http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Crowell & Moring Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132913 A judge has rejected a request by manufacturers including Honeywell International Inc., Wix Filtration Corp. and United Components Inc. to dismiss consolidated suits alleging price-fixing in the market for automotive filters under heightened pleading standards, saying the plaintiffs’ claims, which are based on eyewitness accounts, are more than sufficient to proceed in court. http://www.law360.com/articles/132913 http://www.law360.com/articles/132911 AT&T Inc. has completed its $944 million acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp. following conditional approval of the deal by the Federal Communications Commission, which demanded certain divestitures over competition concerns. http://www.law360.com/articles/132911 http://www.law360.com/articles/131982 Frustrated by Minnesota court injunctions that have barred the National Football League from suspending two players for taking a banned diuretic because the league's anti-steroid policy may not comply with state law, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pressed U.S. legislators to amend the Labor Management Relations Act to exempt collectively bargained employment policies from local statutes. http://www.law360.com/articles/131982 http://www.law360.com/articles/124117 Globalization has caused international contracts to become increasingly standardized, but there are still major regional differences that can serve as pitfalls for lawyers, according to experts from around the globe. http://www.law360.com/articles/124117 http://www.law360.com/articles/129961 A bill aimed at strengthening the trade enforcement efforts at U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been greeted with cautious optimism by trade lawyers, who say it has the potential to put a greater focus on trade at the agency, which now dedicates many of its resources to security issues. http://www.law360.com/articles/129961 http://www.law360.com/articles/130257 Crowell & Moring LLP has affirmed rumors of its continued westward expansion, announcing on Monday the addition of 29 new attorneys formerly of San Francisco litigation firm Folger Levin & Kahn LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/130257 http://www.law360.com/articles/129647 Legal experts are tipping their caps to Crowell & Moring LLP amid reports of rumors that it will merge with San Francisco, Calif.-based litigation firm Folger Levin & Kahn LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/129647 http://www.law360.com/articles/129525 Motorola Inc. has filed an antitrust suit against a slew of Asia-based liquid crystal display panel makers, including AU Optronics Corp., Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. and Sharp Electronics Corp., claiming they engaged in a long-running conspiracy to fix prices. http://www.law360.com/articles/129525 http://www.law360.com/articles/124708 The end of the U.S. embargo against Cuba will create a host of trade opportunities and challenges for American companies, but whether the decades-long trade restrictions will be lifted anytime soon is open to debate, lawyers say. http://www.law360.com/articles/124708 http://www.law360.com/articles/128957 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has revived a mass tort that accuses dozens of oil and chemical companies of adding to the ferocity of Hurricane Katrina through their emissions of greenhouse gases, a decision that comes less than a month after the Second Circuit breathed new life into a similar mass tort. http://www.law360.com/articles/128957 http://www.law360.com/articles/122676 One of the key questions confronting companies in the current constrained credit environment is what to do with a division that isn't performing up to snuff. For an increasing number of companies, attorneys said, the answer is entering into a joint venture — despite inherent complexity and the potential for increased antitrust scrutiny. http://www.law360.com/articles/122676 http://www.law360.com/articles/127344 Crowell & Moring LLP has bolstered its London office with the addition of mergers and acquisitions lawyer Joel Wheeler as a partner in the firm's corporate group. http://www.law360.com/articles/127344 http://www.law360.com/articles/127116 A Pennsylvania jury has handed Arlington Industries Inc. a $2.8 million willful infringement verdict in a patent infringement and breach of contract case Arlington first brought against Bridgeport Fittings Inc. more than eight years ago over steel adapters used in electrical junction boxes. http://www.law360.com/articles/127116 http://www.law360.com/articles/126610 Noting that a settlement has been reached, a federal judge has signed off on an order dismissing Miramax Film Corp.'s suit accusing two London-based film production companies of violating the terms of a contract stemming from the development of a movie based on Jane Austen's “Northanger Abbey.” http://www.law360.com/articles/126610 http://www.law360.com/articles/126772 Crowell & Moring LLP has asked its support service staff members to consider voluntary layoffs in exchange for six months' pay as the firm tries to narrow its nonattorney headcount. http://www.law360.com/articles/126772 http://www.law360.com/articles/126221 A California attorney has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and obstruction of justice after he lost the more than $2 million he had won for clients in a labor class action by day-trading it away on the stock market. http://www.law360.com/articles/126221 http://www.law360.com/articles/125465 NFL quarterback Michael Vick, who is back on the field after serving 18 months in prison on a dogfighting conviction, has agreed to pay at least $416,000 in restitution to a pension plan sponsored by his marketing company, MV7 LLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/125465 http://www.law360.com/articles/125646 A federal judge has ruled that BMW AG and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd. did not willfully infringe a patent held by Henrob Ltd. for riveting technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/125646 http://www.law360.com/articles/125226 Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC said Tuesday that it has hired former District of Columbia Attorney General Linda Singer and her former Chief of Staff Betsy Miller to lead its new public client practice group, which will help state attorneys general, nonprofits and unions in lawsuits on behalf of the public interest and focus on competition, consumer, employment and securities litigation. http://www.law360.com/articles/125226 http://www.law360.com/articles/124925 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking liquidation of entries of hand trucks from China, rejecting a U.S. producer's argument that the Chinese company failed to show the injunction was needed to prevent irreparable harm. http://www.law360.com/articles/124925