http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: General Electric Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135427 MvuInvestors LLC has appealed its recent loss to General Electric Co. unit GE Healthcare in their dispute over GE’s aborted deal to acquire Mvu’s MRI technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/135427 http://www.law360.com/articles/135447 The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to extend its target date for completion of an investigation into whether variable-speed wind turbine parts imported by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. infringe two General Electric Co. patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/135447 http://www.law360.com/articles/134519 General Electric Co. and Hospital Systems Corp., a subsidiary of patent-holding company Acacia Research Corp., have struck a deal to end GE's involvement in a lawsuit HSC brought against it and several other companies over two patents that cover a system for storing and accessing medical images. http://www.law360.com/articles/134519 http://www.law360.com/articles/133844 United Technologies Corp. said Thursday it had snapped up General Electric Co.’s fire detection and electronic security unit for $1.82 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/133844 http://www.law360.com/articles/133817 General Electric Capital Corp. is asking a federal court to award it nearly $6 million in damages after beefing up its complaint against the head of several crane management companies that defaulted on three promissory notes and a lease agreement. http://www.law360.com/articles/133817 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/133371 Plaintiffs in a proposed class action have accused General Electric Co. of selling microwave ovens that it knows are at risk of starting on their own volition, causing a fire hazard. http://www.law360.com/articles/133371 http://www.law360.com/articles/133216 Reports that Comcast Corp. and General Electric Co. are close to a deal that would give Comcast a significant stake in NBC Universal — and its array of broadcast networks and cable channels — have sparked a debate about the regulatory hurdles the transaction could face. http://www.law360.com/articles/133216 http://www.law360.com/articles/132909 The U.S. Senate has confirmed Ignacia S. Moreno, former counsel of corporate environmental programs at General Electric Co., as the assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division. http://www.law360.com/articles/132909 http://www.law360.com/articles/131683 A group of cable television subscribers is appealing the dismissal of a putative antitrust class action against a slew of major television programmers and cable providers — including NBC Universal Inc. and Comcast Corp. — that alleged the companies bundled programming and overcharged customers. http://www.law360.com/articles/131683 http://www.law360.com/articles/131290 A federal judge has refused to reverse an earlier decision that General Electric Co. arranged for waste disposal in New Hampshire in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on arranger liability, which GE had argued should absolve it of liability in the U.S. government's $9 million cleanup of the disposal site. http://www.law360.com/articles/131290 http://www.law360.com/articles/129823 General Electric Co. is reportedly calling for a multilateral trade agreement that would facilitate trade in environmental goods and services, saying such a deal is crucial to combat global warming. http://www.law360.com/articles/129823 http://www.law360.com/articles/129880 In a split decision, Pennsylvania's high court has ruled that two individuals who sued over asbestos-related increased risk of cancer claims and settled with several companies in 1993 can go forward with lawsuits against a new defendant for claims arising out of the actual cancer diagnosis. http://www.law360.com/articles/129880 http://www.law360.com/articles/129580 Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP has announced plans to hold a $200 million initial public offering for gun and ammunition maker Freedom Group Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/129580 http://www.law360.com/articles/129384 Airbus SAS and several suppliers have been hit with a lawsuit by the relatives of eight victims of Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in June on its way from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people on board. http://www.law360.com/articles/129384 http://www.law360.com/articles/128892 With counterfeit imports costing businesses as much as $1 trillion each year and regulatory uncertainty slowing cross-border traffic, a panel of trade authorities has urged the U.S. Senate Finance Committee to give U.S. customs agents new tools to promote trade facilitation and enforcement. http://www.law360.com/articles/128892 http://www.law360.com/articles/128999 General Electric Co. and SonoSite Inc. have worked out a $21 million settlement and a royalty deal in their dispute over a SonoSite patent for lightweight ultrasound machines, resolving litigation in Wisconsin and Germany, as well as a federal appeals court. http://www.law360.com/articles/128999 http://www.law360.com/articles/127701 A judge has dismissed two claims from a lawsuit filed by CSX Transportation Inc. seeking to put General Electric Co. on the hook for liability costs in connection with a freight train derailment. http://www.law360.com/articles/127701 http://www.law360.com/articles/127773 More than 40 plaintiffs have agreed to dismiss their claims against Honeywell International Inc. and Nitro Industrial Coverings Inc. in multidistrict litigation accusing hundreds of companies of exposing consumers to products that allegedly caused their asbestos-related personal injuries. http://www.law360.com/articles/127773 http://www.law360.com/articles/127509 An appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a massive wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a deadly 2005 West Caribbean Airways SA flight that crashed in Venezuela and killed all 160 people aboard. http://www.law360.com/articles/127509