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Texas - September, 2021

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• Google Trial Over Digital Picture Frame Patent Kicks Off
• Albright Tells IP Owners He's 'A Trial Lawyer's Judge'
• Albright Won't Let Google, YouTube Escape From Patent Suit
• Texas Judge Rules Out Cash Damages For Killing At Border
• Texas Justices Mull Policy Wording In Gold Coin Theft Case
• Netflix, Hulu Shake Off Texas City's Franchise Fee Suit
• SEC Targets Energy Co. Owners For $7M Investor Fraud
• Fed. Circ. Forecast: Verisk Targets EagleView's $375M Win
• Texas Justices Mull Pipeline Builder's Liability In Explosion
• $27M Verdict Over UPS Crash Scrapped Due To Wrong Venue
• Texas Court Puts Gilead Medicaid Fraud Suit On Ice
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Liftboat Co.'s OT Row
• Overlooked Patent Cases: Foreign Activity Liability, Damages
• Deals Rumor Mill: Willis Towers Watson, Huntsman, Fanatics
• Texas Migrant Detention Program Sees Courtroom Setbacks
• Tech Co. Docked $500K Over Russian Semiconductor Exports
• Senators Spar Over Supreme Court's Use Of 'Shadow Docket'
• Chemical Storage Co. Blames Bearings Maker For Texas Fire
• 'Customer' Meaning Key In $7M Texas Gas Explosion Appeal
• Ranch Gets Discovery In Permian Pipeline Condemnation Row
• Polsinelli Adds Securities Partner in Dallas From Akin Gump
• Harris County Atty Demands Election Audit Records
• DOI Asks 8th Circ. To Kill Mount Rushmore Fireworks Crusade
• Texas Justices Mull Overlap In Jurisdictional, Merits Discovery
• Netflix's Control Over Servers May Justify Venue In EDTX
• 5th Circ. Says Deportation Requires Proper Hearing Notice
• The DOJ Should Ramp Up FCA Focus In PPP Enforcement
• Drug Cos. Say DA's Opioid Settlement Objections Are Unripe
• Shell Moves To Confirm $14.1M Arbitration Award
• Lifting The Veil On The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket
• Schlumberger Unit Ponies Up $1.4M To Settle Sanctions Case
• CBS Affiliate Dodges Defamation Suit Over Incorrect Mugshot
• McKool Smith Adds 2nd McDermott Entertainment Atty
• Insurance Commissioner's Agenda: DC On Long-Term Care
• Fed. Circ. Keeps Up Criticism Of Albright's Transfer Denials
• Texas, Miss., La. Seek To Stop Federal Tax Cut Limitations
• NJ Justices To Hear Widow's Union Carbide Asbestos Case
• Texas AG Blasts Bar Investigation Over Election Suits
• Texas Cops Sue Tesla Over Autopilot Crash At Traffic Stop
• ERCOT Asks Texas Justices To Decide Immunity Status
• King & Spalding, O'Melveny Rep DL Unit's $2.5B Kraton Buy
• 5th Circ. Revives La. Contractor's $2.7M Flood Coverage Suit
• Paul Hastings Adds 2 Ex-Baker McKenzie Energy Partners
• Embracing ESG: United Natural Foods GC Talks Bottom Line
• One-Subject Rule Strategy Can Defeat Dangerous State Laws
• Fed. Circ. Eases Serving Of Patent Suits On Foreign Cos.
• At Fed. Circ., Fintiv Fights To Keep Apple Trial In Waco
• Fed. Circ. Rebukes Judge Albright For Still Avoiding Transfers
• NJ Court Skeptical Of Contamination Pitch In Virus Suit
• House Narrowly Approves Abortion Rights Bill
• Texas Justices To Hear Chick-Fil-A Airport Exclusion Row
• States Go First In Google Display Ads Case
• Texas Justices To Weigh If Bluestone Underpaid Gas Royalties
• States Say Feds Are Slow-Walking 'Remain In Mexico' Reboot
• What Plaintiffs Can Do If J&J Succeeds In Bankruptcy Strategy
• Ex-Blue Jays Pitcher Drops Sign-Stealing Suit Against Astros
• Fla. Says Biden Immigration Policies Violate Law
• 3 Attorney Ethics Considerations For Litigation Funding
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Tax Dispute Over $4.8M Jet
• Key Trends In Recent Cyber-Related Securities Class Actions
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Bid To Undo $3.3M Drilling Verdict
• Real Estate Rumors: Kolter Homes, Savanna, DR Horton
• Albright Won't Wait To Transfer 'Venue Manipulation' Cases
• FERC Puts New Grid Regs On Table After Texas Blackouts
• Billboard Co. Tells High Court Austin Rule Is Unconstitutional
• SEC Brings First Disclosure Rule Action Against Muni Adviser
• Texas' 6-Week Abortion Ban Returns To Supreme Court
• IP Forecast: Taylor Swift Seeks To Shake Off Copyright Case
• Senators Advance Bill Shielding AGs' Antitrust Venue Choices
• High Court Asked To Decide Fight Over Ch. 11 Trustee Fees
• Texas County Escapes Suit Over Deaths On Flooded Road
• Texas Law Firm Wants Claims Against Insurer Reheard
• Texas COVID-19 Biz Immunity Law Cooks Tyson Workers' Suit
• Author Seeks 5th Circ. Redo Of Texas A&M Copyright Case
• Amid Hiring Boom, McDermott Adds 6 Transactions Partners
• NDTX's Acting US Atty To Leave For Private Practice
• Texas Law Barring 'Viewpoint' Social Media Bans Challenged
• Del. Justices Urged To Save Energy Co. Suit From 'Black Hole'
• Texas Panel Mulls Immunity In Whistleblower Suit Against AG
• Court Says Travelers Can't Trim Tool Co.'s Coverage Suit
• US Trustee Challenges Constitutionality Of Purdue Releases
• FTC Probing $140M Motor Oil, Recycling Deal
• How ABA Opinion Shifts Alternative Biz Structure Landscape
• 'Frack Master' Fraudster Gets 15 Years, Must Pay $92.4M
• Latham Hires Vinson Veteran For Energy M&A Practice
• United Airlines Faces Bias Suit Over COVID-19 Vax Mandate
• 100s Of Attys Air Warring Views In High Court Abortion Fight
• Gay Man Narrowly Wins Review Of Asylum Credibility
• 5th Circ. Tosses Oil Co.'s Bid For Class Action Coverage
• Full 5th Circ. Reconsiders Allowing $287M Navy Crash Suit
• Software Co. To Wind Down After $62M Trade Secret Verdict
• How Judge Albright's Transfer Denials Riled The Fed. Circ.
• Texas Court Asked To Undo $6.5M Pipeline Use Award
• Exxon Can't Tap Excess Policies In $20M Injury Coverage Row
• NJ Court Won't Stop J&J's 'Texas Two-Step' In Talc Suits
• Navigating Bar To Patentability In 3rd-Party Secret Sales
• Texas Tax Talk: Alarming Redefinition Of Nontaxable Services
• Colorful Ex-Attys Sue Doctor In First Texas Abortion Law Suits
• J&J May Court Trouble With 'Texas Two-Step' Talc Gambit
• Norton Rose, Baker Botts Lead Shell's $9.5B Permian Biz Sale
• Texas Sues To Block EEOC Gender Identity Guidance
• ITC Judge Says Chamberlain Infringed Garage Door Patents
• Investors Seek Class Approval In Suit Over $3B Pa. Pipeline
• Embracing ESG: HPE Counsel Talk Effective Board Oversight
• Texas Courts Can Hear GE's Bid To Enforce $39.8M Award
• Former Oil Exec Joins Sidley In Houston
• Payroll Financing Firm Flexible Funding Hits Ch. 11 In Texas
• Chancery Denies Shareholders Access To Dell Director Emails
• GOP Leaders Probe HHS Over Migrant Youth Shelter Concerns
• Ga. Judge To Travel Biz Atty: 'What The Heck Are You Doing?'
• Apple Tells Fed. Circ. That Albright Was Wrong To Move Trial
• States Flag Celsius' Interest-Earning Crypto Accounts
• EEOC Plans To Appeal Disability Bias Case Loss To 5th Circ.
• Texas Fabrication Co. Gets H-2B Denial Reversed
• Infowars Sues FAA Over Drone Ban Near Mexico Border
• Justice Gap Demands Look At New Legal Service Models
• Texas Justices Won't Halt Harris County Mail-In Ballot Plan
• Williams, Energy Transfer Battle Over $410M Merger Bust Fee
• Texas Justices Mull Damages In Paper Plant Contractor Row
• Chubb Says Coke Not Covered For Texas Worker's Injuries
• Gas Pipeline Co., Contractor Settle $15M Project Dispute
• Feds Say Mexico Talks Needed To Reboot 'Remain In Mexico'
• Fed To Review Trading Rules For Officials After Backlash
• Insurer Should Defend Fraternity Brothers In Suit, Judge Says
• Royalty Owner's Bid To Delay MTE's Ch. 11 Plan Shot Down
• Texas Justices Weigh Evidence In AMC Antitrust Case
• Apple Wants Fed. Circ. To Rethink Refusal To Toss Patent Suit
• Pa. AG Says DAs Can't Sue To Stop $26B Opioid Settlement
• Deal To Release Mich. Attys In $2M PPE Fraud Suit Rejected
• US Trustee To Appeal Sackler Releases In Purdue Ch. 11
• Former Oil Co. General Counsel Joins Bracewell In Houston
• Peloton Beats Rival's Patent Infringement Suit
• 5th Circ. Largely Stays Block Of Biden's Narrowed ICE Policy
• Impax Wants High Court To Undo 5th Circ. Loss To FTC
• Tyson, 3 Others Must Face Cattle Ranchers' Price-Fixing Case
• How SPAC Investors Might Rethink Material Adverse Effect
• Texas Justices Asked To Revive River Authority Dam Row
• Broker Ducks $22M Oil Investment Fraud Trial With SEC Deal
• We Must Fight The Phantom Threat Of Texas' Abortion Law
• What 5th Circ. Ruling Means For Insurers' Post-Award Liability
• Simpson Thacher Nabs Energy Pro From Latham
• Ultravision Won't Get New Trial After Losing LED Patent Row
• Iranian National Gets 5 Years For Violating Iran Trade Embargo
• CFTC Sues Dallas Man Over $6M Fraudulent Trading Scheme
• Real Estate Rumors: 13th Floor, Coast Hospitality, Related
• Texas Justices Weigh '8 Corners' Rule In Insurance Fights
• Texas Justices Debate Extent Of Political Question Doctrine
• Del. Justices Uphold Appraisal Right Waivers In Split Ruling
• Insurance Commissioner's Agenda: Del. Tackles Mental Health
• Munsch Hardt Adds Ex-Fee Smith Trial Pro In Dallas
• Formosa Plastics To Pay $2.8M For Texas Fires, Explosions
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• High Court's Legitimacy Tested In Abortion Row, Justices Told
• Wells Fargo, Target Settle VoIP Patent Cases Ahead Of Trial
• Nursing Home COVID-19 Death Suit Sent Back To Texas Court
• Exxon Likens Calif. Climate Suit To Improper 'Lawfare'
• Embracing ESG: Leidos GC Talks Social Responsibility
• RETRACTED: Fears Of Texas Abortion Suit Deluge Are Exaggerated
• Munck Wilson Adds 7 Attys From Boutique Firm In Texas
• NJ, NY Attys Sued Over Missing $1M In Mortgage Funds
• Koss' Headphone Patents Face Alice Challenge In Calif.
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report: What You Need To Know
• PPE Reseller Reaches Deal With Mich. Attys In $2M Fraud Suit
• Debate Over Immigrants' Gun Rights Ignites In 2nd Circ. Case
• Trade Groups Want Payday Rule Pause Extended For Appeal
• Republican Governors Threaten Suits Over Biden Vax Mandate
• 5th Circ. Lets Texas Abortion Restrictions Stay In Effect
• Despite 'Concerns,' Fed. Circ. Won't Ax OnePlus WDTX Cases
• Landscaper Needed More Workers After Storm, Board Says
• Workers Say Fogo De Chao Is Bullying Them Out Of Suing
• Real Estate Rumors: Barbanel, Pearlstone, Prestige
• Full 5th Circ. OKs Overtime For Highly Paid Rig Worker
• Haynes And Boone Launches CBD, Hemp Industry Practice
• KKR Sells Austin Campus For North Of $300M
• Katten Snags Ex-Kirkland Partner For M&A Team
• Interior Dept. Defends ICWA In Bid For High Court Hearing
• Gilstrap Won't Triple $300M 4G Patent Verdict Against Apple
• Texas Attys Didn't Defame Firm Through $2.2M Deepwater Suit
• Texas Panel Ends Lecturer's Retaliation Suit Against UT Dallas
• Justices Eye Prisoner's Religious Rights During Execution
• Court Refuses Again To Keep Paxton Fraud Case In Houston
• DynCorp Whistleblower Says Disclosure Bar Doesn't Apply
• Texas A&M Blocks '12th Man' Copyright Claim In 5th Circ. Win
• Withers Enters Texas Market With Houston Office
• DOJ Sues To Block 'Clearly Unconstitutional' Texas Abortion Law
• Lessons In Crisis Lawyering 20 Years After 9/11
• Angels Rip Feds' 'Baseless' Privilege Fight In Fatal OD Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Outbrain, Aman, Sable
• Texas Fuel Co. Must Arbitrate IP Fight With Total Unit
• 5th Circ. Mulls Staying Order Against ICE Removal Priorities
• PTAB Rejects Apple's Bid For IPR Of Koss Headphone Patent
• Apple Gets OK To Transfer Emoji Copyright Suit To Calif.
• PNC Bank Can't Duck Out Of Check Deposit IP Row
• Texas Firm Drops Class Action Over Allstate Experts
• Katerra Says More Time Needed On Ch. 11 Plan Preparations
• Patent Holder Can't Escape Lyft's Noninfringement Case
• Receiver In $7B Stanford Ponzi Row Seeks $2.2M In Fees
• Texas Tells Justices Feds Wrongly Interpret Law In Bingo Suit
• Albright Is Asked To Punish Oil Biz In Patent Fight
• Albright Won't Bar Tech Giants' Declaratory Judgment IP Suits
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Voters Get Atty Fees For ID Law Fight
• Texas Justices Skip Houston Firm's Bid To Ax Defamation Suit
• Abbott Names Texas Insurance Veteran To Head Department
• Insurers Drop Pollution Coverage Suit Against Steel Co.
• Texas Justices To Review $6.4M Hospital Defamation Verdict
• Canadian Pipeline Co. Inks $3B Deal for Texas Oil Terminal
• Texas Panel Halts Trial Judge's Ivermectin Treatment Order
• Thompson & Knight Office Leader Joins Blank Rome In Texas
• Tribes, Texas Ask Justices To Mull ICWA Constitutionality
• 737 Max Flyers Win Class Cert In Boeing, Southwest RICO Suit
• Lyft, Uber To Pay Their Drivers' Texas Abortion Ban Legal Fees
• After Fed. Circ. Urged Rethink, Albright Won't Move Dish Case
• Civil Rights Groups Sue Texas Over Voting Restrictions Bill
• Texas Justices To Mull 'Employee' Meaning In Insurance Law
• Texas Justices To Hear Fight Over High School Football Field
• Texas Justices Won't Review NextEra's Scuttled $18B Deal
• Washington Prime Gets OK For $911M Chapter 11 Plan
• Real Estate Rumors: Abacus Capital, Cabot, Eddie Hidary
• Gulf Coast Offshore Wind: Opportunities And Challenges
• Ex-NFL Player Seeks DQ Of Firm Likely To Become Witness
• Newell Unit Hit With $1M Verdict In Defective Heater Trial
• Texas Nurse 'Humiliated' During Surgery Sees Suit Axed
• K&L Gates Nabs Bankruptcy Pro From His Own Firm
• Policyholder Best Practices As Cyberattacks Escalate
• BancorpSouth, Cadence To Sell Branches As Part Of Merger
• 'Shadow Docket' Fight Comes To A Head In Abortion Case
• Washington Prime Bondholders Can't Halt Ch. 11 Plan Hearing
• Albright Transfers Lyft Suit After 'Venue Manipulation' Order
• Talc Users Want To Bar J&J's 'Texas Two-Step' Ploy In NJ
• 5th Circ. Revives Baccarat Dealer's Hostile Workplace Claim
• Texas Justices Asked To Halt Harris County Mail-In Ballot Plan
• Virtual Currencies Gain Recognition In Texas Commercial Law
• Align Capital Sells Tolling Co. For $120M to Quarterhill
• HHS Floats New Migrant Child Shelter Policy After Texas Order
• Seadrill Gets OK For Vote On $5.6B Equity-Swap Ch. 11 Plan
• Why Structured Data Is Increasingly Important To Your Case
• Tool Co. Wants Travelers To Cover $40M Transfer Fraud Suit
• Union Pacific Can't Use Anti-SLAPP Law To End Cancer Suit
• Latham-Led Quanta Inks $2.7B Energy Project Contractor Deal
• Supreme Court Refuses To Block Texas' 6-Week Abortion Ban
• Texas Tribe's E-Bingo Center Is Lawful, Judge Rules
• 16 State AGs Back S.D. In Mount Rushmore Fireworks Dispute
• Delta Variant Revives Remote Hearings In Some Texas Courts
• Anheuser-Busch Calls $4.9M Feb. Gas Bill 'Price Gouging'
• Split 5th Circ. Says Anti-Torture Law Doesn't Stop Deportation
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Uphold Ruling On Software Copyright
• COVID Shows Reform Is Needed On State Vs. Local Authority
• Embracing ESG: AIG Counsel Talks SEC Risk Alert
• Latham Opens Austin Office With Focus On Emerging Cos.
• Texas Judge Holds Sex Addiction Is Not a Disability
• O'Melveny Hires Away Baker Botts Trial Partner In Dallas
• Attys Attempt To Shut Down Texas Bar Membership Fees
• 16 States Pile On As Amici In Texas ICE Case
• Kirkland Adds Ex-Baker Botts Tax Chair To Houston Team
• CFPB Beats Suit Challenging Payday Lending Regs
• Supreme Court Doesn't Stop Texas 'Heartbeat' Abortion Bill