http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Drinker Biddle Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132971 The legal sector was not immune from October's grim unemployment numbers, shedding 5,800 jobs last month. http://www.law360.com/articles/132971 http://www.law360.com/articles/132418 Dickstein Shapiro LLP confirmed Wednesday that it will lay off 3 percent of associates and counsel and 10 percent of staff members in order to align itself with economic conditions and the “emerging legal services model.” http://www.law360.com/articles/132418 http://www.law360.com/articles/117476 Between Sarbanes-Oxley, the executive compensation disclosure rules, shareholder proxy access and so on, it is hard to imagine where further reform is needed at the moment, and it would be good for everyone to step back and evaluate what changes have actually improved investor protection, says Robert C. Juelke, vice chair of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP's corporate and securities group. http://www.law360.com/articles/117476 http://www.law360.com/articles/131699 A District of Columbia appeals court has kept a case against Motorola Inc., Verizon Wireless Inc., AT&T Corp. and others alive, reversing in part a lower court's decision to dismiss consolidated suits claiming older phones emitted dangerous amounts of radiation. http://www.law360.com/articles/131699 http://www.law360.com/articles/131677 A bankruptcy judge has approved Philadelphia Newspapers LLC's disclosure statement, but the news chain — which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and the Philly.com Web site — still faces a crucial appeal over whether bank creditors can bid for its assets based on credit they've already extended. http://www.law360.com/articles/131677 http://www.law360.com/articles/131577 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has reportedly laid off about 20 attorneys amid a transition from a year-based to a competency-based system of associate advancement. http://www.law360.com/articles/131577 http://www.law360.com/articles/130761 Business ownership disputes typically involve shareholders in closely held corporations, members of limited liability companies or joint ventures. The following mediation strategies have emerged through the time-tested process of trial and error, says Vincent E. Gentile of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/130761 http://www.law360.com/articles/129942 In addition to the learning curve in familiarizing sellers, buyers and lenders with new terminology and the loss of some familiar mechanisms, the Site Remediation Reform Act requires some new strategic thinking by parties to a transaction, say members of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP's environmental practice group. http://www.law360.com/articles/129942 http://www.law360.com/articles/130038 A U.S. dye importer has alleged in a suit that the U.S. government failed to liquidate anti-dumping duties assessed to a Chinese dye manufacturer, potentially leaving the importer open to an exponentially higher margin rate. http://www.law360.com/articles/130038 http://www.law360.com/articles/129196 Finding that the plaintiff forfeited her rights to have her case heard in federal court, a judge has dismissed a suit by a former American International Group Inc. compliance manager and one-time Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom LLP attorney accusing the company of retaliatory termination for blowing the whistle on a scheme to secure real estate asset management business using unlawful gifts. http://www.law360.com/articles/129196 http://www.law360.com/articles/127333 A federal jury has found that Eaton Corp. violated federal antitrust laws in the heavy-duty truck transmission market in a suit brought by two affiliates of rival ArvinMeritor Inc. alleging that they suffered injuries that could exceed $800 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/127333 http://www.law360.com/articles/126843 A group of lenders to bankrupt credit card processor Cynergy Data LLC has objected to $21 million in cure payments the company is proposing to transfer to Harris Bank NA, claiming the debtor is taking sides between creditors and the bank. http://www.law360.com/articles/126843 http://www.law360.com/articles/127028 Sprint Nextel Corp. has reached settlements in five separate lawsuits filed after the announcement of a proposed $483 million merger with Virgin Mobile USA Inc., which was announced in July, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/127028 http://www.law360.com/articles/126401 A judge has ruled that Sanofi-Aventis is bound to a settlement agreement it reached with Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in a patent infringement suit over generic versions of Sanofi’s popular colon cancer drug Eloxatin, even though it failed to sign the agreement. http://www.law360.com/articles/126401 http://www.law360.com/articles/126083 Two insurance companies have moved for summary judgment in a coverage dispute with MBIA Inc., saying they should not have to indemnify the bond insurer for all costs related to regulatory investigations and shareholder actions that alleged concealment of massive losses. http://www.law360.com/articles/126083 http://www.law360.com/articles/124388 The Catholic Church's recently issued Bishop Guidance and Papal Encyclical are significant because unions may translate what are only suggested guidelines by the church on employee organizing into pro-labor dogma. If Catholic health care providers fall prey to such a tactic, the result may prove disastrous, particularly for Catholic hospitals, say K. Bruce Stickler and Simona F. McConnell of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/124388 http://www.law360.com/articles/125254 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP’s new associate training program aims to make young lawyers more client-oriented and give them valuable business skills while simultaneously freeing them from billable hours requirements in their first year, the firm has announced. http://www.law360.com/articles/125254 http://www.law360.com/articles/124772 Plaintiffs are seeking to obtain class status in a multidistrict litigation accusing Pfizer Inc. and its Warner-Lambert Co. subsidiary of using patent litigation to postpone generic competition for epilepsy treatment Neurontin. http://www.law360.com/articles/124772 http://www.law360.com/articles/124552 A federal judge has granted final approval of a $15.1 million settlement to resolve multidistrict antitrust litigation accusing Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, Evonik Degussa Corp., Lucite International Inc. and Arkema Inc. of involvement in a conspiracy to fix and inflate the prices of methyl methacrylate and polymethyl methacrylate. http://www.law360.com/articles/124552 http://www.law360.com/articles/124009 New Jersey attorney Donna Whiteside has asked a federal judge to dismiss a negligence suit brought by an insurance company looking to hold her liable for a $31 million verdict against a county government that hired her to represent it in a wrongful injury case. http://www.law360.com/articles/124009