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Texas - March, 2015

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• Texas Jury Cut Valero Refinery Appraisal Badly, Court Says
• DOJ Urges Judge To Allow FMLA Same-Sex Rule Change
• Acacia Unit's Counsel DQ'd, Schlumberger IP Suit Tossed
• Multistate Suit Accuses Orbital Of Subscription Service Scam
• Texas Committees Support Streamlining Enviro Permits
• Littler Mendelson Says It Didn't Give Bad Overtime Advice
• SandRidge Stiffed Texas On Gas Royalties, State Justices Told
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Shell $19M FCA Suit
• DOJ Asks 5th Circ. To Lift Hold On Obama Immigration Action
• 5th Circ. OKs Health Exec's Conviction In $100M Bribes Case
• Winstead's New CEO Says Texas Firm Will Continue Growing
• Warburg Pincus Sinks $500M Into Texas Oil Startup
• Aetna Ignoring Key Claims In $120M Kickback Suit, Court Told
• BakerHostetler Adds Privacy, Data Protection Pro In Houston
• McDermott Lures Tax Controversy Trio From Dentons
• Signal Claims Trafficking Allegations Were Falsified
• 5th Circ. Upholds Drug Trafficking Ruling In Re-Entry Case
• New Evidence Is No Good Against Honda In Air Bag Death Suit
• V&E Hires Former Texas Energy Commissioner
• Med Mal Arbitration Rule Waives Consumer Rights, Attys Say
• Texas Firms Find Midwest Culture Makes Tie-Ups Natural Fit
• Mid-Continent Says Magistrate Erred In $63M Coverage Fight
• JC Penney Takes $3M Atty Fee Battle To Texas High Court
• Texas Committee OKs Bill To Block Local Fracking Bans
• Dykema Plans Merger With Texas-Based Cox Smith Matthews
• Texas Urges 5th Circ. To Deny DAPA Moms' Intervention Bid
• The 2015 Rising Stars, By Firm
• Texas Prosecutors Slam Perry's Claims In Criminal Appeal
• Departing Eastern District Judge Joins Fish & Richardson
• Fizer Beck Says It's Not To Blame For $2M Arbitration Award
• Dillard's Underwear Model Loses Image Rights Appeal
• Gray Reed Hires 5-Member Litigation Team In Houston
• Aetna Rebuffs Judge-Shopping Claim In $120M Kickbacks Suit
• Nonprofit Takes Texas Endangered Crane Suit To High Court
• Marine Superintendents Not Exempt From FLSA, 5th Circ. Says
• No $11M FICA Refund For Med Residents, Feds Tell High Court
• Microsoft, CVS, JPMorgan Sued Over Geolocation Patents
• Texas Justices Say Banks Can Recoup Foreclosure Costs
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• BMC Software May Be Good News For Taxpayers
• Golf Channel Wants Mulligan On $6M Stanford Suit
• 3 States Can't Call Shots On Immigration For US, 5th Circ. Told
• Ala., Okla. Join $98M Carbon Black CAA Settlement
• Gulf Chem Entitled To Franchise Tax Refund, Texas Court Says
• Patent Reform — Texas Style
• States Block FMLA Same-Sex Spouse Rule Change
• Texas Firms Branch Out While Doubling Down At Home
• Royston Rayzor Defends Fee Agreement In Texas High Court
• Conoco Secured In Oil Contamination Suit, Texas Court Says
• Anadarko Asks High Court To Mull Deepwater Horizon Liability
• Texas Court Says Lloyd's Off Hook For $5M Rita Repairs
• Texas Senate Passes $4.6B In Business, Property Tax Cuts
• Texas Justices Urged To Rehear Med Mal Arbitration Row
• Six Charged In Texas Marriage Fraud, Immigration Scam
• Plagiarism Alone Didn't Prompt Jackson Lewis Sanction
• Christie Takes Heat For Backing States' Immigration Suit
• Ariz. Sheriff OK'd To File Doc In States' Immigration Suit
• Texas Court Does About-Face In Retail Tax Audit Ruling
• Firm Escapes Revival Of FCA Suit Over LSU Hospital Deal
• Opponents Of Houston Equality Law Say Signatures Are Valid
• Whistleblower Fights Omnicare Sanction Request In FCA Suit
• Ex-Texas Tech Coach Asks State Justices To Hear ESPN Suit
• Stanford-Related Fraud Class Sees Some Claims Trimmed
• Schlumberger Unit To Pay $233M Over Iran, Sudan Sanctions
• DuPont Wants Houston Chemical Deaths Cases Consolidated
• Can Employers Record Employee Phone Conversations?
• Court Misconstrued Gas Contract, Texas High Court Hears
• US Energy Policy, Taxes Warding Off Biz, Rick Perry Says
• Chadbourne, Proskauer Renew Bid For Class Info In Ponzi Suit
• Shipping Co. Claims It Can't Be Sued In Texas Superfund Row
• Chesapeake Fights Royalty Ruling At Texas High Court
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Just Say No (To MDLs)?
• 5th Circ. OKs Faster Appeal Of Immigration Action Block
• Ex-Baker Botts Client Says Firm Can't Escape $41M Verdict
• Andrews Kurth Steers Sunoco In $816M ETP Deal
• Judge Bumps Next Trafficking Trial Against Signal To July
• PE Firm Quantum To Invest $1B In Linn To Buy Energy Assets
• Mid-Continent Can't Get Texas High Court's Input In IP Row
• Opponents Slam Texas Gas Regulation Bills As 'Attacks'
• Texas Commission Says State Judge Violated Election Law
• Chesapeake Suit To Decide Who Foots The Gas Delivery Bill
• DOJ, States Tussle Over Discovery In Immigration Action Row
• Groups Cite Congress' Dissent In NLRB Election Rule Suit
• SEC's Corinthian Colleges Probe Held Up By Privacy Issues
• Carbon Black Producer Inks $98M Settlement Over CAA Claims
• Former Atty Defrauded Houston Hospital Of $9M, Feds Say
• Retired NFL Player's Pension Appeal Rebuffed By High Court
• Haynes And Boone Wins Back Finance Pro From Strasburger
• High Court Denies Review Of Army Corps' Wetlands Finding
• Tenet, USPI To Combine Outpatient And Short-Stay Centers
• CORRECTED: Baker Hughes Investors Settle Suit Over $35B Halliburton Deal
• High Court Axes Appeal In Texas Strip Club Tax Row
• Southwestern Energy Nets $218M From Texas, Arkoma Sale
• The Law360 400
• A Texas Court's Broad Reading Of FCA Public Disclosure Bar
• Litigation Firms Make Cuts Amid Work Slowdown
• Is MegaLaw Just Big Enough To Fail?
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• This Week In Congress: Bicameral Coincidence, Vote-A-Rama
• Black Stone Minerals Plans $100M Debut In Slow IPO Market
• NFL Must Mediate Super Bowl Ticket Cases, Judge Rules
• Failed UT Applicant's SCOTUS Bid Gets Conservative Support
• Texas Justices Greenlight Spectator Suit Against UT Arlington
• Bombardier Can't Get $32M Refund For Airline Fee Tax
• Texas High Court Says AT&T Can Sue Over Bridge Demolition
• Texas High Court Affirms Houston Workers Pension Ruling
• BreezyPrint Prevails In Samsung Unit's Software Patent Suit
• DOJ Strives To Fend Off Sanctions In Immigration Action Suit
• Texas High Court Sends Condo Dispute To Arbitration
• Workers In Texas Signal Case Fight To Use $14M Verdict
• 5 New FCA Rulings Attys Need To Know
• Senator Calls Hearing On Exec. Action Suit 'Premature'
• Houston Tex-Mex Chain's Contractor Hit With $40M Suit
• Sidley's Blown Deadline In $40M Case Provides Stark Lesson
• McGuireWoods Adds 2 Dallas Litigators From Akerman
• Carrizzo Worker Sues Over Injury In Gulf Valve Explosion
• American Spectrum Attys Duck Fines For Surprise Ch. 11
• Texas Court Nixes Indemnity Interpretation In Stock Agreement
• Yahoo's Mayer Key In $1B NCAA Contest Suit, Insurer Says
• Whistlebower Revives Texas County Corruption Suit
• SEC Falls Short In Admin Case Against Former Executives
• UBS Accused Of Swiping BMO Employees, Info In Texas
• Southwestern Energy Reaps $500M From Pa. Gas Pipeline Sale
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Fosun, Galleria, Cammeby's
• Oracle Follows Texas City In Exide Bankruptcy Objections
• Monsanto Co. Settles Southern Wheat Farmers' GMO Claims
• Texas High Court May Reshape Insurers' Decision To Defend
• Decommission Rules Likely To Alter Bonding, Cost Estimates
• Sam Wyly Seeks Court OK To Sell $50M Colo. Ranch
• Marcellus Investor Wants New Trial Over Share Of $40M Profit
• Investors Try To Duck RICO Claims Of $25M Property Scam
• Texas Sues Labor Dept. Over FMLA Same-Sex Couple Rule
• Anadarko Grabs 20% Stake In $850M Crude Oil Pipeline
• Lack Of Evidence Axes Malpractice Award, Texas Court Told
• SunEdison Plans 150MW In Texas Solar Plants
• Looking At Appraisal Rights Outside Delaware
• Ex-Texas Judge Again Pleads Not Guilty In Bribery Case
• We've Got Spirit — And It's Trademarked
• Alleged Signal Agent Should Face Trafficking Suit, Judge Says
• OPINION: Not All That Is Public Should Be Publicized
• Jones Walker Adds Energy Pros To RE, Transactions Groups
• Texas High Court Urged To Rehear $21M Royalty Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Laundering Row Asset Seizure Ruling
• Jury Frees Apple From Core Wireless Patent Suit
• Schlumberger Fights Use Of Anti-SLAPP To Ax Secrets Claims
• Skadden, Paul Weiss, Bass Berry Guide $849M Housing Deal
• Refining Group Sues BNSF Over Oil Tank Car Surcharge
• 11 States Want EPA To Ax NAAQS Ozone Change
• Hughes Wants Willful Infringement Claims Tossed In IP Suit
• High Times Ends Trademark Suit With Dank Settlement
• Sabine Oil & Gas Hires Kirkland As Restructuring Counsel
• Signal Says Bankruptcy Likely Before Next Trafficking Trial
• Drillers Wary Of Decommission Regs As Oil Prices Fall
• Texas Pols Want Tax Credits For Alternate Fracking Fluids
• 2 Texas Bills Want Cities Cut Out Of Oil And Gas Regulation
• Up The Irish: St. Paddy's Is For Celebrating Pro Bono, Too
• Insurer Disavows Shipbuilder's $78M FCA Suit At 5th Circ.
• Holland & Knight Adds 5 Real Estate Attys From K&L Gates
• Pa. Judge Overrides Ambit's Texas Forum Selection Clause
• Mid-Continent Should Face $63M Coverage Row, Judge Says
• States Fight Quicker Pace In 5th Circ. Immigration Appeal
• Reed & Scardino Tackles Employment With Ex-Winstead Pro
• Feds To Appeal BP's $13.7B CWA Cap In Deepwater Disaster
• Immigration Executive Actions An Ethical Minefield For Attys
• 5th Circ. Erases Software Company's $13 Million Tax Debt
• Making Sense Of Apportionment In Patent Damages: Part 2
• Texas Court Won't Hear Anglo-Dutch Litigation Funding Suit
• Texas Justices Take Occidental's Appeal Over Blinded Worker
• Texas Lawmakers Target EPA Actions With New Bills
• Texas Bill Would Give Cities Notification Of EB-5 Visas
• Deepwater Subpoena Ruling Turns Up Heat On Offshore Cos.
• Texas High Court Will Hear $72M Coverage Dispute
• Cancer-Focused Biotechs ViewRay, Xbiotech Join IPO Rush
• 5th Circ. Spurns DOJ Response Deadline In Immigration Row
• Mary Kay Hits Internet Coupon Site With Trademark Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Revisit Transocean Deepwater Subpoenas
• Texas Bills Would Give All Tribes Shot At Gaming
• States Taking A Larger Role In Transportation Funding
• Texas Justices Reinstate Bickel & Brewer's DQ Appeal
• Law Profs. Call Executive Action Injunction 'Deeply Flawed'
• Justices Told 5th Circ. Is Solo On Immigration Appeal Stance
• US Oil Workers, Refiners Reach Deal To End Strike
• Texas A&M Donors Say $450M Field Upgrade Threatens Perks
• Jury Rules Texas Strip Club Violated FLSA In Wage Suit
• Ex-Swire Employees Secretly Started New Company, Suit Says
• Two Texas LNG Export Facilities Seek FERC Review
• 5th Circ. Backs Medicare Penalties Against Nursing Home
• Katten Muchin Adds Ex-Vinson & Elkins Energy Atty
• DOJ Asks 5th Circ. To Lift Block On Immigration Actions
• Hotel Didn't Justify Biz Interruption Claims, Texas Court Says
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Halliburton Retaliation Ruling
• Indian Workers Call Signal's Sanctions Bid 'Desperate'
• NFL Found Liable In Super Bowl Seating Fight
• OPINION: Beyond The 'Grow Or Die' Law Firm Model
• US Can't Revive Seaman's Manslaughter Claims In BP Spill
• Morgan Lewis Snags 8 Pros From K&L Gates In Dallas
• Littler Says GC To Blame In OT Advice Malpractice Suit
• BP Urges 5th Circ. Not To Consolidate Deepwater Appeals
• 5th Circ. Says Golf Channel Can't Dodge $6M Stanford Suit
• Perjury Allegation Interrupts Super Bowl Ticket Trial
• 5th Circ. Dumps Developer's Bid For Extra Hail Damage Cash
• Texas Pharma Co. Agrees To Pause Drugmaking After Recall
• Texas Patent Holder Targets 23 In Latest Litigation Spree
• Ex-Norton Rose Attys Launch Dallas IP Boutique
• Valero Seeks $1.25B From Bond Markets
• Can A House Be An Advertisement? The 5th Circ. Thinks So
• Search Engine IP Holder Ends Suit Against Google, Microsoft
• 5th Circ. Says Man Can't Get Asylum For Taliban's Beliefs
• How Obama's Immigration Actions Impact Higher Education
• Texas High Court Video Will Breed Transparency, Pol Says
• Agencies Trim But Can't Nix Suit Fighting Texas Highway Plan
• Life Partners Needs Ch. 11 Trustee, Judge Says
• Cowboys Owner Gets Combative In Super Bowl Seating Trial
• Sidley Austin Adds Former V&E Corporate Pro In Houston
• Workers In Trafficking Case Say Signal's Expert Rightly Curbed
• 5th Circ. Downs Trademark Suit Against AIDS Activist
• Border States Need More Judges Due To Immigration Docket
• Driller BPZ Files For Ch. 11, Citing $275M In Debt
• Texas Health Care Providers Weigh Arbitration Agreements
• Medtronic Hit With FCA Retaliation Suit By Fired Sales Rep
• Ex-Stanford Workers Can't Force Arbitration, SEC Tells Court
• DOJ Must Explain 3-Year Deportation Delays, Judge Says
• Change U.S. Gas Laws To Boost Economy, Texas Agency Says
• Chadbourne Loses Discovery Bid In Stanford Ponzi Suit
• Dune Energy Hits Ch. 11 After Failed Merger
• Chesapeake Broke Eagle Ford Contract, Partner Alleges
• Texas Tribe Is Operating Illegal Sweepstakes, Judge Says
• Discover Unit Says It Has Standing In Visa Monopoly Case
• Texas County Says It Shouldn't Pay Fees In Pollution Suit
• Crestwood Midstream Readies $700M Bond To Revamp Debt
• Aetna 'Judge Shopping' In $120M Kickbacks Suit: Hospital
• BP Defends Deepwater Gross Negligence Appeal
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Cozen O'Connor's Martin Wickliff
• VirnetX, Apple At Odds Over Combining Patent Trials
• Texas High Court Won't Review Law Clearing Asbestos Claims
• Judge Gilstrap Keeps Eastern District's Tight Ship Afloat
• Range Resources Off Hook In Royalty Feud: Texas High Court
• BP Drops Deepwater Claims Administrator Challenge
• Omnicare Is Abusing Atty-Client Privilege, Court Told
• Insurer Off Hook For Suit Over Texas Town House Defects
• Texas Medical Arbitration Rule Preempted By Federal Law
• Texas Justices To Weigh In On Wal-Mart Optometrists' Award
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Pemex Gas Theft Suit
• The Expanding Risk Of State False Claims Act Actions
• Feds Seek Quick Ruling On Bid To Stay Immigration Order
• Prosecutors Trim Bribery Charges Against Ex-Texas Judge
• Texas Court Remands $38M Jet Dispute Over Harsh Sanction
• Chesapeake Faces Opposition In Barnett Shale Royalty MDL
• Steel Co. Lied To Baker Hughes To Make Sales, Suit Says
• Texas Court Revives Developer's Suit Over Houston Flood Law
• ERISA Doesn't Preempt Texas Insurance Law, Judge Rules
• States Want Probe Of 100K Delayed Deportations Claim
• McDonald's Sued After Woman Allegedly Swallows Metal Wire
• EOG Resources Win In Royalty Feud Survives Appeal
• Trinity Tries Again To DQ Judge After $8M Verdict
• Laws Shielding Anti-Gay Bias Will Cost States, Attys Say
• GM Won't Give Workers Unpaid Religious Days, Class Says
• Texas Common Carriers May Soon Be Running In Circles
• BP Earns Appeal Bid But Not Stay In ERISA Suit
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Get Stanford Ponzi Suit Trimmed
• 5th Circ. Lifts Fine On 'No Money Down' Bankruptcy Attys
• Judge Ups OneBeacon Liability In Malpractice Insurance Row
• Bernstein Litowitz, Entwistle To Lead Cobalt Shareholder Suit
• 100,000 DACA Recipients Given 3-Year Deportation Delays
• A&M Football Donors Sue Foundation Over Stadium Seating
• EPA Defends Texas Flexible Air Permit Program At 5th Circ
• NRG, Calpine Fight $590M Texas Energy Project Dismissal
• NFL Commish Blames League For Super Bowl Seating Fiasco
• Jury Grants Samsung Win In LCD Circuit Technology Row
• SEC Fines Texas Brokerage Firm for Supervisory Failures
• Whistleblower Says Omnicare Misled Court In FCA Suit
• Cadwalader Grows Energy Practice With Ex-Sutherland Atty
• Saks Settles High-Profile Trans Discrimination Suit
• Anti-Theft Workers Hit Target With FLSA Overtime Suit
• Exxon Joins 2015 Supermajor Spending Cut Parade
• 5th Circ. Says Paxil Heart Damage Suit Brought Too Late
• High Court Told 5th Circ. Can Hear Immigration Deadline Row
• Oasis Petroleum Seeks $410M In Stock Offering
• NFL's Ex-Super Bowl Planner Defends 2011 Seating Snafu
• Texas Judge Accused Of Sexual Harassment
• States Urge Judge Not To Let Immigration Actions Go Forward
• Signal Wants Sanctions Over Discovery In Trafficking Case
• Texas Judge Refuses To Lift Block On Handgun Transfer Ban
• Judge Says IP Claims Against Volvo Don't Hold Up Under Alice
• Insurers Want $1M For Rail Cars Trashed In Deadly Crash
• Apple Foe Says Doc Organizing Patent Holds Up Under Alice
• Anadarko Slashes 33% Of Its 2015 Project Spending
• Judge Ignores Arpaio Worries Over Immigration Injunction
• Harness Dickey Hires Dentons Team To Launch Dallas Office
• Green Groups Back Houston Clean Air Law In Top Texas Court
• Texas Jury Awards $16.7M In Engine Patent Fight
• Texas Eastern's IP Dockets Stayed Busy Despite National Drop
• First Nurse Diagnosed With Ebola Sues Texas Hospital
• Driller BPZ Skips $62M Payment With Eye To Restructuring
• Supplement Maker Vitacost Settles Workout Drink Patent Tiff
• EDekka Tops List Of Repeat Patent Plaintiffs In 2014
• Client Sues Texas Firm Over Missed $3M Judgment Payout
• Texas Claims Are Getting Nasti: The Insured's Burdens
• This Week In Congress: Netanyahu's Controversial Visit