New York Archive » September, 2006

New York - September, 2006

229 articles

• Refco Must Pay For Customer Suit Against Affiliate
• Shareholders Abandon Tribune Co. Poison Pill Suit
• Royal Ahold Avoids Criminal Prosecution
• SEC Relaxes Redemption Fee Rule
• Ex-Mortage Lender Officers Request Insurance Funds
• PayPal Settles 28 State Probes, Federal Suit
• After Massive Losses, Hedge Fund May Liquidate
• Judge Denies Bank's Urgings To Overturn $44M Verdict
• French Court Set To Extradite Ex-Bawag CEO
• Judge Allows Claims NatWest Supported Terrorists
• Bank Of America Settles Money Laundering Charges
• Dana's Equity Holders Seek Financial Help
• Judge Stalls Delphi Labor Hearing Again
• BP Hit With Class Action For Manipulating Oil Prices
• Sina Corp. Cleared Of Class Action Over Fortune-Telling
• Affiliated Computer Sues Trustee Over Default Dispute
• Adelphia Creditors Object To Dispute Resolution
• King & Spalding Lures In IP Prosecution Team
• Executive Arrested In Backdating Scandal
• Morgan Stanley Fund's Fees Found Not Unduly High
• Third Circuit Hears Appeal Against DaimlerChrysler
• More UAW Workers Choose To Depart Delphi
• Probe At Allied Irish Doubles Customer Overcharges
• EEOC Sues Bear Stearns For Discrimination
• Judge Blocks WorldCom Stockholder Derivative Suit
• SGI Asks Court To Declare LGE Patent Suit Valueless
• AIG Settles Overcharge Allegations For $14M
• Delta Looks To Add Legal Expertise
• AMEX Fines Specialists For Securities Violations
• Calpine Looks To Make $158M In Plant Auction
• SEC Charges Three In RenaissanceRe Scandal
• Refco's Foreign Exchange Clients Sue For $10M
• Court Approves Stay In Daewoo Ch. 15 Case
• Coudert Brothers Names Unsecured Creditors
• Ex-Citibank Trader Pleads Guilty In Fraud Scheme
• Spitzer Sues Seligman Over Market Timing
• Law Firm Profile: McDermott Will & Emery
• Law Firm Profile: Fulbright & Jaworski
• Merger Would Create National Employment Practice
• Hospital Employee Pleads Guilty To Bid-Rigging
• LimeWire Alleges Cartel In RIAA Copyright Row
• Galvex Capital Tries To Bounce Chapter 11
• Ex-Wachovia Broker Wins $3.8M In Panel Ruling
• J&J Sues Abbott, Boston Scientific For Over $5.5B
• King & Spalding Pulls Aboard Six IP Attorneys
• London Fog Seeks More Time To File Plan
• Law Firms Cleared Of Malpractice In Class Action Suit
• South Korea's Daewoo Runs For Cover Under Ch. 15
• Judge Awards Losing London Fog Bidder Breakup Fee
• Senior Noteholders Want Adelphia To Pay Bank Debt
• Pleas For Mercy Rejected As Executive Gets 15 Years
• SEC Ordered To Continue Distributing Settlement
• Firm Profile: DLA Piper
• Merger Would Create Coast-To-Coast IP Powerhouse
• Baker Botts Loses Seasoned IP Litigator
• Judge Refuses To Reinstate Fund's Citigroup Suit
• Steinbeck Case Clarifies Copyright Termination Right
• New Jersey Hospitals Present Unique Outlier Cases
• Adelphia Seeks To Settle $87M Verizon Claim
• AmEx Fails To Move Class Action To Arbitration
• Former Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Not Guilty
• FMLA-Protected Leave May Reduce Bonus
• Refco Racks Up Fees Of $14M In Four Months
• Bar Association To Study Retirement Policies At Firms
• Support For Stolt Comes Pouring In
• Delphi Committee Bids To Retain Houlihan Lokey
• Lowe's To Settle Class Action Over Overtime Pay
• Cablevision Adds Subpoena To Its Stock Options Woes
• Government Drops Case Against Bear Stearns Trader
• Judge Tells Dana Creditors To Share Asbestos Consultant
• Doctors Bring Class Action Against Health Insurers
• Citibank Claims Former Bankers Plundered S$50M
• Facing Dozens Of Suits, Coudert Files For Bankruptcy
• Class Action Against Banks, Card Companies Tossed
• Lockheed Wins Claim Construction In Satellite Suit
• Chapter 7 Trustee Sues For $70M
• Law Firm Profile: Hunton & Williams LLP
• Judge Rules For Sanofi, Bristol-Myers In Plavix Case
• General Re Execs Indicted In Connecticut For Fraud
• In Bawag Probe, Prosecutors Eye KPMG Austria
• Class Action Targets Affiliated Computer
• Greenberg Traurig Lures Former Morgan Stanley Litigator
• AMS Health Sciences Settles Ephedra Suit
• Forest Executives Win Battle Against Shareholders
• Patent Management Firm Wants Delphi To Pay Up
• Class Action Against NY Community Bancorp Tossed
• U.S. Foodservice CFO Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy
• Takeda Wins Attorneys Fees In Patent Suit
• Corporate America More Gay Friendly: Study
• Milberg Weiss Might Sue Dell For 401(k) Stock Fraud
• Shareholders Seek To Block Tribune Poison Pill
• EEOC Rules Against NY Knicks Coach and President
• Hedge Funds Object To Refco Payment Plan
• Firm Profile: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
• Lawyers Wrestle Over Grasso Compensation
• Wineries Uncork Lawsuit Over "Wholesaler Cartel"
• Law Firm Faces New Round Of Harassment Claims
• KPMG Appeals Decision On Executives' Legal Fees
• Antitrust Fears Raised Over Potential Rite Aid Merger
• Second Circuit Throws Out N.Y. Board Of Trade Case
• NASD Hits MetLife With $5M Fine
• 2nd Van Der Moolen Trader Acquitted Of Front-Running
• SGI's Reorganization Plan Wins Court Approval
• Judge Orders ImClone's Scientists Off Patent
• Dana Creditors Resist Bid To Share Asbestos Consultant
• Pfizer Not Happy With Former Executive's Book
• Four Mayer Brown Litigation Partners Head To MoFo
• Pricewaterhouse Relaunches U.S. Restructuring Group
• Enzo Settles DNA Patent Dispute
• Adelphia Noteholders' Motion To End Exclusivity Denied
• In Win For Barr, Court Denies Tamoxifen Rehearing
• Mayer Brown Snatches Seasoned Trade Trio
• Dana Urges Judge To Reconsider Incentive Plans
• Law Firm Profile: Sidley Austin
• Heller Ehrman Pulls In New Shareholder
• Bryan Cave Nabs Partner From Greenberg Traurig
• Northwest Flight Attendants Appeal Strike Ban
• Judge OK's Rogers Funds Settlement In Refco Case
• Setback In Fund Fee Case Not Fatal For Plaintiffs
• Oneida Emerges From Chapter 11
• Adelphia Revises Ch. 11 Plan, Disclosure Statement
• Securities Suit Against AT&T And Others Thrown Out
• Ford & Harrison Grows New York Office
• Bristol-Myers Begs Court To Preserve Plavix Injunction
• Refco Files Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan
• Universal Music Threatens YouTube, MySpace
• Dreier Adds Traub, Bonacquist & Fox LLP To Fold
• Law Firm Profile: Jones Day
• Cablevision Settles Pay Dispute
• Starr Trademark Case Heats Up
• Airline Focus: Using Section 1113 To Navigate Stormy Skies
• TV Azteca Owner Settles With SEC for $7.5 Million
• Industry Advocate Attacks Telecommunications Mergers
• Delphi Labor Hearing Delayed Indefinitely
• Law Firm Profile: Debevoise & Plimpton
• Refco Sees Light At End Of Tunnel
• Kirkland Swipes 'Rising Star'
• IBM, Court And Congress Weigh In On Hybrid Plans
• Crowell & Moring Opens New Office In Manhattan
• DOJ Official Unveils Strategies For Busting Cartels
• Time Warner Sued Over Internet Technology
• Concessions Mark Solvay Settlement
• Grasso Wins Stay In Executive Compensation Case
• Morgan Stanley Joins Inter-Brokerage Hiring Pact
• Crowell & Moring Opens New Office In Manhattan
• Pulmonetic Punches VersaMed With Suit
• Mixed Victory For Pfizer In Dutch Lipitor Battle
• Law Firm Profile: Weil Gotshal & Manges
• Facing Massive Litigation, Refco Gets A Breather
• Solutia, Committees Spar Over Environmental Liabilities
• NYSE Fines Wall Street Giants Over "Failures"
• Judge Lets Silicon Graphics File Intel Motion Under Seal
• On Heels Of Dell Federal Inquiry, Lerach Files Suit
• Oppenheimer Settles Sex Discrimination Suit
• Bayou Files $30M Suit Against Former Investor
• Refco Investors Request Approval of $108M Settlement
• Adelphia Family Gets More Cash For Legal Fees
• Tower Fights Fuji's Motion For Relief From Stay
• The Impact Of Laboratory Corp. V. Metabolite On The Question Of Patentable Subject Matter
• Grasso Bids For New Judge In Trial
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Antitrust Counsel To Practice
• Stryker Plays Down DOJ Probe
• Pricewaterhouse Ruling May Redefine BofA Pension
• Milberg Weiss Raises Salaries To Halt Mass Exodus
• Nassau Health Care Corp. Hit With Racial Bias Suit
• Probe Widens Into Former Deutsche Bank Head
• Whistleblower Case v. Pfizer Dismissed
• Howrey Swipes Another Freshfields Partner
• PBGC Still Mulling Delta's $913M Pension Tab
• LGE Agrees Not To Sue Until SGI Emerges from Ch. 11
• Hedge Fund Offered Pittance In Tripath Settlement
• Refco Acquires More Time To File Plan
• Loeb & Loeb Grabs Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg Vet
• Amid Slump In Federal Litigation, Some Buck Trend
• Blockbuster, Viacom Hit With Another Class Action
• Boutique Market Share Continues To Slide: Survey
• Bankruptcy Competition Heats Up Among Law Firms
• Dell Delays Quarterly Filing, Discloses Subpeona
• Permanent Injunction Denied in Patent Case Where Alleged Injury is to the Licensee
• Tower Gets Extension Of Exclusivity Period
• Lord Black Pleads Not Guilty To New Charges
• SEC Eyeing Former Chief Of Bankrupt Collins & Aikman
• Criminal Charges Loom For HP Over Board Leak Probe
• Refco Proposes $642M Settlement With Senior Lenders
• Fired Employment Lawyer Targets Holland & Knight
• Pfizer Faces New Personal-Injury Suits Over Lipitor
• SEC Censures Mutual Fund Managers
• Paul Hastings Lawyer Joins McCarter & English
• Law Firm Profile: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
• NYC Forces Ad Companies To Hire More Black Execs
• Trustee Comes Out Against Adelphia's Plan
• Time Warner Settlement Calls For Better Compliance
• Judge Tosses Three ERISA Claims, Lets One Remain
• PBGC To Pick Up Oneida's Pension Tab
• Partner Leaves Merging Firm For Jenner & Block
• Tower Automotive Creditors Appeal Labor Agreement
• Apotex Appeals Plavix Injunction To Federal Circuit
• Judge Refuses To Toss KPMG Suit Over Legal Fees
• Hands Off Our Assets, Solvent Refco Unit Demands
• Delphi Committees In Power Struggle Over GM Case
• Firm Profile: Winston & Strawn
• Dana Opposes Motion To Exclude Evidence
• Tribunal Gives InterDigital $134M For Samsung Royalties
• MasterCard To Disclose Interchange Rates
• Spitzer Scoffs At Greenberg's Claims In AIG Civil Case
• In Vivendi Buyout, BMG Buries Napster Hatchet
• Law Firm Profile: McCarter & English
• DOJ Indicts Stolt On Bid-Rigging Charges
• Ex-Bear Stearns Broker Sues Firm For $30M
• Silicon Graphics Asks Court To Approve Exit Financing
• Judge Denies Dana's Executive Compensation Bid
• Spitzer Eases Curbs Amid Insurance Price Fixing Probe
• Judge Denies Apotex Bid For Stay On Injunction
• Lawsuits May Unravel BAWAG-Refco Settlement
• Attorney General Hit With Suit Over Antitrust Probe
• Judge Lets Delta Dump Pilots' Pension Plan
• Skadden Ranked #1 In Bankruptcy Litigation
• Arnold & Porter Ranked #1 In Antitrust Litigation
• Court Grants Injunction Barring Generic Plavix
• Dana To Fork Over $12.6M In Legal, Professional Fees
• Littler Mendelson Ranked #1 In Employment Litigation
• Firm Profile: Foley & Lardner
• Fish & Richardson Ranked #1 In Patent Litigation
• Wilson Sonsini Ranked #1 In Securities Litigation
• Judge Bars Airbus Bid To Boot Wilmer Hale Lawyers
• Greenberg Traurig Ranked #1 In Trademark Litigation
• Delta Seeks To Dump Pilots' Pension Plan
• Refco Secures Exclusivity Extension
• Brokerage Forks Over $127M In Class Action Settlement