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New York - August, 2009

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• 2nd Circ. Wants More Info On $23M Soybean Ruling
• AIG, Former Brass To Enter Arbitration Pact
• Merrill Deal With Investors Over BofA Merger OK'd
• Delta Financial Looks To 3rd Circ. In Coverage Spat
• Wis. Considers Barring Credit Checks In Hiring
• DOE Can Split Nuclear Site Cleanup In Two: 2nd Circ.
• Chevron Claims Judge In Ecuador Case On The Take
• Lehman's UK Administrator Prepares $100B Claim
• Reader's Digest Taps Kirkland As Ch. 11 Counsel
• Trustee Asks Court For Madoff 'Net Equity' Ruling
• Huntsman Offers $415M For Tronox Assets
• Yahoo Appeals $6.6M Verdict In Online Ad Case
• Whirlpool Faces Another Suit Over Washer Odors
• AIG Asks Judge To Toss Pigskin Premium Dispute
• Wholesaler Denied JMOL In Suit Over Sanofi's Arava
• Lyondell Files Suit Over $1.3B In Defaulted Notes
• Satellite Maker Says DBSD Plan Wrongly Blocks Claims
• The Courts Beat Congress To Patent Reform (Again)
• Ensuring Insurer Standing To Object To Reorganization
• Guaranty Financial Group Files Ch. 11
• France Grills Apple Over Exploding IPhones
• NYC, Exxon Face Off In Crucial Phase Of MTBE Trial
• Tribune Bondholders Win Fast Hearing Over Buyout
• Europe Seeks To Digitize 10 Million Books By 2010
• 2nd Circ. Says No Jurisdiction Over NRC Exemptions
• Oppenheimer Plaintiffs' Battle For Lead Heats Up
• Spectrum Exits Ch. 11 With $840M Less In Debt
• Chicago Ed. Board Wants Out Of Lehman Swap Deal
• Fontainebleau $3M Contract Spat Headed To Trial
• Kilpatrick Stockton Adds 2 Dickstein Insurance Attys
• BMI Settles Copyright Suit With Texas Nightspot
• Citigroup Shareholder Derivative Action Fails
• Fed Asks To Hold Off On Producing Bailout Records
• Judge Slices $6.9M Fee Request In NYPD OT Suit
• 1st Circ. Sides With Insurers V. Equipment Lessor
• Bausch Wins Bid To Boot Expert From ReNu MDL
• Tribune Bondholders Seek Probe Of $8.3B Buyout
• Winston & Strawn Lures Andrews Kurth Ch. 11 Vet
• Reinsurers Appeal Arbitration Panel Appointment
• Arnold & Porter Adds Antitrust Attys From Shearman
• Citadel Signs Over Lehman Claim To Credit Suisse
• Casino Creditors Attack Claim From Donald Trump
• Baker Botts Confirms New Round Of Cuts
• Former Lehman President Files $233M Claim
• Health Insurance Price-Fixing Suits Merged Into MDL
• $500M UBS Terrorism Suit Tossed For Lack Of Merit
• Lyondell Creditors Seek To Limit Use Of D&O Policies
• Panasonic Sued Over Patent For Electronics Cooler
• Plaintiffs Seek Class Cert. In Countrywide Case
• Google Books Deal Spurs Alliance Over Antitrust Woes
• Colonial BancGroup Files For Ch. 11 Amid Probes
• Mayer Brown, Auditors Dismissed From Refco Suit
• NYC Beats Out Exxon In Phase 2 Of MTBE Trial
• United Rentals Shareholder Suit Tossed
• Mediation Ordered In Lehman Derivatives Feud
• Brake Issues Lead Toyota To Recall Scions, Matrixes
• Madoff Feeder Wants Court To Toss Trustee's Suit
• White NY Firefighter Cites Ricci In Race Bias Suit
• 1st Circ. Nixes Insurer's Appeal In Attachment Fight
• Lyondell Seeks Approval Of Sumitomo Joint Venture
• 2nd Circ. Hands GSK A Win In Avandia Securities Suit
• Judge Wants More Answers On Merrill Bonuses Deal
• SemGroup Ch. 11 Plan Features Settlement Offers
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Michael Jacobster
• Deutsche Bank Tops Taylor Bean Unsecured Claims
• SEC Slaps Ex-AIG CFO With 5-Year Ban
• The Scope Of Post-Ponzi Fallout
• Disabled Man Sues Orrick Herrington For Retaliation
• Cipro Pay-For-Delay Deal Was Within Calif. Law: Court
• Insurer Sues NJ Firm Locked In Malpractice Fight
• Mintz, Proskauer Defer Associate Start Dates Again
• Former Monster Exec Pleads For Lenient Sentence
• Top Clinton Fundraiser Charged With Bank Fraud
• Investors Weren't Misled On Merrill Bonuses: BofA
• NH High Court Pulls Oil Cos. Back Into MTBE Suit
• Citadel Says Lehman Owes $471M For Derivatives
• Calyon Seeks $1.6B Over Subprime Securities
• Marsh & McLennan Fights Refusal To Bar State Claims
• Citigroup Argues KV Pharma Knew ARS Risks
• NH Hits North Star Up For $2M Over Enviro Deal
• Swiss Shoemaker Asks ITC To Drop Section 337 Probe
• McGuireWoods Employment Vet Heads To Ogletree
• Daimler Balks At Chrysler Creditors' Counsel Bid
• 3Com Wins $6M In Contract Dispute With Capital 4
• Portfolio Manager Fights To Escape CDS Suit
• Fed Ordered To Cough Up Info On Bailout Loans
• BofA, Allstate, Others Hit With Marketing IP Suit
• Considering Summary Judgment After KSR
• Awaiting Clarity On Automatic Stay Provisions
• Reader's Digest Aims To Reduce Debt 75% In Ch. 11
• Madoff Doesn't Have Cancer: Feds
• Hughes Hubbard Adds Gibson Dunn Bankruptcy Vet
• Satellite Insurer Objects To DBSD Reorganization Plan
• Jury Begins Deliberating In Exxon MTBE Case
• Schiff Hardin, Thelen Settle Sublease Spat For $1.1M
• Skadden Latest To Trim Summer Program
• BofA Settles Merrill Bondholders' Suit For $150M
• What's Cookin' In Dallas? Cuban And The SEC
• Former USPTO Patent Judge Joins Sughrue Mion
• Judge OKs Price-Fixing Claims In Air Cargo MDL
• Contemplating A US Insurance Super-Regulator
• Chrysler Sues Daimler Over Supply Contract Disputes
• The Insolvency Of Important Financial Institutions
• Lehman Says It's Paid Advisers $308M So Far
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Yahoo Win In Webcasting Dispute
• Bally Total Fitness Ch. 11 Plan Wins OK
• Lilly To Pay $22.5M To Settle W.Va. Zyprexa Claims
• NYSE Gets OK To Lower Public Float Bar To $40M
• Funds Settle Securities Suit With Ex-Tyco Exec
• Securities Suit Over Orion IPO Survives Dismissal Bid
• SEC Drops Defendant In ISE Insider Trading Case
• Cathay Threatened With Sanctions In Contract Dispute
• Tech Rivals Unite Over Google Books Antitrust Issues
• Shareholders To Appeal Kmart Suit To 2nd Circ.
• UK Launches Crackdown On Carbon Credit Tax Fraud
• AIG Wins Dismissal Of $1B Workers' Comp Fraud Suit
• Consenting To Settle Covered, Noncovered Claims?
• The SEC's First 2 Naked Short-Selling Settlements
• Cintas Offers $24M To Resolve Driver OT Action
• Judge Allows 9/11 Insurers' Claims to Proceed
• Green Building Initiatives Becoming More Prevalent
• Usenet.com's Assets Frozen In Music Copyright Suit
• EEOC Slaps AT&T With Age Discrimination Suit
• Plaintiffs To Appeal NY Ruling Over ReNu Solution
• Doctor's Deposition To Be Shown In Fosamax Trial
• Clown's Copyright Claims No Laughing Matter: Judge
• Policyholders Claim AIG Not Covering Madoff Fraud
• Creditor Loses Bid To Attach Enarsa Assets
• Questions For International Accounting Firm Networks
• InBev Antitrust Case Goes To 8th Circ. For Next Round
• Law Firms Steady Ship With Cost Control: Report
• Countrywide Loan Relief Spat Sent Back To NY Court
• IP Expert Leaps From White & Case To Foley
• In Obama Era, DC May Become New Legal Hot Spot
• Silicon Graphics Debtors' Plan One-Ups Ch. 7
• Google Books Deal Sparks Flood Of Amicus Briefs
• Merck Seeks To Toss Doctor's Fosamax Testimony
• Deutsche Bank Pulls Plug On New Crude Oil Notes
• K&L Gates Adds Cleantech Lawyer To IP Practice
• Corporate Vet Tapped For Del. Chancery Court Post
• SEC, FINRA Warn Investors Of Fund 'Minefield'
• Synergetics Can't Claim Price Coercion In Alcon Suit
• IBasis Says Buyout By KPN Violates Securities Act
• Court Approves $3M Chemtura, Solvay Settlement
• GM To Pump Up To $210M Into American Axle
• 2nd Circ. Hands Venezuela Win In $210M Mining Suit
• PBGC Takes On IndyMac Bank Pension Plan
• Extended Stay Head Tries To Block Remand Of Suits
• USPTO Grants Apotex's Bid To Review Plavix Patent
• Lenders OK'd To Join $22B Suit Over Lyondell Merger
• Mounting Debt Sends 2 Harp Group Hotels Into Ch. 11
• Bingham Scoops Up Sheppard Mullin Enviro Litigator
• Claims Snipped From Design Within Reach Chair Suit
• Say-On-Pay Proposals Lead Regulatory Reform
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Marc Tepper
• Chrysler Creditors Sue Daimler Over Sale
• Workers Target Mama Mexico With $5M FLSA Action
• Cozen Snags Veteran Dechert Commercial Litigator
• Jury Finds Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Guilty
• NY Gov. Taps Insurance Atty To Lead Top Regulator
• Greenberg Traurig Bankruptcy Pro Joins Alston & Bird
• EDS Workers Move To Combine FLSA Actions
• Ex-Dell IP Counsel Moves To Haynes & Boone
• Shell Seeks Sanctions Against Nigerian Protestors
• Sanyo, LG Hit With IP Suit Over Electronic Navigators
• What Does Same-Sex Marriage Mean For Employers?
• NY AG Accuses Charles Schwab Of ARS Fraud
• AIG Makes Board Chair Position Independent
• CIT Staves Off Ch. 11 With Tender Offer
• Reader's Digest Pens Prepackaged Ch. 11 Agreement
• Ohio Edison To Re-Power Plant With Biomass Fuels
• Bayer Sues J&J Unit Over Arthritis Drug
• Greenberg Traurig Agrees To Hold Off On 1031 Fees
• When 'Other Insurance' Clauses Conflict
• Neuhaus To Pay $14M In Universal Express Case
• Aloft Seeks To Drop Google From IM Patent Suit
• Q&A With Covington & Burling's Will Phillips
• Ace, Delphi Strike Deal Over Insurance Contracts
• Lear Plan Aims To Convert $1.6B In Secured Claims
• AHM To Pay Unit Execs $5M To Settle Securities Suit
• Backlash Fails To Discourage Firms' Carcass-Picking
• Science Cos. Clash Over Failed Spine Screw Deal
• Republic Beats Southwest, Takes Frontier
• AT&T Files Complaint Over Cablevision HD Channels
• Judge OKs Sealed Objections To Charter Ch. 11 Plan
• Q&A With Sidley Austin's Robert Pietrzak
• Conergy Antitrust, Contract Claims Survive Dismissal
• More Summer Associate Programs Up In The Air
• Chemtura's Prebankruptcy Settlement Approved
• Samsung, LG, Fujitsu Sue Over MPEG-2, ATSC Patents
• Lyondell Wins Approval To Amend DIP Package
• Lessons In Mortgage Lending, Canadian-Style
• Ex-AIG Heads To Pay $115M To Settle With Ohio AG
• 'Yum!' TM Owner Ups Ante In Dispute With Nike
• States Beef Up Guidance On Vapor Intrusion
• WaMu Fights Back In $7.6M Madison Sq. Garden Claim
• 'Two Buck Chuck' Maker Hit With Trademark Suit
• Employers Face Crackdown On Misclassification
• Pillsbury Partner Battles Ex-Firm Darby Over Loan
• On2 Shareholders Sue To Halt Google Acquisition
• Agents' Suit V. Brooke Lending Arm, Banks Quashed
• Wilson Elser Snags PL Expert From Jeffer Mangels
• Plea Spares Madoff CFO Drug, Gun, Tax Charges
• Court Limits Claims In JPMorgan ERISA Class Action
• Chrysler Creditors Win Right To Sue Daimler Over Sale
• EU Signs Off On GM Purchase Of Delphi Steering Unit
• New CPSIA Rules Lower Lead Limits, Raise Fines
• Remy Seeks Probe Of GM Debtors' Asbestos Liability
• Ala. Church Wants Tronox Suit Back In State Court
• Medion Hit With MPEG-2 Video Compression Suits
• 1031 Tax Group Trustee Blasts $3.4M Dreier Bill
• Using SOX 'Clawback' Against Uncharged Execs?
• Retailer, Air Freshener Maker Clear Air In TM Dispute
• Countrywide Expert Affidavit Nixed In Securities Action
• K&L Gates Adds Mayer Brown Securities Honcho
• Covington Snags Ala. Atty Who Won Vioxx Suits
• Miller Canfield Picks Up Pfizer Patent Expert
• NYC Wins First Phase In MTBE Trial Against Exxon
• Aloft, Yahoo Settle Instant Messaging Patent Suit
• More Singapore Yarn Won't Hurt US Sock Makers: ITC
• Financial Litigator Joins Hinshaw & Culbertson
• 2nd Circ. Nixes FERC License For NY Hydro Plant
• Bally Workers Can't Pursue Class Action: Judge
• Underwriters Off Hook For Port Of New Orleans Suit
• Judge Nixes Some Counterclaims In Video Lottery Spat
• Licensing Co., RIM Drop $5M Suit Over Stones Phones
• Judge Keeps Regulator Suit V. Reserve Fund In MDL
• Treasury Wants Chrysler Lien Protected From Claims
• Lenders Lose Bid To Toss Malls From GGP Ch. 11
• Opening Salvo Fired In Fosamax Trial
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Stanley Yorsz
• AHM Asks To Use D&O Policy In $24M Fraud Deal
• Q&A With Orrick's Gary Weiss
• Amaranth To Pay $7.5M In FERC, CFTC Settlements
• Urban Outfitters Faces Artist's Wrath Over T-Shirts
• DLA Piper Expands Equity Partner Slots
• Magistrate Pushes To Keep Iovate Patent Suit Alive
• Klausner, Embarq Settle Visual Voice Mail Patent Suit
• An Analysis Of SEC V. Rorech
• Merck Swaps Lead Attorney For Vioxx Appeal
• Tribune Must Give Union Details On $70M Bonus Plan
• Plaintiffs Want $3M In Fees In Natural Gas MDL
• Court Seeks Details On $33M SEC, BofA Bonus Deal
• Q&A With Sutherland's John North
• 2 More Firms Trim Summer Associate Programs
• Lehman's $70M Collateral Suit Against BoNY Survives
• MJX Fraud Suit Over Citigroup Hedge Fund Quashed
• Judge OKs InBev-Anheuser Merger Deal With DOJ
• Madoff CFO Pleads Guilty To 10 Fraud Counts
• SCOTUS 2008: Labor, Employment Law Roundup
• Daimler Scoffs At Chrysler Creditors' Bid To Sue
• PBGC Takes Over Delphi Pension Plans
• Norwegian Cities Accuse Citigroup Of $200M Swindle
• GGP Asks Judge To Toss Ch. 11 Appeal
• Abbott Sues Centocor Over Psoriasis Drug Patents
• CFTC Wins $7M Freeze On Fraudster's Ex's Assets
• Giant Interactive Loses Bid To Nix Securities Action
• Southwest Ups Bid For Frontier To $170M
• Northern Trust Escapes Investor's ARS Action
• Proskauer Atty Faces Grilling In Clifford Race Bias Suit
• Hogan Lures Electronics IP Guru From Kramer Levin
• Grand Central Settles Religious Bias Suit With EEOC
• Anti-Counterfeiting Pro Leaves Greenberg For M&E
• IRS Wins Remand In Excise Tax Fight With WorldCom
• Revisiting Ariad V. Eli Lilly
• JPMorgan Loan Officers Pitch $2.5M Deal In OT Case
• Fund Manager To Pay $300K Fine In SEC PIPE Suit
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Peter Kadzik
• New Developments In The Law On Insurable Interest
• NY Gov. Signs Executive Order To Reduce Emissions
• Akerman Pink-Slips 5 Associates Amid Salary Cuts
• News Giants Back Publication Of 'Catcher' Spinoff
• Class Alleges ProShares ETF Is 'Defective Product'
• Subpoena Of Scientist Quashed In Fosamax MDL
• Zyprexa Failure-To-Warn Suit Survives In MDL
• Bankrupt Frontier, Teamsters Settle Contract Dispute
• Centerline Derivative Suit Misses Mark Again
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Brian Casey
• GE Settles ERISA Class Action For $40M
• Former Lyondell Execs Blast Proposed Benefits Cuts
• SEC Regulation Of Vote-Buying Scheme
• Blank Rome Snags Sonnenschein Bankruptcy Partner
• SEC Beefs Up Enforcement, Subpoena Power
• Cigarette Co. Loses Bid To Depose Ark. AG
• Teva Sues Merrill Over ARS Gone Bad
• Former AIG Execs Settle SEC Claims For $17M
• Court Puts Brakes On $33M BofA Settlement With SEC
• Mayer Brown Snags Fish & Richardson IP Partner
• Countrywide Investors Spar With Lender Over Expert
• Elan Sues Over Biogen Objection To $1B J&J Deal
• Lehman Settles $85M Loan Spat With Bermuda Unit
• Senate Confirms Sotomayor For Supreme Court
• SafeNet Securities Class Action Pared Down
• Ambac Goes After Citigroup Over $2B In CDS
• GNC, NY Teen Agree To Drop Creatine Suit
• Jeweler Finlay Seeks Ch. 11 To Sell Assets
• Victorinox 'Swiss' Goods Seized Over False Origin
• Perkins Coie Takes Scalpel To Associate Salaries
• An Eye On Trade Secrets, Noncompetes In NY
• AIG, PwC Seek Dismissal In AIG Securities Litigation
• Broadway Producer Gets 7 Years For Investor Scam
• Noble Group's $65M Bid Wins SemGroup Auction
• CORRECTION: Pepsi Unit Loses Bid To Bar Coke's Powerade Ads
• Plastic Bag Bans Could Be The Next Wave
• Abbott To Try For Summary Judgment In TriCor Suit
• Mintz Levin Becomes Newest To Cut Associate Pay
• Court OKs Class Cert. In Fraud Suit Against Lehman
• SEC Racks Up First Naked Short-Selling Settlements
• Treasury Vows Hands-Off Reform For Credit Ratings
• Nixon Peabody Nabs 2 For Global Finance Practice
• Elliott Drops Objection To Lehman $625M Aurora Deal
• Jilted General Growth Lenders Land $2.75M Payday
• Unions Fight Tribune's $70M Employee Bonus Plan
• Gucci Widow Barred From Profiting Off Famed Name
• Q&A With Faegre & Benson's Joseph Price
• Fremont, BNY Mellon Settle $14M Wire Transfer Spat
• Crunch Creditors Blast Proposed $40M Asset Sale
• Naked Cowboy, Clear Channel Drop Trademark Suit
• IP Strategies For A Clean Energy Economy
• Some Claims Dropped In Webkinz Antitrust MDL
• Suits Against Tyco Execs Out Of MDL
• SEC To Weigh Ban On Flash Trading
• Alcentra Snags $1.53B Rabobank CLO Business
• Howrey Lures Allen & Overy Antitrust Heavyweight
• Baby Formula Insurance Spat Survives Dismissal Bid
• Eddie Bauer Completes $286M Sale To Golden Gate
• 4th Circ. Revives BearingPoint Shareholder Action
• Beer Drinkers' Antitrust Case Against InBev Taps Out
• Chrysler Creditors Seek 'Billions' From Daimler
• Oil Sludge Plaintiffs Fight Chrysler Notification Method
• Oracle Opposes Metaldyne Powertrain Sale
• Securities Lawsuits Take Off Again: Report
• Waterfront Brownfields Bill Sent To House Panel
• AIG Units Say Countrywide Lacks Authority For Claims
• Rather Wants CBS Execs Back On Hook In $70M Suit
• 2nd. Circ. Sets High Bar For Out-Of-District Atty Fees
• MR Consulting Dropped From Source Interlink Suit
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Paul Kalish
• Q&A With Sutherland's Neil Lang
• No 2010 Summer Associates At Seyfarth Shaw
• Merck To Pay $80M To Settle Vioxx Suits
• Jones Day Snags Mayer Brown Derivatives Expert
• Bankruptcy Attys Start New Firm Outside Detroit
• Kirkland Snags Skadden Restructuring Pro
• Take-Two Execs Settle SEC Backdating Claims
• StarTrib Disclosure Statement Wins Court Approval
• Schmidt's Exit Won't End FTC Probe Of Apple, Google
• Squire Sanders Nabs Sughrue Mion IP Litigator
• Colgate Sues J&J Over Total Trademark
• La. Told To Produce Docs In Zyprexa MDL
• Putting Use Of Employment Tests To The Test
• Bingham McCutchen, McKee Nelson Complete Merger
• BofA To Pay $33M To Settle SEC Suit Over Bonuses
• Standing To Challenge Corporate Searches?
• FedEx Unit, Drivers Resolve NY Overtime Action