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Texas - June, 2017

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• Jury Awards Eidos $4.1M Verdict In LCD Patent Row
• Texas Court Boots Challenge To Houston Pension Reform
• Walgreen, Ocusoft Settle Eye Scrub Row
• Sullivan Guides CPPIB In $1.2B Deal For Houston REIT
• Cray Suit Stays In E. Texas As Gilstrap Outlines Venue Test
• Texas Justices Side With Dems In Corporate Contribution Row
• Schlumberger Can't Ditch Hess' Oil Well Valve Failure Suit
• $22M Pizzeria Sex Assault Award Not Covered, 5th Circ. Told
• Trump DOL Defends Authority, But Not Obama OT Rule
• Texas Judge Halts Arbitration In $27M Hotel Delay Suit
• Thompson & Knight Swipes Energy Veteran From Locke Lord
• 3 Key Areas Legal Operations Teams Should Focus On
• Benefits Row Can Test Obergefell's Reach, Texas Justices Say
• What The Experts Said About High Court Rulings This Term
• States Will Drop Suit If Gov't Drops DACA, Paxton Says
• Texas Wants Preemptive 'Sanctuary Cities' Suit To Proceed
• Winstead Boosts Texas Offices With 5 New Attys
• Texas Atty That Faked Court Win Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud
• Devon Energy Urges 5th Circ. To Undo Gas Royalty Suit
• AstroWorld Investor Wins $84M-Plus Verdict In Fraud Suit
• Did TC Heartland Change Law? Judges Can't Seem To Agree
• Texas PUC Again Denies OK For $18B NextEra-Oncor Deal
• The Future Of Law And The Demise Of The Midsize Firm
• Texas Jury Finds Fracking Worker At Fault For Head Injury
• Ex-Spurs Star's Adviser Gets 4 Years For Investment Fraud
• NextEra Again Appeals In $18B Bid To Buy Oncor
• The 10 Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Most Talkative Justice Of The High Court Term
• The Cases That Got The Justices Talking
• Acquisition-Hungry TPG Blank Check Co. Prices $400M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sebia, KKR, Halliburton
• 5th Circ. Upholds $12.5M Sprint Access Fee Ruling
• The Hydra Of Abortion Law: 1 Year Into Whole Woman's Health
• Houston Firm Sues To Collect $755K Judgment, Plus Damages
• A Case Killer Lurks In The Texas Defamation Mitigation Act
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Pre-Voir Dire Questions
• Gorsuch And Thomas Becoming Fast Friends At High Court
• Lewis Brisbois Adds 3 Partners To Houston Office
• Nintendo Can't Use TC Heartland To Move Patent Suit
• Dykema Cox Smith Adds 3 Attys To Its Dallas Office
• Texas Court Revives Arbitration Bid In Iron Ore Purchase Suit
• 5 High Court Concurrences That Read Like Dissents
• The Sharpest Dissents From This Supreme Court Term
• Texas Court Says Securities Fraud Finding Dealt Too Soon
• Republican AGs Back Exxon In Climate Probe Fight
• Wyly Estate, SEC Spar Over Whether Kokesh Ends Claims
• Why Whole Woman's Health Still Matters 1 Year Later
• An Interview With Floyd Abrams
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• IP Cases Led The Pack In High Court Amicus Briefs
• Texas Woman Claims Sexual Harassment By Qatar Consul
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Detention, Profiling Cases
• Texas High Court To Hear UT Health Science Defamation Row
• Texas Jury Convicts Ex-Mayor, City Attorney For Corruption
• Bucking Tradition: NewLaw And The Coming Millennials
• Texas Court Backs $5.5M Punitive Award Against Bombardier
• Ex-Rigzone Execs, DHI Strike Deal In Info Theft Suit
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Class Cert. Row In Barratry Suit
• Texas Justices To Review Uranium Mine's Water Quality Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: JPMorgan, Pacific Urban, Mountain View
• Ex-La. Assistant AG Not Discriminated Against, 5th Circ. Says
• Judge Recommends Pausing Oil Field Suit For Arbitration
• Gray Matters: We Feel, We Decide
• Texas High Court To Hear Row Against Payday Lender
• Texas Attorney Faces 3 Suits Totaling $1.7M For Barratry
• Stalking Horse Fight Heats Up In Joe's Crab Shack Ch. 11
• DOJ Backs Texas In Litigation Over Sanctuary City Law
• Texas Justices Split On Deed Interpretation In Royalty Row
• Football Helmet Maker Blasts Riddell's Venue Arg In IP Row
• Texas Justices To Hear Hospital's Insurance Discovery Row
• Exxon Not Liable For Workplace Fight Death: Texas Justices
• Texas High Court Says Contract Law Rules In Royalty Row
• Texas Justices Pass On Hospital's Bid To Overturn Verdict
• 5th Circ. Affirms Quantlab's $12.2M Trade Secrets Win
• 5th Circ. Clears Teacher To Chase Bias, Retaliation Claims
• Rookie Judge Faces 'Trial By Fire' In Texas AG's Fraud Case
• Texas Court Nixes $31M Suit Against Nursing Home Execs
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Bid To End Coach's Bias Suit
• Forestar Calls Upped DR Horton Offer 'Superior' To Rival Bid
• Texas Justices Say Noble Can't Ditch $63M Cleanup Indemnity
• Exxon Not Liable For Lost Profits On Canceled Propane Deal
• Ex-Energy Co. CEO Gets 2 Years For Embezzlement Scheme
• ND, Texas File Brief Supporting EPA Methane Rules Delay
• Feds Say Travelers Owes $2.4M For Texas A&M Buildings
• King & Spalding Pulls In Ex-Morgan Lewis Energy Pro
• Texas Court Reverses Own Toss Of Nursing Home Suit
• Hughes Can't Transfer Patent Suit Under TC Heartland
• Texas Refinery Can't Claim Tax-Free Zone At Appeals Court
• 5th Circ. Panel Won't Revisit BP Formula On Deepwater Claims
• Magellan Sues Enterprise For $50M Over Oil Shipping Deal
• No Indemnity For Shell Drilling Unit Damages, 5th Circ. Says
• Xenia Sells 5 Hotels To Summit Unit In $163M Deal
• Justice Kennedy's Moderating Influence On The High Court
• Justice Sotomayor On The Power Of Dissent
• Whataburger Gets Partial Win In Row Over Franchising Deal
• Malaysian Co. Counsel Loses Fee Bid After Post-Award Deal
• Ticket Execs Could Escape SEC's $33M Athlete Fraud Suit
• Cumulus' $1M Overpayment Dispute With Radio Host Trimmed
• Feds Seek To Oust Texas Politico's Atty Over Client Conflict
• Houston Council Votes To Join 'Sanctuary Cities' Lawsuit
• Nobel Winner Attacks Sandoz Biosimilar Subpoena
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Juror-Posed Questions
• Jaguar Owes Texas Dealership Nearly $1M In Contract Fight
• DOJ Wins Bid To Block $367M Radioactive Waste Cos.' Merger
• Dallas Appellate Judge Who Resigned Last Year Found Dead
• Oil Tanker Cos. Will Pay $1.9M For Pollution Cover-Up
• ZeniMax Pushes For $1B Win Following Oculus Trial
• Texas Ruling Clamps Down On Policyholders' Pretrial Pacts
• 5th Circ. Says Fannie Shareholder's Claim Belongs In CFC
• 20 States Tell EPA To Rein In Water Rule In Rewrite
• Dallas Transit Manager Alleges Race Discrimination In Suit
• 5th Circ. Agrees Texas Dental Regulation Unconstitutional
• Houston Bar Assoc. Sues To Shutter 'Fictitious' Law Firm
• 5th Circ. Backs Hospital's Quick Win In Age Bias Suit
• Justice Sotomayor On Working A Room And The Post-Scalia Void
• Ex-ArthroCare CEO Invokes Honeycutt In Fraud Dismissal Bid
• 5th Circ. Says Prof At Axed Univ. Can't Argue Wrongful Firing
• Texas High Court Won't Hear $2M Train Derailment Row
• Vinson & Elkins Welcomes Back Litigation Partner In Houston
• Energy Industry Lessons As The Oil Price Slump Turns 3
• 11 New Immigration Judges Sworn In At EOIR
• Whitestone REIT Nabs $80M Loan For Texas Property
• Hunton & Williams Keeps Win In Suit Over RE Investment
• Exxon Says AG Climate Probes Are Licenses To Persecute
• Celanese, Blackstone Team Up To Form Acetate Fiber Supplier
• Texas Justices Won't Revive Hospital's $10M Win Over Rival
• Texas Steel Bill Raises Questions For Construction
• Texas High Court Nixes Suit Over Doc's Ouster
• Texas Gov. Wields Veto To Spike Water Quality Bills
• Texas High Court To Weigh Discovery Of Patent Agent Emails
• Texas Drops Nonprofit From Suit Over Sanctuary City Law
• Texas High Court To Hear ConocoPhillips' Royalty Dispute
• 5 Issues To Watch As Oculus Fights $500M ZeniMax Verdict
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Weil, Paul, Gibson
• Real Estate Rumors: Heyat, Himmel + Meringoff, Encore
• Split Texas Court Clears Offshore Firm In Dry-Dock Injury
• Workers Lose OT Suit Over Army Contract In Afghanistan
• Texas Justices To Review Oil Heir's $7.3M Attys' Fee Fight
• St. Paul Settles Coverage Suit Over Porn Site IP Battle
• Security Contractor Illegally Fired 3 IRS Guards, NLRB Says
• Texas Justices Order New Trial In Defect Insurance Battle
• Texas Gov. Vetoes Public Housing Tax Exemption Expansion
• Texas High Court Nixes New Trial In $42M Attys' Fee Row
• New Texas Law Welcomes Driverless Cars To State Roads
• Pecan Co. Says Nut Supplier Is Responsible In $1.5M Hack
• Texas Justices To Weigh Multistate Tax Compact Arguments
• Tips For Complying With ABA's New Encryption Guidance
• Amazon Inks $13.7B Whole Foods Buy
• Trump Admin Rescinds DAPA Program For Immigrant Parents
• Judge Recommends Insurer Win In Pet Food Coverage Case
• Congress Has Options On Post-TC Heartland Venue Tweaks
• State AGs Open Probe Into Opioid Drugmakers
• Texas Gov. Kills Austin Low-Income Reinvestment Bills
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Undo Nix Of Money Transfer Patent Claims
• Texas Cable Co. Says Comcast Sabotaged Its Business
• Investors Get Class Cert. In Angola Oil Bribe Suit
• Ukraine Oil JV Must Pay $147M Award, Court Told
• Texas Appellate Judge Leaves Bench For Baker Botts
• Lilly Says Atty Fees Uncalled For After $20M Patent Loss
• Broker Denied New Trial In $22M Oil Investment Fraud Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Google, Hines, Gateway Casinos
• 'Dr. Phil' Production Co. Sues Ex-CBS Employee Over Video
• Software Co. Says Cannabis College's Breach Cost It $1.45M
• Texas Panel Frees MD Anderson Docs From Med Mal Claims
• Theater Calls AMC Sanctions Motion A Work Of Fiction
• Enviro Group Says No Error In $20M Penalty Against Exxon
• Justice Ginsburg On Oral Argument And 'Imperious' Attorneys
• Ex-ArthroCare CFO Pleads Guilty After First Sentence Nixed
• Glassdoor Wants Texas Justices' Input On Bad Reviews Row
• NRG Energy Unit Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Cut $1.8B Debt
• Ex-NFLer Loses ERISA Suit Over Disability Denial
• Judge Cites TC Heartland In Moving Patent Case To Texas
• Sierra Club Asks 5th Circ. To Revive Coal Plant CAA Suit
• Looking At The Limitations Of The Delay Exclusion
• Bracewell Snags Andrews Kurth Partner For Houston IP Group
• Texas Appeals Court Nixes Suit Over Cancer Patient's Death
• Texas Court Says Oil, Gas Lease Too Vague To Stand
• Barge Operator Kirby Puts Up $710M For Stewart & Stevenson
• South Texas Woman Gets 12 Years For $2.5M Medicaid Fraud
• OSHA's Multiemployer Citation Policy: A Changing Landscape
• FERC At 40: A Look Back And Ahead
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Preliminary Instructions
• Ex-Texas Politico Admits Taking Bribe From State Sen.
• Suspended Texas Atty Indicted On Insurance Fraud Charges
• Texas Court Says Med Mal Expert Didn't Prove Qualifications
• Ship Owner Owes For Miss. River Oil Spill, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Medicare Fraudster Gets 17 Years Behind Bars
• Witness In $25M Med Device Trial Gets 15 Months For Lying
• Texas Atty Sues Colo. Law Firm Over 'Strong Arm' TM Rights
• Due Diligence From The Lateral Partner's Perspective
• PE Group Pledges $563M To New Oil And Natural Gas JV
• Ex-UT Doc Takes Retaliation Suit To Texas High Court
• New Judge Assigned To Texas AG Securities Fraud Case
• Going Against The Grain, Centene To Expand ACA Presence
• 5th Circ. Says ATF Can Keep Texas Explosion Info To Itself
• IRS, Tea Party Groups To Work On Deal In Tax-Exemption Suit
• Texas Affirms The Promise Of Off-Site Drilling
• Lateral Partner Due Diligence: Where Should A Firm Begin?
• Justice Ginsburg On Diversity And Persuading Her Colleagues
• Texas Justices Deny Radiologist's Bid To Dump Med Mal Case
• Texas Gov. Cuts Millions In Clean Air Funding From Budget
• DOJ Clears $32B GE-Baker Hughes Oil And Gas Merger
• Appeals Court Says Paxton Prosecutor Pay Fight Not Ripe
• Texas Bank Seeks To Block Rival's Use Of 'Guaranty' Mark
• 5th Circ. Denies En Banc Rehearing In Delta Gate Fight
• Even Surplus Lines Laws Are Bigger And Better In Texas
• Judge Denies TRO Against Chesapeake Over $300M Sale
• When 'I Pick, You Pick, They Pick' Goes Wrong
• Microsoft XBox Doesn't Infringe Patent, EDTX Jury Finds
• GE Owes $131M Damages For Anesthesia Monopoly, Cos. Say
• Permian Basin Drives Energy M&A In 1st Half Of 2017
• Baylor Pushes Back On Request For Docs In Title IX Suit
• Texas Justices Won't Revive $95M Eagle Ford Judgment
• Texas High Court Sides With Lloyds In Attys' Fees Discovery
• Texas Justices Won't Review Randy Travis DWI Tape Release
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, King, Proskauer
• Q&A With Baron And Blue's Lisa Blue
• Doc Says Houston Hospital Secretly Taped Patient Calls
• Total Jumped Gun On FERC Manipulation Fight, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Justices Give Second Chance In Ambulance Death Suit
• U. Of Tulsa, NCAA Hit With Concussion Class Action
• Texas Court Says Botched Surgery Suit Filed Too Late
• Energy Services Co. Alleges Ex-Employees Stole Secrets
• Chesapeake Allegedly Blocking $300M Texas Oil And Gas Sale
• 5th Circ. Nixes Nightclub's Appeal In EEOC HIV Bias Suit
• Texas Debt Collection Lawyer Hit With $25M Penalty
• Texas Treatment Center Settles FCA Claims For $3M
• TPG-Backed Blank Check Co. Files $400M IPO Led By Weil
• Public-Records Publisher Fails To Block CFPB Doc Request
• Texas Affirms Denial Of NextEra's $12.2B Oncor Acquisition
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Bid To Keep Paxton Judge
• Dallas Surgeons Say Feds Overreaching In Fraud Charges
• Transocean, Eni Owed Millions In Drill Ship Row, Court Hears
• US Says CAA Suit Against Plant Operator Not Time-Barred
• Texas Assistant AG To Join Uber's In-House Antitrust Team
• Immigration Attys Ax Texas Meeting Over Sanctuary City Law
• Stryker Unit Says Biomet Trade Secret Suit Should Proceed
• Munsch Hardt Adds Oil And Gas Partner In Houston
• BP Urges 5th Circ. To Accept Formula For Deepwater Claims
• #AppellateTwitter Becomes Internet Hotspot For Legal Nerds
• What Ill. Sanctuary City Bill Means For Local Gov'ts
• Debating The Value Of Distributed Rooftop Solar
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Setting Trial Time Limits
• Texas Gov. Announces July Special Legislative Session
• 16 States Back Trump's Travel Ban In Amicus Brief
• Texas State Sen. Moves To Nix Feds' Kickback Case
• Joe's Crab Shack Parent Hits Ch. 11 With $50M Purchase Bid
• Red-State Cities Face Uphill Battle To Keep Paris Pledge
• Big Business Lobby Tries To Hobble Litigation Finance, Again
• Tycoon's Estate Says High Court Ruling Ends SEC Judgment
• Texas PE Deals Rebound With Oil Price Upswing
• SemGroup To Pick Up Oil Terminal Co. In $2.1B Deal
• Trade Secret, Contract Pro Joins Lewis Brisbois In Dallas
• Exxon Should Face ERISA Climate Suit, Former Worker Says
• How High Court Resolved The Service-By-Mail Circuit Split
• Jackson Walker Adds Dykema Trio in San Antonio
• Why Menchaca Changes Nothing For Appraisal Law
• Measuring The Success Of Motions To Stay Pending IPR
• Kane Russell Alums Launch Financial Services-Focused Firm
• 5th Circ. Revives Kroger Employee's Slip And Fall Suit
• Texas Sues To Delist Warbler As Endangered Species
• Prison Health Co. Settles Kickback, FCA Claims For $2.5M
• Liberty Mutual Keeps $30M Counterclaim Against Builder
• Paxton Prosecutors Ask Texas Court To Block Judge Removal
• Gibson Guides DR Horton's $520M Offer For Most Of Forestar
• Texas Appeals Court Backs Expert Report In Patient Death Suit
• 5th Circ. Affirms $4M Tax Deficiency Against Texas CPA
• 5th Circ. Says Prof's Anti-Tenure Speech Is Protected
• 5th Circ. Tweaks Violence Ruling In Immigration Row
• CMS Abandons Nursing Home Arbitration Appeal
• Brand Battles: Chipotle, Houston, World Wildlife Fund
• New Cases Test The Patent Venue Waters After TC Heartland
• Texas Justices Won't Hear $929M Airline Appraisal Row
• Texas Justices Won't Hear $21M Wrongful Death Reversal
• Sierra Club Fights For CAA Suit Against Texas Oil Refinery
• Excess Insurer Clear In Faulty Texas Courthouse Construction
• German Co. Seeks Attys' Fees In $20M Cialis IP Trial
• 5th Circ. Remands Former Deckhand's Whistleblower Suit
• San Antonio Sues To Block Texas' Immigrant Check Law
• Why Even Public Info Must Be Kept Private Under HIPAA
• $22M Pizzeria Sex Assault Award Is Covered, 5th Circ. Told
• 5th Circ. Throws Out Wells Fargo's Loss In Texas Trust Suit
• Google Hit With Infringement Suits Over Messaging VoIP
• East Texas Could See 1,000 Fewer Patent Cases, Report Says
• Texas Panel OKs Win For Ex-Employees In Trade Secrets Row
• Gilstrap Moves Over For America's Next Top Patent Judge
• 5th Circ. OKs Early Win For Banks In €137M Financing Dispute
• AMC Wants Theater Sanctioned For Delays In Antitrust Row
• Seyfarth, Ex-Client Agree To End $10M Malpractice Suit
• Curves Looks To Toss Franchisees' $1.5M Tax Suit Verdict
• Santander's $2.5M Auto Payment Contract Suit Sent To NJ
• Texas Utility Wrongly Granted Arbitration Before Dispute
• What Counsel At Retailers Should Know About Data Breaches