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Texas - November, 2012

186 articles

• Time Warner Can't Ditch TiVo Claims In DVR Patent Fight
• Texas Bill Would Lower Rights Threshold In Energy Projects
• Centex Investor Drops Dispute Over Merger Suit Settlement
• DOJ Asks Court To Defer Texas Voting Rights Act Challenge
• Docs Must Disclose Risk Of Unseen Conditions: Texas Court
• GOP Bill Would Boost Funding For Oil, Gas R&D
• Court Axes Former El Paso Mayor's Suit To Save City Hall
• Texas Hospital Can Sell Discounted Drugs, FTC Staff Says
• Power Plant Developer Says Ex-Employees Hid Side Project
• Orrick Resolves $95M Malpractice Claims Over CDO Deal
• Devon Energy Fights Investor's $200M Verdict At Texas Court
• Novak Druce, Connolly Bove Give Thumbs-Up To Merger Plan
• Mintz Levin Guides Corinthian In Air Conditioning Co. Buy
• Haynes And Boone Faces Clawback From Texas Housing Agency
• Droplets Wants Web Patent Suits Combined In Texas MDL
• TransCanada's Power To Seize Land For Keystone XL Upheld
• AstraZeneca Opposes MDL In Nexium Bone Density Suits
• Texas Court Upholds TRO In Sierra Club Toxic Dump Battle
• Judge Pares Claims In Texas Taxi Price-Fixing Suit
• FDIC's Morgan Stanley RMBS Suit Sent To Texas State Court
• How Healthy Is Your Law Firm? Time For A Stress Test
• 5th Circ. Upholds Ban On Nondebtor Releases In Vitro Case
• Energy Co. Can't Revive Suit Over Failed Lease Sale
• Texas Court Sides With Family In Oil Royalties Dispute
• CPA Gets 18 Months In Ex-NFL Star's $20M Mortgage Scam
• New Midstream Co. Gets $300M From Kayne Anderson
• Burleson Taps Energy Pro To Lead New Texas Office
• REIT Spends $120M On Energy Co. Encana's US Base
• Military Officials OK 100-Turbine South Texas Wind Farm
• Obama Administration Lands $134M In Gulf Lease Sale
• Texas Judge Tosses $12M Malpractice Suit Over ConAgra MDL
• Smith & Nephew Pays $782M For Texas Wound Care Co.
• Int'l Paper Wants Atty Fee Agreement Axed In Enviro Suit
• DOI Wasn't Barred From New Ban On Gulf Drilling: 5th Circ.
• Trico Lenders Seek Contempt Order In $65M Loan Dispute
• Boxer Property Buys 2 Dallas-Area Office Buildings
• Texas Lawmaker Proposes BPA Ban For Children's Products
• Christmas Light Co. Is A Scrooge To Workers, DOL Says
• Baylor Hospital Inks Medicare FCA Settlement With DOJ
• Katten Adds Baker Botts Enviro Partner To Austin Office
• SNR Denton Lures IP Pro From Thompson & Knight
• Dallas Suburb OKs Funding For 320-Acre Mixed-Use Project
• Ericsson Sues Samsung Over Refusal To License Patents
• O'Quinn Law Firm Seeks Lexington Docs In Coverage Fight
• Texas AG Blasts Subpoena In $421M FCA Suit
• Ex-Owner, Texas Rangers Agree To Settle RE Projects Row
• Texas Lawmakers Eye Gov't Contract Transparency
• Energy Co. Execs Blocked From Foreclosing On Oil Interests
• Nanotech Co. Accuses Merger Partner Of Scuttling Pact
• ConocoPhillips Gets $5B In Sale Of Kazakh Oil Field Stake
• Thompson & Knight Blasts Scant Evidence In Malpractice Ruling
• Texas Gov. Perry Sends Chief Of Staff To State High Court
• 5th Circ. Rules Miss.'s LCD Price-Fixing Suit A Mass Action
• Scripps Paper Can't Duck Tax Incentive Defamation Suit
• Regulators Hammer Black Elk Over Offshore Safety Violations
• Recruiter Can't Make Rival Delete Web Posting, Court Says
• Texas Docs Can't Toss Chiropractor Rule Yet, Court Says
• Appeals Court Lifts Block On T-Mobile-MetroPCS Merger
• Texas Judge Upholds $12M Asarco Asbestos Deal Challenge
• Brookfield Pulls $380M For Target HQ, Houston Tower
• Shakeup At Dallas Law Firm Adds New Name Partner
• Motorola Joins EMG's List Of Patent Infringement Targets
• Texas Judge Denies Enviros Win In CAA Suit Against Exxon
• Samsung, LG, HTC Infringe Audio IP, Patent Holder Says
• Medical Co. Says Adviser Misled It On Risks Of Going Public
• Feds Slam Ex-Mayor's Deposition Bid In $100M Kickback Case
• Dallas Office Tower Seeks Receiver To Stop Foreclosure
• Highway Contractor Loses Damages Appeal In Texas Court
• Pain Therapeutics Can't Duck Investors' Remoxy Suit
• MetroPCS, T-Mobile Look To Nix Order Blocking $1.5B Merger
• Judge Axes Publisher's Copyright Claims Against Winstead
• Insurers Should Expect More Unclaimed Property Suits
• 2 Ex-Stanford Execs Convicted For Roles In $7B Scheme
• Fried Frank Sued For $80M Over Co.'s Tax Sharing Deal
• Power Generator Co. Hit With $9M Suit Over Plant Shutdown
• TCEQ Weighs Radioactive Fracking Waste Disposal Rule
• KBR Faces $150M False Claims Act Suit Over Soldier Housing
• Norton Rose Fulbright Eyes Cross-Border Energy Dominance
• Herbal Brownie Maker Files Libel Suit Over Marijuana Claims
• Creditors In $485M Ponzi Scheme Want Broker Fees Returned
• Nintendo's Wii, 3DS Targeted In Texas Patent Suit
• Anadarko Shareholders Urge Court Not To Toss Deepwater Suit
• 546(E) Protects Contracts Beyond The Usual Safe Harbor
• Enterprise Seeks FERC's OK On Rates For $1.4B ATEX Pipeline
• Texas Agencies Settle Female Workers' Pay Bias Claims
• Texas Oil, Gas Regulator Seeks Authority For New Fees
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Landmark Ledbetter Act Case
• O'Quinn Law Firm Wants Ironshore Silica Coverage Suit Axed
• Apple, Amazon, Spotify Sued Over Data System IP
• Judge Won't Block Tax Hike To Fund Austin Med School
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Landowner's $70M Taking Claim
• Texas Jury Splits Verdict In EMS Commanders' FLSA Suit
• Stanford Investors Drop $1.8B Suit On Greenberg, Hunton
• PE Firms Stand By $713M TPC Offer Despite Higher Rival Bid
• Haddington Closes Midstream PE Fund With $350M In Capital
• States Get Extra Month To Decide On Insurance Exchanges
• Investment Co. Hit With Injunctions Over $53M Forex Fraud
• Texas Appeals Court Nixes BNSF's Win In Shipping Dispute
• Emissions Monitor Team Industrial Fined Over False Reports
• NFL Punter Sues Reliant Stadium Operators Over Knee Injury
• Texas Hospital Has Immunity In Ex-Worker's Contract Suit
• Fed. Circ. Restores $15M Patent Verdict Against Maersk
• Denbury Sues Lloyd's To Recoup $52M In Oil Well Losses
• Gastar Wants Out Of $130M Chesapeake Joint Venture Dispute
• V&E Reps Targa Resources On $950M Bakken Shale Asset Buy
• RE Investor Assails Ex-Partner's $42M Jury Award At Hearing
• NY Firm Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix Arbitration in $12.8M Stock Suit
• GGP Retools $1.2B Of Mall Debt As Part Of Refi Push
• Pernix Inks $101M Deal To Purchase Cypress Pharmaceuticals
• Patton Boggs Claims Clients Flubbed Pipeline Transaction
• Akin Gump Real Estate Malpractice Suit Revived
• El Paso Businessman Can't Shake Indictment In Kickback Case
• ADEA Doesn't Cover 'Bad' Hiring Picks, 5th Circ. Rules
• TiVo's Claims Stay Put In Motorola DVR Patent Fight
• Texas High Court Floats Rules For 'Loser-Pays' Dismissals
• Andrews Kurth Adds Stanford To RE Co.'s Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Refinery Worker Reaped $20M In Kickback Scam, Suit Says
• Texas Lawmakers Move To Rein In Margin Tax
• Bill Would Bar Texas Insurers From Denying Gays Coverage
• Texas Dems Seek To End State's Fracking Tax Breaks
• SEC Can Use SOX To Claw Back Exec Bonuses, Judge Rules
• The Importance Of The 5th Circ. Vitro Holding
• Hensel Phelps Seeks To Exit $2M Airport Train Suit
• New IRS Rules Allow AMR To Freeze Pilot Pension Plans
• T Bank Didn't Have Unsafe Dealings With Check Processor: ALJ
• Alliance Data To Pay $460M For Hyper Marketing
• Vets Get Prison Time For Army Recruiting Bonus Scheme
• Pitcher Can't Block Pipeline With Phantom Ocelots, Cos. Say
• TI, Others Sued Over Battery Charge Patent
• Energy Firm CEO Cops To $485M Investment Scheme
• Ex-Im Loan Plot Gets Pecan Co. Owner 4 Years
• Court Supports Reversal Of $75M Vacant Theme Park Appraisal
• Texas Firm Faces Fraud, Malpractice Claims Over Hotel Deal
• Texas Blocked From Defunding Planned Parenthood
• EMC Says Venue Transfer Denial Treads On MDL Panel's Power
• Marathon Wants To Boot Fulbright In $792M Oil Contract Row
• Metals Co. Cheated Us Out Of $6.7M, Texas Finance Firm Says
• EEOC Tells 5th Circ. That Lactation Bias Is Sex Bias
• Home Care Co. Wants Block On Patient Data Access Lifted
• Exxon Enviro Settlement Docs Privileged, Texas Court Says
• Atty Says Texas Firm Fired Her Over Pregnancy
• TPC Board Approves Beefed-Up $713M PE Buyout Bid
• Missing The Class Action Removal Boat To Federal Court
• Bell Nunnally, Telecom Supplier Settle Malpractice Suit
• Dems Gain Majority On San Antonio Appellate Bench
• Tsakos Paid Kickbacks For $100M In Shipping Work, Suit Says
• Texas High Court Weighs Requirement For Atty Fee Deposit
• Law Firm's Bad-Faith Claim Against OneBeacon Revived
• Forest Oil Wants $20M Award Chucked For Arbitrator Bias
• EPA's Additional Fracking Rules May Bring Confusion
• Jury Awards VirnetX $368M In Patent Fight Against Apple
• Judge Junks American Airlines Suit Against NMB Union Ruling
• Former Valerus Worker Sues Over Stock Redemption
• Match.com Targets Email Provider Over 'Frivolous' Spam Suits
• 7th Conspirator Gets 41 Months In $45M Health Care Fraud
• Nestle Seeks Rehearing In Challenge To Texas Margin Tax
• Goldman Sachs, Others Want $900M Guaranty MBS Suit Nixed
• Texas Agency Considers Exclusive Well-Cleanup Contracts
• Landowners Press Texas High Court For Oil Royalties Class
• Mosaid Sues STMicro, Others Over Semiconductor Patents
• When SEC Subpoenas Are Too Close For Comfort To Litigation
• What Obama's Re-Election Means For Health Care Policy
• Natural Gas, Renewables Set To Dominate Obama's 2nd Term
• Fish & Richardson Dodges Suit Over Link To Arbitrator
• Texas Judicial Hopeful Skirts $1.3B Malpractice Trial Until May
• Texas Rangers Want Ex-Owner Forced To Unveil Capital Sources
• Ex-GameStop VP Admits To Embezzling $2M In Plea Deal
• Weingarten Realty Investors Hit With Sex Discrimination Suit
• Texas Lawmaker Asks For AG's Take On Same-Sex Benefits
• Harbinger, EXCO Form $725M Energy Exploration JV
• German Shipping Cos. Pay $1.2M For Oil Dumping At Sea
• Texas Court Reopens Atty's Suit Over Dynegy Legal Fees
• Thompson & Knight Hit With $960K Malpractice Judgment
• Dallas College Aims To Stop ACA Contraceptive Coverage
• Wal-Mart Women Say Outdated Precedent Nixed Class Claims
• W.Va. AG Says Texas Firm Is Exploiting $25B Mortgage Deal
• Could CT's Approach To Clean Energy Be A National Model?
• Texas Windstorm Insurer On Financial Brink, Lawmakers Told
• Macerich Sells 50 Percent Stake In Upscale Dallas Mall
• Businessman Admits To Role In Iran Missile Export Plot
• Texas Appeals Court Tosses Contract Suit Against Chase Bank
• Texas Policymakers To Push Margin Tax Changes Next Year
• No Need To Move EMC IP Suit From Texas, Fed. Circ. Hears
• Wells Fargo Can't Shed Claims In $101M Construction Loan Suit
• Texas Court Flips Law Firm Award Over Bad Discovery Review
• Mapping The Pre-Election Landscape