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Texas - June, 2022

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• Green Groups Say Bird Species Needs Habitat Protection
• Big Tech Common Carrier Fight Teed Up With Justices In Sight
• IP Forecast: Apple Foe Looks To Revive Axed $308M Verdict
• CFTC Accuses South African Of Running $1.7B Bitcoin Fraud
• Court Says $20M Deal For Houston Skyscraper Not Binding
• Greenberg Leads Invesco On $70M Loan For Ohio Property
• DC Circ. Keeps GOP's Calif. Vehicle Authority Appeal Paused
• Concrete Subcontractor Gets 2nd Chance At $400K Claim
• Texas Man Convicted Of $240M Gov't Contract Fraud Scheme
• Jury Hits Asus With $660K Verdict In Color Tech Patent Row
• What GCs Want To Know About State Anti-Abortion Laws
• VW, Audi Say Texas Can't Pick Judges To Mull Emissions Case
• Ex-Baker Botts IP Team Joins McDermott's New Austin Office
• Ethics Considerations For Attorneys Joining Nonprofit Boards
• NJ High Court Restores Union Carbide Asbestos Verdict
• High Court Rules Biden Can End 'Remain In Mexico'
• Mortgage Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $500M Debt After Layoffs
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Review Target's Loss In Patent Dispute
• 5th Circ. Denies Texas Co.'s New Take In Manager Visa Suit
• Sears Lease Fight Hits High Court, Gulf Coast Plan Approved
• PTAB Judges 'Confused' By Arguments In Wireless IP Case
• Contractor Says Rival, Feds Broke US-Made Equipment Rules
• High Court's Medicaid Ruling Brings Questions, Not Answers
• Texas Justices Stay Out Of Property Management Fight
• Albright Won't Let Uber Escape Most Of Location Tech IP Row
• Ireland Examinership Becoming Critical In Int'l Insolvency
• Fintech Lender Wants Texas Usury Suit Sent To Arbitration
• 16 States Ask 1st Circ. To Redo Rhode Island Climate Case
• Change Could Be Coming To Patent Suit Volume In Texas
• Gov't Agencies Face Diverse Fallout From 5th Circ. SEC Case
• 5th Circ. Waits On Bid To Certify Broker Question In Virus Suit
• Crowded Texas Trial Docket To Continue In 2nd Half Of 2022
• The State Of Abortion Legal Challenges Around The US
• Bradley Adds M&A Specialist To Growing Dallas Office
• Justices Say Texas Not Immune To Military Discrimination Suit
• Texas AG Investigates Walmart's Opioid Sales Practices
• No Escrow Payout For Exec After Trade Secret Conviction
• China Accused Of Influence Campaign Targeting Mining Cos.
• Enviro Groups Say Texas Refuses To Follow Air Permit Rules
• JPML Centralizes Cell Tech IP Suits Against Tesla, GM, Others
• Texas Infrastructure Act And Renewables Projects: 1 Year In
• Frustrated Court Says Lender Must Face Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Insurers, Atty In Tax Shelter Coverage Suit Get Time To Settle
• Payroll Firm Flexible Funding OK'd For Ch. 11 Liquidation
• Energy Cos. Can't Duck Fees For $1.2B Project, 5th Circ. Told
• Earthstone Pays $627M For New Mexico Oil And Gas Assets
• Texas Judge Freezes Enforcement Of Pre-Roe Abortion Ban
• Biden's Pick To Lead ICE Pulls Long-Pending Nomination
• 7th Circ. Won't Let Red States Step Into Public Charge Fight
• Stanford International Chairman Seeks Ax Of SEC Ponzi Suit
• Tyson Workers Ask 5th Circ. To Revive COVID Safety Suit
• La. Enviro Agency Can't Join Pollution Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Bankrupt Texas Power Plant Gets $144M Asset Sale Approved
• Linebarger Goggan Immune To Toll Road Fee Suit, Court Says
• 5th Circ. Ruling Signals Judicial Shift On SEC Admin Process
• 5th Circ. Gives Fed Worker Vax Mandate Suit Another Shot
• 2nd Circuit Backs $100M Loan Default Ruling In UBS Suit
• Gibson Dunn, K&L Gates Lead $470M Utility Contractor Merger
• GCs Wrangling With Tangled Fallout Of Roe's Demise
• Texas Improperly Planned $5.6B Highway Project, Groups Say
• Top 3 Immigration Policies To Watch In 2022: Midyear Report
• Utah, Louisiana Abortion Bans Blocked, For Now
• Steptoe & Johnson Adds Oil And Gas Attorney In Woodlands
• Texas Can't Preliminarily Block National Guard Vax Mandate
• VirnetX Tells Fed. Circ. To Revive Patent Tied To $576M Win
• Texas Justices Asked To End Pacemaker Implant Suit
• Texas Justices Allow Narrower Fight Of Legislative Boundary
• Dallas Jury Hits Spectrum With $337.5M Verdict In Murder Suit
• Lender Sues Texas Developer Over Stalled Multifamily Project
• Roe Reversal Leaves States To Make Own Abortion Rules
• Real Estate Rumors: Santander, Moinian, Physicians Realty
• Ex-High School Athlete Takes Football Injury Suit To Justices
• Southwest Airlines Settles Teen's Midair Sex Assault Case
• Texas Justices Say Smokable Hemp Ban Is Constitutional
• Alex Jones Must Pay Sandy Hook Defamation Case Sanctions
• 5th Circ.'s Nixing Of SEC Judges May Mean Trouble For FERC
• Immigration Firm Berry Appleman Launches LA Office
• Texas Justices Clarify Eminent Domain Counterclaim Rules
• Geico Asks 5th Circ. To Ax Class Cert. In Total-Loss Suit
• Now's The Time To Address Archaic Law School Curricula
• Jackson Lewis Adds Littler Atty To Run Houston Office
• Texas Justices Abate VW, Audi Emissions Suits
• Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
• Texas Justices Say High-Speed Rail Can Use Eminent Domain
• 5th Circ. Reverses Businessman's Kickback Conviction
• Trecora Investor Sues In Del. To Probe $247M Balmoral Merger
• Feds Agree To Improve Emergency Shelters For Migrant Kids
• 5th Circ. Grants En Banc Hearing On ATF's Bump Stock Ban
• High Court's Tribal Ruling May Enable More Gambling In Texas
• Zurich Fights La. Helicopter Co.'s Virus Coverage Appeal
• Ashurst Opens 3rd US Office In Austin, Texas
• Fox Rothschild Hires Barnes & Thornburg M&A Atty
• Employer Abortion Policy Considerations In A Post-Roe World
• Houston Judge Scolded For Delayed Rulings Yet Again
• Husch Blackwell Adds Winstead RE Litigator In Houston
• Lessons From Lawyer Fee-Sharing Agreements Gone Wrong
• Texas Judge Tells Exec In Trade Secret Case To Stop Working
• Baylor Med School Appeals Insurers' COVID-19 Coverage Win
• You Have 1 Week To Decide, Appeals Court Tells Dallas Judge
• LeClairRyan Bankruptcy Highlights Pass-Through Tax Issue
• NFL Benefits Case Lays Bare 'Troubling' System, Judge Says
• Law Firm Asks 5th Circ. To Reconsider Tossing Virus Suit
• Perkins Coie Adds Dickinson Wright Startup Pro In Austin
• Texas Nuke Waste Storage Foes Have No Case, DC Circ. Told
• Atty Can't Ditch Disciplinary Suit Over 2020 Election Litigation
• 5th Circ. Unpublishes Patent Pool Order, With Same Result
• Cypress Environmental Gets OK For Debt-Swap Ch. 11 Plan
• Top 3 Immigration Cases To Watch In 2022: Midyear Report
• Food Cos. Drop Faulty Engine Claims Against Caterpillar
• 5th Circ. Urged To Ax Challenge To FCC Subsidy Fees
• Revlon Case Opens, And LATAM Lands Its Ch. 11 Plan
• Dallas Nursing Home Gets OK For Auction, $5.8M Ch. 11 Loan
• 5th Circ. Revives White Students' UT Austin Racial Bias Suit
• 8 Steps To Creating A Legal Ops Technology Road Map
• 'Party On': Pun-Packed 5th Circ. Ruling Hands Brewers A Win
• 2 Years Since Liu, Disgorgement Case Law Is Favoring SEC
• 20 States Ask 5th Circ. To Block Biden's Contractor Vax Order
• Personal Injury Atty Rejoins Thompson Coe From Boutique
• NFL QB Watson Settles 20 of 24 Suits, Plaintiffs' Atty Says
• Justices Decline To Review Nixing Of Texas Latex Club Fee
• Ex-Tesla Workers Say Thousands Fired Without Proper Notice
• Will BigLaw Regret Its Hiring Spree As The Economy Softens?
• The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
• Jury Awards Engineering Firm $20M In Gas Plant Cost Dispute
• Texas Justices To Hear Drug Test Liability Dispute
• Texas Justices Block Request For UPS Driver Drug Tests
• 5th Circ. Remands Deutsche Bank Borrower's Collection Suit
• Texas Justices Won't Review New Trial Order In $740M IP Fight
• Ch. 11 Cheat Sheet: LaForta-Gestao E Investimentos
• Google Can't Ask About Default Search Contracts With Rivals
• Texas Justices Say Exempt Corps. Can Retain Liquor Permits
• New Mexico Tells 10th Circ. It Can Fight Texas Nuke Storage
• Texas Justices To Decide Fate Of Brownsville Flooding Suit
• Texas Justices Deny $3M Premium Tax Refund To Blue Cross
• Texas AG Not Allowed To Join Suit Over Trans Child Care
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Donor Suit Over A&M Stadium
• 5th Circ. Denies Atty's Request For More Fees In Settled Suit
• Insurer Wants Out Of Covering Doctor's Sexual Abuse Suits
• DA Dodges NAACP's Jury Race Bias Suit In 5th Circ.
• Red States Press 5th Circ. To Block Carbon Metric Rule
• Texas Justices To Review Total E&P's $41M Dispute
• Texas Justices Revive Family Detention Center Rule Challenge
• Gulf Oil Rig Co. Gets Quick Loan To Stay Afloat In Ch. 11
• Awaiting Critical Bankruptcy Decision For Surety Industry
• Tesla Investor Hits Musk With Suit Over 'Toxic' Workplace
• Leahy, Tillis Launch Wide-Ranging PTAB Reform Bill
• 5th Circ. Nixes Citigroup Unit's Win In Foreclosure Suit
• Apple Can't Ax Exploding IPhone 6 Proposed Texas Class Suit
• IP Forecast: Cooley To Fight DQ Bid In Tech Patent Row
• 5th Circ. Shoots Down Nonprofit Bid To Crack Open Title 42
• 5th Circ. Told Law Barring Israel Boycotts Harms Free Speech
• The Importance Of Data And Data Analysis In Litigation
• DOJ Calls Baseball's Antitrust Exemption 'An Aberration'
• PTAB Won't Let Google, Samsung Get Fintiv Redo
• Ex-American Airlines Worker Won't Get New Sex Assault Trial
• Charter School On Leased Land Exempt From Property Tax
• 5th Circ. Urged To Keep Alive Texas Migrant Transport Suit
• Vet Clinic FTC Settlement Puts Private Equity On Notice
• Texas Shoreline Structures Can Be Taxed By Mainland City
• Texas A&M's '12th Man' Copyright Saga Kicked To High Court
• Steptoe & Johnson Hires ERISA Pro Away From Winstead
• Salvage Co. Ends Cross-Claim Against Golden Ray Shipowner
• Texas City Aims To Snuff Out Texas Smoke Shop Zoning Suit
• 5th Circ. Says COVID Doesn't Exempt Cos. From WARN Notice
• DHS Wants 5th Circ. To Restore ICE's Immigration Guidelines
• Texas Bar Says Powell Must Face 2020 Election Challenge Suit
• Insurer Asks 5th Circ. For Escape From Water Supplier's Suit
• 5th Circ. Revives $27M Oil Royalties Suit Over Bank's Mistake
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-FBI Agent's Retaliatory Firing Claim
• Meta Says Texas AG's Biometric Privacy Suit 'Overblown'
• Suits Against Google Signal Increased 'Dark Patterns' Scrutiny
• Texas Drivers Urge High Court To Hear $70B Data Breach Suit
• Gray Reed Elects New Managing Partner
• Lathrop GPM Tops Off Franchise Team With Partner In Dallas
• Judge Trims CEO's Bonus Pay At His Last Purdue Hearing
• Biden Unveils Picks For DC, 5th And 9th Circs.
• High Court Says Texas Can't Block Tribe's E-Bingo
• Tax Services Co. Ryan Accuses USA Today Of Defamation
• Feds Fight Nonprofit's Bid To Narrow Title 42 Injunction
• Fintiv Says Apple Hid Evidence In 'Blatant Violation' In IP Case
• Texas Court Orders New Trial In $2.2M Offshore Injury Dispute
• Small Biz Debt Limit Raised, Crypto Exec Can't Ditch Case
• KBR Reaches $13.7M Deal To Resolve Iraq War FCA Claims
• Clean Energy Cos. Back Calif.'s Power Over Vehicle Emissions
• 5th Circ. Panel Walks Back Nokia Win In Patent Pool Case
• Judge Solidifies Nonprofit's 'Cars For Kids' $10M TM Award
• JPMorgan Chase, Texas Doctor Settle Racial Bias Suit
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Hospital Workers' Vax Mandate Suit
• Texas Judge Says Justices' Ruling Doesn't Apply To Vacaturs
• Houston Firm To Pay Former Lawyer $2.8M
• Six Flags Hires Former FINRA, Sabre Corp. Atty As Legal Chief
• Steps Companies Can Take To Mitigate Privilege Labeling Risk
• Shell Says Gulf Oil Lease Wipeout Undermines US Interests
• FTC Dems Put PE On Blast In Vet Clinic Merger Settlement
• Full Dallas Court Says Missing Info Doesn't Doom Death Suit
• Miss. Court Wrongly Found Intent By Feed Co., 5th Circ. Told
• ERCOT Wants Immunity Status From Texas High Court
• Apple Accuses Arigna Of Deflecting Blame With Sanctions Bid
• Texas Judge Won't Toss Vineyards' Suit Against Bayer, BASF
• Microchip Told To Pay $235,000 In WDTX Patent Trial
• Aviation Watch: Why Boeing Pilot's Indictment Was Misguided
• Court Keeps UT Law Prof's Pay Discrimination Suit Alive
• 5th Circ. Revives XL's Suit Over $1.7M Dock Mooring Dispute
• Texas Judge Axes Biden's ICE Enforcement Policy Nationwide
• Opioid Judge Disavows 'Unfair' Atty Fees But Still Draws Fire
• Investment Pro Accused Of WSJ, Barron's Article Thievery
• Albright Sends Google Voip-Pal Row To Calif., Keeps Amazon
• Adidas Claims Nike Stole Run Tracking, Shoe Technology ​​​​​​​
• Texas Justices Send Houston Fee Fight Back For Repleading
• Admiral Claims No Duty To Zurich In Texas Highway Fight
• Judge OKs Ch. 11 Loan, Rent Escrow For Dallas Senior Home
• Despite Carbon Cost Win, Biden Climate Plans Still At Risk
• What Litigation Funding Disclosure In Delaware May Look Like
• TCEQ Doesn't Have To Restart Injection Well Permit Review
• Tribe Seeks Early Win In Texas Oil Terminal Challenge
• Texas Courts Have 'Vast' Power To Deny Interlocutory Appeals
• 5th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Law Firm's Virus Coverage Suit
• Infowars Ch. 11 Dismissal Approved In Texas
• State Crackdown On Deceptive Ads For Drug Suits Is Welcome
• 5th Circ. Upholds La. State Senator's Lightning Coverage Loss
• IP Forecast: '60 Seconds' Car Copyright Saga Rolls Into LA
• Fed. Circ. Weighs IPR Estoppel In Click-To-Call IP Row
• GM, Bosch Can't Duck Trimmed Chevy Cruze Emissions Suit
• Salvage Co. Blames Shipowner For Pollution From Ga. Wreck
• FERC Urges 5th Circ. To Let Stand Bankruptcy Contract Order
• Steel Plate Maker Urges 5th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Netflix, Dark Horse Settle Artist's 'Umbrella Academy' IP Suit
• Insurer Wants Out Of Texas Construction Paralysis-Injury Suit
• What 5th Circ.'s SEC Ruling Means For HHS Programs
• Fed. Circ. Told To Rethink Transfer Of Waze Fight Out Of EDTX
• Willkie Guides Fund's $650M Hydrogen Platform Investment
• Lockheed Prevails Against Black Former Manager's Bias Suit
• Viacom Scores $6M Damages Win In SpongeBob IP Suit
• Reed Smith Litigator Joins Jackson Walker In Houston
• Oil Co. Says $8.5M Award Against Saudi Co. Can Be OK'd
• 5th Circ. Is Told Louisiana Enviro Regulator Belongs In Suit
• Immigrants' Negligence Claim Axed In $6M Suit Against Gov't
• Jury Hears RE Firm Cost Police & Fire Pension Plan $1.2B
• Texas Atty Surrenders License Under Possible Criminal Probe
• Female-Led Law Firms Settle 'Woman' Slogan TM Fight
• Ch. 11 Trustee Fee Ruling Leaves Remedy Challenges
• SEC Constitutionality Ruling May Embolden FTC Targets
• Albright Finds IPR Contradictions Tank Suit Against Meta
• How 2 High Court Cases Could Affect Gov't Admin Actions
• Vidal Intervenes In Challenge To Patents From $2B VLSI Win
• Toyota Thai Bribery Probe Marches On, FCPA Deal Likely
• 5th Circ. Mulls Constitutionality Of SEC Lifetime Gag Orders
• Fintiv's Emergency Motion Delays Apple Patent Trial In WDTX
• Only High Court Can Prevent Biden's Asylum Rule, Feds Say
• Oracle Closing $28B Cerner Deal After Antitrust Nods
• US Trustee Fee Hike Nixed, Infowars To Drop Its Ch. 11 Case
• Justices' US Trustee Fee Ruling Could Wreak Ch. 11 Havoc
• Gibson Dunn-Led Energy Investor Buys $122M In Assets
• Mining Co. Says Insurer Must Cover Harvey Damage Suits
• Texas 'Ghost Gun' Co. Says Biden Rule Will 'Destroy' It
• Louisiana, API Urge DC Circ. To Revive Offshore Lease Sale
• States Push DC Circ. On Trump Lead Water Deadlines
• Texas AG's In-House Lawyer Leaves To Help Campaign
• Feds Appeal $230M Judgment Over Texas Mass Shooting
• Texas AG Launches Probe Into Twitter's Bot Reporting
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 5th Circ. Doubts Requests For Health Care Vax Opinion
• Lawyers Want $3.6M Award In Insurance Software Breach Suit
• 5th Circ. Mulls Sending Hospital Vax Suit To Texas Justices
• Power Co. Says Factory Mutual Owes $16 Million
• Key Legal And Regulatory Trends In Oil And Gas Transactions
• NLRB Shouldn't Get Deference, Ex-Chairman Tells 5th Circ.
• Mithril Settles Calif. Countersuit With Ex-General Counsel
• How In-House Legal Leaders Can Drive Corporate Growth
• Ex-NFLer Seeks $1M In Atty Fees For 'Arduous' Benefits Win
• Justices Let Fla. Recoup Medicaid Payout From Injury Deal
• Justices Ax US Trustee Fee Hike As Non-Uniform Law
• Dallas Senior Home Asks Court To OK $10.1M Ch. 11 Loan
• Match Calls Insurer's 'Two Days Late' Denial A 'Gotcha' Move
• Vidal Says No Tolerance For IPR 'Abuse'
• Uvalde Victim's Father Tells Gunmaker To Preserve Evidence
• Foley Reps Hospitality REIT In $260M Buy Of Texas Property
• Texas Justices To Review Class Cert. In Student Housing Case
• Sony Anime Unit Settles Ad Patent Suit Just Before Trial
• Carlyle Must Face Chancery Suit Over Authentix Sale
• Smyser Kaplan Brings On White Collar Trial Pro In Houston
• Adoption Groups Back Challenge To Indian Child Welfare Act
• Nonprofit Urges 5th Circ. To Narrow Title 42 Injunction
• Texas Justices Revive Houston Drainage Fee Dispute
• Texas Justices To Review Apache's $190M Lease Fight
• Attorneys Should Tread Carefully On Job Counteroffers
• Texas Justices To Decide Fate Of Ex-Astros Owner Fraud Suit
• Apple Facing Sanctions Bid For Last-Minute Deposition Ditch
• Fintech Lender OppFi Hit With Class Action Over Texas Loans
• EDTX Judge Says Sony Unit Should Face Video Ad Patent Trial
• Fed. Circ. Revives Hurricane Harvey Takings Claims
• TPC Can Roll Debt Into Group DIP
• 'Influencer Cafe' Ripped Off Brand, The Breakfast Klub Claims
• Groups Urge 5th Circ. To Revisit Federal Worker Vax Mandate
• CBD Seller Sues Texas Town Over Old Anti-Head Shop Law
• Big Easy Residents Want Justices' Take On Superfund Row
• Kirkland, Skadden Rep North Hudson's $402M Energy Co. Buy
• The Future Of Legal Ops: Time To Get Serious About Data
• Texas Power Plant Gets Lender Cash Use Approved In Ch. 11
• Justices Combine Briefs For Suits Over SEC, FTC Legitimacy
• Earthjustice Taps Nonprofit Atty To Run New Houston Office
• Ex-Amazon Driver Claims He Was Duped Into Bad Faith Deal
• Infowars Agrees To End Ch. 11 But Defamation Claims Remain
• Sidley Not Conflicted, NJ Diocese Ch. 11 Moves Forward
• Judge Backs $4.2M Fee For Losing Bidder In Bouchard Sale
• Population Changes Key In Driving Hurricane Loss, Panel Told
• Dallas Italian Eatery Says New York Chain Infringes TM
• Albright Won't Ship T-Mobile Patent Case To California
• Judge Ships Lottery.com Fraud Suit To Arbitration
• Ch. 11 Cheat Sheet: TPC Group Inc.
• Louisiana Firm Seeks End To Ex-Partner's Harassment Suit
• Here's How Attorneys Can Help Uvalde Victims
• Embattled TPC Group Hits Ch. 11 With Deal To Cut $1.3B Debt