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Texas - June, 2018

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• Justice Kennedy Leaves Mixed Record On Civil Rights
• Texas Justices Say Eagle Ford Deed Conveys Floating Royalty
• More Specificity Needed In NDA Injunction, Texas Court Says
• King & Spalding Snags 3 Finance Partners From Reed Smith
• Texas Justices Asked To Hear Bridal Shop's Ebola Stigma Suit
• Military Base Dog Bite Suit Can't Be Heard In Texas Courts
• Trump Says He Will Announce Supreme Court Nominee July 9
• Texas Speech Law Kills Removal Suit Against County Official
• Kennedy's Retirement: Legacy, Fallout & The Battle Ahead
• New Stats On Millennial Attorney Disciplinary Actions
• A Midyear Review Of State Attorney General Enforcement
• A Cloud On The Horizon: Trade Secret Theft In The Cloud
• Michelin Can't Escape Texas Court Based On Used Tire Sale
• V&E Attys Hurt In Boat Crash, Partner Pilot Faces Questions
• DOD Gets 2nd Request To House Undocumented Immigrants
• Why The Defense Bar Celebrates Kennedy
• Roberts Becomes True Power As 'Kennedy Court' Ends
• Ace Not Bound By $106M Judgment In Faulty Well Row
• CMS 'Extreme Backlog' Prompts Pause Of $7.6M Recoupment
• 5th Circ. Nixes Thrice-Amended ERISA Suit Against Idearc
• Dallas Close To Settling Police, Fire Back Pay Suit For $173M
• EEOC Says Firing Over Methadone Treatment Flouted ADA
• Ex-Sprint Subscriber Claims Flood Of Texts 'Harassed' Him
• 2nd Circ. Won't Undo Backing Nix Of Sabine Gas Contracts
• Ex-Baylor Official Can't Revive Pepper Hamilton Report Claims
• Delay On Kennedy Replacement 'Ain't Going To Happen': GOP
• Bayou Bridge Plans To Finish La. Oil Pipeline By October
• Sessions, HHS Unveil $2B Health Care Fraud Takedown
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: Prioritizing Is Always Key
• From Iqbal To Citizens United: Kennedy's Biggest Decisions
• ZeniMax's IP Verdict Against Oculus Cut By $250M
• Life After Kennedy: 1 Big Question, 6 Judges To Watch
• Texas Panel Told No Error In $10M Lake Austin Property Row
• 'Goodbye, Tony!' Justices Bid Farewell To Kennedy
• Investor Sues Real Estate Co. Over $1.2B Fidelity Merger
• When Partisan Passion Raged, Kennedy Was The Vote To Get
• Texas Chemical Plant Wants Injured Workers' Suits In MDL
• Quantlab Says Del. Ruling Precludes Texas Stakeholder Suit
• Seismic Data Co. Files Ch. 11, To Be Bought By Competitor
• Equifax Agrees To Improve IT Oversight In 8-State Deal
• Jefferies Seeks Toss Of Failed Biotech Co. Investors' Suit
• Chiropractor Must Arbitrate Claim Atty Flubbed RICO Trial
• Texas Won't Pursue Retroactive Remote Tax, Comptroller Says
• Texas Law Firm Fights Reversal Of Privacy Invasion Win
• GOP Kicks Off Race To Confirm Kennedy Replacement
• CBRE Unit Loses Partial Quick Win Bid On ERISA Claim
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: How Congress Affected My Career
• BB&T Seeks $10M In Construction Loan Guaranty Breach Suit
• Katten Muchin Grows In Dallas With Ex-Perkins Coie Partner
• Justice Kennedy's Retirement To Upset High Court Balance
• Home Health Co. Tries To Halt $7.6M Medicare Recoupment
• Liverpool FC Seeks Quick Win In Utah Youth Team Brand Row
• EEOC Seeks End To BNSF Attack On Right-To-Sue Notices
• Liberty Mutual To Face Fraud Claim In Project Contract Row
• Injured Worker's $1.7M Judgment Reinstated By Texas Court
• Ex-Texas Lawmaker Gets 12 Years In Ponzi Scheme
• Liquor Chain's Bid For Hack Coverage Revived By 5th Circ.
• DOL Persuader Rule Soon To Be Revoked, Courts Told
• NYC Meatball Shop, Houston Airport Eatery Settle TM Dispute
• Pier 1, Execs Duck Investor Suit Over Inventory Disclosures
• UT Health Must Face Racial Bias Suit From Former Nurse
• $21M Pizzeria Sex Assault Award Not Covered, 5th Circ. Says
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: DC Isn't As Bad As You Think
• An Update On DTSA And Trade Secret Damages
• Justices To Review Order To Arbitrate Dental Supply Row
• Husch Blackwell Adds Ex-Akerman Finance Atty In Dallas
• Supreme Court Hands Texas Win In Redistricting Row
• Texas Justices Limit Subpoena Reach In Atty Discipline Cases
• Texas Justices Revive $7M Real Estate Investment Loan Suit
• Biggest Energy M&A Trends Of 2018: Midyear Report
• 5th Circ. Agrees Booze Not Banned From Fishing Vessel Crew
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: 6 Things I Learned In Congress
• Texas 'Black Hat' Gets 8 More Years In Prison For Retaliation
• Texas Justices To Hear Atty-Client Privilege Discovery Row
• In His Own Words: How Texas Judge Is Mulling ACA Case
• Jury Awards Slain Woman's Family $42M Over Hotel Stabbing
• Privately Backed Rail And Transit Projects To Watch
• Texas Justices Partly Revive Ex-Manager Win Over Dealership
• NCAA Avoids Adverse Verdict By Settling CTE Case Mid-Trial
• Texas Justices Say Interference With Inheritance Not A Claim
• Texas High Court Strikes Down City's Plastic Bag Ban
• Akin Gump Boosts Tax Group With Ex-Hunton Andrews Atty
• Which Deposition Costs Are Recoverable In Texas?
• Xerox Can't Blame Doctors In $1B Texas Medicaid Fraud Row
• Ex-NFLer Seeks Testimony Of Texans Owner In Injury Suit
• Jury Reaches $2.4M Decision In Booze Biz Pay Dispute
• Liberty Withdraws $1.16B Offer For 40% Of IHeartMedia
• Breitling 'Frack Master' Arrested On $62M Fraud Charges
• Blogger Uses Texas Free Speech Law To Nix Defamation Row
• Google Urged To Drop Huawei Collab Over Security Concerns
• Texas Patient Shot By Hospital Guards Gets Claim Trimmed
• DOL's Fiduciary Rule's Demise Made Official By 5th Circ.
• Immigrant Kids Are Forcibly Medicated At Shelters, Suit Says
• Expert Report Warrants Cancer Death Trial, Texas Court Says
• Andeavor Investors Sue Over Disclosures In Marathon Deal
• Constangy Boosts Offices Across US With New Attys
• Southwest Airlines, Boeing Sued Over Deadly Engine Failure
• BigLaw's Associate Salary Model Is A Relic Of A Bygone Era
• What NFL Should Do About Cheerleader Discrimination Claims
• IHeartMedia Beats US Trustee's Objection To Exec Bonuses
• McGinnis Lochridge Adds Employment Partner In Dallas
• Ex-Coach, University Of Texas Settle Discrimination Suit
• Feds Nab Win In Investors' Tax Refund Dispute
• Texas Justices Won't Let Walmart Ax $1.4M Injury Verdict
• Ex-NHL Player's Disability Suit Barred By ERISA, Judge Says
• Evoqua Unit Drops $132M On PE-Backed Water Treatment Biz
• Buc-ee's TM Win Could Draw Fire Over Unheard Evidence
• K. Hov Unit Not Liable For Worker Death, Texas Court Says
• #MeToo At Law Firms And What We Can Do About It
• Texas Doc Accused Of $240M Fraud Says Charges Too Old
• Akerman Real Estate Chair Eyes Texas, Keeps Culture Close
• Texas Energy Co. Will Pay $7M To End SEC's Fraud Suit
• 2 More Law Firms Match Cravath's Associate Pay Raises
• Whole Foods Nabs Partial Win In Yogurt Sugar Content Row
• Anadarko Dodges Securities Suit Over Safety Risks, For Now
• NFL's Texans Want Cheerleader Wage Suit Arbitrated
• Meet The Judge Who Will Decide The ACA's Fate
• Thompson & Knight Guides $233M Grey Rock Energy Fund
• 5th Circ. Revives Texas Walmart Slip-And-Fall Suit
• A Chat With Holland & Knight CFO Mia Stutzman
• Buc-ee's Says Rival's Proposed TM Injunction Too Weak
• GCs Tackle Law Firm Culture In Diversity Push
• The Best Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• The Hurdles Facing BigLaw's Minority Women
• Knowledge Lawyers Can Help Firms Stay Ahead Of The Curve
• Oil Co. Loses Bid To Recoup $17.7M Tax Refund For Bad Debt
• DHS Sec. Blames Congress For Separating Families At Border
• Barge Co. Loses Bid For Review Of $20M Oil Spill Ruling
• Texas Cancer Center Owes $4.3M For HIPAA Failings
• Justices Remand Immigrant's Removal Row, Spurn Others
• Baker Botts Attracts Capital Markets Partner In Houston
• 3 Firms Guide $1.4B Sale Of Rent-A-Center To PE Firm
• In Their Own Words: Minority Partners On Reaching The Top
• Texas State Senator Convicted Of Fraud Resigns
• NFL, Texans Want To Arbitrate Ex-Eagles Player's Injury Suit
• Tribes Want Indian Child Welfare Act Challenge Nixed
• High Court Won't Hear Total Challenge To FERC Fining Power
• Justices Won't Clarify 'Property Rights' In Tax Fraud Case
• The 2018 Law360 Diversity Snapshot
• Insights From State AG Coordinated Opioid Investigation
• Minority Lawyers On Why They Left BigLaw
• Taking On The 'Petri Dish' Of BigLaw Bias
• The Best Firms For Minority Attorneys
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: By The Numbers
• Law360's Pro Say: What BigLaw Should Do About Diversity
• KAIST Wins $400M Patent Verdict Against Samsung, Others
• 2,000 Kids Taken From Parents At Border Under New Policy
• Bell Helicopter Can't Shake 40-Year-Old's Age Bias Trial Win
• Sabre-Lufthansa Fee Fight To Get Texas High Court Review
• 5th Circ. Vacates $4.3M Penalty In Medical Practice Tax Row
• Total E&P Can't Shake 'Excessive' $420K Attorney Fee Award
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Patent Antitrust Row Transfer
• Repairman Gets Texas Justices To Take Up Electrocution Suit
• Texas Justices Uphold $9.6M Brain Injury Verdict
• An Unprecedented Look Inside The FARA Unit
• US Trustee Slams IHeartMedia Executive Bonuses
• Iranian Mall Atty Sanctioned For Baseless Pipe Collapse Suit
• NCAA Settles Suit Over Football Player's CTE Death Mid-Trial
• Amended Fiduciary Rule: Done, Done, On To The Next One
• NCAA Put Profits Over Player Safety, Jury Told In CTE Trial
• Insurers, Doctors, Hospitals Assail GOP's New ACA Challenge
• Nonprofits Hit Texas AG With Suit Over Abortion Restrictions
• AGs Tell 8th Circ. Title VII Doesn't Cover Sex Orientation
• EEOC Launches 7 Harassment Suits As Task Force Meets
• Wilson Loses Fee Bid In Helmet Chin-Strap Patent Fight
• Texas Panel Grants New Trial Over Atty Immigration Reference
• White & Case Snags King & Spalding Atty For Oil, Gas Group
• 5th Circ. Reverses Life Insurance Benefits Denial
• Texas Creates MDL For Counties' Opioid Suits
• A Farxiga Opinion That's All Hat, No Cattle
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revive Wrongful Death Insurance Row
• Munsch Hardt Adds Trial Pro In Dallas
• Former Texas Congressman Can't Ax Charity Fraud Conviction
• Why Lawyers Shouldn't Accept Fees In Cryptocurrency: Part 2
• Curious Case Of The Class Cert. Evidentiary Standard: Part 2
• NCAA Kept Brain Injury Risk Quiet For Decades, Jury Told
• Apache Royalty Ruling 'Illogical,' Texas Justices Hear
• Fed. Circ. Won't Undo Gilstrap's Venue Waiver Ruling
• Airline Can't Bring Security Co. Into Passenger Injury Suit
• 5th Circ. Rejects Pill Mill Doc's Challenge To 5-Year Sentence
• Fracking Equipment Co. Says Ex-Manager Solicited Worker
• 5th Circ. Revives Texas Hospital's $58M Underpayment Suit
• Curious Case Of The Class Cert. Evidentiary Standard: Part 1
• Patent Venue Trends And Considerations Post-Cray
• Why Lawyers Shouldn't Accept Fees In Cryptocurrency: Part 1
• Judge Denies Bid By CFPB, Groups To Stay Payday Rule
• Ex-Cowboys Cheerleader Files FLSA, Equal Pay Class Action
• Steel Co. Sued For $1.4M After Partial Warehouse Collapse
• 5th Circ. Says Employer's Failure To Sign Voids Arbitration
• Hunton Atty Takes Real Estate Group From Local To National
• Shuttered Restaurant Group Sues Texas Music Complex
• Gas Station Owner Can't Shake Fine Over Abandoned Tanks
• USAA Sues Wells Fargo Over Mobile Check Deposit Patents
• AT&T Layoff Suit By CWA Nixed By Arbitration Clause
• States, Schools Line Up Against PTAB's Immunity Waiver
• La. Real Estate Board Asks 5th Circ. For Stay On FTC Trial
• Clearer Rule On Witness Compensation Disclosure Is Needed
• Highway Trust Fund Is Out Of Gas — Time For Mileage Fees
• Texas Accounting Firm Blew $3.5M Refund Deadline, Suit Says
• Payday Groups Defend Joint Request For CFPB Rule Stay
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Appellate Pro To Austin Office
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Seek Texas Justices' View On Sabine Case
• Chesapeake Can't Dump 'Sham' Claims In Barnett Shale MDL
• Justices Won't Weigh Rest Break Pay, Pfizer Unit Bias Suit
• Texas Inmates' Settlement, $4.5M In Fees OK'd In Heat Suit
• Oil Rig Co. Rips Chevron Underwriters' Suit At 5th Circ.
• The Fight Against NPEs, 1 Year After TC Heartland
• Texas Justices To Weigh Anti-SLAPP Dismissal Of NDA Suit
• DOJ Calls DACA Unlawful, Refuses To Back It In Texas Fight
• Sports Construction Co. Says Ex-Worker Stole IP For Rival Biz
• Fengate Reaches $100M Solar Co-Development Deal
• 5th Circ. Won't Budge From Exxon Radiation Exposure Ruling
• JV Wins $25B Deal To Manage NM Nuclear Weapons Lab
• Texas Justices Will Review Eagle Ford Royalty Dispute
• Texas Mass Shooting Victim's Parents Sue US Gov't For $50M
• Huawei Can Keep $600K Atty's Fees After Pro Se Nightmare
• Taxation With Representation: Fenwick, Latham, Vinson
• Lockheed Loses Texas Tax Appeal Over Fighter Jet Sales
• Texas High Court Won't Stop $200M Dallas Drilling Suit
• Texas Justices To Review Nixed Evidence In $1.4M Death Suit
• Texas Justices Nix Workers' Comp Carrier's Repayment Bid
• Impediments To Legal Industry's 'Inevitable' Future: Part 2
• IHeartMedia Can Pay Employee Bonuses, Access $450M DIP
• Houston Must Face Pension System Suit, Texas Justices Say
• Texas Justices Say Builder Can't Sue Pol Over Permit Delay
• Texas High Court Allows Suit Over Tractor Death In Miss.
• Ex-Baylor Football Official Can't Revive Suit Over Ouster
• Telecom Co.'s $60M Deduction Request Rejected On Appeal
• Schlumberger Beats Whistleblower's Wrongful Firing Suit
• Lawyer Asks To Leave Suit Alleging Judge Outed Victim
• Trump Admin. Backs GOP's Latest Anti-ACA Suit
• Stop Family Separations At Border, Mayors Urge Sessions
• Texas Taxpayer Group Fights $44M Payout To Developer
• Oil Field Services Co. Hit With $1M Sexual Harassment Verdict
• Hilton Owner Can't Revive Hail Coverage Row At 5th Circ.
• Qualcomm Took Too Long To Try To Move Patent Case
• 6 Cities Where It Pays To Be A BigLaw Associate
• Defining A Shareholder's Bankruptcy Veto Power
• Senate Panel OKs 9th Circ. Pick Over Home-State Objections
• Impediments To Legal Industry's 'Inevitable' Future: Part 1
• Texas Court Nixes New Trial In Baylor Sex Assault Case
• Insurers Ask 5th Circ. To Definitively End Fiduciary Rule
• Reseller Not Enough To Keep Medical Device IP Row In Texas
• 'Fixer Upper' Stars Settle EPA Lead Paint Mishandling Claims
• I'm From The Government & I'm Here To Sue Over Trademarks
• Breitling Execs Can Tap Insurance To Fight $80M SEC Suit
• Nabors Loses $105K Sales Tax Refund For Drilling Parts
• Texas Ruling Gives Appellate Weapon To Injury Defense Bar
• Trump's Steel Tariffs May Worsen Permian Pipeline Crunch
• Troutman Sanders, Winstead Are Eyeing A Tie-Up
• Last Settlement OK'd In Patent-Holder Unit's Smartphone Row
• Latham, Vinson Assist On $3.13B Deal For EnLink Stakes
• VirnetX Wants Damages In Apple Patent Case Doubled To $1B
• Parent Co. Off Hook In $6.5M Texas Oil Well Service Fight
• SEC Scores $36.4M Judgment Against Oil and Gas Fraudsters
• Viveve, Thermi Settle Suit Over Vagina Reshaping Patent
• FTC Wants More Info On $1.2B Title Insurance Deal
• Texas Justices Asked To OK Tax Protest Free Of Prepayment
• Texas Justices Don't Disfavor Any One Court With Reversals
• Texas Panel Nixes IT Worker's Bias Suit Against Hospital
• Drilling Co. Can't Ditch Arbitration In Legal Fee Fight
• Senate Confirms Trump's Ky., Texas District Judge Picks
• Texas Co. Recalls 34K Lbs. Of Beef Products Due To Plastic
• Omni Hotel Sued Over Basement Drowning During Harvey
• Texas Justices To Weigh Bank's Account-Emptying Case
• NJ Sen. Says He Was Kept From Entering Detention Site
• States Backing Census Citizenship Query Wade Into NY Fight
• Osprey, Blackstone Ink $400M Royal Resources Shale Deal
• McCombs, Ex-Execs Can't Get Dueling Suits Moved
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-Jones Day M&A Partner In Houston
• SEC Brings $3.3M Suit Alleging Soundwave Investor Scam
• 5th Circ. Nixes Texas' Suit Over Yucca Mountain License
• Gibson Dunn Picks Up Morgan Lewis Supreme Court Star
• Texas Hospital Can't Nix Bill Fight Under Free Speech Law
• Justices Vacate DC Circ. Ruling On Immigrant Teen's Abortion
• Why Widespread Use Of Live Video Testimony Is Not Justified
• Texas High Court Says City Can Be Sued Over Lakeside Lease
• Texas Justices Take Up Row Over Med Mal Expert Testimony
• Expert's Deposition Testimony Sinks Dental Malpractice Suit
• Texas Justices Trim Award Against Developer In Loan Row
• Frontier Hit With $210M Patent Suit Over FiOS Service
• Texas High Court Eyes Pension Cut, Workers' Comp. Rows
• Physical Therapy Co. CEO Gets 19 Years For $14M Fraud
• Twitter User Must Face Battery Claim Over Journo's Seizure
• Murphy Scores Texas High Court Win Over Eagle Ford Well
• Texas Justices Take Up Anadarko's $100M Coverage Battle
• Texas Justices To Hear Home Damage Suit Against Engineers
• Texas Justices Take Up Glassdoor's Bid To Shield Reviewers
• Texas Grid Regulator's Immunity Will Hurt Market, Court Told
• Texas Supreme Court To Review Necessity Of Full Compliance
• Navajo Can't Take Part In Indian Child Welfare Act Challenge
• In Remote Immigrant Detention Centers, It's Pro Bono Or Bust
• Ex-Prosecutor Wins Texas High Court Review Of Firing Suit
• Hotel Owner-Operator MCR Closes Latest Fund At $300M
• Why Fossil Fuel Generation Facilities May Be Overvalued
• Judging A Book: Wallach Reviews 'Uncivil Warriors'
• States' Crypto Enforcement Onslaught Has Only Just Begun