New York Archive » June, 2008

New York - June, 2008

229 articles

• MRC/Marathon Balk At Bank's $200M Claim
• M&A Practice: Weil Gotshal
• Medical Device Act Would Restore State Remedies
• National Geographic Pulls Out Win In Copyright Suit
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• EBay Told To Pay €38.6M In LVMH Knockoff Case
• Judge Keeps Most Of SRAM MDL Complaint Intact
• Economic Woes Could Force Publishers Into Ch. 11
• Bivona & Cohen Secretary Cuts Four From Rape Suit
• Northwest Aims To Settle Ex-CFO's Bankruptcy Claim
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Body Parts Mastermind Sentenced To 18-54 Years
• Calpine Battles Employee's Bid For Incentive Bonus
• MasterCard Contests Bid To Revise Protective Order
• Suit Failed To Plead Dynex's Scienter: 2nd Circuit
• MTBE Judge Backpedals On Expert Testimony Ruling
• Securities Practice: Skadden Arps
• Anheuser-Busch To Eliminate Caffeinated Malt Drinks
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Melnyk Goes To Court To Fight Biovail Vote
• UMG Wins Protective Order In Copyright Case
• Mexican Bank Fights Wachovia Appeal
• Health Care Practice: Skadden Arps
• American Home Mortgage's Effect On Repo Buyers
• WRL Foods Insider Trading Case Finished: SEC
• Judge Says AHM Can End Executives' Contracts
• Adelphia Fraud Sentences Trimmed By Three Years
• MasterCard To Pay AmEx $1.8B To Settle Case
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Shoreline Settles Suit Over Tour Boat Disaster
• N.Y. Appeals Court Backs Grasso In Pay Saga
• IBM Lashes Back At Overtime Pay Claims
• Sharper Image Trustee Seeks Cardholder Claims List
• Body Armor Co. Settles Securities Suits For $35M
• $90M Damages Stand In Construction Cartel Verdict
• N.Y. Ruling: Scope Of Protection For Execs, Wages
• DOJ, FTC Raise Red Flags Over Interchange Fee Bill
• System Integrators Should Consider Quanta Decision
• Troutman Sanders To Merge With Ross Dixon & Bell
• Judge Tosses Some AIG Counterclaims Against Starr
• Water Conservationists Sue EPA Over Transfer Rule
• Gender Bias Plaintiffs Fight Sanofi's Subpoenas
• Bear Stearns Redux: Bad News For Offshore Funds
• Employment Practice: Morgan Lewis
• Ohio AG To Open Probe Into DHL Deal
• Ex-Biovail CFO Blasts SEC Over Complaint
• A Wide-Ranging Investigation In The Oil Industry
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Seroquel Plaintiffs Must Turn Over Zyprexa Info
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Akerman Labor Lawyer
• Amaranth Seeks To Dismiss Natural Gas Suit
• Judge Prods Microsoft To Produce Technical Data
• Judge Won't Dismiss The Naked Cowboy's M&M's Suit
• 2nd Circ. Nixes CSX's Bid To Block Proxy Fight
• Ex-Skadden Workers Call For ERISA Ruling Review
• Judge Rebuffs Off-The-Clock Claims Against Starbucks
• Whitehall Jewelers Files For Chapter 11
• Nellson Nutraceutical Files Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Bio-Rad Sues Over Cell DNA Absorption Patents
• Marathon Bows Out Of Citgo Terminal Deal
• ERISA Plaintiffs Seek OK For $24.2M Deal With AIG
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Shareholder Suit Doesn't Show Fraud: Scholastic
• ARS Suits Against Citigroup Consolidated
• 35 Restaurant Workers Claim FLSA Violations At Trial
• Shareholder Sues Over Lehman Losses, Disclosures
• Patent Pools Grow More Popular In Tech Sector
• Judge OKs Voting On Sentinel Plan
• Ex-Cendant Chief Hit With $22M Suit Over Assets
• Ex-Kasowitz Head Responds To Sex Harassment Claim
• Dana Judge Denies $2.5M Fee Bid By Appaloosa
• Pfizer Ignored Neurontin Suicide Link: Testimony
• Adelphia Lenders Win Bid To Toss $4B In Claims
• Court Grants Ex-Refco Execs' Demand For Insurance
• Exxon Disputes $12B Freeze In Dutch Court
• Judge OKs $3.9M Settlement Of Restaurant Wage Spat
• High Court Lifts Ban On Employers' Anti-Union Activity
• Judge Tosses Download Royalties Suit Against Sony
• Supreme Court Puts Burden Of Proof On Employer
• Fremont General Enters Ch. 11 To Close Sale
• No Summary Judgment For Exxon In MTBE Case
• 2nd Circuit To Restaurants: Post Calorie Data Or Pay
• Ex-Bear Stearns Execs Knew The End Was Near: Feds
• NHL Asks To Start Disciplinary Procedures For MSG
• Review Says Peer-To-Patent First Year A Success
• Magic Circle Firms Vying For Bigger U.S. Presence
• 11th Circuit Decides PSLRA 1st Impression Case
• Microsoft Royalty Cuts Draw Cheers From DOJ, States
• NY AG Settles With Two Firms Over Pension Flap
• Con Ed Supplier Trumps Rival In Trade Secrets Case
• Pfizer Loses Bid To Toss Overtime Suit By Sales Reps
• France Nabs Ex-COO Of Airbus Co. For Insider Trading
• After Hiatus, FCC's Cable Ownership Cap Is Back
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• N.Y. Court Moves Out-Of-State Plaintiff's Lipitor Case
• MoFo Scores Influential Music Copyright Attorney
• Security Guards Hit Cipriani With FLSA Overtime Suit
• Dana Agrees To Allow $125M Claim To End EPA Spat
• JP Morgan Deletes Mention Of Rival In IP Suit
• Judge OKs Ziff Davis Plan, Ch. 11 Exit To Follow
• Ex-Milberg Partners Sued By Former Colleagues
• AIG Chief Sullivan Ousted In Wake of Subprime Losses
• Madden's Shoes Breach Trademark Settlements: Asics
• Arent Fox Snags Partner From DLA Piper
• Judge Nixes Bid To Block Citigroup Fund Tender Offer
• N.Y. Court Dismisses Malpractice Suit Against Deloitte
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Ex-Judge Leaves Greenberg Traurig For Otterbourg
• MF Global Earmarks $10M To Deal With CFTC Probes
• Epstein Becker Partner Joins Thompson Hine
• Ex-Bear Stearns Exec Joins K&L Gates
• Merit Scores $1.6M Award From JVL In Patent Suit
• Airbus Delays Spur Insider Trading Allegations
• Ethanol Developer Hits Consultant With $72M Suit
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Military Bid-Rigging Probe Nets Ninth Guilty Plea
• NYSE Proposes Revised Rules For Specialist Traders
• Ex-Refco CEO Bennett Asks Court For Mercy
• Companies Wake Up To Nap-Time Policies
• Judge To OK Coudert Amended Disclosure Statement
• Barclays To Amend Bear Stearns Case: Report
• Medical Monitoring: Gone With The '90s?
• Bayou Head May Have Staged Suicide: Reports
• Jury Awards $1.65M To Former Heins Mills Attorney
• Katten Muchin Adds Financial, Employment Veteran
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Green Energy Patents Down In Early 2008: Study
• New Evidence Rule 502: How Much Help Will It Be?
• Newly Hired Nixon Peabody Partner Jumps To Dechert
• Former NASCAR Worker Sues Over Discrimination
• MasterCard Nixes EU Cross-Border Interchange Fees
• Employer Can Deduct From Gross Commission: Court
• Irish Ritchie Funds File Chapter 11 Plans
• Ampex Statement Approved, Creditors Still Skeptical
• N.Y. AG To Sue Drugstore Chains Over Old Goods
• Judge Nixes Exxon Bid For Info On $423M MTBE Deal
• Justice Orders Boost In N.Y. Judges' Pay
• Alpine Logistics Hit With FLSA Suit
• Goodwin Procter IP Partner Joins Gibson Dunn
• New Hampshire Joins Regional Cap-And-Trade Plan
• Partner Objections To Coudert's Disclosure Remain
• Chinese Search Engine Faces Copyright Suit In U.S.
• Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid Hit AmEx With Antitrust Suit
• Calif. City Drops 'Threatened Well' Claims In MTBE Suit
• NYSE Bars Three Former Merrill Lynch Brokers
• Convicted Bayou Fund Head May Have Faked Death
• Verizon, RCC Agree To Divest Overlapping Assets
• Merrill Scores $3.1B Win Over Credit Default Swaps
• Akin Gump To Shutter Taipei Office
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Proxy Fight Continues Despite Ruling In CSX Suit
• Senator Questions Truthfulness Of Sirius CEO
• Gonzales Hired To Work On DataTreasury Patent Case
• Employment Litigator Joins Epstein, Becker & Green
• Discover Seeks $6B In Visa, MasterCard Antitrust Suit
• D.C. Circ. Orders Blue Man Group To Negotiating Table
• A Key Opinion On Partnership Agreements In N.Y.
• Ziff Davis Creditors Ask To Reserve Rights In Plan
• Vitamin C MDL Defendants Renew Call To Dismiss
• Skadden Arps Ranked No.1 By Directors, Counsel
• AstraZeneca Loses Bid To Overturn Prilosec Ruling
• Verizon Gets Conditional OK For $2.7B RCC Buyout
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• American Home Looks To Toss Exec Contracts
• High Court Downs Gov't Worker's 'Class-Of-1' Claim
• Judge Finds 'Charbucks' Coffee Doesn't Infringe
• Intel Probe May Be Sign Of New Attitude At FTC
• Judge Tosses Shareholder Suit Against Novastar
• Measure Tackles Credit Card Interchange Fees
• FTC Looking Into Mortgage Lender Practices
• Contests, Sweepstakes Law: Not Just Fun And Games
• Designer Loses Trademark Case, Can't Use Own Name
• 2nd Circuit OKs Settlement For Holocaust Survivors
• FTC Subpoenas Intel Over Potential Antitrust Abuses
• Ex-Kasowitz Partner Sues Over Firing Allegations
• Firm Takes Aim At Fen-Phen Client For Defamation
• Merrill Lynch Subprime Unit Hit With FLSA Suit
• Shearman & Sterling Malpractice Claim Can Proceed
• Merck Must Turn Over Docs In Fosamax MDL: Judge
• EA Gives FTC More Time To Ponder Take-Two Takeover
• Judge Trims 'Excess' Outten & Golden Attorneys' Fees
• Dura Bypasses Stay In Drive Toward Confirmation
• SEC Probing AIG Over Credit Default Swaps: Report
• 'Patent Trolls' Can Boost Competition: Experts
• Cablevision Settles Backdating Claims For $34.4M
• Oil Cos. To Shell Out $1.7M To Kids In MTBE Suit
• Ratings Agencies Sign Reform Pact With N.Y. AG
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• FDA Ponders Changes To Lens Solution Regulations
• South Korea's Antitrust Watchdog Fines Intel $25M
• Tables Turn On So-Called Women's Rights Champion
• Hip-Hop Mag Exec's Legal Malpractice Suit Moves On
• Judge Rules Against Louis Vuitton In Handbag Case
• Increasingly, 'Big Brother' Is The Boss
• Judge Tosses AstraZeneca Suit Over Blood Thinner
• Regulators Eye Credit Rating Industry Reforms
• AIG Loses Bid To Block Ex-CEO's Access To Docs
• SEC Opposes CSX Opinion Of Ownership
• Finn Dixon Launches Bankruptcy Practice
• EU Won't Give MasterCard More Time To Abolish Fees
• SEC Nabs 2 For Trading On Insider J&J Merger Info
• Calpine Unit Says $2M Claim Is Actually $10M Debt
• N.Y. Attorney General Wants Grasso Claims Restored
• Investors Challenge Bear Over Defunct Fund
• Off-Label Marketing On Shaky Ground
• Ratings Firms To Reform In Wake Of Mortgage Mess
• Ohio Gov. Looking For Antitrust Holes In DHL Deal
• Yoko Ono Loses Bid To Bar Film That Uses 'Imagine'
• Judge Approves Frontier's Executive Severance Plan
• ConocoPhillips Subpoenaed By CFTC In Oil Probe
• Leading NAACP Attorney Joins Fulbright
• Trade Groups Fault CSX's 'Beneficial Owner' Stance
• Coudert Disclosure Statement Gets Tentative Court OK
• Major Electronics Cos. Target Vizio's TVs: Report
• DOL Audits Law Firm's Immigration Applications
• Anti-Obesity Drug Linked To 5 Deaths In U.K.
• AT&T Settles Class Claims Over Mobile Content
• Dow, Execs Reach Settlement In Botched-Sale Case
• EEOC Hits Kodak Unit With Age Bias Class Action
• IBM To Pay $20M To Settle Suits Over '05 Stock Drop
• Lilly Moves Zyprexa Suit To Federal Court
• Attorneys General Line Up Behind Siegelman
• CFTC Scrutinizing Cotton Futures: Reports
• HP Hit With $184M Verdict In Cornell Patent Trial
• Keep Your SSO Promises
• Credit Suisse Banker Gets 10 Years
• Sharper Image Under Fire Over Gift Card Policy
• RBC Faces Class Action Over Auction Rate Securities
• Paul Weiss Wins Honcho From SEC