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Texas - June, 2021

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• Fed. Circ. Faults Albright's OK Of Patent 'Venue Manipulation'
• FTC's Facebook Case Down, But Not Out, After Dismissal
• Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News & Rulings: Midyear Report
• USDA Calls Suit Over Disadvantaged Farmers Aid Too Broad
• Walmart Relaunches Fight Against Texas Liquor Laws
• Texas Court Strikes Law That Yanked Houston's Water Rights
• Texas Justices Let CenterPoint Energy Injury Suit Proceed
• Can A Business Be Sued Under The TCPA For A Single Text?
• Federal Tech, Trade Bill Needs IP Owner Transparency Tweaks
• Gilstrap Says Patent Suit Was Filed Right On Time
• Insurer To Reveal Underwriting Info In Cinemark's COVID Suit
• Dallas Paper Sues 'SEO Queen' Over Copycat Sites
• In Defense Of Expedited Bankruptcies
• State Courts' Stark Lack Of Diversity Demands Action
• 5th Circ. Won't Nix Sanctions Against Perkins Coie's Elias
• Kirkland & Ellis Launches IP Litigation Practice In Austin
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Nukes, Missiles, Antivirals, IT
• Kirkland, White & Case Lead $1.2B Celanese-ExxonMobil Deal
• Amazon Gets 5th Circ. 'Seller' Win After Texas Court Weighs In
• Sanctioned Chemical Co. Asks To Salvage IP Invalidity Claims
• Texas Justices Told To Boot Kentucky Pipeline Explosion Suit
• 'Doctor Bitcoin' Admits To Unlicensed Crypto Conversion Biz
• LA Angels To Blame For Pitcher's Overdose Death, Suits Claim
• House Clears Huge R&D Bills, But Must Contend With Senate
• La. Parishes Fight Bid To Get Drilling Case To Fed. Court
• Fed. Circ. Won't Push Albright On VW Patent Case Transfer
• O'Melveny Opens Dallas Office With 4 Ex-Norton Rose Attys
• US Trustee's Ch. 11 Fee Bid In Paragon 'Offensive' To Court
• Alston-Led Builders FirstSource Boosts Tech Via $450M Deal
• Haynes and Boone Adds Capital Markets Pro In Houston
• Citgo Sues Int'l Trading Co. Over $11M In 'Stranded' Goods
• Feds Slam Texas, Mo. AGs' Bid to Revive 'Remain In Mexico'
• Credit Suisse Ordered To Pay $121M in Vegas Fraud Fight
• Texas Panel Says Apache Lease Interest Can Be Reformed
• Texas Justices Tell 5th Circ. Amazon Not A 'Seller'
• Giuliani Suspension Highlights Ethical Pitfalls For All Lawyers
• Facebook Dodges FTC And State Antitrust Actions, For Now
• High Court To Hear Speech Battle Over Austin Billboard Rule
• Texas Dems Say Abbott Vetoed Pay As Reprisal For Walkout
• 5th Circ. Ends Manufacturing Co. Worker's Pension Appeal
• Texas Supreme Court Trims Facebook Sex Trafficking Suit
• Texas Law Could Curtail Huge Trucking Crash Verdicts
• 5th Circ. Nixes Mentally Ill Pakistani Man's Asylum Bid
• PTAB Won't Hear 2 Daiichi PGRs On Cancer Antibody IP
• Texas Justices Clear Firearm Seller In Mass Shooting Suits
• Texas Justices Limit Reach Of Public Utility Commission
• Albright Tackles Claim Construction, Objections In New Order
• In-House Lawyer Complaints Led To Review At CPS Energy
• Health Hires: Sheppard Mullin, Williams Mullen
• Justices' CFAA Ruling Shows Contract Safeguards Insufficient
• Texas Justices Say Apache Paralegal Firing Wasn't Retaliatory
• Texas Justices Keep Suit Over Conn. Insulation Co. In State
• Fieldwood Energy To Get OK For Ch. 11 Plan
• Texan Seeks 5th Circ. Redo Of Fidelity Transfer Suit
• ISP Info Gaps, Price Hikes Top List Of EBB Gripes
• Sorey & Gilliland Opens Office For IP In Western Texas
• IP Forecast: Gilstrap To Hear Fight Over PTAB Reviews
• Intel Fights To Keep No-Liability Patent Win Over VLSI
• As Patent Pilot Program Ends, Judges Give Mixed Reviews
• Activision Wins Copyright Trial Over Call Of Duty Character
• Jury Awards $19M To Doc Staffing Co. In Reimbursement Row
• Judge Won't Kick Landlord Fraud Case To Abritration
• HP Spinoff Waived Right To Redo $173M Verdict, Court Told
• DOJ Fights Bid To Dismiss Its First Criminal Wage-Fixing Case
• 5th Circ. Says Dallas Man Must Pay DA's Atty Fee In Site Fight
• Skanska Wants Coverage For Subcontractor Damage
• PTAB Lops Off 10 Of 11 Claims From Fiber Optic Patent
• Real Estate Rumors: BTI, MetLife, Life Storage
• Bailey Brauer Adds Ex-Locke Lord Corporate Litigator
• Albright Agrees To Transfer Pornhub Patent Fight To Del.
• Fieldwood Energy Files Ch. 11 Cleanup Bond Deal
• Texas Jury Weighs Doctors' $117M Ask In Insurance Rate Row
• Apple Settles With Fortress, Leaving Intel To Go It Alone
• Law Firm Says Counsel Substitution Is Not Biz Interference
• Former NDTX US Atty Joins Kirkland & Ellis In Dallas
• NCAA Overhaul Needed After High Court Amateurism Ruling
• How New AML Law Will Apply To Life Settlement Industry
• Thompson Coburn Enters NY In Merger With 44-Lawyer Firm
• Kinder Morgan Seeks End To FERC Pipeline Penalty Fight
• Site Says High Court Ruling Sinks Southwest Data Scrape Suit
• Texas Atty, Ex-Lawmaker Gets 6 Months For Tax Fraud
• Toyota Gas Tank Deal Offers Free Repairs, $1.1M Atty Fees
• Holland & Knight Lures Troutman Pepper Partner To Dallas
• Detained Migrant Children Report Spoiled Food, Depression
• Feds Say Texas Counties' Bullet Train Suit In Wrong Court
• Texas Jury Clears Amazon Of Voice Tech IP Infringement
• Texas Justices Asked To Review Firefighter Bargaining Law
• Navigating Inadvertent Attorney-Client Privilege Waivers
• Real Estate Rumors: Lennar, CTL Capital, Westdale
• Exxon Wants $57.5M Enviro Indemnity Jury Award Reinstated
• Texas Manufacturer Says Emissions Monitor Made Up Data
• US Must Boost Solar Industry To Protect Human Rights, Jobs
• Staffing Biz Wants Littler Discovery Malpractice Suit Revived
• Fieldwood Energy Ch. 11 Plan Faces Well Cleanup Objections
• Fed Circ. Revives Air Mattress Patent Fight At PTAB
• Paragon Trust Says It Wouldn't Owe Any Ch. 11 Trustee Fees
• ​​​​​​​High Court Wraps Up Moot 'Remain In Mexico' Suit
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Says SEC Fails To Prove Securities Fraud
• Ex-Univar Exec Fights Claim He Owed Notice About Job Hunt
• Texas Justices Take Up Question Of How Banks Are Served
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Bullet Train Eminent Domain Fight
• DOJ Broke No-Charge Promise In Wage-Fix Case, Court Told
• Paramedic Drops Suit Against Astros For Foul Ball Injury
• Ex-Chimera CEO Gets 6 Years In Prison In $50M Stock Scam
• 5th Circ. Tosses Huawei's Challenge Over FCC Subsidy Ban
• Bouchard Transportation Floats Flexible Ch. 11 Plan Track
• Serving A Suit To An LP's CEO Is Improper, Texas Justices Say
• Attorneys Beware: Zoom Depositions Are Likely Inadmissible
• Fla. Wins Injunction In CDC Fight Over COVID Cruise Edicts
• Texas Justices Say Motorist Can Depose Insurer's Employees
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Cotton Insurance Tax Case
• Texas Justices Say Copyright Violation Not A Taking
• Texas Justices To Weigh If Atty Liable For Faked $500K Check
• Texas Justices To Review Adding Pipeline Maker To Blast Suit
• Juniper Asks Fed. Circ. To Nix Albright's Transfer Denial
• Fla. Judge Threatens Default In Missing Escrow Funds Suit
• Texas Justices To Weigh Energen's Liability For Well Blast
• Feds Drop Appeal Of $16.2M Exxon Cleanup Award
• GAO Calls Out Risks In Army Corps' Border Wall Approach
• Texas Backs Fla. Bid To Block Biden's Migrant Removal Policy
• Louisiana AG Wants To Join Texas' Google Antitrust Suit
• Insurers Fight Steel Co.'s Coverage Bid On Pollution Claims
• Texas Justices To Review $110M Slash Of Paper Plant Verdict
• CMA Probing Baker Hughes-Akastor Offshore Drilling JV
• Cannabis Bill Roundup: RI Moves Forward With Legalization
• At Home's Top Investor Urges Rejection Of Take-Private Bid
• 5th Circ. Nixes Forensic Co.'s Contract Suit Against Texas DA
• Split 5th Circ. Annuls Atty's FOIA Helicopter Crash Docs Win
• IP Forecast: Pro Wrestler Preps For Video Game Trial
• Texas Panel Questions Concrete Plant Permit Requirements
• Ex-Astros Owner Must Face Suit Over Ill-Fated Network Deal
• Texas Justices Asked To Undo $3.3M Verdict In Drilling Row
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Many Courts Close For Juneteenth After Federal Holiday Nod
• Citgo To Pay Nearly $20M Over Louisiana Oil Spill Damage
• Texas Panel Told Venue Dooms $27M Verdict Against UPS
• Washington Prime Asks For Approval Of Ch. 11 Backstop Deal
• ACA Survives Latest Republican Challenge At Supreme Court
• Texas Gas Co. Asks To Toss 'Second Attempt' Contract Suit
• Fed. Circ. Says Albright's Delay In Patent Case Not 'Egregious'
• 2 Firms Guide Retailer At Home's Sweetened Take-Private Bid
• Texas Nursing Home Can't Ditch COVID-19 Death Suits
• States Still Bearing 'Remain In Mexico' Costs, Justices Told
• Sens. Propose Faster ITC Response To Trade Secrets Misuse
• Shielding Corporate Execs From Depositions After GM Ruling
• Whole Foods Released From Toxic Baby Food Suit
• Cities Rebuff Texas' Bid To Reinstate Public Charge Rule
• Law Firm Talent Must Reflect Shifting US Demographics
• CFIUS Bills Offer Insight On Top Foreign Investment Concerns
• San Antonio Man Admits To Role In Air Force Fraud Scheme
• Ex-Texas Secretary Of State Joins Kelly Hart In Austin
• Patent Case Against Dish Belongs In Texas, Fed. Circ. Told
• Texas Widower Gets $116M Verdict In Life Insurance Trial
• UK Watchdog Probes NCR's $2.5B Cardtronics Buy
• Chemical Co. Wants To Skip IP Damages Trial After Sanctions
• Southwest Says Texas Is The Place For Data Scraping Suit
• 5th Circ. Finds Lawyer's Error Doesn't Excuse Late Filing
• Texas Manufacturer Fights Sierra Club Emissions Claims
• Texas Justices Urged To Revise Responsible Third Party Rule
• Texas Appeals Court Pauses Reassignment Of Paxton Case
• McGuireWoods Taps Haynes And Boone Energy Dealmaker
• LG Settles With Ex-Microsoft Worker Days Before IP Jury Trial
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Ex-Seadrill Ltd. Workers Hit Debtor With WARN Act Suit
• Agriculture Dept. Defends Aid For Disadvantaged Farmers
• Finance Whiz Gets Prison For Role In Bogus $50M Transaction
• Dallas Securities Firm Sends Negligence Suit To Arbitration
• Former Texas Justice Is Running For State Attorney General
• Texas Panel Stops Shopping Cart Injury Trial Against Michaels
• Justices Reject Bid To Undo Alice Loss In 'Life Issues' IP Fight
• Ex-Client Says King & Spalding Kept Too Much Of $46M Award
• Ex-Kinder Morgan Atty Joins Van Ness Feldman
• Judges Should Foster Diversity In MDL Leader Appointments
• Mall Landlord Washington Prime Hits Ch. 11 With $3.9B Debt
• Houston Hospital Can Require Workers Get COVID Vaccine
• Texas Justices Will Hear Chemical Plant Construction Row
• EDTX Jury Clears LED Maker And Axes Patents
• Amazon Asks 9th Circ. To Ax $2.5M Verdict In Shipping Suit
• Texas Judge Wary Of Hospital Staff's Vaccine Policy Challenge
• Texas High Court To Review $7M Gas Explosion Verdict
• Texas Justices Rule Cashed Checks Don't Kill Royalties Fight
• Texas Justices To Hear Challenge To Permit Review Ruling
• Construction Co. Says Insurers Must Cover $32.5M Settlement
• Texas Justices Will Review IPic's Antitrust Suit Against AMC
• Texas Justices Say School Must Pay Tax On Leased Property
• Huawei Gets PTAB To Eye 2 Patents Involved In WDTX Suits
• ERCOT Granted MDL For Texas Winter Storm Suits
• Skadden-Led Chinese Recruiting Co. Tops Trio Raising $1.4B
• Texas Court Revives Apache Oil And Gas Lease Dispute
• A Biz Strategy Model To Improve Lateral Atty Hiring Diversity
• Winstead Appoints New Managing Partner In Austin
• Tax Issue Bars Fidelity Account Transfer Suit, 5th Circ. Says
• NextEra Ruling Could Support Initial-Bidder Expense Claims
• Albright Urged To Triple $13M Verdict In Payment IP Fight
• IP Forecast: Amazon To Face A Texas Jury Over Voice IP
• Fed. Circ. Declares Sham Patent Suit A 5th Circ. Antitrust Fight
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Sanofi Chemo Hair Loss Suit
• MoneyGram Fraud Case Dismissed Post-Compliance Revamp
• Virtual Voir Dire Devolved Into Circus, Texas Justices Hear
• Former Houston Controller Joins Jones Walker
• Jury Charge Error Means New Trial Against Windstorm Insurer
• Del. Justices Reverse Texas Atty's $15K Nastygram Fine
• US Trustee Says It's Owed Fees On $90M Paragon Deal
• Paul Hastings Launches Climate-Focused Energy Team
• Real Estate Rumors: Black Lion, Webull, Darielle Singerman
• 5th Circ. Wary Of Clinic's Bid To Revive NFL Benefits Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Taps Ex-DLA Piper Corporate Pro In Dallas
• El Salvador Crime Not Basis For Relief, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Military Housing Providers Accused Of Being Slumlords
• VirnetX Attacks Apple's PTAB Win At Fed. Circ.
• Albright Lays Out Rules For Patent Litigants In Transfer Fights
• Lexicon Investors Urge 5th Circ. To Revive Diabetes Drug Suit
• Calif. Judge Won't Put Hold On Texas' Investigation Of Twitter
• Texas Justice's Resignation Fuels Speculation On AG Run
• Baylor Cleared In Former Athlete Sex Assault Trial
• Prosecutors In Texas AG Fraud Case Blast Transfer Decision
• Farm Bill Doesn't Allow Suits Over Confiscated Hemp: Judge
• Expedited Bankruptcies Are Cause For Concern
• Activision Facing Jury Trial In 'Call of Duty' Copyright Case
• Republican AGs Want A Say In Kids' Climate Suit Deal Talks
• Texas Bar Investigating AG Paxton Over Election Lawsuits
• Creditor Opposes More Reed Smith Duties In Recycler's Ch. 11
• Fired Atty Accuses Texas Firm Of Pregnancy And Race Bias
• EPA Agrees To Ban Endocrine-Disrupting Pesticide Propazine
• IP Work Drives 2 More Firms To Open Shop In Austin
• Smaller Firms Need Employee Wellness Programs, Too
• 5th Circ. Says Incomplete EEOC Charge Dooms Sex Bias Suit
• Highland Capital's Ch. 11 Contempt Motion To Be Granted
• PTAB Nixes Screen Display Patent Samsung Found To Infringe
• Senate Passes Massive Tech, Trade Bill Aimed At China
• Robins Kaplan Adds Insurance Partner To Practice Group
• EEOC Slams 'Broad' Classes Proposed By Religious Groups
• Insurer Tells Texas Justices Gold Coin Theft Not Covered
• Texas Winter Storm Sparks FERC Pipeline Penalty Fights
• Interior Dept. Floats Offshore Wind In Gulf Of Mexico
• Texas Utility Accused Of Spiking Prices In Winter Storm
• 5th Circ. Pans Board For Ignoring Evidence In Asylum Suit
• Viridescent Raises More Than $125M For Cannabis Loans
• Texas Businessmen Can't End $13M Investor Fraud Suit
• Texas Justices Hit Pause On Virtual Jury Trial In $100M Suit
• FTC Says High Court Ruling Doesn't Doom Injunction Bid
• Covington-Advised Cybersecurity Co. Brinqa Raises $110M
• Settlement Ends Dietary Supplement TM Dispute Mid-Trial
• Texas Court Says Atty Letters Are Commercial Speech
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Gibson Dunn, V&E Design $5.7B Deal Forming Energy Giant
• Castex Gets Confirmation On Ch. 11 Plan With New Deal
• 4 Firms Guide Vulcan's $1.3B U.S. Concrete Purchase
• Texas Oil Co. Urges OK Of $8.5M Award Amid Bribery Claims
• Union Pacific Can't Shake Texas Order To Reinstate Workers
• Munsch Hardt Hires NY Labor, Employment Pro In Houston
• Texas Supreme Court Justice Guzman To Step Down
• Texas Software Biz Says Shore Chan Must Pay $680K Atty Fee
• PTAB Partly Axes Patent Involved In Google, Amazon Suits
• Chancery Looks To Contract First In $286M Texas Power Suit
• CPS Energy's CLO, 2 Other Top Lawyers Leave Company
• O'Melveny Opens Austin Office With Four Ex-T&K Attys
• Astros Hit Back In Pitcher's Sign-Stealing Trade Secrets Row
• Kirkland, White & Case Pilot $4.48B Deal For Atlantic Aviation
• Stinson Bulks Up Real Estate Practice In Dallas With T&K Duo
• Construction Services Firm Katerra Hits Ch. 11 In Texas
• Google Wants Texas Antitrust Case Included In MDL
• Apple Gets PTAB To Review 2 Patents Involved In WDTX Suit
• Texas Panel Affirms $7M Verdict In Truck Driver's Injury Suit
• Insurer Wants Out Of Blue Bell Investor Listeria Suit
• Fieldwood Energy Asks For Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation Delay
• Texas Justices Say City's Preservation Ordinance Isn't Zoning
• Texas Bets On Utility Securitization To Shore Up Power Market
• Adjusted Ruling Sends Kickback Claims Against KBR To Trial
• Akin Gump Says It Can't Rep Bouchard Owners In Co.'s Ch. 11
• Texas Appeals Court Backs $194M Damages Against Toyota
• DLA Piper Adds IP Partners In Texas, DC
• US Offshore Wind Poised For Growth, But Challenges Remain
• Stop Networking, Start Relationship Marketing
• Vedder Price Bulks Up New Dallas Office With Litigation Pro
• IHG Franchisee Hits Hotel Group With Antitrust Suit
• Diet Supplements Violated TM With Steroid Link, Jurors Hear
• Apple Asks Fed. Circ. To Ax $576M VirnetX Patent Win
• Judge Affirms $11.5M In Chesapeake Energy Lease Deals
• Sen. Cruz Wins Challenge Of Campaign Finance Restriction
• IP Forecast: Fed. Circ. Set To Drill Into Fracking Patent Fight
• Apple Damages Trial Set For August After Nixed $506M Verdict
• Texas AG Urges Court To Reject Twitter's New Injunction Bid
• CarbonLite Cleared For $220M In Ch. 11 Sale Transactions
• Fla. Says CDC Can't Mandate Cruise Vaccine Passports
• Texas Asks Court To Let It Enforce Smokable Hemp Ban
• FCC, Carriers Tell High Court To Leave 5G Order Intact
• 5th Circ. Says Insurer Wrongly Denied Ship Pilot's Disability
• NLRB Asks 5th Circ. To Remand Case On Outburst Precedent
• Senate Approves Bill To Nix DC Circ. Ruling On Crimes Abroad
• Castex Energy Inks Deal With W&T To Offload Ch. 11 Costs
• Balch & Bingham Opens Austin Office With Energy Pro
• What Attorneys Should Know About Fee Deferral
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Fire Protection Co.'s OT Appeal
• Molson Settles Trademark Fight Over 'Vizzy' Hard Seltzer
• White Farmers Seek Cert. In Farm Aid Discrimination Suit
• Paragon Balks At Paying US Trustee Fees On $90M Deal
• Jury Says Invesco Owes Fired Worker $1M In FMLA Suit
• Texas AG Tells Panel To Toss Ex-Aides' Whistleblower Suit
• Fed. Circ. Won't Make Albright Rebuke Precedential
• State Farm, Pain Clinic Move To End Insurance RICO Suit
• 5th Circ. Rules Oil & Gas Firm Waived Right To Arbitration
• Oilfield Services Co. Cleared For $16.5M Bankruptcy Loan
• Driver Defends $18M Verdict In Energy Co. Truck Collision Suit
• Predictions On Pandemic's Lasting Impact On Legal Education
• Insurer Escapes Coverage For 'My 600-lb Life' Suits
• McKool Smith Snaps Up Trial Vet From Paul Hastings
• Centennial Ends Bid For $10M In Failed Saltwater Well Deal
• Simpson-Led TaskUs Leads 3 IPO Launches Totaling $441M
• DC Circ. Told FERC Can't OK Changes To Contested LNG Plan
• Union Pacific Ordered To End Union Officer Suspensions
• Piping Repair Co. Hit With $222M Verdict Over Scalding Death
• Skadden, Kirkland Steer Southwestern's $2.7B Energy Co. Buy
• Feds Can't Shake Texas Family's Public Charge Suit
• EEOC Says Car Dealer Humiliated Black Worker With Trophy
• DynCorp Wants $35M FCA Overcharging Case Tossed
• Baker Botts Nabs Benefits Partner From Thompson & Knight
• Rig Worker Tells Court Devon Energy Must Face Injury Suit
• 5 Texas Legislative Measures Attys Should Know
• Dish Cues Up Another Albright Transfer Fight At Fed. Circ.
• Rival Locker Cos. Resolve Trade Secrets Disputes
• Texas Justices Say Medical Providers' Rates Discoverable
• Roundup Case Shows State Law Can Top Preemption Defense
• Lawyer Perfectionism Is A Disease We Can Control
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Investor Drops Fraud Claims Against Austin Real Estate Mogul
• Gas Drilling Service Co. Opens Ch. 11 With $10M Transfer Suit
• Union Says Railroad Tried To 'Destroy' It With Suspensions
• Texas Bar Discipline Includes 1 Disbarment, 8 Suspensions