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Texas - February, 2022

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• Flint Water Engineers Were 'Puzzle Pieces' Of Crisis, Jury Told
• The Battle To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Coach Says School Fired Him Over False Race Bias Claims
• ERCOT Immunity Ruling Not Last Word On Grid Suits
• Texas Crane Co. Settles Coverage Dispute With Allianz
• Texas Leads 15-State Fight On Biden Vehicle Emissions Regs
• MoneyGram Puts $16M Price Tag On Potential NY, CFPB Deals
• Texas Justices Nix Early Discovery In Medical Malpractice Suit
• Paralegal Collective OK'd To Pursue Texas Firm For Overtime
• Property Management Co. Seeks $2M For Hurricane Damage
• Paul Weiss Reps KPS' $3.5B Building Materials Biz Buy
• Texas Justices Asked To Toss $5.6M Well Rupture Suit Verdict
• Bankruptcy Is Optimal Venue For Mass Tort Cases
• High Court To Hear Indian Child Welfare Act Case
• Party Leaders Vow Open Minds For New High Court Pick
• How Judge Jackson Beat Out Competition For High Court Nod
• Why Ketanji Brown Jackson Honored This Historic Judge
• NJ Judge Scraps Claims In 2 Horizon Drug Patents
• 1st Circ. Judge Selya Says Jackson Will Be 'Balanced'
• Facebook Suit Spotlights States' Growing Biometrics Focus
• Edited Med Mal Claims Can Still Trigger Texas Expert Deadline
• Texas Justices Set Out Method For Process Service On Banks
• Texas Panel Nixes Class In Texas A&M Donor Fight
• Biden's Supreme Court Pick Was Star Debater In Miami
• Texas Judge Limits Co.'s Coverage Duties In $50M Injury Suit
• The Key To Turning Solid Briefs Into Winning Briefs
• ABI Panelists, US Chamber Support Ch. 11 3rd-Party Releases
• Why Courts Are Skeptical Of Past-Due Pay Status Cases
• Albright Refuses To Let Apple Patent Suit Transfer From Waco
• Coal Ash Liabilities Set Off Search For Historical Insurance
• Insurance Implications Of Texas '8 Corners' Rulings
• Texas Bar Dues Opponents Move For Class Cert.
• The Big Picture: COVID Coverage Cases In Fed. Appeals Court
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Fried Frank
• 6 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Opinions To Read Now
• Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To High Court
• IP Forecast: PayPal Looks To Halt Inventor's Patent Campaign
• Steps For Universities As DOJ Shifts Foreign Influence Policy
• Texas Can Break With High Court On Abortion Law, State Says
• Feds Face New Call To Probe Texas 'Lone Star' Border Op
• Cooley, Polsinelli Guide $350M Centris Industrial Deal
• Texas Atty Says Firm Fired Her Because Of Disability
• Proskauer, Baker Botts Shape Enviro SPAC's $200M IPO
• ERCOT Can't Claim Immunity In Power Developer Fight
• Texas Judge Rejects HHS Rule On Surprise Medical Billing
• Palo Alto Knocks Kramer Levin In New PTAB Hearing Bid
• GEICO Customers Lose Class Cert. Appeal In 5th Circ.
• Texas Panel Sends $22M Legal Malpractice Suit To Mediation
• Texas Court Considers Pipeline Eminent Domain Rule Dispute
• Texas Court Debates Discretion In Periodic Payment Awards
• Asarco Wins Toss Of Retiree Health Benefits Class Action
• Tainted Products Force Hand Sanitizer Maker Into Ch. 11
• Grupo Televisa Accused Of Conspiring To Take Fiber Optic Biz
• Carbon Cost Injunction Signals Hurdles For Biden Plans
• After West Texas Ruling, Patenting AI Could Be More Nuanced
• Southwest Pilots Can't Sue Over Training Jobs, Judge Rules
• NRA Wants Dorsey & Whitney DQ'd From Ad Agency Suit
• Justices Zero In On Texas's Authority Over Tribal Gaming
• Sheriffs Ask Judge To Reconsider Halting Immigration Policies
• Albright Says Broadcom Atty's Bluff Helped Sink Transfer Bid
• MyChart Maker Wants Protection From NPE's Patents
• World Of Warcraft Patent Case Settles Ahead Of Texas Trial
• Brazos Calls ERCOT Billing Unreasonable In Ch. 11 Trial
• V&E Alum Rejoins Firm From SEC Enforcement
• Tesla Settles With EPA Over Toxic Air Pollutants At Calif. Plant
• Steel Tariff Lobbying By Group Not Collusive, Judge Rules
• Texas Justices Question Basis For State VW Emissions Suit
• Houston Tells Texas High Court To Ax Drainage Fee Suit
• Self-Evaluative Privilege May Protect Internal Investigations
• Google Antitrust Judge OKs DOJ's 'Likely' Witness List
• Texas Doctor Can't Escape Death Suit Over Missed Blood Clot
• Texas Justices Won't Review Enviro Credit Suit
• Ex-Client Fights To Revive Claims Against King & Spalding
• Justices To Hear Arguments In States' MoneyGram Dispute
• Broadcaster Tegna Goes Private In $8.6B Deal Led By 4 Firms
• Up Next At High Court: Justices Consider Tribal Courts, Bingo
• Dish Wants $3.5M Default Win In Arabic Channel Theft Case
• Apple, Ericsson Facing ITC Probes Before 2023 FRAND Trials
• DOJ, Google Still Can't Agree Over 'Likely' Witness Lists
• Quit Transmitting Illegal Robocalls, FCC Tells More Cos.
• Locke Lord Gains Highgate Hotels Deputy GC As Partner
• Texas Jury Orders Health Center To Pay $2.7M In FCA Case
• 2022 State AG Elections May Shift The Regulatory Landscape
• Walter Dellinger's Little-Known, Outsize Impact On Legal Aid
• Texas AG Investigates TikTok For Human Trafficking Violations
• Sacklers Offer Another $1.6B For Purdue Ch. 11 Settlement
• High Court Takes Up 'Remain In Mexico' Challenge
• Texas Court Won't Salvage Exxon's Calif. 'Conspiracy' Probe
• Judge Lets Biden Keep Fighting Texas Migrant Transit Order
• Celanese Pays $11B For DuPont Unit In Deal Led By 3 Firms
• Gilstrap Tells Acorn No 'Clean Hands,' No $6.7M In Fees
• GOP Bills Would Curb CFPB's Push For Small Biz Loan Data
• IP Forecast: Activision Blizzard Set For Trial Over Data Patent
• DOD Wants 5th Circ. To Narrow Injunction In COVID Vax Case
• Why I'll Miss Arguing Before Justice Breyer
• Apache Fights Investor Suit Over Failed Drilling Project
• 5th Circ. Axes Theft Coverage Bid After Texas Court Weighs In
• Southwest Flight Attendant Seeks Early Win In Retaliation Suit
• Comerica Says It Is Facing CFPB Investigation
• Texas Power Co. Sues For Coverage Of Winter Storm Uri Suits
• Texas Legal Recruiter Secures Growth Financing
• Insurer Fights Minn. Dentist's 5th Circ. Virus Coverage Appeal
• Former Angels Staffer Found Guilty In Skaggs Overdose Trial
• 5th Circ. Backs Workers Fighting United Airlines Vax Mandate
• Purdue Gets OK For 2-Week Opioid Suit Freeze Extension
• Attys For Military Co. Say Opposing Counsel Harassed Them
• Texas Sues Biden Over Air Travel Mask Mandate
• Solicitor General Clashes With Tech GCs Over Fintiv Rule
• Kirkland-Led Crescent Energy Buys Energy Assets For $815M
• La. Residents Want 5th Circ. Redo For Cleanup Suit
• What Cos. Can Learn From The 2021 FCA Recovery Statistics
• Amid Scrutiny, Albright Focuses On Keeping Cases On Track
• Pension Fund Sues For Docs On $23.8B Cerner-Oracle Deal
• SEC Says Bitcoin Ponzi Schemer Still Owes $40M
• Angels Staffer Points Finger At Other Dealers In Skaggs Trial
• Recent Rulings Show Lawyer Criticism Of Judges Is Perilous
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Sheppard Mullin Atty In Dallas
• Facebook Can't Ax Voxer's Livestream Patents Under Alice
• Texas Doc Must Face Suit Over 7-Year-Old Boy's Injured Eyes
• Firefighting Foam Distributor Says Insurer Must Pay MDL Bills
• Conservative Group Backs Texas' Bid To Bury DACA
• Unitholders Allege Mariner East Pipelines Co. Flouted Safety
• Favre-Tied Co. Defeats $17M Securities Fraud Suit At 5th Circ.
• Dykema Opens Houston Office With McCathern Shokouhi Trio
• Cannabis Software Developer Says Competitor Stole Code
• Defense Counsel Must Alter Tactics To Fight Outsize Verdicts
• Matt Harvey Testifies Angels Staffer Gave Players Drugs
• Breyer's Role In Courthouse Design Sets A Judicial Template
• 5 Firms Guide Madison Dearborn's $1.8B MoneyGram Buy
• Oil Group Wants Speedy Appeal In Offshore Lease Ban Row
• Chancery Says Authentix Can't Bar Company Sale Price Suit
• Texas Seeks To Halt Facebook's Facial Recognition Practices
• Texas Judge Keeps Navy Vax Mandate On Ice Pending Appeal
• Federal Probe Signals Scrutiny Of Crypto's Enviro Impacts
• LG Fights Texas Courts' Jurisdiction Over Faulty Battery Suits
• Judge Blocks TRO Bid Against Law Firm In Defamation Suit
• Sports Media Co. Says Chubb Unit Must Cover Employee Theft
• 5th Circ. Says Judge Doesn't Have Immunity In Retaliation Suit
• FisherBroyles Nabs Stinson Real Estate Atty In Dallas
• Texas Tax Talk: Comptroller Appeals May Fuel Litigation
• Insurer Says It's Off The Hook For Hair Salon Dryer Injury
• 5th Circ. Says Landowner Can Dodge Share Of Driller's Costs
• How Texas Energy Work Has Changed 1 Year After Uri
• Texas '8 Corners' Ruling Adds Wrinkle To Coverage Fights
• What Happened In Flint: Trial To Pull Back Curtain On Crisis
• Jury Finds Oil Co.'s Patents Valid But Not Infringed
• Feds' Bid To Pause Block On Workers' Vax Mandate Denied
• 9 Firms Rep For $500M Haul In Blank Check IPOs
• Bilzin Sumberg Juggles Nearly A Dozen Sales In Marina Deal
• Texas Justices Side With TCEQ In Wastewater Permit Row
• Google Calls 300 Potential DOJ, AG Witnesses A 'Fake List'
• Health Hires: Reed Smith, McGuireWoods
• Texas Cardiologist Wants Hospital's Antitrust Claims Tossed
• Biden Admin.'s Carbon Social Cost Metric Barred By Judge
• Sidley Austin Nabs Antitrust Expert From Kirkland & Ellis
• Texas Justices Clarify Gas Utility Liability In Explosion Case
• Shackelford Scoops Up More Winstead Attys In Texas
• Essentium's $947M SPAC Deal Nixed Over Market Conditions
• Poisoned Atty Suit Survives Paralegal's Free Speech Defense
• 5th Circ. Grants New Trial Over Sanofi Chemo Drug
• Texas, Others Fight Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Hike
• Feds Pledge $5B For National EV Charging Network
• Apple Says Fed. Circ. Ruling Sinks Other IP Verdicts
• Aetna Ordered To Pay More For Mental Care In ERISA Suit
• Jury Hits Google With $20M Infringement Verdict In WDTX
• J&J Can't Be Allowed To Dodge Civil Justice With Bankruptcy
• NY, NJ Lease Auctions Highlight US Push For Offshore Wind
• Texas Justices Won't Stay Salesforce Sex-Trafficking Suit
• Norton Rose Nabs Health Care Pros From Morgan Lewis
• Split 5th Circ. Won't Stay Block Of Fed. Worker Vax Mandate
• Congressmen Urge High Court To Allow Reservist's Bias Suit
• Bitcoin Co. Says Ex-Exec Tried To Poach El Salvador As Client
• GOP Sens. Demand Review Of Any New Iran Nuclear Deal
• PersonalWeb Tells Justices To Redo Alice: 'Enough Is Enough'
• Texas Wants National Guard Vaccine Mandate Halted
• No Nuke Waste Storage In Permian Basin, Texas Tells 5th Circ.
• Gilstrap Rejects Samsung Bid To Sink IP Suit Over Standing
• Texas AG Investigating GoFundMe's Removal Of $10M Fund
• NY Judge OKs Canadian Entities' Late Purdue Ch. 11 Appeal
• 5th Circ. Nixes Card Processor's $2.7M Airfare Tax Refund Bid
• BigLaw Must Nix All-Or-Nothing Work Model To Retain Talent
• Ex-Boeing Pilot Gets 737 Max Criminal Case Trimmed
• Google, YouTube Target Suit Over 5 Wildseed Mobile Patents
• Fight To Enforce $22M Nigeria Award Goes To High Court
• Shell Blames Entrust For Texas Winter Storm Power Cutoff
• Salesforce Asks Texas Justices For Sex-Trafficking Suit Stay
• Albright Keeps LED Case, But Outsources Claim Construction
• Canadian Entities Seek Late Appeal In Purdue Ch. 11 Case
• Oracle Gives DOJ More Time To Review $28B Cerner Deal
• Oil, Gas Co. Launches With $180M Investment
• Southwest Pilots Union Urges Boeing Max Wage Suit Revival
• BP Says Workers Can't Double Dip In Pension Plan Litigation
• Boeing Crash Families Bash DOJ For Denying Victim Status
• Worker Says Farm Address Not Vital In Misclassification Suit
• Texas State Bar Tells High Court To Rebuff Fight Over Dues
• Biden's Supreme Court Nominee Should Have 5 Key Qualities
• Haynes And Boone Hires Norton Rose Litigator In Houston
• Broker Fights Jeweler's 5th Circ. Virus Coverage Appeal
• Align, 3Shape Ink IP, Antitrust Deal Over Clear Braces
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Hess' $218M Schlumberger Valve Suit
• Court Rules Airman's Mass Shooting Victims Are Owed $230M
• Transport Co. Says $4M Gallagher Suit Was Filed On Time
• IP Owner, PNC Cut Deal After Albright Bemoans Eligibility Law
• Ill. Judge Trims False Ad Suit Over Family Dollar Almonds
• US Urges Court Not To Block Use Of Carbon Cost Metric
• Texas Justices Briefed In $31.6M Trucking Crash Appeal
• Texas Strikes $225M Deal With Teva Over Opioid Crisis
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2022 Editorial Boards
• JPMorgan Chase Faces Racial Bias Suit From Texas Doctor
• Caltech's $1.1B Win Against Apple Falls Flat At Fed. Circ.
• Texas Justices Side With BlueStone In Pipeline Royalty Row
• Ysleta Pueblo Presses Justices To Greenlight Bingo In Texas
• Texas Justices OK Jurisdictional, Merits Discovery Overlap
• Purdue Asks For New Extension On Opioid Suit Freeze
• McGinnis Lochridge Adds Cantey Hanger Trio In Dallas
• AT&T Sued Over 'Bait And Switch' Reward Card Offer
• Akin Gump Boosts Tax Practice With Energy Specialist
• Philly, Pittsburgh DAs Lose Bid To Stop Opioid Settlement
• Nissan Sued By Drivers Who Say Fluid Tanks Are Too Similar
• Landlord's Post-Harvey Deductible Not Insured, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Justices Consider Doc's Liability In Teen Suicide Case
• IP Forecast: 11th Circ. To Eye Biz's $20M Trade Secrets Loss
• Private Border Wall Challenger Moves To Drop Federal Case
• Split Fed. Circ. Reverses EDTX Judge's OK Of Patent Deal
• Texas Suit Seeks To Invalidate DOL Fiduciary Rule Rewrite
• Wastewater Plant Seeks Reversal In Oil Spill Cleanup Case
• 5th Circ. Judge Questions FERC Input In Gas Bankruptcies
• Commodities Trader Defends $4.5M Oil Refund To 5th Circ.
• E-Commerce Services Biz Cart.com Lands $240M In Funding
• Texas Justices Told Blue Cross Can't Get $3M Tax Refund
• Texas Startup Pledges $750M For Rent-To-Own Home Options
• Dunnam & Dunnam Says Texas Rival Can't Shake TM Row
• Judge Ordered DOJ Atty To Remove Mask, Watchdog Says
• Whitley Penn Adds Tax Partner From Lane Gorman Trubitt
• O'Melveny Hires Morgan Lewis Partner In Texas
• Texas Panel Revives Roofer's Challenges To Adjusting Laws
• Bressler Amery Adds Winstead Shareholder In Texas
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2021: Part 2
• Purdue Says Google Stole Smartphone Bug Detection Tech
• Dallas Asks Panel To Toss $33M Takings Verdict In Drilling Suit
• White Farmers Allege Minority Debt Relief Program Is Racist
• 24 Hour Fitness Beats $1.3M Verdict Over Empty Hot Tub Fall
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revive Texas' School Mask Mandate Ban
• Texas Panel Wary Of Defamation Label In Staffing Co.'s Suit
• The Flaws In The Traditional Approach To Hiring A Law Firm
• Biden's ICE Nominee Gets Senate Homeland Committee OK
• Spencer Fane Adds 2 Attorneys To Energy Team In Austin
• Texas Supreme Court Mulls Interlocutory Appeals Rules
• Texas Justices Consider Atty Immunity In Wiretapping Suit
• Texas Justices Seek To Determine Limits Of Whistleblower Act
• Online Speech Thrives Under Section 230, So Amend Carefully
• Bankruptcy Blocking: What Wind Power Cos. Must Know
• Stresses Pile Up For Judges After 2 Years Of COVID
• ThermoLife Told To Take Injunction Stay Bid Up With Albright
• Purdue Closing In On New Ch. 11 Deal With Sackler Family
• 5 Tips To Avoid Regulatory Scrutiny On Supply Chain Snafus
• Houston Judge Scolded For 13th Time For Delayed Rulings
• What Pa. Procedure Rule Change Means For 'Snap Removals'
• Ex-Univar Executive Loses Push For Severance Pay
• Michelman & Robinson Opens Houston Office