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Texas - December, 2016

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• 6 Key Commercial Litigation Finance Trends For 2017
• 2016 Environmental Case Law Highlights: Part 1
• 2016 Kept Employers On Their Toes, Expect The Same In 2017
• 5 Ways To Fight Costlier Legal Malpractice Claims In 2017
• Sanders, Other Legislators Urge Revival Of DOL OT Rule
• Texas Justices To Hear $3M Jackson Walker Ranch Sale Dispute
• Texas Justices Take Up Construction Defect Coverage Case
• Texas High Court Will Decide Drilling Unit Royalty Row
• Texas High Court To Review Longview Energy's $95M Fight
• Nokia Hits Apple With Patent Suits In Texas, Europe, Asia
• Texas Court Revives Cleanup Cos.' Trade Secrets Row
• FERC Greenlights $10B Gas Export Terminal In Texas
• 5th Circ. Affirms $1M Attys' Fees In Trade Secret Row
• Texas Mutual Wins Fee Fight With Air Ambulance Co.
• Tenet Board Faces Shareholder Suit Over $513M FCA Case
• Texas Jury Convicts Landscape Co. Owner Of Visa Fraud
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Skadden, Ropes
• Texas Cable TV Co. Reaches $750K Deal To End FLSA Suit
• 4 Texans Indicted In $242K 'Foreclosure Rescue Scheme'
• US Sues Barclays Over Pre-Crisis Mortgage Securities
• How Employers Can Navigate Worker Mental Illness
• Patrón, Ex-Ad Agency Settle Trademark Dispute
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2016
• Texas Newspaper Can't Shake Libel Suit At Appeals Court
• Eagle Ford Driller Can't Shake Injunction Barring New Wells
• Texas Hospital Can't End Suit Over 6-Year-Old's Death
• Radioactive Waste Cos. Can't Move Merger Suit To Texas
• Basing Bonus On Class Waiver Is Illegal, NLRB Tells 5th Circ.
• The Biggest Environmental Law Rulings Of 2016
• Hunt Petroleum Heir Shakes Claims For $10M Gift Tax Refund
• Texas Atty Says $175K Sanction 'Replete With Errors'
• Backpage Dismissal Does Not Solve Websites' Woes
• Texas Hospital Can't Duck Health Care Liability Claims
• State AGs May Turn Up Enforcement Under Trump
• Building Momentum For The Pay Equity Movement In BigLaw
• Are You Prepared For A 'Post-Fact' Jury?
• Eminent Domain Fight Over Texas Rail Project Goes To Trial
• Baker Hughes Can't Dodge Nalco's Antitrust Claims In IP Row
• Arnold & Porter, GE Counsel Hit With DQ Bid In IP Row
• Texas Man Charged With Bilking Investors In Ponzi Scheme
• Texas AG Says ABA Ethics Rule Restricts Speech, Religion
• 5th Circ. Rules FLSA Plaintiffs Can Seek Emotional Damages
• Canadian Pipeline Challenged Over Impact On Killer Whales
• EFH Settles $800M Prepay Premium Fight With Senior Lenders
• EPA Can't Evade Court Review Of Haze Plan, 5th Circ. Told
• AGs' Climate Probe A Biased Fishing Expedition, Exxon Says
• $1B Verdict In J&J Hip Implant Bellwether Up For Judge's OK
• Texas Appeals Court Says Botched-Rehab Suit Can Proceed
• Activist Loses Appeal In Fight Over REIT's Boardroom
• Holding Co. Says Apple Can't Stay Suit For PTAB Ruling
• Texas Appeals Court Nixes Class Cert. In Barratry Suit
• McGlinchey Stafford Adds Dallas Litigator From Dykema
• 2 Texas Oil And Gas Drillers Merge In $445M Deal
• First Reserve Commits Up To $250M To Texas Oil Co.
• Atty Accused Of Coercing Clients Into Sex Is Disbarred
• Oil Exec Liable For Securities Fraud, Texas Court Finds
• Texas Court Affirms Malpractice Win For Hospital, Doctor
• Ex-Proskauer Atty Set To Exit $5B Stanford Ponzi Suit
• Twitter Must Work With Newsweek Writer To ID Attacker
• Gay Marriage Bill In Miss. Like Segregation, 5th Circ. Told
• High Court Urged To Revive Verizon ERISA Pension Suit
• Keeping Pro Se Litigants At Bay
• Texas Energy Firm Sues To Block Bain's 'Hostile' Strategy
• Oilpro Founder Admits To Hacking Rival Website
• Texas Justices Reject Med Mal Case Over Sovereign Immunity
• Texas Court Upholds Builder's $20M Win Against Houston Port
• Texas Judge Tells Mostyn Firm To Curb Baseless Hail Claims
• Texas Lawyers Must Mind Metadata, Ethics Committee Says
• Wal-Mart Dodges Discovery Contempt In Termination Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Akin, Vinson, Cleary, Sidley
• Nursing Home Med Mal Suit Nixed Over Weak Expert Report
• Samsung Urges 5th Circ. To Make Supplier Arbitrate $3M Row
• Woman Arrested For Swindling Ricky Williams, Other Athletes
• Texas Fetal Disposal Rule Change Halted Until January
• Dell, Tech Cos. Can't Invalidate Patents Before Trial
• Gramercy Property Trust Drops $521M On Logistics Portfolio
• Energy Deal-Making Stoked By 2016 Oil Price Recovery
• The Biggest Employment Cases Of 2016
• Nursing Home, Hospital Not Liable In Mentally Ill Mom's Death
• St. Paul Needn't Defend Porn Site's IP Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• A Trademark Year In Wine And Beer 2016: Part 5
• My Strangest Day In Court: The 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing
• Are Courts In The Discovery Driver's Seat?
• Texas Family Seeks Millions For Mentally Ill Mom's Death
• Justices Could Deal Blow To East Texas Patent Docket
• DOL Tells 5th Circ. It Has Power To Use Salary In OT Rule
• Houston Talk Radio Station Sues Vendor Over 'Hijacking'
• Exxon's Discovery Put On Ice In NY, Mass. Climate Fight
• Valero, Asphalt Co. Accused Of Contaminating City's Water
• A Trademark Year In Wine And Beer 2016: Part 4
• Texas AG Urges State High Court To Dispose Of City Bag Bans
• Feds Dispatch $500M To Fort Worth-Airport Rail Project
• States Send Trump Strategy To Dismantle Clean Power Plan
• Lubbock Nabs Win In Permit Battle Over Diverted Wastewater
• Texas Oil Co. Owner Charged With Ponzi Fraud Scheme
• How Bad Data Analyses Can Sabotage Discrimination Cases
• Akin Gump Leads 2 Energy Cos. Issuing Stock, Debt
• Overturning NLRB Unit Determination Standards At 2nd Circ.
• Dying Woman Didn't Want To Be Revived, Med Mal Jury Hears
• Eagle Ford Gas Driller Knocks Out $4M Royalty Judgment
• 5th Circ. Panel Sends Age Bias Case Back To Texas Court
• Dallas Pension System Cleared For Interest Rate Cut
• Insurer Seeks Quick Win In Pet Food Supplier Coverage Case
• Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Patent Venue Case
• Ex-Employee Sues Renaissance Festival For Discrimination
• Fired Baylor Athletics Employee Sues Pepper Hamilton
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2016: Part 1
• Attys Say Oil Heir Must Sell Mansion To Pay $41M Judgment
• Career EEOC Attorney To Head Agency's Houston Office
• East Texas Lab Pays $3.75M For Falsified Medicare Billing
• Family Fraud: Son On Hook For $5M Electric Co. Tax Bill
• 5th Circ. Slices Ex-DuPont Worker's Chemical Leak FCA Suit
• Raytheon Seeks To Nix Cray Counterclaims In IP Suit
• Justice Breyer Downplays Impact Of Scalia's Missing Voice
• Texas Oyster Firms Take Bay Leases Fight To Federal Court
• Mentally Ill Mom's Power Of Atty Suspicious, Son Tells Jury
• Trump's Perry Pick Heralds Fossil Fuel Revival At DOE
• Fighting $225M Fine, Total Rips FERC's Defense Of Tribunal
• US Gov't Urges Justices To Let Dow Tax Penalty Stand
• Golfsmith Real Estate Sale Teed Up With $22M Baseline Bid
• The Path To The California Bench
• Pension Funds' $100M RBS Suit Revived Over 5th Circ. Ruling
• 4 Jane Does Ask Judge To Keep Baylor Sex Assault Claims
• Enron's Legacies, A Decade And A Half Later
• Marriott Wants Atty Fees After Win In Super Bowl Rooms Suit
• San Antonio Hail Suit Standing Orders: Here We Go Again!
• Lockheed, Northrop Dodge FCA Suit Over F-35 Program
• Patterson-UTI Buys Seventy Seven Energy In Near-$2B Deal
• Trump Picks Ex-Texas Gov. Perry For Energy Secretary Post
• Trump Taps Exxon CEO For Secretary Of State Post
• 3 Tips To Avoid Being On The Outs With In-House Counsel
• In About-Face, Texas Judge Scraps Mass. AG Deposition
• EPA Moves To Force Texas Power Plants To Cut Emissions
• 5th Circ. Upholds Toss Of Ex-College Athlete's FCA Claims
• Texas Firm Not Covered For $47M Overbill, 5th Circ. Hears
• A Trademark Year In Wine And Beer 2016: Part 1
• Houston Chain's Class Action Ban Wiped Out By NLRB Judge
• Arthrex Wins $17M Verdict In Surgery Implant Patent Suit
• Texas Appeals Court OKs Internist As Expert In Skin Care Suit
• Clinics Sue To Block Texas Rule Requiring Fetal Burials
• Backpage Execs Escape Sex Trafficking Charges In Calif.
• Tort Claims Act Leaves Employee Intent Out: Texas High Court
• Texas Doctor Fights $4.3M IRS Fine Over Withholding Issues
• Mass. AG Turns To 5th Circ. To Stave Off Exxon Deposition
• Former Baylor Coach Launches Libel Suit Against Regents
• Contract Awarded For New Federal Courthouse In San Antonio
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Wilson, Freshfields
• The Horrible Conflict Between Biology And Women Attorneys
• Texas Employees On FMLA Leave Can't Get Unemployment
• The Future Of FLSA's Revised White Collar Exemption
• EEOC Slams Bid For Rehearing In Fight Over Visa Info
• Inmate's Revenge Plot Against Judge Nets Him 5 More Years
• AT&T Hit With Patent Suit Over Data-Throttling Servers
• Co. Says Lockheed's Promise Of F-35 Work Was $7.6M Fraud
• 5th Circ. Reverses NLRB's Order On Citigroup Arbitration
• Pastor Can't Sue El Paso For Blocking Political Speech
• Mentally Ill Woman's Bedsores Unavoidable, Caregiver Says
• Schlumberger Blasts Hess' Suit Over Oil Well Valve Failures
• Atty DQ Sought In Medical Supplier Trademark Row
• Calif., Texas, NY Received Most Refugees In 2016: Report
• O'Quinn Client's Malpractice Claim Sent To Arbitration
• Bristol-Myers Squibb To Pay $19.5M Over Abilify Marketing
• Med Mal Law Can't Stop Doc's $8.9M Award For Cow Crash
• 5th Circ. Will Fast-Track DOL Overtime Rule Appeal
• Texas Atty Must Pay $175K For Smearing Opposing Counsel
• Managing Intergenerational Differences Within Your Law Firm
• Coffee Shop Can Fight Beer-To-Go Guidance, Texas Court Says
• Exxon Says Mass. AG Can't Cancel Deposition During Appeal
• Texas Pipeline Tariff Struck For Favoring Affiliated Shipper
• Akin Gump Adds Houston Energy Partner From K&L Gates
• Texas Appeals Court Revives $13.5M Judgment In Drilling Row
• Texas Court Nixes TGI Friday's Fees In Airport Eatery Row
• Enfish Doesn't Change GPS Patent Case's Result, Judge Says
• GNC Agrees To Pay $2.3M Over Mislabeled Supplements
• DOL Says No Reason To Delay OT Rule Appeal In 5th Circ.
• Philip Hirschkop: Quietly Making Noise For 50 Years
• Top EEOC Atty Highlights 5th Circ. Wins As Exit Approaches
• Texas Court Revives United's $929M Tax Appraisal Appeal
• Former Criminal Judge Appointed To Empty Dallas DA Slot
• Cameron Drops Noncompete Suit Against Former Exec
• Texas High Court Told To Nix Taxes On $162M In Stored Gas
• Schneiderman Says Exxon's Bias Case Belongs In NY Court
• Texas High Court Asked To Review Flip Of $21M Judgment
• Welder Says Insurance Financier Dropped Coverage Too Soon
• Jones Day, Davis Polk Steer $3.6B Verizon-Equinix Deal
• No-Enforcement Vow Axes Energy Biz's $63M Award Fight
• Using Payroll Cards To Pay Employees' Wages
• Mass. AG Can't Skip Exxon Climate-Probe Depo In Texas
• Power Industry Groups Urge 5th Circ. To Sink Effluent Rule
• White Lawyer Sues Over Texas Bar's Minority Board Seats
• Dallas Mayor Sues To Stop Pension 'Run On the Bank'
• Texas High Court Rejects Family's Fight With Marathon Oil
• Judicial Treatment Of Interrelated Acts: Part 1
• Business Org. Blasts OSHA's Bid To Toss Union Access Suit
• Utility Mergers And Acquisitions Lift Capital Markets
• Texas Justices Will Weigh Adviser Liability In Surgeon Suit
• Air Force Officer Gets 2 Years' Probation For Contract Bribery
• How Employers Can Prep For New OSHA Reporting Rule
• Charter Seeks To End 'Gravy Train' Cable Permit Scheme
• DOL Asks 5th Circ. For Quick Hearing On Blocked OT Rule
• Huge Verdicts Won't Spur Settlement Talks In J&J Hip MDL
• Justices To Decide If Hague Treaty Allows Service By Mail
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Ropes, Gibson, Weil
• Texas High Court To Hear $23M Share Dilution Dispute
• Nvidia's 3-D Glasses Infringe Filmmaker's Patents, Suit Says
• Mass. AG Says Court Can't Order Exxon Deposition
• 5th Circ. Reverses $340M Antitrust Ruling Against Syringe Co.
• Insurer Must Pay $15M For Toxic Vitamin Class Settlement
• Youth Clubs Hit Back In MLS Training Fee Suit
• Texas High Court Will Hear $24M Contamination Suit After All
• Oil Pipeline's Market-Based Rate Authority OK'd By FERC ALJ
• El Paso Housing Agency Stifles Competition, Developers Say
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear $72M Wrongful Death Suit
• Hitting Pause On FLSA White Collar Changes
• 5 Insights From Airbus Group's Joshua Walker
• 21 At Texas Med. Center Charged In Massive Bribery Scheme
• Law Firm That Sued Ex-Client For Bad Review Hit With Fees
• Enviros Fight DOE Approval Of LNG Exports At DC Circ.
• Nursing Home, Hospital Caused Woman's Death, Jury Told
• PE-Backed Energy Developer WildHorse Launches $550M IPO
• Payment Processor Outsourced Work, Stole $60M, Co. Says
• CareTrust REIT Pays $96M For Texas Portfolio
• Bennu Oil & Gas Files For Ch. 7 Bankruptcy In Texas
• Texas Jury Slaps Mortgage Lenders, CEO With $93M Verdict
• 3rd J&J Hip Implant Bellwether Delivers $1B Verdict
• Biz Groups Seek $500K In Fees For Persuader Rule Challenge
• Oil Co. Wants To Nix 2nd FLSA Collective Action Cert. Bid
• Verizon Hit With IP Suit Over 4G LTE Network Tech
• Texas Lawmaker Proposes Creating A 15th Appellate Court
• Quantlab Must Name $12.2M Trade Secret, 5th Circ. Told
• EEOC Says Trucking Co. Illegally Passed Over Bipolar Vet
• DOL Tells Court It Will Take OT Rule Battle To 5th Circ.
• Retailers Face Patent Suits Over Mobile Web GPS Feature
• Judge Denies Enron Investors' Bid To Retry UBS Suit
• Chesapeake's Eagle Ford Royalty Cases Transferred To MDL
• Kelley Drye And Texas Firm Known For Enviro Practice Merge