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Texas - July, 2021

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• House Dems Want More District Judges, Too — 203 Of Them
• Justice Dept. Sues Texas Over Migrant Transportation Order
• Investor Says Texas Music Festival Was 'Colossal Failure'
• Allegheny County Sues Pa. AG Over $26B Opioid Deal
• Texas Can Intervene In Fla. Challenge To CDC's Cruise Rules
• Albright: Any Case Mich. Can Try, I Can Try Faster
• Fed. Circuit Courts Masking Up Again As Delta Variant Surges
• 5th Circ. Says Boeing Can Shield Some Docs In Max RICO Suit
• 5th Circ. Told To Affirm Ax Of $36M Failed Contract Bid Suit
• Texas Pharmacist's FCA Suit Against Walgreens Thrown Out
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Adds 5 New Attys In Houston
• 5th Circ. Judge Assails Disparate Impact In Race Bias Case
• Smith Gambrell Guides CatchMark Venture's $498M Land Sale
• 5th Circ. Nixes Suit Against Railway Co. Over Severed Fingers
• ​​​​​Garland Tears Into 'Unlawful' Texas Migrant Transport Order
• Judge Says Zoom Formal Attire Optional, But Clothing A Must
• Bipartisan Sens. Propose 77 New Fed. Judgeships Nationwide
• Law360's Tort Report: Missouri's Med Mal Cap Stays Put
• MDL Objections In Big Tech Ad Monopoly Suits Perplex Judge
• Sens. Tell USPTO To Revive Small Patent Claims Court Talks
• Samsung, LG Settle DivX Patent Fights Over Smart TVs
• Gilstrap Told Samsung Abuse In $25M IP Case Warrants Fees
• Full Fed. Circ. Asked To Rethink 'Venue Manipulation' Ruling
• Texas Court Denies Atty New Trial Over $6M Litigation Loan
• White House Vision For Carbon Capture Faces Obstacles
• Senators Back Drug Conviction Expungement Expansion
• Texas Justices Urged To Nix DQ In Rackspace Exec's Divorce
• Baker Donelson Adds Energy Pro In Houston
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear UT Austin Age Bias Suit
• Liberty Mutual Leads Bid To Nix Hotels' $600M Virus Suit
• Texas Migrant Youth Shelter Faces More Mistreatment Claims
• Auto Co. Settles EEOC Suit Over Chemo Discrimination
• Icahn Says CVR Investors' Case 'Is Based On An Oxymoron'
• Texas Jury Docks Bitcoin Thief With $40M Verdict
• HUD's Disparate Impact Proposal Shows New Gov't Priorities
• Trade Group Asks 5th Circ. To Grant Exxon $300M Fuel Credit
• Atty Being Sued By Rackspace Founder Seeks Sanctions
• Insurer Asks 5th Circ. To Nix Eateries' Virus Coverage Suit
• Law Firms, Know Who's Responsible For Your Cloud Security
• Houston Energy Exec Pleads Guilty In $317M N95 Scam
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-Womble Bond Energy Litigators In Houston
• DHS Approves Border Wall Remediation Projects
• Texas Power Crisis Suits Bring Market Price Questions
• 11th Circ. Revives Passengers' Hurricane Harvey Cruise Suit
• VirnetX Scoffs At Apple's Bid To Ax $576M Patent Verdict
• PTAB Wary Of Google Foe's Prior Art Argument In IP Dispute
• Amazon Tells Fed Circ. Judge Gilstrap Let Jury Be Misled
• Fractured Texas Appeals Court Will Review $90M Verdict
• Limetree Bay Seeks Ch. 11 Asset Sale By Mid-October
• Waco's Bulking Up To Meet Albright's Growing Docket
• Doctor Files Defamation Suit Against CNN Over Virus Claims
• Benefits For Law Firms Venturing Into New Services
• 3 Firms Behind CBRE's $1.3B Turner & Townsend Buy
• Texas Atty Cops To Passing PACER Docs To Drug Traffickers
• Ex-Dallas Cowboy's Benefits Verdict Upended On Appeal
• The Texas Legal Battle That Absent Legislators Could Face
• UT Austin Beats White Applicants' Admissions Bias Suit
• 5th Circ. Says United Can't Fly Away From $3.8M Jury Award
• Rackspace Founder Wants Atty Fees Returned After 'Betrayal'
• Challenge To CVR Deal's Details Opens Icahn's Chancery Trial
• 'High Hemp' CBD Seller Sues Rival Over 'Hemp High' Branding
• NY Investment Co. Asks To Confirm Awards Against Ex-Broker
• SEC Says Driver Shared Stock Tips From Overheard M&A Talk
• Solar Tracking Biz Rips 'Illogical' $133M IP Suit
• Baylor Hits Back At Tennis Player's Title IX Retaliation Suit
• King & Spalding Adds EPA, Haynes And Boone Vet In Austin
• Jury Finds Ex-Texas Mayor, Husband Guilty Of Bribery, Again
• Attys Say Paxton Fraud Case 'Smoking Gun' Aids En Banc Bid
• Catholic College In Texas Out Of Luck For COVID Losses
• Judge Sides With CDC For Now On Florida Cruise Injunction
• Massage Oil Co. Drops Indemnity Bid In Class Action Fight
• DOJ Fights Walmart's Opioid Challenge At 5th Circ.
• Embracing ESG: Exelon GC Talks Diversity Initiatives
• Policyholders' Hack Coverage Hopes Surge With Landry's Win
• Texas Justices Asked To Weigh Fracking Fire Coverage Row
• Dykema Adds Ex-Exall Corporate Atty In Dallas
• Where Have All The Associates Gone?
• The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
• CFPB Seeks To Lift Stay On Payday Rule's Compliance Date
• Insurer Fights 5th Circ. Revival Of $6M Phishing Coverage Suit
• Fed. Circ. Ruling Breathes New Life Into Fracking Patent
• Ex-Bouchard CEO Says Info Lacking On Oil Barge Fleet Sale
• Carrington Coleman Adds Insurance Partner In Dallas
• Attys To Get $15.6M In Facebook Moderators' $52M PTSD Deal
• Game Cos. Settle EDTX 'Clash of Clans' Patent Lawsuits
• 11th Circ. Reverses Course On Pandemic Cruise Restrictions
• Judge Demands Specifics From La., SC In Texas' Google Case
• Cigna, NFL Attys Seek $1M Payout In Insurance Claims Defeat
• BAL Taps Ex-Jackson Lewis Partner In Austin
• End Roe V. Wade, Justices Urged As Abortion Battle Begins
• 2 More States Target BlockFi Interest-Earning Crypto Accounts
• Senate Confirms 7 Senior National Security Nominees
• Concrete Cos. Aim To Avoid Deeper DOJ Review Of $1.3B Deal
• IP Forecast: Verizon To Face Texas Jury In Wireless Row
• CR Bard Nets 2 Wins, 1 Loss In Faulty IVC Filter Suits
• Philly DA Slams Opioid Settlement As A Sellout For City
• Keystone XL Fight Not Over After Permit Loss, Court Told
• Texas Panel Axes $2M Atty Fee Award In Family Biz Dispute
• Exxon Entitled To $1B Refund On Foreign Sales, 5th Circ. Told
• Ex-DOJ Trial Atty Joins Clark Hill Health Care Practice
• Baker Botts Attys Nab Higher Fees In $7B Stanford Ponzi Row
• Revamping Law Firm Marketing Lists — With Partner Buy-In
• Winstead Adds Ex-Thompson & Knight IP Trio In Dallas
• Uber Pays $2.25B For Logistics Co. In Deal Driven By 4 Firms
• Despite Fanfare, $26B Opioid Offer Far From Finish Line
• Texas Tribe Urges 5th Circ. To Revive El Paso Land Fight
• Texas Retailer, Ex-CEO To Pay SEC $225K In Accounting Case
• Health Co., Investor Ink $15.3M Deal To End DOJ Fight
• 5th Circ. Says Insurer Must Defend $20M Data Hack Suit
• Seadrill Says Creditor Can't Force Offshore Oil Rig Auction
• Tenaska Wants $15.8M Suit Over Winter Storm Charges Nixed
• Past Texas Bar Presidents Want AG Paxton Reprimanded
• Firm Must Face Interference Suit From Client's Old Counsel
• 5th Circ. Mulls New Trial Bid In Sanofi Chemo Bellwether
• Union Sues In Del. For Docs On $2.8B At Home Group Merger
• Recent High Court Decisions Signify 1st Amendment Direction
• AGs Unveil $26B Global Opioid Deal With J&J, Distributors
• Houston Judge Quits To Avoid Misconduct Discipline
• House Dem Leaves Capitol Riot Suit Against Trump
• 5th Circ. Mulls 'Employee' Definition In $3.8M Insurance Fight
• High Court Urged To Snub $3.6B Wall Funding Row
• The Murky World Of Legal Rankings Gets Some Clarity In NJ
• Citgo Hit With $10.9M Hydrogen Purchase Breach Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive American Airlines ERISA Case
• Baker Botts Adds Tech Partner To Dallas Corporate Practice
• Rioters Didn't Stop Congress On Jan. 6, Militia Says
• Albright Won't Let Apple Transfer IP Suit Out Of Texas
• Dutch High Court Reinstates $11.7M Award Against PDVSA
• 5th Circ. Upholds Texas Utility's $60M Liability Cap
• Ex-BigLaw Atty, SEC Reach Deal In Securities Fraud Suit
• GOP House Members Form 'Freedom From Big Tech' Caucus
• DOJ Says Wage-Fixing Charges Were Never Off The Table
• DaVita Indictment, Biden Order Ramp Up No-Poach Pressure
• Twitter Seeks 9th Circ. Review Of Texas' Moderation Probe
• Astros Say Pitch Signs Too Conspicuous To Be Trade Secrets
• Must-Join Texas Bar Won't Fight Ruling That Limits Lobbying
• Texas Jury Awards $30M In Japanese Cattle DNA Row
• V&E Adds Ex-Targa Associate GC As Partner In Houston
• Paul Weiss-Led Tricon Launches $5B Real Estate JV
• Embracing ESG: Cigna Counsel Talks Employee Wellness
• Genesis Energy Seeks Revival Of $4.5M Pipeline Damage Suit
• 11th Circ. Reinstates CDC Pandemic Restrictions For Cruises
• Patent Suit Against HP Spinoff Settles For $68M
• Apotex Pays Texas $26M To End Medicaid Fraud Probe
• Energy Co. Wants To Ax $1.5M Bill In NextEra Robocall Suits
• Courts' Clashing Standards For Evidence At Class Cert.: Part 2
• Texas Judge Blocks Feds From Granting New DACA Requests
• Mechanic Defends $2.2M Award In Offshore Rig Burn Suit
• Texas AG Paxton Fights En Banc Review Of Fraud Case Move
• Hybrid Work Models Are Key To Gender Parity In Law Firms
• Astros Fans' Sign-Stealing Refund Case Strikes Out On Appeal
• Biden ICE Nominee Says Deals With Local Police Won't End
• ACLU Knocks Florida's Challenge To ICE Policy Memos
• Club Operator's $420M Float Leads Busy Day Of IPOs
• 2021 Discretionary Denials Have Passed 100, But Are Slowing
• Courts' Clashing Standards For Evidence At Class Cert.: Part 1
• DaVita, Ex-CEO Indicted In Ongoing DOJ No-Poach Probe
• Albright Signs Off On $13.2M Verdict In Payment IP Fight
• FINRA Fines Firm $750K Over Puerto Rican Bond Trading
• Shell Hit With $19M Suit For Texas Storm Deliveries
• Texas Jury Awards $1.1M To Houston Man Assaulted by Police
• Spencer Fane Adds Former Husch Blackwell Enviro Head
• 3 Roadblocks Facing Electric Vehicle Adoption In US
• Texas Panel Upholds $5.3M Award In Trucking Biz Dispute
• USPTO Says US Inventor's Fintiv Loss Also Hurts Tech Suit
• As State Anti-Vax Laws Pass, Mandate Suits Poised To Evolve
• Texas Justices To Decide Sealing Row In AG Securities Suit
• Southwest Fights Site's Bid To Toss Part Of Data Scrape Suit
• Insurer Wants No Part Of $37M Moody Ranch Sale Suit
• Minn. Dentist, Texas Restaurants Lose Virus Coverage Suits
• 3 Keys To Winning Your Next Oral Argument
• Another Investor Sues Apache Over Failed Drilling Project
• NPE Patent Cases Are Up 7% In First Half Of 2021
• Dead Atty's Common Law Widow Can't Dispute Remains Move
• Dickinson Wright Adds 7 Attys To IP Practice
• Gilstrap Throws Out US Inventor's Fintiv Challenge
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revisit Oil & Gas Firm Arbitration Ruling
• Judge's Seeming Bias Helps Asylum-Seeker At 5th Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Patent Suit Against Sleep Number
• Abortion Rights Advocates Sue To Overturn Texas 6-Week Ban
• Insurer Hits Banks With Suit Over $19M Wire Fraud
• ADT Customers Reject Settlements, Want Class Cert.
• ERCOT Lays Out Plan To Improve Reliability Of Texas' Grid
• Texas Justices Asked To Rope Atty Into $100M Bonus Dispute
• What Texas Ruling Means For Oil And Gas Operator Liability
• Wind Farm Says JPMorgan Error Negates $17M Of Storm Bill
• Texas Resort, Insurer Settle Storm Damage Suit Ahead Of Trial
• Fed. Circ. Lets Albright Keep Oil Drilling Patent Suit In WDTX
• Keys To Efficient And Accurate Doc Review For E-Discovery
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Ex-Shearman & Sterling Atty In Texas
• Idled St. Croix Refinery Hits Ch. 11 After Regulatory Issues
• Treasury Seeks To Toss Texas, Miss., La. Tax Cut Ban Suit
• Meatpackers, Cattle Ranchers Spar Over Price-Fix Suit
• 5th Circ. To Allow Judge's Courtroom Prayers Amid Appeal
• Katerra Approved For Ch. 11 Loan Deadline Extension
• Feds Fight States' Bid For Evidence From Sheriffs' ICE Suit
• Embracing ESG: Raytheon GC Talks Climate Change
• Pilgrim's Pride Claims Immunity From COVID-19 Death Suits
• Energy Litigation To Watch In The Second Half Of 2021
• Huawei, Verizon Strike Patent Deal Mid-Trial In Texas
• NextEra Asks For 2 Months To Produce Energy Future Docs
• Albright Sends TikTok Suit To Calif. Amid Fed. Circ. Grumbling
• 5th Circ. Revives Atty's Malice Suit Against Jeweler
• Restructuring Uncertainty To Continue Through 2021
• ​​​​​​​Texas Sheriffs Seek To Force More ICE Arrests
• Native American Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2021
• Chevron Hit With $85M Suit Over Winter Storm Delivery Woes
• Milbank Helps With $125M Mortgage For Manhattan Hotel Buy
• Full Dallas Appellate Court To Consider ERCOT Immunity
• Claims That Mandatory Vaccines Are Illegal May Fail In Court
• 5th Circ. Clears Some Waco Cops In Bikers' False Arrest Suits
• Cigna Beats ERISA Suit Over NFL Players' Health Benefits
• Mandatory Bar Critics See Opening As Courts Show Support
• Texas Justices Won't Let Facebook Pause Sex Trafficking Suit
• Ex-Tower Research Trader Ducks Jail Time In Spoofing Case
• ParkMobile Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Data Breach
• Texas Atty Will Pay SEC $255K In Escrow Fraud Suit
• Climate Youth Say GOP AGs Can't Butt Into Energy Policy Suit
• 5th Circ. Wrestles With $7M Atty Fee In Texas Voting Law Case
• IP Forecast: Daiichi Sankyo Unit Takes Drug Rival To A Jury
• Avanos To Pay $22M To Settle Surgical Gown Criminal Charge
• Uber Gets Fed. Circ. To Flip Albright Again After Samsung Win
• 2 Blank-Check IPOs Net $575M To Hunt For Acquisitions
• Kirby Corp. Wins $17M In Houston Oil Spill Bench Trial
• US Attys Blame Contractor For Care Issues At Youth Shelter
• Law Professors Say Trump Not Immune To Capitol Riot Suits
• 5th Circ. Backs Broad DOJ Power To Toss FCA Suits
• BP Loses Bid To Escape Class Action Over Pension Plan
• Hogan Thompson Adds Ex-Reynolds Frizzell Trial Atty
• Real Estate Rumors: Lightstone, C-III Capital, Richerson
• 'We Build The Wall' Head Hit With Another Tax Charge
• Texas Tax Talk: Planning For Property Tax Break's Sunset
• The Biggest Energy Rulings Of 2021: Midyear Report Part 2
• Latham Adds Former GC, Investor As Infrastructure Partner
• Amazon Gets $2.5M Shipping Stiffing Verdict Thrown Out
• Apple Takes Aim At $308.5M EDTX Verdict
• Griddy's Ch. 11 Customer Release Plan Approved In Texas
• Fla. Judge Won't Reinstate CDC Cruise Ban For Appeal
• High Court Onboards Big ERISA Suit, Leaves Others Behind
• COVID Vaccine Vial Maker Leads Wave Of 5 IPO Launches
• ​​​​​​​Feds Bash Texas' Push To Restart Child Expulsions
• Texas Panel Axes Suit Against River Authority For Bad Dams
• Natural Gas Contract Provisions That Add Certainty, Flexibility
• Denied UT Applicant Says 5th Circ. Ruling Worsens Age Bias
• 5 Patent Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2021
• Home For Disabled Wants $8M Verdict In Fire Suit Undone
• Nuveen Real Estate Loans $296M For Chicago Office Tower
• Baker Botts Attys Seek Higher Fees In $65M Ponzi Deal
• Texas, La. Say Dismissal Of Ariz. Immigration Suit Helps Case
• Texas Ruling Shows Weight Of State Immunity In IP Claims
• Kirkland Taps Ex-V&E Corporate Partner In Houston
• Mass. Ruling A Cautionary Tale For Attorneys Changing Firms
• Calif. Drivers Object To $1.1M Toyota Fuel Tank Deal In Texas
• Jackson Walker Adds Ex-Michael Best IP Litigator In Texas
• Texas Lawmakers Reconvene To Handle Unfinished Business
• Air Force Ruled Liable For Ex-Airman's Mass Shooting
• Lawmakers Urge FTC To Continue Facebook Antitrust Fight
• Grouped Cases Tainted $12M Extortion Trial, 3rd Circ. Told
• Juniper Asks Fed. Circ. To Override Albright's Transfer Denial
• Texas Gov. Says Gas, Coal Needed To Boost Electric Grid
• CFPB, All American Spar Over FHFA Ruling Impact At 5th Circ.
• The Term Finale: A 'Kumbaya Court'? Not So Fast
• Texas Court Largely Voids Doc's Win In Surgery Center Row
• CDC Accuses Fla. Of Strangling Its Cruise Industry
• 5th Circ. Mulls Texas A&M '12th Man' Copyright Suits' Viability
• Texas Atty Hit With Fraud, Conflict Of Interest Suit In Ga.
• Ex-Winston Partner Joins Houston Boutique As Name Partner
• Biggest Texas Supreme Court Rulings Of The Term
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• Returning To Open Court: Excitement, Nerves And Extra Prep
• Ex-McKool Smith IP Head Moves To Alston & Bird
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• 5th Circ. Says Mandatory Bar Fees Violate Attys' Free Speech
• Albright Tosses Koss IP Suit, Says WDTX Isn't Proper Venue
• High Court To Mull Emotional Distress In Civil Rights Row
• Houston Employment Law Firm's Virus Coverage Suit Tossed
• Court OKs Distribution Of $24M Eagle Ford Royalty Payout
• Top Bankruptcy Cases Of 2021: A Midyear Report
• WDTX Now Has 25% Of All US Patent Cases
• Justices Seemed Above The Political Fray, Until The Last Day
• 5th Circ. Revives Honduran's Asylum Bid Over Threats
• Dem Reps. Say Trump, Giuliani Can't Escape Capitol Riot Suit
• ERISA Thwarts Clinic's NFL Benefits Suit, 5th Circ. Agrees
• State Of The Oil And Gas Industry: Midyear Report
• Settlement Ends Neiman Marcus' Texas Defamation Fight
• How To Avert Media Narrative And Get A Fair High-Stakes Trial
• ICE Agents, Texas Sheriffs Sue Biden Over Immigration Policy
• 5th Circ. Says Oil Spill Contractor Immune To Taylor Claims
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Insurer Seeks Discharge From Texas Hurricane Flooding Suits
• Texas Panel OKs $2.5M Sex Exploitation Award Against Imam
• Real Estate Rumors: Crow Holdings, 601W, McGuire
• McGuireWoods Lures Restructuring Partner From Thompson
• Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
• Kentucky Pipeline Explosion Suit Settles Before July Trial