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Texas - May, 2009

158 articles

• Law Firm Mergers Accelerate In Early 2009: Survey
• Mark Cuban Accuses SEC Of Withholding Case Info
• Superior-BP Settlement Withstands Investor's Assault
• TiVo, Dish Network DVR Patent Spat Goes To Texas
• LGE Drops Claims in Car A/V Patent Suit
• 5th Circ. Lets Texas Intervene In Lease Oil Case
• RIM Unit, Sony Bury Hatchet Over Encryption Patents
• KFTC Launches Probe Into Qualcomm Chipset Sales
• Calif. Fines BP $1M For Clean Air Code Slipups
• FCPA Shareholder Suit Against Baker Hughes Nixed
• Foreign Oil Rig Workers' OT Action To Remain In NM
• Haynes Lassos Energy Expert From Greenberg
• CDX Gas Ch. 11 Plan On Track For Confirmation
• In The Wake Of Bilski
• Worker Life Insurance Suit Against Wal-Mart Tossed
• Harbinger Files Competing Ch. 11 Plan For Asarco
• Panel Rejects Judge's Disability Claim In Scandal
• Centocor Patents Stand In Fight Over Abbott's Humira
• Amazon, Apple Sued Over Online Payment Patents
• SEC Claims Investment Adviser Misrepresented Risk
• Lockheed Awarded $37M In Suit V. L-3 Unit
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Scott Baker
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' David Craig Landin
• Aloft Adds Patent To Browser Suit Against Google
• Q&A With Weil Gotshal's Arvin Maskin
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's James Ferguson
• Transmeridian Looks To Sell Off Kazakhstan Oil Field
• BP, Indian Tribe Object To CDX Disclosure Statement
• Harbinger Fights To File Competing Asarco Plan
• Quest Resource, Ex-CEO Settle For $2.4M
• Q&A With O'Melveny & Myers' Eric Rothenberg
• Q&A With Latham & Watkins' Robert Howard
• Faulty Demand Letter Dooms Investor Suit V. Lancer
• Covad Settles With VoxPath In VoIP Patent Suit
• Patent Suit Against Car Makers Stays Put
• Investors Fight To Protect $10M In CDX Ch. 11
• Broad Climate Bill Clears House Energy Committee
• Fed. Circ. Orders Transfer of Sanofi Patent Suit
• Lawmaker Tries Again For Disaster Reinsurance Plan
• Oncor, IntusIQ Strike Deal In Wireless Patent Suit
• Asbestos Claimants Want Asarco Plan Nixed
• Alliance Calls For Arbitration Over Oil Fraud Claims
• Stanford Examiner Wants Accounts Released
• Sprint Call Center Workers Win Back Wages
• Waxman-Markey Climate Bill Faces Grueling Markups
• Gemstar Hit With Injunction In SEC Suit V. Ex-NFLer
• Tesoro Settles Wash. OT Class Action
• OSHA Cites 30 Violations In Fatal Delek Refinery Fire
• AmeriFirst Ex-Director Gets 15 Months, New Charges
• Texas AG Accuses Debt Settlement Cos. Of Fraud
• Policy Doesn't Cover $10M Shooting Award: Insurer
• Creditors Win More Time To Review LandSource Plan
• Jury Belts Microsoft With $200M Infringement Verdict
• WaMu Forced To Wait In Bid For JPMorgan Docs
• EDS, Virgin Reach Deal In Prepaid Phone Patent Suit
• Honeywell Settles With BenQ In LCD Patent Suit
• Finisar Patent Claims Nixed In Suit Against DirecTV
• Judge Blasts Plaintiffs' Lawyer In Guidant MDL
• Natural Gas Co. Wants Claim Cut From Antitrust Suit
• AT&T Mich. Unit Slapped With Overtime Class Action
• Verizon Wins Invalidity Claims In Text Alert Spat
• IBM Says Encoding-Method Patent Invalid
• Mexican Paper Giant's Disclosure Statement OK'd
• DOJ, States Join Whistleblower Suits V. Wyeth
• Turbulent Energy Market Send TXCO Into Ch. 11
• Stay Lifted For End Touches On Flying J, Shell Deal
• Energy Partners Files Prenegotiated Ch. 11 Plan
• Yahoo Must Pay $6.6M In Messaging Ad Case: Jury
• RadioShack Workers Seek Class Cert. In ERISA Suit
• Groups Seek To Punish Bush-Era 'Torture Lawyers'
• Saxon Adds Patents To Suit V. Dell, Apple, Gateway
• Grupo Mexico Appeals Sterlite Bid Protections
• Oil Firms Seek Priority Over SemCrude Senior Lenders
• CommPartners Settles Voxpath VoIP Patent Suit
• HP Yanks Notebook Batteries Due to Fire Hazard
• Summary Judgment Denied In Humira Patent Case
• Wells Fargo Says 2 Insurers Owe It $19.1M
• JPMorgan Cries Foul At WaMu's Examination Bid
• Stanford Exec Pleads Not Guilty To Obstruction
• Oil Co. Fails To Get US' 'Prop Washing' Suit Tossed
• Smithfield May Be Liable For Swine Flu: Suit
• Halliburton, KBR Sued Over 'Reign of Terror'
• CB&I Can't Escape Liability Suit Over Pa. Cleanup
• AIG Unit Says $10M Policy Obtained Through Fraud
• Suit V. Farmers Over Alleged Insurance Bias Revived
• API Sues Yahoo, Google, Others Over Network Patent
• Insurer Denies Liability In Organ Donor Fraud Suit
• Versata Asks Court To Overturn Verdict For Sun
• House Leaders Push For Impeachment Of Judge Kent
• Huntsman's Beef With Banks Going To Jury
• Wis. AG Seeks $212M Forfeiture From Pfizer Unit
• Stanford Exec Charged With Obstructing SEC Suit
• Suit Says Google Keyword Ads Infringe Trademarks
• Sanofi-Aventis Suit Stayed For Genentech Petition
• Ex-NFLer Slammed In $24M Securities Fraud Suit
• AT&T, AmEx Sued Over Secure Transaction Patent
• Bankrupt Co. Directors May Be Shareholder Targets
• Bankruptcy Crucial For Stanford Creditors: Investors
• Asarco Wins Exclusivity Extension To Push Plan
• Exxon Investors Target Mutual Funds With E-Mail
• Citing Egyptian Goddess, Fed. Circ. Vacates Verdict
• District Judge Gets 33 Months In Sexual Abuse Case
• PalTalk's Xbox Suit Against Microsoft Dismissed
• Orbitz, Others Seek To Pause IP Spat V. Parallel
• Simbionix Wants McKool Smith Off Patent Suit
• $80M Stalking Horse Bid For Pilgrim's Plant Gets OK
• Aerotech Sues Ex-Execs Over Trade Secrets
• Deal Ends Mitel Phone, Net Patent Suit V. ShoreTel
• Crusader Gets OK To Tap Collateral, Pay Bonuses
• Chinese Patent Litigation: Tips For US Companies
• Texas Hang-Ups May Boost Patent Suits In Delaware
• Akin Gump Faces $72.6M Patent Malpractice Verdict
• Flying J Gets $20M DIP Facility For Pipeline
• Ethanol Producer White Energy Enters Ch. 11
• SEC Accuses Texas Broker Of $10M Oil Well Scam
• Finoc Settles Broadband Patent Suit With Cisco, 3Com
• Novartis Loses Bid To End Wyeth ReFacto Patent Suit
• Anadarko To Pay $9M Over Wyo. Oil Spill
• Gardere Wynne Latest To Cut Associate Pay
• Pilgrim's Creditors Object To Fee On $80M Sale
• $30M From Insurers Settles ACS Derivative Suits
• Today's Toxic Asset Sale Program — Sound Familiar?
• Wi-LAN, Infineon Settle Wireless Technology Claims
• Arbitration Ordered In Suit Over Death At BP Plant
• Post-Bankruptcy Pension Cost: Potential Jobs Killer
• India's Movement To Protect Basmati As Its Own
• Schooner Petroleum Struck With WARN Action
• Clear With Computers Deceived USPTO: Boeing
• Insurer Off Hook For Wage Case Defense: Judge
• Texas Retailer Still Hopes To Win Leegin Case
• Insurer Adds Claims To Rohm And Haas Indemnity Suit
• ITC Begins Patent Probe Into Light-Switch Maker
• Samsung, LG Face Internal Antenna Patent Suit
• IBM, SuperSpeed Settle Computer Patent Spat
• Brookstone Sues JC Penney Over BBQ Fork Patent
• Fenwick & West Corporate Lawyers, Others Laid Off
• ABA Lobbies High Court On Attorney-Client Privilege
• 8th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Amway Antitrust Suit
• San Antonio Off Hook For $20M Benzene Suit: Court
• Clifford Chance Lawyers Form New Firm
• Clarion, Affinity Strike Deal In Audio Patent Suit
• Pilgrim's Pride Seeks Approval For $80M Plant Sale
• New Kan. Gov., Utility Strike Coal Plant Deal
• Linksmart Wi-Fi Patent Suits Consolidated In E. Texas
• WaMu Asks To Examine JPMorgan For Fraud
• OPTi Seeks $12M In Further Damages Against Apple
• Belkin Settles CSIRO Wi-Fi Patent Claims
• Energy Partners Gets OK To Tap Cash Collateral
• Abbott Opens Fire On J&J Unit Over Humira Patent
• Biovail, GSK Want Wellbutrin Antitrust Suit Tossed
• If I Were Obama, I'd Nominate ...
• Billable Hour Leaves Firms Vulnerable To Attack
• Class Conditionally Certified In Centex OT Suit
• Oil Prices Cited In Energy Partners Ch. 11 Filing
• Charter, Spectrum Cases Poised To Set Precedent
• Equity Committee Appointed In Pilgrim's Pride Ch. 11
• Applera Wins Fees In Calif. Appeal Over DNA Patent
• Marshals Refuse To Arrest Surrendering Stanford