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California - September, 2010

225 articles

• Consumers Sue Ben & Jerry's Over 'All Natural' Claim
• Hyundai's Case For Coverage Of A Patent Suit
• Officers Class Decertified In FLSA Suit Against HSBC
• Insurer's Surcharge Warnings Insufficient, Judge Says
• Ex-Takeda Sales Rep Files OT Collective Action
• 11th Circ.'s Cappuccitti Ruling Could Undermine CAFA
• Namvar Partner Pleads Not Guilty In $23M Fraud Case
• MeadWestvaco Can't Nix School Supply Antitrust Suit
• Elan Patent Claims Trimmed In Apple Touch-Screen Suit
• Consumers Hit 'OPEC Of Potatoes' With Antitrust Action
• Apple Extends Nokia Patent War Across The Pond
• Class Cert. Put On Hold In Acer False Marketing Suit
• 9th Circ. Nixes Suit Over Verizon Termination Fees
• Judge Slams McGuireWoods In BAR/BRI Antitrust Case
• Alleged $228M Real Estate Schemer Arrested In France
• Senate Grills Judicial Nominees On Sentencing Rules
• Ex-Pegasus CFO Settles SEC $30M Fraud Suit
• Media Cos. Seek Voice In EA Athletes' Likeness Suit
• Cisco Cuts Deal In IP Flap Over Flip Video
• What To Watch For In The New Calif. Product Rules
• SEC Backdating Suit Against Mercury Execs Pared
• Fry's Exec Loses Bid To Toss $65M Kickback Charge
• Skilling Ruling Doesn't Alter Ex-Mayor's Sentence
• 9th Circ. Snubs Abbott's Challenge To Norvir Cases
• 9th Circ. Affirms $7.7M FLSA Award V. Chinese Paper
• Target Ordered To Stop Dumping Toxic Waste In Calif.
• Supreme Court Will Hear Drug Pricing Dispute
• Sears Settles Sales Commissions Class Action
• SLM Escapes FCA Suit Over Forbearance Practices
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review Camera IP Claim Construction
• Boeing, US To Pay $3.3M To Settle Fresno Airport Suit
• Fraudster Brothers Can't Shake $78M Indictment
• Ticket Buyers Lose Bid To Block UAL-Continental Deal
• Attys Seek More Clarity On E-Mail Notification
• Case Study: HP V. Hurd
• Immunex, Amgen Fight Back In AWP Spat
• Equity Holders Submit New Plan For Meruelo Ch. 11
• Celador Gets $50M In Interest In 'Millionaire' Fight
• A 'Curious Case' Revisited
• ITC Nixes Mipo's Bid To Exit HP Ink Cartridge Case
• Ex-Lawyer Gets 93-Month Prison Sentence
• Morgan Stanley Removes Advisers' Commission Suit
• Tech Means Risk, And Risk Means E&O Coverage
• Judge OKs Chemtura's $38M Fund For Enviro Claims
• Apple Manager Indicted For Fraud Posts Bond
• The Legality Of Profit-Sharing Assistance In Labor Spats
• EEOC Accuses DHL Of Racial Segregation
• 3rd Time Not The Charm For Cert. In Insulation Action
• Meruelo Maddux Ordered To Retract Creditor Bashing
• Rolex, Other Watch Cos. Sued Over 'Red Gold' Mark
• Calif. Reps Call For Probe Of Biovail-Valeant Deal
• 5 Legal Malpractice Cases To Watch
• Calif. Passes 33% Green Energy Rule
• UFW, Stephen Colbert Push For Migrant Labor Reform
• Chevron, Others To Pay $2M For Calif. Cleanup
• MetLife Faces ERISA Class Action Over Disability Plan
• Contractors Brace For Fight Over High-Road Rules
• US Fire On Hook For Denying Coverage In FLSA Action
• Bankrupt Imperial Opposes FDIC's $48M Demand
• Wal-Mart Probes Whether Rivals Funded Enviro Suits
• ABM Security Guards Lose Class Status In OT Suit
• CVS Workers' OT Class Action Slimmed
• LA Real Estate Tycoon Indicted For Alleged $20M Fraud
• Nara Bancorp Prevails In $53M Derivative Action
• Western Titanium Tries To Oust US Attys In Fraud Trial
• Wells Fargo Hit With Mortgage Class Action
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's John Nadolenco
• Senate Panel Clears 2 US Attys, 7 Judges
• Contract Breaches Can Lead To False Claims Liability
• P&G Faces Consumer Action Over Align Health Claims
• MGA Ordered To Cough Up E-Mails In Bratz IP Spat
• Panasonic, Thomson Resolve V-Chip Patent Dispute
• Intel, Via Didn't Infringe Circuit Patent, Fed. Circ. Rules
• Private Chefs Wants TRO On Food Network Show
• Fed. Circ. Revives Patent Suit Over CPR Masks
• DOJ Targets $268M Hedgeloan Securities Plot
• Shareholders Sue Arena Over Weight Drug Cancer Risk
• SEC Targets Lawyer Over Mak 1 Ponzi Scheme
• Facebook Loses Bid To Blot Out Video Game IP Claim
• Stryker Tries To Limit Bone Device Marketing Charges
• Safety-Kleen Wins Decertification Bid In OT Case
• Deal In BMW Cracked Wheels Action Gets Initial OK
• Sharp Adds Solar Producer Recurrent For $305M
• LA Suburb Officials Booked In $5.5M Corruption Probe
• Calif. Court Rejects Meal Breaks For State Employees
• 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Effort Stalls In Senate
• 11th Circ. Rejects AT&T Bid To Nix $15.5M USF Award
• Experian To Pay $207M For US Credit Monitoring Firm
• Calif.'s Bold New Green Chemistry Regulations
• Manuli Seeks Exit From Marine Hose FCA Suit
• Mattel's Discovery Request Killed In MGA Bratz Spat
• Tyco Worker Drops Vacation Claim From Wage Action
• Insurer Must Pay $2.5M Over Oriental Trading IP Suit
• 8th Circ. Clarifies CAFA Local Controversy Exception
• Calif. Hospital Settles Medicare Fraud Suit For $2M
• US Appeals $68.8M Hit In Aviation Fuel Case
• AmEx Action Stayed For High Court Ruling In AT&T
• MasterCard, Visa Can't Escape Contactless Card IP Suit
• Man Pleads Guilty To Bilking $1M From Wilson Sonsini
• Amici Ask High Court To Reject Calif. Video Game Ban
• Toyota Settles Suit Over Calif. Crash Tied To Recall
• The Muddy Collaboration Element Of Joint Inventorship
• Lululemon Employees Want Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Judge Boots Nero Antitrust Suit Over MPEG Patents
• Snapple Tries To Quench Suit Over 'All Natural' Claims
• Wells Fargo OT Suit Bounced Back To State Court
• BMW Nears Deal In Action Over 'Cracking' Wheels
• Ex-MoFo IP Partner Pleads Not Guilty In Fraud Case
• Countrywide Execs Must Face Trial In SEC Case
• $30M Settlement Approved In Avacor Class Action
• Bill Aims To Raise Rail Crash Liability Cap To $500M
• Nanya Fails To Bag Speedy Settlement In DRAM MDL
• RGIS Settles FLSA Collective Action For $27M
• Banks Beat Consumers' ATM Fee Antitrust Suit
• Medical Marijuana And The Workplace
• Sony Loses Bid To Toss Suit Over Hi-Def TVs
• NRG To Buy Green Mountain Energy For $350M
• 9th Circ. Declines To Rehear Insurers' Antitrust Appeal
• 9th Circ. Finds Calif. Railroad Pollution Laws Preempted
• Fight Heats Up Over Meruelo's Disclosure Statement
• 9th Circ. Limits Electronic Search In MLB Steroid Case
• Pom Unhurt By Welch's Deceptive Marketing, Jury Says
• Dell Settles Class Action Over Defective Notebooks
• Smith Gambrell Reps Gerdau In $165M Steel Mill Deal
• Crowell Snags Toxic Torts Pro From Liner Grode
• The Danger Of Affirmative Public Statements
• Pilot Program Puts Cameras In Federal Courts
• Insurance Spat Over Bad Wendy's Lettuce Resolved
• Eastern District Of Texas — Plaintiffs' Paradise Lost?
• The Curious Case Of Pharma Sales Reps And The FLSA
• Foreign Plaintiffs Allowed In Toyota Accelerator MDL
• Chevron Settles Suit Over Oil Leakage In Calif.
• AT&T Settles Analysts' OT Class Action For $17M
• Ignition Locks Class Action Against Ford Tossed
• Trader Seeks Dismissal Of Insider Trading Charges
• Class Seeks Sanctions In $1.2B HP Sales Contract Suit
• Dreyer's Again Dodges Distributor's RICO, Tying Suit
• Travelers To Appeal Duty To Defend In Wedding War
• Wells Fargo, Old Republic End Loan Coverage Spat
• Insurers On Hook For Defense Of Writers' Age Bias Suit
• Doctors Hit Calif. Blue Shield Hit With Class Action
• 9th Circ. Boots Bank Fraud Convictions In BofA Case
• Meruelo Creditors Say $10M Backstop Aids Ch. 11 Plan
• Feds Back Probation For Ex-NHL Owner In Ch. 7 Case
• Countrywide, AIG Insurer End Subprime Policy Spat
• BofA's $4.7M Pay Stub Settlement Halted
• Ex-EpsteinBecker Partner's Suit Heads To Arbitration
• 'Death Spiral' Class Action Against Prudential Survives
• Sustaining Renewable Energy And Carbon Markets
• Apple Hits External Battery Maker With Patent Suit
• Judge Approves Movie Gallery Disclosure Statement
• American Apparel Hit With New Investor Class Action
• Most Admired Attys: Quinn Emanuel's Susheel Kirpalani
• 9th Circ. Upholds Chevron Win In Protester Killing Case
• 9th Circ. Nixes Challenge To Calif. Gas Pipeline
• FedEx Drivers Take Employment MDL To 7th Circ.
• Alleged Ponzi Schemer's Atty To Leave Case
• Enviros Seek To Halt Monsanto's Modified Beet Seeds
• Cox Loses Bid To Toss Calif. Worker Class Action
• Ex-Mercury CFO To Plead Guilty In Backdating Case
• Tri-Star Has Standing For Socket Patent Suit: Fed. Circ.
• Google Wins Partial Dismissal Of AdWords Suit
• Is Fracking The Next MTBE (Or Worse)?
• 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Ruled Unconstitutional
• EBay Overturns Craigslist Poison Pill Plan
• FTC Hits Light Bulb Co. With False Marketing Suit
• Enviro Denied Quick Win In PG&E Water Pollution Spat
• Groups Urge High Court To Bar First-Sale Doctrine Use
• Managers Sue Valspar Over OT Exemption
• Venable Nabs Kelley Drye Class Action Defender
• Sony Inks 2nd Deal In ITC Display Patent Case
• Indirect Buyers' Wellbutrin Antitrust Suit Lives On
• PMI Settles Shareholder Suit For $31M
• Inside The EPA: A Few Words With Lisa Jackson
• SF Weekly Loses Rehearing Bid On Antitrust Appeal
• 'Beauty Bias' In The Workplace Is Not Illegal
• Oracle, NetApp Settle Feud Over Data Storage Patents
• Don Johnson 'Nash Bridges' Award Jumps To $52M
• Trader Detained For Pretrial Release Violation
• Ex-National Lampoon CEO Sentenced To 45 Months
• UnitedHealth Rejects Liability For Projected $9.9B Fine
• BMW Faces New Suit Over Secret Engine Fixes
• Families Claim GE Engine Caused Deadly 2008 Crash
• Wells Fargo Settles Consultant FLSA Suit For $6.9M
• SciClone Hit With Shareholder Suit Amid DOJ, SEC Probe
• BNY Mellon Back On Hook Over Lehman Losses
• Inventor's Fraud Suit Revived Against Katten
• Online Gaming Patent Suit V. Sony Remains In Texas
• Skilled Healthcare Turns $671M Verdict Into $50M Deal
• 10th Circ. Backs Insurer's Partial Win In Coverage Row
• Simpson Thacher Fails To Nix PrediWave Suit
• HP Tries To Block Former CEO's Move To Oracle
• Schwab Faces Another Action Over Bond Fund
• SK Foods CEO Released From Jail On $6M Bail
• Canner's Price-Fixing Suit Against US Steel Nixed
• 2 Firms Top Corp. Counsel's Securities Short List
• Suit Over Diamond's Walnut Health Claims Survives
• Seyfarth Labor Atty Joins McGuireWoods In LA
• Trans Fat Suit Against Kroger Dismissed
• Leviton Launches Assault Over Circuit Breaker Patents
• Fremont Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks New World Fee Probe
• Most Admired Attys: Pillsbury Winthrop's Peter Gillon
• Ex-Chevron Employee's Slander Suit Endures
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Class Action Against Nissan Over Rollaway Cars Tossed
• Judge Shuts Down Actimmune Marketing MDL
• Ford Settles Rollover Case After $131M Verdict
• Most Admired Attys: MoFo's James Huston
• SEC Ends Probe Of KB Home Accounting, Disclosures
• WL Homes Suits Over Alleged Defects Get Green Light
• ABM To Pay $5.8M To End Sexual Harassment Action
• Calif. OKs Bill To Streamline Environmental Review
• J&J, Target, CVS Escape Toxic Bath Products Action
• 9th Circ. Leaves Class Alive In Jackson RICO Suit
• Daewoo Must Pay Funai $8M In VCR Patent Suit
• Pa. Appeals Court Revives 14 Prempro Suits
• Most Admired Attys: Proskauer Rose's Nancy Cohen
• Dallas Cabbies Lose Bid To Enjoin Natural Gas Rule
• Hitachi Has No Patent Deal With Read-Rite: 9th Circ.
• Squire Sanders Adds Jackson Kelly Enviro Attys
• Google Responsible For Phone's 3G Glitches, Suit Says
• What To Know If A CEO Client Is Deposed
• Most Admired Attys: Skadden's Jack Butler
• Can Smart Grids Rise Above The Storm?
• What You Can Learn From A Bimbo In A Bakery