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Texas - October, 2017

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• NFL Union 'Emergency' Bid To Stop Elliott Suspension Denied
• Patient Sues Texas Hospital Over Brain Injury From Fall
• Reed Smith Pulls In Houston-Based Energy Partner
• Feds Seek 20 Years For Ex-ArthroCare CEO For $750M Fraud
• 5 More Companies Launch IPOs Seeking To Raise $692M
• Judge OKs Oil Heir Dropping Suit Against Ex-Dallas DA, Attys
• Texas Defense Group Pulls Amicus Brief In Paxton Case
• Exxon, Oil Co. Pay EPA $2.5M Each For Clean Air Act Claims
• Dynegy, Calpine Deals Signal Power Producer M&A Surge
• Ex-Oil Trader Found Guilty Of Stalking Ex-Girlfriend
• J&J Calls Witness Tampering Accusation 'Overblown'
• Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling Won't Seek Re-Election
• Houston Patient Can't Revive Suit Over Liver Biopsy Injury
• Judging A Book: McConnell Reviews 'Unequal'
• Texas AG Says 127 Gas Stations Gouged Prices During Harvey
• Texas Panel Revives Training Co.'s Franchise Tax Protest
• Elliott Faces Bench After Judge Refuses To Block Suspension
• Like A Horror Movie Villain, Obama OT Rule Fight Won't Die
• Chemed To Pay $75M In Largest-Ever Hospice FCA Settlement
• Dallas Restaurant Chain Can Arbitrate Worker Injury Suit
• Gilstrap Kills Image Patent Under Alice, Stays Samsung Suit
• Undoing Guardrail Ruling 'Eviscerates' FCA, 5th Circ. Told
• Client-Conning Defense Atty Strikes Out With High Court
• Texas Judge Questions MLS Team's Potential Move To Austin
• DOL To Appeal Invalidation Of White Collar Overtime Rule
• Erykah Badu Appeals To Texas High Court In Defamation Suit
• Firm Should Have Expected Malpractice Suits, 5th Circ. Told
• Texas Justices To Weigh 'Sham Affidavit' Split In Truck Row
• Energy Co., NAM Join Gas Tax Opponents Before High Court
• Congressional Forecast: November
• BP, Exxon, Others Dodge Revival Of La. Coastal Damage Suit
• Vistra Buys Dynegy To Create $20B Merchant Power Giant
• Judge Attaches Fuel In $9.1M Seized Ship Arbitration Spat
• Supreme Court Won't Hear National Oilwell Racism Claims
• Making Pro Bono Work
• 5th Circ. Tosses ATP Ch. 7 Trustee's Excessive-Payout Claims
• Texas Agriculture Dept. Asks AG To Weigh In On 'BBQ Bill'
• Texas Justices Take Up 2nd 'Retained Acreage' Lease Case
• Last Member Of $374M Medicare Fraud Plot Gets 10 Years
• Texas Jury Hits Housing Co. With $7M Verdict For Explosion
• Texas Justices To Weigh Eagle Ford Offset Well Dispute
• Texas AG Says Indian Child Welfare Act Is Unconstitutional
• Judge Backs Gov't In Officer's Med Mal Suit Against AF Doc
• Texas Justices To Hear Official's Immunity Row With Builder
• DLA Piper Lands Ex-Army Officer, PE Partner In Houston
• Making Pro Bono Work: The Sidley-Exelon Partnership
• Dallas Atty's Suit Against Biker Racing Group Trimmed
• Recipe For Legal Project Management: Look To BBQ Champs
• Huntsman, Clariant Scrap $20B Merger Amid Activist Pressure
• Worker's Shotgun Threat Gets Southwest Out Of FMLA Suit
• Ambulance Cos. Can't Escape $20M FCA Kickback Suit
• Texas Power Regulators Want More Study On Pricing Changes
• Cumulus Host Seeks New Trial In $1M Overpayment Row
• Total Says Cash-Strapped Cobalt Is Shaking It Down For $29M
• Judges Recused From El Paso Arena Row Over Staff Bias
• BP Unit And PE-Backed Retailer Price IPOs Raising $1.1B
• Litigation Not An Option In Contract Spat, Pump Maker Says
• Houston Valve Co. Sues Auditing Firm Over $10M Restatement
• Making Pro Bono Work: Can You Practice In Your State?
• Representing Women At The Intersection Of Law And Finance
• Calif.-Based Co. Scores Transfer Out Of EDTX In IP Suit
• Ex-Rep. Says Mailer Not Campaign Ad In Donation Theft Case
• Supplement Cos., Execs Indicted Over Hidden Stimulants
• Glenn Beck, TheBlaze Settle Teen Clock-Maker Libel Suit
• Amherst Scoops Up 1,500 Single Family Rentals For $153M
• Immigrant Abortion Dispute Closed, But ACLU Vows Vigilance
• Teva, Mylan Win Toss Of Allergan Ulcer Drug Patent Suit
• Sidley Austin Adds 5 Andrews Kurth Cap Markets, M&A Attys
• Making Pro Bono Work: Building Sponsorship Relationships
• 5th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Heart Surgery Malpractice Suit
• Forced Halloween Party Attendance Was Bias, Worker Says
• Trending In Telehealth: Behavioral Health Services
• Oil & Gas Exec Says He Was Wrongly Ousted As Counsel
• Statoil Employee Says She Was Fired For Reporting Fraud
• Drinker Biddle Attys Deny Pressuring Doc In Hip Implant Trial
• 5th Circ. Urged To Send $400M Petrobras Suit To Arbitration
• Senate Passes $36.5B Hurricane, Wildfire Cleanup Aid Bill
• With Settlement, Chevron's Trade Secrets Suit Dismissed
• Playboy Models Sue Houston Strip Clubs Over Doctored Ads
• Texas A&M Must Show Immunity Proof In '12th Man' IP Case
• Making Pro Bono Work: Beyond The Hurdles
• DC Circ. Paves The Way For Immigrant Teen's Abortion
• Statoil Unit Can Battle Royalty Penalty After Order Revision
• Amazon Says 238 Cities Vying For 2nd Headquarters
• Health Co. Slams Discovery Ruling In Med Mal Murder Case
• Texas High Court Rejects Suit Over Attys' Health Disclosures
• $2.8M Injury Verdict Is Flawed, Oil Co. Tells Texas Panel
• Corruption Charges Dropped Against Texas Lawmaker
• Late Notice Dooms Coverage Of Nightclub Shooting: 5th Circ.
• Judging A Book: Pryor Reviews 'Scalia Speaks'
• NFL Denied Fast Track For Elliott Suspension Hearing
• Ex-Fried Frank Client Fights To Revive Tax-Advice Suit
• Texas Doc Can Avoid Deposition In Birth Med Mal Suit
• Testing Judicial Control Over Attorney Conduct At Depositions
• The Inside Counsel Revolution
• DC Circ. Puts Immigrant Teen's Abortion On Hold, For Now
• $120M State AG Deal With GM Preludes More State Actions
• US Trustee Waves Off Request For Seadrill Equity Committee
• Texas AG Investigates Debris Removal Cos. In Harvey Zone
• Texas Justices Refuse UT Clinic's Immunity Bid In Death Suit
• Mexico Knocks Texas' Anti-Sanctuary City Law At 5th Circ.
• RI Atty Can't Ditch Texas Suit Over Hernia Mesh Litigation
• Texas Justices OK Atty's Disbarment For Fake Crash Scam
• To Lure Amazon HQ, Cities Dangle Tax Incentives
• Xarelto Users Taking First Two Trial Losses To 5th Circ.
• Fox Demands Evidence Of Racism In White Employee's Suit
• ILife Wants Nintendo Infringement Award Upped To $25M
• Dallas ERs Want Google To Turn Over Online Reviewer IDs
• Pillsbury Adds Former Coats Rose Litigator In Houston
• Employer Denied H-2B Workers For Not Filing Newspaper Ads
• Texas Nursing Home Settles Negligent Care Claim For $5M
• GM To Pay $120M To End States' Ignition-Switch Probes
• Gov't To Face ACLU At DC Circ. On Immigrant Teen's Abortion
• LGBT Groups Tell Sens. 'Hateful' Views Should DQ Judge Pick
• The Law Firm CFO's Role In The Strategic Planning Process
• Monsanto Discovery Row In $40M Suit Goes To Texas Justices
• Texas State Sen.'s Securities Fraud Trial Abruptly Shelved
• Credit Suisse Attacks $288M Highland Land Deal Fraud Loss
• Chevron Phillips Worker Cops To $1.8M Embezzlement Plot
• Texas AG Can't Overturn Ex-Employee's Win In Firing Row
• Texas Panel Says Bad Expert Report Dooms Amputation Suit
• Law Firms Must Transition To An Industry Sector Approach
• 5th Circ. Backs Miss. Medical Center's Win In Bias Suit
• Navigating The Pitfalls Of Civil Investigative Demands
• Sham Affidavits In Medical Product Liability: Part 2
• Restasis Ruling Could Be Bad Sign For Tribal Patent Pacts
• Tampering Flap Puts J&J Trial Attys Under Ethics Microscope​
• Apple Patent Loss Lurches Up To $439M In VirnetX Suit
• Driver Reverses Not-Guilty Plea In Fatal Immigrant Smuggling
• NFL Players Union Wins Bid To Halt Elliott Suspension
• EU Probes Acetate Fiber JV Between Blackstone, Celanese
• Stock Trader Who Made Illegal Sales Loses In 5th Circ.
• Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Robertson Dies At 96
• Judging A Book: Kozinski Reviews 'The Judge'
• GE To Pay Feds While Selling Water Biz In Baker Hughes Deal
• Tribal Immunity May Not Be Wonder Drug For Allergan
• Anti-Inversion Rule Down, But Not Out, With Texas Ruling
• Insurer Needn't Defend In $105.7M Well Coverage Suit
• Union Lobs Counterclaims In Ezekiel Elliott Suspension Row
• Dean Foods Gets TRO Blocking Ex-Exec From Rival Dairy
• Mattress Firm Sues 'Bed-In-A-Box' Co. For Allegedly False Ads
• BP Midstream, Four Others Launch IPOs Exceeding $1.3B
• Former Mexican Official's Wife Found Guilty Of Bank Fraud
• Texas Cities Denounce Anti-Sanctuary City Law At 5th Circ.
• HP, Juniper Won't Get Quick Win In Ethernet Patent Suit
• Packet Intelligence Wins $6M IP Verdict Against NetScout
• Judge Hacks Away At Allergan's Restasis Patents
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Fish & Richardson Litigator In Dallas
• New Post-Recession Metrics For BigLaw Partner Success
• Allergan, Generic Cos. Debate If Tribal Patent Deal Is A 'Sham'
• Texas Man Arrested In $25M Health Care Fraud Scheme
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive National Oilwell Employee's ADA Suit
• Texas Panel Says TGI Friday's Drinks Not Protected Speech
• Stanford Receiver Renews Fight Over $88M Clawback Verdict
• Hurricane Readiness And Response: The Hospitality Industry
• IHeart Investors Lose Texas Appeal Over $516M Stock Move
• Paralegals' 'Caustic' Jabs At Atty Not Of Public Concern
• Trump Taps Climate Skeptic To Lead WH Enviro Council
• Time To Lift Student Loan Counseling Restrictions
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Anglo-Dutch Atty Fees Row
• Luminant Shutters 2 Texas Coal-Fired Plants
• Health Hires: Boston Scientific, Mintz Levin
• Union Attempt To Beat NFL To Court Over Elliott Backfires
• UT Docs' Employee Status At Issue Before Texas High Court
• Ex-ArthroCare CEO Can't Undo $750M Fraud Conviction
• Uranium Miner Defends Water Quality Deal To Texas Justices
• 5th Circ. Opens Door For NFL's Elliott To Serve Suspension
• API Says BLM Flaring Rule Twists Definition Of 'Waste'
• Ex-Congressional Staffer Admits To Fraud, Money Laundering
• House Passes $36.5B Disaster Aid Bill
• Adapting To Equal Pay Laws In Flux
• 3 Strategies I Learned From LegalZoom
• 3 Takeaways From NLRB Charge Over Cowboys Protest Policy
• Texas Justices Weigh Penalty For Missing TCEQ Suit Deadline
• House Panel OKs $36.5B Hurricane, Wildfire Relief Measure
• GM, Driver Settle Ahead Of Bellwether Ignition Trial
• Judge Puts New York Case Over Elliott Suspension On Hold
• Texas Justices Question Med Mal Suit Nix Over 'Technicality'
• Why You Should Consider Hyperlinking Your Next Brief
• Tribe Bought Patents With Immunity Promise, Allergan Says
• Venue Transfers Within East Texas: The Case To Know
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: Listen Carefully, Speak Up
• Texas Justices Weigh Atty Pay After Oral Contingency Deals
• Insurer Can't Compel Arbitration In $12M Halliburton Row
• Baker McKenzie Snags LNG Attorney From Vinson & Elkins
• Deals Rumor Mill: CeramTec, Atlantia, Helix Energy
• Texas Atty Hit With $120K Fee Award In Defamation Suit
• Exxon, Gov't Ordered To Deal With Docs In $1.35B Refund Row
• Asian-Americans Facing Challenges In The Legal Industry
• Justices Deny Ex-Stanford Advisers' Arbitration Appeal
• Allergan Ordered To Prove Tribe Patent Deal Isn't A 'Sham'
• No-Show Suspended Atty Ordered To Pay $350K In SEC Case
• Insurer Wants Quick Win In Faulty Pipeline Coverage Dispute
• Taxation With Representation: Stikeman, White, DLA, Dorsey
• A BigLaw Ladies' Guide To Becoming A 1st-Chair Trial Lawyer
• Texas Justices Tackle 11th Circ.'s Discovery Rule Question
• Red-Light Ticket Co. Can't Stop $130M Class Action
• Enviros Want $6M In Fees From Exxon In $20M Pollution Row
• Energy Networking Site Creator Gets Year And A Day For Hack
• Texas Doctors Fail To Nix Malpractice Experts On Appeal
• 5th Circ. Sticks By $3M Exxon Contractor Coverage Ruling
• Texas Neurosurgeon's Suit Over Hospital Suspension Tossed
• Post-Crisis AG Enforcement Is Just The Beginning
• SEC Seeks $17M Disgorgement In Alleged Oil And Gas Fraud
• T-Mobile Sues Texas City Over Denied Telecom Project
• Texas Energy Cos. Can't Block Rival's Atty Fee Win
• Employees Take National Oilwell Racism Claims To High Court
• 5th Circ. Won't Ask Texas Justices To Weigh Asbestos Query
• 5th Circ. Won't Lift Ex-Statoil Exec Injunction In IP Suit
• Dallas Lab Calls UnitedHealth's $100M Fraud Suit 'Shakedown'
• Insurer Buys More Time In Exxon Suit But Gets Scolding Too
• No Quick Win For ENGlobal In Power Plant Contract Row
• DC Circ. Scratches Oral Arguments In LNG Approval Fights
• Steps For Government Contractors To Take After Hurricanes
• 5 Tips To Ensure Proper Deposition Behavior
• JPML Rebuffs Blue Spike's Bid To Centralize 9 IP Lawsuits
• HCA Hospitals To Pay $8.6M Over Ambulance Co. Kickbacks
• Frontier Hid $10.5B Verizon Purchase Deadbeats: Investors
• Prosecutors Get Delay In Paxton Securities Fraud Trial
• Fraudster In $23M Investment Scheme Can't Lose Receiver
• Texas Jury Awards $42M In Flawed Car Repair Trial
• Gilstrap Pauses Uniloc Suits Against Google For PTAB Review
• Texas Atty Can Pursue Bribery Claims In Fee Dispute
• Allergy Care Antitrust Case Headed Toward Trial
• Objectors Can't Undo $65M Stanford Scam Insurance Deal
• Texas Church Gave No Notice Of Flood Damage Suit: Insurer
• Feds Fight Ex-ArthroCare CEO's Bid To Nix Fraud Conviction
• How Law Firms Responded When Disaster Struck
• Software Developer Says Drilling Co. Can't Take His Work
• Indicted Texas State Sen. Loses Bid To Trim Charge
• 5th Circ. Won't Enjoin Trans-Pecos Pipeline In Takings Fight
• Texas Court Revives Fight Over Panhandle Oil Asset Sale
• Billionaire Seeks To Pause Discovery In Supplement Co. Row
• Duane Morris Opens Austin Office With IP, Energy Partners
• Ukrainian Oil Co. Ordered To Pay $147M Arbitration Award
• Judging A Book: Tunheim Reviews 'Miles Lord'
• 4 Uniloc Server Patents Invalidated In Eastern District Of Texas
• Insurer Says Texas High Court Ruling Causing Discord
• Former Texas Atty Gets 10 Years For Money Laundering
• Technology Assisted Review Can Work For Small Cases
• Doc Tells Texas Justices He Owed No Duty Before Leg Surgery
• K&L Gates Adds Energy Partner From Mayer Brown
• SEC, Ex-Green Tech CEO Trade Bids To End Stock Fraud Suit
• Justices Won't Hear 6 False Claims Act Appeals
• High Court Turns Away Handful Of Employment Petitions
• Statoil Loses Challenge To DOI Royalty Reports Penalty
• Pfizer Loses Bid To Stop Rebate Disclosures To Lawmakers
• GIP Snaps Up Private Crude Oil Transport Co. For $1.8B
• Law360 Sizes Up The Term To Come
• IRS Anti-Inversion Rule That Sank Pfizer Deal Struck Down