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California - November, 2008

114 articles

• 5th Circ. Upholds Trademarks For School Colors
• Plaintiffs In Polar Bear Suit Lack Standing: DOJ
• StarCaps Diet Pill Recalled For Unauthorized Diuretic
• Ex-Thelen Employees Sue Firm Over Pay, Benefits
• Vaginal Deformity Claims To Proceed Against AMS
• Rhode Island Wins One In Emissions Rules Battle
• Paper To Pay $22M To Settle Carrier Class Action
• Reforms Part Of $925M UnitedHealth Deal
• Security Guards' Pay Suit Against DHS Survives
• Magistrate Wants To Deny Class In Casket Case
• Taser Released From Another Wrongful Death Suit
• Downey Savings Prepares To File For Ch. 7
• 'Funny Face' Director's Infringement Suit Survives
• Lathrop & Gage To Merge With Spillane In LA Outpost
• CVS, Longs Face Class Action Over Pharmacist Wages
• Move Inc. Wins Patent Scuffle Over Web Site
• Industry Groups Can Intervene In Polar Bear Suit
• Calif. Supreme Court To Consider 'Pass-On' Defense
• Ex-Circuit City Workers Seek Automatic Stay Relief
• Authorities Probe Wachovia's Loan Practices
• AT&T Breached Contracts, But No Conspiracy: Jury
• Energy Line Proposal Draws Green Group's Ire
• ERISA Doesn't Preempt Contract Dispute: 9th Circ.
• NetVersant Moves To Block Subcontractor Claims
• Patent Infringement Suits May Be Covered
• Novartis Spars With Sales Reps Over FLSA Exemptions
• Marriott Timeshare Salesman Sues For Overtime Pay
• 9th Circ. Tosses School's Suit Over GE Plant
• EPA Enforcement Drop Spurs Environmental Litigation
• Fremont Says Ch. 11 Blocks Ex-Counsel Wage Case
• Antitrust Counterclaims To Stay In Lens Patent Feud
• NetVersant Solutions Files For Chapter 11
• Reed Smith Lures More Thelen Talent
• UC, Grace Settle Asbestos Claims For $1.1M
• Going Gangbusters: An Unusual Trademark Injunction
• Qualcomm Held In Contempt In Patent Dispute
• 5th Exec Pleads Guilty In Marine Products Probe
• Calif. Raises Renewable Energy Standards — Again
• Calcar Loses Permanent Injunction Bid Against Honda
• McAfee Hit With FLSA Suit By Sales Representative
• San Francisco Cops Fire Off Age Bias Class Action
• Judge Shoots Down Antitrust Claims Against Apple
• PacifiCorp, Feds Sign $450M Dam Removal Pact
• 'Let's [Not] Go Crazy' With DMCA Takedowns
• HP, LexJet Settle Ink Cartridge Spat
• 2nd Circ. Revives Investors' Suit Against Hartford
• Teva Contests 2 Of Gilead's Truvada Patents
• Cutting Air Pollution Could Save Calif. $28B
• NBA Team Requests Stay In Ticketmaster Suit
• FEMA Trailers Containing Formaldehyde Up For Sale
• Wage Class Action Against Kelly Services Tossed
• SEC Charges Ex-McKesson Exec With Insider Trading
• EPA Shouldn't List Fort Detrick As Superfund: Army
• Nvidia Loses Bid To Toss Rambus Patent Lawsuit
• Hotbed Of FLSA Claims To Continue In Low Economy
• 9th Circ. Remands Film Car Infringement Suit
• Synthes Brandishes Patent Against Implant Maker
• Deal In Juniper Backdating Case Gets Judge's Nod
• Discrimination Suits On The Rise Amid Recession
• Calif. County Sues Lehman Execs Over $150M Loss
• Employment Practice: Sidley Austin
• Navy Lands Win In High Court Sonar Dispute
• LG, Sharp, Chunghwa To Pay $585M For Price-Fixing
• American Apparel Worker Told To Cook Books: Suit
• Ex-Thelen Renewable Power Group Joins Reed Smith
• Feed-In Tariffs: A Valuable Tool
• Post-Sale Successor Independent Duty To Warn
• Judge Pares Claims From Saturn Timing Chain MDL
• Lessons Learned From Worker Classification Cases
• Enviros Sue FMC Over Stalled Clean Truck Program
• Jones Day Lures Corporate Partner From Latham
• Obama EPA Could Support Calif. Auto Emissions Rule
• Customers Sue T-Mobile Over Late Penalties
• Calif. Menu Labeling Rule Could Mean More Lawsuits
• Jury Orders NFL Union To Pay $28M To Former Players
• Baltimore Targets McKesson For AWP Markups
• Creditors Seek Conversion To Ch. 7 For Empire Land
• 9th Circ. Revives Oracle Wage Claims
• Wyeth Can Be Liable For Generic Warnings: Court
• Calif. Agency Sues Cox, Utility For 2007 Fires
• Why US Web Site Owners Should Watch Foreign Suits
• Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Brings Workplace Confusion
• Plains All American Settles State Claims Over Oil Spill
• In Obama EPA, Air Quality Rules Will Be Top Priority
• Inventor Fights Realtors Over Listings Patent
• Antitrust Claims Get Nixed In Abbyy OCR Patent Suit
• USPTO Validated Our Coffee Container Patent: P&G
• Taser Wins Summary Judgment In Liability Suit
• EPA Warns 10 Calif. Water Systems Over E. Coli
• Workers Sue AT&T, Contractor Over Pay Spat
• Wyeth Settles With 4th Drug Co. Over Generic Effexor
• Dem Heavyweights Vie For Committee Chair
• Free Speech Protects Video Game Strip Club: Court
• Barclays Files LandSource Disclosure Statement
• Lawyers Fill Key Spots On Obama Transition Team
• Apple Seeks To Toss Psystar's Antitrust Counterclaims
• Neb. Voters Ban Affirmative Action
• Lead Counsel Named In Insurance Class Action
• ALPA Seeks To Get Age Discrimination Claims Tossed
• Calif. Voters Say 'No' To Green Car Rebates
• Calif. Fertility Clinic Hit With FDA Warning
• Calif. Voters Reject Renewable Energy Measure
• 9th Circ. Denies Dismissal To HBOC Fraud Defendants
• Meal Period Limbo: Waiting On Brinker
• American Apparel Harassment Cover-Up Revealed
• Disputed Electricity Contracts Go Back To FERC
• Biofriendly Fined $1.25M For Selling Fuel Additive
• Calif. Should Nix Renewable Energy Line: ALJ
• The Impending Introduction Of New GTLDs
• Calcar Deceived PTO On Navigation Patent: Judge
• WaMu To Face FLSA Lawsuit By Underwriters
• Wanted, Dead Or Alive: Publicity Rights
• Swaths Of Bechtel ERISA Suit Stripped Away
• A Tradable REC Market For RPS Compliance In Calif.