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Texas - April, 2017

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• Texas Justices Say RRC Lacks Sole Claim To Sabine Fight
• Texas High Court Revives Suit Over Gas Well Damage
• Texas High Court Upholds Taxes On $162M In Stored Gas
• BP Keeps Gas Well Lease, Texas Supreme Court Rules
• No Immunity For Doc In Med Mal Row, Texas High Court Finds
• Texas Justices Won't Revive Andrews Kurth Malpractice Suit
• Dallas Leader Cleared Of Bribery, Gets Mistrial On Tax Fraud
• Health Hires: 8 Firms Add Health, Life Sciences Experts
• OSHA Pulls Rule Letting Union Reps Join Walk-Throughs
• Nurse Can't Show Transfer Was Demotion, Texas Court Says
• The Mediator's Proposal As A Tool For Litigants
• A Hollow Win For Ride-Sharing Cos. On Unionizing Drivers
• German Billionaire's Bid For $5M US Tax Break Is Nixed
• Gibson Dunn Adds 6 Energy Partners In Houston
• Nurses Seek Class Cert. In Dallas Hospital Chain FLSA Suit
• Holland & Knight Expands IP Practice With Ex-Quinn Atty
• Fracking Tech Co.'s 'Reactive' TM Is Generic, Judge Rules
• Imprisoned Real Estate Schemer Agrees To SEC Industry Bar
• Enhanced Damages Stay In $19.2M Samsung Patent Ruling
• Expectations After The Trump Administration's First 100 Days
• Lexington Wins Right To Arbitrate Exxon Coverage Fight
• Law Firm Can't Escape Dallas Jeweler's Extortion Suit
• Exxon Must Pay Nearly $20M For Texas Refinery Pollution
• Texas Jury Hits GE For $44M Anesthesia Machine Monopoly
• Texas Sues FDA Over Ban On Import Of Execution Drug
• KiOR Investors Seek OK For $4.5M Stock-Drop Deal
• Texas Court Blocks Access To Goodyear Plant In Defect Row
• PetroChina Can't Arbitrate $1B Africa Oil Spat, Court Told
• 5th Circ. Nixes Sara Lee's Early Win In Energy Drink Row
• Propel Loses Quick Win Bids In Dental Device False Ad Row
• Nigerian Oil Lease Fight Kept Out Of Texas Courts
• Morgan Lewis Adds Energy Transaction Lawyer In Houston
• Whistleblower Fights Atty Fees Bid In Deion Sanders FCA Suit
• Rent-A-Center Moves To Nix Shareholder Poison Pill Suit
• DOE Greenlights LNG Exports From $10B Texas Terminal
• Rights Watchdog Urges Feds To Rethink ICE At Courthouses
• The 9-Year Winning Streak Of Virginia 'Rocket Docket'
• Employment Class Waivers: Which Came First, FAA Or NLRA?
• Halliburton Says Supplier's IP Claims Vague, Seeks Sanctions
• Jury Partially Deadlocked In Dallas Corruption Trial
• Energy Atty Teams With Blank Rome As Partner In Houston
• Ex-Baker Botts Partners Launch Houston Litigation Boutique
• Biotech Investors Seek Ruling On Jefferies Arbitration Fight
• Vagina Reshaping Patent Survives Invalidity Challenge
• Texas AG Paxton Asks Harris County Directly For New Judge
• Texas Brothers Get Prison In $6.3M Ambulance Scam
• Let's Talk About Half-Hearted Innovation
• Enviros Gird For Pitched Battle To Stop Trump Border Wall
• Texas Court Hits Debt Collector With $2M Penalty In FTC Suit
• Trans VA Worker Calls For Judge's Recusal In Bias Suit
• Journalist Sues Tweeter Over Seizure-Inducing Online Attack
• Texas Says Xerox Can't Deflect $1B Medicaid Fraud Suit
• 10 Tips For Creating Winning Trial Visuals
• 5th Circ. Agrees To Delay Power Plant Effluent Rule Challenge
• Retailer Can't Escape Tempur-Sealy's TM, Contract Suit
• 5th Circ. Backs Dismissal Of ATP Investor Suit
• Lilly Hit With $20M Jury Verdict In Cialis Patent Row
• Trio Bilked Nonprofits With Investor-Finding Scam, Feds Say
• Texas Court Affirms Dismissal of Spinal Surgery Suit
• Whirlpool Seeks 'Exceptional' Finding After $7.6M IP Win
• 5th Circ. Largely Sides With SEC In Life Partners Appeal
• Franchisees Win Contract Claims Verdict In Curves Tax Suit
• Midstream Co. Takes $15M Railcar Corrosion Row To Court
• Counsel To Counsel: Insights From Law Firm GCs
• Ex-Univ. Of Texas Doc's Retaliation Suit Nixed By Court
• Medtronic's $17M Patent Infringement Penalty Is Enhanced
• Select Energy Services Raises $122M In Below-Range IPO
• Texas Firm Can't Ditch Class Complaint Of Inflated Fees
• Jones Day Adds Ex-Bracewell Capital Markets Atty In Houston
• Chrysler Wants Texas MDL For Dodge, Jeep Diesel Suits
• $15.6M In Plastic-Bag False Billing Gets Texan 4 Years
• GOP AGs Want Exxon Climate Change Probes Blocked
• Winston & Strawn Adds 4 Litigators From Fish In Calif., Dallas
• Texas Firms Eye Energy Uptick After Weathering Downturn
• The 'State' Of The Gig Economy Under Trump
• Gray Matters: The Attorney-Client Team
• 5th Circ. Says Remington Rifle Discharge Suit Too Late
• PetroChina Agrees To Arbitration In $1B Africa Oil Spat
• 5th Circ. Nixes Malicious Prosecution Case Against Ex-Judge
• $20M Panda Temple DIP Short-Circuited By Court, Creditor
• 5th Circ. Delays Appeal Of OT Rule Stay For 2 Months
• ER Operator Adeptus Files Ch. 11, Seeks PE Takeover
• Texas Businessman Cuts Deal With SEC Over Oil Well Funds
• Baker Donelson Adds Energy Litigator To Houston Office
• Apple, Cell Cos. Hit With Patent Suit After $22M Trial Loss
• Why Roe V. Wade Will Not Be Overturned
• Litigation Finance, Big Data And The Limits Of AI
• Walking The Lone Pine Trail
• Counsel To Counsel: Mama Said There'll Be Days Like This
• Texas Justices OK Med Mal Dismissal Over 'Stale' Expert
• Don't Delay Effluent Rule Case For EPA Review, Enviros Say
• Whitestone REIT Reaches $205M Deal For 2 Texas Properties
• Mark Cuban Looks To Duck UFC Antitrust Suit Subpoena
• Blackstone Drops $430M On TA Realty Multifamily Portfolio
• Lloyd's Underwriters Want Arbitral Coverage Suit Nixed
• Jury Finds SEO-Extortion Convict Guilty Of Retaliation
• Split 5th Circ. OKs Atty Fees In Texas Same-Sex Marriage Win
• 5th Circ. Upholds Hess Win In Oil Contamination Suit
• The Insurer's Dilemma: To Produce, Or Not To Produce?
• Border Wall Could Cost $67B, Senate Democrats Claim
• Ex-Chimera Exec Pleads Guilty In Stock Inflation Scheme
• Texas Court Won't Revive $900K Trade Secrets Damages
• Curves Gym Seeks Quick Win In Franchisee Tax Suit
• A State-By-State Solution For Immigration Reform
• Counsel To Counsel: A Law Firm GC's Data Protection Duties
• Dallas Corruption Case In Jury's Hands After 2-Month Trial
• Texas Oilfield Recycler Socks Rival With Defamation Suit
• Texas Ambulance Co. Beats FCA Suit For Good
• Jackson Lewis Beats Claims It Knew Of Forged Settlement
• PE-Backed Blank Check Co. TPG Pace Energy Files $600M IPO
• Willkie Farr Picks Up Ex-Kirkland Oil & Gas Attorney
• PE Firm Puts Plant Into Ch. 11, Blames Texas Grid Regulator
• 14 States Ask DC Court To Uphold Trump's 2-For-1 Order
• Texas Cities Deserve $25M In Fees For Hotel Tax Win: Judge
• Houston Atty Hits Back Against Ex-Firm's IP Theft Lawsuit
• Hospice Cos. To Pay $12.2M To Settle Kickback Claims
• NFL Fights Bid For Goodell Depo In Charity Gambling Row
• 5th Circ. ESA Decision Highlights Deference Discord
• 5th Circ. Says Macy's Manager Isn't On The Hook For Bias
• 5th Circ. Kills Employees' National Oilwell Racism Claims
• Counsel To Counsel: Evaluating Positional Conflicts
• Liquor Chain's Merchant Deal Nixed Coverage, Judge Says
• Ex-Privacy Head Sues Christus Health For Retaliatory Firing
• Hotel Says Texas Ruling Revives Claims Against Insurer
• Beck Says Lahren Wasn't Ousted For Pro-Choice Comments
• Dallas Opera Accused Of Forcing Out Older Musicians
• 7 Cos. Launch IPOs Totaling $967M As Momentum Builds
• EFH Might Have To Try Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation Again
• Garmin Seeks Attys' Fees In Dropped Patent Suit
• Investors In Energy Co. Seek Approval Of $1.5M Settlement
• Euronet Questions Ant Financial's $1.2B MoneyGram Buy
• Class Hits Google With Suit Over 'Defective' Nexus Phones
• Counsel To Counsel: 5 Challenges For A Law Firm GC
• Texas AG Paxton Can't Swap Judges In Securities Fraud Trial
• Citgo Can't Justify Lowering $81M Spill Fine, US Says
• Ambulance Cos. Want Out Of 'Bandwagon' Kickbacks Suit
• Texas Hospital Can't Duck Suit Over Ultrasound Tech
• Trump Admin. To Build Immigrant Detention Center In Texas
• Biotech Investors Fortify Jefferies Arbitration Battle
• Blackstone Pays $2B For Texas Midstream Co. EagleClaw
• Fed. Circ. Backs Apple's Texas Jury Win On Ex-Nokia Patent
• Greyhound Not Liable For Bus Attacker, Crash, Court Says
• Jackson Walker Adds 2 Energy Partners In Austin
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Nabs Osha Liang IP Atty In Houston
• Allcare Principals Fight Bid To Pay $5M Fee From IP Loss
• Texas Firm Seeks Discovery Help In Deepwater Fee Fight
• 5th Circ. Affirms 3-Year Sentence For Tax Fraudster
• Exxon Sues Union Over Arbitrator's Rehiring Of Fired Worker
• J. Crew Wrongly Invalidated Tech Patents, Fed. Circ. Told
• Real Estate Rumors: KMR, Mike Sarimsakci, Evelyn Greer
• Woman Blames Dallas Firm For $10M Mistake In Divorce
• Judge Says Arbitration Required In Lloyd's Dispute
• Barnes & Thornburg Nabs Real Estate Pro In Dallas
• Juniper Asks For Time To Answer Largest Patent Case In US
• Indian National Pleads Guilty To Massive Call Center Fraud
• The Credit Card Surcharge Fight Isn't Over Yet
• Dallas Bar Urges Congress To Keep Legal Aid Funding
• Ruling On CFPB Could Upend Controversial Net Worth Sweep
• Lawyers In Flow: Get Out Of Your Head And Into Your Case
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Shearman, Davis
• Akin Gump Announces New Partner-In-Charge In Dallas Office
• Feds Say Real Estate Co.'s $9M Fraud Took In Police Fund
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Coastal Harm Ruling
• Repeat TCPA Litigant Can't Escape Travel Agency's Suit
• Home Health Co. Owners Plead Not Guilty To $24M Fraud
• Texas Regulators Reject $18B Energy Future Sale To NextEra
• Blackstone-Backed Energy Co. Files For $100M IPO
• Don Pablo's Tex-Mex Chain Gets Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Plan OK
• Comptroller Can't Duck Convenience Stores' Tax Challenge
• 4 Companies Price IPOs Totaling $668M To Cap Busy Week
• Gilstrap Keeps Raytheon Supercomputer Patent Claims Alive
• Judge Pares KBR Kickback Judgment After 5th Circ. Ruling
• Snack Cos. Launch Trademark Battle Over 'Skinny' Popcorns
• Texas Panel Grants County Win In FEMA Flood Map Row
• Part Of Chinese Aerospace Co.'s $70M Award Row To Proceed
• Top House Democrat, Enviros Sue Over Trump's Border Wall
• 5th Circ. Rejects GM Employee's FMLA Interference Claim
• Hospitals Say Management Co. Caused $6.5M In Lost Profits
• Thompson & Knight Adds Securities Regulatory Pro In Texas
• DLA Piper Lures Greenberg Traurig RE Partner In Austin
• Austin Atty Pleads Guilty To $30M Oil, Gas Securities Fraud
• US Steel Unit Settles EEOC's Anti-Nazirite Bias Suit
• NFL Can't Cut TV Streaming Patent Row, OpenTV Argues
• Gov't Slams Brothers' New Trial Bid In H-1B Visa Fraud Case
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of USPS Worker's Retaliation Claim
• NuStar Enters Midland Basin With $1.48B Pipeline Co. Buy
• A Law Firm Ranking Model By 'Fake News & Distorted Reports'
• Texas Ruling Could Mean Bigger Paydays For Policyholders
• Texas AG Paxton's Securities Fraud Trial Moved To Houston
• FERC Says Barclays Ruling Doesn't Help Total's 5th Circ. Case
• IT Firm Pays $1M To Settle Allegations Of Worker Visa Fraud
• Underwriters Say Insurer Can't Use TRO To Block Arbitration
• Settlement Struck In O'Quinn Foundation Executor Suit
• Natural Gas Co., Biotech Firm File IPOs Totaling $586M
• Vantage Energy Blank Check Co. Prices $480M IPO
• 5th Circ. Backs $1.9M Judgment For La. Rig Workers
• Shell, Ex-Security Head Ask Court To Toss Retaliation Suit
• D Magazine Ruling Sheds Light On Texas Anti-SLAPP Statute
• Immigration Agency Boosts Ranks, Swears In 14 More Judges
• KBR To Shell Out $10.5M In Deal With Investors Over Losses
• Baylor Kept On Hook In Suit Over Handling Of Sex Assaults
• Gov't Again Draws Judge's Anger In Dallas Corruption Trial
• 5th Circ. Tells Ex-CEO Fraudster To Pay Victim's Legal Tab
• Texas Maker Of Air Bag Yarn Sues Over Patent Threat
• Oil And Gas Promoter Gets 6 Years For Securities Fraud
• Judge Nixes Keystone Permit Challenge After Trump's Order
• Oculus, Execs Look To Undo $500M VR Copyright Verdict
• Google Asks For New Trial In Malware IP Dispute
• Fugitive Ex-Mexican Gov. Facing US Fraud Charges Arrested
• Wind Farm Cos.' Tax Liability Wrongly Assessed, Court Says
• 5 Cos. Expand IPO Pipeline With New Filings Exceeding $400M
• Teladoc, Texas Board Want More Time To Solve Antitrust Suit
• Exco Selling $300M In Oil And Gas Properties To Venado Unit
• AT&T Inks $1.6B Deal For Straight Path Communications
• Ex-Rep. Stockman Pleads Not Guilty In Donation Theft Suit
• Texas College Can Argue Info Release Would Violate Privacy
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Jones Day, Weil, Paul
• Glenn Beck Hit With Suit Over Lahren Ouster
• Texas High Court Pens New Rules In USAA, Policyholder Row
• Texas Billionaire Hit With $18.4M Verdict In Oilfield Co. Row
• High Court Asked To Wipe Out Houston Hospital's Immunity
• Cellphone Chip Patent Veteran Joins McGuireWoods
• Yahoo, EBay, Others Sued For Infringing E-Commerce Patent
• Texas Bill May Fix Cos.' Unequal Footing In Atty Fee Fights
• When Arbitration Clauses Collide With Bankruptcy Laws
• Crowdfunding For Legal Cases: 5 Trends Reshaping Justice
• DLA Piper Picks Up Baker McKenzie Tax Partner In Austin
• Ruling Puts FERC Enforcement Bid In Court, 5th Circ. Told
• Law Firm Must Face Ex-Partner's Tax Fraud Claims In Ill.
• McDermott Nabs Litigation Partner In Dallas From DLA Piper
• Doctors Hit Financial, Medical Practice Cos. With Fraud Suit
• Texas Court Says Expert Report Flawed In Nursing Home Suit
• Holland & Knight Adds Corporate, PE Partner In Houston
• Trucking Co. Raises $550M, Online Lender Slashes IPO Price
• Underwriters Want Fed. Court To Decide Arbitration Row
• 7-Eleven Inks $3.3B Deal For Sunoco's Convenience Stores
• 5th Circ. Won't Halt DOL's Delayed Fiduciary Rule
• Shipper Settles $6M Arbitration Row At 5th Circ.
• Agreement Via Email To End IP Row Is Valid, Judge Says
• ABA Needs A New Model Legal Ethics Rule
• What Does Lateral Partner Success Look Like?
• Gorsuch, Roe And 'Superprecedent'
• Cameron Beats FLSA Suit Brought By Non-Employee
• Gilstrap Says Lawyer's 'Carelessness' May Merit Sanctions
• Walgreens Hit With False Ad, IP Suit Over Eyelid Scrub
• Ex-US Rep Gets Court-Appointed Atty In Donation Theft Suit
• Owens Corning Can't Cut $2B Asbestos Payout From Taxes
• Are Lateral Recruitment Opportunities Shaping Your Strategy?
• J&J, Mesh Patient End Texas High Court Appeal
• Hess Midstream MLP Raises $340M In Upsized IPO
• ExxonMobil Wants ERISA Climate Change Case Tossed
• Plaintiffs Bar Perspective: Provost Umphrey's James Payne
• Texas Businessman Gets 4 Years For Defrauding Law Firms
• Businesses Can't Halt USCIS Order Nixing H-2B Visas
• How Patchwork State Regs Could Benefit Driverless Cars
• What's Next For Obama's Embattled Overtime Rule?
• Gov't Doc Delay Stirs Controversy In Dallas Bribery Trial
• China Oil Co. Says Arbitration Next In $1B Africa Oil Field Row
• Texas Senate Votes Unanimously To Continue State Bar
• Lateral Partner Hiring: Time To Look In The Mirror
• GAO Says DHS Could Step Up Border Security Coordination
• Texas Univ. Doctors Should Face Med Mal Claims, Family Says
• Rent-A-Center Shareholder Sues Directors Over Poison Pill
• County Asks Texas Justices To Hear United Tax Appraisal Row
• Texas Must Face Latinos' High Court Election Process Suit
• REITs Say Disclosures Extinguish 'Ponzi-Like Scheme' Claims
• Investors Push For FINRA Arbitration In Battle With Jefferies
• A Closer Look At The Current State Of Equal Pay
• Printing Co. CEO Admits To Trafficking Fake Vet Med Labels
• District Court Sabine Ruling: Bad News For Midstream Cos.
• Patients Ask 5th Circ. To Restore $502M J&J Hip Verdict
• Cardtronics Prices $300M Bond Offer To Fund DirectCash Buy
• Biz Groups Tell 5th Circ. Fiduciary Rule Delay Not Enough
• Hospital Asks Texas Justices To Revive $10M Win Over Rival
• PE-Backed Met Coal Co. Leads 3 IPO Launches Totaling $530M
• High Court Remands Texas Credit Card Surcharge Case
• Highland Wants AT&T To Reveal Online Commenter's Identity
• Ex-Spurs Star's Adviser Pleads Guilty To Fraud
• 3 Get Prison Over Undocumented Immigrant Hiring Scheme
• Atty Gets Path To End Texas Bar's Disciplinary Suit
• NFL Looks To Tackle More Super Bowl Ticket Dispute Claims
• Liberty Must Cover Texas Hotel Project Collapse, Suit Says
• Untold Stories: Trump's Budget Would Silence Legal Services