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California - January, 2008

127 articles

• Beleaguered Milwaukee Archdiocese Eyes Bankruptcy
• Hedge Fund To Vote No On Countrywide-BofA Deal
• Judge Corrects Claim Order In Medtronic Stent Case
• Careful Crafting Of Guarantee Can Allow Claim Revival
• Samsung, Matsushita Settle Semiconductor Disputes
• Countrywide Affiliates Hit With Predatory Lending Suit
• People's Choice Seeks 2 More Months Of Exclusivity
• Indirect Purchasers Suffer Major Blow In DRAM MDL
• Patent Case V. Stryker Has Merit: Federal Circuit
• Calif. Brings $1.6B Suit Against UnitedHealth
• Bausch & Lomb ReNu Tests Were Flawed: Study
• Bid To Stop ITC Proceedings Tossed In Tessera Suit
• Qualcomm Sets The Baseline For E-Discovery
• It's Official - Huntington Beach Is "Surf City"
• Judge Finds Alcatel-Lucent Infringed Microsoft Patent
• Fujitsu Suit Targets Tellabs' Alleged Infringement
• Injunction Against Qualcomm Stands
• Class Action Hopes Dashed In Wells Fargo Trust Suit
• Ex-Milberg Weiss Client Is Fined But Not Jailed
• Talent Managers Catch Break In Calif. Ruling
• 28 New Defendants Dragged Into Countrywide Case
• Retailer In Intel Suit Ordered To Open Its Files
• JP Morgan Chase, HSBC Face New Class Actions
• Visto, RIM Patent Trial Starts Up In The U.K.
• EPA Defends Veto Of California Clean Air Act Waiver
• Court Breathes New Life Into Suit Against Ikon, GE
• What Effect Will Stoneridge Have On Litigation?
• Fujitsu Convinces Japan To Block Nanya SDRAM Chips
• No Name-Calling In Rambus Patent Case: Judge
• Gov. Schwarzenegger Takes The EPA To Court
• $6.6M Awarded To Oculus In Trade Secret Suit
• Century-Old Mining Law May Become Greener
• Court Upholds Firing Of Medical Marijuana User
• Lender Asks Court To Liquidate NovaStar Unit
• Court Allows Overstock.com Suit To Proceed
• Mitchell Silberberg Launches Subprime Group
• New Century Gets More Time To File Exit Plan
• New FLSA Suit Joins Pending Case Against WaMu
• Health Co. Urges FDA To Ditch Calif.'s Proposition 65
• Court Nixes FedEx's Class Certification Appeal
• Antitrust Fears In Quanta V. LG Case Raise Eyebrows
• Ogletree Deakins Touches Down In San Francisco
• Court Tosses Part Of Design Defect Suit V. Honda
• Justices Send Homestore Suit Back To 9th Circuit
• Qualcomm V. Broadcom: Lessons In E-Discovery
• Stoneridge Precedent Sinks Cert Bid For Enron Case
• High Court Wants Govt. Take On Price-Squeeze Case
• Appeals Court Strikes $1.5M Verdict In Spanking Case
• Milberg Weiss Moves To Shed Conspiracy Charges
• Citigroup Conditional Stock Plan Legal: Calif. Judge
• Littler Mendelson Nabs Sheppard Mullin Partner
• Judge Defines E-Mail Patent Claims In Visto Case
• Stoneridge: Not The End Of The Road
• FDA's Cloned Foods Approval Sparks Labeling Debate
• Orrick Brings IP Lawyer To Orange County
• LG Washing Machines Gather Mold: Suit
• Lawyers Entreat Supreme Court To Hear Enron Appeal
• Summary Judgment Denied In Applera Patent Saga
• Asarco To Pay $33.4M In Toxic Cleanup Claims
• Impax Seeks To Pop Pimple-Fighting Patent
• Ex-PwC Employees Settle Insider Trading Charges
• Lawyers Warn Of Pitfalls Of Employment Tests
• As Special Master, She Sets Precedent
• Another Peregrine Executive's Wings Clipped
• Stoneridge May Prove Fatal To Enron-Related Action
• In Global Warming Cases, Suing Plants May Not Work
• Derivative Suit Against MIPS Dismissed, For Now
• Federal Preemption Upheld In Heart Valve Case
• Wage-And-Hour Class Actions Top Workplace Suits
• Lawyers "Duke" It Out Over Effects Of Wal-Mart Case
• Plaintiffs Favor State Court For Class Actions: Study
• Politics, Work Make For Uneasy Bedfellows
• Epson Imaging Tossed From LCD Antitrust Case
• Thimerosal Testimony Barred In Wyeth Vaccine Case
• 9th Circuit Grounds NASA Worker Background Checks
• Subprime Crisis Drives FBR Mortgage Unit Into Ch. 11
• Justices Ponder Curbing Downstream Patent Licenses
• Decision Could Complicate Product Warning Labels
• Calif. Justices, Eyeing Leave Act, Lean Toward Boss
• Countrywide Deal Could Mean Legal Woes For BofA
• Wells Fargo May Face Another FLSA Class Action
• CEQA And Climate Change: One Year After AB 32
• California Politicians Lambast EPA's Waiver Denial
• Malpractice Issue Poses Quandary For Qualcomm
• City Scores In Employer-Funded Health Care Battle
• Warning-Label Suit Against Swiss Banks Tossed
• Green Groups To Sue DOE Over Power Corridor Plans
• Celebrex Plaintiffs Suffer Blow In Evidence Spat
• Qualcomm Considers Appeal Of $8.6M Sanction
• New Ballard Legal Team Targets Subprime Woes
• EU Probe Into Apple Ends With Pricing Agreement
• D.C. Circuit Reconfirms FERC's Remedial Discretion
• Alberta Calls Time On Clock Patent Suit V. Rambus
• Judge Nixes Proposed Class Action Against Roche
• Options Backdating Scandal Limps Off Radar
• Visa Settles Suit Over No-Contact Credit Card Patent
• Pacific Lumber Asks To Sell Town School To District
• Prominent Bankruptcy Attorney Joins Sheppard Mullin
• Patent Litigator Healey Joins Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
• Injunction Bid Denied In HDMI Trade Secret Feud
• Calif. Study Fails To Find Autism-Vaccine Link
• Applied Medical In-House Counsel Joins Crowell
• Qualcomm Sanctioned $8.6M; 6 Lawyers Sent To Bar
• Appeals Court Says Cabbies Protected Under NLRA
• Quanta, LG Gear Up For High Court Showdown
• Draconian Enforcement Of Calif. Labor Law Continues
• High Court Puts Brakes On Freight Loading Case
• Nixon Peabody Trio Makes Leap To Winston & Strawn
• Apple, EU Expected To Resolve Antitrust Case
• Jan Marini Discontinues Second Eyelash Product
• Court To Reconsider Post-Claim Underwriting Class
• Investing In California's Alternative Fuels Plan
• Appeals Court Refreshes Water Contamination Suit
• Illegal Tying Is Core Of Apple's Business: Suit
• Jenner & Block Welcomes Former SEC Branch Chief
• NLRB Judge Orders News-Press To Rehire Journalists
• WorldCom Reaches Settlement To Avoid Appeal
• Court Makes U-Turn In UPS Deaf Drivers Case
• Court Tells Karaoke Co. To Sing A Different Tune
• SanDisk Settles Flash Memory Disputes With PNY
• LG Nears Class Action Deal Over "Defective" HDTVs
• AGs Lack Evidence To Extend Oversight: Microsoft
• Pacific Lumber Gives In To Exclusivity Termination
• Energy Cos. Seek To Bar State Antitrust Claim
• Broadcom Wins Injunction Against Qualcomm
• Debate Heats Over Personal Injury Damages Caps
• California Sues Over EPA Clean Car Ruling