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Texas - January, 2018

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• Tax Ballot Proposal Misled Voters, Citizens Tell Texas Court
• Axing Restasis Patents Would Stifle Innovation, PhRMA Warns
• Delta Says Dallas Airport Competition Requires Gate Leases
• Texas Court Tosses Wrongful Death Case Against Pharmacy
• Oilfield Services Cos. Fill IPO Pipeline As Prices Rally
• Texas Court Revives Air Ambulance Co.'s Insurance Fee Fight
• Hunger For Food And Bev M&A May Cause Antitrust Concerns
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• How Ditching Work For Months Can Help Your BigLaw Career
• Rebuilding Texas: Protections And Limitations For Designers
• No Consensus On Conspiracy Theory Of Personal Jurisdiction
• 'Suspicious' Suit Keeping $82M Yacht In Mexico, Feds Say
• BP Unit Can Stay Out Of Algerian Rig Attack Suit
• 5th Circ. Nixes DOJ Health Care Fraud Win On Paltry Evidence
• Samsung, Verizon Face East Texas IP Infringement Suit
• Texas Court Partially Revives Michelin Faulty Tire Suit
• Alston & Bird Nabs M&A Pros For Dallas, Atlanta Offices
• UPS Scores Quick Win In Ex-Worker's Age Bias Suit
• 3 Banks To Pay Combined $47M In CFTC Spoofing Settlement
• AriseBank Hit With SEC Suit Over Initial Coin Offering
• DOJ, CFTC Spoofing Cases Show Cooperation Running High
• Texas Panel Says Basic Owes For Employee Death Litigation
• Locke Lord Engineer Faces Fair Jail Time, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Fetal Tissue Disposal Rule Temporarily Blocked
• 6 More Cos. Launch IPOs Totaling $1.4B As Pipeline Grows
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• Sidley Austin Nabs Ex-Bracewell Enviro Partner In Houston
• DFW Airport Board Asks Texas Justices To Nix Contract Suit
• Dr Pepper Snapple, Keurig Merge To Create Beverage Titan
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• Ethics Training For Attys Should Aim Higher, Sotomayor Says
• Texas City Immune From Car Crash Death Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• USCIS Reverses Denial Of H-1B Visa For Engineering Job
• Judge OKs Cobalt's $500M Pact With Sonangol For Oil Blocks
• Texas High Court Won't Revisit Entergy Rate-Setting Fight
• 13 States Urge High Court To Let DACA Rollback Proceed
• Halliburton Must Arbitrate $12M Dispute, Insurer Tells 5th Circ.
• Health Hires: Frost Brown, EBG, McDermott, Dykema Cox
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Greenberg Traurig Partner In Houston
• 7 Cos. To Price IPOs Exceeding $3.4B Led By Gaming REIT
• Fraudster's Atty Increased His Prison Time, Judge Says
• Charter School CEO Indicted In FCC E-Rate Program Fraud
• Mayors Blast Trump Reluctance To Pay For Infrastructure
• Cobalt, Insurer's Angola Drilling Fight Sent To State Court
• Texas Man Can't Share $26.4M Tax Liability With Ex-Wife
• Ford Pushes To Consolidate Transmission Defect Cases
• Part Of $32M Nigeria Offshore Drilling Row Sent To Arbitration
• FloaTEC Asks Judge To Reject Appeal Bid Over Chevron Rig
• YPF Can't Pause Arbitration During Fight Over $9.9M Award
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• Appointment Of CFPB Director Causes Rift Among State AGs
• Texas Surgery Center Bungled Anesthesia Care, Insurer Says
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Statoil Win In Retaliation Suit
• Texas Docs Ink Deal After $1M Award In Patient Death Case
• Texas Sex Trafficking Victim Sues Websites, Hotels
• Texas Man Gets 4 Years For Space Circuit Smuggling Scheme
• Texas Town Settles Suit Over Chemical Explosion For $10.4M
• American Airlines Says Software Co. Sold It Faulty Product
• Exxon Radiation Suit Belongs In State Court, 5th Circ. Told
• Fixing Problems In The Texas Insurance Appraisal Process
• Bar Exam Prep Co., Blind Students Settle ADA Suit
• Rebuilding Texas: Sealed Proposals And Job Order Contracts
• Texas Appeals Court OKs Expert Opinions In Bad Birth Suit
• Med Mal Suit's Expert Reports Insufficient, Hospital Says
• Texas Fracker Leads 3 Cos. Launching IPOs Totaling $440M
• Texas Panel Reverses Itself, Revives $43.5M Injury Suit
• Panda Temple Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK After Shifting Releases
• Anadarko Blasts Motion To Ax Depositions In $25M Tax Suit
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• Trump Taps FTC Chief, 11 Others For Federal Bench
• Southcross' $815M Deal Shortchanges Investors, Suit Says
• Significant 2017 Decisions Affecting Private M&A: Part 3
• Furniture Co. Wants FCA Duty Evasion Suit Tossed
• Enviros Lack Standing For Exxon Pollution Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• US Foods, Sysco Cast Nets Into Canned Tuna Price-Fixing Pile
• BP Exec's Interview Still Fair Game In Deepwater Horizon MDL
• Nautilus Scores $1.8M In Chinese-Elliptical IP Row Win
• Exxon Climate Speech Claims Are Empty, AGs Say
• Texas Panel Backs Toss Of Bedsore Case Against Med Center
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• ADT Leads 3 PE-Backed Firms' IPOs Raising $2.4B Combined
• Texas Justices To Hear Wastewater Disposal Well Tax Fight
• Texas Oil Driller Settles $618M IRS Dispute In Tax Court
• KBR Investors Defend Suit Over UK Fraud Investigation
• Texas Justices To Hear FMLA Leave Unemployment Issue
• Mining Co.'s $19M Foreign Funds Taxable, 5th Circ. Affirms
• Warburg Pincus Drops $150M PE Line To Oil Co.
• Judiciary Can Stay Open For 3 Weeks After Shutdown
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Kirkland, Latham
• Aubin Ruling Changes Nothing For Fla. Asbestos Claims
• Kipling-Quoting Oil Developer Gets No Fees In Patent Case
• Dallas Slams Southwest, Delta In Fight Over Gate Access
• Amazon Trims List Of 'HQ2' Contenders To 20
• C&J Energy Services Sues Ex-Managers Over Competing Co.
• Senate Panel Advances Trump BigLaw Picks For DOJ, Judges
• Kirkland Advises Wyndham On $2B Buy Of La Quinta
• 2017 Health Care Enforcement Review: Materiality Under FCA
• Texas Court Orders Unsealing Of Settlements In Fire Suit
• Trump Taps 5th Circ. Judge To Be Ambassador To Argentina
• Hogan Lovells Brings Aboard Baker Botts LNG Pro
• $2M XTO Energy Award Wrongly Nixed, Texas Justices Told
• Author Says Texas A&M Athletics Can't Avoid Copyright Suit
• Gov't, Groups Challenge Efforts To Halt Methane Rule Delay
• Akin Gump Gains Energy Atty From BakerHostetler
• What It Means If States Can Set Medicaid Work Requirements
• Removal In 2017: How Defendants Got To Federal Court
• Rebuilding Texas: Design-Build In Public Procurement
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• Pipeline Co. In Ch. 11 Duel With Texas Creditor, Receiver
• Indorama Offers $10M For M&G's W.Va. Plant, $5M DIP Loan
• Reed Smith Nabs Ex-Katten Work Safety, Enviro Atty In Texas
• Texas Court Affirms Atty Suspension Over Client Soliciting
• Energy Transfer Sells Gas Compression Biz In $1.8B Deal
• Landlord Not Covered For Fatal Stabbings, Insurer Says
• High Court Passes On Texas Wind Farm Arbitration Row
• 5th Circ. Rules Private Biz Info Protected By Fraud Laws
• Exxon Insists Climate Change Speech Claims Are Valid
• EXCO Resources Files Ch. 11 Amid Down Market, $1.3B Debt
• BP Expects Higher Charges Related To Deepwater Claims
• 2017 Health Care Enforcement Review: Trends In FCA Cases
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• Harvey Class Attys Hit Back At Royal Caribbean Sanctions Bid
• High Court To Hear Ex-CEO's Appeal Over GE Legal Tab
• Texas Atty Drops Suit Against Ex-Firm Over Fee Agreement
• Texas Oil Refinery Must Face Enviros' CAA Emissions Suit
• Atty's Malpractice Jurisdiction Fight Dies At Texas High Court
• Justices To Hear Patent Case Over Lost Profits Damages
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Skadden, Simpson
• Texas Landlord Owed Defense Of Lease Dispute, 5th Circ. Told
• Laredo Defends Bag Ban Before Texas High Court
• Wife Of Ex-Mexican Official Gets 10 Months For Bank Fraud
• Water Balloon Toy Makers Square Off Over IP In Fed. Circ.
• Hercules Ordered To Defend Axon In Well Blowout Suit
• Alston & Bird Vet OK'd For Georgia Judgeship
• $1.9M Med Mal Verdict Had To Go, Texas Justices Told
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• TCL Seeks To Reduce Ericsson's $75M Patent Win
• Senate Panel Advances Baker Botts Vet For Texas Judge Seat
• How Sanctuary City Regs Could Impact Houston Real Estate
• 5th Circ. Keeps Exxon Radiation Exposure Suits In Fed. Court
• Column On Teen's Death Not Defamatory, Texas Justices Told
• Bankruptcy Venue Reform Critics Question Need For New Bill
• DOJ Cements $24M FCA Deal Over Bogus Dental Care
• States Press FERC To Pass Tax Savings To Utility Customers
• Mayer Brown Snags Ex-Norton Rose Litigation Atty In Houston
• Ex-Water Splash Employee Wins Appeal In Hague Service Row
• Trump 5th Circ. Pick Defends Harassment, Katrina Rulings
• New Sanctions Sought For Deion Sanders' FCA Suit No-Shows
• Rebuilding Texas: The 2 Types Of Construction Management
• LGBTQ Protections And Best Practices Under Title VII
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• Schiff Hardin Must Face Insurer's Suit Over $34M Verdict
• CEO In Texas State Senator's Securities Case Pleads Guilty
• REIT, Energy Services Co. Launch IPOs Totaling $511M
• Texas Court Says Jury Instructions OK In ER's Med Mal Win
• Hershey's Target Sued In Bid To Block $1.6B Acquisition
• Texas Justices Take On 'Retained Acreage' In Oil, Gas Leases
• DACA Compromise Negotiations Heat Up At White House
• Exxon Seeks To Depose Calif. Officials Over Climate Suits
• Seadrill Gets 4-Month Ch. 11 Plan Exclusivity Extension
• Senate Dems Lament Renomination Of Trump Enviro Pick
• Texas Citizens Participation Act: A Broad Dismissal Tool
• 5th Circ. Solidifies Texas Doctor's Tax Evasion Conviction
• Texas Justices Urged To Reverse Anadarko Win In Lease Fight
• 5th Circ. Says Maritime Law Doesn't Apply In Well Injury Row
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• New Venue Reform Act May Upend Bankruptcy Bar In Del., NY
• Insurer Says Primary Provider Must Cover Negligence Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Miss. Hospital Age Bias Suit
• Senate Kicks Off More Votes For Trump Judge Picks
• Faulty Work Award Not Covered, Excess Insurer Tells 5th Circ.
• Houston Firm Wright & Close Adds New Name Partner
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• Riverstone, Goldman JV Pays $1.6B For NM Gas Assets
• Texas Tech Sued Over Release Of Docs In Coach's Ouster
• SEC Seeks Final Judgment For Texas Adviser In Fraud Suit
• Ogletree Deakins Adds 2 Shareholders In Seattle, Houston
• Texas Couple Get Prison In Enslaved Nigerian Nanny Case
• Restasis Antitrust Suits Paused For MDL Panel Review
• Justices Won't Hear Appeal Of Houston Doc's Medicare Fraud
• 3 Enforcement Priorities For State AGs In 2018
• Why Physician Choice Matters In Medical Product Cases
• Ticket Co. Bosses Settle SEC Probe For At Least $945K
• Ex-ArthroCare Exec Gets 4 Years In $750M False Sales Plot
• Thermo Fisher, Phadia To Exit Allergy Test Antitrust Suit
• Doc To Face Pharmacy's Slander Suit As Texas Justices Pass
• Well Owner Must Cover Hercules In Drilling Blowout Suit
• Texas Justices Pass On Erykah Badu Defamation Row
• Statoil Drops Out Of Suit Against Oil Rig Engineering Cos.
• Hensarling Aide To Take Up CFPB Chief Of Staff Post
• Texas Justices Reject Doc's Bid To Nix Stillborn Baby Suit
• Texas Securities Watchdog Blocks UK Cryptocurrency Outlet
• The Broader Implications Of Sessions' Marijuana Move
• WorldLink Asks 5th Circ. To Revive Wage Coverage Suit
• SXSW Tells 5th Circ. It's Not To Blame For Crash Death
• Insurer Says No Duty To Defend In Utility Damage Suit
• US Trustee Says Seadrill Skimps On Ch. 11 Plan Details
• Norton Rose Snags Baker McKenzie M&A Atty In Houston
• Texas Auto Dealer Must Face Privacy Class Action
• San Antonio Tells 5th Circ. To Rethink Reversal Of $84M Award
• US Asks To Ax Subpoenas In $25M Anadarko Tax Refund Fight
• YPF's $10M Award Against Apache Put On Hold
• Paralyzed Girl's Family Tells 5th Circ. Damages Cap Wrong
• Exxon, Lockheed Settle $16M Asbestos Litigation Bill Dispute
• Santander Unit Must Face Investor Suit Over Accounting
• IRS Sues Texas Oilman For $21M In Unpaid Income Taxes
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• Why Sales Rep Witness Tampering Accusations Matter
• ZTE Settles In Multi-Defendant Cellphone Patent Suit
• Qualcomm Rips Magistrate's Venue Change Report In IP Row
• Texas Appeals Court Tosses $2.9M Judgment Against Oil Cos.
• InterOil Investors Misled Into OK'ing Exxon Deal, Suit Says
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• JPMorgan Sues Patent Firm In Del. For $69M Refund
• 5th Circ. Trims Harboring Convictions For Texas Lawyer
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• Stanford Workers Tell 5th Circ. Underwriters Were Let Off Easy
• No Attys' Fees For CareFirst After Beating $39M ERISA Suit
• Ackman's Pershing Square To Trim Stake In Howard Hughes
• Rebuilding Texas: An Overview Of Public Procurement Issues
• Cumulus Host Can't Shake $1.7M Verdict In Overpayment Row
• Insurer Asks Texas Justices To Nix Thompson Coe Suit
• Gov't Seeks Default Entry Against Furniture Co. In FCA Suit
• MoneyGram, Ant Financial Call Off Merger Over CFIUS Woes
• Fed. Circ. Asked To Clarify Venue For Multidistrict States
• Texas Court Affirms Reprimand Of Atty For Recusal Motions
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• AT&T Sued Over Planned Layoff Of 713 Unionized Workers
• Simpson Thacher Guides $600M Rebar, Steel Asset Sale
• 4 Ways Tax Reform May Affect The Sports World
• Congressional Forecast: January
• Medical Malpractice Cases To Watch In 2018
• State & Local Tax Regulations To Watch In 2018
• Texas Cases To Watch In 2018