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New York - December, 2009

316 articles

• 2nd Circ. Asks NY Court To Mull Refco Trustee Claims
• Court Vacates EPA's Approval Of Bayer Pesticide
• Bill Would Close Off Part Of Mojave To Renewables
• LB Somerset Latest Lehman Unit To File For Ch. 11
• Finance Committee Favorably Reports 9 Nominees
• Chemtura Gets Conditional $45M Bid For Additives Biz
• Judge Rules For SEC In $10M Tecumseh Scheme
• Conde Nast Beats Patent Claims In Web Contract Suit
• Chock Full O'Nuts Ends Warner Bros. Trademark Suit
• Implications Of In Re Washington Mutual Inc.
• Alle Processing Workers Win FLSA Class Cert
• Kodak, Samsung In Talks Over Camera Patent License
• EPA Mulls New Disclosure Rule For Pesticides
• Recent Trends In Health Care Wage And Hour Actions
• 2nd Circ. Orders New Trial In Knolls Age Bias Suit
• Securities Class Action Against PXRE Dies In 2nd Circ.
• Foreigners Can't Sue In US Over Austria Fire: 2nd Circ.
• NY Court Boots Ga. Man's Lipitor Case Against Pfizer
• Ill. Drug-Flushing Law Takes Effect In New Year
• Ex-Fried Frank Lawyer Files $50M Sex Harassment Suit
• Lloyds Agrees To $217M Deal Over Iran Transactions
• Q&A With Burns & Levinson's Josef Volman
• DOJ Slams Oneworld Alliance Antitrust Immunity Bid
• Tronox Rolls Out Stand-Alone Reorganization Plan
• Ion Media Wraps Up Restructuring
• 1031 Tax Group, Dreier End Fight Over $3.4M Tab
• Fosamax MDL Plaintiff Takes Case To 2nd Circ.
• Cipriani Waitstaff Sue Over Unshared Service Charges
• Sex Bias Plaintiffs Seek Sanctions Against Novartis
• Court Clips Fraud Claim In Adelphia Bondholder Suit
• Former Biovail CFO Settles In SEC Fraud Suit
• Duke Energy Shells Out $93M Over Ind. Coal Plant
• Mayer Brown Slams RICO Claims In Refco Investor Suit
• PNBK, Patriot Strike $50M Securities Deal, End Suit
• Abbott Appeals $1.9B Hit In Patent Suit Over Humira
• Bank Co-Op's $100M MBS Suit Sent Back To State Court
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Nuclear Agency Ruling On Fire Risk
• Court Reverses Tax-Break Snub For East River Cleanup
• Hedge Fund Sues Dechert For $50M Over Dreier Deal
• SEC Probes Telecom Italia's Sale Of Argentine Unit
• DLA Piper Ex-Partner Opens Anti-Counterfeiting Firm
• Ex-VP Stole Credit Suisse Valuation Method: Suit
• DOT Limits Tarmac Wait Time To 3 Hours
• Tiberius Sues For Dissenters' Rights In Energy Merger
• Rajaratnam, Chiesi Plead Not Guilty To Fraud Charges
• Q&A With EpsteinBeckerGreen's Kenneth Kelly
• Stricter Reporting Rules For Medicare Beneficiaries
• NYPD Bests Unions Over Sharper Drug Testing
• Del. Diocese Hiding $76M In Trust : Abuse Claimants
• Film Producer Drops Class Claims In Warhol Suit
• Citadel Broadcasting Files Prepack Bankruptcy
• Sedgwick Wants 'Scandalous' Bits Out Of Abuse Suit
• Pfizer Puts $6M Down On Rights To Stem Cell Therapy
• Samsonite To Pay $1M To Settle FLSA Class Action
• Q&A With Choate's Stephen Cohen
• GE Capital Wins $18M In Aircraft Loan Spat
• McKool Smith Shrinks 2009 Bonus Pool By 25%
• Samsung Devices Infringe Kodak Camera Patents: ITC
• Comverse Settles Backdating Actions For $225M
• Shareholders, Tax Man Assail Donnelley Ch. 11 Plan
• No Insurance Coverage For ICC Fraud Actions: Judge
• Thomson SA Seeks Ch. 15 For US Assets
• Coty Can't Nix Contract Claims In Spat With Ex-CFO
• Stroock, Allen & Overy Announce 2009 Bonuses
• ProtoStar Can Pay Lenders With Satellite Cash: Judge
• Interest Pushes Humira Award Up To $1.85B
• Libraries Renew Push For Google Books Oversight
• Fed. Circ. Sends Nintendo Wii Patent Case To Wash.
• AIG Asks Court To Toss Brookfield's Swap Claims
• Capital One To End Arbitration Clause Antitrust Suit
• Pfizer Execs Seek Dismissal Of Derivative Suit
• Apollo Nabs Cedar Fair In $2.4B Cash and Debt Deal
• Shoe Companies Go Toe To Toe Over Design Patent
• Equal Maker Merisant's Amended Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed
• Judge OKs BearingPoint Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Madoff Trustee Picard Blasts Critics Of $22M Fee Award
• 2nd Circ. Says Not So Fast To Ion's Ch. 11 Exit
• Mumbai Court Bars Foreign Law Firms From India
• CFTC Fines MF Global $10M For Supervision Failures
• Seyfarth Embraces Merit-Based Pay For Associates
• Lehman, Aflac End Spat Over $166M In CDS
• Canadian Judge Certifies Global Imax Class Action
• Q&A With Phelps Dunbar's Mark Fullmer
• Madison Square Garden Guards Allege OT Violations
• Energy Cos. Move To Toss State Antitrust Claims
• Benefits And Dangers Of An SEC Wells Submission
• DBSD Gets Access To $25M Post-Petition Financing
• Horizontal Merger Guidelines Review: A Midterm Report
• Eye On USPTO's Green Tech Pilot Program
• With Intel Suit, FTC Puts Big Bet On Section 5 Power
• Abu Dhabi Seeks To Void $7.5B Citigroup Deal
• Dewey Offers Up To $30K In Associate Bonuses
• Clinic Settlement Ends CareCore Antitrust Suit
• NY Starbucks Baristas' Tip-Sharing Suit Tossed
• Credit Suisse Pays $536M Over Iran Transactions
• South Florida Reclaims Place As Top 'Judicial Hellhole'
• Yodle Sues Ex-Employees For Alleged Hacking Plot
• Redstone Fiddled While CBS Stock Burned: Suit
• Forest City's Nets Arena Bond Sale A Slam Dunk
• Pepsi, Coke Bottle Up Powerade False Ads Dispute
• Determining Fair Value Of Liabilities In Acquisitions
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Goldman Sachs Derivative Suit
• AstraZeneca Loses Appeal In Generic Prilosec Feud
• Weil Gotshal Balks At Lehman Fee Guidelines
• Grupo Modelo Brews Contract Suit Against JV Partner
• Investors Short $44M In Oil Deal: Pride International
• Ernst & Young Beats $140M Malpractice Rap
• Sales Reps Hit Sanofi With Overtime Action
• US Stiffed For TARP Cash In Chrysler Plan
• Rajaratnam, Chiesi Indicted In Galleon Fraud Case
• GGP Plan To Restructure $10B In Loans Wins Court OK
• Massive IPO Securities Litigation Comes To An End
• Pfizer, Businessman Settle Viagra Missile Suit
• Paul Hastings Hit With $55M Malpractice Suit Over Loan
• MBIA Slams Credit Suisse In $296M MBS Coverage Case
• The Scope Of 'Adverse Employment Action'
• Loeb & Loeb Launches DC Office With Day Pitney Attys
• Sanofi Recalls Weakening Swine Flu Vaccine Doses
• Q&A With EpsteinBeckerGreen's Herve Gouraige
• Agria Investors Fight To Resurrect IPO Action
• 2nd Circ. Revives GNC Class Actions Over Ephedra
• BofA Settles Antitrust Suit Over Arbitration Clause
• Sotomayor May Sharpen High Court's Focus On IP
• Latest Lyondell Plan Proposes $2.8B Rights Issue
• Cohiba Cigar Trademark Suit Flares Up Again
• Federal Sues Zurich Over Hartford Credit Score Suit
• Samsung, Others Hit Over Open Source Software Patent
• Judge Stays SEC Suit Against Alleged Madoff Feeder
• Terra Firma Goes After Citigroup Over EMI Purchase
• Enron Appeals Securities Settlement Decision
• US, Deloitte Fight BearingPoint Liquidation Plan
• Pension Fund Slaps Goldman Sachs Over Bonuses
• $4M Settlement May Moot Policy Dispute: 2nd Circ.
• KeyCorp ERISA Case Stays Tied To Securities Cases
• Ponzi Schemer's Ex Claims RBC Capital Defamed Her
• High Court Lets Pension Termination Fee Ruling Stand
• EIG, Fitch Settle Newsletter Copyright Case
• Big Securities Case Deserves The Boot: Sallie Mae
• Spotlight On Hedge Fund Trading Activities
• DataTreasury, Comerica Settle Banking Patent Spat
• Same-Sex Harassment Suits May Get Easier To Win
• 2nd Circ. Sticks GPU With Liability For Tar Cleanup
• Emigrant Appeals $10M Attorneys' Fees Ruling
• Women Still Number Too Few In Partner Ranks
• The Latest Proposals For Securitization Reform
• Dismissal Of Contract Suit V. Sheraton Appealed
• Don't Play With Little Miss Matched Pajamas: CPSC
• La., Superdome Want Out Of Merrill Lynch ARS MDL
• Ponzi Fraudster Faces 45 Years After Guilty Plea
• Senate Panel OKs Chin To Join 2nd Circ.
• Brokers Get Jail Time In Smart Online Fraud Case
• Recycled Tire Turf Likely Poses Low Risk: EPA Study
• NJ Couple Resolves Final Claims In Tax Fraud Suit
• Dish Wants No Post-Petition Financing For DBSD
• Amtrak Can Fire Union Rep Under RLA: 2nd Circ.
• McCarter Lures Philly Lawyer To Corporate Practice
• Is There A Written Description Requirement After All?
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Scheme
• AIG Hit With Suit By Former Real Estate Chief
• Judge Stands By Axing Of Claim Against FleetBoston
• SEC Suit Over CDS Insider Trading Edges Toward Trial
• 2 Defendants To Be Dropped From AIG Derivative Suit
• 2nd Circ. Mucks Ex-Partner's Suit Over Casino Venture
• GSK Forced To Turn Over Docs In Avandia MDL
• KPMG, Others Accused Of $50M Medicare Fraud
• GE Scores $1.4B Wind Turbine Contract
• Riverstone Exec Pays $20M To End NY Kickback Probe
• IBM Ex-Exec Denies Role In Insider Trading Scandal
• Boutique Biz Model Puts Associates In Driver's Seat
• Lehman Balks At Discovery Bid By Investors
• Clifford Chance Paid To Settle Race Case: Filing
• NY Bill Aims To Cut Emissions With 'Green' Insurance
• Class Granted Cert. In Countrywide Securities Suit
• The SEC's Proposal For Regulating 'Dark Pools'
• Comparison Of The Most Popular Patent Venues
• 'Precious' Movie Contract Fight Heads To 2nd Circ.
• Dillard's Opposes General Growth's Ch. 11 Plan
• Hexion, Huntsman Investors Reach $18M Settlement
• Sud-Chemie, Multisorb Resolve Container Patent Spat
• Conseco Wins Bid To Ax Suit Over GM Building Sale
• NYC Nixes Board's Depositions In Ground Zero Suits
• Cuomo Targets Insurer Over IPO, Workers' Comp
• Knight Gets 14 Years For $33M Ponzi Scheme
• Juniper Loses Bid To Halt Backdating Deposition
• Hedge Fund Appeal Of Citibank CDS Suit Fails
• Intangible Assets Face Scrutiny In M&A Transactions
• IP Firm Brinks Hofer Cuts 6% Of Work Force
• SEC Puts Stop To Personal Injury Suit Ponzi Scheme
• Cintas Loses 2nd Circ. Appeal Of Union RICO Suit
• US Toxic Chemical Releases Dipped 6% In 2008: EPA
• Orrick Expands In China With Private Equity Pro
• Herzfeld Adds Int'l Securities Atty from Shearman
• Parking Attendants Win Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• BofA Denied Access To SEC Docs On Merrill Bonuses
• High Court Puts Honest Services Law In Hot Seat
• Eaton Found Liable For Old CBS Switchgears
• Global Seeks To Resume FairPoint Contract Case
• 1st-Day Motions Approved In AmTrust Ch. 11
• Lilly, 3rd-Party Payor Class Argue Zyprexa Appeal
• Lyondell Reaches Deal In Suit Over Basell Buyout
• Pair Of Distributors Settle Red Bull Gray Market Case
• Ala. High Court Won't Drop Judge In Sewer Suit Spat
• Lehman Creditors, Barclays Spar Over Atty Privilege
• Verizon, NYC Cleared Of $60M Antitrust Suit
• D&O Rescission Actions Difficult, But Not Impossible
• Sirius XM Hit With Antitrust Action Over Merger
• Day Pitney Snags Duane Morris Trial Vet
• Judge Deals Discovery Blow To Freddie Mac Plaintiffs
• Case Study: Starbucks V. Wolfe's Borough Coffee
• NorthStar Aims To Raise $200M With IPO
• Retaliation Claims Added To Sleepy's FLSA Suit
• CIT Group To Exit Ch. 11 Minus $11B In Debt
• GE Unit Seeks Enforcement Of $3M Award Over Contract
• Q&A With Becker & Poliakoff's Daniel Wallach
• Ranbaxy Admits To Infringing Purdue OxyContin Patent
• FTC Widens Intel Probe To Nvidia Dispute: Report
• Creditors Fight Approval Of FairPoint DIP Loan
• High Court Justices Weigh SOX Oversight Board Fight
• Google Sues Over 'Get Rich At Home' Scam
• Westgate President To Make Ponzi Fraud Plea
• E&Y Malpractice But No Fraud In CBI Case: Judge
• Steel Co. Seeks $11.4M In Insurance Spat
• Northeast Biofuels CFO Must Be Paid: Creditors
• Hogan & Hartson Lures 3rd Skadden Litigator
• Texas Comptroller Objects To GGP Bankruptcy Plan
• UBS Suit Against Ex-Banker Seeks Tax Money, Interest
• Mayer Brown 1st-Years Asked To Sit Tight Till Oct. 2010
• Ex-Mortician Gets Probation For Body Harvesting Plot
• SEC Enforcement Focus Shifting To Individuals: Report
• Verizon Wireless Must Explain Termination Fees: FCC
• NY Bank Gains $11B AmTrust Assets In FDIC Deal
• Engineering Co. McDermott To Split Off 2 Units
• Tousa: Implications For Solvency Opinion Providers
• SEC's New Guidance On Shareholder Proposals
• Conn. AG To Probe Health Net-UnitedHealth Deal
• 2nd Circ. Tosses DLA Piper Atty's Race Bias Suit
• 1031 Tax Group Files Liquidation Trust Deal
• Legal Cos. Hildebrandt, Baker Robbins To Merge
• Energy Attorneys Dominate Freshfields
• Jury Tells Volvo To Pay Amputee $8.75M
• Q&A With Hodgson Russ' Kevin Kearney
• McElroy Deutsch, Pepe & Hazard Mull Merger
• Slow And Steady Hiring Wins Race For Kirkland
• Loan Advisers Seek Cert. In Amerimod Wage Suit
• Merck KGaA Wants Brookstone's 'False Generic' Yanked
• Ecuador Seeks To Block Chevron Arbitration Bid
• Dickstein Lands White & Case Bankruptcy Veteran
• Ex-Troutman Energy Atty Lands At Foley & Lardner
• Marshall, Clausen Tout Service Diversity
• Bankruptcy Attorneys Dominate At Brown Rudnick
• Orrick Unveils New Tiered Associate Pay Structure
• Insurance Attorneys Dominate At SmithAmundsen
• Teva, Mylan Clarify Copaxone Patent Claims
• Bracewell Taps Energy Arsenal As Demand Rises
• Suit Over Cano Petroleum Share Offering Tossed
• Employment Attorneys Dominate At Epstein, Seyfarth
• Voidable Preference In Pa. Insurer Liquidations?
• Howrey Leads With 'Winning' Growth Strategy
• Securities Lawyers Dominate At Wilson Sonsini
• Environmental Attorneys Dominate At Beveridge
• Competition Attorneys Dominate At Howrey
• Another Darby & Darby Atty Leaves For McDermott
• Sweeping Approach Catapults Latham To Top Of Heap
• NYC Off-Track Betting Staggers Into Ch. 9 Bankruptcy
• Monster ERISA Class Action Settled For $4.25M
• Bid For Smurfit Equity Panel Faces More Resistance
• 2nd Circ. Affirms NY Times Win In Online Photo Battle
• FDA Warns Tyson Of Unsanitary Conditions At Plant
• NY Court Blocks Columbia University Expansion
• 2nd. Circ. Ruling Extends Charbucks Trademark Spat
• Dismissal Affirmed In Short-Sale Antitrust Suit
• Claim Against BofA Stands In $550M Hedge Fund Case
• Equipment Lease Co. Sues Rival Over Contract Breach
• Sonnenschein Scores Dickstein Corporate Partner
• Exec Pleads Guilty In Pension Fund Kickback Case
• Core Of US Merger Guidelines Still Strong: Varney
• De Niro, Pacino Settle Score With Film Distributor
• Targeting Product Endorsements In Advertising
• McDermott Snags Biotech Atty From Fish & Richardson
• Burned Madoff Investors Appeal Dismissal Of SIPC Suit
• Agria, Underwriters Dismissed From IPO Class Action
• US, Canadian Courts OK Major Nortel Asset Deals
• Eye On Copenhagen — Implications for 'Green IP'
• Claims Pared In Prudential Overtime Class Action
• Barclays Fights To Compel Lehman Asset Deal Docs
• GE Liable For $6.5M Award In St. Croix Refinery Case
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Brett Pritchard
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive MDL Over Brazilian Plane Crash
• Counsel From Merrill Class Settlement Awarded $23M
• Liz Claiborne Sued For $20M Over Nixed Perfume Deal
• Real Estate Loans Send AmTrust Financial Into Ch. 11
• Amazon Loses Bid To Challenge Google Books Deal
• GGP Gets OK To Restructure $9.7B In Mortgage Loans
• Judge Rips Fosamax MDL Lawyers' Spat Over Clients
• Barnes & Noble Can Release Disputed Nook E-Reader
• The Importance Of In Re Philadelphia Newspapers
• Fifth Third Goes After Brooke Insurance Agents
• CBS, Monkey Film Director Settle Copyright Spat
• Lehman Wants Stay Modified For ARS Suit Payout
• Judge Calls Nigeria Oil Violence Probe Legit
• $75M Sullivan & Worcester Race Bias Suit Dropped
• Rothstein Pleads Not Guilty To $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
• Judge Guts State's 'Slash And Burn' Zyprexa Suit
• Haynes & Boone Adds Physicist To Calif. IP Team
• Reader's Digest's New Disclosure Statement OK'd
• 21 States Win $25M Settlement In Vitamin Suit
• Capital Auto Fights Lehman Over $20M Swap Deal
• Expanding EEOC Subpoena Power
• Last Suit Over AOL Time Warner Merger Dismissed
• Sills Cummis White Collar Pro Joins Mayer Brown
• NY Post Hasn't Had Black Metro Editor In Years: Suit
• Emigrant Hit With $10M Fee In $2M Contract Suit Loss
• Indirect Purchasers Win Class Cert. In SRAM MDL
• Anthropologie, Forever 21 End Bitter Copyright Feud
• Wholesale Petroleum Buyers, Sellers — Beware
• Croatian Seamstress Faces $6M Insider Trading Fine