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Texas - October, 2019

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• US Deemed Immune In Hidden-Immigrant Truck Death
• States Ask 5th Circ. To Rethink Indian Child Welfare Act Ruling
• Texas Court Undoes Part Of $25M Default Award In Valve Row
• 'Enron' Haunts Exxon Climate Trial In AG Expert's Testimony
• Ukraine Oil Co.'s Info Bid Improper In $2.5B Fight, Court Told
• 5th Circ. Blocks Texas Residents' Suit Over Landfill Odors
• FHFA Constitutionality Case Not Fit For Review, Justices Told
• Cadence Bancorp, Brass To Blame For Stock Drop: Investors
• REV Knew Investor Info Was False, Pension Fund Says
• GOP Sens. Advance Anti-Abortion Lawyer For Mo. Judgeship
• Toshiba Says Construction Co. Faked Bids In 'Massive Fraud'
• 5 Trends Influencing RFPs For Law Firms
• Printer Co. Not Liable For Restaurant Tablet Issues, Jury Says
• Chancery's Quantlab Ruling Guts Law, Del. Justices Hear
• Unaoil Bosses Plead Guilty To Global Bribery Scheme
• Baker McKenzie, Paul Hastings Steer $530M Daelim Latex Buy
• Contentious Trump 5th Circ. Pick Reports $1M Assets
• DHS Waives More Enviro Rules To Build Border Wall In Texas
• Texas Appellate Court Sprawl Has No Easy Fix In Sight
• L'Oreal Seeks DQ Of Lerner David In Cosmetics IP Row
• Texas Justices Asked To Hear Suit Over Child's Oil Well Death
• HP Wants $176M Price-Fixing Trial Win Boosted To $438M
• 'DWI Dude' Atty Guilty Of Conning Colombian Drug Traffickers
• States Want Court To Look At Big Picture In DACA Challenge
• Texas Panel Told Petrobras Dispute Belongs In Arbitration
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Finance Partner From McGuireWoods
• Electric Co. Owner's Tax Refund Fight Revived By 5th Circ.
• On-Sale Bar Ruling Invites 'Exploitation,' Justices Told
• USAA Patent Suit Against Wells Fargo Headed For Trial
• Drone Distributor Shores Up Lockheed Contract Breach Suit
• Houston Must Face Injury Suit Over Christmas Eve Cop Crash
• Chancery Finds Flaws In $11B Regency Merger Process
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Being There For Families In Trouble
• GlobalFoundries, TSMC Settle Sprawling Chip IP Row
• Texas Says County Bail Reform Shirks 'Sanctuary City' Law
• $10M Harvey Claims Against Insurers To Stay In Fed. Court
• Best Practices For US-Canada Virtual Mass Tort Teams
• Confronting Plaintiffs Attorney Advertising Abuses
• GM, Toyota Side With Trump Admin In Emissions Rule Fight
• High Court CFPB Review May Determine Fate Of FHFA Too
• Indian Groups Urge Supreme Court To Hear Bingo Block Case
• Tracking Early State Legislative Efforts To Curb Deepfakes
• Resort Settles EEOC Suit Over English-Only Policy For $2.6M
• AT&T Plans New Directors, Up To $10B In Divestitures
• Wachtell, Morgan Lewis Shape Prologis' $12.6B Liberty Buy
• New West Texas Judge Wants His Patent Suits Fast And Clean
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Gas Co.'s Double-Tax Dispute
• Delay Tactics Justify Fees In $5.3M Arbitral Win: Saudi Co.
• 'Unprofessional Behavior' Sinks Age Bias Suit, 5th Circ. Says
• Oil Well Owners Seek Clearance For Alta Mesa Fracking Suits
• Counseling Cannabis Cos. Requires A Holistic Approach
• Judge's Testimony OK In Disbarment, Texas Justices Say
• 5th Circ. Rebuffs Energy Co.'s Indemnity Bid For Injury Suit
• Texas Court Rules Hospital Must Face Patient Death Suit
• Texas Panel Told Paucity Of Proof Dooms $100M Theft Suit
• Schlumberger, Dow Get Water Contamination Suit Tossed
• Feds, Navajo Decry Redo Bid On Indian Child Welfare Act
• YPF Must Pay Its Own Legal Bills In $10M Apache Fight
• Examine Diversity Jurisdiction By Drilling Into Citizenship
• Cheniere Urges Texas Justices To Ref $46M LNG Loan Fight
• Del. Court Seeks Answer To Blue Bell 'Sham' Co. Claim
• High Court Asked To Kill Bribery Case By La. Landfill Co.
• Picks For 9th, 2nd Circs. Advance With Bipartisan Panel Votes
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Nix Of $65M Stanford Ponzi Deal
• Willis Denied Quick Win In $31M Hurricane Coverage Row
• DOD Adds 6 Cos. To $5B Border Wall Contract
• Latex Not Enough Cover For Adult Tax Exemption, Texas Says
• O'Melveny Launches State Regulatory Defense Group
• EPA Must Act On Oil & Gas Ozone Emissions, Groups Say
• 4 Recreational Marijuana Tax Revenue Takeaways For States
• Fired Law Partner's Discovery Request Is Void, Firm Says
• Where Law Firm Partners Go When Changing Jobs
• Texas Man Gets 12 Years For LA Court System Cyberattack
• Alamo Trust Looks To Nix Suit Over Native American Remains
• 5th Circ. Says Bar Exam Prep Debt Can Be Discharged In Ch. 7
• AGs Ask Facebook, EBay To Prevent Illegal Alcohol Sales
• Pipeline Inspection Software Biz Says Ex-Workers Stole Data
• 3 Ways To Leverage Vulnerability For Lawyer Well-Being
• HP Wins $176M Verdict In Disk Drive Price-Fixing Trial
• Southcross Energy Asset Sales Bring $107M Into Ch. 11 Estate
• Facebook Antitrust Probe Gains Support From Dozens Of AGs
• El Paso Seeks To Block Entire $6.1B Border Wall Funding Plan
• Chrimar Asks Full Fed. Circ. To Override Preclusion Rule
• 5th Circ. Urged To Allow Women To Register For Military Draft
• Houston Mayor Hit With Suit Alleging Misuse Of Drainage Fee
• Texas Justices To Define Limits Of Contractual Gov't Immunity
• Peckar & Abramson Adds Construction, Energy Atty In Texas
• Toyota Hit With Putative Class Action Over Repossessed Cars
• State AGs Reach $48B Proposed Deal To End Opioid Cases
• Bernstein Litowitz To Lead Venator Shareholders' Fire Suit
• Texas State Bar Says Temp Worker Stole A Dozen Atty IDs
• High Court Passes On Lilly's $20M Cialis Patent Loss
• Ex-Pimco CEO, 3 Others Plead Guilty In 'Varsity Blues'
• Widow Blames El Paso Walmart Shooting On Lack Of Security
• Match Looks To Swipe Left On FTC Misleading Dating Ads Suit
• Some Dems Back GOP Bill Capping Presidential Emergencies
• Huawei Says Gov't Has Limited Powers To Punish Cos.
• New Data Shows BigLaw's True Profitability
• Texas Contractor's H-2B Request Not Temporary, BALCA Says
• UT Austin Won't Have To Face Bicyclist's Injury Suit
• Texas High Court Won't Revisit $115M Mercedes Fraud Case
• In Most Court Battles, States Win And Trump Loses
• Texas Justices Pass On Energy Co.'s $15M Row With Apache
• Highland Capital Under Fire To Have Ch. 11 Trustee Take Over
• Foreign Co. Looks To Untangle EDTX Jurisdiction Confusion
• Greenberg Traurig Inks $65M Deal To End Stanford Ponzi Suit
• Chubb Owes Excess Carrier $8M In Row Over Fatal Crash Deal
• ZTE Can't Dodge Antenna IP Suit
• Delay Dooms Victims' Rape Test Backlog Suit, 5th Circ. Says
• Ford Wants $1.7M In Fees For $53M Dealer Loan Fraud Win
• Texas Cement Plant Supervisor Can't Certify OT Class
• Taco Bell Franchisee, DOJ Settle Unfair Immigrant Work Claim
• Wind Farm Co. Says $2.1M Discovery Sanction Broke Rules
• The Circuit Split On ERISA's Actual Knowledge Standard
• J&J To Pay States $117M To Quell Pelvic Mesh Suits
• Vote Delayed For 5th Circ. Pick Opposed By Some GOP Sens.
• Texas Judge Tosses ACA's Transgender, Abortion Bias Rule
• Quinn Emanuel Atty Among 4 Confirmed To Trial Courts
• Quanta Fixed Prices On HP's Disk Drives, Jury Hears
• Exceptions To '8 Corners Rule' Are Invalid, Texas Justices Told
• Drug Cos. Float Deals Worth $50B To End Opioid Cases
• Anti-Rust Product Was Essentially WD-40, Investor Says
• What Unitization Could Mean For Talos' Oil Discovery
• Texas Securities Board Orders Crypto Cos. To Close Up Shop
• Boutique Texas Firm Nabs EXCO Resources' Former GC
• Formosa Plastics To Pay $50M To Settle Clean Water Act Suit
• Ex-Yukos CFO Says Kremlin-Defying Board Owes Him $13.5M
• Texas Could Give A Key Break To Trial Attys Expecting Kids
• High Court Wants DOJ's Take On Scope Of Race Bias Law
• Supreme Court Won't Let Texas Argue In DACA Appeal
• Justices Pass On Families' Train Crash Wrongful Death Suit
• Pulling Up Stakes: Winston & Strawn, Sidley, K&L Gates
• Insurer Can't Ditch $1M Herbicide Suit, Texas Justices Hear
• Test Administrator Swept Up In 'Varsity Blues' Case Wants Out
• Top EPA Enforcement Official Joins Vinson & Elkins
• SemGroup Investors Seek Stay On $5B Energy Transfer Deal
• Courts Keep Rejecting Litigation Funding Discovery Campaign
• Justices Won't Hear Suit Over UBS Brokers' Enron Knowledge
• Akin Gump's Local Focus Helped Land Bull Semen IP Win
• Generics, Others Back Impax Against FTC In 5th Circ.
• Rooftop Watering Hole Plan Weathers Antenna Dispute
• Hyatt Brings Deceptive Ad Claims To TravelPass Antitrust Suit
• After Mississippi Exit, AGs' T-Mobile Suit May Dwindle
• CVR Loses Bid To Reignite Malpractice Fight With Wachtell
• As 'Copyright Troll' Turns National, Will Blowback Follow?
• How Emotionally Intelligent AI Could Assist With E-Discovery
• Infowars Can't Use Free Speech Law To End Sandy Hook Suit
• '$40 Billion Man' Accused Of Running Fuel Supply Ponzi
• Texas Judge Tees Up Block On Trump's $6.1B Wall Fund
• States May Slow Spread Of Vehicle Subscription Services
• 5th Circ. Won't Revisit Ruling Nixing Tenn. Benefits Law
• NBA Backs Free Speech But Likely To Tiptoe With China
• Ignoring Patents Not A Willful Infringement Free Pass In EDTX
• Texas Justices Focus 'Push Poll' Sanction Args On Bad Faith
• Repeated Allegations Kill Canon FCA Suit, Texas Judge Says
• JP Morgan Fees Center Stage In Del. Suit Over $3.2B Oil Deal
• Suit Claiming NFL Cheated Illinois Clinic Moved To Texas
• $9M Award Nixed After Jury Shown Unredacted Insurance Doc
• Jury Confusion Sinks Ericsson FRAND Win, 5th Circ. Told
• Preventable Risks Your Law Firm May Be Overlooking
• WilmerHale Guides RigUp's $300M Funding Round
• Subcontractor Costs Deductible, Rig Co. Tells Texas Justices
• Fed. Circ. Agrees Pro Se IP Suit Against Huawei Is Duplicative
• Amazon, HTC Can't Move Patent Case From EDTX To Va.
• Fox Rothschild Snags Constangy Benefits Atty In Dallas
• Costs Of AMC Shows Not Deductible, Texas High Court Told
• Texas Justices Told Tax Deductions Apply To Machine Rentals
• 6 Ethics Tips For Attorneys Making Lateral Transfers
• Halliburton To Pay Muslim Workers $275K To End EEOC Suit
• CIT Loans $56M To Western Wealth For Texas Apartments
• Chancery Rejects Toss Of Suit Over Baker Hughes-GE Deals
• Border 'Tent Courts' Need Greater Oversight, Congress Told
• Lockheed Says Drone Suit Lacks Breach of Contract Details
• Texas Justices Told Emails Can't Support Breach Claims
• Texas Partnership Law's Reach Key In $535M Pipeline Fight
• Texas Justices Ponder 'Good Faith' In $79M Clawback
• Baker Botts' Large Enviro Platform Lures 9 Katten Attys
• Full Fed. Circ. Asked To Undo Ruling That 'Disrespects' States
• Texas Justices Asked To Renew Suit Against Univ. Hospital
• MBHB Scoops Up 6 IP Attys For New Austin Office
• 5th Circ. Affirms 6-Year Sentence In Tax Fraud Scheme
• ITC Ends Probe Into Nokia, NEC Submarine Tech
• 5th Circ. Says Worker Must Arbitrate Citigroup Age Bias Suit
• UK Specialist Insurer Acquires Texas Cyber Response Co.
• Southwest Pilots Union Sues Boeing Over 737 Max Grounding
• Riddell Drops Suits Against Ex-Sales Reps, Competitor
• Texas High Court To Hear 'Anti-Washout' Lease Fight
• Supreme Court Passes On 13 Intellectual Property Cases
• Houston Nonprofit Sues Ex-Pres. Over $2M Kickback Scheme
• Fed. Circ. Affirms SAP's $680K Atty Fee Award After Alice Win
• Justices Pass On BCBS' Challenge To $9.5M Encompass Win
• Frac Sand Shipper Defends $49M Win Over Alleged Copycat
• Texas High Court To Decide On Product Liability Jurisdiction
• Ford Wins $53M From Defunct Dealer In Financing Fraud Trial
• House Wants Voice In 9th Circ. Border Wall Funding Fight
• Thiel Co. Says Ex-GC, A 'Wonder Years' Star, Breached Deals
• Fed. Circ. Unsure It Can Uphold $600M Verdict In Apple IP Row
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive $220M Cobalt Insurer Fight In Fed Court
• Huawei Ban Not Barred By Constitution, Gov't Says
• AdvoCare Deal Puts FTC's 13(b) Authority In Spotlight
• Match's Phony Love Ads Hurt Co.'s Stock, Investors Say
• Gearbox CEO Settles Bitter Breakup Suits With Ex-GC, Pal
• Chancery Was Correct To Toss Dilution Suit, Del. Justices Say
• 160 Members Of Congress Urge Justices To Protect DACA
• Feds, States Won't Join Allergan Glaucoma Drug FCA Suit
• Direct Taxes: The Next Shoe To Drop After Wayfair?
• Texas Says Salamander Claim Can't Hold Up Highway Project
• Battles Still Rage Over Calif. Data, Worker Classification Laws
• Latham, Gibson Dunn Steer $6.2B Hess Midstream Deal
• Texas Justices To Hear Credit Suisse's Bid To Ax $287M Award
• Supreme Court Will Revisit Abortion Rights Battleground
• Valero Refinery Worker Burned In 'Superheated Soil' Can't Sue
• Sidley Snags Bracewell Renewable Energy, Projects Duo
• Freight Rail Carriers Sue Union To Force Crew Size Bargaining
• Deals Rumor Mill: Six Flags, Shutterfly, Airbnb
• ERISA Ruling Signals Change In 5th Circ. Preemption Analysis
• Texas Utility Board Can't Be Deposed In Wrongful Death Suit
• Consider The Power Of Tactical Empathy
• BCBS Minnesota Beats Texas Hospital's Underpayment Suit
• Protests Pose Threat To Natural Gas Golden Age, Panel Says
• 5th Circ. Denies Coverage For Russian Roulette Death
• Medtronic Tells Justices $23M IP Verdict Flouts On-Sale Bar
• 5th Circ. Asked To Rethink Indian Child Welfare Act Ruling
• AdvoCare Pays $150M To Settle FTC Pyramid Scheme Claims
• Texas Lime E-Scooter Negligence Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Landry's Asks 5th Circ. To Revive $20M Hack Coverage Row
• Texas Homeowner Off Hook For Groundskeeper's Deadly Fall
• Locke Lord Dodges Suit Saying Firm Filed Bogus Patent Case
• 'Copycat' Legal Services Co. Stole Trade Secrets, Suit Says
• The Problem — And Opportunity — Of Implicit Bias In The Bar
• Apple Again Denied En Banc Appeal Over $439M VirnetX Loss
• Lighting Co. Can't Ban Rival Products After Axed $59M Award
• T-Mobile Parent Slams States' Beef Over Docs In Merger Row
• Ukraine Oil Co. Can Seek Info In $2.56B Gazprom Award Fight
• Payday Lender Wants High Court Review Of CFPB Challenge
• Fast-Food Empire Isn't Wheelchair Accessible, Suit Says
• Weil Nabs Energy, Private Equity Pro From King & Spalding
• $4M Kickback Scheme Lands Ex-Texas Oil Exec In Prison
• Judging A Book: Thapar Reviews Gorsuch's 'A Republic'
• Texas Contractor Coughs Up Shorted OT To H-2B Workers
• DLA Piper, Cozen O'Connor Guide $510M Fintech Tie-Up
• Investors Say 'Attorney-Broker' Ran Real Estate Ponzi Scam
• Atty Shouldn't Get Retrial Over $18M Tax Scheme, Court Told