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Texas - May, 2018

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• CFPB, Trade Groups Seek Payday Rule Delay, Suit Stay
• Texas Disciplinary Rule Changes Delayed After Attys Object
• Disbarred Texas Atty Wins New Trial For Alleged Misconduct
• Split Texas Court Says Oil Price Drop No Act Of God
• Texas Firm Ruled Immune From Destroyed-Evidence Suit
• Texas Homeowners Sue Howard Hughes Corp. Over Flooding
• BigLaw Blogs In A Post-GDPR Marketing Universe
• Fraud Restitution No Longer In The Eye Of The Bill-Holder
• 5th Circ. Won't Nix Texas Debt Collection Lawyer's Loss
• ZTE Corp. Can't Slip Texas Battery Patent Row
• Insurer Escapes Class Action Over Inflated Stock Price
• Meals On Wheels Branch CEO Says His Firing Violated FMLA
• Texas Settles Rehab Therapy Medicaid Fraud For $15.2M
• States Back Indian Child Welfare Act In Texas' Challenge
• Advocates Lose Bid To Toss Texas DACA Challenge
• Tribe Can't Shake $9.3M Verdict Over Fatal Bus Accident
• Marine Businesses, Get Ready For Hurricane Season
• Staffing Co. Workers Denied Cert. In Dallas Hospital Bias Suit
• The Potentially Far-Reaching Impact Of Sports Betting Case
• Suits Show Conflict Even At BigLaw's Best Places For Women
• Reform Or Retreat? UK Firms Eye Next Steps On Pay Data
• How Women Are Changing The Law Firms They Lead
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Texas Comptroller Dodges Bipolar Ex-Employee's Bias Suit
• Texas Atty Drops United From Airport Shoving Suit
• Quicken Loans Stole Home Valuation Tech, Suit Says
• Baker Botts Steers Kimbell In $404M PE-Backed Royalty Deal
• Ex-Congressman From Texas Fights Charity Fraud Conviction
• McCombs Execs Ask Texas Justices To Bar 'Forum Shopping'
• And Now A Word To The Panel: Happy 50th!
• The 2018 Law360 Glass Ceiling Report
• Texas Doctor Must Face Suit Over Baby's Brain Damage
• Texas 'Hail Bill' Promotes Dispute Resolution Over Litigation
• DOL Says Settlement Close In $2.2M Group Home Wage Row
• Cigna Units, Surgical Centers Settle $8M ERISA Suit
• High Court Lets Fraudster Off Hook For GE's $5M Legal Fees
• Rule 23 Changes: How Electronic Notice Can Save Money
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report, By The Numbers
• What Does Gender Parity In The Legal Industry Look Like?
• How We Got Here: A Look Back At Trailblazing Women In Law
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law360's Pro Say: Why Are All The Partners Still Men?
• Jury Awards $1.2M Over Vein Perforated By Medical Device
• Bad Jury Charge Nixes $1.9M Med Mal Award: Texas Justices
• Texas Justices Say HOA Can't Stop Short-Term House Rentals
• Anadarko Retains Win In Texas Oil And Gas Lease Fight
• US Trustee Seeks More Info On IHeartMedia Worker Bonuses
• Texas Justices OK Separate Tax Appraisal Of Disposal Wells
• Getting The Snaps And Tweets Into Evidence
• Worker On FMLA Leave Was 'Unemployed,' Texas Justices Say
• Locke Lord Adds Ex-Hunton Andrews M&A Atty In Dallas
• Lawmakers Ramp Up Push To Expand Privacy Rules For Kids
• Ex-Judge Accuses Texas Gov. Of Malicious Prosecution
• Gilstrap Says Huawei Patent Row Is Better Off In Texas
• Border Wall Contractor Nabs $18.7M Texas Highway Project
• 5th Circ. Tosses Suit Over Body Cavity Searches At Border
• Texas Judge Fired Staffer Over Facebook Posts, Suit Says
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Suit Over Nursing Home Death
• States Need Realistic Expectations For Sports Betting
• Online Ad Co. Blasts Bid To DQ Atty After $2.3M Verdict
• Trump Picks For 5th Circ., Texas Seats Advance
• With States' Crypto Regulation, Problems Multiply
• Texas Atty Sued Over Client Conflict In Permian Land Deal
• Stinson To Enter Texas With Lackey Hershman Merger
• Texas IHOP Hit With Suit Alleging Wage Violations
• Houston Attys Argue Over Fees In $53.8M Wrongful Death Row
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Employment Pro From Baker McKenzie
• NM Hits Back At Texas, Feds In High Court Water-Sharing Row
• Schlumberger Unit Sues Texas Oil Field Developer For $4M
• IHeartMedia Gets OK To Secure Citibank Loan, Notes
• Trump's Judicial Picks Reflect 'Hateful' Speech, Groups Say
• Chipotle Worker Fights Contempt Order For OT Suit
• Norton Rose Loses 14 Health, Life Sci Attys To Reed Smith
• What We Know About Patent Venue Post-TC Heartland
• Investment Firm Wants To Split $580M Dallas Pension Fight
• Airlines Blast Dallas Proposal For Gate Use At Love Field
• 5th Circ. Tosses Houston Residents' Suit Over Flooding
• Chick-Fil-A, ESPN Want Out Of TV Commercial Copyright Suit
• Workers Hurt In Texas Plant Blast Sue For Over $1M
• 5th Circ. Sides With Viacom Over 'SpongeBob' Eatery
• 5th Circ. Axes States' Bid To Revive DOL Fiduciary Rule Suit
• Texas Gas Station Buc-ee's Wins TM Battle Over Beaver Logo
• Australia's Santos Shuts Down $10.8B Harbour Energy Bid
• Ex-Cheerleader Hits Houston Texans With Wage Suit
• Dallas Jeweler Says Over-Marketing Destroyed Gem's Value
• Texas Atty Sues FindLaw Over 'Cookie Cutter' Website Design
• Construction Manager Cops To $3.4M Embezzlement Scheme
• Jurors Begin Deliberations In Convenience Store's Logo Row
• High Court Won't Revive Oil Rig Indemnity Claim
• Immigration Orgs Say Ex-Worker Embezzled $1M Or More
• Justices Turn Away Solvay FCA Off-Label Marketing Case
• Texas Patent Litigators Diversify After TC Heartland
• Introducing The Legal Industry To Millennial Business Owners
• ITC To Probe NEC Infringement Claims Over Telecom Tech
• Fed. Circ. Continues To Clarify Venue Post-TC Heartland
• Axis Win In $2M Truck Crash Coverage Row Upheld In 5th Circ.
• IRS Found To Exceed Cap On Penalty For Offshore Reporting
• IHeartMedia Seeks OK To Access $450M Ch. 11 Credit Facility
• Houston Jury Awards $90M To Family In Trucking Death Case
• Patent Landscape Readjusts One Year After TC Heartland
• ENGlobal, NASCO Settle Power Plant Contract Fight
• Vitol Says Asphalt Maker Owes $15M For Not Sticking To Deal
• Williams, Enbridge Deals Signal FERC-Driven MLP Purge
• XTO Energy Gets Oilfield Injury Suit Booted From Texas
• Chase Bank Hits Landry's With $20M Suit Over Data Breach
• Atty Again Tries To Toss Dallas Diamond 'Shakedown' Row
• Calif., NY, Ore. Push On In Fiduciary Rule Case
• Creditors Slam iHeartMedia For Double-Adviser Request
• Transocean Wins $8.1M Attys' Fees In Eni Drill Ship Row
• Online Ad Co. Looks To DQ Rival Counsel In Click Fraud Suit
• Conservative Blogger Defeats Fees But Not Ethics Fine Suit
• BALCA Affirms Texas Concrete Co. Can't Hire Foreign Help
• Equipment Seller Tells 5th Circ. $26M Tax Wrongly Calculated
• A Chat With Perkins Practice Management Chief Toby Brown
• Blue Spike Loses Bid Again To Keep IP Row In Texas
• Bridal Shop's Suit Over Ebola Stigma Tossed By Texas Panel
• Ex-Texas City Atty Gets 35 Years For Bribery Scheme
• Texas Energy Co. Negligent In Home Explosion, Suit Says
• Key Issues States Face In The Wake Of Sports Bet Ruling
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: The Lanier Law Firm's Mark Lanier
• Ex-NFLer Moves Suit Against K&L Gates, Others To Fed. Court
• Ex-Mayor, Builder Charged With Bribery Over Zoning Changes
• Verizon, Sprint Can't Duck Local Carrier Fees In MDL
• Family Of Man Electrocuted After Hurricane Sues CenterPoint
• 5th Circ. Axes OT Verdict For Oil Service Employees
• Adopt Uniform Bar Exam, Texas Task Force Recommends
• 5th Circ. Kicks HomeAway Rental Fee Suits To Arbitration
• Democratic AGs Can Fight Latest Anti-ACA Suit, Judge Says
• Why Won't Judicial Nominees Affirm Brown V. Board Of Ed?
• The Lawyers' Guide To Cloud Computing
• Fed. Circ. Says Only 1 District Per State Can Be Patent Venue
• Heavy Equipment Co. Can't Sue Over Lease Losses: 5th Circ.
• American Airlines Fights Class Cert. In ERISA Suit
• Drilling Co. Must Face Mechanic's Chemical Burn Suit
• 6 States Sue Purdue Over Alleged Deceptive Opioid Marketing
• Ex-Texas Atty Gets 6 Years, $3M Ding For Wire Fraud
• Baylor Doc Can't Ditch Suit Alleging Misdiagnosed Tumor
• Texas Store Buc-ee's Says Competitor Logo Is Too Similar
• Willkie Farr Adds Ex-King & Spalding PE Partner In Houston
• Rent-A-Center Blasts Investors' Cert. Bid In Stock-Drop Suit
• Keurig Serves Up $8B Bond To Help Fund Dr Pepper Merger
• Texas Justices Say 'Defamatory' Column Was Opinion
• Schiff Hardin Must Face Malpractice Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: EDP, ConocoPhillips, NXP
• Texas Doc Charged With Faking Diagnoses In $240M Scheme
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Venue Ruling Against ZTE In Texas IP Row
• 5th Circ. Revives Atty's Bad Faith Claims In Coverage Row
• Synergy Says Schlumberger, NOV Trying To Steal Its Tech
• Tinder Settles With Top Chinese Dating App To End IP Fight
• Texas Duty-Free Shop Says Gov't Effectively Shut It Down
• Chili's Grill & Bar Restaurant Chain Hit With Data Breach
• Texas Law Firm Fights Pa. Default Loss In Contract Fight
• Cadence Bancorp., State Bank Financial Ink $1.4B Merger
• Recovering Lawyers' Lost Position Of Independence
• Texas Pipe Leak Explosion Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Texas Plans Opioid Deception Suit, Opposes State MDL
• GAO Denies Protests Over $1.7B Air Force Repair Deal
• Amazon Device Draws Concerns From Lawmakers, Groups
• AMC Urges End To Theater's First-Run Film Antitrust Suit
• Atty Asks Texas Justices To Ax Sanction For Jury 'Push Poll'
• FedEx Can't Nix Infringement Claims In Tracking Tech Row
• Texas Law Firm's Privacy Invasion Win Against Atty Reversed
• FisherBroyles Picks Up DLA Piper Franchise Pro In Houston
• ABA Data Shows 15% Rise In Attorneys Over Last Decade
• 'Property Rights' Under Fraud Statutes Unclear, Justices Told
• Health Hires: Katten, Seyfarth, Holland, Dechert, K&L Gates
• New York Times Settles Libel Suit Over Slavery Quotes
• Foiling The Expert Battle In First-Party Property Cases
• Texas Justices Pull Crop Insurance Fight Out Of Arbitration
• Katten Muchin Grows In Dallas With Retired Judge, 4 Attys
• Texas Town's Housing Chief Gets 37 Months Over Bid-Rigging
• Shell Drops Offshore Pipeline Stake Down To MLP For $1.2B
• DOL, Cattle Feeding Co. Settle ERISA Suit For $5.4M
• Ericsson Avoids New Damages Trial After Judge Backtracks
• Charity Workers Denied Atty Fees In Deion Sanders FCA Row
• Enterprise Can't Shake Discovery In $50M Oil Shipping Row
• Andrews Kurth Beats Malpractice Appeal In Real Estate Fight
• Oil and Gas Partner Rejoins Dentons In Dallas
• Change-Averse Oil & Gas Sector Gets Prods To Go Digital
• Starn O'Toole Vet Makes Headway Toward 9th Circ. Bench
• Trump Policies And More Leave Oil Prices A Hazy Unknown
• 8 Reasons To Take A Fresh Look At Your Law Office Lease
• A General Counsel's Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• DuPont Gets $7M Leukemia Liability Award Tossed
• Phillips 66 Beats ERISA Suit Over Savings Plan's Assets
• Bankrupt IHeartMedia Seeks OK To Pay $108M In Bonuses
• Enbridge Sells Natural Gas Biz To ArcLight Unit For $1.12B
• Houston Area Residents Say River Authority Flooded Homes
• SEC Penalizes Paralegal In School District Muni Bond Fraud
• Exxon Ends Arbitration Fight After Exit From $73M Oil Row
• Texas Tells Court Revenge Porn Ban Doesn't Limit Speech
• Texas Sanctuary City Suit Won't Get 2nd Look At 5th Circ.
• Texas Hospital's Nixing Of Patient's Bill Can't Ax Class Claims
• Senate Confirms La.'s Engelhardt For 5th Circ.
• Pay Attention To The Law And The Science Of Cannabidiol
• Houston Firm Adds Ex-Bechtel Corp. Counsel As Partner
• Construction Firm Sued Over Unpaid Texas Apartment Bonds
• Miner Wants Oil Cos. Tied To $1.37B Venezuela Award
• Broadcom Sues Toyota, Others In Texas And ITC Over GPS IP
• Teacher Says Sexual Orientation Talk Got Her Suspended
• Kids' Soccer Club Wants Liverpool TM Row Tried In Utah
• Texas Securities Board Goes After 2 More Crypto Offerings
• State Tax After TCJA: Treatment Of International Income
• Landlord Says Insurer Must Cover Suits Over Stabbings
• Houston E&P Co. Owes $19M For Contract Breach, Suit Says
• Perkins Coie Adds Veteran Litigator To Dallas Office
• Securities Suit Against Insurer Should Be Axed, Judge Says
• Senate Advances Trump's 5th Circ. Nominee
• Client Who Recorded Texas Attys Can't Revive $1M Fee Fight
• NLRB Chair's 1st Ruling Sides With Wrongly Fired Worker
• 5th Circ. Hits Austin Atty With $60K Bill For Sanction Appeal
• Fed. Circ. Nixes $133M Award For Razed Dallas Terminal
• Liberty Unit Won't Cover Contractor In Library Build Dispute
• Texas Court Axes Online Harassment Case $300K Fee Award
• 5th Circ. Says Ex-Tenured Professor Not Illegally Fired
• Judging A Book: Berzon Reviews 'We The Corporations'
• 15 Minutes With Mattress Firm's General Counsel
• What ABA's Position On Harassment Means For Employers
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• 5th Circ. Backs Toss Of Rep's Bias Claim Against Fannie Mae
• Atty Can't Ditch Dallas Diamond 'Shakedown' Claim
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, MoFo, Sullivan
• Shearman & Sterling's New Houston Office Has Energy Focus
• 5th Circ. Affirms Stanford Ponzi Victims' FINRA Loss
• 'Hidden' Trial Expert Payment Stumble An Ethics Oddity
• 5th Circ. Says Kin Can't Prove Plot In Wrongful Death Suit
• Cybersecurity Firm Carbon Black Tops 8 IPOs Totaling $733M
• Schlumberger Can't Ax Claims Drill Patent Is Unenforceable
• Practical Considerations For Litigating Proportionality
• Anti-SLAPP Law Partly Protects Alleged Trade Secrets Thief
• Court Sticks To Retrial Ordered Over Judge's Use Of Stun Belt
• No Racial Motive For Nurse's Demotion, Texas Court Says
• Proposed Texas Disciplinary Rules Trample Rights, Attys Say
• Dallas Litigator Blew Off Shareholder Suit, Investor Says
• Contractor Dodges $17M Verdict Over Worker's Death
• DOJ Adds Assistant US Attys, Immigration Judges At Border
• IRS Assessed Deficiencies Too Late, Texas Fed. Court Told
• EEOC Backs Straight Woman In Orientation Retaliation Appeal
• Fed. Circ. Rejects LG Claim Of 'Sweeping' Alice Exception
• 5th Circ. Axes German Billionaire's $5.2M Tax Refund Bid
• Atty, Clients Owe Over $1M, Surgical Funding Co. Says
• Supporting Nontraditional Data Types In E-Discovery
• Post-TC Heartland Trends In The 1st Quarter Of 2018
• Dallas Floats New Plan For Disputed Love Field Gates
• Austin Defends City Rules Phasing Out Short-Term Rentals
• Texas Money Manager Charged With Swindling NFL Player
• States Face Uphill Battle To Dismantle DACA
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Invalidation Of DOL Fiduciary Rule
• Pharma Industry Seeks Texas MDL For Opioid Cases
• Botched Gastric Bypass Surgery Suit Tossed Over Expert
• Karolyi Ranch Wants Coverage Of Nassar Defense Costs
• Dow Chemical Sued Over Deadly Cyanide Leak In Texas
• Texas, 6 Other States Sue To End DACA
• Fed. Circ. Axes $77M Award In Light Sensor Trade Secret Row
• Atty Tells Texas Justices Malpractice Claim Is Time-Barred
• Texas City Dodges Suit Over Pecan Waste Settlement
• Lockheed Awarded $1.4B To Sustain F-35 Fighter Jets
• Ogletree Deakins Snags Winstead Labor And Employment Atty
• Atty Contempt Order Stayed In Chipotle OT Suit Amid Appeal
• Texas Atty Enters Plea Deal For $5.3M Mortgage Fraud Scheme
• IHeartMedia's Reorg Proposal Aims To Cut Debt By $10B
• Winstead Adds Ex-Pillsbury Real Estate Partner In Houston
• The Insureds' Burden: Determining Date Of Loss In Texas
• Another Post-Dudenhoeffer 'Stock Drop' Casualty
• State Tax After TCJA: Blue States' Deduction Strategies