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California - March, 2009

178 articles

• Adapting Private Business To Climate Change
• 1-800-Mattress Secures DIP Financing From Sleepy's
• Wachovia, Citi To Buy Back $4.7B In Calif. ARS Deal
• US To Pay Oil Cos. $85M For WWII Plane Gas Cleanup
• LensCrafters Settles $20M Indemnification Battle
• Shook Hardy Nabs Enviro Whiz From Sonnenschein
• CVS Faces $5M Class Action Over 'Made In USA'
• Judge Won't Toss Teacher Group's Suit V. Insurer
• Readying For CERCLA Financial Assurance
• No Stay Of SF Employer Health Care Law: High Court
• Fidelity Strikes Deal Over Calif. Kickback Claims
• DVD Rental Plaintiffs Want Suits Back In Calif. Court
• Toxic Torts V. Dow To Remain In State Court: 9th Circ.
• Are 'Reverse Payments' Becoming More Reasonable?
• PacBell, Call Center Workers' $1.5M Deal OK'd
• Class Certified In Warranty Suit V. Office Depot
• Ex-Foley Hoag Employment Chair Joins Seyfarth
• Daewoo Seeks Stay Of $7M VCR Patent Judgment
• Calif. Eatery's Tip-Share Rule Survives Waiter's Action
• Multiple Policy Limits In Enviro Cleanup Actions
• LA Developer Meruelo Maddux Ducks Into Ch. 11
• Ill. District Court Pushes Local Patent Rules
• JP Morgan, Western Gas Strike Deal In Antitrust MDL
• Retirement Plan Suit V. Life Insurers Survives Cuts
• Oracle, Alcatel Lucent Strike Deal In Patent Suit
• EPA Greenlights Ariz. Carbon Capture Project
• Senate Bill Aims To Stop Natural Gas Manipulation
• Bill Proposes 'Green Bank' To Finance Cleaner Energy
• Bill Aims To Fund Offshore Renewable Energy Efforts
• American Airlines Agents Seek Class Cert. In OT Suit
• 9th Circ. Revives Suit Against Gap Over Work Wear
• Record Cos.' Suit V. Playlist Stays In NY: Judge
• Paid Family And Medical Leave Program Proposed
• Medtronic Wins Stay In Abbott Stent Patent Suit
• Elpida Dismissed From DRAM Antitrust Suits
• Diebold CFO, Ex-Execs Get Wells Notices
• Municipalities In Ch. 9: Rejecting Labor Agreements
• Calif. Wage Suit Not Preempted By US Statute: Court
• For Insurers, MTBE Could Be 'New Asbestos'
• $14M Settlement Reached In Dura Securities Suit
• Calif. Thelen Plaintiffs Balk At Federal Class Cert.
• BofA Investor Fights To Sack CEO Over Merrill Deal
• Interim Lead Counsel Tapped In Tomato Suits
• Stimulus Potential For Cleantech
• E-Pass Accuses Former Counsel Of Negligence
• 1-800-Mattress Files Ch. 11 To Avoid Liquidation
• Wal-Mart Renews Bid To Decertify Sex Bias Class
• Broker Hit With Charges Over $40M Ponzi Scam
• CVT Shareholders Sue To Stop $1.4B Biotech Merger
• Bilski Test Dooms CyberSource Online Fraud Patent
• HP Settles Ink Cartridge Patent Dispute Out Of Court
• PG&E Settles With Green Group Over Plant Cleanup
• Ignore Climate Change At Your Peril
• Trademark Suits Can Be Covered As Ad Injury: Court
• Finding Lost Insurance Policies
• Obama Announces Picks For 2 Top DOE Posts
• Calif. Claims Quest, Others Defrauded State Of Millions
• Ex-Peregrine Execs Prevail In Shareholder Appeal
• Calif. Court Clarifies Seniority Rules For School Layoffs
• Calif. Court Revives $6M Plane Suit V. Boeing, Others
• 9th Circ. Revives FedEx Managers' OT Class Action
• RECs In Secured Transactions Under Calif. Law
• Conditional Class Cert. OK'd In United Auto FLSA Suit
• No Easy Path For Renewable Energy
• BD Nova Wins $5.9M In Fees In Abbott Patent Case
• AIG, Countrywide File Competing Fraud Suits
• Implications Of Pacific Bell V. LinkLine
• E-Pass Sanctioned In Smart Card Patent Suit
• EEOC Wants Classwide Damages In Wal-Mart Case
• Pa. AG Demands Overhaul Of Title Insurance Rates
• Tribune Sues Warren Beatty Over Dick Tracy Rights
• Atty In Bias Suits V. FedEx Sanctioned For Conduct
• Media Queue, GameFly Settle Notification Patent Suit
• Obama Names Picks For Energy, Labor Posts
• Court Puts Hold On Berkeley Lab Building Project
• Pelosi, AG Mull Antitrust Exemptions For Newspapers
• JPMorgan Belted With Overtime Class Action
• Medtronic Gets OK To Seek Review Of Stent IP Ruling
• Shadow Over More Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement?
• UPS Drivers Win Initial Class Cert. In FLSA Action
• As 1 Roche Investor Suit Ends, Another Moves Ahead
• Pfizer In Divestiture Talks Over $68B Wyeth Merger
• Flood Insurance Bill Would Revamp Rates
• Adversary Proceedings Continue To Drop: Report
• Most Of Denture Cream Suit Against GSK Tossed
• Cut Hours, Not Associates, To Save Cash: Report
• Clarifying 'Sudden And Accidental' Pollution Coverage
• Cities May Void CBAs Under Bankruptcy Code
• Malpractice Insurer Drops $10M Reinsurance Battle
• Calif. Weighs Crackdown On Banks' Bailout Spending
• Generics, Not Reglan Cos., Had Duty To Warn: Judge
• Panasonic, Daewoo Tagged In CRT Price-Fixing Suit
• LG Patents Exhausted In Hitachi Case: Court
• Water District At Fault For Contamination: Olin
• Retailers Add State Claims To Webkinz Antitrust MDL
• Calif. Law Firm At Center Of Bloody Kazakh Oil Fight
• Qualcomm Evades Broadcom Antitrust Suit
• Green Groups Bolster Claims V. DOI Over ESA Changes
• Tuna Cos. Dodge Calif. Mercury-Labeling Requirement
• Quest, SEC Bury Hatchet Over Options Backdating
• Pacific Energy Gets Creditor Protection In Canada
• Securities Fraud Case Over Mortgage Products Tossed
• Fleetwood Enterprises Workers File WARN Act Suit
• Former Heller Partners Sued Over Brobeck Profits
• USPTO Deals Funai Setback In DTV Patent Re-Exam
• Tomato Products Antitrust Suits Consolidated
• Fed. Circ. Upholds $5M Patent Judgment For Alaris
• Milbank Snags Munger Bankruptcy Pro
• Buffets' New Statement Approved With Exit Financing
• Law Firm Can't Use SLAPP Law V. Insurer: Court
• Signet Bid For Sanctions Fails In Lens Patent Feud
• Bug In Cardinal Drug Pump Could Trigger Wrong Doses
• Rambus Appeals Patent Ruling Over Shredded Docs
• Boston Scientific, J&J Unit End Aneurysm Patent Spat
• Sun Denied Summary Judgment In Trade Secrets Case
• SF Court Tosses $4B Fraud Claims Against PG&E
• Cash-Strapped Builder Warns Of Possible Ch. 11 Filing
• FLSA Plaintiff Fails To Gag Papa John's
• Court Leans Toward Stay In Nvidia, Rambus Battle
• Banks' Tort Bids Tossed In Commercial Money Case
• Novartis Unit Settles Shareholder Action For $30M
• Number Of Subprime Suits 'Historic' At 576: Report
• Citing War Perils, Aero Sues For Coverage Of Engines
• SEC Accuses 2 Investment Groups Of $51M In Fraud
• PwC Associates Are Nonexempt: Class Action Judge
• KFTC Raises Qualcomm Chipset Antitrust Concerns
• SEC Settles With Barnhill Associates Ex-President
• $397M Judgment Entered In Rambus, Hynix Case
• Hitachi To Pay $31M For TFT-LCD Price-Fixing Plot
• Noncompetes: Choice Of Law Matters
• Calif. Supreme Court Sides With State In Stringfellow
• Class Cert. Sought In Laptop Defect Suit V. Toshiba
• Microsoft Reaches Deal In Cybersquatting Case
• Citigroup Sued For Failing To Repay $120M In ARS
• $397M Judgment Proposed In Rambus, Hynix Case
• Judge Rules IBM Didn't Violate Licensing Agreement
• American Electric Cut, Dynegy Kept In Wis. Gas MDL
• High Court Seeks SG Input In Banking Privacy Suit
• Oil Price Drop Sends Pacific Energy Into Ch. 11
• SF Employer-Funded Health Care Appeal Nixed
• Judge OKs Class In Infineon Shareholder Action
• Polaroid Targeted In Digital Camera Patent Spat
• Honeywell, Cree, BU Drop LED Patent Fight
• Flying J Off The Hook As Coke Supplier To Hanford
• Creditors Object To WL Homes Insider DIP Loan
• Snapple 'All Natural' Claims Don't Hold Water: Suit
• Repealing Leegin Could Harm Consumers: Experts
• Ex-KB Home CEO Indicted In Backdating Case
• Merrill, Barclays Cut From Enron Shareholder Suit
• Waffle Maker Accused Of Sugarcoating Nutrition Info
• Quinn Emanuel, Headhunter Settle Fee Fight
• Safety-Kleen Workers Settle Wage Class Action
• Creditors Stand Behind Kimball Hill Liquidation Plan
• The Business End Of Obama's Enviro Plan
• 9th Circ. Shuts Down Laptop Defect Action Against HP
• Domino's Settles FLSA Class Action
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Special Patent Expert Appointment
• Auto Industry, States Weigh In On Calif. Waiver
• Lead Plaintiff Appointed In Cadence Suits
• Calif. Bill Threatens Inland Water Polluters With Jail
• Former Brobeck Chairman Joins Howard Rice
• Court Upholds BofA Win In Trade Secrets Spat
• LSI, Agere Drop Patent Claims Against Vanguard
• Judge Rejects Defenses In Rambus DRAM Litigation
• 9th Circ. Backs EPA's San Joaquin Air Quality Blessing
• Judge Won't Toss LCD Price-Fixing Claims
• Asbestos Liability Unlikely For Replacement Parts
• Obama Rolls Back Bush's Midnight ESA Changes
• Loan Officers Seek Class Cert. In H&R Block OT Suit
• Judge Nixes Antitrust Suit V. Qualcomm Over Patents
• Wong Cabello Sets Up Shop In Palo Alto
• Green Groups Can't Fight Forest Rules: High Court
• Judge Rejects $6.5M AXA OT Deal Over Notice
• Enmex Fires Back At Tesoro With $2B Breach Claim
• Folgers, Kraft, Melitta Sued Over Coffee Patent
• AG Edwards Brokers Seek To Divide $12M In OT Deal
• GSK Offers $28M To Settle Suits Over Defective Paxil
• BP Unit Escapes Securities Action Over 2006 Oil Spill