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Texas - January, 2015

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• Texas Supreme Court Takes Up Chesapeake Gas Royalty Feud
• Texas High Court Takes Appeal Bond Query In $600M Suit
• AIG Unit Dodges Hotel's Biz Loss Claim Over Broken AC
• Texas Justices Revive $21M Oil Royalties Suit Over Well Site
• Texas Industries' Settlement In $2.7B Merger Row Gets OK
• Order Not Final Without Atty Fee Ruling: Texas High Court
• Latham's Shake Shack IPO Grabs Spotlight Amid Busy Week
• Texas Justices To Review Faulty Deed, Gas Lease Dispute
• UT Wants High Court Review In $11M Tax Refund Suit
• CMS Extends Bans On New Providers In 6 States
• Texas Farm Bureau Wants Water Well Accommodation
• Texas High Court To Hear Dispute Over Plains' $83M Award
• Ex-Texas Gov. Perry Tries Again To Nix Criminal Charges
• Electricity-Focused InfraREIT Shares Soar In Public Debut
• 5th Circ. Nixes Ruling On Undocumented Immigrant Sentences
• BofA, JPMorgan Sink $222M Into Texas Wind Farm
• Tech Giants Back Cisco Fed. Circ. Appeal In $16M Wi-Fi Row
• Allstate, Fidelity Beat FCA Suit Over Inflated Katrina Claims
• Schlumberger Wants Former In-House Atty DQ'd In Patent Row
• Texas Bill Could Open EFH Unit's Assets To Other Generators
• Deals Rumor Mill: BOC Hong Kong, Sysco, Lions Gate
• Sidley Austin Adds Ex-Cadwalader Atty In Houston
• NLRB Defied 5th Circ. In Class Waiver Fight, Murphy Oil Says
• Texas Court Nixes $1.3B Malpractice Claim In Chevron Case
• TPG Accuses Ex-Spokesman Of Stealing Info, Extortion
• Patent Reform To Get New Life In GOP-Led Congress
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Houston Energy Co. Wins $8.5M In Ex-Employee Fraud Dispute
• Texas Agencies Fall Short In Contracting Process, Report Says
• BP Spill Payments Helped Local Economy, Expert Testifies
• Court Approval Required For Mediation, Texas Judge Says
• Alston & Bird Scoops 8-Lawyer Andrews Kurth Finance Team
• Estate Can Sue Atty Over Handling Of Trusts: Texas Court
• Michaels Nailed Again With Applicant Background Check Suit
• NY, LA Lead 33 Mayors' Support Of Obama Immigration Action
• Perry Stands By Veto After Corruption Charges Are Upheld
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2014 JPML Practice Trends
• BP Witness Says Marshes, Beaches Back To Pre-Spill Form
• Texas Ex-Gov. Perry Can't Shake Abuse-Of-Office Indictment
• Susman Godfrey Will Close Dallas Office In 2016
• Vinson & Elkins Bests Davis Polk Bonuses For Top Associates
• Bitcoin Miner CoinTerra Files For Liquidation
• GM Shakes Auto Parts Co.'s Antitrust Row In 5th Circ.
• Financial Co. Dodges Texas Tax Investment Fraud Suit
• Texas City Fights Off Bid To Remand Drilling Ban Suit
• Sam Wyly's Ex-Wife Sues For Cut Of Disputed Stock Holdings
• Court Square Gets Research Now Stake From TA-Led Group
• When Scientific Research Becomes False Advertising
• 26 States Now Challenging Obama's Immigration Action
• Texas Corp. Tells Court Stock Buyout Off The Table
• BP's Deepwater Response Was 'Extraordinary,' Witnesses Say
• Justices Reject Asylum Appeal Over Eritrean Conscription
• NiSource Pipeline MLP Aims For $800M IPO As Oil Prices Fall
• Joe's Crab Shack Owner Settles With Investors Over 2012 IPO
• Pillsbury Adds 10 In Austin With Bracewell IP Team
• AmeriFirst Con Man Asks High Court To Review His Sentence
• Visa Contends Its Stiffer Merchant Fees Breed Competition
• Diamond McCarthy Ex-Partner Can't Escape Texas Court
• High Court Denies River Shipper's Oil Pollution Act Case
• Signal Can't Kill Human Trafficking Suit, Judge Says
• High Court Rejects Ex-BP Exec's Appeal In Obstruction Case
• Investors Reject KBR Claims In Earnings Fraud Class Action
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Liggins
• Saks, EEOC Transgender Cases To Inspire More Worker Suits
• Ex-Schlumberger Atty Backs Anti-SLAPP Law's Use In IP Suit
• Feds Say BP, Anadarko Can Handle Max Deepwater Penalties
• Ex-PilePro CFO Gets Former Firm DQ'd In IP Theft Case
• Whistleblower Says Health Fraud Convictions Seal FCA Claims
• Blue Calypso, Groupon Spar Over Stay Following AIA Rulings
• EEOC Backs Former Saks Worker's Transgender Bias Suit
• Diamond McCarthy Refutes Ex-Partner's Special Appearance
• Ex-Client Of Judge's Defense Atty Killed Witness, Sources Say
• Feds Highlight Economic Harm To Gulf In BP Penalty Trial
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• Nexstar Lines Up $275M Note Offering To Back TV Deals
• Austin Legal Market Comes Of Age As Tech Drives Growth
• Hess Drains Well Pollution Suit After Excluding Expert
• 10 Tips For Downsizing Workforces In An Energy Crunch
• Westmount Nets $52M In Sale Of Charlotte Business Park
• Longtime Houston Attorney Leaves Beck Redden To Start Firm
• United Airlines Faces Class Action Over Low-Fare Promise
• Justices Grill Texas On FHA Coverage Of 'Disparate Impact'
• BP Downplays Deepwater Spill's Effects, Say Gov't Witnesses
• Israeli Defense Co. Says Satellite IP Is Being Misused In US
• Texas Energy Lobby Backs Challenge To Houston Air Law
• PepsiCo GC Jumps To Dean Foods
• Quinn Emanuel Pads Houston Expansion With Susman Hire
• As Oil Prices Drop, Bankruptcy Attys Say Strike Early
• Sheriff Joe Arpaio Backs Challenge Of Immigration Action
• Baker Botts Sued By Would-Be Client Over Email Disclosure
• American Needle In A Haystack: The Cloned Horses Case
• Exxon, DuPont To Pay $3M For Texas Superfund Cleanup
• High Court Housing Case Could Ease Discrimination Claims
• Griffin-American REIT Makes $340M In Health Care Buys
• BP Penalty Trial Witness Says Deepwater Caused Social Harm
• Life Partners Hits Ch. 11, Looks To Skirt $47M Judgment
• 6 Ways Technology Hobbles Attorney Efforts To Recruit Clients
• BP Deepwater Penalty Should Near $13.7B Max, Feds Say
• Ex-Saks Worker Says Trans Identity Protected By Title VII
• Winstead Nabs Kelly Hart Partner For Securities, M&A Group
• Electricity-Focused InfraREIT Lines Up $400M IPO
• Justices Won't Hear Recruiter Web Defamation Row
• Jury Says Sears, Overstock.com Owe $15M In Tech Patent Row
• BP Faces Final Reckoning In 3rd Deepwater Trial
• Samsung Should Face New IP Trial In ChatON Row, Co. Says
• High Court Takes Up Immigration Case Rejected By 5th Circ.
• Enviros To Appeal Toss Of $641M Exxon Toxic Emissions Suit
• Texas Court Won't Rehear Hurt Workers' Appeal In Wyatt Suit
• Thompson & Knight Scoops Strasburger's Mexico City Chief
• Lightning Oil Can't Stop Anadarko's Horizontal Drilling Plan
• GASFRAC Files Ch. 15 In First Cross-Border Oil Price Casualty
• 5th Circ. Won't Give Jailed Fen-Phen Atty New Hearing
• Fracking Bans May Trigger Civil Authority Coverage After All
• Oil Co. Pursues Arbitration In Venezuela Development Row
• Crown Royal Rival Wants IP Judgment Watered Down
• Chadbourne Says Stanford Malpractice Suit Is Time-Barred
• Natural Gas Partners Raises More Than $5B For Latest Fund
• San Antonio Not Immune In Fee Fight, Texas High Court Told
• Life Partners Tells Texas Court Offerings Weren't Securities
• Texas Court Says Ex-Provost & Umphrey Atty Didn't Steal Suit
• US Chamber, NAM Come Out Against Houston Clean Air Law
• Texas Justices Weigh Insurer Liability For PRP Letters
• Insurer Asks High Court To Tackle Texas Biz Sale Arbitration
• Immigrants Ask To Join Case Over Obama Immigration Action
• Deepwater Trial Judge Caps BP's Spill Fine At $13.7B
• 5th Circ. On Nationwide's Side In Unfair Competition Suit
• Firm Can't Get Full $34M Verdict In Malpractice Insurance Row
• Becton Wins Partial Stay Of Injunction In $340M Antitrust Suit
• Five Point Raises $450M For Midstream PE Funds
• Marlin And Azure Partner To Form Midwest US Gas Giant
• Targa Plans $800M Notes Sale To Repay Atlas Debt In Merger
• Dow Urges Texas High Court To Ax $2.6M Asbestos Verdict
• Houston Plant Tells Texas Justices City Can't Shut Off Service
• Former Texas Congressman's Law License Suspended
• IRS Says Wyly Widow's Tax Liability Will Far Surpass $280M
• Petrohawk Can't Nix $12M Award Over Texas Oil, Gas Lease
• Pharmacy Tells Texas Justices It's A Health Care Provider
• Apple, Ericsson Trade Lawsuits In FRAND Patent Fight
• Feds Clear Texas Plant To Store Nuclear Waste
• 5th Circ. Nixes Sanctions For Atty Honoring Client Privilege
• NLRB Faces New Suit Over Accelerated Union Election Rule
• TPG Leads $186M Funding Round For Online Education Outfit
• McGuireWoods Adds Public Finance Partner To Houston Office
• Greenberg Traurig Sued Over Alleged Dallas Venue Mischief
• Texas High Court Asked To Reinstate $3.9M Hurricane Award
• DuPont Says Texas Law Bars Chemical Leak Death Suits
• NBC, Personal Audio Settle Podcast Patent Suit
• Starwood, KFK Look To Launch Westin Hotel In Dallas
• 12 States Decry Injunction In Immigration Action Suit
• Enbridge To Build $130M Pipeline For Gulf Of Mexico Project
• Moncrief CEO Says Gazprom Stole Trade Secrets In $1.3B Trial
• Norton Rose Faces Revived $6M Fraud Appeal After Fee Mix-Up
• Firm Wants To DQ Arbiter In $5.6M Texas Contract Dispute
• SEC Cleared To Pursue Wyly Widow In $261M Civil Case
• High Court Denies Due Process Appeal Over Miss. River Spill
• Locke Lord Edwards Finalizes Merger Amid Departures
• Supreme Court Won't Review Disbarment Of Jailed Texas Atty
• Mid-Continent Not Liable In $63M Homebuilder's Copyright Suit
• Texas Transmission Line Cases Are Growing In Complexity
• 5th Circ. Judges Question Same-Sex Marriage Bans
• Pharmacies Face Greater Med Mal Risk In Texas Case
• 5th Circ., In Narrow Vote, Denies Review Of BP Spill Liability
• BP Can't Oust Admin For Deepwater Claims, 5th Circ. Told
• Iraq Can Sue In Texas Court Over Disputed Kurdistan Oil
• Texas' Background Check Suit Rightly Tossed, EEOC Says
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Porter Hedges' Ephraim del Pozo
• Lawmakers Say FHA Calls For Use Of Disparate Impact
• 5th Circ. Highlights Importance Of Claim Investigation
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• States Gun For Injunction In Immigration Action Suit
• Diamond McCarthy Says Texas' Long Arm Reaches Ex-Partner
• Landowners' Absence Sinks Exxon Royalty Row: Texas Court
• Injured Workers Ask For En Banc Rehearing Of Wyatt Appeal
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Allow Clawbacks From $9.2B Settlement
• Dallas Immune To $1B Back Pay Suit, Texas High Court Told
• Myers Sells Lawn & Garden Biz To Wingate In $115M Deal
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono, US And Abroad
• Trade Secrets And 3rd Parties: Litigation Traps To Avoid
• 2015 To See More AG-Led Multistate Enforcement Actions
• Houston Tax Firm Sues Ex-Employee Over Bad Online Reviews
• Texas Bills Target Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation Bias
• Winstead Adds Ex-Locke Lord Real Estate Pro In Houston
• 5th Circ. Wary Of Tossing Entire Texas Abortion Law
• Bankrupt Driller WBH Hopeful On Deal With $30M Creditor
• Texas Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Vodka Investment Fraud
• Dykema Partner Appointed As Texas Appellate Judge
• Honda Ducks Air Bag Suit As Design Defect Claims Get Nixed
• Daikin Unit Plans New $417M HVAC Complex In Houston
• A NY Practitioner's Guide To Interstate Discovery
• Fracking Bans Don't Trigger Civil Authority Coverage
• Texas Court Won't Rehear Sierra Club Suits Over Waste Permit
• Sony, Dell Suit Resumes After Ethernet Patent Survives IPR
• UChicago, Authors Want Translation Copyright Case Tossed
• SEC Says Court Should Appoint Receiver For Life Partners
• US Says Shipper's Oil Pollution Act Challenge 'Not Warranted'
• Fair Housing Act Covers Disparate Impact, High Court Told
• NCI Building Plans $250M Note Offering For CENTRIA Deal
• Greenberg, Hunton Say Stanford Receiver Suit Lacks Legs
• Houston Freeze Stifling Health Care Fraud, DOJ Atty Says
• Ex-Doctor Gets 12 Years, $2.4M Fine For Blue Cross Fraud
• Burger King Europe Says Investor Can't Sue In Texas
• City, State And Federal Actions On Minimum Wage In 2014
• Texas Court Restores $2.8M Punitives In Law Partner Dispute
• Alliance Data Continues Buyback Streak With $600M Program
• Mackie Wolf Asks Texas High Court To Weigh Atty Immunity
• Texas Justices Told State Court Can't Sanction Case Removal
• Saks Says Trans Identity Not Protected By Title VII
• Enviros Urge 5th Circ. To Uphold La. Frog Habitat Decision
• Default Hearings Can't Save Bad Complaints, 5th Circ. Says
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• Rolls-Royce Gets Chopper Crash Claims Severed At 5th Circ.
• Shipyard Must Face $78M FCA Suit Over Flawed Hulls
• Texas Court Reinstates Fraud Indictments Against Oil Heir
• Arent Fox Steers VSE In $184M Deal For 4 Killick Units
• Immigration Groups Defend Obama's Executive Action
• Hogan Lovells Guides American Homes 4 Rent's $126M Buy
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley Austin's Yvette Ostolaza
• Thompson & Knight Seeks Arbitrator DQ In Texas Energy Beef
• EPA Gives Final Nod To Texas' Flexible Air Permit Program
• Texas Cases To Watch In 2015
• Texas Legislation To Watch In 2015
• Jones Day Atty's Sanctions Should Be Upheld, 8th Circ. Told
• FERC Greenlights Cheniere's Texas LNG Project
• Blackstone Inks $500M Partnership With Linn Energy
• 2015: Judiciary, Lawyers And Law Schools At The Precipice