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Texas - September, 2017

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• Escobar Wrecks $663M Guardrail FCA Judgment At 5th Circ.
• Biz Groups Sue To Overturn CFPB's Arbitration Rule
• Texas Tells 5th Circ. Sanctuary City Bill Is Constitutional
• Texas Court Nixes Med Mal Suit After Unclear Expert Report
• Justices Back Finding Doctor Caused Preemie's Vision Loss
• Dallas Man Cops To $1.3M Oil And Gas Embezzling Scheme
• Hurricane Harvey Will Test The Public Necessity Doctrine
• Wilson Doesn't Infringe Chin Strap Patents, Judge Rules
• Royal Caribbean Sued Over Cruise Scheduled During Harvey
• Justices Revive Rose Walker Malpractice Suit Over Seized Jet
• Health Hires: Jones Day, K&L Gates, Pierce Atwood
• Texas Powerhouse: Vinson & Elkins
• Texas 5th Circuit Nominees Boast Conservative Bona Fides
• NFL Seeks To Keep Alive NY Suit Over Elliott Suspension
• James Baker Outlines Climate Change Plan At Energy Summit
• Apple Should Activate FM Chip For Emergencies, Pai Says
• Justices To Review 5th Circ. Refusal To Fix Sentencing Error
• Congress OKs FAA Reauthorization, Disaster-Based Tax Relief
• Texas Power Co-Op Members Must Arbitrate Class Claims
• Texas Powerhouse: Norton Rose Fulbright
• JPML Skeptical Of Blue Spike IP Suit Consolidation Effort
• New Sedona Principles Stress Information Governance
• TC Heartland And Its Aftermath: A Litigant's View
• Trump Taps Texas Justice, Gibson Dunn Partner For 5th Circ.
• 4 Employer Concerns During And After Natural Disasters
• Energy Future Parties Will Stay Termination Fee Discovery
• $4B JPMorgan Award Shows Modest Impact Of Mega Punitives
• EDTX Judge Says IPR Should Bar HP's Patent Invalidity Claim
• House Bill Targets Sports Leagues' Tax-Exempt Status
• Dallas Restaurateurs Battle Over Rights To Celeb Chef's Name
• Supreme Court Asked To Look At State Taxation Of Stored Gas
• Insurer Didn't Violate Prompt Payment Law: 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Charges For Fatal Oil Platform Blast
• Rain, Rain, Go Away, Don't Flood Again In Texas Any Day
• Texas Powerhouse: Latham & Watkins
• For More Value And Diversity In Outside Counsel, Go Small
• SEC Befuddled By Ponzi Schemer's Latest Call For Legal Rep
• Ericsson Says HTC Wireless Royalties Suit Belongs In Texas
• Exxon Says Investor Climate Suit Apes 'Baseless' NY Probe
• Gov't Not Liable In Veteran's Suicide, Judge Rules
• Landry's Hit With Lawsuit Over Tigers' Treatment
• Convenience Stores To Pay $1M To End Pregnancy Bias Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Review Tax Credit Co.'s Deepwater Claim
• Exploring Insurance Recovery Paths After Major Disasters
• Texas Powerhouse: Haynes And Boone
• Texas Criminal Court Stays Paxton Prosecutor Pay Ruling
• 5th Circ. Backs NLRB In Trash Co. Bargaining Case
• Houston Doc Appeals To Texas Justices In Free Speech Row
• 5th Circ. Allows Part Of TX Sanctuary Ban To Take Effect
• Texas Justices Needn't Mull E-Booking Tax Row, 5th Circ. Told
• 16 States Won't Intervene In FCA Suit Against Compounder
• Texas State Bar Sues Ex-Prosecutor Over False Testimony
• Twin City Tells 5th Circ. Excess Director Pay Not Covered
• Texas Powerhouse: Baker Botts
• Kimberly-Clark FCA Suit Tossed For Overlapping Other Case
• Ex-ArthroCare CEO Wants $750M Fraud Conviction Nixed
• 5th Circ. Probes Legality Of Texas Sanctuary-City Law
• Fed. Circ. Ruling To Force More Patent Cases Out Of EDTX
• Cop's Dallas Shooting Suit Against Twitter On Thin Ice
• Jury Awards Matrix $100M In Eagle Ford Accounting Row
• House To Consider Tax Relief For Hurricane Victims
• Energy Chops Boost Texas Powerhouses In Crowded Market
• SEC Halts Trading In Stock That Touted Hurricane's Upside
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear $4.4M Yahoo March Madness Ruling
• Trump's Latest US Atty Noms Include Sidley, Goodwin Alums
• UK Clears Cardtronics' $460M DirectCash Buy
• Patents Are Surviving Challenges Under Alice More Often
• Texas Justices To Hear Anadarko Drilling Lease Fight
• Is An Assault On The Flood Exclusion Coming?
• Locating Burden Of Proof When Patent Venue Is Challenged
• 5th Circ. Dismissal Signals End To Obama Overtime Regs
• 11th Circ. Seeks Texas Justices' Input In J&J Mesh Suit
• Jackson Walker Atty Named Texas Insurance Commissioner
• 2nd Man Indicted After 10 Immigrants Die In Texas Rig
• Delaware Booming, Texas Fading As TC Heartland Takes Hold
• Texas Appellate Court Ends Suit Over Nursing Home Injuries
• Fed. Circ. Strikes Down Gilstrap's Patent Venue Rules
• MLP Oasis Midstream Raises $128M In Below-Range IPO
• Texas Panel Revives Crash Death Claim Against Oil Co.
• Storm-Damaged Businesses Need Environmental 'Baselines'
• Economy Conditions Complicate Business Interruption Claims
• The Role Legal Finance Can Play In Firm Year-End Collections
• 5th Circ. Urged To Lift Block Of Texas Sanctuary City Law
• Rolls-Royce Wants FCA Claims Tossed, Atty DQ'd
• 4th Bellwether Over J&J Metal Hip Implants Kicks Off
• Trump Fed. Judge Pick Says Trans Kid Part Of 'Satan's Plan'
• IRS Defends Response In Exxon $1.35B Refund Case
• Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty In $5.1M Medicare Fraud
• Marathon Oil To Pay $33.1M In Foreign Tax Settlement
• How To Give Patent Clients A 'Get Out Of Texas' Card
• Considerations For Competitors Collaborating Post-Hurricane
• 'Per-Doc' Pricing Can Improve Document Review
• DOJ Urges High Court To Nix Atty's Client Bilking Appeal
• Paxton Prosecutors Appeal Pay Ruling To Top Criminal Court
• JLL Can't Access Atty Emails In Failed Land Sale Row
• Closed-Captioning Co.'s Social Media Rule, Firings Illegal
• Farrar & Ball Gets Fees In Ex-Paralegal's Defamation Row
• State AGs Widen Probe Into Opioid Makers, Distributors
• We Must Protect Consumers From Illegal Debt Collectors
• EFH Judge Rethinks $275M Breakup Fee In Nixed NextEra Deal
• NFL Players' Union Says Elliott Suspension Suit Has Legs
• Preparing For Art-Related Claims After Hurricane Harvey
• Energy Co. Says It Doesn't Belong In Suit Over $300M Sale
• Chipotle Worker Says Overtime Suit Didn't Flout Texas Court
• Bar On NFL's Suspension Of Elliott Will Remain, Judge Says
• Citi Settles DOJ Suit Over Military Car Repos
• Stanford Ponzi Scheme Receiver Battles Ex-GC For Records
• Daewoo Seizure Ruling Violates Due Process, 5th Circ. Told
• Roofing Co. Appeals To Texas High Court In Class Cert. Row
• Houston Takes Same-Sex Benefits Case To Supreme Court
• Damages Math Set In MBS Suits Against Goldman, Deutsche
• 3 Focus Areas For Texas Property Owners After Harvey
• Payday Lender Can't Arbitrate Claims, Texas Justices Told
• 5th Circ. Backs NLRB On Union-Dodging Contractors
• TitleMax, Competitors Trade Corporate Espionage Allegations
• NFL Urges 5th Circ. To Make Elliott Serve Suspension Now
• Texas Judge Won't Nix State Sen.'s Kickback Indictment
• Taxation With Representation: Paul, Shearman, Haynes, Locke
• Mortgage Lenders' False Claims Loss Blows Up To $298M
• Stanford Receiver Loses $88M Clawback Bid
• Real Estate Rumors: Chetrit, LoanCore Capital, Brennan
• 4 Decisions Energy Cos. Should Be On The Lookout For
• Marine Chain Co. Appeals Petrobras' $400M Suit To 5th Circ.
• Are Opioids The New Tobacco?
• A Guide To The Executive Branch Official Nomination Process
• Flooded Houstonians Blame Army Corps After Dam Releases
• Med Mal Suit Against Nursing Home Nixed Over Expert Report
• Texan FEC Pick Unlikely To Be Derailed By Tweet Drama
• Auto Policy Doesn't Require Insurer To Pay Punitives: Court
• 5th Circ. Affirms 80-Month Sentence For $3M Medicare Fraud
• Texas Panel Nixes ETP Rehearing Bid In $535M Pipeline Row
• City Tech Officers Say FCC Plans Hurt Internet Expansion
• NFL Demands Quick Ruling To Restore Elliott Suspension
• Houston Shopping Center Landlord Wins Insurance Suit
• Firm Tells 5th Circ. Coverage Is Owed For Malpractice Suits
• Samsung Hit With Beefed-Up Ongoing Royalty In Patent Suit
• Ex-IT Worker Gets 2.25 Years For Clinic Hack
• Texas Justices Weigh Effect Of State's Tax Formulas
• Texas Justices Query Limits Of School Sex Harassment Claim
• Texas Atty Sues Firm Over Slice Of Possible Million-Dollar Pie
• Texas Cities, Nonprofits Fight Partial Sanctuary City Ban
• NFL Could Face Another Prolonged Fight In Latest Labor Tiff
• 8 Key Insurance Coverage Considerations For Harvey, Irma
• Texas Bar Sues Austin Atty Over Misleading ADA Letters
• Fleeing From Cops Not Enough For Removal, 5th Circ. Finds
• Securus, Rival Want Two Prison Phone Patents Cut From Suit
• Locke Lord Steers Tailwater's $300M Sale Of Align Midstream
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of FCA Suit Against AndroGel Maker
• Understanding Force Majeure In The Aftermath Of Harvey
• 5th Circ. Tames NLRB Approach To Workplace Conduct Rules
• Google Gets Royalty Rate Pick After $20M Patent Trial Loss
• DOJ Asks 5th Circ. To Allow Part Of Sanctuary City Ban
• Insurer Can't Ditch $5M Chuck E. Cheese Coverage Dispute
• After Storms, Senators Move Stalled Telecom Disaster Bill
• Texas Hospital Urges High Court To Toss Nurses' Salary Fight
• EisnerAmper Wants To Keep $100M Fraud Claims Nixed
• Texas Panel Affirms Exxon's Early Win In Age Bias Suit
• K&L Gates Picks Up Oil & Gas Duo From Winstead In Texas
• Food Processor Asks 5th Circ. To Revive $1M Coverage Suit
• Blue Spike Says Juniper Patent Suit Should Stay In Texas
• Texas AG Files 3 Hurricane Harvey Price-Gouging Suits
• Apple Settles With Acacia Unit After $22M Patent Loss
• Top NY Court Won't Take Up Exxon Climate Subpoena Appeal
• Hurricane Harvey Makes 3 Landfalls: How Many Occurrences?
• Managing Flood Risk When '1,000-Year' Floods Seem Common
• Houghton Mifflin, Scholastic Want Trademark Suit Nixed
• NFL Wants Elliott's Suspension Restored Pending Appeal
• Texas AG Sues 'Reputation Management' Company
• Energy MLP Oasis Midstream Launches $150M IPO
• 5th Circ. Urged To Rethink Asbestos Excess Coverage Ruling
• Why Do I Have A Hurricane Harvey Claim From Hoboken?
• 5 Biggest Client Questions After Hurricane Harvey
• Deported Seismic Consultant Sues Houston Immigration Firm
• Glove-Maker Ironclad Files For Ch. 11 With $20M Sale Bid
• Texas Judge Says States Erred In Bid To Pull DACA Challenge
• Why More Global Giants Are Renouncing Their HQs
• Firms Stay The Course On London Growth Amid Brexit Haze
• Global Firms Snap Up India Work With Liberalization In Limbo
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2017
• Where The Global 20 Are Bolstering Their Ranks
• Cowboy Star's Discipline 'Fundamentally Unfair,' Judge Says
• Navico Wins $38M From Garmin In East Texas Sonar IP Row
• Steptoe, Ex-BigLaw Attys Among Latest Trump US Atty Picks
• Exxon, Union Seek Quick Win In Fired Worker Arbitration Row
• Texas Court Says Bad Expert Claims Can't Nix Med Mal Suit
• SEC, Texas Man Settle Suit Over Alleged Investment Scam
• Petrochem Test Co. Sues Ex-Lab Manager Over Trade Secrets
• Joe's Crab Shack Files Ch. 11 Plan After $57M Asset Sale
• The Environmental Impact Of Hurricanes: From Sandy To Irma
• Ponzi Mastermind Blasts $34M Hunton Settlement Deal
• Doc Sued Over Surgery On Wrong Ear, Subsequent Deafness
• More Trouble For ALJs Brewing In 5th Circ. FDIC Challenge
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, DLA, Simpson
• Teachers Would Slip Through Cracks Of New Immigration Plan
• 5 Texas Supreme Court Cases To Watch
• Navigating Texas Regulations After Harvey
• Congress Votes To Avoid Gov't Shutdown, Send Hurricane Aid
• How Collaboration Is Changing Inside Some Law Firms
• Justice Thomas Defends Originalist Perspective In Texas Talk
• SAP Gets 'Exceptional' Case Atty Fees In Data Patent Win
• Staffing Co. Gets Cut Out Of Bias Suit Against Hospital
• Promoter Balks At Pitcher's Victoria's Secret Tix Suit
• Texas 1st Responders Sue Arkema Over Post-Blast Fumes
• Senate Passes Hurricane Aid, Gov't Funding Extension Bill
• Texas Trial Atty Duo Launch New Boutique Firm
• Haynes And Boone Nabs Appellate Pro From Locke Lord
• Daewoo Can Seize Property For Future Arbitration: 5th Circ.
• Energy XXI Execs Face Shareholder Suit Over Statements
• Judge Won't Pause Petrobras' $400M Suit Over Bad Rig Chain
• Trump Taps 16 For Judiciary, Including Ex-Jones Day Atty
• 5th Circ. OKs DOL's Request To Drop OT Rule Appeal
• Texas Banks Settle $66M Fraud Suit Over Syndicated Loan
• 5 Hurricane Harvey Insurance Battlegrounds To Watch
• EFH, NextEra Units Settle $29M Wind Farm Credit Dispute
• Haynes And Boone Adds 2 Energy Litigation Partners
• Crowe & Dunlevy Enters Texas Market With Dallas Office
• Texas, Other States Pull DACA Challenge From Court
• Pretrial Deal Equals Conviction Under Immigration Regs: BIA
• EEOC Accuses Texas County Of Underpaying Female Doctors
• Texas AG Says Sanctuary Cities Bill Must Take Effect Now
• Harvey's Aftermath For The US Oil And Gas Sector
• 4 Takeaways From Hunton & Williams' $34M Stanford Deal
• FCC Monitoring Harvey Damage As Outages Persist
• NFL Against Cowboy Star's Suspension Arbitration Challenge
• Flood Victims Hit Houston, Harris County With Action
• Houston Courts Slowly Recover From Harvey Damage
• Texas Appeals Court Tosses Suit Over Dental Treatment
• Texas Oil Ponzi Schemer Gets 7 Years, Must Pay $32M
• Texas Justices To Review Personal Liability For Enviro Fine
• Column On Teen's Death Gets Texas High Court Review
• Texas Justices Will Review Retained Acreage Split
• Houston Billionaire Buys NBA's Rockets In $2.2B Deal
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Firm's Case Against Miss. Atty
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Risk Pool Reinsurance Tax Row
• DOL Tells 5th Circ. It Wants To Drop OT Rule Appeal
• 5 Key Insurance Tips In The Wake Of Hurricane Harvey
• States Vs. Uncle Sam: Federal Bonds As Unclaimed Property
• Invalidation Of DOL Overtime Rule Leaves Employers In Limbo
• Congressional Forecast: September
• Players Union Makes Tactical First Move In Latest NFL Fight
• Disaster Response Has Unique Hazards For Contractors
• 5th Circ. Wants Texas Hip Implant Bellwether Axed
• 4 Things To Watch After Obama's OT Rule Nixed
• Texas High Court To Hear Laredo Plastic Bag Ban Appeal
• Texas High Court To Hear Army Dog Bite Case
• Texas Justices To Review $9.6M Oil Rig Injury Verdict
• Baylor Privilege Loss Sends Warning On Internal-Probe Risks
• CBP Awards Deals For Border Wall Prototype Construction
• NFL Star's Suspension Arbitration Challenged Before Decision
• Texas Court Affirms Gov't Immunity In Patient Suicide Suit
• Austin Won't Block Texas 5G Equipment Regulations
• Exxon Sues IRS For FOIA Foot-Dragging On $1.35B Refund
• Insurers May Be Stuck Between Rock And A Hard Place: Part 2
• Texas Justices Take Up Xerox Challenge To $1B Medicaid Suit