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Texas - February, 2021

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• House Approves Biden's $1.9T Pandemic Relief Package
• GAO Tosses Protest Over $208M Border Wall Deal
• WDTX Judge Albright Touts Revamped Courtroom Tech
• Atty Accused Of Mishandling BP Spill Claim Gets Arbitration
• IP Biz In Samsung Infringement Fight Wants A Waco Trial Too
• Fed. Circ. Judge Tells Attys Not To Slack Off On Remote Args
• Baker Hughes Discloses It's Being Investigated By The SEC
• Hotels' Bid For Arbitration Docs Should Be Nixed, Court Hears
• Texas Justices Clear Way For Deal In $9M Dell Contract Fight
• Texas Court To Take Up Discovery Dispute In Death Suit
• ERCOT Ruling Won't Stop Suits Over Texas Power Outages
• Steak 'N Shake Must Face Trial In Sex Assault Suit
• Gilstrap Makes Apple's $506M Patent Trial Loss Final
• Texas Justices To Hear Apache's Fight With Fired Paralegal
• Obtaining General Jurisdiction Over Out-Of-State Insurers
• Dish Scores $16.8M Payday Over Pirated Content
• Diamond Offshore Sends $2B Debt-Swap Ch. 11 Plan For Vote
• Dallas Gets Green Light For Netflix, Hulu Franchise Fee Suit
• Texas Justices To Decide If Atty Immunity Covers Deal Work
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• Jackson Walker Nabs McGuireWoods Energy Partner
• Judge Says CDC Can't Block Evictions Over COVID-19
• Fed Circ. Says SK Hynix Patent Suit Should Stay In Texas
• Texas Panel Revives Suit Over Ex-Judge's Alleged Sex Abuse
• Texas Court Wipes Out $7M From Pipeline Explosion Verdict
• Texas Justices Weigh Novel 'Takings' Copyright Fight
• 5th Circ. Says BP Toxic Waste Suit Belongs In Federal Court
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Insurers Escape Coverage For $6M Phishing Suit
• Hinshaw Adds Seasoned Insurance Partner In New Orleans
• Texas Trade Name Shift Will Benefit Small, Specialized Firms
• Texas Justices Mull Facebook's Immunity In Trafficking Suits
• Peloton Tells Judge Gilstrap 'Spinning' Biz Is 'No Innovator'
• Last Defendant In $7B Stanford Ponzi Gets Max Sentence
• Apache Faces Investor Suit Over Failed Drilling Project
• ERCOT Board Hears Texas Outages Could Have Been Worse
• Texas Judge Suspended Over 2018 Election Fraud Charges
• Dish Sues Streaming Site For Broadcasting Arabic Channels
• Texas Bunker Co., Others Sued After 3 Die In Gas Explosion
• Reps. Want To Add Lower Court Judges, But Divided On How
• Groups Don't Want Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Review Suit Moved
• Dallas Attys Of Color, Women Less Likely To Move Up
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• Texas Judge Blocks Deportation Moratorium Nationwide
• Belk Confirms $450M Ch. 11 Debt Slash In Less Than A Day
• ERCOT Board Members To Step Down In Winter Storm's Wake
• Zoom Recordings Could Change Trial Appeals, Atty Says
• Google Blasts Texas-Led Digital Ad Monopolization Suit
• Lighting Co. Says Foe Can't Challenge Liability In $59M Retrial
• Texas Freeze Makes Frontera Ch. 11 Loan More Critical
• Samsung Asks Fed. Circ. To Undo Gilstrap's FRAND Ruling
• New Judgeships A Tall Order Despite Lawmakers' Interest
• Feds Lose Attempt To Transfer Immigrant's Tort Suit To Texas
• Texas Justices Mull E-Signature Evidence In Arbitration Bid
• 5th Circ. Refuses To Rule On Unfinished Hail Damage Claim
• Judge Urges Patience Amid Texas Weather, Pandemic Woes
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• Texas Justices Urged To Nix Ranch's $100M Coal Cleanup Bid
• Time For Federal Action To Ban Noncompetes
• Texas Justices Told Contractor Suit Should Be Revived
• Texas Power Co. Griddy Sued Over Massive Energy Bills
• Class OK In Labaton Sucharow, Quinn Emanuel-Led Dell Suit
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• How The Remote Sales Tax Legal Landscape Is Evolving
• Boardwalk Investors Stress Conflicts In $1.5B Call-In Trial
• VLSI, Intel Face Off In 1st In-Person Patent Jury Trial Of 2021
• Inventors Want New PTAB Challenges Halted In Fintiv Fight
• ERCOT Hit With $100M Suit Over Outage Related Death
• Allstate Wants Firm's Fraud Suit Over Expert Witnesses Axed
• Texas Halts Power Invoices After Skyrocketing Bills
• US Trustee Says No New Creditors For NRA Committee
• Feds Say 'Varsity Blues' Middleman Blew Chance To Delay Jail
• Sidley, Graubard Steer Fintech Co.'s Go-Public At $4.7B Value
• CBRE Pays $200M For Stake In Coworking Co. Industrious
• Biz Interruption Insurance Considerations After Texas Storms
• Justices Skip Dad's Retaliation Suit Over Daughter's Bias Row
• 5th Circ. Lifts TM Ban On Pepsi's 'Gatorlyte' For Now
• Shearman Nabs Ex-Jones Day Capital Markets Pro
• High Court Vacates Immunity In Prison Guard Mace Case
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• Supreme Court Passes On $106M Oil Well Insurance Dispute
• Justices Won't Review $622M Award Against Petrobras
• Solas Ends IP Fight With LG, Sony As Samsung Trial Looms
• Stockholders Say $1.1B Talos Energy Deal Rife With Conflicts
• Transocean Sued By 2 More Seamen Left In Path Of Hurricane
• Companies Beef Up Risk Disclosures As Biden Era Begins
• VoIP-Pal Loses Fed. Circ. Battle To Ship Cases To Albright
• Tips For Employers Reeling From The Texas Weather Crisis
• 5th Circ. Revives Prison Chaplain's Religious Bias Suit
• 5th Circ. Asked To Rethink $100K Award In $1M Fraud Case
• Fired Capitol Riot Atty Splits With Election Challenge Team
• PepsiCo Halted From Selling Electrolyte Drink Amid TM Claim
• Tex-Mex Chain Can Sue City Over Development Incentives
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, White & Case, Sidley
• Teamsters Unit Beats Ex-UPS Worker's Union Bias Claim
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• Texas Waives Response In Bikini-Latex Clubs' Tax Appeal
• Bell Nunnally Hires Ex-Greenberg Traurig Real Estate Pro
• Ericsson Asks Justices To Undo Toss Of $110M Patent Win
• FTC Sets April Trial In La. Real Estate Appraisers Case
• Expedia Asks To Shield Arbitration Docs In TravelPass Suit
• LG Gets PTAB To Nix CyWee's Bid To Amend Sensor Patent
• Ex-NFL Player Can't Have Jury Trial In ERISA Suit, Judge Says
• Texas' Winter Storm To Bring Avalanche Of Insurance Claims
• Texas Grid Operator, Utility Hit With $10M Suit Over Outages
• Texas Gov. Abbott Calls For Weatherizing Power Sector
• Houston Law Firm Says Witness Ads Are Protected Speech
• FERC Chair Says Texas Blackouts May Spark New Grid Regs
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• LPL Financial Gets $1.6M FINRA Arbitration Award Confirmed
• Baker Botts Snags Norton Rose Oil And Gas Practice Leader
• Texas Doc Must Face Post-Surgery Malpractice Claim
• Apple Asks To Postpone March Patent Trial Due To COVID-19
• Ex-Judge Wants Full 5th Circ. To Revisit Wrongful Firing Suit
• 5th Circ. Ruling Shows HHS Privacy Fines Can Be Beaten
• How The Pandemic Is Shaping Patent Trials In District Courts
• McGuireWoods Adds 3 Health Care Attys In Houston, Chicago
• Google Escapes Suit Alleging PTAB Fraud, For Now
• 'Varsity Blues' Middleman Decries 'Catch-22' Prison Virus Rule
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• Texas Students May Defer Feb. Bar Exam Amid Power Outages
• Blackouts Test Texas' Grid, Spotlight Renewable Energy
• Apple Blames Trump DOJ IP Stance For 'Flawed' Nokia Ruling
• Justices Urged To Weigh Church Exemption Against State Law
• Texas Judge Sends NRA Suit Against Ad Agency To Mediation
• PTAB To Review USB Patent Set For Nov. Trial In WDTX
• VLSI Calls Intel's Bid To Push Patent Trial To April 'Baseless'
• EPA Settles Lead Paint Claims With Home Renovation Show
• Albright Was Right To Deny Transfer Bid, Fed. Circ. Told
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• US Natural Gas Cos. Combine In $7.2B Deal Built By 5 Firms
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Ruling UT Isn't Immune From IPR
• Texas Power Failures Spark Grid Scrutiny, Investigations
• Match Sues Rival For Creating 'Tinder Clone' For Muslims
• Texas Unharmed By Deportation Freeze, Feds Claim
• Attys Should Get $624K After Tips Trial Win, Judge Says
• Texas Court Says Deficient Expert Report Sinks Med Mal Suit
• 2 Ways Insurance Regulation Will Change Under Biden Admin.
• Texas Renter, Broker Toss $4M Suit, Pursue Fight Elsewhere
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• Oilfield Co. Ex-CEO To Take Fraud Charges To Trial In October
• Justices Told 5th Circ. Misses N-Word's Fallout In Bias Cases
• How West Texas Patent Trial Speed Affects PTAB Denials
• Winter Storms Bring New Tangle For Texas Courts, Firms
• USAA, Wells Fargo Reach Settlement In $300M Patent Case
• Chancery Tosses $1.6B Regency Energy Sale Damage Suit
• Texas Says DC Circ. Wrong Venue For Clean Air Act Suit
• Chase Settles Federal Housing Program Whistleblower Suit
• NY, Others Decry Texas' Bid To 'Hogtie' Immigration Policy
• Fed. Circ. Rebukes Put Spotlight On Albright Transfer Rulings
• 5th Circ. Says Boat Crane Operators Not OT-Exempt Seamen
• Real Estate Rumors: WeWork, Abreu, Snowhook Capital
• Whistleblowers Beef Up Accusations Against Texas AG Paxton
• Sierra Club Drops $2.2B Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline Suit
• Bradley Hires Former Winstead Business Divorce Partner
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cleary, Faegre
• Seadrill Says It May Face 'More Contentious' Ch. 11 This Time
• Texas Off-Road Park Sued Over Man's Drowning Death
• Houston's Courts Keep Trials Rolling In True Texas Fashion
• Biden To Let In 25K Asylum-Seekers Forced To Wait In Mexico
• Zoom Hearings Reveal Dogged Pursuit Of Justice. Cats Too.
• Building Co. Accused Of Firing Worker Over COVID-19 Leave
• Mattress Firm Tells Texas High Court Emails Are Free Speech
• Fed. Circ. Rules Acquisition Shields Infinera From Patent Suit
• 5th Circ. Asked To Reconsider Liberty $1M Recoup Judgment
• 5th Circ. Ponders Diligence In Taxotere Hair Loss Suits
• Cannabis Co. Faces Patent Suit Over Store Locator Tech
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Paxton's Ex-Associates Tell Court He Belongs In Fraud Suit
• Valaris Reaches Cash-Equity Deal With Group Of Creditors
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• Investors Swoon Over Bumble's $2B Upsized IPO
• 5th Circ. Confirms OT Judgment Against Fire Protection Co.
• Brain Damage Suit Can Go Forward, Texas Panel Says
• Ex-Officers Join Call By Men's Rights Group To Draft Women
• Texas Appeals Court Clarifies Scope Of Pregnancy Bias Law
• Seadrill Parent Co. Seeks Equity Swap In $7B Ch. 11 Case
• Faegre, Gibson Shepherd $3.35B Deal For Planters Nuts Biz
• Texas Court Says Higher Standard Applies To Med Mal Suit
• Albright Orders Daily COVID-19 Tests At Intel Patent Trial
• NRA Delays Ch. 11 Matters To Allow Committee To Catch Up
• Google Keeps Pushing To Move Texas AG Case To Calif.
• 5th Circ. Revives 3 Late BP Oil Spill Injury Claims
• Gilstrap Says Fujitsu Settlement No Help To Nokia In IP Fight
• Judge Recommends Not Axing Gree Patents Ahead Of Trial
• Houston Nightclub Says COVID-19 Permit Suspension Unjust
• DC Circ. Urged To Scrap Texas Nuclear Waste Site License
• Biden's Immigration Plan Should Do More to Protect Workers
• Cos. Should Keep A Close Watch On SIGPR Enforcement
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• Texas AG Asks Lawmakers To Fund Google Antitrust Litigation
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2020: Part 2
• Munck, Shearman Drive $2.3B Government Tech Provider Deal
• Gibson Dunn Wants Investment Co. To Pay Nearly $1M In Fees
• Winston & Strawn Launches Energy & Infrastructure Group
• Mortgage Servicer, Software Co. Settle Data 'Hostage' Standoff
• Texas Tech Calls Foul On Fired Hoops Coach's Sex Bias Suit
• Energy Co. Says $39M Arbitration Should End Separate Suit
• Jackson Walker Fights Appeal Of Malpractice Suit Win
• TopGolf Aces SureShot's Antitrust Suit Over Tech Co. Buy
• Apple Can't Render 4G Patents Unenforceable In $506M Row
• Telecom Tower Builder, Texas City Settle Axed Application Suit
• How Biden's Administration Will Affect The Insurance Industry
• DOJ Asks Trump-Appointed US Attorneys To Step Down
• Texas Court Halts Deportation Freeze For 14 More Days
• ITC Takes Up Samsung Claims Over Ericsson 5G Imports
• Huawei Urges 5th Circ. To Remove Security Threat Label
• Nokia's License Boycott Broke Antitrust Law, 5th Circ. Told
• 5th Circ. Won't Force Miss. Electric Coop. To Pay Out $112.5M
• DOJ Charging Memo Rescission Aids Prosecutorial Discretion
• Texas Atty Arrested On Telephone Harassment Charge
• 'I'm Not A Cat,' Atty Assures Judge Amid Zoom Filter Mishap
• Ex-Client Fights To Revive Botched IUD Malpractice Case
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Duane Morris Taps 4 Barnes Thornburg Attys For Dallas Office
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Simpson Thacher Hires V&E Energy M&A Partner In Houston
• Seismic Data Co. To Pay $3.5M To Exit Investors' Fraud Suit
• JPML Refuses To Centralize Hotel ADA Suits
• Texas Asks Judge To Set Aside Biden's Deportation Freeze
• Texas Judge OKs Insurer's Hurricane Harvey Coverage Suit
• Texas Auto Dealer Fights New Trial Order After $4M Verdict
• SK Hynix Urges Fed. Circ. To Review Albright Transfer Denial
• SEC Gets Default Win Against Crypto Fraud Conspirators
• Texas Officer's Suit Over Crotch Comments Closer To Trial
• NRA Board Member Calls For Examiner In Ch. 11 Case
• The State Of Asylum Law After Trump — And What's Next
• VW, Audi Parent Cos. Can't Slip Texas Claims, Court Told
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• FERC Botched Grid Project Payment Plan, DC Circ. Told
• Baker Botts Lands Bankruptcy Pro From Greenberg Traurig
• Butler Snow Nabs Appellate Boutique Founder In Austin
• BP Fights FERC $20M Manipulation Penalty At 5th Circ.
• Payday Lending May Face Greater CFPB Scrutiny Under Biden
• Seadrill's Asian Subsidiaries Hit Ch. 11 In Texas
• Roger Clemens' Son, Godson Get $3.2M In Bar Assault Trial
• JPML Refuses To Centralize Dickey's Data Breach Suits
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Claims Tying Generic Drugs To Disease
• Cruz Delays Vote On Raimondo For Commerce Secretary
• Security For Shipping Dispute Improper, Coal Co. Says
• 5th Circ. Deepens Split On TPS And Green Card Eligibility
• GAO Rejects Protest Over Dock Work Contract Award
• COVID Construction Files: Lincoln And Kairoi's Austin Tower
• Fogo De Chao Gets Illegal Tip Pool Claims Moved To Texas
• 4 Takeaways For States From 1st Circ. Wire Act Lottery Ruling
• 5th Circ. Creates Roadblocks For New HHS Privacy Enforcers
• Marketing Co. Seeks 5th Circ. Review Of Loss To Texas Firm
• Toyota Can't Seal Exhibits From $209M Crash Suit
• Judges On Race
• Gibson Dunn Forms US-UK Enviro Social Governance Group
• Texas Gov. Proposes Creation of State Business Courts
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• Walmart Loses Bid To Short-Circuit Feds' Opioid Suit
• Mortgage Servicer Says Software Co. Held Its Data 'Hostage'
• McKinsey Deal Renews Friction Among AGs And Opioid Attys
• Biden Admin. Ditches Texas, Ariz. Immigration Deals With DHS
• Vitol Entitled To $8.8M Fuel Tax Credit, 5th Circ. Told
• Kinder Morgan Says Atty's 'Tax Ferret' Status Kills $14B Fight
• Texas Courts Hit 1 Million Zoom Hearings Milestone
• 5th Circ. Ponders Jurisdiction In $287M Navy Collision Suit
• Lead Texas Atty In Google Suit Tells Team Not To Use Gmail
• Texas Justices Debate Proposed Anti-SLAPP Dismissal Test
• Silicon Co. Can't Tap $1M Coverage For Transfer Fraud
• Ex-Exec Gets 3.5 Years For Stealing $2M From Oil Staffing Co.
• Top WDTX Judge Delays Jury Trials Until April
• 5th Circ. Affirms Stanford Ponzi Investors Can't Intervene
• How Parties Can Prep For Global FRAND Jurisdictional Battles
• Keller Lenkner Hires Former Aide To Texas AG, White House
• Fed. Circ. Won't Pause SK Hynix Suit In Judge Albright's Court
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• Texas Power Plant Hits Ch. 11 As COVID-19 Weakens Demand
• McKinsey To Pay $573M To Settle Opioid Marketing Claims
• Google Offers 'No Proof' For Moving Texas Case, AGs Say
• Mall Owner CBL Says It Didn't Default On Wells Fargo Loans
• Feb. Drilling Patent Trial In Texas Moved To June
• 5th Circ. Hears 3 Challenges To Texas LNG Project Approvals
• Attys Say Biden Deportation Pause Can Proceed
• Toyota Can't Slip Prius Drivers' Braking Failure Suit
• Norway, Lenders Say $286M Loans Come First In Ships Sale
• 5th Circ. Doubts Texas Bikini-Latex Club Tax Is Constitutional
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Revisit Transfer Of Apple Patent Case
• Verizon Wins Another PTAB Review In Huawei IP War
• Farmers Policy Renewal Fight Overblown, Texas Justices Hear
• Ex-BigLaw Bankruptcy Atty Pleads Guilty In Extortion Rap
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revive 'Mayochup' TM Suit Against Heinz
• Texas Justices Mull Scope Of Arbitration In $15M Apache Row
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• Hance Scarborough Hires Former Congressman Pete Olson
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• 5th Circ. Affirms Texas A&M Immune From Disability Bias Suit
• Justices OK Court Appeals In Railroad Retiree Benefits Fights
• Albright Rejects SK Hynix Transfer Bid After Fed. Circ. Order
• Insurer Fights Coverage After Deadly Hay Baling Accident
• Landry's Says Atty Immunity Doesn't Cover Media Statements
• 5th Circ. Weighs Next Steps In $138M Venezuela Award Fight
• 5th Circ. Reviews $15M Award In Real Estate Investment Spat
• Distributor Can't Dodge Nestlé Gray-Market Product Suit
• Texas Natural Gas Trader Cops To Nearly $1M Fraud Scheme
• NPE Sues Samsung, Walmart, Target With Ex-Yahoo Patents
• Broadband Expansion, COVID Protections Top Texas Agenda
• Gibson Dunn-Led JRK Buys $82M Worth Of Apartments
• Okla. Energy Co. Can't Duck Texas Contract Breach Suit
• FTC Deal With Photo App May Signal More Biometric Scrutiny
• DOJ Action Is A Cautionary Tale On Employer No-Poach Pacts
• Houston Firm Sues Life Care Planner Over Failed Mediation
• Ex-Texas SG, Chamber Atty Launch DC Litigation Boutique
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• Arnold & Porter Taps Ex-Greenberg Traurig Litigator
• DOJ Slams 'Paltry' Extra Discovery Allowance In Google Case
• 5th Circ. Tosses Ex-Judge's Harassment, Firing Suit
• Uber, Lyft, WhatsApp Hit With Patent Suits Over GPS Tech
• Fed. Circ. Says Albright's 8-Month Transfer Delay 'Egregious'
• Roger Clemens' Son, Godson Want $5M In Bar Assault Trial
• Judge Calls Auto Co.'s Bid To End EEOC Suit A Waste Of Time
• Ex-Employees Ask Texas Justices To Ax Trade Secrets Row
• 3 Firms Guide SPAC Deal Creating $3B Car Battery Co.
• High-Speed Trader To Pay $15M To Settle Spoofing Suit
• Akerman Hooked With $1M Suit Over Bad Advice To Landlord
• FedEx Nabs PTAB Win In Workflow Patent Challenge
• Retirees Say BP Cover-Up Means 6-Year Limitations Window
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges
• Rockets Owner Takes $6.6B Casino, Restaurants Biz Public