New York Archive » November, 2006

New York - November, 2006

230 articles

• Appeals Court Lets Biotech Patent Suit Proceed
• Japan Airlines Sued Over Electronic Passport Patent
• The Growing Value Of Product Designs
• Judge Gives OK To Delphi Settlement With SEC
• The Business Of Diversity: Parameters For A Successful Corporate Affirmative Action Program
• Yahoo Says No To Google Subpoena
• White & Case Snags Practice Leader From Rival
• Tower Wins Eighth Exclusivity Extension
• Meade Sued For Unfair Competition In "Hubble" Row
• Wal-Mart Readies For More Labor Legal Battles
• The "Tools At Hand" Fail To Get The Job Done: The Court Of Chancery Denies Request Of Hedge Fund To Inspect Books And Records
• Xilinx Cheers As SEC Drops Informal Backdating Probe
• Kroes To Exchanges: Shape Up Or Face Regulation
• Saint Vincent Wants To Sell Unpaid Patient Claims
• Interstate Fights To Control Board Of Directors
• U.S. Energy Biogas Enters Ch. 11
• Pilots Union Grills Comair Execs About Pay Cuts
• Judge Bans Deal Between Hearst, MediaNews
• Smith Barney Sex Discrimination Case Grows
• Refco Trustee Wants Certain Attorneys' Fees Held Back
• Grasso Appeals For Jury Trial
• Attorney Spelunks Into Bryan Cave
• Sky Capital Files $300M Complaint Against NASD
• Law Firm Profile: WilmerHale
• US Airways To Make Its Case To Delta, Creditors Soon
• Drinker Biddle Merger Promises New Bankruptcy Force
• 2008 Date Set For Milberg Weiss Kickback Trial
• Solutia Plan Draws Objection From Dept. Of Labor
• Korean Court Mulls Arrest Of Ex-Official
• Delta Agrees To Add $719M For Pilot Pensions
• Compensation Consultant Targeted In Backdating Suit
• Calpine Requests More Exclusivity Time
• Let Us Strike, Northwest Flight Attendants Say
• Court Bounces Judge Behind 6-Year Contempt Term
• Justices Wary Of Baby Bell Arguments In Antitrust Case
• FDA Fines Red Cross For Blood-Safety Violations
• JP Morgan Appeals $3.5M Transaction Fee Decision
• NYSE, NASD Agree To Create Single Regulator
• More Execs Look For Work In Wake Of Options Scandal
• Ex-Cendant Exec Faces Civil Suit, Prison Sentence
• Judge Shoots Down Pilots Request For Merger Info
• Adelphia's Reorganization Plan Faces More Objections
• Northwest Flies High With $779M Refinancing
• NASD Arbitrators Award Investment Banker $250K
• Court Gives E.ON Lift In Suit Over Rival's Endesa Stake
• Refco Unit Bids To End Dispute Over $201M Loan
• Barnett Goes To Bat For Telecoms
• Judge Grants Protection To NWA Execs Contracts
• JPMorgan Settles Disability Claims
• DLA Piper Lures New Partner To Expand IP Practice
• Court Snubs Last-Ditch Motion In Univasc Suit
• Tower Automotive Files For Eighth Extension
• FBR Squares Dispute With CompuDyne
• Appeals Court Upholds Most Of Decision In Fraud Case
• AMEX, SEC Close To Settlement: Sources
• Parmalat Cases Stayed
• FLYi Submits Liquidation Plan
• Broker Agencies Tussle Over Electronic Trading Tool
• Delta Bondholders Rally For Takeover Support
• Refco Unit Trustee Wants To Distribute $1.3B
• Teva To Pay Up To $70M To Settle With Pfizer
• Southwest Eyes Delta, US Airways Assets
• Law Firm Profile: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
• Fee Requests Top $25M In Calpine's Ch. 11
• DOJ's Antitrust Division Places Opening Bid On Private Equity Firm Investigation
• Linux Makers Counter Microsoft's "Linux License"
• Objections Filed By Musicland's Tax Claimants
• Canadian Investor Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering
• Senate Wants Answers On Hedge Fund Regulation
• Law Firm Profile: Epstein, Becker & Green
• Delphi, Unions Get More Time To Find Common Ground
• London Snapshot: Herbert Smith LLP
• Patients Cannot Sue Doctors Under HIPAA, Court Rules
• M. Fabrikant & Sons Files For Chapter 11
• US Airways Begins Building Delta Creditor Coalition
• Takeover Could Delay Ch. 11 Emergence, Delta Claims
• Judge Thaws Frozen $91M For Castro's Victims
• Delta Lobbies Creditors To Oppose US Airways Bid
• FBI Seizes Investment Broker Records Across The U.S.
• Cadwalader's Total Requests To Northwest Top $18M
• Drinker Biddle, Gardner Carton To Merge
• Interstate Bakeries Seeks More Time To Appoint Board
• Novo Nordisk Sues USPTO Over AERx Applications
• Judgment Entered Against Ex-Adelphia Exec
• Saint Vincent Granted Extension Of Exclusive Rights
• Drinker Biddle Merger Creates Strong Securities Practice
• E.U. Mulls Legality Of BAWAG Bailout
• CA Sues Ex-CEO To Recover Attorneys' Fees
• Drinker Biddle To Gain Top Health Care Group In Merger
• Drinker Biddle Merger To Boost Antitrust Practice
• Pharmaceutical Giants Face Wage And Hour Claims
• State Panel Grants $200M For Entergy New Orleans
• Pfizer Hardens Stance Over Chinese Viagra
• Dell Reveals SEC Formal Probe, Delays Report
• Index War Escalates With Suit Against ISE
• Federal Circuit Upholds Patent Ruling In Diprivan Case
• Spitzer Files Market-Timing Suit Against Hedge Funds
• Bank of America Unhappy With Adelphia's Ch.11 Plan
• Law Firm Profile: Alston & Bird LLP
• Solutia Supports Extension Bid
• Investment Firm Sues Verizon Over Mapping Technology
• Interference Proceeding Ordered In DNA Tech Spat
• Oneida Throws Punch At PBGC Over Payments
• The Potential Applicability Of Fraudulent Transfer Law To Contemporary Business Transactions
• US Airways Proposes Takeover Bid Of Delta Air Lines
• Holders Name 13 Private Equity Firms In Antitrust Suit
• Monsanto Fires Back At Solutia Noteholders
• Stock Analyst Arrested In $5M Fraud Scheme
• KPMG Tax Shelter Trial Stalls Over Legal Fees
• Generics Maker Settles Imitrex Suit With Glaxo
• Dana's New Bonus Plan Triggers Both Anger and Praise
• Court Says Illegal Immigrant Deserves U.S. Wages
• Citgo Accused of Price-Fixing With OPEC
• Sales Rep Challenges Eli Lilly For Unpaid Overtime
• Comair Flight Attendants Agree To Reduced Contract
• Private Antitrust Actions Are Not Exempt From Bankruptcy Code's Automatic Stay Provisions
• Saint Vincent Seeks Extension of Ch. 11 Plan
• Legal Woes Pile Up For Refco Ex-CEO Bennett
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Exec Accused Of Stealing $13M
• Ex-CA Sales Chief Slapped With 7 Years In Prison
• Refco FX Accused Of Not Returning Investment Profits
• Union Plays Hardball With Calpine Over Contracts
• Parella Weinberg To Acquire Restructuring Firm
• Grasso Seeks To Postpone Day Of Reckoning
• Werner Gets Extension To File Chapter 11 Plan
• Internet Advocacy Group Asks SEC To Stay NYSE Fees
• Companies Settle Patent Suit Over Vascular Product
• NYC's Bid To Halt Health Insurance Cos. Merger Denied
• FLYi Files First Amended Joint Plan of Liquidation
• NWA Asks Court To Bless Mechanics Agreement
• Boeing Deal Stalled In Wake Of Milberg Weiss Scandal
• Former Yale Scientist Says She's Lost Out On Royalties
• Appeals Court Dismisses Retaliation Suits Against Citibank
• Law Firm Profile: Vinson & Elkins
• Law Firm Profile: Latham & Watkins LLP
• Defending Right Of Publicity Claims
• IBM General Counsel Jumps Ship To Apple
• Solutia Noteholders Object To Exclusivity Extension
• Judge Sides With Cybersettle In Patent Dispute
• Supreme Court Rejects Qwest On Privileged Documents
• Spectrum Settles With Glaxo Over Imitrex
• Crowell Snags Health & Employment Boutique
• Adelphia Continues Battle To Unearth Lucent Documents
• Canada's Competition Act: What Have We Learned In 20 Years?
• Duane Morris Hires Former Katten Muchin Partner
• Bayou Settles With Investor Over False Profits
• FTC Probes Adderall Settlement Between Barr, Shire
• New York Court Bounces Suit Against Deutsche Bank
• New Zealand Takes Action Over Interchange Fees
• Law Firm Profile: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
• Privilege Concerns Over Disclosures To Independent Auditors
• Appeals Court Reinstates AmEx Securities Suit
• Entergy Cleared To Pay Bondholders' Attorneys' Fees
• Former Stockbroker Sentenced To Prison For Theft
• Aetna In Hot Water Over Anorexia Coverage
• Advocates Can Subpoena White House In Plan B Suit
• Creditors Skeptical As Solutia Seeks Ninth Extension
• Jury Convicts Former U.S. Foodservice Exec
• Law Firm Profile: Hogan & Hartson LLP
• Trustee Objects To Certain Refco Claims
• Judge Approves Credit Card Cos. Settlement
• U.S. Trustee Objects To Fees In Saint Vincent Case
• NYC Wins IRS Refund For City Workers
• Martha Stewart's Co. To Settle ImClone Suit For $30M
• United Air To Settle Passenger Price-Fixing Suits
• Musicland's Unsecured Creditors Sue Fox For $15M
• Hartford Units Put Up $55M To Settle SEC Charges
• Claimants Push To Remove Saint Vincent's Stay
• Stryker CEO Says DOJ Should End Price-Fixing Probe
• Law Firm Profile: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• Off the Sled, And Out Of Court As Well?
• Wolf Block Adds Benefits, Compensation Specialist As Partner
• Privacy Ombudsman Appointed In Refco Case
• Sky Capital's Parent Opens Probe After FBI Visit
• Bradley Pharmaceuticals Derivative Action Dismissed
• Calpine Draws On AlixPartners' Ranks For New CFO
• Dana Proposes Trimmed-Down Executive Bonus Plan
• Proposed U.S. Patent Office Rule Changes Could Significantly Affect Portfolio Development
• Google Says Australian Copyright Law Too Strict
• SEC Settles Off-Shore Short-Selling Case
• Ford & Harrison Grows Its Ranks With New Partner
• Northwest Financial Advisor Agrees To Slash Fee
• High Court Ask DOJ To Weigh In On Damages
• Bank Of New York Reaches Agreement With SEC
• NASD Fines Chase, MetLife $1.66M
• McKesson Executives Dodge Conspiracy Bullet
• Employees File Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart
• Health Labor Lawyer Joins Epstein Becker & Green
• Lucent Resists Adelphia In Document Dispute
• German Regulators Investigating General Re Subsidiary
• Unsecured Creditors Take Issue With Calpine Liens
• Apotex' Antitrust Claims In Patent Case Approved
• Citigroup Settles 26 WorldCom Securities Lawsuits
• FDA Warns Bausch & Lomb After Plant Inspection
• St. Paul Travelers Moves To Settle Derivative Suits
• Law Firm Profile: Jackson Lewis LLP
• ISE Files Suit To List Dow Jones, S&P Options
• MySpace And Parent News Corp. Facing Antitrust Suit
• UBS Bond Traders Depart Amid Treasury Securities Probe
• JPMorgan Wants Adelphia's Chapter 11 Plan Clarified
• New Developments in Standard Setting and Patent Licensing: Trying to Make RAND Terms More Reasonable
• NY Thoroughbred Assoc. Hands Over Reins To Ch. 11
• Spitzer Says Grasso Owes NYSE $112.2M
• Pharmaceutical Giants, Consumers Spar As Trial Looms
• Antitrust Suit Claims Eisai Duped Patent Agency
• Judge Gives Delta More Time To File Plan
• Barclays Forks Over $144M In Enron Settlement
• Judge Allows Silicon Graphics To Chop Off Claims
• Warner Chilcott Hit With Suit Over IPO Prospectus
• Ombudsman Assigned, Refco Seeks To Sell Client Lists
• Judge: Source Defendants Owe $7.9M, Not $15.5M
• Ex-Computer Associates CEO Gets 12 Years
• Israeli Researchers Want ImClone To Pay Royalties
• Commerce Bancorp Probe Draws To A Close
• ACLU Petitions For Undocumented Workers' Rights
• Ex-Comverse General Counsel To Plead Guilty
• Verizon Called To Account For Alleged Lewd Acts
• King & Spalding Adds Partner To New York Office
• American Girl Hits Back At Actors' Equity Association
• Court Tosses Hundreds Of Claims Against Calpine
• Cyberonics Shareholder Pushes For Annual Meeting
• Korean Prosecutors Look To Arrest Private Equity Chief
• Supreme Court Denies Ferring B.V.'s Petition
• Winston & Strawn Hires Dewey Bankruptcy Partner
• Glaxo Agrees To Settle Paxil Litigation For $63.8M
• Judge Greenlights JPMorgan Pension Case
• Disability Insurer Settles With Spitzer
• Music Publishers, Kazaa Reach Settlement Deal
• Air America Radio In Talks To Sell With Seven Suitors
• Qwest Faces $278M Suit Over Dutch JV