New York Archive » April, 2008

New York - April, 2008

253 articles

• Warner Chilcott Settles Securities Case For $16.5M
• Philly Corpse Harvesters Face Lawsuit From Families
• NYSRA Dealt Heavy Blow In Calorie War
• Auction Rate Securities Failures: Litigation Potential
• DOJ Probes MasterCard Regarding Antitrust Judgment
• New Investment Rules Endorse Broad Restrictions
• Nursing Home Can't Sue J&J For Pricing: 9th Circ.
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Ex-JP Morgan Muni Head Is Federal Target
• Baycol Whistleblower Suit Unsealed In N.J. Court
• Fed. Circ. Ruling Resolves Unsettled Priority Issue
• Judge Mulls Class Bid in NYSE Specialist Case
• Proof Of Causation In Recent Product Liability Cases
• 'Cutter' Convicted Of Stealing Human Tissue
• 'Green Guide' Revisions And Green Advertising
• Monster Backdating Scandal Broadens
• Dana Trustee Opposes Appaloosa Fee Request
• U.S. Attorney Tries To Secure Friedman's Cash
• Creditors On Board With Amended Ziff Davis Plan
• American LaFrance Creditors Vote For Plan
• Port Authority Liable In 1993 Attack: Appeals Court
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Fabrikant Creditors Rebuff Banks' Objections
• Tyco Gets Bondholders' OK For $250M Settlement
• Second Circuit Weighs Calorie-Posting Stay
• Ziff Davis Creditors Blast Chapter 11 Plan
• Taro Reaches Settlement With Shareholders
• Dana Noteholders Want $3.6M In Fees For Lawyers
• Federal-Mogul Sues Dorman Over Automotive Patent
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Banks Can't Drag Clear Channel To N.Y. Court: Judge
• Paul Hastings Grieves Following Murder-Suicide
• Sheppard Mullin Adds N.Y. Labor Practice Leader
• Vermont Drops Out Of DRAM Antitrust Action
• Premium Airline Eos Files For Chapter 11
• NYRA's Chapter 11 Plan Confirmed
• Delphi Asks To Extend DIP Financing
• Tyson False Advertising Suit Sparks Class Action
• Hedge Fund Accountants Sue JP Morgan For Overtime
• Red Sox Food Vendors Sue Aramark For Overtime Pay
• Appellate Court Rejects Langone's Dismissal Bid
• Shareholders Take Shot At IStar
• Agria Corp. Faces Shareholder Class Action Over IPO
• Adelphia Investors Can Seek Compensation From AG
• Proskauer Snags Three Partners From Thelen
• GPU Indirect Purchasers Ask For Class Certification
• Murdoch's Newsday Bid Likely To Be OK'd: Attorneys
• Banks Object To Fabrikant Liquidation Plan
• Con Ed Proposes $17M Settlement Over Blackout
• Judge Keeps Cessna Canadian Crash Case In U.S.
• Apache Can Shun Anti-Bias Proposal: Judge
• For Calpine Stakeholders, Plan Participation Was Key
• Judge Tells NYC To Hold The Calorie Info
• Gabelli Funds Fined $16M For Market Timing
• Yoko Ono Sues Documentary Makers Over 'Imagine'
• SEC Settles With Trader Over ADS Merger Rumors
• Bryan Cave Welcomes IP Partner
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Bill Would Allow Graduate Students To Unionize
• Frontier Airlines Asks To Hire Financial Adviser
• Judge Gives Rather Chance To Replead Claims
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Subprime Lawsuits Soar To Record High: Study
• City Accuses Banks Of Price-Fixing On Investments
• Zyprexa Attorneys Come Up Short in Fee Request
• Bankrupt Homebuilder Gets More Time To File Plan
• Lawmakers Seek 'Enron-Style' Probe Into Oil Prices
• SEC Denies Request For Info On Bear Stearns Probe
• L.I.D. On Brink Of Asset Sale
• Suit Claims Companies' Web Sites Infringe Patent
• THL, Bain Nix Arbitration In Clear Channel Suits
• Credit Suisse Faces Suit Over Mortgage-Related Debt
• Judge Holds Ex-Universal Express CEO In Contempt
• Fee Requests In Levitz Case Premature: Trustee
• Loeb & Loeb Adds Partners To White-Collar Group
• Court Chucks 9/11 Liability Suit Against Ex-EPA Chief
• Mercury's Ex-CFO Charged With Backdating Scam
• Over Protests, Jones Day Named As Interep Counsel
• MMC Energy Files Claim Against Founder
• Presuming Irreparable Harm In Infringement Cases
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• IBM Said To Face EU Scrutiny On Mainframe Business
• Suit Targets Calamos Over Auction Rate Securities
• Energy And Environment Partner Leaps To Sutherland
• Frontier Airlines Wants To Sell Planes For $106M
• More Starbucks Workers Steamed Over Tip-Sharing
• DuPont Must Arbitrate Union ERISA Challenge: Judge
• Heller Ehrman Launches New Trade Group In D.C.
• Bayer Takes On 2 More Generics Makers Over Yasmin
• Alliance Data Sues Blackstone Again
• Pepper Hamilton Adds Veteran White-Collar Defender
• Wonder Bread Maker's Ch. 11 Plan Still Baking
• Q&A With Proskauer Rose's Paul Salvatore
• Video Tech Cos. Take Aim At Target Over MPEG-2
• SEC Official To Leave Agency For Private Sector
• New Century Employees Slam Chapter 11 Plan
• A Cautionary Ruling For Bankruptcy Trustees
• DRAM Indirect-Purchaser Cases Put On Hold
• U.S. Energy Seeks Two-Month Exclusivity Extension
• Zyprexa Master Subpoenaed For Seroquel Case
• N.Y. AG Launches Auction Rate Securities Probe
• Airline Mergers Often Meet Turbulence At Takeoff
• Wholesaler Accuses Verizon Of Predatory Pricing
• Honeywell Power Unit Patent Not Infringed: Fed. Circ.
• Don't Limit Real Estate Work To Lawyers: DOJ/FTC
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Ceres Capital Partners Files Prepackaged Plan
• Insurance Cos. Sue For Piece Of Vioxx Settlement
• Alcon Faces Antitrust Suit Over Eye Surgery Products
• After Setback, Delphi Asks For Financing Extension
• Banks' Appeal In Clear Channel Buyout Suit Denied
• Tyco Shareholders, Merrill Lynch Settle On $4.9M
• Former Refco President Found Guilty
• Military Bid-Rigging Probe Elicits 7th Guilty Plea
• Diamond Buyers Get A $295M Cut Of De Beers
• Loeb & Loeb Nabs Drug Patent Lawyer From Gibbons
• Kirkland Tussles With Solutia Trustee Over Fees
• Maker Of Flip Video Camera Hit With Patent Suit
• Jeweler Blames Bankruptcy On Merrill Subprime Woes
• Northwest Swept Up In Data-Processing Patent Suit
• EA Gets 2nd FTC Info Request Over Take-Two Deal
• 'Hot Coffee' Claims Tossed From Take-Two Suit
• McDermott Becomes Target Of St. Vincent's Ire
• Investors Sue Over Blackstone IPO
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs 2 Akin Gump Partners
• Finders Schemed To Defraud JP Morgan: SEC Suit
• States Urge Justices To Safeguard Title VII Provision
• Littler Mendelson Scoops Up 10 From Thelen
• Solutia Trustee Slams Final Fees By Lawyers, Others
• Judge OKs NYC Plan On Calorie Displays
• Judge Awards $1.5M To Disabled Ex-UPS Worker
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Cahill Gets Bankruptcy Partner From Dechert
• Howrey Adds Expert Litigator And Courtroom Talent
• Coudert Backs Off Massey Complaint
• ERISA Suit Against CSC To Go Forward In Calif.
• Citigroup To Face Trial Over Parmalat Collapse
• States Win Some, Lose Some In DRAM Lawsuit
• NYRA Seeks Sixth Exclusivity Extension
• Fee Litigation: Has A Tipping Point Been Reached?
• Merck Knew About Vioxx Dangers For Years: Report
• Former Court Commissioner Joins McCarter & English
• Gradient Fires Back At Overstock With Libel Suit
• Federal Circuit Affirms Pepcid Patent's Invalidity
• Compass, 21st Century Execs Sued In Stock Fraud
• FDA Tentatively Ties Salmonella To Cereal Recall
• Bayou Fund Boss Gets 20 Years In Prison
• High Court To Hear Power Plant Intake Case
• Head Of General Re Steps Down
• Wachovia, JP Morgan Face 3 Antitrust Class Actions
• Linens 'n Things Said To Be Eyeing Bankruptcy
• Tyco Agrees To Pay $250M To Settle Bondholder Suit
• MDL Created For Nissan Odometer Cases
• When Brokers Go Broke
• EPA Settles Lawsuit Over Power Plant Emissions
• Appeals Court Throws Out Costly Tobacco Case
• Environmentalists Claim Victory Over LNG Facility
• Panel Consolidates Merrill Subprime Cases
• Vytorin Saga Brings Another Suit For Schering-Plough
• Google Hires Quattrone For Micro-Hoo Deal Advice
• Cuomo Targets Firms, Lawyers In Pension Flap
• Prosecutors' Push For Personnel Changes Draws Fire
• Frontier Joins Other Airlines In Bankruptcy
• Clear Channel Buyout Suit Headed To Trial
• Former Partners Sued For Post-Brobeck Earnings
• Noncompetes Harder To Translate Across Borders
• Union's Fee System Violates 1st Amendment: Court
• Broker Admits Keeping Mum In Insider Trading Case
• Canadian Class Certified Over Guidant Medical Devices
• SEC Sues Headstart Over Improper Trading
• N.Y. Governor Objects To Long Island LNG Project
• Court Exterminates FLSA Pest Control Overtime Suit
• Employee Free Choice Act: Will You Be Prepared?
• DLA Piper Scores New Leader For New York IP Group
• AHM Underwriters Sued Over Offerings
• Foley & Lardner Adds 3 Darby & Darby IP Partners
• Judge Stays Bid To Block Bear Stearns Takeover
• Court Defines Exemptions To Short-Swing Profits Ban
• Delphi May Sue Over Collapsed $2.5B Deal
• Yahoo-Microsoft Talks Spark Antitrust Concerns
• Judge Trims Rather's $70M Suit Against CBS, Viacom
• Xerox Buries Hatchet With Sales Reps For $12M
• N.Y. Chief Judge Sues State Over Judicial Pay Freeze
• MDL Panel Opts To Centralize Vytorin Litigation
• Biovail Founder Drops Canadian Proxy Suit
• SRAM Cos. Challenge Consumer Protection Claims
• NYSE Fines Merrill For Lax Supervision Of Trader
• Corporate Crime Deals Do Have Benefits: Attorneys
• Louisiana AG Yanks Amgen Antitrust Case
• AHM's Servicing Platform Buyer Pushes For Closure
• Howrey Adds IP Group, Partner To New York Office
• Eight States To Split $24M In AEP Pollution Deal
• Common Law Claims Tossed From Tyco Patent Suit
• Apache Sues Pensions Over Anti-Discrimination Push
• Northwest Reaches $6M Agreement With Pilots
• FINRA, NYSE Look Into Lehman Short-Sale Reporting
• Bristol-Myers Strikes $5M Deal For Orencia
• HSBC Hit With FLSA Suit By Sales Workers, Tellers
• Calif. Ruling Will Affect Defense Of Future Cases
• Facebook, ConnectU Working On Settlement
• Ex-NYMEX Director Pleads Guilty To Illegal Trading
• Crash Of Bear Hedge Funds Spurs Liquidators' Suit
• Judge Keeps Fraud Claims In Monster Trademark Suit
• Loss Causation: A Significant New Burden
• Lawmaker Would Widen Probe Of Short Selling
• Expert Testimony - Admit Or Preclude?
• Schwarzenegger Takes Sides In Pacific Lumber Case
• Dewey & LeBoeuf To Shutter Three Offices
• Two Professors Spar Over Ch. 11 Fees
• U.S. Energy Biogas Closes Bankruptcy Chapter
• Court Chucks Recruiter's Lawsuit Against Akin Gump
• Misappropriation Theory Of Insider Trading, Dorozhko
• 7th Circuit Dismisses Two Suits Against Tribune
• Yada, Yada, Yada: A Cautionary Tale
• High Exec Pay May Be Key To Exiting Ch. 11: Experts
• Paul Weiss Lures Securities Ace From King & Spalding
• Vytorin Headache Grows With Shareholder Suit
• Apple Protests New York's 'GreeNYC' Logo
• Brown McCarroll Creates Subprime Practice Group
• Wellbutrin Drug Cos. Were Anti-Competitive: Suit
• Supreme Court Lets Takeda's Actos Patent Stand
• Financial Pains Pushing Hospitals To Bankruptcy
• Investor Group Scraps $2.55B Delphi Deal
• N.Y. Barista Is Latest To Sue Starbucks Over Tips
• Matthew Sonsini Moves To Sobrato Organization
• American Ballet Theatre Settles Age Bias Suit
• Rumors Caused Bear Stearns Collapse, CEO Says
• Judge Largely Denies Bid To Toss Backdating Suit
• Class Decertified In $800B 'Light' Cigarettes Case
• Restatement Of Employment Law Raises Hackles
• Interstate Wants $50M Added To DIP
• SEC Hits U.K. Hedge Fund With Market Timing Suit
• Tobacco Litigation Veterans Join King & Spalding
• Dana Hands Ex-CEO $3M Parting Gift
• New York Finds FedEx Misclassified Delivery Drivers
• Witnesses Defend Oil Speculation At Senate Hearing
• Latham & Watkins Tops List Of Dream Firms
• Nixon Peabody Nabs Partner From Edwards Angell
• Judge OKs $12M Cash Collateral For Ziff Davis
• Judge OKs Suit V. Law Firm Over Hedge Fund Fraud
• Putting Music In P2P Folders Could Be Illegal: Judge
• King & Spalding Adds Drinker Biddle Partners In Calif.
• Law Firm Mergers Continue Apace In 2008: Report
• Sonnenschein Draws Partner From Thelen Reid
• Judge Dumps Class Action Bid V. Goldman Sachs
• Novastar Reports $733M Loss, Warns Of Bankruptcy
• Judge Grants Extensions As Delphi Seeks Financing
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Enron Creditors Get Another $1.3B In Distributions
• Lionel Races Toward Bankruptcy Exit
• U.S. Law Firm IPOs Inevitable, Legal Scholars Say
• AMAC Continuing To Sell Assets At A Loss
• Google, Rescuecom Spar Over Trademark Use