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Texas - December, 2008

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• LyondellBasell Mulls Ch. 11
• Pilgrim's Pride Gets Up To $450M In DIP Financing
• Acacia Unit Settles With 3rd Defendant In Patent Suit
• D-Link Dropped From Linex Wireless Patent Suit
• Int'l Plaintiffs Appeal Dismissal From Aredia MDL
• Internet Giants Face Lawsuit Over New IM Patent
• Game Developer Sued Over Virtual World Patent
• Samsung Hit With Suit Over Chip Patents
• Merrill, Reliant Squabble Over $300M Credit Deal
• Cree, BU Settle With Bridgelux Over LED Patents
• Eastern Texas Could Cease To Be IP Fast Track
• Oil Giant Flying J Lands In Ch. 11
• Bayer Hits Abbott With Patent Suit Over Humira
• BP Strikes Deal With Authorities Over Indiana Refinery
• Superior Offshore Founder Seeks Ch. 7 Conversion
• Year Ends On High Note For Law Firm Tie-Ups
• Marine Hose Makers Settle Antitrust MDL For $22M
• RIM Hits Back Over Motorola Nondisclosure Suit
• Court Denies Class Certification In FEMA Trailer MDL
• Wal-Mart To Pay Up To $640M Over Wage Disputes
• EPA Fines Exxon $6.1M For Settlement Violation
• STMicroelectronics, OPTi Settle Tech Patent Suit
• Court Reverses Wal-Mart Win In Fatal Blaze Case
• Pilgrim's Pride Board Targeted In ERISA Suit
• IP Legislation To Watch In 2009
• Winston & Strawn Settles Suit Over Fees
• Tyson Foods Puts Up Assets As Collateral
• Corrected: Copyright Plaintiffs Pared In Oracle Suit Against SAP
• 5th Circ. Denies Bid To Go Dutch In Oil Insurance Spat
• Sub-Zero Aims To Put Freeze On Variant Patent
• BofA, DataTern Resolve Web Site Patent Dispute
• Microsoft, Alcatel Make Nice After Long IP Battle
• Top Banks Hit With Patent Suit Over Online Encryption
• Shareholder Class Suits Against MEMC Consolidated
• West Virginia, Florida Top 'Judicial Hellhole' List
• Utilities Protest Early Ch. 11 Motion By Pilgrim's Pride
• Airborne Settles Multistate False Ad Probe For $7M
• Digimarc: The Final Nail In The SOX 304 Coffin
• The State Of 'Take-Home' Toxic Torts
• St. Jude Hit With Patent Suit Over Pacemaker
• Mattel, 39 States Strike $12M Deal In Lead Probe
• Judge Won't Toss RIM License Dispute With Motorola
• Buyout Troubles Capped By Huntsman-Hexion Failure
• UK Judge Orders Fee Estimate In RIM-Visto Suit
• Marvell Tries To Invalidate Wi-LAN Wireless Patent
• Natural Gas Co. CDX Heads For Ch. 11
• AT&T Rate Dispute Case Moves Ahead
• Committee Puts Out National Patent Jury Instructions
• Variant Sues 13 In 2nd Web Marketing Patent Suit
• Google Fires Back In Aloft Web Browser Patent Suit
• Wound VAC Patent Suit V. Smith & Nephew Expands
• Skype Settles VoIP Patent Spat With Mangosoft
• Visions Of Auto Bankruptcies Haunt Industry
• IT Workers Win Certification Against Baker Hughes
• Bennigan's, Ponderosa Owner Hit With WARN Suit
• EU Probes Poland's €52.7M Subsidy For Dell
• 9th Exec Pleads Guilty In Marine Hose Cartel Case
• Texas Appeals Court Makes U-Turn In Vioxx Case
• Hewitt Agrees To Pay $4.9M To Settle OT Class Action
• Reliant Unit Loses Bid To Toss Breakup Fee Appeal
• Facing Suit, Luminant To Upgrade Emissions Controls
• Texas High Court Orders GE Asbestos Suit Dismissed
• Etex, Acacia Unit Settle Cell Phone Patent Claims
• Court Trims Damages In $3.75M Bic Lighter Suit
• The Grim Outlook For Business Method Patents
• Fla. Launches Morgan Stanley Price Gouging Probe
• Defendants To Pay $29M In Mass. Superfund Cleanup
• Labor Leaders, Economists Push For $900B Stimulus
• Negligence Claim On Foley's Tardy Filing Remains
• Dell Loses Challenge To AMD Subpoenas In Intel Spat
• UBS Exits Inventor's Suit Over Online Banking Patent
• Pilgrim's Pride Creditors Committee Appointed
• City's Immunity Denial Upheld In Texas Sewage Suit
• Cisco Moves To Dismiss 'Patent Troll Tracker' Suit
• Medtronic Willfully Infringed Disc Patent: Jury
• Verizon, Vonage Targeted In Patent Suit Over VoIP
• Investors Demand Dell Board Investigate Claims
• 9th Circ. Won't Hear 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Again
• Merrill Lynch, Others Face Data Security Patent Suit
• Seyfarth, Dewey Become Latest To Lay Off Attorneys
• Tweeter Gets OK To Convert To Ch. 7
• Oracle Wins Noninfringement Ruling On Web Patents
• Unapproved Monsanto Cotton No Threat: Regulators
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Bankruptcy Expert To Team
• DOJ Demands Divestitures In Republic-Allied Merger
• K&L Gates, Bell Boyd Eye Merger
• Clearwire, Sprint Hit With Wireless Patent Suit
• On The Docket: IP Cases To Follow In 2009
• Chicken Giant Gets Interim OK For $365M In DIP Cash
• Citing Downturn, Kimball Hill Opts For Liquidation
• Miss. AG Hits Entergy Corp. With Antitrust Suit
• Motor Coach, Bus Fire Plaintiffs Move To Mediation
• Electronic Toll Cos. Square Off In Patent Suit
• Tweeter Abruptly Shuts Down, Seeks Ch. 7
• Class Cert. Denied In Methodist Health ERISA Suit
• Del. High Court Maintains $47.2M Dr Pepper Payout
• Judge OKs Tweeter Utilities Payment Plan
• PVC Giant Relinquishes $12M For EPA Violations
• Maritime Co. Unit, Officers Found Guilty Over Oil Dump
• Poultry Giant Pilgrim's Pride Files For Ch. 11
• Dura Sues Rival Auto Parts Maker Over Rear Windows
• NeoMedia Slapped With Suit Over Phone Application
• Tessera Patents Not Infringed: ITC Judge
• Weighing Work-Sharing Unemployment Insurance