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Texas - September, 2018

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• Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: 8 Cases To Watch
• Ex-Texas Pol Charged With Fraud Over Frack Sand Scheme
• 'Disobedience' Axes Pyramid-Scheme Suit: 5th Circ.
• DHS Failed To Provide Hearing On I-9 Forms, Texas Co. Says
• CFTC Starts Insider Trading Task Force, Sues Energy Broker
• 2 Ex-Oil Co. Execs Get Prison For Global Bribery Scheme
• Underwriters Slam Quick Win Bid In $500M Chevron Rig Suit
• Texas Justices To Hear DFW Airport's Bid To Ax Contract Row
• ArcLight Eyes American Midstream Buyout
• Chancery Nixes Blue Bell Investor Suit Over Listeria Outbreak
• Petrobras Says $622M Drilling Award Must Be Nixed
• 3 Key Employment Law Issues To Keep An Eye On
• States Stake Claim To Privacy Role With Uber Breach Pact
• Texas Man Still Barred From Selling 'Miracle' Supplement
• 5th Circ. Says Guard Supervisor Immune From Worker Suit
• Austin Seeing A Texas-Sized Surge In Legal Jobs
• Tinder, Bumble Take Swipes At One Another In IP Fight
• Kemper's $141.7M Award OK'd In Software Contract Row
• Triggering Civil Authority Coverage After A Natural Disaster
• Church Org Can't Join CFPB Payday Rule Suit, Groups Say
• J&J Fights $245M Faulty Hip Implant Judgment
• Fed. Circ. Orders EDTX To Transfer HP Patent Case To Calif.
• River Authority Urges Texas Justices To Ax Harvey Deposition
• Galveston Must Pay $14.7M For Ike Recovery Work, Jury Says
• 5 Unusual Patent Hearings You Should Know About
• Texas AG Staffer To Join Ashcroft Firm In Austin
• Texas Hotel Can't Shake TM Suit From Chicago Rival
• 16 States Back DOJ Challenge To Calif. Sanctuary Laws
• ICE Arrests 98 Immigrants During 10-Day Raid In Texas, Okla.
• 5 More GC Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• Uber, States Strike $148M Deal To End Data Breach Dispute
• Chipotle Asks Texas Panel To Ax $3M Sexual Assault Verdict
• Equinor Settles With Ex-Exec Over Fracking Trade Secrets
• DLA Piper Guides Cimpress' $280M BuildASign Buy
• Landowners Denied Class Cert. Over Corroded AT&T Cable
• Investor Sues KMG Chemicals To Block $1.6B Cabot Merger
• Texas LNG Co., Contractor Aim To Trim Pipeline Contract Row
• Memo In State St. Case Ties Labaton Proxy To Ark. Politician
• Petrobras' Bid To Arbitrate $821M Refinery Deal Stalls
• Judging A Book: Block Reviews 'Tough Cases'
• Resort Unwelcoming To Spanish-Speaking Workers: EEOC
• Electrical Equipment Co. Wants $16M Power Plant Award Axed
• GM Says Recall Issues Are Too Varied For Class Cert.
• Texas Energy Services Co. Wants To Question Patent Holder
• VirnetX Says $93M Added To $503M Verdict In Apple IP Row
• 8 Innovative Ways To Empower Jurors
• Ex-Chevron Oil Trader Gets Probation For Tax Fraud
• Houston Sued Over Recurring Sewage Overflow Issues
• Health Hires: DLA Piper, Baker Donelson, Pharma GCs
• Texas Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Botched Surgery Suit
• Atty Can't Shake $1.76M Suit Over Alleged Consulting Scam
• Cloud Computing Clearly The Future For Small Firms
• Houston Atty Charged In $18M Offshore Tax Evasion Scheme
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Hogan Lovells, Mayer
• Houston Pill Mill Doc, Clinic Chief Each Get 35 Years In Prison
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nature Nate's, Rocket Internet, Amazon
• HTC Says Ericsson Waived Arbitration In SEP Royalties Row
• IHeartMedia Gets OK To Solicit Creditor Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• Leveraging Today's Lateral Associate Market
• Dallas Hospital Gets Staffing Co. Race Bias Suit Trimmed
• Objector Atty's Offer To Quit Law In Ill. Awaits Ruling
• Nursing Home Takes Death Suit To Texas Justices
• Cuban Pledges $10M After Mavericks Probe Finds Harassment
• Some Claims In BP Deepwater Suits Time-Barred, Judge Says
• Glassdoor Fights Order To Hand Over Reviewers' Identities
• No Need To Reconsider Immunity At PTAB, Fed. Circ. Hears
• Texas Employer Beats Suit From Worker Who Suffered Stroke
• Cheniere Tells Texas Judges To Allow Foreclosure In LNG Row
• EPA Asks 5th Circ. To Uphold Effluent Rule Delay
• Oil Field Workers' Attys Get $2.4M Fees, Costs In OT Suit
• Contractor Says Insurer Can't Appeal Sports Complex Fight
• Texas Standing-Desk Maker Reaches Deals In Patent Probe
• NRA Atty's Admission Debacle Shows Need For Ethics Candor
• Back To School: Stanford's Jeff Fisher Talks Supreme Court
• Chancery Rejects Texas Forum For Quantlab Control Dispute
• Texas Judge Skeptical Of Bid To Skirt Noncompete Arbitration
• NextEra Wants 3rd Circ. To Revisit $275M EFH Breakup Fee
• Space Tourism Suit Doesn't Belong Here, Texas Court Affirms
• Investor Sues Energy Transfer Over Proposed $27B Merger
• Insurer's Bid For Docs In Brain Damage Case Mostly Denied
• SEC Accuses Ex-Adviser Of Fraudulently Raising $6.8M
• Liberty Mutual Hiding Docs In $36M Hotel Suit, Builder Says
• Plane Owner's Faulty Repair Suit Timely, Texas Justices Hear
• Wachtell Steers Chemical Co. Univar In $2B Nexeo Buy
• No Recouping Workers' Comp, Exxon Tells Texas Justices
• Anadarko, Insurer Clash On Terms In $100M Deepwater Row
• Trade Groups Seek Injunction On CFPB Payday Lending Rule
• Hospitals Fight Blue Cross Blue Shield Bid To Nix ERISA Suit
• AMC Settles Texas Theater's First-Run Claims Ahead Of Trial
• Crowne Plaza Owes For Irma Responder Bookings, Suit Says
• Calif.'s New Rules For Lawyers Move Closer To ABA Model
• Investcorp Drops $300M On Multistate Warehouse Portfolio
• Warburg Pincus Offers $500M To Texas Oil And Gas Co.
• 14 Firms To Steer 8 IPOs Topping $3B As Busy Autumn Nears
• Texas Justices Pass On Ex-Baylor Official's Defamation Case
• Ex-Shipping Co. Manager Admits To Bribing Petroleos Official
• Texas Agriculture Agency Defeats Age Bias Claim
• Texas High Court Passes On El Paso Historic Site Dispute
• Know The Limits To Atty Public Statements During A Trial
• Dockless Scooter Cos. Rewarded For Bad Behavior
• Anadarko's $100M Coverage Showdown Rattles Energy Cos.
• Lessons From 5th Circ. Mother-Son Health Care Fraud Case
• Texas Jury Says Megachurch Owes $3.7M In Benefits Fight
• Latinos Can't Force Change To Texas High Court Elections
• Valerus Says $2M Brazilian Energy Row Should Be Arbitrated
• Tribal Appeal Will Delay Bingo Machine Row, Texas Says
• 3rd Circ. Leaves EFH Off Hook For $275M Breakup Fee
• Contractor Sues School District For $9M Over Building Deal
• Receiver Gets Expanded Estate In SEC's $80M Breitling Suit
• Locke Lord Nabs Former Norton Rose Int'l Arbitration Atty
• Civil Rights Orgs Back EEOC In Background Check Policy Suit
• Split 5th Circ. Affirms Austin, SXSW Immune In Fatal Crash
• DOI Asks 10th Circ. To Toss Methane Rule Appeal As Moot
• NRA Atty Booted From Va. Case For Not Disclosing Sanction
• Oil Co. Says It Has No Place In Suit Over $18B Saudi Award
• Texas Justices Told Jury Charge Doesn't Ax Legal Challenge
• Obama-Era Clean Water Rule Blocked In Texas, Miss. And La.
• Frontier Escapes $210M Patent Suit By 'Serial Litigant'
• A Chat With Faegre Client Development Chief Melanie Green
• Law Schools Struggle To Find Themselves In Post-Recession Market
• Exxon Says Investors' Climate Suit Can't Prove Execs' Mindset
• Ericsson Says Suit Over SEP Royalties Must Be Arbitrated
• Peloton Wants Flywheel's 'Copycat' Bike Shelved
• Texas Hospital Aims To Nix Aetna Claims In Billing Suit
• Texas Atty Joins Dallas Biz Immigration Boutique JMA Firm
• Delta, Southwest Can't Get Quick Wins In Gate Access Row
• Atty-Client Ruling A Threat To Discovery, Texas Justices Hear
• Texas Justices Told Estate Violated Property Redemption Law
• North Cypress V. Cigna Shows Perils Of Fee-Forgiving
• Kasowitz Benson Snags Restructuring, Bankruptcy Pro
• How A 'Lost Generation' Of Associates Bounced Back
• CFPB Urges 5th Circ. To Reject Constitutional Challenge
• Global Power Beats Investor Suit Over Financial Reports
• Plains Investors Can't Show They Were Misled, 5th Circ. Hears
• Oil Workers' FLSA Suit For On-Off Pay Schedule Gets Slashed
• Auto Sales Website Says Rival Copied Its Smiling Car Logo
• CEO In Texas State Senator's Ponzi Case Gets 15 Years
• Co. Seeks To Nix Trucker's Death Suit In Texas High Court
• Wells Fargo LLC Seeks Control Of Hotel After $13.5M Default
• Debt Collector Hit With Class Action For 'Deceptive' Notices
• Can BigLaw Avoid Another Associate Purge?
• Cox Oil Offshore Brings On Former DOI Counselor
• Exxon Presses High Court To Halt Mass. AG Climate Probe
• Ex-NFL Player Filed False Claims With Fund, Prosecutors Say
• Baylor Wants 'No-Holds-Barred' Sex-Assault Inquiry Limited
• Texas Oil Co., Okla. Bank Launch IPOs Of $170M
• Ex-Kitchen Collection Managers' OT Class Action Approved
• SEC Backs $7M In Fines For Ex-Life Partners Atty, CEO
• Texas SG To Step Down, Join Baker Botts' DC Office
• Texas Justices Urged To Settle Occidental's Border Tax Row
• Why State Marijuana-Impaired Driving Laws Need Reform
• Understanding The Unwinding Of DOL's Fiduciary Rule
• Has BigLaw Recovered From The Financial Crisis?
• Measuring The Recession's Toll On The Legal Industry
• 7 Texas Supreme Court Oil And Gas Cases To Watch
• BALCA Reverses Co.'s Labor Cert. Denial For H-2B Workers
• FirstEnergy, NRG Escape Pa. Families' Coal-Dumping Suit
• 5th Circ. Rejects CFPB Bid For Docs From Public Records Co.
• Gov't Can Refile FCA Suit After Tired Relators Quit: 5th Circ.
• States Back Tribe, Allergan Fed. Circ. Bid For PTAB Immunity
• Health Hires: Pepper Hamilton, Perkins Coie, Davis Wright
• Conn's Investors Seek OK On $22.5M Fraud-Suit Settlement
• Ferrovial Unit Wins €308M Texas Road Work Contracts
• Texas Powerhouse: McKool Smith
• A Look At OIG's Medicare Exclusion Analysis Under FCA
• No 'Bank' In Mexico-Tied Bank Fraud, 5th Circ. Hears
• Arkema Wants Harvey Chemical Suit Paused For Criminal Trial
• Hospitality Co. Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach
• Golf Club Ready To Pay $1.4M To Settle Workers' Wage Suit
• Highland Hit With Derivative Suit Over Fund Share Purchases
• Senate Confirms 8 Trump District Court Nominees
• Freeman Law Nabs Two Tax Controversy Attys For Dallas
• What The Arkema Indictment Means For Chemical Cos.
• Texas Powerhouse: Haynes And Boone
• 5th Circ. Won't Extend Deadline For Adjuster Negligence Suit
• Kirkland Wins Rare Discovery Sanction In Texas Prisoner Case
• DACA Recipients Should Hold The Applause On Recent Ruling
• Texas Powerhouse: Vinson & Elkins
• Marijuana Investment Co. Misappropriated $3.3M, SEC Says
• 5th Circ. Affirms Iowa Telecom's Loss In Contract Dispute
• Texas Can't Enforce New Law Over Fetal Remains Disposal
• SEC Objects To IHeartMedia's Proposed Ch. 11 Plan Releases
• Texas Judge Promises Quick Decision On ACA's Fate
• Frontier Seeks Nix Of $210M Patent Suit By 'Serial Litigant'
• ERISA Claims Against UnitedHealthcare Faulty, Judge Says
• Insurance Co. Says Ex-VPs Violating Worker Agreements
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Whole Foods Employee's 401(k) Suit
• Texas Doc Must Face Suit Over Knee Replacement Infection
• VirnetX Can't Get Apple Patent Damages Doubled To $1B
• Texas Panel Tosses Deceased Judge's Asbestos Lawsuit
• Texas Panel Sides With TRO-X In Row Over Royalties
• Hanover Must Face Suit Over Construction Delay Coverage
• Houston Attys Hit With $10M Suit Over Title Co. Agreement
• Former Kirkland & Ellis M&A Atty Joins White & Case
• Texas Powerhouse: Baker Botts
• Back To School: Widener's Rod Smolla Talks Free Speech
• PE-Backed Flywheel Buys Southwestern Shale Biz For $1.9B