http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Deutsche Bank Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/134897 A group of consumers is hoping to get a breach of contract and antitrust class action certified against American Home Mortgage Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. and Wells Fargo Bank over securitized adjustable rate mortgages. http://www.law360.com/articles/134897 http://www.law360.com/articles/134700 The Federal Reserve Bank of New York failed to use its “considerable leverage” in negotiations in fall 2008 to reduce the amount of money it spent to help American International Group Inc. stay alive, according to a report assessing the U.S. government's involvement in the bailout. http://www.law360.com/articles/134700 http://www.law360.com/articles/134394 Complaining that the response deadlines are too draconian, U.S. Bank NA, Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., a consortium of energy investment funds and others have objected to sweeping document requests made by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. as it attempts to assemble a confirmable Chapter 11 exit plan. http://www.law360.com/articles/134394 http://www.law360.com/articles/134433 Devon Energy Corp. announced Monday that it will divest its Gulf of Mexico and international assets in an effort to focus on its U.S. and Canadian onshore portfolio. http://www.law360.com/articles/134433 http://www.law360.com/articles/134290 With lenders' blessing, U.S. mattress manufacturer Simmons Bedding Co. entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, aiming for a speedy turnaround under a plan that would halve its debt and, for $760 million, transfer ownership to equity investors who also control the maker of rival mattress line Serta. http://www.law360.com/articles/134290 http://www.law360.com/articles/134085 Former Refco Inc. auditor Grant Thornton LLP and outside counsel Mayer Brown LLP have moved for a second time to dismiss a fraud lawsuit brought by the trustee overseeing Refco Inc.’s bankruptcy proceedings in response to allegations that they knew about the financial firm’s massive fraud scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/134085 http://www.law360.com/articles/133646 Plaintiffs who sued Internet phone provider Vonage Holdings Corp. over alleged misstatements and omissions leading up to Vonage's 2006 initial public offering have asked a federal judge for final approval of a $3.6 million class action settlement. http://www.law360.com/articles/133646 http://www.law360.com/articles/133599 Independent lenders of bankrupt Station Casinos Inc. are objecting to an extension of the company's exclusivity period, arguing the casino operator is using exclusivity to block plan alternatives it does not like. http://www.law360.com/articles/133599 http://www.law360.com/articles/133326 Technology giant Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it would sell off three series of senior unsecured notes for an aggregate principal amount of $5 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/133326 http://www.law360.com/articles/132757 A judge has tossed all claims against Constar International Inc., citing its filing for Chapter 11 protection, in a consolidated securities fraud class action alleging the plastic container maker and several financial firms made misleading statements to investors about Constar's 2002 initial public offering. http://www.law360.com/articles/132757 http://www.law360.com/articles/132593 Investment firm TPG Capital LP and Canada-based pension manager CPP Investment Board will acquire IMS Health Inc., a provider of market intelligence to the health care and pharmaceutical industries, in a leveraged buyout deal valued at $5.2 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/132593 http://www.law360.com/articles/131868 Cooley Godward Kronish LLP has snagged Babak Yaghmaie — former head of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's venture capital practice — for its business and technology group. http://www.law360.com/articles/131868 http://www.law360.com/articles/132030 Windstream Corp. will acquire rural broadband provider NuVox Inc. for $643 million in a cash-and-stock deal, the companies announced Tuesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/132030 http://www.law360.com/articles/131494 Bankrupt Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.’s attempt to line up $25 million in debtor-in-possession financing has rubbed Sovereign Bank the wrong way, prompting the prepetition lender to question the effects the arrangement will have on the bank’s liens and the standing of its claims. http://www.law360.com/articles/131494 http://www.law360.com/articles/131409 A federal appeals court has upheld the certification of a securities class action claiming that Constar International Inc. and several financial firms misled investors about the plastic container manufacturer’s 2002 initial public offering by touting the company as strong and competitive when its business was allegedly deteriorating. http://www.law360.com/articles/131409 http://www.law360.com/articles/131323 A wary bankruptcy judge on Thursday preliminarily approved a disclosure statement in fraud-ridden hedge fund Bayou Group LLC's Chapter 11 case, going over the 85-page document with a fine-tooth comb and putting off challenges to a contemplated dual trusteeship and to attorneys' fees requests until a confirmation hearing. http://www.law360.com/articles/131323 http://www.law360.com/articles/131073 Deutsche Bank AG will acquire Luxembourg-based private banking group Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. SCA for €1 billion ($1.47 billion), the global investment bank said Wednesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/131073 http://www.law360.com/articles/130942 A judge has allowed credit default swap contract holder LaCrosse Financial Products LLC to claim $16.2 million in funds set aside from Sagittarius CDO I Ltd., a collateralized debt obligation entity administered by Deutsche Bank Trust Co. that invested in troubled mortgage-backed securities and has since been liquidated. http://www.law360.com/articles/130942 http://www.law360.com/articles/130454 Ropes & Gray LLP's new London-based private equity and debt practice has added former White & Case LLP partner Jonathan Bloom. http://www.law360.com/articles/130454 http://www.law360.com/articles/130367 A bankruptcy court judge has given Deutsche Bank AG a green light to begin probing the paper trail behind the bankruptcy of Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. in response to Deutsche Bank’s fears that it may lose more money to the fallen mortgage lender than first thought. http://www.law360.com/articles/130367