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Texas - March, 2018

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• Railroad Act Doesn't Lower Expert Report Bar: Texas Panel
• Exxon Mobil Escapes ERISA Climate Change Case, For Now
• Google Gets Partial New Trial In $20M Malware Patent Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: NYSE, CBS, Open Door
• Texas Tribe Can Keep Operating Bingo Machines, For Now
• 5th Circ. Says Ch. 11 Crucial In Comcast, Network Debt Row
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Gibson, Vinson
• Goodwin Liu Talks Academia, Constitutional Law, Oxtail Stew
• Heirs Who Won $6B In JPMorgan Trial Seek Lower Judgment
• Spokeo Shreds Receipt Suit Against Restaurant Operator
• Texas AG Wants Austin's Short-Term Rental Ordinance Nixed
• Whirlpool Gets Enhanced Damages In $7.6M Patent Fight
• Exxon Asks Fed. Court For Quick Win In IRS Credit Dispute
• Texas Justices Pass On Trade Secrets Discovery Fight
• K&L Gates Adds 5 Winstead Energy Attys In Texas
• Insurer Fights For Repayment In Condo Defect Coverage Row
• Owens Corning Class Wants Another Go At Cert. In 3rd Circ.
• Single Factor Income Apportionment: Inconsistent Standard
• Foley, Gardere Strike Deal To Form $830M Revenue Firm
• BigLaw Doesn't Have A Diversity Problem
• Texas Panel Trims $8.4M Award In Refinery Explosion Case
• Cancer Centers Will Pay Up To $11.5M In Kickback Suit
• Ex-Stockman Staffer Testifies Against Boss, Details Scheme
• Samsung Gets Damages Cut To $11M In Bluetooth Patent Suit
• The Importance Of Attorney Etiquette In The Courtroom
• Dell Investors Who Sued Over Stock Drop Win Class Cert.
• Developer Lobs $10M Suit Over Dallas-Area Subdivision Sale
• Exxon's Attack On AG Climate Probes Thrown Out
• Texas Pool Co. Wins 10 H-2B Visas In BALCA Appeal
• Bumble Hits Back At Tinder With $400M Trade Secrets Suit
• Roman J. Israel, Esquire, Meet Donald J. Trump, POTUS
• Tribes Push To Nix Challenge To Indian Child Welfare Act
• $1.1B M&G Ch. 11 Plant Sale OK'd Over Bancomext Objection
• Advocate To Get Atty Fees After Suit Over Column Tossed
• Las Vegas Casinos Dodge Texas Suit Over Gambler's Suicide
• Ex-US Rep. Used Charity Cash For Trips And More, Jury Told
• EEOC Settles With Sports Bar Over Pregnant Bartender Firing
• ERISA Suit Against NFL Plan, Cigna Left Largely Intact
• Concho Goes Big In The Permian Basin With $9.5B RSP Buy
• Jury Clears Allergy Advocacy Group In Antitrust Suit
• 5th Circ. Affirms Conviction Of Sleep Center Fraudster
• We Need A Cybersecurity Framework For Law Firms
• 5th Circ. Affirms $175K Sanction Against Austin Attorney
• Ex-Texas Rep. Had Mail Co. Prez Ask For Cash, Jurors Hear
• Halliburton's Suit Over Insurer's Bid To Recoup $12M Tossed
• Texas Court Skeptical Of Arbitration In Baylor Libel Row
• State AGs Back Fed. Suit Over California Immigration Laws
• Immigration Bill Roundup: Child Custody, Census Questions
• Tribe Can't Dodge Texas' Suit Over Bingo Machines
• Judge OKs Hunton's $34M Settlement With Stanford Investors​
• $135K Sanction Affirmed Over Texas Atty's Jury 'Push Poll'
• Equity Partnership Isn't What It Used To Be
• No Coverage For Atty Accused Of $800K Theft, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Contempt Order Should Put Associates On Notice
• Jurors Hear Texas Ex-Rep. Used Charity Funds Improperly
• Texas Detention Center Accused Of Abusing African Detainees
• Texas Justices Pass On Defamation Suit Against Mexican Firm
• Clinic Didn't Cause Renal Disease, Feds Tell 5th Circ.
• McDonald's Hit With IP Suit Over Mobile App
• Nigerian Man Slapped With 6-Year Sentence For $3M Fraud
• Judging A Book: Hardiman Reviews 'Without Precedent'
• Texas Contractors Can't Rely On Limited Power Of Attorney
• Atty Contempt Order Over Chipotle OT Row Gets Interim Stay
• Texas Justices Hand Uranium Miner Win In Water Deal Row
• ConocoPhillips Can't Sway Texas Justices In Royalty Row
• Willis Towers Watson To Pay $40M To Settle Pension Row
• Texas Justices Say Vague Language Preserves Enviro Appeal
• Insurer's Win In Mosquito Death Suit Reversed At 5th Circ.
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Weil, Davis Polk
• Amazon Hit With Infringement Suit Over Fire TV Remote
• 5th Circ. Revives Suit Saying Walmart Display Injured Shopper
• Holliday Fenoglio Helms $159.2M Recapitalization Portfolio
• Texas Justices Free JPMorgan From Eagle Ford Lease Row
• Senate Confirms 5th Circ.'s Prado As Envoy To Argentina
• Top Tax Changes For Law Firms: What Lawyers Need To Know
• Texas Attys Can't Hide IDs When Contacting Online Defamers
• Charitable Donation Funded Rep.'s Surveillance, Jurors Told
• 5th Circ. Rejects IRS Bid To Pause Anti-Inversion Appeal
• Enviros Fight Bid To Move Water Rule Delay Row To Texas
• Insurer Denied Quick Win In Coverage Row Over $7M Suit
• Oil Co. Says $147M Award Moots JV Partner's Federal Claims
• Scheef & Stone Settles Doctor's Suit Over RE Fraud Case
• Anadarko Playing Victim In $26M Tax Refund Row, IRS Argues
• Texas High Court Ruling On Patent Agents May Be Influential
• Companies Should Avoid The BigLaw Bonus Structure
• No Trip, No Contract, Customer Says In Cruise Suit
• IHeartMedia Legacy Noteholders Sue Over Ch. 11 Debt Plan
• Texas Court Revives Suit Against Rose Walker Over Seized Jet
• ENGlobal Plant Contract Row Must Be Nixed, Judge Told
• Donor Says Ex-Rep From Texas Misused Charitable Donation
• Slain Mexican Teen's Family Can't Sue CBP Agent: 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Affirms Corps' Win In Mitigation Credits Suit
• Insurance Broker Must Face Terror Attack Coverage Suit
• Attys In Chipotle OT Suit Want Contempt Finding Stayed
• Atty Sanctions Affirmed In Duplicate Wrongful Death Suit
• Walmart, Other Cos. Can Sell Liquor In Texas, Judge Rules
• Landowner Takes Spill Fight With Oil Co. To Texas Justices
• ExxonMobil Says It Doesn't Belong In Investors' $73M Oil Row
• Limitations Of Exclusivity Defense In Workers' Comp Cases
• Chief Innovation Officer — The New Star On Legal Teams
• How State AGs Can Fight Student Loan Crisis The Right Way
• Texas Court Finds Car Accident Injury Suit Untimely
• Farm's Crop Claim Puts Arbitrability Before Texas High Court
• Ex-Rep. From Texas Ran $1.25M Charity Scam, Feds Say
• Texas Justices Weigh Settlements' Effect On Loan Default Win
• Tinder Stays On IP Warpath, Sues Top Chinese Dating App
• Betting On Change: States Plan For Sports Gambling Decision
• TPG, EnerVest Cut $2.66B Deal To Create Energy Co.
• EXCLUSIVE: Behind The Downfall Of Latham's Chairman
• National Lawyers Need National Licensing For National Courts
• How Regulatory Power Is Moving To The States
• Weil, Davis Polk Steer $1.2B Fidelity-Stewart Deal
• Charter Seeks End To Texas Cable Permit Dispute
• After Fed. Circ. Slam, Gilstrap Hands Newegg $565K In Fees
• Offshore Manufacturer Wants Out Of Petrobras' $400M Suit
• Maxell Seeks Sanctions Against Huawei In Smartphone IP Suit
• Insurer Fights Coverage Of Row Over Texas Sports Complex
• Treasury Urges 5th Circ. To Reinstate Anti-Inversion Rule
• Akerman Adds 2 Dykema Attys To Fraud, Recovery Group
• EZCorp Fights Class Cert. In 'Lawyer-Driven' Investor Suit
• Mechanics Union Denies Delay In Southwest OT Boycott Row
• Land Services Co. Says Contractor Stole Its Customers
• Dating App Bumble Is Tinder 'Copycat,' Tinder Owner Says
• Outten, Cohen Attys Held In Contempt Over Chipotle OT Suit
• Petrobras Can Keep Lid On Risk Docs In $400M Oil Rig Suit
• 5th Circ. Can't Review Bid To Move Suit Over Tonsil Surgery
• Texas Sanctuary City Lawsuit Unlikely To Find New Life
• Trade Group Says EPA's Delay Of Rules Boosts Safety
• Enron Debt Investors Push Back On Banks' Quick Win Bids
• Asbestos Firm Must Face Insurers' Coverage Payback Suit
• DOL Direction Sought After Fiduciary Rule Nixed By 5th Circ.
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Wal-Mart Discovery Dispute
• Atty Bloggers Find Niche Tracking Federal Appeals Courts
• Texas Justices To Weigh In On Higher Bar In Birth Injury Suit
• 5th Circ. Lifts Block On La. Pipeline Project Amid Appeal
• Texas High Court Won't Revisit Exxon Win In Age Bias Suit
• A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharma
• Changes To Rule 23 Are Coming, Are You Prepared?
• Split 5th Circ. Vacates DOL's Obama-Era Fiduciary Rule
• 5th Circ. Affirms 2 Convictions In BP Oil Spill Fraud Case
• Doc Can't Duck Suit Over Botched Hysterectomy, Court Says
• Courthouse Concealed-Gun Ruling Reversed By Texas Panel
• Jury Awards $706M Over Appraisal App Secrets Theft
• Feds To Revisit Critical Habitat Rules To Settle States' Suit
• Investors Dig For Cert. In Rent-A-Center Stock Drop Fight
• Claims Against Neighbor Revived In Bee Swarm Death Suit
• Workers Win 'Tolling' Ruling In Del. 3rd Circuit Query
• Arlington, Texas, To Create US' Largest Esports Arena
• Feds Seek To DQ Atty In Venezuelan Bribery Case
• Consultant Co. Wants Out Of $1.76M Suit Over Alleged Scam
• Firms Agree To End Suit Over 'Strong Arm' Trademark
• IHeartMedia Hits Ch. 11 To Cut More Than $10B In Debt
• Pipeline Cos. Seek ExGen Texas Ch. 11 Financial Assurance
• Mayer Brown Gets Litigation Atty From Norton Rose In Texas
• NY Helicopter Co. Accused Of Negligence In East River Crash
• Houston Man Sues Hospital Over English-Only Instructions
• Speech Law Doesn't Outweigh Injunction Bids: Texas Court
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive GE's Trade Secret Fight With Ex-Exec
• Texas Atty Can Sue Defense Counsel Over Forged Will Case
• BALCA Affirms Denial Of H-2B Visas To Texas Pool Contractor
• Wilson Says It Deserves Fees In Chin Strap Patent Fight
• Idexx Underpaid Lyme Disease Patent Royalties, UT Says
• 5th Circ. Approves Much Of Texas' Anti-Sanctuary City Law
• Halliburton Need Not Arbitrate $12M Row, 5th Circ. Hears
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Ericsson Patent At Center Of TCL Suit
• Texas Panel Nixes Driver's Bias Suit Against Grocer HEB
• Generic Drug Co. Can Continue Arbitration Against Ranbaxy
• Texas Justices Reject Expert Row In U-Haul Accident Case
• Jury To Decide If New Apple FaceTime Infringes, Says Judge
• Burt Barr Says No Way Ex-Client Could Collect $3M Judgment
• 5th Circ. Revives Doc's Illegal Search And Seizure Suit
• Lawyering A La Carte: Unbundled Dispute Resolution Services
• Another Texas County Sues Arkema Over Harvey Damage
• Rolls-Royce Wins Bids To Exit FCA Suit, DQ Atty
• Patriots Defensive End Sues Over Unpaid College Injury Policy
• Houston Firm Says 'Disgruntled' Ex-Employee Stole Client
• Local Carriers Say Verizon, Sprint Can't Duck Fees In MDL
• With FCC On Sidelines, Mayors Move To Protect Net Neutrality
• Dallas Man Gets Prison In $1.4M Oil Embezzlement Scheme
• Oil Co. Must Fork Over $14M To Transocean Cos., Judge Says
• Holland & Knight Adds Commercial Litigator In Dallas
• SEC Gets Asset Freeze Extended In AriseBank ICO Suit
• Manning & Kass Enters Texas With 2-Lawyer Dallas Office
• La. Wrong Venue For Food Co.'s $1M Coverage Spat: 5th Circ.
• Insurtech Is The Next Frontier For Texas Insurance
• Farrar & Ball Wins Toss Of Paralegal's Discrimination Claims
• Texas Injury Ruling May Make It Easier To Use Video Evidence
• Speech Law's Reach Questioned In Oil Tool Patent Fight
• You're Perfect, Now Change: Perfectionism Hurts Lawyers
• Medical Device Co. Says Atty's Consultant Scam Cost It $1.8M
• La Quinta Investor Sues Over $2B Sale To Wyndham
• Harassment Claims Highlight Risk For Individual Liability
• Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction
• Why The 'Blue Slip' Battles Are Becoming White Hot
• Senior Judges Fill The Void Left By Rampant Vacancies
• How Far Right Can The President Pull The Courts?
• EDTX Judge Ships Juniper IP Suit To 'More Convenient' Calif.
• American Backs Lufthansa In Texas High Court Tickets Row
• Texas Court Nixes Challenger's Deed In AT&T Lease Battle
• Sens. Cornyn, Murkowski Cautious About NAFTA Talks, Tariffs
• Health Hires: Aronberg, Bracewell, Miles, Polsinelli, Sidley
• Abbott Unit Covered By Patent Safe Harbor, Magistrate Says
• Testicle Might Have Been Saved, Texas Court Says
• Texas Pharma Delivery Co. Wins $24M In Tech Battle
• 5th Circ. Says Taxpayers Can't Extend Appeal Deadline
• Houston Mayor Says Private Partnerships Crucial To Recovery
• Texas Court Sends Suit Over Trucker's Death To Arbitration
• Judge Denies SEC's Request To Reopen $4.7M Fraud Case
• Insurer Excused After Paying $1M To Settle Worker Death Suit
• Texas Hospital Settles Paramedic, Nurse OT Suits
• Okla. Lawmaker Blames Texas Consultant For Tracker In Truck
• Coal Industry Leaders Say There's Reason For Optimism
• Siemens CEO Calls For Industrywide Cybersecurity Effort
• $75M Ericsson Award Nullified, New Damages Trial Ordered
• Regulators OK $9.5B Oncor Sale, Capping EFH Bankruptcy
• EPA Wants Suit Over Clean Water Rule Delay Moved To Texas
• Energy Consultant Fights Arbitration Ban On $775M BP Sale
• Wyo. Judge Lifts Stay Of Challenge To BLM's Methane Rule
• Contractor Fights Austin's Bid To End $50M Tunnel Contract
• Texas Legal Market Poised For Merger Bump In 2018
• Don't Revive Restasis Patents, Generic Cos. Urge Fed. Circ.
• Family Doc's Office Manager Can't Ditch Ex-Patient's Suit
• Texas Panel Nixes Challenge To Time-Bar In Patient Death Suit
• Texas High Court Asked To Tackle 6-Year Atty DQ Row Again
• AT&T's DirecTV Latin America Business Files US IPO
• BCBS Affiliates Can't Dismiss Hospital Benefits Payment Suit
• Texas Court Revives Prof's Suit Over Anti-Tenure Speech
• Accused Ringleader Pleads Guilty In $29M Bank Fraud
• Texas Energy Co. Wants $100M For Usurped Anadarko Bid
• Perry, Shell CEO Differ On Urgency Of Paris Accord
• Experts Urge Delicate Approach On NAFTA, Tariffs
• Royal Caribbean Fights Renewed Harvey Cruise Claims
• Faulty Presuit Notice Dooms Texan's Chemical Peel Suit
• Texas Judge Pleads Not Guilty In Cash-For-Rulings Case
• Texas Judge Sued For Defamation Over Town Hall Incident
• Defense Bar, Law Prof Side With Ex-CEO Over GE Legal Tab
• Ex-Stanford GC Sanctioned, Ordered To Hand Over Docs
• DLA Piper Lands Jackson Walker Investment Funds Team
• Interior Secretary Touts Slashed Regs, New Drilling Options
• Akin Gump Energy Pro Joins White & Case In Houston
• Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty To Retaining Gov't Secrets
• Searching For 'Act Of Infringement' Under Hatch-Waxman
• Applebee's Franchisee Reveals Payment Card Data Breach
• Willkie Adds Energy Partner From DLA Piper In Houston Office
• Feds Defend Duty-Evasion Claims Against Furniture Importer
• Energy Leaders Urge Investments, Predict Oil Supply Lapse
• Senate Approves Trump Picks For Texas, Ga. Judgeships
• Ohio, City Seek To Bar Soccer Team's Move To Texas
• Gilstrap Doubles $4M Jury Verdict In LCD Patent Row
• Hospitals Can't Arbitrate Lien Suit, Texas Court Says
• Texas Hospital Must Face Claims Nurse Assaulted Patient
• PE-Backed Midstream Company Reaps $100M In Initial Equity
• High Court Says US Can Pursue NM Water-Sharing Claims
• Justices Pause 5th Circ. Arbitration Ruling In Antitrust Fight
• Hercules Ascendant? A Gasp Of Breath From A 'Dead Letter'
• Texas Supreme Court Says Heavy Equipment Tax Law Legal
• 5th Circ. Lowers Bar To Review Benefits Claims Denials
• Texas Appeals Court Limits Discovery In NCAA CTE Suit
• Exxon Wants To Probe Calif. Officials On Their Climate Suits
• FasciaBlaster Inventor Sanctioned In Failed Defamation Suit
• Southwest Says Union Letter Poor Try To Stop OT Boycott
• Texas Court Keeps Post-Plastic Surgery Death Case Open
• Texas, Others Urge Justices To Uphold Trump's Travel Ban
• EEOC Sues Compass For Denying Woman A Sous Chef Job
• IRS Seeks Quick Win In $337M Exxon Tax Refund Bout
• Texas Justices Order New Trial In $9.6M Oil Rig Injury Case
• Impermissibly Redefining 'Long-Felt Need' Using Hindsight
• Wrist Wear Co. Hits Ch. 11 With Plans To Sell IP, Sue Apple
• Patent Suit Against Wilson Still Had Legs, Judge Says
• 5th Circ. Orders Hearing In Immigrant Abortion Case
• Make An Informed Choice About Arbitration
• FDIC, Banks Seek Wins In Second Go-Round Of MBS Suits
• Orrick, Shearman & Sterling Nab 22 Andrews Kurth Attys
• Texas Panel Keeps $2.7M Jury Verdict Against Obstetrician
• IRS, Anadarko Seek Early Wins In $26M Tax Refund Row
• 16 States Urge High Court To Uphold Travel Ban
• DOD Awards Lockheed Martin $158M For F-35 Jet Support
• Protecting Privilege In Litigation Financing Negotiations
• Lessons Learned From The Oil Patch Blues