
• Midstates Get Court's OK To Poll Creditors On Ch. 11 Plan
• Olympics Pushing Its Luck Trying To Take City-Year Domains
• The Impact Of TSCA Reform Is Approaching Fast
• Longview Denies Huff Energy Had Veto Over Sale, Shutdown
• SEC Secures Win In $22M Oil Drilling 'Partnership' Fraud Case
• Error In Whistleblower Case Gets Texas School New Trial
• Wal-Mart Sex Bias Suit Not Over, Workers Tell 5th Circ.
• Chevron Wants $1.6B Nigerian Oil Lease Fraud Suit Tossed
• Social Media Privacy Issues In Workplace Investigations
• BP Tells 5th Circ. No Need To Revive $266B FCA Suit
• Greenberg Can't Ditch Stanford Ponzi Suit, Investors Say
• Cash America Shareholder Sues Over $2.4B First Cash Merger
• High Court On Affirmative Action: Data And Stats Matter
• 2 Dallas Business Litigation Boutiques Join Forces
• The Smart Money Is Not Following Traditional Law Firms
• Prudential Policy Bars Claim By Soldier's Widow: 5th Circ.
• Electric Workers Union Let Out Of $22M Defamation Suit
• Texas Expedited Trial Rule Doesn't Cap Jury Verdicts: Court
• PwC Australia Dodges Suit Over Energy Co. Stock Offering
• DOL Agenda Targets Compensation For Portable Device Work
• Uniloc Says Facebook Messenger Infringes VoIP Patents
• TransCanada Pushes To Invalidate Obama's Keystone Denial
• SEC Says Stock Fraud Suit Against Texas AG Is No Overreach
• Glass Lewis Recommends EMC Investors OK $60B Dell Tie-Up
• 13 States Aim To Block Feds' Gender Identity Policy
• Insurers Off Hook For $9.6M In Well-Blowout Coverage Row
• Fade Out On Music Streaming IP, Amazon Tells Fed. Circ.
• Amateur Athletic Union Volunteer Ordered To Arbitrate Dispute
• Award In J&J Hip Implant Bellwether Trial Slashed To $150M
• AVIC Entity Says It Can't Be Roped Into $70M Award Row
• Halliburton Can't Scrap Expert In Asbestos Liability Suit
• Solo Lawyer Fights Biz Tax Liability At Texas High Court
• Alston & Bird Adds DLA Piper Health Care Pro In Dallas
• Big Data: Courts Put Regulators In The Driver's Seat
• RFP Lessons: 5 Ways Law Firms Can Beat Frustration
• Youth Clubs Hit MLS Union, US Stars Over Training Fees
• T-Mobile Using 4G Tech Without FRAND License, Huwaei Says
• J&J, DePuy Can't Put Texas Hip Implant MDL On Hold
• Payment Processor Says Fraudster Dodging $4.5M Judgment
• Whistleblower Asks For Early Win In Deion Sanders FCA Suit
• C3PO Slams DynCorp In 5th Circ. Afghan Contract Row
• Texas Judge Guts IOC Suit Over Olympics City-Year Domains
• Kinder Morgan Says It's Owed $7.5M In Coal Export Row
• Unbuilt Texas Cancer Center Creditors File Ch. 11 Plan
• Texas Holding Co. Says Insurer Must Cover President's Theft
• Alice Shouldn't Sink Oil Well Data Patent, Fed. Circ. Told
• 5th Circ. Allows Fort Worth To Adjust Future Pension Benefits
• After US V. Texas, Immigration Reform Is Up In The Air
• RFP Lessons: 7 Tips To Improve Your Responses
• On Abortion High Court Defers To Evidence, Not Legislatures
• TransData Gets 2nd Chance At Enhanced Damages Post-Halo
• Koch Ranch Told To Pay Cattle Seller $3.3M In Attys' Fees
• ETE-Williams Merger Flop A Blueprint For Energy Deal Exits
• Texas Appeals Court Won't Rethink State AG's Securities Suit
• Wyly Can't Shield $250M In Offshore Payments From SEC
• Top Texas Supreme Court Cases Of 2016: Midyear Report
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Erykah Badu Manager Dispute
• 5th Circ. Upholds La. Frog Habitat Decision
• 6 Williams Board Members Quit In Wake Of ETE Deal Bust
• Political Speech Vs. Title VII – Which Trumps Which?
• RFP Lessons: A General Counsel's List Of Law Firm Mistakes