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California - October, 2010

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• Banks Brace For Onslaught Of Suits Over Foreclosures
• Claims Pared In Franchisee Contract Fight With IHOP
• Calif. Court Affirms Denial Of Chipotle Staff Class Cert.
• SAP Ends Fight Over Infringement In Oracle Suit
• Perjury Brings Probation For Bankrupt Ex-NHL Owner
• Wilson Sonsini Staffer Sentenced For Role In $1M Fraud
• Toyota Secretly Bought Back Defective Cars: Suit
• Mattel Wins Bid To Compel Docs In Bratz Battle
• Getting Out The Vote
• Mattel Wants MGA Unit Deposed In Bratz IP Suit
• Jones Day Scores Smith International GC
• Oracle Unit Beefs Up IP Suit Over Google's Android
• Direct Purchaser Attys Net $9M In DRAM Settlements
• DOJ, Attys Duel Over Sentence For Convicted Fraudster
• Insurance Expert Denison Joins Cummins & White
• 9th Circ. Pushes Mediation In Rio Human Rights Suit
• Ford & Harrison Adds Employment Litigator In LA
• TCS Monopolized Night Law School Market, Suit Says
• Neurovision Wins $60M Verdict In Trademark Suit
• Antitrust Claim Nixed In Gorlick's Muffler-Pact Suit
• FWS Wins Row Over Projects' Effect On Calif. Smelt
• Young Ex-BigLaw Attys Succeed With Own Boutique
• Feds To Introduce Proffer Statements In Ring Trial
• Ex-HannStar Exec Pleads Guilty To LCD Price-Fixing
• Western Titanium Wants Some Jurors Dropped
• DNS Seeks 337 Probe Into IBM, Dell, Others
• Insurer Sues Investment Co. To Avoid FINRA Coverage
• US Bank Loses Arbitration Bid In Overdraft Fraud MDL
• Bayer To Pay 3 States $3.3M To End Vitamin Claims
• BMW To Pull 150K US Cars Over Fuel Pumps
• Travelers Insurers, Centex Spar Over Defects Defense
• Boeing Settles B-1 Bomber Decoy Dispute For $4M
• Hells Angels Pick Fight With McQueen, 2 Retailers
• Disney Hit With WARN Suit Over Baltimore ESPN Zone
• Calif. Grocery Workers Win Cert. In Lockout Actions
• City's Fraud Suit Against WaMu Survives Dismissal Bid
• Equity Holders Balk At 3rd Firm For Meruelo Maddux
• GAO Shoots Down Eagle's Air Force Bid Protest
• The Long Arm Of Personal Jurisdiction In IP Litigation
• NCAA Sacked With Scholarship Antitrust Class Suit
• Meruelo Creditor Opposes Law Firm's Secured Claim
• Steptoe Brings On Antitrust Partner From Kirkland
• Raytheon Inks $2M Settlement In Overtime Action
• 9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Yahoo Derivative Suit
• Swiss Re, Berkshire Units Tussle Over Home Defects
• AAIC Settles Coverage Suit With Calif. Water District
• SAP Seeks Gag Order In Oracle Copyright Dispute
• Funeral Group Takes Casket Antitrust Case To 5th Circ.
• Facebook Seeks To Trim Advertisers' Click Fraud Suit
• CSC ERISA Plaintiffs Seek En Banc Review In 9th Circ.
• Electrical Engineering Co. Execs Accused Of Bribe Plot
• 9th Circ. Tells Axis To Cover Ex-TransDimension CEO
• EPA Strikes Deal In Suit Over San Joaquin Air Plan
• Intel Doesn't Infringe 10 Wi-LAN 4G Patents, Judge Says
• Avery Dennison Accuses 3M Of Highway-Sign Monopoly
• White Collar World Watches Prosecutor Immunity Case
• Class Certified In Calif. Overtime Action Against Oracle
• Food Network, Private Chefs End Trademark Row
• Schiff Hardin Nabs 2 New Environmental Attorneys
• 9th Circ. Rejects Mattel Rehearing Bid In Bratz Case
• Mentor Investors' Suit Over $1B J&J Merger Tossed
• Antitrust Claim Survives 2nd Cut in Webkinz MDL
• Wal-Mart Hit With CWA Suit Over Upstate NY Store
• Calif. Ordered To Revisit Refusal To Protect Pika
• Blackstone, Goldman Sued Over 'Junk Insurance' Co.
• Securities Suit Over Nvidia Chip Failures Tossed
• BofA Loses Bid To Toss Wage-And-Hour MDL
• Mutual, Hikma Settle Suit Over Unapproved Gout Drug
• Improper Forum Ruling Stands In Air France Crash Case
• Pitney Bowes Unit To Pay $4M Over Postage Claims
• Lehman Judge Stays More Than 50 Adversary Suits
• GameStop, Managers End Reimbursement Dispute
• Loan Officers Slap Prospect Mortgage With Wage Suit
• Mipo Tries Again To Leave HP Ink Cartidge Fight
• Legendary, Hartland Plans OK'd In Meruelo Ch. 11
• Thermo Faces Antitrust, IP Suit Over Equipment Resales
• Calif. Law Applies To Drywall Insurance Spat in Florida
• Wal-Mart Cashiers' Fight Over Seats Moves Forward
• Western Titanium Exec Wants Charges Trimmed
• Judge Greenlights DADT Ban Amid Appeal
• Zynga Faces Privacy Suit On Behalf Of Facebook Users
• Megachurch Seeks Deliverance From Debts
• Carbon Capture And Sequestration Is Here To Stay
• Lehman Creditors Back $45M SunCal Settlement
• TJ Maxx Slapped With OT Class Action
• 9th Circ. Nixes IPhone Antitrust Class Cert. Appeal
• Baxter Settles Lab Tech OT Action For $2.6M
• Apple, AT&T IPad Action Survives Dismissal Bids
• Insurer's Claims Survive In 'Idol' Producer IP Spat
• Homeowners Blast WL Homes Trustee's Arbitration Bid
• Existence Genetics Hits Wilson Sonsini With Fraud Suit
• Lessons From Hewlett-Packard V. Mark Hurd
• Rowe Fails To Quash Tyco Unit's PCB Cleanup Suit
• Gateway Hit With Class Suit Over Faulty Computers
• LA Atty Blasts Wellpoint Over 'False' Press Releases
• Judge Trims Class Action Against Quaker Oats
• Competing Plans Lodged In Meruelo Ch. 11
• US, Boeing Near Deal In FCA Suit Over B-1 Decoy Kits
• ITC Sides With Apple In Touch-Screen Patent Suit
• SiRF Fires Back At Broadcom's GPS Patent Claims
• Mattel Launches Partial Summary Bid In Bratz IP Case
• Sony Faces Class Action Over Burning, Melting TVs
• Ex-Chi Mei Exec Indicted For LCD Price-Fixing
• Judge OK's $10.5M Settlement In Kellogg Ads Suit
• DOJ To Appeal DADT Enforcement Ban, Seeks Stay
• WaMu Reorganization Plan Comes Under Fire
• CVS To Pay $75M For Admitted Sale Of Meth Ingredient
• Consumer Sues POM Over Juice Marketing
• Small Biz Agency Can't Nix Suit Over PR Firm
• Sony Asks To Exit Optical Disk Drive Antitrust MDL
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review Sprint's $2.8M Patent Suit Loss
• HHS Warns Insurers On Child-Only Policies
• Apple Plaintiffs Bring On Ads In IPad Overheating Suit
• St. Jude Tries To Block BSC's Poached Worker Suit
• EPA, DOT Cast Ahead To 2025 Fuel Standards
• Atty-City Doc Disclosure Limited In Kinder Cleanup Suit
• White House Vows DADT Will Soon Be History
• DocMagic, Ellie Mae To Tweak Claims In Software Spat
• Landowners' Suit Over Gov't Trespassing Stays Alive
• Beware The Constructive Trust Claim
• Calif. Appeals Court Nixes RIAA Restitution Award
• Leonard Carder Can Sue Firm Over $12M Fee Dispute
• Manatt To Pay Fine For Role In NY Pension Scandal
• High Court Considers Bounds Of Effective Defense
• NASA Contractors Want Retraction From DOJ
• T-Mobile Wants Phone Insurance Class Action Stayed
• Asiana Cuts $21M Deal In Price-Fixing MDL
• Judge Orders Permanent Halt To DADT Enforcement
• DOE To Back $1.3B GE-Caithness Wind Farm Project
• Best Buy Becomes Latest To File LCD Antitrust Suit
• Suit Over Conseco Price Hikes Mostly Survives Ruling
• Ex-Wang Hartmann Atty Calls Firm's IP Suit Ridiculous
• Chevron's Malice Suit Against Ecuador Atty Nixed
• Chemtura Enters $5.6M Cleanup Deal
• Disputed Evidence Allowed In Countrywide Execs' Trial
• Calif. Law Firm Sues Ex-Atty Over Secret UK Spin-Off
• BofA Stops Foreclosure Sales In 50 States Amid Outcry
• Ex-City Manager In Calif. Wants Fraud Suit Tossed
• Invalidity Of Acacia Patents Affirmed By Fed. Circ.
• A Special Rule For Corporate Exec Depositions
• Judge Won't Expedite Suit Over 3M-Cogent Deal
• Raytheon Smacked With Calif. Wage Action
• Radio Host, Partners Arrested For Alleged $7M Fraud
• Temp Agency Manpower Beats Vacation Benefits Suit
• Plaintiffs Get Creative With Consumer Class Actions
• Amici Give Consumers Boost In AT&T Contract Spat
• MGA Spying Claims Live On In Mattel Bratz Spat
• Conceptus Waived Privilege For Prior Art Letter: Judge
• Former Broker Gets 18 Months For Sureties Fraud
• EPA Nears Deal In Suit Over Calif. Air Plan Deadline
• Case Study: Village Northridge V. State Farm
• Morgan Keegan Ordered To Pay Bond Investors $9M
• Western Titanium Supply Fraud Case Proceeds
• Class Action Over Jackson National Annuities Tossed
• DOJ Looking At Improper Foreclosure Allegations
• Scientific Image FLSA Lawsuit Will Stay In Calif.
• Western Titanium Can't Toss US Attys In Fraud Trial
• Percent Approach Outstrips Lodestar In Class Actions
• OK'd ProtoStar Liquidation Plan Gives Creditors $400M
• MGA, Mattel Atty Subpoenas Killed In Bratz IP Spat
• NOV Unit Hydralift Seeks Exit From $10M BP Rig Suit
• Generic Preemption Issue At Play In 9th Circ.
• Toshiba, Wistron Settle Laptop Patent Dispute
• Longtime Denny's Employee Files OT Suit
• Art Dealer Sentenced To Probation In $2M Picasso Fraud
• Keeping Time — Omega V. Costco
• Fiji Rival Barred From Marketing 'Viti' Bottled Water
• ITC Grants Probe Over Leviton Circuit Interrupter IP
• Google Shoves Back On Oracle's Java IP Claims
• Imperial Capital Launches Liquidation Plan
• US Asks High Court To Keep Background Checks Broad
• Air France Crash Case Should Be In France: Judge
• 2nd Circ. Axes 8 Zyprexa Suits Against Eli Lilly
• Governance Issues For ACOs And How To Address Them
• Private Chefs Lose Bid To Block Food Network Show
• High Court Seeks SG Brief On Calif. Looted Art Law
• Kilpatrick Stockton Swallows Up Calif. Boutique
• Class Cert. Granted In Health Temp Agency FLSA Suit
• Fremont Settles Securities Class Action
• Alliance HealthCare Loses Bid To Toss Overtime Suit
• Twin City Off Hook For Defense Of Limo Parts Co.
• ON Semiconductor's Memory Patent Suit Sent To Calif.
• Is The Stray Remarks Doctrine Now 'Too Old To Matter?'
• 9th Circ. Nixes ERISA Backdating Suit Against CSC
• Two Classes OK'd In EBay False Ad, Contract Suits
• Chemtura Pays $3.9M For Role In NYC Superfund Site
• All Claims Dismissed In Bare Escentuals Class Action
• Calif. Court Could Reinstate Union Trespass Law
• Sidley Austin Scores Ex-Assistant US Atty
• GE Fails To Shake AntiCancer Tumor Imaging IP Suit
• Judge Says USDA Likely To Lose Beet Approval Row
• Encore's Competition Claim Against Southwire Lives On