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Texas - August, 2019

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• FCC Trying To Mitigate Mexican Spectrum Interference
• Texas Justices To Hear Importer's Tax-Free Zone Claim
• 5th Circ. Upholds $4.2M Award In Longshoreman's Fatal Fall
• 5th Circ. Revives Illegal Reentry Charge Despite Vague Notice
• Texas High Court To Hear $100M Church Case, Utility Fight
• Hotels Can't Check Out Of Search Conspiracy Case
• Texas High Court Will Ref $230M Energy Asset Deal Fight
• City, State CEO Pay Laws: A Patchwork Approach
• How A New Law Affects Texas Wind Farm Leases
• New Best Practices Under E-Discovery Spoliation Rule
• 5th Circ. Says Judge's Dual Role On Bail Violates Due Process
• Trial Groups Blast Bill Brewer In 'Push Poll' Sanction Appeal
• Union Pacific Crash Victims' Kin Cite Kisor In High Court Case
• T-Mobile, Sprint Tell Court Merger Will Benefit All Americans
• Insurers Can't Revive $500M Rig Suit Against Marine Surveyor
• DHS Fights Challenge To Rule Speeding Up Deportations
• 11 Current, Ex-Houston Judges Knocked For Bail Practices
• Texas Judge Scolded For Closing Court To Protest Kavanaugh
• Canon Whistleblower Says Claims Distinct From Earlier Suit
• McAfee Can't Get Injunction In Ex-Worker Trade Secret Tiff
• Gov't Must Restart Medicare Payments To True Health: Judge
• Texas Crypto Issuers On The Hook For $10.1M In SEC Deal
• Keep Nokia 5G Tech Suit In Calif., Judge Is Urged
• Beyonce's Dad's Claims Of Shoddy Legal Work Can Continue
• Medicare Coding FCA Decision Is A Plausibility Reminder
• How Law Firms Can Create Content Decision Makers Will Read
• Schlumberger Unit Dodges Sanctions In Fracking Patent Suit
• Changes In Texas Laws Will Shape Workplace Policies
• DHS Waives More Enviro Laws To Speed Up Border Wall
• Appellate Lessons From Fed. Circ. EchoStar Unit IP Case
• Suit Over Deadly Police Chase In Texas Gets Second Chance
• At Long Last, Shareholder Can Have Blue Bell Listeria Claims
• AIG Won't Have To Foot $12M Waste Management Lawsuit Bill
• Willkie, Davis Polk Steer Banking Co. Deal Worth Up To $580M
• Texas Panel Won't Pare Nurse's Case Over Drug Test Rumors
• Kinder Morgan Wants $20M Reimbursement For Tax Credits
• 5th Circ. Backs Contractor's Narrowed Noncompete Pact
• Restaurants Unlimited Gets $37M Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Offer
• 5th Circ. Upholds EPA's Effluent Rule Delay
• CFPB Fines Cash Transmitter In 1st Remittance Rule Case
• Apple Says Reexam Wins Wrongly Axed In $1B VirnetX Case
• GlobalFoundries Targets Tech Titans In Sprawling Chip IP Row
• Transportation Co. Can't Ditch $5.3M Saudi Arbitration Award
• Regent Properties Picks Up Houston Office Towers For $89.5M
• Contract Attys Lose Sanction Against Lawyer Over Fake Note
• Texas Utility's Liability Capped At $60M In Wind Farm Fight
• 13 State AGs Back Trump's DACA Rollback At High Court
• Starwood Venture Buys 319,000-Sq.-Ft. Texas Office Campus
• The Latest On State Anti-SLAPP Statutes In Federal Court
• Bail Denied For Texas Injury Atty Charged In Kickback Scheme
• Texas PE Shop Cotton Creek Snags $215M For 3rd Fund
• Cryptocurrency Presents Puzzle For Unclaimed Property Laws
• 5th Circ. Keeps Texas Road Death Suit In Federal Court
• Gov't Says Magistrate Wrong About Bar In Canon FCA Case
• TCEQ Opposes Fracking Sand Co.'s Request To Ditch Railcars
• Vinson & Elkins Atty Tapped For Texas High Court
• AGs, Carriers' Cooperation Won't Stem Robocall Litigation
• LA Man Cops To Running Illicit ATM-Like Crypto Exchange
• TravelPass Must Give Up FTC Investigation Docs, Hotels Say
• Bell Helicopter Worker's $9M Asbestos Trial Win Tossed
• Texas Insists Grid Project Law Is Constitutional
• $2.7M Deal Ends Drivers' FLSA Case Against Defunct Mover
• Texas Free Speech Law Doesn't Apply In Fed. Court: 5th Circ.
• Using Clawback Provisions For Employee Incentive Pay
• Saudi Heirs Say $18B Chevron Award Fight Should Continue
• Exxon Says $2M Russia Sanctions Penalty Cannot Stand
• The Growing Trend Of State Transfer Pricing Scrutiny
• Addus HomeCare Reaches $130M Deal For Hospice Provider
• Insurer Slams Realtor's Bid To Remand Harvey Coverage Suit
• Texas Judge Pauses Magellan's Fine Bid In Late-Payment Row
• Hotel Owner Hits Insurer With $1.3M Harvey Damage Suit
• Texas Doc Can't Ax $1.8M Judgment Over Cotton Ball In Brain
• Asarco Hits Cleanup Trustee With Ch. 11 Adversary Suit
• EDTX Kicks Qualcomm Video Patent Case To Delaware
• Ex-Texans Security Staffer Says He Was Stiffed On Overtime
• Sprint Gets $4M Contract Dispute Kicked To Arbitration
• Judge Won't Nix Shopping Center's $16M Insurance Claim
• Labor Board Limits Non-Employee Leafleting
• Samsung Latest To Be Caught In Telecom's Infringement War
• Attys Off Hook For Client's Lie In Omni Hotels Age Bias Row
• Univ. Of Texas Hospital Beats Botched Hysterectomy Suit
• True Health Says Medicare Withholding Violates Ch. 11 Stay
• H-2A Visas For Guatemalans May Depend On Asylum Deal
• Missing Info Lets Texas Ambulance Co. Win Patient Death Suit
• Consultant With Six-Figure Salary Can't Get OT, 5th Circ. Says
• HomeAway Fights Class Cert. Bid In Traveler Fee Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, SocGen, Thyssenkrupp
• Feds Say Texas Barge Suit Should Be Tossed As Premature
• New Clarity On Expert Testimony In Pa. State Courts
• Greenberg Traurig Was Key To Stanford Ponzi, Receiver Says
• AGs, Carriers Unite To Trace And Block Robocalls
• World Fuel To Pay $170M For Aviation Fueling Biz UVair
• Nokia Looks To Ax Former In-House Atty's Age, Sex Bias Suit
• Trump Rule To Detain Migrant Kids Unlikely To Survive Courts
• Trustee Still Unimpressed By McKinsey App In Coal Co. Ch. 11
• Hunting Guide Deserves Permanent Work Permit, Oil Co. Says
• Fed. Circ. Says PTAB Didn't Violate Arthrex's Rights
• NetScout Seeks Alice Ax Of $6M Judgment At Fed. Circ.
• Conglomerate 3M Seeks $3.3B Bond Sale To Fund Acelity Buy
• Litigation Finance Can And Should Protect Its Reputation
• Greystone Secures $179.2M In Loans For Multi-Unit Properties
• Recent Breach Shows Importance Of Securing Biometric Data
• TravelPass Says Caesars Can't Check Out Of Conspiracy Suit
• 5th Circ. Liquor Sales Ruling Skirts Commerce Clause Issues
• Trump Admin Moves To Indefinitely Detain Immigrant Kids
• American Airlines To Pay $22M To End False Mail Time Claims
• Texas Injury Attys Charged In Case Runner Kickback Scheme
• DOJ Calls Sabre's Bluff, Challenges $360M Farelogix Merger
• Fracking Supply Co. Proposes $80M Ch. 11 Debt-Equity Swap
• Homeowners Say Enterprise Pipeline Caused $50M In Damage
• Army Contractor Says Unpaid Rest Breaks Didn't Violate Law
• More Than 20 Texas Towns Hit By Ransomware Attacks
• 5th Circ. Invokes Chanel In Siding With Pier 1 Over Stock Drop
• Dean Foods Ex-Chair Diverts $9.7M Fraud Restitution Suit
• Fed. Circ. 'Invited Mischief' Into Courts, Execs Tell High Court
• Uncertainty On Hospital Disproportionate Share Pay Eligibility
• Reinforcing Insurance Coverage For Gov't Investigations
• Paul Hastings, Slaughter And May Guide $300M Jacobs Deal
• Dallas PE Fund Scores $4.1M From Insurer In Texas Appeal
• Doormaker's Trade Secret Claims Shut Out By Antitrust Case
• Apple Urges Fed. Circ. To Review $439M Loss In Patent War
• Drilling Tech Co. Asks 5th Circ. To Revive Copyright Claims
• Seismic Data Co. Under SEC Review Hit With Stock-Drop Suit
• Ex-NFL Players Signed Off On Clinic's ERISA Suit, Judge Told
• Walgreens Not Liable To Crash Victims After Drug Mix-up
• Developer Lands $128M Loan For Dallas Office Tower
• Crisis Messaging To Protect Law Firm Brand And Bottom Line
• Why Prosecutorial Overload Can Spark More Problems
• Mount A Killer Cross-Exam With These 4 Tactics
• Texas Doctors' Trial Win Upheld In Brain Injury Suit
• 5th Circ. OK's Rejection Of $123M Moroccan Oil Judgment
• Feds Must Answer Extradition Question In Gas Kickback Case
• Sabre Rattling: Merging Co. Gives DOJ Lawsuit Deadline
• Mavenir Says Judge Missed Investor Suit's 'Suspicious' Roots
• McGuireWoods Snags Winston & Strawn Energy IP Atty
• Calif. Emissions Agreement A Model For State-Industry Deals
• Ohio's Payday Lending Regs May Inform Other State Efforts
• TM Case At The Intersection Of Antitrust And Design Law
• Texas Hospital, Doc Beat Suit Over Patient's Paraplegia
• 5th Circ. Undoes Walmart's Texas Liquor Sales Win
• Trial-Heavy Fall Will Test FCPA Unit, Shape Law
• Feds Say Ex-Railroad Worker Faked Disability In FCA Suit
• Munsch Hardt Nabs McKool Smith Bankruptcy Atty In Houston
• American Airlines Takes Uniform Fight To Texas Justices
• HTC Unit Dodges Subpoenas In Texas Patent Suit
• Jailed Texas Medicare Fraudsters Owe Gov't $339M
• Real Estate Rumors: Apple, Uber, Slate Property
• Houston Hospital Can't Ax Doc's $6.4M Defamation Award
• AGs' New Complaint Takes Aim At DOJ's T-Mobile/Sprint Deal
• What You Should Know About Courtroom Closures
• Dental Co. Wins Arbitration Row After Loss At Supreme Court
• Selective Service Defends Men-Only Draft In 5th Circ.
• True Health Creditors Ask To Join Medicare Withholding Suit
• LeClairRyan Enviro Head, Texas Team Move To New Firms
• Auto Insurer Didn't Short Thousands Of Claims, Judge Says
• CBP Detainees Seek Improved Conditions, Access To Counsel
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear $43M Jury Verdict In Well Plugging Suit
• Gilstrap Changes Playing Field With Patent Eligibility Rule
• Petrobras Has Paid Vantage $690M Under Award, Driller Says
• White & Case Snags Bracewell Energy Finance Pro In Houston
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, OCBC Bank, ExxonMobil
• Lenders Seek Payment For Shipowners' $266M Default
• Real Estate Rumors: Bridge Investment Group, Amazon, AIG
• Sabre To DOJ: Sue Us Or We're Closing $360M Farelogix Deal
• Oil Slump, Not Age, Cost Transocean Worker His Job: 5th Circ.
• American Airlines Wants Unions Sanctioned In Slowdown Suit
• Sterling Construction Inks $400M Deal For Plateau Excavation
• GE Misled Baker Hughes Prior To Merger, Chancery Suit Says
• Fraud Claims Dropped Against Texas Firm In Syngenta Suit
• Split Texas Panel OKs Expert Report In Hip Replacement Suit
• Chancery Says It Doesn't Handle Defamation Claims
• Norton Rose Snags Ex-McGuireWoods Renewables Pro
• DC Circ. Wipes Out Win For Hospitals On Medicaid Pay
• Peloton Gets Flywheel Sanctioned Over Deposition Delay
• Sanchez Creditors Ask For Hold On DIP Financing
• Texas To Pitch $500K Nexus Threshold For Franchise Tax
• Texas, Tobacco Cos. Battle Over Docs In Settlement Row
• Cheniere Can't Foreclose Over $46M Loan In LNG Partnership
• MetLife Retirees Say Texas Ruling Backs Mortality Table Suit
• Foreign Insurers Seek Arbitration Of Hurricane Harvey Claims
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Seaweed Scientist's Odyssey
• LifeCare Gets Nod For $34M Ch. 11 Hospital Sale
• Insurers Off Hook For Lost Payment At Margaritaville
• States, Tribes Get $109M To Implement Next Generation Of 911
• American Airlines Gets Injunction Against Union Slowdown
• House Dems Press Senate On Background Checks For Guns
• Texas Prison System Says It's Complying In Heat Settlement
• Emerge Energy Unsecured Creditors Trash $35M DIP Plan
• Cities, States Ask To Defend Counting Immigrants In Census
• Petrobras Can't Reveal Private Docs In Samsung Bribery Fight
• Industrial Wholesaler Says Rival Is Locking It Out Of Industry
• Litigation Finance Co. Gets $2.4M Win Against Injury Firm
• DOI Overreached With Stiff Penalty, Equinor Tells 5th Circ.
• Security Co. Denied Partial Win In $4.5M Hurricane Suit
• SEC Defends Its Judges' Removal Protections At 5th Circ.
• Sanchez Energy Files Ch. 11 To Cut $2.3B Debt Load
• Sanctions Uncalled For In Peloton Deposition Delay: Flywheel
• 5th Circ. Rules Indian Child Welfare Act Constitutional
• EPA Drops 5th Circ. Appeal In CAA Suit Against Coal Plants
• Liberty Mutual, Hotel Developer Settle Project Collapse Spat
• Mexico Backs Parents In Cross-Border Shooting Case
• YPF Says Texas Co. Must Pay Fees In $9.9M Award Fight
• Cokinos Young, Ex-Marketing Director Trade Barbs In IP Row
• Texas County Leads Air Pollution Crackdown After Plant Fires
• Texas Says It Won't 'Acquiesce' To Tobacco Co. In $125M Rift
• How States Are Attending To Medical Balance Billing
• Haynes And Boone's London Growth Leads To New Office
• Movie Theater Giants Face Digital Security Tech Patent Suits
• EchoStar Unit Again Asks Fed. Circ. To Toss $21M IP Award
• Marvel Writer Says Comicsgate To Blame For Dropped Deal
• Texas Trucking Co. Beats Driver's Electrocution Injury Suit
• Energy Co. Can Pursue $100M Trade Secrets Theft Claim
• Apple Attacks $439M Verdict Again After VirnetX IP Ruling
• 5th Circ. Says DQ'd Juror Can't Sink $298M FCA Verdict
• American Airlines Can't Escape Suit Over 1984 Mortality Table
• Investors Want 2nd Shot At Bank Over Oilfield Co. Foreclosure
• Song Owner Gets 3rd Shot To Sue ESPN, Chick-Fil-A Over Ad
• Clients Benefit From Law Firm Expense Growth
• Federal Courts Shed Light On Extraterritorial Reach Of DTSA
• Driller Halcon Resources Revisits Ch. 11 With Debt Swap Plan
• Exxon Investors' Climate Change Suits In Texas Are Merged
• Texas Justices Asked To Seal Trade Secrets In $706M Dispute
• Texas Regulator Knocks NY Forex And Crypto Co. For Fraud
• Insurers Say New Evidence Warrants Redo Of $500M Rig Suit
• 5th Circ. Questions Remington On Deadline In Rifle Defect Suit
• Fired Alcon Sales Rep Says Bias 'Permeated The Workforce'
• Chancery Orders Troubled Nursing Care Business Dissolved
• Insurers Want $220M Cobalt Coverage Fight In Fed Court
• Keeping Railroads Secure From Drones
• Texas Nurses Vow To See Antitrust Suit To End, Then Appeal
• Changing Ethics Rules Is Key To Law Firm Innovation
• Markel Insurer Wants Out Of Paralyzed Roofer's Suit
• DA Partially Immune In Political Firing Row, 5th Circ. Says
• How Debtors Are Fighting The Ch. 11 Fee Increase
• NY Leads Multistate Investigation Of Payroll Advance Industry
• Womble Bond Adds Bracewell IP Pro In Houston
• Texas Panel Axes Suit Over Atty's Courtroom Statements
• Energy Background An Asset, New EPA Regional Head Says
• Hospital Co. Beats $61.8M FCA Suit Over Medicare Coding
• 4 Firms Steer Trio Of REITs In $893M Combination
• 5th Circ. Questions Why Manager Was Barred From EEOC Suit
• National Coordinating Counsel: Key To Virtual Mass Tort Team
• Texas Defeats EEOC Background Check Guidance At 5th Circ.
• Employers Face Expanded Time Limits For Sex Abuse Suits
• Moving-Truck Drivers Collective Action Hits Roadblock
• 3rd Circ. Continues Momentive Trend For Secured Creditors
• Justices Asked To Clarify Damages In Cross-Border Shooting
• Mexico Weighing Legal Action Over El Paso Shooting
• Fed Circ. Stands By Reviving Semiconductor IP Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Bell Nunnally Litigator In Dallas
• Real Estate Co. Rips Arbitration Bid In Harvey Coverage Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Noble Midstream, Accelya
• Judging A Book: Castillo Reviews 'Raising The Bar'
• CVS Sued Over Injury From Ear Drop, Eye Drop Mix-Up
• Texas McDonald's Franchisee Settles Discrimination Claims
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive WorldLink's Wage Suit Coverage Bid
• Injured Rig Worker Sues Over 'Antiquated, Unsafe' Methods
• Dissecting The Inherent Tension In Today's TCPA Landscape
• Injured Contractors Sue Exxon Over Chemical Plant Fire
• Saudi Oil Co. Unit Escapes Suit Over $18B Arbitral Award
• Helicopter Co. Didn't Prove Antitrust Claims, Judge Says
• Texas Blurs Partisan Divide In Sprint/T-Mobile Challenge
• What You Need To Know About Trump's 13 New Judges
• Trump's Intel Pick Withdraws Amid Resume-Padding Claims
• Atty's Move From DLA Piper Can't DQ Counsel In Mavenir Suit
• 5th Circ. Trims Trucker's $2.8M Award Over Crash
• Jones Day Adds Vinson & Elkins Antitrust Co-Chair In Texas
• New State Data Protection Laws Focus On Biometrics
• 1st Republican AG Joins Suit Against Sprint, T-Mobile Merger
• Ex-Fox Commentator Slaps Atty With $118M Defamation Suit
• Gordon & Rees Atty's Damages Cut In Joy-Riding Valet Suit
• Spencer Fane Continues Growth With 19-Atty Add In Houston
• Ex-NFL Star Must Arbitrate Turf Injury: Texas Appeals Court
• EPA Will Wait For High Court Before Acting On Groundwater
• Exxon Hit With Lawsuit By Texas County After Chemical Fire
• Fed. Circ. Revives Some VirnetX IP Tied To $1B Apple Verdicts
• 5th Circ. Wrong To Nix $65M Stanford Ponzi Deal, Lloyd's Says
• 5th Circ. Backs Hospital's Win In Nurse's Race Bias Suit
• A Welcome Turning Of The Tide On State Preemption Of Cities