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Texas - August, 2016

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• Equifax Shakes Fight Over Credit Reports Sent To Tax Agency
• Stanford Receiver's $35M Chadbourne Deal Gets Final OK
• Expedia And Others Seek Stay In Menu Bar Patent Suit
• Dallas Doc Hit With $19.7M Verdict After Patient Death
• BMW, Mercedes Hit With Digital Radio Infringement Suits
• Law Firm Dodges Damages In DTPA Suit Over Client's Funds
• Enron Investors Want Dismissal Of UBS Suit Undone
• Financial Planning Coalition Argues For DOL Fiduciary Rule
• Sens. Seek NTSB Probe Of Takata-Linked Truck Explosion
• FTC Greenlights $300M Honeywell Contracting Unit Deal
• Hospitals Force Nurses To Work Through Lunch, Suit Says
• Sprint Wins $5M From Hackers In Cellphone-Resale Fraud Suit
• Texas Court Partially Affirms Hurricane Damage Ruling
• State Of Texas Legal Market: More M&A Work Than You Think
• Reconciling The Practice With The Business Of Law
• Carlton Energy's $31M Win Kept Intact In Methane Dispute
• Lawyer For Texas Atty In $8.8M Fraud Suit Wants Out
• Texas Oil Worker Fails To Justify Collective Cert. In FLSA Suit
• ConocoPhillips Says Texas Royalty Ruling Upends Land Titles
• CORRECTED: Texas Political Sign Regulation Limits Speech, Court Rules
• FERC Backs Dismissal Of Market Manipulation Court Fight
• Apple Slams VirnetX Bid To Get $625M Patent Award Revived
• Energy XXI Shareholders Want Conyers Dill Disqualified
• UT Asks Texas High Court To Put End To Coach's Bias Suit
• Fox Says Comcast's Doc Bid Fails In Network Bankruptcy Suit
• State Of Texas Legal Market: Oil And Gas IP Cases Are Up
• Real Estate Rumors: Unizo, Copeland, Effy Hematian
• Challenging No-Injury Class Actions In State Court
• O'Quinn Says Malpractice Suit Should Stay In Arbitration
• REBUTTAL: Establishing Standards And Norms In Mediation
• Andrews Kurth's Mass Hire Of Kenyon Driven By IP Hunger
• Waste Mgmt., Travelers Want EPA Coverage Suit Reinstated
• Texas Ranchers Tell AG Private Board Can't Manage River
• Chuck E. Cheese's Says Insurer Must Cover Shareholder Suit
• 5th Circ Rejects Gov't Argument That BIA Order Is Not Final
• Jaffe Raitt, Atty Want Out Of $24M Oil Field Asset Suit
• Full 5th Circ. Needn't Hear Endangered Frog Row, Feds Say
• McCathern Insurer Says It's Not On Hook For $6M Claim
• Truck Carrying Air Bag Inflators Explodes, Kills Woman
• Blackstone Pledges $1.5B To Texas Oil And Gas Partnerships
• Andrews Kurth Lands Attys Of Struggling Kenyon & Kenyon
• Texas Oil, Gas Cos. Want Suit Over Sale Proceeds Tossed
• Greenberg Can't Nix $2M Clawback Suit, Co.'s Estate Says
• C&J Energy Gets TRO Against Ex-VP Now At Competitor
• State Of Texas Legal Market: Litigation Trends
• Ex-Dallas Stars Pro Sues NHL For Denied Disability Benefits
• Texas Housing Credit Policy Upheld After High Court Remand
• SEC, IRS Say Wyly Ch. 11 Plan Flawed By Isle Of Man Trusts
• Gilstrap Kills 2 Intellectual Ventures Patents Under Alice
• Texas Group Wants Out-Of-State Booze Sellers Dried Up
• Ex-Employees Look To Revive Wal-Mart Sex Bias Claims
• Defining Attorney-Client Relationships In The Electronic Age
• State Of Texas Legal Market: It Isn't Just About Oil
• Oil Magnate Kicks Off Arbitration Over Pricey Rig
• Texas Beer Makers Upend Ban On Selling Distribution Rights
• Texas Taco Joint Fined $33K For Not Verifying Workers
• Texas Oil Field Operator Beats Suit Over Cratered Value
• Bridgetex Pipeline Says Stampede Energy Owes It $279M
• EFH Gets Green Light For First Phase Of Ch. 11 Exit
• Texas' C&J Energy Sues Ex-VP Who Left For Competitor
• Effort To Shrink Immigration Block Faces Steep Battle
• Texas Attys To Keep Right To Vote On Disciplinary Changes
• Apple Says VirnetX Can't Raise Willfulness In Patent Saga Now
• Coverage Denial Bid Off And Running In Texas Track Dispute
• BALCA Denies Teacher Labor Cert. Over Job Posting Flub
• Texas Drilling Pay Suit's Arbitrability Out Of Court's Hands
• GM Cleared By Jury In Texas Ignition Switch Trial
• 5th Circ. Asked To Revive Suit Over $1.4M Tax Penalty
• 4 Reasons Law Firm Business Development Initiatives Fail
• IRS Fights Wyly Estate's Bid To Escape $210M Tax Bill
• Samsung 'Willful' Infringement Verdict Enhanced To $20.9M
• Key Energy Intends To Restructure $1B Debt In Ch. 11
• Exxon Pushes Texas Court To Shut Down Mass. AG Probe
• What Happens When A State Runs Out Of Money?
• Nationwide Scope Of Immigration Action Block Challenged
• 5 Key Takeaways From Key Energy's FCPA Settlement
• Exploring The Limits Of The At-Will Employment Doctrine
• Country Singer Wins Atty Fees From Label In Copyright Suit
• Texas Home Health Company Can't Ditch $900K Sanction
• Texas PUC Says Entergy Can't Recoup Uncertain Expenses
• Motio Wins Injunction, But Not Fees, In Avnet Patent Case
• Workers Injured In Sunoco Blast Seeking $1M Or More
• Texas Atty Wants Stay Lifted In BP's Deepwater Fraud Suit
• Law Firm Sanctions Affirmed; Attys Must Take Ethics Classes
• Rainmaker Q&A: Mahendru's Ashish Mahendru
• Glenn Beck's News Outlet Says Ex-CEO Can't Get Indemnity
• Atty Calls Rival's Bid To Dodge Sanctions 'Confusing'
• Conflicting Courts On Neutral Canons
• Punctuation Errors Lead To Loss For Houston Attorney
• La. Loses Army Corps Cost-Sharing Challenge At 5th Circ.
• Lewis Brisbois Adds Father-Son Pair To Business Practice
• Gilstrap Grants LG New Damages Trial After $3.5M IP Loss
• Merger Privilege Claims Snarl ETE Unit-Offer Class Fight
• Reed Smith, Atty Depositions Sought In Dez Bryant Battle
• Immigrants Fear Sanctioning Gov't Would Violate Privacy
• GM Can't Get Sanctions In Texas Ignition Bellwether
• Highland, Ex-Exec Can't Sway Appeals Court To Shift Awards
• Texas Atty Wants His Own Trial In $8.8M Law Firm Fraud Suit
• Ex-College Athlete Can't Bring FCA Claims, 5th Circ. Told
• States, Religious Docs Sue HHS Over Transgender Guidance
• Crown Castle Prices $700M Bond To Pay Down Debt
• New Uncertainty Surrounds Disputes Over Foreign Stays
• 5th Circ. Won't Order $6M Ponzi Clawback From Golf Channel
• From BigLaw To Your Own Firm: 4 Tips For Legal Startups
• Trade Groups Urge Permanent Block Of DOL 'Persuader' Rule
• Texas Roils Recently Stilled Waters Of Patent Agent Privilege
• OSHA Fights Injunction Bid Over Injury Reporting Rule
• 'Fabricated' Evidence Dooms Texas Ignition Suit, GM Says
• Houston Law School Says UH Doesn't Own 'Houston' Name
• Opponents Mischaracterize Fiduciary Rule, DOL Says
• Texas Oil Co. Owner Arrested For Running Ponzi Scheme
• Texas Tribe Urges Federal Judge To Lift Bingo Ban
• Texas Realty Firm's Commission Award Reversed On Appeal
• Nigeria Oil Dispute With Chevron Sent To Arbitration
• Obama's Gender Identity Guidelines Blocked By Texas Judge
• 4 Communications Fundamentals For High-Stakes Litigation
• Recruiter Sues Holland & Knight Atty For Using Competitor
• Texas Jury Clears Spinal Device Co. In Patent Suit
• Judge Recommends Pilgrim's Pride Escape ERISA Stock Suit
• Judicial Nomination Logjam Strangles Texas Docket
• Texas Court Won't Recognize Patent Agent Privilege
• 5th Circ. Nixes Longhorn Steakhouse Atty Fees In Lease Row
• Ex-Voltaix Engineer Ordered To Pay $4M In Trade Secret Row
• Gordon Rees, Former Clients Settle Texas Malpractice Suit
• Split Texas Appeals Court Nixes City's Single-Use Bag Ban
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Gibson, Mayer Brown
• FDA Barred From Shutting Down Tissue Therapy Co.
• Baylor Cuts Ties With Ken Starr, Who Leaves Law Faculty
• High Court Inclusive Communities Ruling: 1 Year Later
• Texas Wind Farms Owe EFH Unit $9M For Undelivered Power
• Goodrich Settles Dispute Over Well Royalty Payments
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wako Pure Chemical, Vale, Starwood
• Texas High Court Won't Review Atty's Biz Tax Liability Fight
• 5 States With Gas Royalty Fights Worth Watching
• Risk Management Tips For Attys Serving As Local Counsel
• 5th Circ. Says Couple's Interrogation Claims Not Enough
• Claims Trimmed In Halliburton Trade Secrets Suit In Texas
• Gravel Co. Asks Texas Justices To Free It From Arbitration
• Trinity Fights Back On Escobar In $663M FCA Row
• Texas Atty Acquitted Of Scamming BP With Fake Claims
• Randy Travis Can't Keep Texas DWI Video Under Wraps
• 5th Circ. Urged To Let Houston Schools RICO Trial Proceed
• 5th Circ. Upholds Texas Official's 76-Month Bribery Sentence
• 5 Texas Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term
• Pause Sought In EPA Haze Plan Fight Amid Settlement Talks
• DTSA — New Strategy For 'Bring Your Own Cloud' Issues
• Texas Sen. Wants NFLer Sanctioned In Rental-Home Row
• 5th Circ. Says Bolivian Can't Get Asylum After Life In Mexico
• Ex-O'Quinn Client Wants Redo On Arbitration Enforcement
• Texas Law Firm Garners $482K After Ex-Client's No-Show
• Chase Accuses Whistleblowers Of 'Blatant Forum Shopping'
• Two Oil Cos. Quit Guinea Offshore Project To Settle Claims
• Texas Seeks To Shut Down Tribe's Electronic Bingo
• 5th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Faulty Spinal Implant Suit
• Beware The 'Standard' Mediation Confidentiality Agreement
• Norton Rose Nabs Insurance Partner From Akin Gump
• Texas Welder Burned In Sunoco Blast Seeks $10M Or More
• Marijuana Status Quo Maintained: What's Next?
• The Shifting Junction Of Trade Secret Law And Noncompetes
• Canadian Atty Admits Lying To Feds About Owning Texas Firm
• AMC Can't Stop Theater's Antitrust Suit Over 1st-Run Films
• Texas Court Trims Fraud Damages In $21M Royalty Dispute
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink $641M Exxon Pollution Suit Revival
• Insurers Must Split $4M Ladder Injury Deal, 5th Circ. Affirms
• 5th Circ. Melts Antitrust Claims Over Sno-Ball TMs
• Insurer Needn't Cover Dentists For Fake Yelp Review Suit
• Tyson Foods Fined $263K After Amputation At Texas Plant
• Atty, Debt Collector Fight Sanctions In Texas High Court
• Texas Judge Won't Sign Off On State Med Board's Appeal
• Seeger Weiss Immune From $6.9M Vioxx Row, 5th Circ. Told
• New ABA Tax Chair Wants To Recruit Younger Members
• 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Law Libraries
• Texas Weighs In: Do Contractors Have Blanket Indemnity?
• Marketers' Use Of DMV Info Hurt Drivers' Privacy, Suit Says
• Vinson & Elkins Scoops Up Corporate Tech Partner In Austin
• Nexstar Pushes FCC To Greenlight $4.6B Media General Deal
• Holland & Knight Adds Maritime, Energy Pro From Gray Reed
• GM Sheds 2nd Texas Ignition Switch Bellwether
• EEOC Rips Bass Pro's Rehearing Bid In Discrimination Appeal
• Feds Say Texas Man Lied To SEC During Fraud Investigation
• Hackers May Have Card Info From HEI Hotels In 10 States
• Courts Could Steer Fate Of Texas Water Reuse Projects
• Indian Worker Can't Challenge Visa Denial, 5th Circ. Says
• Blue Cross Can't Beat Verdict In $26M Suit, Court Hears
• Housing Camp Co. Says It's Owed For $47M Angola Project
• Total Says Judge Wrongly Nixed Manipulation Court Fight
• TPG Drops $2.25B On Grande Communications, RCN Telecom
• 5th Circ. Won't Unblock Law Shielding Gay Marriage Objectors
• Key Energy Pays SEC $5M To Settle FCPA Claims
• GAO Orders Relaunch Of $15.3M NASA HR Contract Award
• Anadarko Petroleum Seeks $25.6M From IRS
• Law Students Should Explore BigLaw Pro Bono Options
• Parties In Ex-Football Star False Claims Suit Avoid Default
• Exxon Fights For Coverage Row Atty Fees At 5th Circ.
• Apple Missed Chance To Pause Patent Case, VirnetX Says
• Texas Court Revives UBS Shareholder Defamation Suit
• 5th Circ. Urged To Nix AIG Win In Petroleum Loss Battle
• Texas Brewer Serves Up Infringement Suit Over Fireman Marks
• Bid To Sanction Civil Rights Atty For 'Racial Slur' Pulled
• Educator's Discharge Not Free Speech Violation: 5th Circ.
• Texas Attys Support $100K Penalty Facing Plaintiffs' Lawyer
• REIT Spirit Realty Prices $300M Debt Offering
• 5th Circ. Says Chevron Can't Duck Pirate Attack Suit
• Houston Co. Wants $400M In Williams Energy Contract Clash
• Dentons Nabs Restructuring Partner From King & Spalding
• Ace Must Cover Suit Over Fatal BP Plant Attack, Court Told
• 5th Circ. Won't Block $2.7M Fine For Exxon Pipeline Leak
• Cybercrime Insurance Cases In The 2nd Quarter Of 2016
• St. Paul Says Hurt Drilling Co. Worker's Deal Not Covered
• Extracting Opportunities From Texas Supreme Court 'Win'
• Honeywell Inks $300M Deal To Sell Gov't Contracting Unit
• 5th Circ. Urged To Rethink Texas' Standing In EEOC Suit
• Wyly Wants To Take $1.1B Tax Fraud Appeal To 5th Circ.
• BP Says FERC $20M Manipulation Fine Doesn't Hold Up
• 5th Circ. Axes Fine Against Staffing Co. In I-9 Scuffle
• Texas Voter Accommodation Plan OK'd After ID Law Tossed
• Son Of NBA Star Moses Malone Sues Nightclub After Assault
• $12.7M Verdict Reversed In Dispute Over Oil Well Blowout
• Legal Team Forms To Focus On E-Sports, Online Gambling
• Wind Farm Fights Arbitration With Utility At 5th Circ.
• Most DACA Enrollees Reapplying For Deportation Relief
• Tract Home Exclusion Bars Defect Coverage, 5th Circ. Affirms
• Horizontal Exhaustion Not The Texas Way, 5th Circ. Told
• Bribery Charges Mount For Ex-City Attorney, Mayor In Texas
• FCA Suit Against Deion Sanders Fails, Church Says
• Crackdown On Money Laundering In Real Estate Is Expanding
• Apple Had Fair Trial In $625M Patent Loss, VirnetX Argues
• CORRECTED: Hedrick Kring Nabs Litigation Attorney From Akin Gump
• Texas Atty Wants Sanctions For Litany Of False Statements
• Texas Court Asked To Revisit Fuel Spill Coverage Ruling
• Texas Bar Won't Sanction AG For Same-Sex Marriage Opinion
• Citi Trends Gets Review Of Class Waiver Order At 5th Circ.
• Wal-Mart Tells 5th Circ. Sex-Bias Claims Don't Merit Revival
• Deals Rumor Mill: Jeld-Wen, Samsung, Entertainment One
• Ex-DynCorp Worker Asks 5th Circ. To Rethink Venue Rejection
• La. Says Whole Woman's Health Means Abortion Case Remand
• Payday Lender Gets Harassment Case Sent To Arbitration
• Goodyear Says Entergy Unit Wrongly Nixed Power Supply Deal
• Texas Judge Appoints New Arbitrator In Saudi Bribery Row
• Rig Accident Malpractice Case Not Ripe, Says Texas Court
• Liberty Mutual, AIG Units End $34M Verdict Coverage Spat
• Facebook, Google Beat Patent Holder's Bid For Review
• 5th Circ. Tosses FERC Orders In Regional Planning Appeal
• Mass AG Rips Into Exxon Suit Over Climate Change Subpoena
• Life Insurers Say Fiduciary Rule Will Harm Annuity Trade
• Ogletree Snags Ex-Morgan Lewis Employment Pro In Dallas
• Gov't Argues It Did Not Mislead Court In Immigration Case
• 5th Circ. Denies Request To Rehear Honda Air Bag Suit
• Paxton Prosecutors Say AG's Case Should Head For Trial
• Dallas Jury Finds Clinic, Doc Responsible For Harassment
• Texas County Enacts Roadblock To High-Speed Rail Project
• PE Shop Again Trims Wingstop Stake In $175M Secondary Sale
• DHS Sued For Immigration Enforcement Docs
• DC Circ. Tosses Southwest's Review Bid In Gate-Sharing Fight
• Writing Arbitration Clauses To Get The Arbitration You Want
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Health Pro From Haynes And Boone
• Feds Say Ex-Atty's Funds Are Theirs In $9.3M Ponzi Scheme
• CBRE Arranges $120.5M Bridge Loan For Texas, Va. Portfolio
• At-Will Doesn't Let Employers Fire Legal Gun Owners: 5th Circ.
• Trinity Can't Duck $663M FCA Hit With Escobar, 5th Circ. Told
• American Air Can't Undo Audit Job Certification Denial
• School District Loses 5th Circ. Tax Battle With Glassmaker
• Cephalon To Pay $125M To Settle Provigil Antitrust Litigation
• HP Unit Gets No Traction At BALCA In Work-From-Home Row
• States Ask Full 5th Circ. To Reverse La. Frog Habitat Ruling
• Godwin PC Rebrands As Godwin Bowman & Martinez PC
• Consumers Hit Back On Equifax Bid To Toss Credit Report Suit
• Stanford Investors Blast Hunton & Williams' Immunity Bid
• Locke Lord Woos Tax Partner Back From Ernst & Young
• NJ High Court Won't Hear Utica Mutual Coverage Dispute
• Oil Industry Website Exec Wants Out Of Info Theft Suit
• Let Macy's Bargaining Unit Ruling Stand, 5th Circ. Hears
• Steinhoff Unveils $3.8B Deal For U.S. Mattress Retailer
• BALCA Reverses Labor Cert. Denial For Educational Job
• SM Energy To Pay $980M For Rock Oil's Midland Basin Assets
• Deion Sanders Fights Default In FCA Suit
• Texas Moves To Nix Business Group's Alcohol Regulator Suit
• OPINION: Spokeo's Federalism Problem
• Polsinelli Hires Trigger Attys' DQ In Texas Employment Suit
• Apple Hit With Patent Suit Over Sensor Technology
• Blizzard, Riot Get Game IP Suits Moved Out Of East Texas
• Insurer Must Cover Trophy Co. In TM Spat, 5th Circ. Told
• Houston Schools' Chief Auditor Files Whistleblower Suit
• Leading Exxon's Attys A Career Capstone For GC Jack Balagia
• Stanford Receiver Pushes For OK Of $35M Chadbourne Deal
• Dell Latest To Settle Ethernet Patent Suit With Network-1
• Centerboard Fights Benefuel's Last-Minute Jury Trial Demand
• Hanover Seeks To Avoid Coverage For Construction Dispute
• FERC Hits Trader With Gas Market Manipulation Charge
• Baylor U. Wants Title IX Sex Assault Suit Tossed
• Goodrich Petroleum Gets Initial Nod On New $40M Financing
• Real Estate Rumors: Lyft And Uber, Elandis, Metzler
• Carabin & Shaw Fights Publishing Of 5th Circ. FMLA Opinion
• 9 Tips For Becoming A Legal Pundit In The Media
• 5th Circ. Haze Ruling May Cloud Clean Air Act Litigation
• US Chamber Challenges Anti-Tax Inversion Rule
• States Seek Injunction To Block Obama's Gender ID Policy
• BNP Spinoff, PE-Backed Retailer Price IPOs Totaling $615M
• Texas Official Says EPA Air Quality Proposal Not Practical
• ZTE, Acacia Agree To Licensing Deal To End Patent Dispute
• Texas Rep. Owes Former Client $544K For Withholding Funds
• Big Bank 'Mishmash' Revived Because Docs Weren't Mailed
• ETE Unit-Offer Challengers Want Court To Order Doc Release
• Houston Bar Hits Newspaper, TV Station With Libel Suit
• Enviros Can't Force Drilling Waste Regs Update, Court Told
• NY AG Ends Noncompetes At Medical Information Company
• Murphy Oil Says Disability Policy Precludes EEOC Bias Suit
• Law Firm Employees Can Better Defend Against Cyberthreats
• Shrimp Farm Settles Monopoly Claims Against Breeder
• Commerce Insurance Joins Liberty In Oil Well Blast Dispute
• Apple Reaches Agreement To End Siri Patent Dispute
• Texas, Civil Rights Groups Reach Voter ID Terms For November
• JPMorgan Can't Block Experts In Texas Soccer Club Suit
• BlackBerry Accuses Avaya Of Infringing Mobile, Tech Patents
• Global Geophysical Services Heads Back To Ch. 11
• 5th Circ. Haze Ruling Not Linked To CPP, EPA Tells DC Circ.
• UBS Beats Suit Claiming Brokers Deceived Enron Investors
• Banker's Estate Seeks Tax Refund Over $140M Of Art
• Ropes & Gray Asks Texas Judge To Enforce $2.3M Fees Win
• A Worrying Insurance Trend: Litigation, No Cooperation
• Enbridge, Marathon Pay $2B For Bakken Pipeline Stake
• Allergy Test Maker Says Physician Antitrust Claims Off Base
• 5 New Immigration Judges Named For Texas, Ill., Penn., NJ
• Exxon Pushes For En Banc Rehearing In $641M Refinery Suit
• Patent Suit Limits Would Aid Tech Giants, Say Profs
• Acacia Loses Bid To Drop DQ Appeal In Schlumberger IP Spat
• Real Estate Rumors: Canyon Capital, Jimmy Tisch, Fortis
• Crude Oil Processing Co. Says Pipeline Co. Owes It $3.1M
• Greenberg Traurig Wants $2.2M Clawback Suit Tossed
• Texas AG Wants Top Criminal Court To Block Securities Trial
• Houston Law School Wants Rival's Name Change Blocked
• Preparing Corporate Witnesses: A Primer
• Texas Attys Can Use Rivals In Ad Keywords, Ethics Panel Says
• Texas Bar Urges Caution When Using Firm-Owned Vendors
• Texas Atty Slams 'Vitriolic' Sanction Opposition In ADA Row
• Wind Co. Says Bid To Blow Off Arbitral Evidence 'Absurd'
• Oncor Worker Wrongly Axed For Texas Testimony, NLRB Says
• Fuel Spill Insurance Ruling A Law-School-Ready Mixed Bag
• Pilots Union Beats Seniority Suit Over Continental Merger
• UT Immunology Prof Claims School Forced Her Out Over Age
• Starbucks Hits Back At Houston Atty's Hot Coffee Claims
• Nintendo Urges Fed. Circ. To Keep Monitor IP Suit Dead
• Seyfarth Shaw Says Claims Barred In $10M Malpractice Suit
• BigLaw's (Crowded) Passage To India?
• The Halo Effect: More Jury Trials On Willfulness