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Texas - January, 2017

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• Gorsuch Likely To Restore Scalia-Era High Court Balance
• Gorsuch's Credentials Could Prove Troubling To Opposition
• 3 Gorsuch Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• Trump Nominates Judge Gorsuch For High Court Seat
• Trans Prof Can't Enter Obama Bathroom Rule Row, States Say
• Oil Shipping Co. Seeks 5th Circ. Review of $20M Spill Case
• 5th Circ. Says Ex-Stanford Workers Can't Arbitrate
• Oil E&P Co. Says Accountant's Finding Is No Arbitral Award
• Texas Court Says City Isn't Owed Hurricane Ike Coverage
• Dallas Region Office Developer Gains $57.27M In Financing
• Texas Medical Center Escapes Nurse's False Claims Suit
• DOE Tells DC Circ. LNG Export Approvals Were Sound
• Magistrate Suggests Nixing Ex-Football Star's $1M FCA Suit
• San Antonio Defends $84M Travel Website Tax Ruling
• Wind Power In Texas: Not Just Hot Air
• Trump's Interior, Energy Noms Coast To Final Senate Vote
• Trump Order Prompts Judge To Halt Keystone Denial Suit
• Texas Cos., Owner Fight Furniture Seller's Arbitration Bid
• MLB Makes Cardinals Pay Astros $2M For Database Hack
• Capital One Closes $535M Loan For Starwood REIT
• Vorys Sater Snags 4-Member IP Team From McDermott
• Winstead Adds Former Greenberg Traurig Partner In Texas
• Enviros Fight Sanctions Bid In Barge Facility Suit
• Ex-NFLer Turf Injury Suit Belongs in Fed. Court, Texans Say
• AT&T Asks To Ax Patent Suit Over Anti-Pirating Servers
• Business Groups Mischaracterizing Fiduciary Rule, DOL Says
• Love And Law In The Age Of Trump
• 5th Circ. Affirms NLRB's Anti-Union Order For Hotel Manager
• Texas Utility Members Want Out Of Cable Permit Suit
• Addressing FLSA Emotional Harm Damages At 5th Circ.
• The State Of The Litigation Finance Industry In 2017
• Texas Fetal Tissue Disposal Rule Blocked Until Further Notice
• Huawei Reaches Deal To Settle E-Watch Phone Patent Suit
• Suit Against Baylor Details 'Culture of Sexual Violence'
• Hess Told To Clarify Claims In Oil Well Valve Failure Suit
• UT Regent Can't Sue For Records, Texas High Court Holds
• States Battle Over Review Of Clean Power Plan In DC Circ.
• Texas Justices Back Newspaper's Right To Defamation Retrial
• Policy Doesn't Cover $17M Ponzi Loss, 5th Circ. Told
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Vinson, Wachtell
• NFL Looks To Stop Charity From Moving Suit To State Court
• UnitedHealthcare Accuses Dallas Labs Of $100M Fraud
• Fencing Covered Under Liberty Policy, Texas Justices Say
• 11th Circ. Ruling May Affect Criminal Securities Fraud Cases
• A Look At Post-Alice Rule 12 Motions Over The Last 2 Years
• Inside The Injunction Blocking ACA Nondiscrimination Rule
• Regulating Unprotected Texas Groundwater: The Final Frontier
• Facebook Should Pay $6B, Oculus Jury Hears
• Judges Missed Contracts' Maritime Side, Firm Tells 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Won't Consolidate Hip MDL Bellwether Appeals
• Steve Harvey Defeats $50M Claim Over Stand-Up Videos
• Blackstone Will Trim Stake In Michaels With 18M-Share Sale
• Dynegy Wins Ch. 11 Plan Approval For Subsidiary
• With 23 Sedgwick Attys, Drinker Biddle Enters Texas Market
• Ex-Baylor Staffer Claims Retaliation In Title IX Suit
• Medtronic Gets $20.3M Infringement Verdict Cut By $2.6M
• Hawkwood Energy Acquires Halcon's East Texas Assets
• Stanford Ponzi Receiver Doubles Down On Clawback Claim
• Ex-Energy Co. Exec Pleads Guilty In $1.3M Wire Fraud
• 6 Ways To Get More From A Limited Budget For Trial Graphics
• Late Innings: Top Enviro Decisions From Final Days Of 2016
• Blaming Online Platforms For Violence Is Likely To Fail
• The Outlook For M&A In Southeastern US
• Trump Immigration Orders Stir Funding, Litigation Questions
• Dialysis Cos. Win Freeze Of HHS Premium Assistance Rule
• Steve Harvey Faces $50M Claim Over Stand-Up Comedy Vids
• Gilstrap Calls Dell Patent Suit Most Exceptional Yet
• Justices Urged To Let Mail Service Stand Under Hague Treaty
• Targa Resources To Pay Up To $1.5B For 3 Outrigger Units
• Tillerson Would Review US Role In Global Climate Deals
• New DOL Exemption Can't Save Fiduciary Rule: Biz Groups
• Kimbell Royalty Partners Sets Terms On $100M IPO
• States, Biz Groups Slam OT Rule In 5th Circ. Amicus Briefs
• Trump Signs Orders On Wall, Immigration Enforcement
• Texas Energy Co. Pays $1.2B For Oil Pipeline System
• ZTE Reaches Settlement In E-Watch Phone Patent Fight
• Texas Appeals Court Says Atty Must Face Fraud Claims
• Dickinson Wright Adds Ex-Conley Rose IP Pro To Texas Office
• Analyzing The Legality Of Proposed Sanctuary City Measures
• Texas Judge Won't Lift Injunction Blocking Anti-Bias Rule
• Fed. Circ. Disagrees With PTAB, OKs Balloon Toy Sales Ban
• 5th Circ. Upholds La. Bankruptcy Atty's Prison Sentence
• Thompson & Knight Seeks OK Of $26M In Life Partners Ch. 11
• 3 Employment Cases That Could See High Court Action Soon
• NLRB Judge Finds Dish Wage Cut Of Texas Employees Illegal
• Texas Jury Awards $23M For Cattle Broker Fraud
• Bennu Titan Ch. 11 Headed To Texas To Join Parent Co.
• Alabama-Based Lightfoot Franklin Opens Office In Houston
• 12 Enviro Groups Ask To Join Coal Mining Stream Rules Suit
• Midtrial Settlement Ends Suit Over $13M Coker Barge Deal
• Jay Z's Entertainment Co. Gets Last Poaching Claim Axed
• Ninth-Justice Argument Rejected In Stanford Ponzi Case
• Morgan Lewis Snags BakerHostetler Energy Litigation Partner
• Houston Same-Sex Benefits Row May Test Obergefell's Reach
• Feds Join FCA Case Over $20M Ambulance Kickback Scheme
• Trump State Dept. Pick Tillerson Passes Senate Panel
• Blackstone REIT Invitation Homes Launches $1.5B IPO
• Energy Industry Site Says Ex-Exec Belongs In Conspiracy Suit
• U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Texas Voter ID Case
• Justices Won't Hear Mexican Man's Appeal Of BIA Ruling
• Pfizer Hits Back At Texas In Rebate Info Disclosures Suit
• Tossing EPA Haze Rule Is Only Option, 5th Circ. Told
• More And More States Are Targeting Payroll Debit Cards
• Texas Justices Won't Review Contempt Order In Contract Feud
• Wyly Urges 2nd Circ. To Hear Arguments In $299M SEC Appeal
• Texas Justices To Hear Town's Suit Against Gas Cos.
• Apple Latest To Settle E-Watch's Camera Phone Patent Row
• State Farm Intrusive Discovery Case Heads To Texas Justices
• Hospital Can't Turn Nurse's Slip-And-Fall Suit Into Med Mal
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Developer's Appeal Over Deed Spat
• Texas Justices To Hear Health Care Noncompete Row
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Legal Recruiter's Fee Fight
• Jury Awards $370K To Texas DOT Employee In Bias Row
• Texas Jury Clears Harley-Davidson In Accident Suit
• DOL Wants Judge To Toss Case Against Retaliation Rule
• Texas High Court To Hear Fight Between Galveston Judges
• Drilling Trespass Case Will Get Texas High Court Review
• PE-Backed Keane Group Raises $508M In Upsized IPO
• Texas High Court To Hear Med Mal Suit Over Mother's Death
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Weil, Jones Day, Davis
• Vessel Owners' Duties To Longshoremen Only Go So Far
• Texas Judge Rips Into DOJ For Behavior In Immigration Case
• US Tells 5th Circ. Citgo's $81M Spill Fine Should Stick
• Texas High Court Won't Undo Jenner & Block $3M Fee Award
• Planned Parenthood Texas Contracts Upheld Through Feb.
• DOD Contractors Settle Claims Of Shoddy Storage For $2.5M
• When 1 Progressive Loss Ends And Another Begins
• How Litigation Funding Is Bringing Champerty Back To Life
• Clarifying EEOC's Obligation For Presuit Conciliation
• Texas Justices To Review Houston Same Sex Benefits Policy
• The Lawyer Who Will Shape Trump's Presidency
• Most Influential Judges On Trump's Supreme Court Short List
• Rolling Back Regulation In The Age Of Trump
• In The Polarized Era Of Trump, BigLaw Searches For Balance
• Bennu Bankruptcy Cases Belong Together In Del., Court Told
• Tauber Oil Co. Settles EPA Allegations For $700K
• Dallas Court Blocks Suit Over Pay For Paxton Prosecutors
• Stone Pigman Comes To Houston, Adds 5 Cogan Energy Attys
• Texas Court Says Injection Well Suits Can Be Heard Statewide
• Magellan Pipeline Agrees To $18M Settlement For Oil Spills
• Medical Supply Co. Owner Accused Of $4.5M Medicaid Fraud
• Report On Trump's Planned DOE Cuts Takes Perry By Surprise
• Attracting And Retaining The Millennial Lawyer
• Longtime Texas Lawmaker Indicted On 15 Corruption Charges
• Trump's EPA: Be Careful What You Wish For
• Oculus Founder, CEO Say Company Built Without Stealing
• Biz Groups That Defeated DOL Rule Win Fees
• Jury Blocks Stanford Receiver's $88M Clawback Claim
• Med Device Co. Pays $14M Over Accounting, FCPA Violations
• Aussie Turf Co. Says Ex-NFLer Didn't Provide Proper Service
• Twitter, Facebook Blamed In Dallas Police Shooting Lawsuit
• PTAB Finds Claims In IV E-Commerce Patent Invalid
• Mallinckrodt Inks $100M Antitrust Deal With FTC, States
• Munsch Hardt Tells Court Oil Field Service Co. Owes Fees
• Update On Statutes Of Limitations In Texas Bad Faith Claims
• More Join Super Bowl Ticket Suit After Stay Lifted
• Texas Atty Loses 2nd Bid To Ditch SEC's Ponzi Scheme Suit
• 13 States Sue To Stop Coal Mining Stream Protection Rules
• It's Time To Change The Law Firm Business Model
• 2 Ways Courts Approach Willful Infringement After Halo
• Texas City Agrees To Overhaul Sewer System To End EPA Suit
• Dish Network Must Undo Wage Cut During NLRB Case
• Texas Bank Can't Leapfrog To Full DC Circ. In CFPB Case
• Cadwalader Closing Houston Office
• EPA Wants To Revise Haze Rules Over Texas' Objection
• Sausage Co. Says Insurer Owes In Money-Transfer Scam
• Green Dot Atty Faces DQ Bid In Prepaid Card Fraud Suit
• Elliott, Bluescape Mull NRG Energy Proxy Fight
• Bankrupt Ultra Resolves $303M Pipeline Contract Row
• Exxon, Noble Energy Splash Cash For Permian Basin Acreage
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2016: Part 2
• Zuckerberg Blasts Claims Oculus Based On Stolen Tech
• Texas PE Shop Rock Hill Brings In $150.6M For 3rd Fund
• Amended Rule 37(e): 1 Year Later
• Evidence Substantiation Burden May Soon Shift To FTC
• Texas Nursing Home Can't Ditch Suit Over Substandard Care
• Gardere Welcomes 5 Attys In Texas, Colo. Offices
• Manufacturer Group OK'd To Fight IRS Anti-Inversion Rule
• Manufacturer Asks Texas High Court To Cut Contempt Order
• WorldLink Gets Arbitration Coverage Fight Booted From Mich.
• Life Partners Investors Want Goodman & Nekvasil DQ'd
• 5 Texas Insurance Battlegrounds In 2017
• EPA's New Risk Management Rule Is Here ... For Now
• Kirkland Reps Blackstone JV In $2.3B South Texas Shale Deal
• Avoiding The Hidden Costs Of Bargain-Priced E-Discovery
• DOL Taking Block Of Persuader Rule To 5th Circ.
• High Court Will Resolve Class Action Waiver Battle
• Real Estate Rumors: Hines, High Times, Trump Tower
• Hicks Thomas Adds 6 Attys, 2 Offices In Texas Expansion
• My Strangest Day In Court: When The Witness Died
• Native American Cases To Watch In 2017
• DaVita, Fresenius Win Temporary Block Of HHS Rule Change
• Shorted Attys Can't Force Hunt Heir's Home Sale, Judge Says
• Noble Asks Texas Justices To Nix $63M Conoco Indemnity
• BP Fights To Keep Drilling Rights On Texas Ranch
• Texas Justices Told Damages For Ranch Hand Are Too High
• Norton Rose Fulbright Atty Launches Solo Arbitration Practice
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Energy Trio From Shannon Gracey
• Kudelski Group Hits NFL With Digital Content IP Suit
• Houston Club Wants $139K EEOC HIV Bias Suit Reopened
• Distillery Didn't Violate 'Cowboy' Trademark, Texas Jury Finds
• Munsch Hardt Adds Corporate Partners In Dallas
• Energy Pick Perry Cuts Ties With Dakota Access Companies
• Texas Gov. Appoints Dallas Atty To Appellate Court
• Multistate Hotel Portfolio Scores $92M In Financing
• BC Greenlights Kinder Morgan Canadian Pipeline Project
• Viacom Wins TM Ruling Against 'Spongebob' Restaurant
• Saving Lawyers 1 Breath At A Time: Mindfulness In The Law
• Oculus Exec Denies Using Stolen Code In $2B Trial
• Valve Maker's Trade Secrets Suit Preempted, 5th Circ. Affirms
• Mind Your Metadata: Ethics Rules On Hidden Data
• Mass. Court Won't Quash AG's Exxon Climate Change Probe
• BP Employees Seek Another Chance At ERISA Suit
• Bathroom Rule Ban Is Toothless In Okla., LGBT Group Says
• Parsley Energy Spends $607M For West Texas Acreage
• Feds Urge Against Rule Injunction In Dialysis Program Suit
• Total Can't Duck FERC With SEC Judges Ruling, 5th Circ. Told
• Andrews Kurth Asks Texas Justices To Toss Malpractice Suit
• Ohio Cancer Charity Says Texas No Place For TM Suit
• KBR Says $1.4B LNG Dispute Must Be Arbitrated
• Tillerson Tries To Draw Hard Line On Russia
• RAIT Financial Sheds $109M In Residential Assets
• Texas Justices Told UT Regent Has Right To View Records
• Understanding How Blockchain Could Impact Legal Industry
• Facebook Faces $2B Trial Over Virtual Reality Software
• BP Investor Attys Seek $24M From $175M Deepwater Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Related, Truck Yard, Sam Chang
• Highmark Seeks To Pierce Veil, Recover $5M In Allcare IP Row
• State Attorneys General Play Growing Data Privacy Role
• Houston Club Ordered To Pay $139K In EEOC HIV Bias Suit
• Camera Co. Says $4.5M Trade Secrets Row Must Be Arbitrated
• 2 More Energy Execs Cop Pleas In Venezuela Bribery Scheme
• Strasburger & Price Nabs Ex-Shannon Gracey Attys In Texas
• Sackman JV Scores $106M Loan From Acore For Texas Project
• Texas Dental Firm Pays $8.4M To Settle Medicaid Fraud Claims
• Stanford Receiver Tells Jury Investor Should Repay $90M
• The Firms That Dominated In 2016
• Google Should Face Anti-Malware Patent Suit, Judge Says
• Golfsmith $22M Bid-To-Beat Is Only Offer In Ch. 11 Sale
• 5th Circ. Asked To Consolidate Hip MDL Bellwether Appeals
• Bennu Titan Trustee Wants Parent Co. Ch. 7 Case In Del.
• Criminal Allegations Out Of Line, Moorings Builder Says
• States Look For Quick Win In Obamacare Medicaid Tax Row
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Ex-AdvoCare Director Must Arbitrate Claim Over CEO Job
• PE-Backed Retailer Neiman Marcus Pulls Plug On IPO
• Keane Launches $300M IPO As Energy Deals Heat Up
• Top 5 Drug And Device Developments Of 2016
• Invitation Homes Files IPO, Led By Simpson Thacher
• Animal Group Wants Defamation Suit Over Tiger Welfare Nixed
• Justices Won't Hear Immigrant's 2nd Try To Beat Deportation
• NY AG Says Exxon Playing Games With Climate Suit
• HomeAway Fee Suit Should Stand, Property Owners Say
• Columbia Property Trust Sells Houston Buildings For $272M
• Royalty Owners Get Class Cert. Against Devon Energy
• High Court Won't Take Up Dow's $1B Tax Shelter Case
• In Congress: Obamacare, The Cabinet
• DOJ Subpoenas DaVita, Fresenius Over Dialysis Aid Program
• Pipeline Cos. See Easier Takings Route In Texas With Denbury
• Oncor Notches 3 Wins In Rate Case At Texas High Court
• Samsung Can't Fight Treble Damages, Patent Co. Says
• Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin Hit With Trademark Suit In Texas
• Texas Court Again Sides With AMC In $1.2M Tax Refund Fight
• Supplier Aims To Deny Quick Win In Pet Food Coverage Case
• Houston Real Estate Co. Says Atty's Negligence Cost It Big
• Stanford Says Trump Justice May Be Key To Ponzi Appeal
• Charity Says NFL Is Trying To Avoid Commissioner Deposition
• Giving Pfizer Rebate Info To Lawmakers Legal, Texas Says
• CMS Extends Ban On 6 States' Ambulance, Home Health Cos.
• Norton Rose Litigation Partner Returns From K&L Gates
• Texas Justices Reinstate Appeal Over SandRidge Royalties
• Denbury Gas Contracts Back Land Taking, Texas Justices Say
• 5 Insights From General Electric's Alex Dimitrief
• Insurer Needn't Cover $22M Award In Pizzeria Sex Assault
• Patent Trolls Flock To East Texas' Harsh Costs
• Western Refining Investor Files Suit Over $6.4B Tesoro Merger
• Texas Republicans Propose 'Bathroom Bill'
• Texas Gov't Contracts Would Lose Privacy Under New Bills
• Houston Firm Wants High Court Review Of Fen-Phen Fee Row
• GE Urges Nix Of DQ 'Retaliation' In Incubator Patent Row
• Doctor Escapes Malpractice Row Over Knee Surgery
• Oil Workers, Frank's International Settle FLSA Overtime Suit
• Energy Firm Davis Gerald Adds 2 Attys To Austin Office
• JC Penney Wins Initial OK For $4.5M ERISA Deal
• EPA Will Review Drilling Waste Regs To Settle Enviros' Suit
• Texas Tenant Liable For Fire Under Apartment Lease
• NLRB Can't Get Around Murphy Oil, 5th Circ. Told
• Total Says Ruling On SEC Judges Makes Case Against FERC
• NFL Takes Charity Event's Gambling Suit To Federal Court
• 5th Circ. Nixes Human Trafficking Suit Against KBR
• Late Bass Pro Applicants Can't Join EEOC Class
• Punitive Damages: Post-Campbell, Questions Remain
• Time To Reopen Some DOJ Antitrust Field Offices
• What High Court Will Consider In Patent Venue Case
• 2016 Environmental Case Law Highlights: Part 3
• J&J Gets $1B Damages Cut In Half In Hip Verdict
• REIT NexPoint Residential Drops $108M On Texas Properties
• Texas Judge Won't Stay DOL Overtime Case Pending Appeal
• Ex-NFLer Says Texans Turf Injury Suit Belongs In State Court
• Texas Sues FDA Over Death Penalty Drug Import Delay
• Hospital Must Pay Aetna $41M For Out-Of-Network Scheme
• Oil Futures Trader Gets 10 Years For $1.4M Ponzi Scheme
• Texas AG Sides With White Lawyer In Fight Over Bar Board
• 6 Cop To $2M Bribery Plot For Aircraft Service Contracts
• Coach, Athletic Dir. Belong In Sex Assault Suit: Ex-Student
• Another Haynes And Boone Atty Spins Off Immigration Firm
• Texas Judge Blocks ACA Transgender Rule
• Exxon Climate Probe Fight Can't Be Sustained, Mass. AG Says
• Halliburton Agrees To $100M Deal In Asbestos Class Action
• Tyson Foods Irrelevant To EEOC's Bass Pro Race Bias Suit
• Texas Justices Agree To Hear UT Regent's Records Fight
• PE-Backed Venado Buys Eagle Ford Assets In $800M Deal
• 2016 Environmental Case Law Highlights: Part 2
• 7 Legal Industry Predictions For 2017
• Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2017
• Can Employers Still Drug Test Where Marijuana Is Legal?
• Texas Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2017
• Texas Cases To Watch In 2017