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Texas - January, 2023

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• FDIC Pushes For 5th Circ. To Jettison Enforcement Challenge
• Texas AG In Settlement Talks In Alleged Corruption Case
• Texas Justices Mull If Homebuyer Gets Seller's Arb. Pact
• Texas Justices Press Attys On Rationale For $16.5M Verdict
• Baker Donelson Off The Hook In BP Oil Litigation Fund Row
• Judge Has 'Never Ever Seen' Acts In Lewis Brisbois TM Row
• American Couple Deny Blame For TV Images Of Afghan Child
• AILA Urges Pols To Improve Policy, Resist Border Penalties
• UT Austin, Assistant Professor Settle Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Texas Court Revives Restaurant Contractor's Jury Win
• USAA Says Flimsy Damages Analysis Led To $4M Verdict
• Fitness Co. Says Ex-Worker Sabotaged Its Air Force Contract
• Huggies Maker Wants Burned Skin Suit Tossed
• High Court Google, Twitter Cases Could Mold Internet's Future
• Mark Cuban Wants Voyager Investor Suit Moved To Texas
• KnowBe4 Investors Sue In Del. Over $4.6B Take-Private Deal
• Texas Court Officials Say Scammer Is Posing As Chief Justice
• Dallas Nursing Home Operator Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan
• Former Magellan CEO Must Hand Over Docs In Antitrust Suit
• 5th Circ. Confidential Witness Ruling Is A Big Change
• PE Firm GI Partners Signs $1B Deal For Atlas Technical
• New Texas US Atty Reflects On Path To Top Job After 9/11
• Texas Courts Close In Preparation For Winter Storm
• NextEra Says Justices Should Pass On Grid Project Law Fight
• Texas City Not Immune In Harvey Flood Suit, Court Told
• Texas Judge Won't Wrap Up Winter Storm Natural Gas Suit
• Pipeline Inspection Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $159M Debt
• Insurer Says Strip Mall's $6M Hail Damage Claim Not Covered
• Strategies For Cos. Navigating NY Digital Fair Repair Act
• Ex-Unaoil Exec Gets 1 Year In Global Corruption Case
• PNC Says PTAB Win Unravels $218M Jury Loss
• Lewis Brisbois Foe Wants Firm Sanctioned For 'Gaslight' Brief
• Texas AG Must Face State Ethics Suit Over Election Challenge
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Texas High Court Rejects San Antonio Cop Bargaining Case
• Texas Firm Gets Arbitration In Fight Over Corporate Deal Work
• Top Texas Court To Review Investor Liability In TPC Explosion
• Chamberlain Wins $43M Verdict After 2nd Garage Door IP Trial
• Rep's Threat On Export Controls Puts Spotlight On China
• Texas Justices Turn Down Traveler's School Arbitration Row
• Judge Asks For Request To Pause Serta Lender Litigation
• Texas High Court Will Hear Doctor's Obesity Bias Case
• Texas Justices Snub Fight Over Cut To $73M Apache Verdict
• Texas High Court Sidesteps Cities' Flood Taking Suits
• Texas High Court Won't Review Recusal Order
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Austin's $2.4M Death Suit
• Texas Justices Pass On Judge's Supplemental Pay Suit
• Texas High Court Will Hear Law Firm Shareholder Dispute
• Texas Appeals Court Rejects Equipment Rental Co.'s Tax Case
• Truck Co. Asks Texas Justices To Hear $1M Tax Exemption Bid
• Texas Police Dept. Fired Officer After C-Section, Suit Says
• Deal Reached To End $31.6M Texas Trucking Crash Appeal
• Mack Prevails In Trial Over 18-Wheeler Crash
• Feds Say Texas Woman Posed As Immigration Agent In Scam
• Texas Supreme Court To Take On Anti-Mask Mandate Fights
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Reality Star's Anti-SLAPP Suit
• Feds Slam 'Blatant Forum Shopping' In GOP-Led Parole Suit
• Texas High Court Won't Review Xerox's $4.3M Tax Win
• GOP States Sue DOL Over Socially Conscious Investing Rule
• 5 Ways Attorneys Can Use Emotion In Client Pitches
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Finance Atty Rejoins Akerman In Dallas
• Pharma Whistleblower Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Kickback Suit
• South Texas Municipal Judge Can't Block Removal
• Election Betting Co. Can Continue For Now, 5th Circ. Says
• Weil-Led Tritium Snags $684M For Growth-Focused PE Fund
• IP Forecast: Intel To Spar With ParkerVision In Patent Trial
• Latham, Baker Botts Steer Oil And Gas Producer's $100M IPO
• Biden Outpacing Trump On Executive Immigration Action
• Texas Commission Accuses 2 Of Illegally Repping Immigrants
• PTAB Upholds Testing Patents After Ravgen's $272M Jury Win
• Exotic Dancer's Refusal to Cash Check Won't Moot Wage Suit
• Texas Judge Doesn't Need Injunction Against City, Court Says
• Boeing, Victims Spar In Texas Court Over 737 Max Monitor
• 5th Circ. Sets Aside FAA Pilot Credentials Rule
• Albright Rejects Microsoft Bid To Send Patent Case To Wash.
• 5 Keys To A Productive Mediation
• White & Case Adds 3 Top Litigators From Bracewell In Texas
• Mazda Gets Texas, California Classes Nixed In Pump Suit
• Lyft Tells Texas Court Its Excess Policies Are Confidential
• Preston Hollow Urges Del. Justices To Revive Nuveen Suit
• Personal Injury Atty Won't Pay Client's Medical Bill, Suit Says
• 737 Max Families Eye Compliance Monitor For Boeing
• Texas Appeals Court Dismisses DHL Express' Airport Dispute
• DC Circ. Tosses Challenges To Texas Nuclear Waste Site
• District Can Fire Teacher Over Tweets, Texas Panel Says
• EPA Moves To Stop Power Plants' Coal Ash Dumping
• Judge Recommends Trimming WSJ Article Thievery Suit
• Walmart Not Covered For Trucking Death Suit, Insurer Says
• 5th Circ. Seems Split On Texas Woman's Free Speech Case
• Harris County Prosecutor Resigns After Racist Tweets Surface
• Crypto Coverage After FTX Fall: D&O Liability
• Power Plant Operator Heritage Hits Ch. 11 With $686M Debt
• Nationstar Seeks Exit In COVID-Era Loan Modification Suit
• Texas Family Sues Insurers Over Wine Theft At Golf Club
• Southwest Properly Denied Severance To Pilot, Judge Says
• Texas Leads Challenge To Expanded Migrant Parole Program
• Foe Calls Lewis Brisbois' Motion In TM Case 'Embarrassment'
• Fed. Circ. Hands Win To Activision In Graphics Patent Suit
• Mineral Rights, But No Royalties For Cos. In Texas Land Fight
• Texas AG Opens Investigation Into Co.'s Anti-Fraud TV Ads
• Prison Operator Loses Appeal For $3.9M Texas Tax Refund
• Full 5th Circ. To Rehear Vaping Cos.' Challenge Of FDA Denial
• Fired Worker Tells Judge To Nix Southwest's New Trial Bid
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2022 MDLs By The Numbers
• How The 5th Circ.'s CFPB Ruling Has Been Applied So Far
• Jerry Jones' Atty In Paternity Suit, A State Senator, Gets Stay
• V&E, Baker Botts Lead More Than $1.6B Bolt-On Acquisition
• Retired Atty Must Pay IRS $1.7M For Gambling Tax Scam
• Serta Lender Litigation Muddies Ch. 11 Debt Cut Plans
• Berry Corp. Hit With Another Suit Over Permit Permissions
• Texas Justices Urged To Review Salt Cave Rights Dispute
• Oil Co.'s Claims Against BP In $8M Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Evaluating The Legal Ethics Of A ChatGPT-Authored Motion
• Fed. Circ. Says Judge Albright Can Keep GM Patent Suit
• Emerson 'Pleased' By NI's Response To $7.6B Acquisition Bid
• For The Future Of ESG, Look To State Bill Trends
• High Court Won't Take On Texas Atty's Tax Fraud Suit
• Justices Decline Ex-Walmart Pharmacist's Race Bias Case
• Texas Pain Clinic Says Personal Injury Attys Never Paid Up
• Justices Want SG Input On Fla., Texas Social Media Laws
• Samsung Can't Stay Caltech Patent Suit Amid PTAB Challenge
• BP Must Face Pension Suit Without Class Carveout
• PNC Deals Blow Against Patent Tied To $218M Loss
• Split Fed. Circ. Upholds Ax Of $308M Apple Patent Verdict
• Apache Foe Ordered To Produce Bank, Asset Documents
• Texas High Court Refuses To Hear City Election Dispute
• Red States Back VA Nurse Contesting Biden's Abortion Rule
• Harley-Davidson Settles Bike Fire Dispute With Chubb Unit
• Albright Scratches Patent Claims In Website Data Spat
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Woman's City Demolition Claims
• Label Can Depose Megan Thee Stallion's Manager, Court Says
• Lessons On Prior Art From PTAB's Genetic Testing Decisions
• Two Texas Firms Cleared To Rep Alex Jones In Ch. 11 Case
• Litigation Funding Co. Sues Texas Firm Over $2M Debt
• Milbank-Led ABB Sells Power Conversion Biz In $505M Deal
• Enviros Challenge DOT Approval Of Texas Gulf Oil Terminal
• 7 Tips To Increase Your Law Firm's DEI Efforts In 2023
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Get Back To Home Base
• PCAOB Latest Regulator Sued Over In-House Proceedings
• 5th Circ. Urged To Block DOT Sea Port Oil Terminal Approval
• Crypto Lender Nexo Inks $45M Settlement With SEC, States
• T-Mobile Defeats Ex-Manager's Race Bias Suit
• Samsung Settles Mobile Payment Patent Suit Days Before Trial
• Texas AG Blocks Citi Muni Bond Underwriting Over Gun Policy
• Google Calls Texas' Biometric Data Claims Inconsistent
• IP Forecast: Pfizer Wants Talks With FBI Kept Under Wraps
• Kickback Scheme Cost Contractor Work, Court Told
• Fluor 401(k) Mismanagement Class Action Tossed
• PPE Fraud Suit Ends In $2.1M Judgment For Fla. Reseller
• Exxon Tells Texas Justices Oil Co. Owes $71M Settlement Fee
• Insurer Owes Millions For Texas Winter Storm Claim, Co. Says
• Justices Told GOP States Wrongly Barred From Title 42 Fight
• Beck Redden Wants Suit Brought By Disbarred Atty Tossed
• Boeing Must Face 737 Max Families In Texas Arraignment
• 5th Circ. Orders FERC To Explain Rate Complaint Delays
• AT&T Can't Block T-Mobile's 'Banned' Senior Discount Ads
• Feds Say Texas Vax Suit 'Moot' After Mandate's End
• Former Texas County Commissioner Gets 20 Years For Bribes
• 5th Circ. Upholds Lincare's Win In Ex-Worker's Race Bias Suit
• Atty Fees Sought In Suit That Set Off Lewis Brisbois TM Row
• 5th Circ. Revives Six Flags Investors' China Disclosures Suit
• Before Trial, Halliburton Wipes Out Rival's Patents At PTAB
• Oilfield Co. Says Auditor's 'Epic Failure' Allowed Fraud
• Texas, Groups Sue To Take Down New 'WOTUS' Definition
• Texas Jury Clears Hunting Titan In Patent Infringement Case
• Water Co. CEO Gets 10 Years For $12M Securities Fraud
• Dallas Nursing Home Reaches Creditor Deal In Ch. 11 Plan
• Megan Thee Stallion Wants To Block Manager's Deposition
• Ga. Judges End Burrito Chain's Drinks Suit Against Coca-Cola
• GM Rips Class Cert. Bid In Chevy Cruze Emissions Suit
• Oil Co. Transferred $73.9M During Class Action, Suit Says
• Hertz Ruling Could Help Debtors Avoid Make-Whole Premiums
• Biden Admin. Must Deliver New Offshore Plan, Oil Groups Say
• Atty-Client Privilege Arguments Give Justices A Moving Target
• Party City Overcomes Objections To Get Nod On $150M DIP
• Tesla Trial Over Musk Tweets Set To Roll As Jury Selected
• Mark Cuban Blasts Plaintiff Swap In Crypto Suit
• After Winning $6.5M Verdict, Tech Supplier Wants New Trial
• FDA Urges Texas Judge Not To Reverse Abortion Pill Approval
• Ex-SEC Officials, Law Professors Challenge New Proxy Rules
• Ex-Goodwill Employee Says Exec Fired Her For 'Living In Sin'
• Judge Probes DOJ Team After Health Care Fraud Mistrial
• Five Legal Teams Compete To Rep Bitcoin Miner Investors
• NJ Atty Off Hook In Contract Fight, Texas Appeals Court Says
• Tesla Trial Is Likely To Hinge On Loss Causation
• 5 Gen X Characteristics That Can Boost Legal Leadership
• EPA Defends Reviving Calif. Vehicle Emissions Standards
• Conn. Judge Declines To Sanction Alex Jones' Texas Attorney
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 5th Circ. Blames Atty For Photographer's 'Groundless' Suit
• Justices Mull Jurisdiction Guidance For Deportation Appeals
• Justices Urged To Wait For 'Cleaner Vehicle' On CFPB Funding
• Citgo Parent's $642M Tax Refund Bid Gets Dismissed
• Emerson Takes Public $7.6B Bid For National Instruments
• Pharmacies And Drug Cos. Want Out Of Texas Opioid MDL
• 5th Circ. Denies Woman's Asylum Claim For Lack Of Evidence
• Why NBA Player-Agent Fight Bounced From Court And Settled
• Cannabis Bill Roundup: Tex., Iowa and Ind. Eye Legalization
• Fed. Circ. Wary Of Claim Against Facebook News Feed Tool
• Alex Jones Atty's Argument On Leak 'Floors' Conn. Judge
• Voyager Sells Digital Assets For $1B, FTX Finds $5B In Crypto
• Patent Challenger Says Vidal Imposed Sanctions Too Fast
• Dominican National Admits To Role In Fatal Smuggling
• Servitas Worker Says Fighting Atty Harassment Led To Firing
• AT&T Can Pursue Suit Over T-Mobile's Senior Discount Ads
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• 6 Questions For Boutique Firms Considering Mergers
• EDTX Jury Hands Down $166M Verdict In AT&T Patent Trial
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Atty Dispute With Selena's Brother
• DLA Piper, Latham Guide Specialty Insurer's $134M IPO
• 5th Circ. Affirms Hanover's $570K Award Against Developers
• Pipeline Health Gets OK For Plan To Cut $330M In Debt
• National Instruments Explores Sale, Among 'Strategic Options'
• Southwest Investors Say Airline Is Liable For System Outage
• Beck Redden Moves Disbarred Atty's Suit To Federal Court
• Usury Savings Clauses Aid Predatory Lenders, Court Told
• Fintech Company OppFi Gets Usury Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Ex-Bank Chairman's FDIC Enforcement Challenge Flames Out
• Nursing Home Creditors Say Ch. 11 Fee Budget Too Small
• Kuwaiti Co. Says KBR Liable For $49M Contract Costs In Iraq
• Texas High Court Mulls Over Health Nondisclosure To Insurer
• Dissolution Co. Says Look-Alike Website Rips Off Its TM
• Real Estate Rumors: Meta, Opportunity Fund, Harbert
• More Info Needed To Tell Which Law Applies To DeLorean Suit
• Burger King Lease Dispute Reaches Texas High Court
• Fed. Circ. Rules Drilling Fluid Patent Isn't Indefinite
• Gov't Can't Duck Children's Suit Over Border Separations
• Fuel Firm Gets OK For $9M Stalking Horse Bid In Ch. 11 Sale
• Musk Can't Move Trial Over 'Bad Press,' Tesla Investors Say
• Groups Sue Media Over 'Antitrust Boycott' Of Disinformation
• Texas Justices Told To Affirm Sanction In Pipeline Lease Fight
• Chancery Keeps 'Weird' Claims Alive In Dura Medic Sale Case
• Harris County Prosecutor Facing Backlash Over Old Tweets
• Judge Refuses To Pause Suspension For Alex Jones' Attorney
• Texas Head Start Program Drops Suit Over Hail Payments
• 5th Circ. Backs Exxon's Win In Ex-Trainee's Race Bias Suit
• Texas High Court Mulls Dallas Cowboys Benefits Venue Fight
• RealPage Urges Wash. Judge Not To Bundle Antitrust Cases
• The Issues Shaping Labor Market Antitrust Litigation In 2023
• Texas High Court Debates Releasing UT Investigation Docs
• Ford Gets Arbitration On Some Transmission Defect Claims
• Air Force Denies Responsibility For Ex-Airman Mass Shooting
• Flores' Discrimination Suit Looms Over NFL Hiring Season
• Judge Rejects RealPage Landlord's Venue-Shopping Claims
• 5th Circ. Closes Lid On Cemetery Tour Monopoly Suit
• IBM Wraps Up Texas Workers' Age Bias Suit
• REIT Calls Foul On $7.8M Winter Storm Bill
• Del. Justices' Reversal Of Boardwalk Award May Apply Widely
• Alex Jones' Suspended Attorney Taken Off Capitol Riot Case
• ExxonMobil Subcontractor's Insurer Off Hook In Job Fatality
• Judge Denies Atty Immunity Claim In Lewis Brisbois TM Suit
• Bayer Owed $17.3M In Patent Fight, Texas Judge Says
• Chris Brown Wants Canceled Show Fee Suit Tossed Or Moved
• Security Co. Says Firm Was Conflicted In Trade Secrets Case
• 5 Tips For Adding Value To Legal Clients' Experience In 2023
• Deepwater Drilling Servicer Hits Ch. 11 With $651M Of Debt
• Feds Say Platinum Partners Exec's Conviction Should Stand
• Atty Asks 5th Circ. For Fast Exit From Lewis Brisbois TM Row
• Mark Cuban To Be Deposed In Crypto 'Ponzi Scheme' Suit
• Fed. Circ. Won't Let Sued Foreign Cos. Unilaterally Pick Venue
• Samsung Settles Acorn Patent Fight After $25M Trial Loss
• ERCOT Makes Case For Immunity To Texas Supreme Court
• GEO Group and Migrant Fathers, Sons Settle Separation Suit
• NY AG Urges 2nd Circ. To Greenlight Gun Nuisance Law
• Insurer Wants $28M Texas Freeze Suit Moved To Federal Court
• RealPage Plaintiffs Back National Structure For Antitrust Suits
• Fed. Circ. Patent Decisions In 2022: An Empirical Review
• Lathrop GPM Adds Veteran Patent Prosecutor In Chicago
• Energy Cos. Say Partner Side-Stepped Them In Payment Deal
• Musk Says SF Too Biased For Securities Trial, Texas Is Better
• Wash. B&O Tax Proposal Is A Step In The Right Direction
• Morgan Lewis Adds 4 Litigators To Toxic Torts Team
• Biden Admin. Beats Challenge To Contractor Wage Hike
• Justices Deny Texas' Bid To Revive Trump Public Charge Rule
• En Banc 5th Circ. Nixes Gun 'Bump Stock' Ban In Reversal
• Harris Co. Atty. Pans Growing Tally Of Election Contests
• Cannabis Bill Roundup: New Year Sees Big Legalization Push
• Texas Court Affirms Insurer's Gas Station Coverage Win Again
• No Force Pooling For Energy Co., Texas High Court Told
• First American Says Real Estate Atty Can't Be Witness
• Ex-Financial Director Says She Was Paid Less Due to Gender
• Legal Standing For Nature: The Road Not Taken
• IBM's Stolen Tech Suit Belongs In Texas, Not UK, Albright Says
• 5th Circ. Remands Just Energy Ch. 15 Suit Over Power Prices
• Lack Of Licensing Information Dooms H-2A Application
• 4 Firms Lead $3.8B Phillips 66 Midstream Stock Acquisition
• Broken Equipment Kept Ship In Path Of Hurricane, Attys Say
• PTAB Trims 3 Fracking Patents Challenged By Halliburton
• Sports Agent Drained $111K From Pension Plan, DOL Says
• Alex Jones Atty Suspended Over 'Stunning' Discovery Leak
• $11M Deal In Insurance Software Breach Fight Gets Final Nod
• IP Forecast: Big Tech's Fintiv Fight Heads To Fed. Circ.
• Texas Says Biden Immigration Rule 'De-Fangs' Welfare Law
• 5th Circ. Axes Challenge To South Texas LNG Project
• Texas Law Firm Says Ex-Partner Can't Have Client Records
• VLSI Can't Justify 'Oversized' $2.2B Award, Intel Tells Fed. Circ.
• FDIC Rips Ex-CEO's In-House Proceeding 'Collateral Attack'
• RealPage Again Seeks Texas Venue For Antitrust Claims
• Late Payments Void Property Value Protest, Texas Court Told
• Delay In Offshore Carbon Storage Regs Creates Uncertainty
• Houston Jeweler Says Chicago Bears Player Didn't Pay Tab
• Lewis Brisbois Wants Pacer Access Revoked For TM Suit Foe
• Soccer Legend Strikes Back At Trading Card Co. In IP Row
• Bypassing Legal Migration Will Mean Asylum Ban, Biden Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: SpaceX, Fanatics, Tokyo Gas
• 3 Middle-Market PE Firms Clinch Funds Totaling $1.58B
• SEC, US Trustee Object To Voyager's $1B Binance.US Deal
• Fulbright Applicant Wants 'Discriminatory' Policy Blocked
• Texas Court Urged To Get Samsung To Disclose Info In IP Row
• PTAB Axes PNC Bank Patent Claims That Texas Jury Upheld
• Property Owner Accuses Dallas Of Misusing Nuisance Law
• Honda Seeks Review Of $25.9M Judgment In Texas Crash
• BNY's Pershing Must Face Trial Over Stanford Ponzi Claims
• Biden's New DACA Rule Invalid Like The Original, States Say
• Judge Waives Suit After Houston Highway Redesign Deal
• Ex-GC Can't Get $3.9M Bonus, Dairy Co. Tells TX High Court
• Texas Law Shield Accused Of Unethical Client Solicitation
• Houston Says Justices Need To Clarify Issues In Sidewalk Suit
• HP Cuts Deal To Settle Data Patent Fight Ahead Of March Trial
• Key Takeaways From 2022 Trade Secret Developments
• DLA-Led Specialty Insurer Launches Plans For $127M IPO
• Theater Chain Cineworld Vows To Speed Up Ch. 11 Case
• DOL Settles Migrant Shelters' 5th Circ. Wage Rules Appeal
• Texas Takes Grid Project Law Fight To High Court
• V&E, Bracewell Guide $621M Sale Of Oil & Gas Pipeline Biz
• Southwest Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Meltdown
• El Paso Can't Escape Suit Over Fees, Court Says
• Southwest Seeks New Trial In Anti-Abortion Worker's Bias Suit
• Texas Investigates Atmos Energy Over Storm Outages
• Texas High Court Says Damage Cap Limits Bus Crash Verdict
• DOL Wants Another Shot At Voided ERISA Advice
• Texas Atty Beats Sanctions For Suing Over Gov't Job Pay Cut
• 6 Ways To Avoid Compounding Errors When Practicing Law
• Texas High Court Won't Force Tax Breaks For Energy Cos.
• Texas Justices Clear Oil Co. In Suit Over Worker's Crash
• Targa Buys Blackstone's Interest In Pipeline For $1.05B
• Predictions In 3 Key Areas For IP Practitioners This Year
• State AGs May Double Down On Bipartisan Issues In 2023
• What Banking Attorneys Are Watching In The Courts In 2023
• Patent Litigation Trends To Watch In 2023
• 5 Texas Cases To Watch in 2023
• 5 Major Wage And Hour Cases To Watch In 2023
• What Will Keep Legal Talent Professionals Up At Night In 2023
• Energy Litigation To Watch In 2023
• Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In 2023
• Texas Legislation To Watch In Early 2023