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Texas - October, 2016

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• Wal-Mart's Protest Ban Is 'Overly Broad,' Texas Court Says
• NobelBiz Patent Award Boosted To More Than $2M
• Apache's $43M Award In Oil Well-Plugging Suit Bears Asterisk
• Ex-Texas High Court Chiefs Still Shape The Law Off The Bench
• Pro-Athlete Personal Injury Liability Claims Taking Hold
• ATP Trustee Seeks OK On Deal Freeing Co. Of $48M In Fees
• Ford Again Challenges Versata Software Patents
• Justices Won't Hear Crash Victims' Suit Against Domino's
• Wyly Unsecured Creditors Slam $198M Deal With SEC
• Supreme Court Turns Down Look At $156M Steel Verdict
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 2
• NextEra Pays $2.4B For Remaining Stake In Oncor Electric
• Foreclosure Law Firms Get A Break At The 9th Circ.
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 7
• 5th Circ. Raises Questions About Workplace Gun Policies
• Trial Bundling Comes Under Fire In Boston Scientific Appeal
• Obergefell Didn't Resolve All Same-Sex Issues, Says Texas
• 5th Circ. Won't Toss USCIS Brief With Cocaine Mention
• Wyly Estate Chapter 11 Plan Denied Confirmation
• Don't 'Friend' Potential Jurors, IP Row Judge Warns Attys
• Texas Justices Side With Landowners On Eagle Ford Lease
• Permian Basin A Hot Spot For Deals Despite Low Oil Prices
• Texas Justices Side With Insurer, Reject Discovery Order
• Omnicare Survives Ex-Agent's Bid To Revive $630M FCA Suit
• NLRB Again Bemoans Class Waivers At 5th Circ.
• Mass. AG Can't Duck Climate Discovery Order, Exxon Says
• Travelers Wants Out Of Chuck E. Cheese's Shareholder Fight
• 5th Circ. Upholds $25.2M Tax Preparer Fraud Conviction
• DC Circ. Nixes Appeal Of Offshore Drilling Revenue Rule
• Xerox Settles Shareholder Suit Over Upcoming Split
• Turning Tides For Employee Arbitration Agreements
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 6
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 1
• Deepwater Attys To Get $555M Payday After BP Settlements
• Elite Gymnast Names Karolyis, National Team In Abuse Suit
• Wal-Mart Sees $1.4 Judgment Vacated In Optometrist Dispute
• Tort Reform Group Says Texas Dismissal Rule Was Misapplied
• Watchdog Wants Texas AG To Probe Solar Panel Firms
• Marriott Slams Travel Agency In Super Bowl Rooms Suit
• Dozens Charged Over Massive Call Center Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Unlikely To Unwind ConocoPhillips Arbitration Win
• Nuclear Agency Urged To Scrap Texas Waste Project
• Propel Orthodontics Ordered To Stop False Advertisements
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 5
• Rainmaker Q&A: Godwin Bowman's Bruce Bowman
• Texas Enviros To Appeal Loss Of Bid To Block Road Projects
• Oil Co. Wants CWA Offenses Kept Out Of Well-Plugging Trial
• Cornerstone Ex-CEO Tells Jury PE Fund Stole Prime Deal
• Midstream Service Cos. Fight Rejection Of Sabine Contracts
• IRS Tells 5th Circ. Dual Citizen Can't Sue Over Potential Fine
• Swiss Release $51M In Venezuelan Oil Assets To US
• Ford Motor Credit Can't Escape TCPA Suit In Light of Spokeo
• FERC's In-House Civil Penalties Challenged In 5th Circ.
• PwC Must Cough Up Docs In NY AG Exxon Climate Probe
• NLRB Urges 5th Circ. To Enforce Class-Waiver Ban For Citi
• $5.4M Settles SEC Oil Investor Fraud Dispute In Texas
• T-Mobile, MetroPCS Work Rules Illegal, NLRB Tells 5th Circ.
• Immigration Atty Wants CIS Brief Nixed For Cocaine Reference
• Time Warner Takeover Pushes Need For Uniform Privacy Regs
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 4
• St. Jude, Medtronic Sued Over Heart Valve Patents
• Too Early For Contractors To Celebrate Fair Pay Rule Win
• 5th Circ. Says Man Can Be Deported For Intent To Sell Weed
• PE-Backed Smart Sand Primes $175M IPO
• Baker Botts Steers Carrizo On $181M Buy, $225M Share Sale
• Cameron Can't Block Former Exec From All Middle East Work
• Texas Fights Fed Challenge Of Obama Bathroom Injunction
• Texas Nursing Home Co. To Pay $5.3M In FCA Deal
• Andrews Kurth Guides ETP In $640M PennTex Midstream Deal
• Kirkland Adds Ex-Freshfields Corporate Partner In Houston
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 3
• Bridging The Gap Between Outside And Inside Counsel
• Labor Violation Reporting Requirement Halted By Texas Judge
• States Ask For Quick Win In ACA Transgender Rule Fight
• Gold's Gym, Trainers Get Nod On $625K Deal In Wage Suit
• Petrobas' Chain-Break Suit Wrongly Revived, Justices Told
• Texas Bar Clarifies Rules On Handling Confidential Info
• Texas Ebola Nurse Settles Suit With Hospital Owner
• Abbott Whistleblower Urges 5th Circ. To Revive $219M Suit
• Borrowers Say Payday Lender's Criminal Cases Kill Arbitration
• EEOC Says Recent Tyson Ruling Irrelevant In Bass Pro Fight
• Retirement Ends Judicial Misconduct Probe For Hudspeth
• Travel Sites Say Their Attys Don't Owe Texas Cities Info
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 2
• So You Want To Be A Partner? You Need A Mentor
• Rainmaker Q&A: León Cosgrove's John Bosco
• AT&T Inks 2016's Biggest Deal With $85.4B Time Warner Offer
• 4 More Women To Join Baylor Sex Assault Response Suit
• SEC Tries Again With New Fraud Complaint Against Texas AG
• PE Fund Turns To High Court In Texas Hospital Buy Suit
• Texas Justices Won't Take Up Bass Family Oil Lease Fight
• Offshore Worker Injury Suit Heads For Texas High Court
• Vanguard Escapes Investor Suit Over Eagle Rock Deal
• Ch. 15 Judge Shields STX Offshore From $36M Arbitration Tab
• Texas Couple Pleads Guilty To 'Enslaving' Nigerian Nanny
• 'Production Sharing Agreement' Wells: Pros And Cons
• Taxation With Representation: Vinson, Wachtell, Latham
• Exxon Using Mass. AG Climate Row To Duck NY, Judge Told
• Texas Justices Take Andrews Kurth Malpractice Suit
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Oil Equipment Tax Break Row
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Tesoro Petroleum Name Suit
• Don't Forget To Consider State Privacy Laws In M&A
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 1
• Travel Agency Seeks Quick Win In Super Bowl Rooms Suit
• Not Quite Final: The Fight Over DOL's New Overtime Rules
• Toilet Scent Maker Pooh-Poohs Competitor In Trademark Suit
• Feds Appeal Block Of Obama's Transgender School Rule
• 2nd Circ. Lets Locke Lord Weigh In On Swiss Knife DQ Fight
• Pipe Maker, Biotech Price IPOs Raising $439M
• Apache Ruling Narrows Reach Of Digital Fraud Coverage
• Apartment Builder ICI Says Texas Complex Owes $4.6M
• 'Hasty' Judge Botched RBS Libor Claim Again, 2nd Circ. Told
• Consolidation Granted In DOL Overtime Rule Lawsuits
• AT&T Tells Texas Court To Drop ERISA Insurance Dispute
• Baylor's Sexual Assault Woes Draw Fed Scrutiny
• Trial Pros' Secret To Courtroom Success
• Texas Court Revives Malpractice Claim Against Law Firm
• Don't Ditch Deepwater Evidence Yet, La. Parish Says
• Milestone REIT Drops $242M On Apartment Portfolio
• 2nd Injunction Hearing Set In Houston Law School Name Fight
• PE Fund Denies Poaching Execs In $700M Texas Hospital Suit
• Yellow Pages Co. Pays $2.1M To Settle Workers' FLSA Claims
• ExxonMobil Climate Order Bolsters Sanctions Bid, Group Says
• Enviros Lose Bid To Block $500M Austin Highway Projects
• Tribe Health Plan Administrators Dodge $2.1M ERISA Suit
• Judge Affirms Block Of Obama's Gender Identity Guidance
• 5th Circ. Vacates Apache Win In $1.5M Fraud Coverage Fight
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 4, Callisto
• Farrar & Ball Seeks Sanctions In Case Against Ex-Paralegal
• Full 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Bombardier's $32M Tax Appeal
• EZCorp, CEO Dodge Securities Suit In Texas For Now
• Physical Therapy Chain Execs Convicted Of Health Fraud
• Texas Intervenes In Fight Over Firefighter Union Leave Policy
• GE Cites IP Atty Breach In Barnes & Thornburg DQ Motion
• ExxonMobil Says IRS Owes It $1.35B In Botched Tax Refund
• Energy XXI Equity Owners Seek Class Cert. In Ch. 11
• Tristream Creditors Sue Over Rejection Of Midstream Deals
• Samsung Ship Unit Loses Bid For Repair Contract Arbitration
• SM Energy Picks Up West Texas Acreage In $1.6B Deal
• Oasis Petroleum To Pay $785M For ND Drilling Acreage
• St. Joseph To Pay $2.1M Over Leaked Patient Records
• Texas Medical Board Drops 5th Circ. Telemedicine Appeal
• Hunt Petroleum Heir Blasts Claims For $10M Gift Tax Refund
• Texas Ranch Says Its Fight Against ETP Pipeline Isn't Moot
• Law Firm Can't Appeal $7.8M Settlement Enforcement Denial
• Rival Sports Agencies' Noncompete Row Sent To Fed. Court
• Biz Groups Want DOL Overtime Rule Suits Consolidated
• Nursing Homes Want CMS' Arbitration Ban Thrown Out
• CFTC Inks $35M Settlement With Unregistered Forex Traders
• Ex-Linebacker Sues NFL, Former Team Over Achilles Injury
• 5th Circ. Affirms Chartis Win In $30M Tesoro Cleanup Battle
• Will Your State Be Ready When FirstNet's Plan Arrives?
• 5th Circ. Won't Allow Federal Wells Fargo FLSA Suit
• Exxon Wants To Add NY AG To Climate Subpoena Suit
• OPINION: 3rd-Party Litigation Funding Needs Transparency
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revive $10M Warehouse Fire Coverage Suit
• Marriott Wants To Check Out Of Super Bowl Travel Suit
• Pleading Direct Infringement After Abrogation Of Rule 84
• OPINION: Employee Political Coercion Protections Are Weak
• Biz Groups Seek Fast Ruling In DOL Overtime Rule Challenge
• 2 Docs, 8 Others Charged In $100M Tricare Fraud Scheme
• Unbuilt Texas Cancer Center Creditors' Ch. 11 Plan Approved
• Law Firm Says It Can Fight Marshall Heir's Suit In 5th Circ.
• Mexican Broadcasters Urge Justices To Nix Defamation Case
• Subpoena Row In American-US Air Merger Suit Hits Justices
• Supreme Court Dumps Deaf Texans' Driver's Ed Appeal
• Citgo Asks 5th Circ. To Downsize $81M Oil Spill Fine
• High Court Asset Freeze Ruling No Aid To Stanford, Feds Say
• RSP Permian Pays $2.4B To Acquire Silver Hill Energy Cos.
• Houston Law School Must Change Name, Judge Rules
• IRS Nonprofit Test Unconstitutional, Conservative Group Says
• NLRB Says 7th Circ. Ruling Dooms Macy's Rehearing Push
• Texas Justices Avoid ConocoPhillips Well Fight With Deal
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Prices $150M Preferred Stock Offer
• EFH Gets Blessing On Deal Over $122M Wind Farm Claim
• St. Paul Must Defend Against IP Suit, 5th Circ. Hears
• Anglo-Dutch Loses Bid To Nix Interest On Atty Fees
• LG Settles Camera Patent Appeal At Fed. Circ.
• Girardi & Keese Failed To Split Fees, Texas Atty Claims
• Mass. AG, Exxon Will Trade Evidence In Climate Fight
• Texas Hospital Chain Tells Jury PE Firm Cost It $700M
• High Court Won't Hear Widow's Cancer Suit Against Gas Cos.
• Asbestos Ruling Unfair To Excess Insurers, 5th Circ. Hears
• Xerox Preferred Shareholder Sues To Block Company Split
• States Seek Injunction To Block DOL Overtime Expansion Rule
• Samsung Denied Atty Fees After DSS Patent Win At Fed. Circ.
• Texas Says Tribe Can't Avoid Casino Inspection
• Energy Execs Must Give Back Tax Refunds, 5th Circ. Says
• Ford Defect Suit May Not Belong In Fed. Court: 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Won't Speed Up Total Gas Manipulation Appeal
• OPINION: Pro Bono This Political Season
• 5th Circ. Upholds Sanctions For SkyPort Investor Advisers
• Suspended Dallas Appellate Judge Resigns
• 4 Texas Oil Cos. To Pay $3.5M For Clean Air Act Violations
• 5th Circ. Says EEOC Can Pursue Fired Nurse's ADA Claim
• Texas AG's Win In SEC Battle Won't Shut Down Fraud Charges
• Texas AG Says Brownsville's Plastic Bag Fee Is Unlawful Tax
• 5th Circ. Tells Widow Vioxx Deal Protects Seeger Weiss
• J&J Trial's Remote Witnesses Test Limits Of Subpoena Power
• White Collar Partners Join Bracewell From K&L Gates
• High Court Ends Gov't Contract Atty's Northrop FCA Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Partner, 2 Associates In Texas
• Heirs Ask Texas Justices To Revive Exxon, Shell Claims
• Enviros Press Bid To Block $500M Austin Highway Projects
• Texas Firm Brings Fight For Excess Insurance To 5th Circ.
• Samsung Says Jury Was Right To Invalidate Imaging Patent
• $12M Akin Gump Malpractice Row Needs Review: Developer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brigham Resources, Actis, Advent
• Treasury's Inversion Rule Undermines Tax Law, Chamber Says
• Toyota Recalls 340K Vehicles Due To Faulty Parking Brakes
• Dalfen Sells More Than $100M In Properties Across 5 States
• The Art Of Silence At Trial
• Texas Criminal Court Won't Take AG's Securities Fraud Appeal
• BP Says Well Production Doesn't Affect Its Rights To Lease
• Justices To Examine Border Agent's Immunity In Teen's Death
• Baylor Fights Bid To Add Claims In Sex Assault Response Suit
• MD Anderson Sues Lyme Disease NonProfit Over Trademark
• Apache, W&T Offshore Abandonment Pact Found Ambiguous
• Budget Legislation Doesn't Extend EB-5 Program, Suit Says
• Porter Hedges Adds Cross-Border Energy Pro From McKool
• Convicted Texas Atty's Wife Can't Stop House Sale By Gov't
• Ex-Baker Botts Patent Client Tries Again To Revive $41M Win
• 5th Circ. Returns Burger King Europe Suit To District Court
• Texas Man Jailed For Tribal Membership Sales To Immigrants
• Okla. High Court Keeps $30M Verdict In Pipeline Blast Suit
• Marathon Petroleum Says BP Owes It For Texas Refinery Fixes
• Davis Polk Advises Noble Group On $1B Energy Unit Sale
• Contentious Fair Pay Rule For Contractors Sparks Texas Suit
• Texas Oil Co. Luxe Energy Picks Up $524M From NGP
• Total Pushes For Speedy FERC Gas Manipulation Appeal
• Pipeline Co. Tells 5th Circ. Eminent Domain Appeal Is Moot
• 10 Things To Look For This Supreme Court Term
• Oil Exec Shouldn't Get Redo On Contempt Order, SEC Asserts
• Tribe Knocks Texas Attempt To Force Casino Inspection
• Texas Attorney General Dodges SEC's Stock Fraud Suit
• Texas Firm Can't Nix New Claims In Debt Collection Suit
• Wells Fargo Beats Fraud Claims Linked To Ponzi Scheme
• Pipe Maker, Gene Biotech Co. Prepare IPOs Totaling $443M
• SAP, Accenture Lose Bid For Fees In Wellogix IP Row
• Texas CPA On Hook For $4M In Tax Deficiencies
• Texas Drops Appeal In Syrian Refugee Resettlement Case
• Texas Doctor Gets Over 5 Years For $6.6M Medicare Fraud
• EPA Agrees To Review Gas Emissions Standards To End Suit
• Texas Alcohol Regulator Can't Dodge Business Group's Suit
• Texas Justices Stay Legal Fee Fight Over GMO Rice MDL
• 'Creative' Bid For $2.5M In Fees Rejected In Jeweler IP Row
• Patrón Sues Former Ad Agency For Trademark Violations
• Rainmaker Q&A: Jackson Walker's Mary Emma Karam
• Del. Asks Chancery To Enforce Unclaimed Property Summons
• Munck Wilson Enters Austin, Adds IP, Litigation Partners
• Texas Developer Says Zurich Owes $1.6M In Water Damage
• Backpage CEO Charged With Pimping Through His Website
• Fugitive Stanford Ponzi Scheme Exec Liable For $14M
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Win In Oil Royalties Fight
• CVR Wants Wachtell Negligence Suit Over $37M Fees Revived
• Texas Plastics Biz Wins $5M From Competing Ex-Execs
• Coming Soon: The 3-D (And 4-D) Brief
• No New Trial In Int'l Paper Texas River Pollution Scuffle
• Texas AG Joins Fight Against Austin Short-Term Rental Law
• Medicare Fraudster Wants 40-Year Sentence Vacated
• Gilstrap Pauses Review Of Most Acacia Unit Patents
• J&J Demands Mistrial As DePuy Chief Takes Stand
• Kia's Win In Defective Fuel Tank Suit Upheld By 5th Circ.
• Unclaimed Property Rules At Stake In High Court Fight
• Murphy Energy Files Ch. 11, Eyes Possible Sale
• 5th Circ. Says Developers' FCA Dallas Suit Is Nothing New
• Bradley Enters Texas With 9-Lawyer Houston Office
• Sherwin Can't Abandon Toxic Red Mud Beds, Texas Says
• Uber Won't Face Unwanted Text Message Suits As MDL
• MD Anderson Sues Ohio Charity Over Cancer Trademarks
• Jane Does Cite Baylor Ex-Title IX Chief To Back Claims
• Texas' Hard Stance On Verein Names May Spur Rule Changes
• Cooper & Scully Owes $1M For Negligence, Says Homebuilder
• Andrews Kurth Adds Oil And Gas Vet As Partner In Houston
• McGuireWoods Adds Employment Partner From Munsch Hardt
• Texas Dentist Files $10M Suit Over Botched Autopsy Report
• The 'Tough Noogies' Doctrine: Rights But No Remedies
• The Latest Developments In Paid Sick Leave Compliance
• 5th Circ. Sends Bank Employee's OT Suit To Arbitration
• J&J Attacks Alternative Artificial Hip During First Cross
• Tyson Pays $1.6M To Settle Hiring Discrimination Claims
• SEC Says Wyly Estate Must Hand Over $101M Final Judgment
• Texas Franchise Tax Bills Can Be Tweaked, State Justices Told
• 5th Circ. Shuts Down C3PO In DynCorp Afghan Contract Row
• Texas Judge's Retirement Cancels Sex Harassment Discipline
• Total Wants Appeal Sped Up In $225M FERC Manipulation Suit
• EFH Settles $40M In Uranium Contract Claims
• App Developer Boosts Privacy For Kids To End Texas' Claims
• Two More Ask To Join Suit As Baylor Title IX Chief Resigns
• Rainmaker Q&A: Deans & Lyons' Chad Castille
• Magazine Doesn't Trust Wikipedia In 'Welfare Queen' Suit
• BP Says Investors Must Follow $175M Deal's Opt-Out Rules
• AdvoCare Wants To Arbitrate Ex-Director's Claim To CEO Spot
• Environmentalists Urge Obama Not To Expand Gulf Drilling
• Don Pablo's Tex-Mex Chain Latest Restaurant To Hit Ch. 11
• Deutsche Buys 3.3M-Square-Foot Industrial Portfolio
• J&J Artificial Hips' Market Success Built On Lies, Jury Told
• 5th Circ. Removes Judge From Miss. AG's Entergy Suit
• Lender Wins $8.6M Judgment In Hunt Oil Heir Fight
• Texas Uber Drivers Must Arbitrate Wage Claims, Judge Says
• Liberty Asks Court To Limit Exxon Refinery Repair Coverage
• Full 5th Circ. Affirms Class Cert. In Pyramid-Scheme Suit
• Pepsi Wants Texas High Court To Hear $308M Asbestos Case
• JPMorgan Hit With $5.6M Verdict Over Soccer Club's Accounts
• Texas Oil Co. Exec Says SEC Fraud Case Must Go To Trial
• Texas Justices Told Heineken Stake Shouldn't Stop Permit
• Exxon Fights Pipeline Regulator's $2.6M Fine At 5th Circ.
• Apple Hit With $300M VirnetX Patent Verdict In Texas
• Fed. Circ. Eyes Engine Patent That Netted $17M Jury Award
• SEC Gets $9.3M From Texas Penny Stock Violator
• Rainmaker Q&A: Lynn Pinker's Michael Hurst
• Texas Firm Will Pay $350K To Exit Fee Row Over Bayer MDL
• IRS Settles With Banker's Estate Over Tax On $140M In Art
• 3 Firms Steer Altisource-Amherst $652M Portfolio Deal
• Amusement Park Injuries: Can State Gov'ts Be Held Liable?
• An Employer's Guide To Surviving A Heated Election Season
• High Court Won't Rehear Obama Immigration Action Case