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Texas - April, 2022

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• Texas Judge Orders Dismissal Hearing For Alex Jones Ch. 11
• Strip Club Investors' $2.2M Deal Gets Judge's Initial OK
• Border 'Invasion' Declarations Could Spark Legal Challenges
• Purdue Tells 2nd Circ. 30 Years Of Precedent Back Ch. 11 Plan
• Bankrupt Hess Unit Gets Ch. 11 Stay Of USVI Asbestos Trial
• $820M Settlement Blocks Petrobras' Bribery Claims
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Gibson Dunn Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Sens. Call On Vidal To Address 'Clear Abuses' Of IPR System
• Sanitizer Co. Ch. 11 Loan Called Attempt To Dodge Liability
• Texas Bar Names Appellate Attorney As New Chairman
• Shell, Exxon Drop Claims Over Texas Gas Station Acquisition
• FisherBroyles Adds Corporate Partners In Chicago, Dallas
• K&L Gates Buoys Maritime Group With Foley & Lardner Atty
• Associates, Look Beyond Money In Assessing Lateral Offers
• Law360's 2022 Texas Editorial Advisory Board
• Judges Say Zoom Makes Courts Safer, Expands Due Process
• Hess Unit Hits Ch. 11 Over St. Croix Refinery Asbestos Claims
• Fed. Circ. Forecast: Food Co. To Fight Coca-Cola's TM Victory
• Texas Judge Won't Halt Receiver's Work In $9.9M Judgment
• Cisco Accused Of Using Coercion To Maintain Monopoly
• Paralegal Accused Of Poisoning Atty Wants Suit Trimmed
• Ex-CEO Didn't Prove Health Claims In $2B Tax Case, US Says
• GOP States Urge Justices To Block Biden Carbon Cost Metric
• Prenatal Test Maker Faces Investor Suit Over False Positives
• Ukrainian Co. Can Be Served IP Suit By Email Amid War
• Tech Co. Can't Duck Purdue Univ. Patent Suit, Judge Says
• Credit Suisse Is Beefing Up Compliance And Cutting Exec Pay
• Facebook Wins Ax Of Webpage Visitor Intent IP At PTAB
• Winstead Adds 4 Real Estate Attys In Texas, North Carolina
• Preventing Impermissible Client Solicitation After ABA Opinion
• Gordon & Rees Adds 11th Hawkins Parnell Atty In Dallas
• Bankruptcy Doldrums Persist Despite Economic Pressures
• 5th Circ. Sends $300M Oil Job Fee Dispute To State Court
• Republican AGs Cry Foul Over Biden Asylum Policy
• Justices Reject Emotional Distress Damages In Bias Case
• Attys Seek $4.3M In Fees For 13-Year Trade Secrets Suit
• Judge Tells Court To Scratch Off Lottery.com Fraud Suit
• Bankrupt Lear Capital's Wronged Investors Piling Up In Ch. 11
• Utilities Question Texas Regulator's Energy-Pricing Authority
• Texas Energy Regulator's Reach Questioned In Permit Fight
• Suspect Arrested In 2016 Murder Of Prominent Dallas Atty
• Senate Report Slams Ongoing Hazards In Military Homes
• Purdue Ch. 11 Injunction Extended Pending 2nd Circ. Decision
• Latham Hires Skadden Energy Pro In Houston, DC
• Lessons On Avoiding E-Discovery Violations And Sanctions
• Kirkland-Led TPG Clinches Climate Fund With $7.3B In Tow
• Ex-Angels Staffer Can't Get New Trial Over Skaggs Overdose
• Flint Official Says State Ignored Water Concerns
• Fort Worth Becomes 1st US City To Mine Bitcoin
• Houston Port Blasts 'Dramatic' Bid To Undercut $22M Verdict
• MoneyGram Stockholder Sues To Stop Madison Dearborn Buy
• Week In Bankruptcy: InfoWars' Shaky Start, Releases Still Roil
• Dish Deal Spearheads ITC Case Against Comcast, Others
• EFF Wants In On Uniloc-Google Suit To Fight Sealing
• GOP Sen. Backs 737 Max Families In DOJ 'Victim Status' Fight
• Panamanian Shipping Cos. To Pay $10M For Failed Ship Deal
• InfoWars Defends Legitimacy Of Small Business Ch. 11 Filing
• Construction Co. Settles Raiding Claims With Former Director
• Texas Gov., Lt. Gov. Urge Review Of AG's Whistleblower Case
• Justices Wary Of Forcing Feds' Hand On 'Remain In Mexico'
• O'Melveny Hires 6th Partner From Locke Lord In Texas
• Collaborative Tech Will Dictate Future Law Firm Success
• Positive COVID Tests Derail Intel Patent Trial In WDTX
• 2 Suits Demonstrate Escalating Rhetoric At CFPB
• Rig Collapse Deal In Texas Suit Ends NY Indemnification Fight
• Intel Tells WDTX Jury It Doesn't Infringe In $1B Patent Suit
• Institute Asserts More Patents Against Ford Over 4G IP
• Albright Opts For Gun Safe To Protect Source Code Printouts
• Houston Atty Asks Texas Justices To End Client Poaching Suit
• Mineral Owners Seek Amended Leases In $41M Royalties Row
• Apache Investors Defend Suit Over Failed Drilling Project
• Black Farmers' Discovery Bid Nixed In Loan Relief Suit
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Supreme Court Decides To Take Up DNA Testing Case
• How To Effectively Prepare A Witness For Remote Testimony
• MLB Says Minor League Cuts Shielded From Antitrust Review
• Diamond Offshore Settles Rig Injury Suit After 2nd Trial
• UnitedHealth Unit Says DOJ Losses Bolster Dismissal Bid
• Texas Justices Strike Lump Sum Payout In $10.3M Verdict
• Gilstrap Kills Background Check Patent Claims Under Alice
• 2nd SDNY Jury Hears Airfare Row After 1st 'Bored To Death'
• Fed. Circ. Orders Albright To Transfer 1 Case, Lets Him Keep 2
• Alex Jones' InfoWars Ch. 11 Branded 'Illegitimate' On Day One
• Texas Justices Overturn $6.4M 'Whisper Campaign' Verdict
• Texas Justices Say Insurer Owed No Legal Duty In Fatal Crash
• Texas Judicial Watchdog Chastises Fired Judge
• Texas Justices Won't Revisit Coal Mine Permit Ruling
• As Cyber Risks Surge, Remember Attorneys' Ethical Duties
• Ignore SG, Texas Patent Biz Pleads At High Court
• 'Our Heads Were Spinning': Trial Atty Explains Rare Strategy
• Houston Suburb Accused Of Unlawful Sewage Discharges
• UK Flags Competition Concerns For Maersk, Noble Merger
• Environmental Coverage Disputes Continue Evolution In 2022
• GWG Gets OK To Slim Down Initial Ch. 11 Financing
• Jury Clears NetScout Of Infringement In 1st Cyber Patent Trial
• Woman Asks 5th Circ. To Reinstate $500K Award In Gun Case
• White Farmers Fight Black Farmers' Bid For Fact Discovery
• Cheat Sheet: Round 3 Of VLSI's Patent War Against Intel
• American Airlines Says Union's CBA Spat Must Be Arbitrated
• Little League Baseball Wants Out Of Texas Sex Assault Suit
• 2nd Circ. Again OKs Unsealing Yankees Cheating Probe Doc
• Texas Says Vroom Misleads Customers, Violates State Law
• Fiat Chrysler Hit With 2nd Suit Claiming Minivans May Explode
• FTC Clears Prince's $2.1B Ferro Buy With Plant Sales
• Balch & Bingham Adds Energy Partner In Texas
• City Of Austin Freed From Train Track Wrongful Death Suit
• Binance Seeks Out Of $8M Texas Romance Scam Suit
• Texas Panel Axes Politician's Defamation Suit Against Foe
• CFPB, NY Sue MoneyGram Over Alleged Remittance Lapses
• Rethinking E-Discovery Readiness Amid Rise Of Collab Tools
• Justices Hand Win To Austin In Digital Billboard Fight
• Texas AG Says Protecting Milkweed Shouldn't Imperil Border
• $12M Note Came Due At Dura Medic Sale, Del. Chancery Says
• Limetree Bay Reaches $1.3M Deal With Losing Bidders
• Chocolatier Launches TM Suit Over 'Sexy Chocolates' In EDTX
• Google IDs 0 Cases Backing Sanctions Power; DOJ Finds 15
• Academics Rip 5th Circ.'s Ruling In Avanci Patent Suit
• Feds Use 6th Circ. Ruling In Bid For 5th Circ. DACA Revival
• Full 5th Circ. Won't Redo Order Upending In Absentia Removal
• Texas Patent Biz Drops Infringement Claims Against Toyota
• 3 Jurisdictional Questions After High Court Arbitration Ruling
• Texas Panel Won't Revive Defamation Suit Over Law Firm Ads
• Internet Provider Names New Legal Leader In Texas
• Latham Adds 2 Ex-White & Case Energy Partners
• Embracing ESG: Uber Counsel Talks Safety Standards
• Life Insurance Bond Seller Hits Ch. 11 With Over $2B In Debt
• Prospectively Appointing Jackson To High Court Is Unlawful
• Ex-Flint Official Gave Bad Info To Congress, Jury Hears
• Red Bull Requests Separate Trial In Formula One Patent Fight
• Prosecutor Of Death Row Exoneree Gets Ethics Case Axed
• Kirkland-Led Mainsail Partners Seals $915M Fund
• Steel Trader Says Case Should Remain In Texas Federal Court
• Reinsurer Sues To Escape $8M Deal For Medical Billing Suit
• NRC Urges 5th Circ. To Nix Texas Nuke Waste Project Appeal
• Bankruptcy Rulings Highlight Split On Excusable Neglect
• Simpson, Dentons Lead Blackstone's $12.8B Housing Splash
• Investor Sues For Docs In $860M Permian Basin Asset Buy
• Ch. 11 Trustee Fee Hike Was Non-Uniform Law, Justices Told
• Insurer Says Oilfield Co. Is On Its Own For Auto Crash Deaths
• Seniors Home Nabs $2M Cash Collateral Over Ch. 11 Objection
• Conformis Asks 1st Circ. To Save Knee Implant Coverage Row
• Google Gets PTAB To Review IP Involved In $5M Amazon Loss
• Post-Arb. Claims May Face Challenges After High Court Ruling
• Sandy Hook Lawsuits Drive Alex Jones' InfoWars Into Ch. 11
• 5th Circ. Says Court Can Hear Military Base Drowning Suit
• Albright Tweaks Patent Standing Order For New Magistrate
• Financial Giants Seek An End To Call Center Tech Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Kills Bid To Stay IP Suits Amid EDTX Venue Fight
• Judge Denies Texas' Bid To Amend Title 42 Challenge
• Albright Maintains Popularity In Early '22 As NPEs Slow Down
• AGs Insist Laches Defense Wrongly Used In Facebook Suit
• Canadian Milk Supply Co. Can't Avoid Trade Secrets Suit
• Texas Constable Can't Sue Counterpart Over Traffic Stop
• Thompson Coe Adds Litigator In San Antonio
• Tegna Gives DOJ More Time To Probe $8.6B Go-Private Deal
• GOP Sens. Call For Hearing On Pandemic Border Block
• Time To Fix Legal Industry's Environmental Pro Bono Problem
• Jackson Walker Adds Kirkland Bankruptcy Pro In Houston
• Newborn Opioid Victim Group Says Sackler Releases Justified
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Winston Hires Burns Charest Partner For Dallas Office
• Patent Strategy Considerations After Caltech Estoppel Ruling
• Saudi Oil Company Says $8.5M Award Must Be Rejected
• DOJ Antitrust Trial Setbacks Could Prompt Soul-Searching
• IP Forecast: NetScout To Wrestle With Patent Biz In Texas
• Texas Panel Tosses Claims Against 'My 600-lb Life' Producer
• 5th Circ. Won't Disturb Decision To Revive Climate Metric
• Texas Jury Awards Antero $11.8M In Kickback Scheme Trial
• Fuel Distributor Nabs Win In Sunoco Patent Lawsuit
• Ex-CEO With Dementia Unfit For $2B Tax Trial, Attys Say
• 'Take Home' COVID And Emerging Liability Insurance Issues
• Full 5th Circ. Asked To Revive Antitrust Suit Over SEPs
• Prior Atty-Client Relationship Dooms $7M Arbitration Award
• Munck Wilson Adds Gray Reed IP Leader In Dallas
• Remembering An Underappreciated Legal Skill — Listening
• DOJ's 1st Wage-Fixing Suit Ends With Not Guilty Verdicts
• Texas Senior Housing Operator Hits Ch. 11 With $112M Debt
• NY Appellate Judges Question Minor League Contraction
• Texas Jury Clears Sunoco, Truck Driver In Crash Suit
• Texas Plant's Ch. 11 Has No Obvious Purpose, Del. Judge Told
• Texas Biz Owners Hit With Export Violations, Fraud Charges
• DOJ Coached Key Witness In Wage-Fixing Case, Jury Told
• US Judge Inclined To Make Texas File New Title 42 Suit
• Ala., Texas Seek Stop To Metaverse Casino NFT Sales
• Non-Atty Can Pursue Title Biz Assets, Axed From Owner Bid
• Report Says McKinsey Hid Conflicts In Advising FDA, Purdue
• DOJ Kickback Concerns Extend Beyond Federal Funds
• Texas Patent Biz Drops Infringement Claims Against Subaru
• Kaufman Dolowich Grows To Dallas, New Orleans Via Merger
• Attorneys Can Promote Trade, Security Amid Global Conflict
• Judge Won't Let TD Ameritrade Escape Banking Patent Suit
• 7th Circ. Leery Of Letting States Step Into Public Charge Fight
• Insurer Must Defend Drilling Company Accused Of Negligence
• Saudi Offshore Oil Co. Wants Pipeline Suit Axed Or Arbitrated
• Gibson Dunn Adds 2 Willkie Attys To PE Practice In Houston
• NLRB Judge Says Exxon Illegally Enforced Rule, Fired Worker
• Clark Hill Transactions Atty Joins Bradley Arant's Dallas Office
• Veteran Texas Atty Warned For Insulting 5th Circ. Panel
• Laguna Point Lands $329M Loan For LA Residential Portfolio
• 5th Circ. Revives La. Pollution Case Against DuPont
• Gibson Dunn-Led LNG Firm Prices $384M IPO At Top Of Range
• Offshore Driller Support Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $124M Note Debt
• Google, DOJ Asked To Submit More Info In Privilege Row
• Albright Invalidates 2 Ikorongo Patents In Win For Bumble
• Texas Panel Won't End Facebook Sex Trafficking Suit
• Texas Agriculture Commissioner Slams Abbott's Border Policy
• Albright Lets Expedia, Trivago Fly GPS Patent Row To Austin
• Red States Press DC Circ. To Decide Calif. Vehicle Authority
• Texas Doctor Must Face Suit Over Unwanted Pregnancy
• Troutman Pepper Adds Ex-McGuireWoods Health Data Partner
• PTAB Gives Peloton 2nd Chance To Knock Out Rival's Bike IP
• US Says Ukrainian Court Ruling Not Final Say In Fraud Case
• Texas Panel Revives Condo's Hail Damage Coverage Suit
• Latham Adds 2nd Willkie Atty To Growing PE Practice
• COVID-19 Test Supplier Ordered To Return $2M To Retailer
• Sungard Gets OK To Tap $41M Ch. 11 Finance Package
• Storm-Hit Texas Power Plant Opens Ch. 11 In Del. For Sale
• Fed. Circ. Makes Quick Work Of 3 Patent Appeals
• Suit Says Auction Co. Has Duplicate Cubs World Series Ring
• Cambodian Woman Gets $1.78M Verdict In Forced Labor Suit
• Texas Jury Awards $15.6M In Flag Pole Electrocution Case
• PTAB Axes Semiconductor IP Involved In Failed WDTX Suit
• Albright Won't Ax Payment IP Row Against Bed Bath & Beyond
• DOJ Attys Escape Subpoena To Testify In Wage-Fixing Trial
• The Future Of Legal Ops: Reining In Outside Counsel Costs
• Joint Venture Nabs Okla. City Rental Complex For $59M
• King & Spalding Adds Reed Smith Health Care Pro In Houston
• IT Co. Sungard Returns To Ch. 11 With Over $500M In Debt
• Goodwin, Kirkland Guide Go-Private Deal For $6.9B SailPoint
• PTAB To Review Cancer Antibody IP That Drew $41.8M Verdict
• 3Shape Told To Pay $12M In WDTX Dental Scanner Patent Trial
• Texas Bid To Amend Title 42 Challenge Has Judge Worried
• Google's 'Privilege' Labeling Unlikely To Yield Sanctions
• Sandy Hook Families Say InfoWars Host Is Hiding Millions
• Texas Atty Who Misread Order Chided By 5th Circ.
• San Antonio To Pay Texas $300K To End 'Sanctuary City' Fight
• When Congress Seeks Cos.' Nonpublic Info From Regulators
• DOJ Backs Whistleblowers' $120M Medicare Fraud Claim
• 'One Of The Family': Why Trial Attys Love Their Local Counsel
• Trucking Co. Drops 'Forum Shopping' Loophole Appeal
• Daiichi Hit With $41.8M Verdict In Cancer Drug IP Fight
• Real Estate Rumors: First Horizon, Covington, Waterton
• Verizon, Nokia Latest To Settle IPCom EDTX Patent Suit
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: AZA Law's John Zavitsanos
• Split 5th Circ. Revives Biden's Federal Worker Vax Mandate
• Charming Charlie Settles WARN Suit
• IP Forecast: Norton Fights Patent Suit, Armed With New Attys
• Is A Backlash Against ESG Investing Taking Shape?
• DOJ Says Google's 8,000 New Releases Show Privilege Abuse
• IT Co. Says $70M Race Bias Verdict At Odds With Evidence
• Real Estate Rumors: Barings, Northwind, Santander
• La. Panel To Hear Appeal From 1st COVID-19 Coverage Trial
• Ericsson Tells Gilstrap Apple Must Commit To FRAND Offer
• Dallas Transit Authority Settles $37M Light Rail Costs Suit
• In Early Mediation, Negotiate With Empathy, Not Threats
• Firm Asks 5th Circ. To Undo Class Cert. In Debt Collection Suit
• NFL Retirement Plan Can't Duck Ex-Player's ERISA Suit
• EEOC Says Texas Not Hurt By Gender Identity Guidance
• Paul Hastings Litigator Joins Shearman In Houston
• JPMorgan Chase Wants Texas Doctor's Racial Bias Suit Axed
• US Trustee Urges 2nd Circ. To Reject Sackler Opioid Releases
• Tort Report: Soccer Megastar Escapes Sex Assault Suit
• Half A Dozen Firms Guided Top Q1 Hospitality M&A Deals
• Addressing Problematic Drinking In The Legal Profession
• White Farmers, Feds Fight Minority Farmers' Bid To Intervene
• Fleet Tech Co. Tells Albright Tracking IP Row Belongs In DC
• Energy Co. Wants Out Of $15.8M Winter Storm Charges Row
• 5th Circ. Says Jury Should Hear Walmart Injury Case
• 5th Circ. Backs Travelers' Escape From $3.3M Injury Ruling
• Attorneys Will Get $250K For Mooted EZCorp Investor Suit
• Judge's 'Disdain For Antitrust Law' Gets Visa Case Rerouted
• 4 Firms Rep As Dave & Buster's Buys Arcade Biz For $835M
• Ga. Travel Biz Co-Owner Drops Payment Case Against Partner
• Hunton Adds Attys From Apple, Bracewell In Dallas
• Ex-Flint Mayor Says Water Report Omitted Safety Concerns
• Intellectual Ventures Moves Honda IP Suit To Northern Texas
• Nine States Urge 11th Circ. To Affirm 'Tax Mandate' Rejection
• Texas Immigration Aid Group Faces Staff Revolt Over CEO
• 5th Circ. Asks For Precedent Backing Court Prayer Policy
• 6 Ex-Regions Bank, Merrill Employees Get Fed Industry Bans
• Limetree Bay Ch. 11 Plan Moves Forward On Thin Ice
• Transforming Law Firms' Diversity Intent Into Real Progress
• DOJ Was Wrong To Seek Scapegoats In BP, Boeing Cases
• Sabre Can't Block Current CEO's Testimony In Antitrust Trial
• DOJ Tells Texas Jury Staffing Firm's Wage Fixing Was A Crime
• 5th Circ. Won't Let Insurer Escape Fatal Truck Accident Suit
• Maron Marvel's New Leader Reflects On 'Milestone' Moment
• K&L Gates Nabs Chamberlain Hrdlicka's IP Chair
• Wary Fed. Circ. Mulls Mitek's Mobile Check Deposit Patent Suit
• Power Co. Seeks Canadian Ruling On Texas Electric Price Suit
• More Than 20 Law Firms Led Q1's Top 10 Global M&A Deals
• Albright Gets Help With Waco Patent Docket
• Lab Execs, Texas Hospital Staff Hit With DOJ Kickback Suit
• Illinois Man Convicted Of Operating $20M Retail Theft Ring
• Trade Groups Tell 5th Circ. Texas Social Media Law Fails
• Limetree Bay Says Ch. 11 Plan Deal Resolves Dismissal Try
• Chubb Unit Dodges Coverage Of Energy Co.'s $21M Deal Row
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Ex-Gov. Can Appeal Order Forcing His Testimony In Flint Trial
• 5th Circ. Asks Texas To Clarify Limits Of Exoneree Statute
• 2 Texas Patent Cos. Get A No From The Supreme Court
• Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk Steer LNG Firm's $360M IPO Launch
• NY Mets Hire Texas Rangers GC As Chief Legal Officer
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenges To Mandatory Bars
• 2 Years Of Small Biz Bankruptcy Law: Winners And Losers
• Justices Must Apply Law Evenly In Shadow Docket Rulings
• Texas Judge Says Vine Is Coming Back — In Patent Suit
• Texas Justices To Weigh 'Add-Back' Lease Provision Dispute
• Class Status In Question For Arkema Chemical Fire Plaintiffs
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive False Claims Suit Against HIG Capital
• Texas Beats Salamander-Based Challenge To Highway Project
• Nike Accused Of Stealing 'Ballin' Campaign Idea In TM Suit
• New Horse-Doping Regulator Defeats Constitutional Challenge
• Tips For Negotiating Litigation Funding Agreements
• Exxon's NY Climate Trial Win Can't Doom Texas Securities Suit
• Texas Justices Allow Residents To Refine Chick-Fil-A Ban Suit
• Bradley Arant Adds Atty To Growing Dallas RE Practice
• Texas Democrat Leaves Congress To Join Akin Gump