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Texas - February, 2018

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• DOJ Sues Houston Over Harassment Of Female Firefighters
• Air Force Ends T-6 Flight Halt Triggered By Oxygen Issues
• Houston Co. Says African Brewer Wrongly Cut Off Deal
• Gilstrap Has Atty Monitor FedEx Expert's Health In IP Row
• Dr. Phil, Ex-Staffer Strike Deal To End Copyright Suit
• ICE Texas Detention Deal Was Improper, Watchdog Says
• SEC Accuses 3 Texas Cos., Execs Of $11.7M Offering Fraud
• Texas Justices Told FMLA Doesn't Nix Unemployment Benefits
• OptumRx, Providers Look To Toss Pharma Audit RICO Suit
• Avoid Getting A Plaintiff's Fingerprint Pointed At You
• Post-Octane Fitness Considerations In East Texas
• Ex-Drug Distribution Exec Convicted In $50M Scheme
• Harvey-Flooded Facility Says Insurer Lied About Coverage
• Latest ACA Assault Has Fighting Chance Despite Clear Flaws
• Texas Patent Agent Privilege Ruling Met With Sigh Of Relief
• Texas Panel OKs Defense Win In Suit Over Man's Death
• FDA Warning Wire: False Data, Cleanliness Issues Overseas
• Why Machine Learning Should Matter To Lawyers
• 5th Circ. Keeps Fannie In Foreclosure Row, Not Wells Fargo
• Texas Tribe Wins Pause Of E-Bingo Order Pending Appeal
• ND, Texas Ask To Move Forward With Methane Rule Challenge
• 5th Circ. Upholds Cellphone Evidence In Drug Smuggling Case
• 20 AGs Sue To Toss What's Left Of Obamacare
• Seadrill Gains Restructuring Plan Support With Creditor Deal
• EFH Ch. 11 Sale Plan Confirmed By Del. Court
• Texas Court Kicks Atty's Race Bias Claims To Arbitration
• Tank Vessel Co. To Pay $2M For False Records, Oil Disposal
• 5th Circ. Affirms Nix Of Suit Over UBS' Enron Knowledge
• Texas Justices OK LLC Officer's Enviro Violations Fine
• 5th Circ. Pressed To Undo Louisiana Oil Pipeline Block
• Strip Club Can Arbitrate Dancer's Claims, Texas Court Says
• Texas Justices Nix Health Co.'s 'Death Penalty Sanctions'
• So Far, So Right — Menchaca Has Not Changed Appraisal Law
• No Quick Answer On Transition Tax, Treasury Official Says
• Texas Justices Revive Law Firm's Fight For Fees
• Foreign-Derived Income Rate Might Not Go Up, Brady Says
• EEOC Sues Construction Co. Over Disabled Worker Firings
• Judge Won't Disturb Jury Verdict On Health Supplement IP
• Texas Justices Say Payday Lender Can Arbitrate Claims
• Exxon Pushes Back Against NY AG's Free Speech Arguments
• Texas Justices Pass On Hospital's Expert Report Row
• 'Strategy' Defense Fails Atty Who Shirked Case: Texas Court
• Understanding Texas Mechanic's Liens And Bonds: Part 3
• Immigrants Sue Private Prison Co. Over 'Forced Labor'
• Patent Agent Emails Merit Privilege, Texas Justices Say
• Tex. Appeals Court Says Mining Co. Can Redo Atty DQ Bid
• Chuck-E-Cheese, Insurer Trade Blows In $5M Coverage Battle
• Tax Law Could Keep IP From Leaving, Treasury Official Says
• Doc Asks Texas Justices To Review Med Board Subpoenas
• Radio-Control Car IP Holder Wants To Resume Hobbico Ch. 11
• Treasury Official Keeps Mum On BEAT Anti-Abuse Rules
• Ford, Bridgestone Escape Fatal Crash Suit In Texas
• Texas State Sen. Found Guilty In Securities Fraud Scheme
• Texas Panel Says Expert Testimony Dooms Med Mal Claim
• M&G Lienholder Priority Fight In Del. Awaits Sale Moves
• Texas Court Affirms $288M Judgment Against Credit Suisse
• Carbon-Related Tax Unlikely Under Int'l Rules, Prof Says
• Houston Pharmacy Owners Deny $23M Health Fraud
• From NJ To Texas: How The Courts Fared At The Fed. Circ.
• Dallas Mavs To Probe Harassment Claims Against Ex-CEO
• Understanding Texas Mechanic's Liens And Bonds: Part 2
• Holland & Knight Adds Bankruptcy Litigator In Houston
• Ex-Oilfield Worker Looks To Revive False Imprisonment Suit
• 5th Circ. Adds To Split On Review Of Jury Instruction Errors
• Why BigLaw Firms Are Hungry To Enter And Grow In Dallas
• Andrews Kurth, Hunton & Williams Will Combine In April
• Stanford Ponzi Deal Wrongly Bars Claims, 5th Circ. Hears
• Fed. Circ. OKs Killing Money Transfer Patent Under Alice
• Texas Health Science Center Pays $13M To Settle Grant Row
• Judge Transfers Storage War Over Search Engine Optimization
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Ends Exxon Free Speech Claims, Judge Told
• Texas AI Co. Pockets $56.5M In Series B Funding Round
• Justices Again Turn Down Deportee's Bid To Reopen
• BP Says Some Claims In Deepwater Suits Are Time-Barred
• Shuttered Texas Energy Co. Says Bribe Refusal Cost It $470M
• Akerman Adds 3 Ex-Gardere Attys In Dallas
• Topgolf tells 5th Circ. Rival Can't Pursue Future Claims
• Dallas Atty Cops To Running Marriage Fraud Scheme
• Texas Justices Take Up Arbitration Question In Crop Case
• Texas Justices Pass On Code Developer's 'Contractor' Row
• Understanding Texas Mechanic's Liens And Bonds: Part 1
• Texas Oil Co. Can't Duck $14M Award, Transocean Unit Says
• Texas Justices Won't Hear From Oil Exec DQ'd As Counsel
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Morgan Lewis Energy Duo In Houston
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Davis, Skadden, Weil
• Tension Over 'Place Of Business' Timing For Patent Venue
• How Emerging Sources Of ESI Will Impact Discovery
• Texas Architects Escape Death Suit Over Faulty Design
• Texas Grocery Chain HEB Buys Growing Mobile Delivery App
• Texas Jury Slaps Docs With $6.6M Verdict In Blood Clot Case
• Texas Court Says Suit Over Post-Surgery Pain Not Timely
• Orrick Hires 6 Ex-Andrews Kurth Public Finance Lawyers
• Houston Homeowners Can't Revive Flood Negligence Suit
• Put The Brakes On Acceleration Bay Litigation Funder Ruling
• Texas DOT Can't Nix Jury Award For Injured Motorcyclist
• LyondellBasell Pays $2.25B To Pick Up Plastic Supplier
• A Chat With Hogan Lovells HR Chief Allison Friend
• Conservative Texas Blogger Gets Another Try In Atty Fee Row
• Texas Man Can't Use Frozen Funds For Appeal, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Justices Asked To Step Into Trade Secrets Row
• Jackson Walker Adds Partners In Austin, Houston
• 5th Circ. Affirms $81M Damages In Citgo Spill Row
• Feds Want End To Texas Suit Over Indian Child Welfare Act
• Granite Construction Snaps Up Layne In $565M Deal
• Considerations For Attorneys Using Artificial Intelligence
• AmEx Ignoring Court Findings, Justices Hear In Antitrust Row
• Texas AG Says ERISA 'Likely' Preempts State Reg Of HRAs
• Rolls-Royce Should Win FCA Suit Toss, Atty DQ: Magistrate
• $105M Astrodome Revitalization Plan Gets Green Light
• Contractors Smeared Telecom For Bucking Racism, Suit Says
• Enviros Challenge EPA Permit For Gulf Oil Drillers At 5th Circ.
• White & Case Launches Houston Office With Oil, Gas Focus
• 4 Firms Guide $3.8B WMIH-Nationstar Merger
• Baylor Can't Use Med Mal Law To Beat Wrongful Firing Suit
• Proskauer Says No Evidence Ex-Partner Aided Stanford Scam
• Arcade Bar Says Rivals In Texas Are Infringing TM
• Auto Dealers Should Note FTC's Deceptive Ad Actions
• 5th Circ. Nom's Resume Marked By Texas Policy Battles
• Honduran's Bid For Removal Review Denied By 5th Circ.
• Chubb Negligently Rejected $2M Injury Deal, Suit Says
• Former Venezuelan Oil Execs Charged In Bribery Scheme
• AGs Back Ban On Sex Harassment Arbitration Clauses
• Nossaman Adds Health Care Litigator To Austin Office
• Uber Sued By Texas Woman Allegedly Raped By Driver
• WorldLink Can't Revive Coverage Bid, Insurer Tells 5th Circ.
• Houston BBQ Joint Owner Seeks $1M For Alleged Shutout
• Judging A Book: Duncan Reviews 'Justice And Empathy'
• Trump Taps 9 In Latest Round Of Judicial Nominations
• Emerging Trends In FCA Enforcement: 2018 Outlook
• 'Throw' Your Mini-Opening To Get The Best Jury Possible
• Chicago's Whitehall Fights Texas Hotel's TM Suit Exit Bid
• Too Soon For Korean Financial Authority Ruling, Judge Says
• ​​​​​​​At 40, ICWA May Be Facing Its Biggest Legal Hurdle
• Fed. Circ. Says It Can't Hear Antitrust Appeal In Patent Feud
• Texas, Nev. AGs Defend Ariz. Law Opposing Israel Boycotters
• Texas Judge Keeps Suit Over 'Ice Cold' Distribution Alive
• Health Hires: Ropes, Brown Rudnick, Mallinckrodt, DLA Piper
• Texas County Drops $3.5M Border Fence Fraud Suit
• Haynes And Boone Hires 2 Andrews Kurth Attys In Houston
• Deals Rumor Mill: Remington, Ant Financial, Cirsa Gaming
• Door Skins Supplier Denied Quick Win In Antitrust Suit
• 5th Circ. Rejects Bid To Revive Hair Salon ADA Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Weil, Latham
• Texas Oil Co. Sues IRS In $222M Fuel Credit Dispute
• Eminent Domain In The Wake Of Natural Disasters
• Your Case Was Remanded By The MDL Court — Now What?
• Congress Fumbles Spending Debate, Shutting Gov't Down
• State AGs Urge High Court To Review Google Privacy Deal
• Texas Justices Told Record Refutes $9.6M Brain Injury Verdict
• Mott's In TM Suit: I Say Clamato, You Can't Say Almato
• 5th Circ. Says Chinese Co. Must Pay Up In $102M Piracy Suit
• Texas Court Won't Force Hospital Into Med Mal Case
• Texas Court Upholds Anesthesia Co.'s Win In Death Suit
• The Art Of The Litigation Funding Deal
• Mexican Diving Co. Gets $19.5M Award OK'd In Ship Dispute
• 5 Cos. Price IPOs Totaling $959M Despite Market Turbulence
• NuStar Energy To Simplify Structure In $7.9B Deal
• Hydropower Land Transfer, Transparency Bills Pass House
• Senate Panel Approves Trump's Pick For 5th Circ.
• Judge Sinks Suit Against Royal Caribbean Over Harvey Cruise
• Texas Firm With Same Initials Didn't Infringe TM, Judge Rules
• TxDOT Contractor Didn't Cause Ice Patch That Killed Driver
• Tractor Death Suit Belongs In Miss., Texas Justices Hear
• ITS Money Transfer Patents Not Abstract, Fed. Circ. Told
• Jury Gives Landowner $28M For Lost Value From Highway
• Furniture Co. Settles Claims Over Import Tariff Evasion
• 2017 Patent Litigation: A Year In Review
• Smart Contracts Need Smart Corporate Lawyers
• Workers Paid Fair Price For RadioShack Stock, 5th Circ. Says
• Andrews Kurth, Hunton & Williams Leaders Agree On Merger
• Oncor Urges Texas Justices To Toss Energy Contract Row
• Vinson & Elkins Associates To Get Cravath-Scale Bonuses
• Bankrupt Payday Lender Can't Move CFPB Suit To Texas
• Texas Tribe Looks To Halt E-Bingo Order Pending Appeal
• 5th Circ. Lets Alone Reversal Of Cities' $84M Hotel Tax Win
• Bellicum Hit With Stock Drop Suit In Texas Over Drug Risks
• ITC Patent Rebound Shows Signs It's Here To Stay
• The Firms That Fielded The Most Patent Cases
• New Normal Takes Shape After TC Heartland Shakeup
• Beyond Gilstrap: 5 Judges To Watch In Patent Litigation
• Drop In IPRs Tied To Patent Litigation Slowdown
• How Patent Litigation Changed In 2017
• 'Serial Objector' Attys Dodge RICO Claims In Class Action
• U-Haul Tells Texas Justices Accident Expert Has Conflicts
• State Law Blocks Texas Tribe's E-Bingo Plans, Judge Says
• How To Fix Your Broken Client Teams
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-BakerHostetler Attys As Partners
• Texas Justices Asked To OK Amputation Suit's Expert Reports
• Photog Wants To Exterminate Use Of Ant, Roach Pics
• Hercules Wants $4.8M In Atty Fees In Drilling Fire Suit
• Texas Judge Caught In FBI Sting Accused Of Accepting Bribes
• 5th Circ. Says Ohioans Can Be Sued For Fraud In Texas
• Katten Muchin Opens Office With Ex-Andrews Kurth Partners
• 5th Circ. Tosses Ex-School Nurse's Whistleblower Suit
• Former Dell Employee, Accomplice Sentenced For Fraud
• Oil & Gas Producer Raises $1B For Permian Basin Work
• Oncor Must Cover Relocation Expenses, Texas Justices Say
• Warburg Pincus Invests $300M In Oil And Gas Explorer
• From Amazon To Foxconn, Incentives To Woo Biz Scrutinized
• Locke Lord Adds Tax, Transaction Atty From Andrews Kurth
• Duane Morris Adds 2 Partners To New Austin Office
• 10 Firms To Steer IPOs Exceeding $1.8B To Start February
• EFH Ch. 11 Sale To Face Texas Regulators Unopposed
• Winston & Strawn Grabs 8 Energy Attys From Norton Rose
• Exxon Insists It Can Bolster Climate Speech Claims
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2017: Part 2
• Air Force Pauses T-6 Flights Following Oxygen Issues
• Texas Justices Say Expert Report OK In Eye Damage Suit
• Texas Deals Blow To EEOC Background Check Policy
• Dell Exploring IPO Or VMware Merger To Boost Biz
• PE-Backed Fracker Leads 2 IPOs Raising $681M Combined
• Taxation With Representation: Fenwick, Morgan, Sidley
• Investors Seek Class Cert. In EZCorp Securities Fraud Suit
• Hospital's $9M Agreement To Trump $43M Med Mal Verdict
• REIT Investors Look To Keep Fraud Suit Alive Amid Deal Talks
• Water District Shielded From Flooding Suit, Texas Panel Says
• Santander Unit Wants Rethink On Bid To Toss Investor Suit
• Texas Appeals Court Sides With Doc In Expert Report Row
• 5th Circ. Won't Interfere With Opioid Probe Into Texas Doc
• Landowner Can't Overturn Energy Co.'s Win In Spill Suit
• Tackling NFL Trademarks: IP Fights Since Last Super Bowl
• Evolving Due Process In The Digital Age