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Texas - November, 2021

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• HHS Reassigns $217M From Child Shelter Contractor
• Albright Reverses Himself, Sends OpenText Suit To Calif.
• Justices Open To Emotional Distress Damages In Bias Row
• Texas Justices Query Insurer's Safety Duty In Fatal Crash
• DOJ, AGs Get 45 More Days On Google Discovery, Split Trial
• Texas Justices Told To Ax New Trial In Football Field Fight
• Texas Panel Probes Basis For $22M Legal Malpractice Award
• 5th Circ. Affirms BP's Win In Oil Worker's Injury Suit
• Drilling Co. Denies Alleged Breach Of Chancery Settlement
• DOJ's 1st Wage-Fixing Case Survives Dismissal Bid
• Texas Justices Mull Decryption In Sirius XM's $2.5M Tax Fight
• Meet The Attys Battling Over The Future Of Abortion Rights
• Travis Scott Hires O'Melveny Litigator For Astroworld Defense
• 5th Circ. Says High Court Ruling Rewrites Migrant's Sentence
• Without Leadership Buy-In, Law Firm DEI Efforts Stand To Fail
• Exxon Looks To Dodge Permian Basin Class Action
• 5th Circ. Asked To Rethink SEC Win In Test Of Liu Decision
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Gay Immigrant's Asylum Bid
• US Inventor Tells 5th Circ. It Can Sue Over PTAB Fintiv Policy
• Smoke Shop May Get Award Over Bong Maker's Sanctions Bid
• Apple Foe Slams 'Radical' $308M Verdict Reversal At Fed. Circ.
• Albright Names WDTX Litigator As New Magistrate Judge
• Confronting Origination Credit: Self-Advocacy Tips For Attys
• Big Names Could Stack December's IPO Pipeline
• PTAB To Eye Patent Cloudflare Offered 'Bounty' To Help Kill
• AILA Alleges Mistreatment Of Haitian Migrants At NM Facility
• Texas Panel Won't Send Refinery Death Suit To Louisiana
• Gov't Wants More Time For Discovery In Google Search Case
• 5th Circ. Freezes Texas Judge's School Mask Mandate Ruling
• Fight To Enforce $22M Nigeria Award To Go To High Court
• Revolving Door Roundup: Pillsbury, Sidley, Davis Polk
• As Climate Litigation Heats Up, More Cos. Face Liability Risk
• Westlake Pays $1.2B For Epoxy Biz Of Davis Polk-Led Hexion
• Texas Supreme Court Names New Administrative Director
• How 'Rocket Dockets' Are Affecting IPR Discretionary Denials
• COVID Insurance Cases Highlight Federal-State Court Tension
• A Real-World Guide To Staying Discovery In Federal Court
• Target Settles Virtual IP Suit After Gilstrap Cites Conflict
• Jury Awards $730M To Kin Of Driver Killed In Wide-Load Crash
• Texas Panel Lets Infant Death Suit Proceed Against Docs
• Feds Urge 6th Circ. To Lift Pause On Vax-Or-Test Rule
• Photog Wants High Court Review Of U. Of Houston IP Fight
• Texas Panel Sides With Dallas In Mask Mandate Row
• Medicare Fraud Exoneree Can't Seek Damages, 5th Circ. Says
• United Workers Can't Halt Vax Mandate Amid 5th Circ. Appeal
• 14 States Urge High Court To Back Fla. In Medicaid Dispute
• Paloma To Acquire Goodrich Petroleum Corp. For $480M
• Deion Sanders' $2.9M Defamation Win Is Tossed On Appeal
• 5th Circ. Urged To Block 'Coercive' Courtroom Prayers
• DL Unit's $2.5B Deal For Kraton Gets US Merger Approval
• Recruiter Sends Kilpatrick Townsend Spat To State Court
• Texas Insurers' Paths To Post-Appraisal Summary Judgment
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Hit With $1.9M Negligence Suit
• UT Law Prof Can't Revive Retaliation Claims Ahead Of Trial
• Texas Appeals Court OKs Temporary Block Of Delta-8 Ban
• Texas Judge Stands By Ruling In United Airlines Vaccine Fight
• Texas Justices To Decide Legal Malpractice Tolling Dispute
• Boeing, Southwest Get Limited Stay In 737 Max RICO Suit
• To Vax Or Not To Vax Is Not A Constitutional Question
• Facebook Given Another Chance To Fight Telecom Patent
• Texas Justices Order Redo Of Trade Secrets Case Appeal
• Balch & Bingham Adds Ex-Greenberg Lobbyist In Austin
• Texas High Court Will Hear Fight Over Injection Well Permit
• Court Won't Fast Track 'Remain In Mexico' Reimplementation
• Texas Justices Side With ExxonMobil On Explosion Discovery
• House Sends Biden's $1.75T Budget Plan To Senate
• IP Forecast: Delaware '101 Day' To Start Off With Natera Battle
• Ameritrade Stockholders Fight For Del. Suit Against Schwab
• Texas Judge Mulls TRO Against Law Firm In Defamation Suit
• Apache Asks Texas Justices Not To Reinstate $80M Jury Loss
• Purdue Cleared To Pay Gov't Groups Over $12M In Ch. 11 Fees
• Orrick, Kirkland-Led Intersect Power Lands $2.6B In Financing
• Texas Panel Orders New Trial In $400K Kolache Sickness Row
• Unhappy Camp Sues Insurer For Dodging Pandemic Claims
• Koch, Power Plant Settle $286M Texas Freeze Claim In Del.
• Texas Woman Pleads Guilty To Adoption Bribery Scheme
• Real Estate Rumors: DR Horton, AMAC, Wells Fargo
• O'Melveny Nabs Energy Dealmaker From King & Spalding
• FTC Urges Court Not To Toss Facebook Monopolization Suit
• Texas Jury Awards Energy Co. $1.2M For Overpaid Royalties
• Stockholders Sue To Preserve $62M Award In Delaware
• Heed These Rules, Or Risk Your Argument On Appeal
• Texas Hospital Workers Fight Vaccine Mandate At 5th Circ.
• DOJ Veteran Tapped As Interim US Atty In Eastern Texas
• Cantey Hanger Hires 2 Lateral Partners In Texas
• Interior Asks 5th Circ. To Reinstate New Oil, Gas Lease Ban
• Netflix Gets 'Umbrella Academy' IP Suit Tossed, For Now
• Google Hit With $26M Video Patent Verdict In WDTX
• Walmart Seeks Early Win Over Trucker's Bias Suit
• Texas Panel Questions ERCOT Immunity In Winter Storm Suit
• Judge Recommends Tossing Patent Case Against Blackhawk
• McGuireWoods Helps With $157M Brooklyn Multifamily Loan
• Texas Home Care Co. Must Face Sex Assault Claims
• Biden ICE Policy Slammed As Illegal At 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Sinks Topgolf Rival's Latest Antitrust Case
• FTC Tells High Court Impax Ruling Needs No Review
• What To Include In Orders Governing Remote Arbitration
• Insurers Should Honor Astroworld Coverage Obligations
• Spencer Fane Hires New IP Co-Chair From Porter Hedges
• Knicks Player Says $58M Fight With Agent Belongs In Court
• GOP Sens. Call For Fast Action To Block Huawei Shipments
• Google Accused Of Destroying Competition In Trial Closings
• Fed. Circ. Orders Albright To Transfer Google, Apple Cases
• State AGs Update Google Display Ad Monopoly Case
• Texas Oil Driller Escapes Liability In Rig Worker's Stroke Suit
• Alex Jones Must Pay Damages In Conn. Sandy Hook Suits
• Oil Executive Gets 3 Years In Revenue-Pumping Scheme
• 51 AGs Want Robocallers Blocked From Using Legit Numbers
• Embracing ESG: CBRE GC Talks Effective Compliance Emails
• Texas Immigration Firm Can't Slip Bungled Status Change Suit
• Exxon Says High Court Ruling Voids $14M Pollution Award
• Revisiting Loss Calculations For Business Interruption Claims
• 6 Firms Build $15B Go-Private Deal For Data Center REIT
• 5th Circ. Affirms Block Of Employer Vax-Or-Test Rule
• Biz Travel Firm Gets Quick Approval Of Ch. 11 Path
• House Dems Seek Halt Of Saudi Air Force Support Contracts
• Golden Nugget $1.56B Sale To DraftKings 'Unfair,' Suit Says
• CFPB Accuses Pawnshops Of Gouging Military Families
• Juniper's Appeal Of Gilstrap Transfer Denial Dropped
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Dechert Steer $1.2B Hotel Booking Deal
• Amgen Backs Juno's Fed. Circ. Bid To Revive $1.1B Judgment
• Venezuelan Oil Cos. Lose $5.6M Contract Dispute
• United Workers Say Judge Overlooked Harms In Vaccine Fight
• The Hazards Of Female Lawyers Being 'Office Moms'
• Chancery Roasts Loews Attys In $690M Award To Investors
• Travis Scott Disaster Leaves Insurance Questions In The Air
• Insurer Says Property Co.'s Missteps Void Burglary Coverage
• Texas Oil Co.'s $8.5M Award In Bribery Case Gets Judge's OK
• Austin Billboard Fight Has Justices Talking BBQ And Kale
• Fed. Circ. Orders Albright To Transfer Another Patent Case
• 5th Circ. Revives ADT's Arbitration Bid In Privacy Suit
• Texas River Authority Says It's Immune From Harvey Claims
• Discovery Immunity For Draft Expert Reports Lacks Clarity
• FCA Ruling Deepens Circuit Split Over Qui Tam Dismissals
• Womble Bond Adds Baker Donelson Atty To Global Biz Team
• Texas Ban On School Mask Mandates Struck Down By Judge
• Texas Energy Co. Beats Harvey Electric Shock Claims
• Feds Say Fake Trump, Clinton PACs Stole $3.5M From Donors
• Acciona Accused Of Owing $2M For Texas Wind Farm Work
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Roche's Win In Cancer Therapy IP Review
• Religious Groups Fire Back In 5th Circ. Vax-Or-Test Rule Battle
• Texas Outsourcing Co.'s Parent Files Ch. 11 Over $210M Debt
• Mo., Texas Push To Resume Border Wall Spending
• Navy SEALs Say Vax Mandate Denies Their Religious Rights
• Angels Defeat 'Fishing Expedition' Subpoena In Fatal OD Case
• 43 AGs Support Bankruptcy Forum Shopping Bill
• Texas, Miss., La. Say They Have Standing In Tax Cut Limit Suit
• Union Pacific Argues Free Speech Should End Cancer Suits
• Texas Judge Temporarily Blocks State's Delta-8 Ban
• A Phased Approach To In-House Legal Tech Adoption
• Hemp Co. Drops Dryer Fire Coverage Suit Against Insurer
• Resolving Asbestos Suits Faster In The Pandemic And Beyond
• Justices Warn Of Religious Freedom Claims From Death Row
• Winston & Strawn Adds V&E Finance Atty In Houston
• Harris County Must Face Injury Suit Over Sheriff Car Crash
• Feds, Advocates Battle To Keep Migrant Transit Dispute Alive
• Feds Ask 5th Circ. To Unblock Employer Vax-Or-Test Reg
• Travis Scott Concert Disaster Mobilizes Texas Plaintiffs Attys
• United Workers Can't Ground Airline's Vaccine Mandate
• Albright Gets Defensive While Allowing Google Transfer
• Eatery's Bid For State Court In Virus Coverage Suit Hits Snag
• DOJ Claims Texas Pharmacy Co. Inflated Ingredient Pricing
• Kelley Drye Snags Ex-Texas Associate Deputy AG In Houston
• Insurer Says Texas Marina Must Pay For Party Barge Incident
• Confronting Origination Credit: How Firms Can Redo Policies
• 3 Firms Guide JV's $1.5B CorePoint Buy
• Travis Scott, Live Nation Sued Over Fatal Astroworld Concert
• 5th Circ. Blocks DOL Vax-Or-Test Reg, Citing 'Grave' Concerns
• Jury Awards Proxy Server Network $7.5M In IP Win Over Rival
• Fed. Circ. Quickly Rejects Do-Over In MV3's IP Loss
• 5th Circ. Affirms Texas Agriculture Dept.'s FMLA Win
• Up Next At High Court: Eclectic Arguments End Nov. Session
• Prof. Implicated As Chinese Agent Says NASA Knew His Work
• Coke Bottler Wants Distributor To Cover Forklift Injury Suit
• Dozens Of State AGs Probe Rent-A-Center's Fintech Unit
• Aspen Owes $1.75M In Hail Coverage Suit, Texas Jury Says
• Law360's Tort Report: Pa. Justices Weigh Key Med Mal Issue
• How To Comply With ABA's New Language Access Guidance
• Texas Challenges 'Flatly Unconstitutional' Vaccine Rule
• State Telecom Roundup: Cities Want Streaming Cos. To Pay
• Jury Says Chinese Lighting Co. Owes $14M In IP Suit
• Jackson Walker Nabs Ex-Thompson & Knight Real Estate Duo
• Texas Clinic Beats Trooper's Suit Over Hemorrhoids Rumor
• New Texas Law Disenfranchises Vulnerable Voters, DOJ Says
• IP Forecast: Google Patent Fight Heads To Texas Jury
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review Victoria's Secret Venue Win
• Fed. Circ. Mulls Facebook's Bid To Finish Off Uniloc Patent
• 5th Circ. Probes Duty To Defend In Roofing Co.'s $5M Suit
• Kean Miller Adds Maritime-Focused Atty Pair In Houston
• Real Estate Rumors: Guzman, Amazon, North Bay Village
• Ares Management JV Buys $400M Student Housing Portfolio
• Texas Panel Won't End Fen-Phen Atty Malpractice Fight
• Del. Justices Snub $1.6B Regency Sale Suit Again
• Pizza Hut Escapes Delivery Driver Sex Assault Claims
• Ex-Trump DOJ Atty Can Rep Texas In Child Migrant Policy Suit
• Samsung Scores 1st Arthrex Do-Over From USPTO
• Energy Co. Tells 5th Circ. $3M Indemnity Ruling Can't Stand
• Pellet Maker, Sierra Club To Settle Emissions Claims Suit
• Texas Voters OK Homestead Tax Limit For Surviving Spouses
• Fed. Circ. Doubts Do-Over Warranted In MV3's IP Loss
• Hartford Escapes Physiotherapy Co.'s Virus Coverage Suit
• 3 Practice Tips For Patenting Medical Devices In A Digital Age
• Ex-AT&T Exec Says Diversity Push Cost Him His Job
• 5th Circ. Doubts Revival Of $218M Schlumberger Valve Suit
• Red States Oppose EPA Pause In Ozone Standard Case
• Tribe Tells 5th Circ. El Paso Land Fight Is Federal Matter
• Tillis, Leahy Blast Albright In Plea To Chief Justice
• Hunton Hires Ex-DOI Judge To Lead Public Lands Practice
• Prince Eyes Divestiture To Ease Review Of $2.1B Ferro Buy
• Best Practices For Hiring And Integrating Freelance Lawyers
• Texas Voters Raise Experience Requirement For Judges
• 5th Circ. Wary Of Latest Bid To End 'Remain In Mexico' Policy
• Twitter Urges 9th Circ. To Revive Suit Over Texas Probe
• Walmart Tells 5th Circ. Its Pharmacists Are Stuck Over Opioids
• United Airlines Workers Want Class Cert. In Vax Mandate Suit
• City Of Austin Appeals $2.4M Verdict To Texas High Court
• Justices Mull Line Between Censuring, Chilling Free Speech
• Kirkland, Paul Hastings Steer Black Rifle Coffee's SPAC Deal
• Noble Energy Says Suit Over $13B Chevron Merger Is Flawed
• Feds Decry Ex-MLB Staffer's Bid To Delay Fatal Overdose Trial
• Dallas Assisted Living Chain Gets Nod On Ch. 11 Sale
• Jackson Walker Adds M&A Pros In Dallas
• Feds Slammed For Decade-Long Delay On Indians' Work Visas
• Insurance Commissioner's Agenda: NY On Industry Diversity
• 5th Circ. Mulls COVID Coverage For The 1st Time
• Justices Give Texas Extension In Indian Child Welfare Act Row
• King & Spalding Grabs Corporate Partner From Norton Rose
• Apple's Bid To Wipe $300M 4G Patent Verdict Draws Fire
• 5th Circ. Doubts Texas City's Defaulted $15M Loan Is A Taking
• Marriott-TravelPass Deal Cuts Antitrust Trial Short
• Embracing ESG: Cognizant Counsel, CSO Talk Collaboration
• Houston Sued Over Texas Law That Bars Israel Boycotts
• Headhunter Sues Kilpatrick Townsend Over Recruitment Fees
• Justices Tackle 'Procedural Morass' In Texas Abortion Cases
• Baker Botts Partner Appointed To Texas Supreme Court
• As Social Impact Becomes The Test, Firms Asked To Step Up
• The 2021 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
• Social Impact Leaders: A Look At Our New Law Firm Ranking