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New York - February, 2011

309 articles

• Citibank Exits MBIA Insurance Fraud Suit
• Ex-McGuireWoods Atty Gets 3 Years For $17M PIPE Con
• Allstate Targets Credit Suisse In Latest MBS Suit
• DBSD Noteholders Try To Salvage Ch. 11 Plan
• J&G Defendants Face Tough Battle In Tax Trial
• Morgan Stanley Can't Escape CDIB Fraud Suit
• Ex-SocGen Trader Gets 3 Years For Stealing Code
• Brokerage Sues ICAP Over Employee Defections
• 2nd Circ. Revives MBIA Securities Class Action
• AmEx Could See $500M More In Legal Costs
• Yellow Tail Maker Sues Rival Over Wallaby Labels
• Swiss Re, BNY Fight €62.5M Swap Liability
• Photogs Seek Class In $10M Pearson Copyright Suit
• Bankrupt Hotel Owner Girds For Battle With Singapore
• It's A Raid! Now What?
• Case Study: In Re DBSD North America
• High Court Leaves FLSA Status Of Drug Reps Up In Air
• High Court Won't Review Ban On NYC Hybrid Cab Rules
• Insurer, Tremont Settle Madoff Action For $100M
• Korea Line Files For Ch. 15 To Stymie US Litigation
• HarperCollins, Seinfeld Dodge Stolen Cookbook Claims
• NY Court Kills Fraud Charges Against Healthfirst Exec
• Old GM Creditors Voice Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of White Prof's Race Bias Suit
• Electrolux Sued Over Fire-Sparking Dryer Model
• 2nd Circ. Backs Starbucks In $1B Kraft Contract Row
• Orrick Adds K&L Gates Corporate Veteran In NY
• Heritage Must Cover Defamation Costs: NY High Court
• Most Claims Live In Madoff Trustee's $1B Adviser Suit
• Cuomo Taps Legislator To Head NY Procurement Agency
• Northwest Escapes Age Bias Action Over Pensions
• Merrill Didn't Say Enough About ARS Meddling: Atty
• Elan Hid Problem With $1B J&J Deal, Investors Say
• What DDJ Management Means For Lenders
• Terror Victims Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive $650M AmEx Suit
• Investors Hit Oilsands Quest Over $136M Adjustment
• Petroleum Co. Hit With Enviro Suit Over NY Leakage
• RSL Investors' Attys Nab $2.5M In Lehman Fraud Suit
• Mylan Faces Patent Suits Over Generic Estradiol
• Woman Hits Publicis Groupe With $100M Sex Bias Suit
• Arch Faces Resistance In Hartford Raid Suit
• ATA Investor Goes After FedEx Over Dropped Deal
• FTC Clears $166M Audiovox-Klipsch Deal
• Mets Owners Delay Fight For Discovery In Madoff Case
• NY Bill Seeks To Ban Fracking Until EPA Weighs In
• Judge Allows Shareholder Vote On J.Crew Buyout
• Ex-Mercedes Benz Mechanic Fires Up OT Action
• NY Jury Convicts 2 In $6M Watermark Fraud Case
• V&E Lures 3 Transaction Attys From O'Melveny, Dewey
• Genesco Investors Push To Sue UBS Over Merger Flop
• Dollar General Workers Lose Cert. Bid In OT Action
• BofA Warped Loan Quality Behind $1B In MBS, Suit Says
• Blockbuster Hit With $6.4M Claim Over Movie Titles
• Shareholders Fight $192M LaBranche Sale To Cowen
• Ex-BoNY Execs Ordered To Talk In $4M Pension Row
• Union Carbide Gets Partial Win In Insurance Suit
• Insurer Should Cover Workers' Comp Trust Suit: Judge
• Expert Networking Defendant Wins Bail Package OK
• NY Nets $2.5M In Settlement With Pfizer Subsidiary
• Lyondell Unit Loses Fight Over $74M Glidden Claim
• Manifold Capital Suit Over $5M Escrow Fund Survives
• SEC's Top Lawyer Faces Madoff Clawback Suit
• Wyly Brothers Fight SEC's Request For Attorney Docs
• DOJ Drops Defense Of Same-Sex Marriage Statute
• Questioning The Legality Of Minimum RPM Agreements
• Judge Allows Willkie To Keep Repping Lime Wire
• Ex-CEO Stole Trade Secrets, Drug Co. Says
• Barclays Not Entitled To $5B From Lehman: Judge
• Guggenheim Funds Seek $10M In Imposter Case
• NY Man Faces 20 Years In Prison After Ponzi Plea
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Chase ATM Fee Action
• Judge Pares Class Claims In Vivendi Securities Suit
• FINRA Immune From Merger Action: 2nd Circ.
• Judge Nixes 'Biggest Loser' Suit Against NBC
• Prudential's $27M Suit Over Ethanol Plants Survives
• Insurers Must Cover $9M In Loral Atty Fees: NY Court
• Veritas Fights Ex-Stakeholder's Work On Outside Deal
• Trustee Hits Citi With $430M Suit Over Madoff Deals
• Blockbuster Announces Auction, $290M Creditor Bid
• Networks Win Shutdown Of Online TV Broadcasts
• High Court Nixes Argentina's Asset Seizure Appeal
• Galleon Defendant's Firm Faces Boot Over Job App
• Disney Secretary Avoids Jail Time For Trading Scheme
• Ex-Bristol Myers Worker Gets Time Served For IP Theft
• Vertis Hits Segerdahl With Pop-Up Patent Suit
• Covington Reps Forest Labs In $1.2B Clinical Data Deal
• Chem Rx Claims Former Exec Lured Clients To Rival
• Top FINRA Enforcer Headed Back To Private Sector
• Famed NY Bagel Maker Files For Bankruptcy
• JPMorgan Says Lehman Dumped 'Goat Poo' Assets On It
• Allstate Hits Citi, Deutsche Bank With MBS Suits
• Grant Thornton Targets Equity Firm In Refco MDL
• Judge Lets MissPERS Back In $950M RBS Fraud Suit
• Mesa Reaches $912M Settlement Over Aircraft Leases
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Paul Weiss Malpractice Suit
• Rabbi Gets 4 Years For $4M SAC Capital Extortion Plot
• Ambac Unit Slaps JPMorgan With New Subprime Suit
• Thai Airways To Pay $3.5M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• Decision On $9B Chevron Judgment Delayed
• Stars Among Creditors In Starr & Co. Bankruptcy
• Biovail Founder Strikes Deal In SEC Fraud Suit
• Battle Of The Bags
• Swatch Hits Bloomberg With IP Suit Over Analyst Call
• Locke Lord Lures Green Tech IP Pro From Greenberg
• UniCredit Says Picard Lacks Standing In $60B Suit
• Brokers Don't Have To Reveal Incentives: NY Court
• NY Court Uproots Thompson & Knight Malpractice Suit
• State Fines NYC $2.6M Over Muddy Water Discharge
• Landlords Ask Ch. 11 Judge To Make Blockbuster Pay Up
• ARS Action Against Failed Student Lender Tossed
• Expert Network Scheme Suspect Fights For Release
• Fraudster Gets 40 Years For $20M Advance-Fee Fraud
• EchoStar Abandons Plans To Take Control Of TerreStar
• 3 Ex-Countrywide Officers Trimmed From BofA MBS Suit
• NY Judge OKs $308M Asbestos Indemnity Deal
• Judge Disses Class Cert. Bid In Sanofi Ketek Suit
• Fashionista Devi Kroell Sued Over New Label
• IBM Loses Bid To Enforce Noncompete Against HP Hire
• Borders Wins OK To Hand 200 Stores To Liquidators
• GenOn, NRG Settle Contract Suit Over Lehman Payment
• Satyam Coughs Up $125M To Exit Securities MDL
• Freddie Mac Ex-CFO Faces Possible SEC Action
• In Pari Delicto: Not For Third-Party Liability
• Ex-Hevesi Aide Hit With Jail Time For Kickback Scheme
• Philip Morris Sues Chinese Sites Over Fake Marlboros
• Harbinger Pays Nacco $60M To End Takeover Row
• Bankruptcy Pro Jumps To Latham From Paul Hastings
• Allstate Hits JPMorgan With MBS Fraud Suit
• Picard Never Met Madoff, Atty Says
• Judge Tosses NML Suit Against Energia Argentina
• 2nd Circ. Clears Hedge Fund In Compensation Suit
• Kasowitz Takes Center Stage In Borders Bankruptcy
• Ousted JPMorgan Exec Renews Whistleblower Suit
• MBS Sales Need Review, Bond Insurers Tell NY Reps
• Leo Pharma Sues Perrigo Israel Over Generic Taclonex
• E&Y Atty Fights Trading Conviction In 2nd Circ.
• Rajaratnam Loses Last-Minute Wiretap Exclusion Bids
• Ex-Credit Bancorp CEO Ordered To Disgorge $21M
• Paul Weiss, MIG Spar Over Limitations In 2nd Circ.
• Judge Should Stay OT Action Or Change Venue: KPMG
• 5 Plead Not Guilty In CityTime Kickback Case
• Ambac Says DOJ Tax Suit Violates Injunction
• TerreStar Parent Seeks Ch. 11 On Heels Of Subsidiaries
• Meridian Says It Was Madoff's Victim, Not Feeder Fund
• Compelling Disgorgement In Antitrust Cases
• Bankrupt Borders Wins Access To $400M In Funds
• Ex-Hedge Fund Exec Fails To Nix Rajaratnam Subpoena
• Corning Loses Appeal Bid In Century Insurance Dispute
• Injured Theatergoers Sue 'Billy Elliot' For $4M
• AP's Copyright Suit Over Obama Image Heads To Trial
• Naked Cowboy Sues CBS Over 'Beautiful' Character
• Wire Fraud Convict Asks 2nd Circ. To Undo Verdict
• Fugitive Fund Manager Charged In $4M Ponzi Scheme
• Mayer Brown Snags Akin Gump Deal Maker For NY Office
• 2nd Circ. Trims, Remands Taxi Ad Antitrust Suit
• Sky Capital Exec Cops Plea In $140M Securities Fraud
• NY Insurance Group Slams Cuomo's Budget Proposals
• VoIP Cos. Say Google Used Secrets In EBay Venture
• Quigley To Meet Deadline Or Face Asbestos Claims
• Tronox Exits Ch. 11, Sets Sights On Stock Listing
• States Challenge Nuclear Waste Storage In DC Circ.
• Tapping The Power Of The CFAA
• Ind. Eatery Challenges Tavern On The Green Mark
• Wind Farms And The Law Of The Sea
• NY Judge Derides $49M Aetna Suit V. Lehman Affiliate
• Judge Extends Bar On $8B Chevron Ecuador Ruling
• Gov't Demands Discovery In Rajaratnam Case
• Quinn Emanuel Picks Up Kirkland Finance Pro
• Goldman's Tourre Asks Judge To Toss SEC ABACUS Suit
• Jury Snuffs Gencor Suit Over $72M Ingersoll Deal
• Alleged Guggenheim Imposter Makes Bail
• Hedge Funds Sue Anglo Irish Bank Over $200M Stake
• NY To Bar Judges From Hearing Campaign Donor Cases
• FTC Clears SMSC's $248M Bid For Conexant
• Photographer Claims Rihanna Video Copied His Work
• Hedge Fund Shuts Doors After FBI Raid
• Cash-Flush Viacom Offers To Buy Back $500M In Debt
• Funds Want Old GM Plan Blocked Over $369M Payment
• Latham Snags Ex-US Atty For NY Office
• ATM Patent Suit Against First Niagara To Proceed
• Lyondell Affiliate Battles $74M Glidden Claim
• A Bankruptcy Regime For States: Pros And Cons
• Preemption And The Martin Act
• Antitrust Exposure For Insurers And Reinsurers
• Lame Duck Reform: NY's Wage Theft Prevention Act
• Former Proskauer Atty Disqualified From $15M Case
• Debevoise Reps Clayton Dubilier In $3.2B EMS Deal
• DC Circ. Says NY Co. Can't Challenge FERC Regs
• Judge Stonewalls Doral In $130M Restitution Bid
• WexTrust Founder Settles With SEC Over $250M Fraud
• Continental To Settle Clawback Claims For Up To $25M
• Ex-Credit Bancorp Exec Must Pay $35M In Civil Case
• CDC's $41M Settlement Offer Over Failed IPO Rejected
• Dish Network V. DBSD And Recovery Gifts
• Shareholder Sues Aegean Over Post-Merger Problems
• Merrill Lynch, Rating Agencies Freed From ARS Action
• Cooperator Lied In Wiretap Evidence, Rajaratnam Says
• Tax Preparer's Ex-Wife Gets 5 Years For $28M Fraud
• Mario Cuomo To Ref Madoff Trustee, Mets Showdown
• Pa. Broker Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• NYC Consultant Pleads Guilty In $80M CityTime Fraud
• Retirement Community Sues Over Lehman Swap Deals
• NY Court Orders $51M Pay Raise For Judges
• Blockbuster Eyes Auction As Creditors Balk
• JetBlue OK To Fire Flight Attendant: 2nd Circ.
• US Open Attendants Win Class Cert. In FLSA Action
• Dooney Founder Claims Ignorance In Illegal Oil Deal
• Thompson & Knight Scolded For Unresolved Oil Deal Suit
• Ex-Paul Hastings Atty Pays To Settle SEC Suit
• Patton Boggs Launches Infrastructure Practice
• 2nd Circ. Revives Suit Over $4.5B Blackstone IPO
• NYC Cafe Workers Win Class Cert. In FLSA Action
• The Viability Of Loss Mitigation Programs
• The Latest Litigation Front: Behavioral Advertising
• Dechert Fights Liability Claim In Dreier Scheme
• Shareholder Appeal Of $10B WaMu Deal Untimely: Judge
• Judge OKs Mediation Over Chemtura Pool Filter Claims
• Judge Bars 3rd-Party Suits Against Madoff Relatives
• A Wage And Hour Winter Wonderland
• C-Bass Ch. 11 Plan Would Repay Unclassified Claims
• Nummi Fights Old GM's Bid To Dismiss Pontiac Suit
• Investors Settle With Chinese Education Co. For $1.75M
• JPMorgan Seeks Transfer Of $6.4B Madoff Suit
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 2
• 4 Charged In Expert Networking Trading Scheme
• Chevron Wins TRO On $113B Ecuadorean Judgment
• AIG Fails In 2nd Bid To Toss Shareholder Action
• Vitaminwater Suits Consolidated In NY
• Antitrust Suits Over Amex Rules Placed Into MDL
• JPMorgan, HSBC Silver Futures Cases Consolidated
• Pryor Cashman Nabs 3 Day Pitney Bankruptcy Pros
• Bouchard To Pay $4M Over NY Gas Spill
• Greyhound Beats Damages Claims In NY Crash Suit
• 2nd Circ. Blocks Adelphia Fraud Claims Against Banks
• WaMu Files New Ch. 11 Plan With Judge's Suggestions
• NY Judge Recuses Self From Extended Stay Loan Cases
• Ex-J&G Attys Lose Bids To Trim Tax Fraud Charges
• Nixon Peabody Lures Stroock Securities Expert
• Judge Orders 2 More Bellwethers In Fosamax MDL
• Ex-Lehman Execs Hid Subprime Woes, CalPERS Says
• Attorneys Seek $22M In Fees For Pfizer Settlement
• Foley Welcomes Baseball Exec Back Into The Fold
• Loeb & Loeb Snags Ex-Federal Prosecutor From Orrick
• Class Says L'Oreal Peddles Flammable Fructis Product
• Ex-Primary Global Executive Fights Trading Charges
• Insurer Casts Doubt On Newmont Enviro Coverage Claim
• JPMorgan May Seek $400M From Ala. County Over Suit
• Red Zone Hits Cadwalader With $13M Malpractice Suit
• Founder's Death Puts Penthouse Suit On Hold
• Judge Greenlights Loehmann's Bankruptcy Exit
• Shareholders Try To Revive Barclays Subprime Suit
• Stan Lee Media Kept Out Of Comics Profits Fight
• Jennifer Convertibles Ch. 11 Plan Mostly Confirmed
• 2nd Circ. Backs Arbitration For Blue Fish OT Claims
• Noteholders Challenge $1.1B Dish Bid For DBSD
• Atheros Exec Settles With SEC In Galleon Trading Suit
• Ex-Controller Sues Gristede's For Wrongful Termination
• KeySpan Pact Highlights DOJ's Creative Thinking
• Moore, MF Global Want Manipulation Suit Tossed
• Morgan Keegan Sues Chestnut For $1M Exxon Deal Fee
• Diet Aid Seller Asks 2nd Circ. To Review $1.9M Award
• MDL Panel Won't Consolidate Infested Formula Actions
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Shell Human Rights Case
• Madoff Trustee Claims Mets Owners Owe Victims $300M
• Lyondell Ch. 11 Trust Settles Lead Claims For $8.7M
• Hughes Hubbard Nabs Weil Trade Co-Chair
• WexTrust Exec Cops To $255M Ponzi Scheme
• Twilight Film Distributor Seeks $10M From Blockbuster
• A Review Of 2010 Criminal Antitrust Enforcement
• SEC Adds Civil Charges To Expert Networking Probe
• NorthStar Hard Rock Foreclosure A Ploy, Lenders Say
• Mets' Owners Done Negotiating With Madoff Trustee
• NYC Objects To $38M 'Bonus' In 9/11 Settlement
• JPMorgan Knew Of Madoff Fraud, Trustee Says
• Northstar, Top Exec Settle Fraud Case For $11M
• Lehman Inks $6.6B Deal With German Affiliate
• Investors Sue BofA Over Foreclosure Foul-Ups
• Judge Gives Late Filers Shot At Claim Against Old GM
• NY AG Targets Six Online Cigarette Vendors With Suits
• Jones Day Raids Mayer Brown To Add 3 Finance Vets
• Hedge Funds Drive Porsche-VW Deal Case To 2nd Circ.
• Gowanus Superfund Site Could Pose Health Risk: EPA
• Luxe NYC Eateries Served Up FLSA Violations: Suit
• JPMorgan Whistleblower Asks To Keep Target Secret
• Money Manager Touting Royal Ties Pleads Guilty
• Evidence At Issue As Rajaratnam Case Nears Start
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Investor's Suit Over E&Y Merger Fraud
• Madoff Associate Fails To Block Investor Suits
• CareCore To Drop Radiologist Owners In NY AG Pact
• BASF Battles Lyondell Over $135M Award
• Bear Stearns Workers Again Fail To Split Suit From MDL
• Lehman Fights JPMorgan's Fraud Claims
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 1
• Mets Owners Fight To Keep Madoff Trustee Case Sealed
• NY Appeals Court Scraps $5.7B CDO Suit V. Merrill
• Citigroup Acquires EMI, Cuts $3.6B In Debt
• Chevron Accuses Ecuadoreans' Atty Of Extortion
• Judge Orders Rajaratnam To Give Wiretaps To SEC
• SEC Seeks Sanctions In McGinn Smith Fraud Case
• Probe Of BNY Mellon Halted In Basell Investor Suit
• Tourre Asks Court To Enforce RBS Subpoena
• Jackson Hewitt Sues H&R Block Over Ad Campaign
• Ex-New Castle Exec To Pay $3.5M In SEC's Galleon Suit
• Thoughts On The 2011 State Of The Union
• Funds' $617M In Madoff Losses Not Covered: Hartford
• Anadarko Reaches Deal With US On Tronox Docs
• Grand Wailea Owner Seeks Ch. 11 Amid Foreclosure
• Citgo To Fight $1.7M 7-Eleven Deal In MTBE Case
• Cuervo Breached Jim Beam Trademark Pact: Judge