Gibson Dunn

1. Broidy Can't Halt $1.3M Fee Dispute With Gibson Dunn

Friday, Mar 19, 2010

Former Markstone LP partner and convicted felon Elliott Broidy has lost a bid to halt arbitration in a dispute with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP over $1.3 million in legal fees related to a pay-to-play probe of the New York State Common Retirement Fund.

2. 7th Circ. Upholds UAW Win In Boeing Pension Spat

Friday, Mar 19, 2010

You made your collective bargaining agreement, now lie in it, a federal appeals court has told Boeing Co., denying the company's request to toss an arbitration decision that reinstated pensions and health care benefits for some workers.

3. After $106M Patent Win, VirnetX Sues Microsoft Again

Friday, Mar 19, 2010

On the heels of winning a $106 million jury verdict against Microsoft Corp. in a suit claiming the software giant's operating systems infringe two of its patents, VirnetX Inc. has launched a new suit alleging Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system infringes the same patents for securing communications over the Internet.

4. Ecuadoreans Appeal Arbitration Move In Chevron Spat

Thursday, Mar 18, 2010

Ecuadorean indigenous groups seeking $27 billion in environmental damages from Chevron Corp. have appealed a federal judge's recent decision allowing the oil giant to take the long-running case to arbitration.

5. Fleetwood Trustee Fights Pachulski's $1.5M Bill

Thursday, Mar 18, 2010

The U.S. trustee in the Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. bankruptcy has issued a scathing objection to a more than $1.5 million legal tab from Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, saying the firm billed for excessive clerical expenses and unexplained business meals.

6. Dismissal Of FINRA Merger Class Actions Appealed

Thursday, Mar 18, 2010

Plaintiffs in a pair of putative class actions alleging misrepresentations about the merger that created the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority have appealed the dismissal of their suits.

7. McShares Booted From Peroxide Price-Fixing MDL

Thursday, Mar 18, 2010

A federal judge has dismissed chemical company McShares Inc.'s complaint from multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing by hydrogen peroxide manufacturers, ruling that McShares' claims were time-barred.

8. Subprime Action Against Canadian Imperial Bank Nixed

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010

A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a putative class action accusing Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and its executives of misleading investors about the bank's exposure to fixed-income securities backed by subprime residential mortgages.

9. Asarco Fights Barclays $9.2M 'Discretionary' Fee Bid

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010

Asarco LLC has objected to the $9.2 million “discretionary” fee Barclays Capital PLC is seeking on top of the $13.6 million ordinary fee it earned for its role as a financial adviser during the bankruptcy.

10. Microsoft Hit With $106M Verdict Over Online Security IP

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010

A federal jury has found that Microsoft Corp. should fork over nearly $106 million for infringing two VirnetX Holding Corp. patents for securing communications over the Internet.

11. US Seeks Remand Of DOC Antiseptic Chemical Ruling

Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010

Echoing similar challenges levied by Chinese and domestic manufacturers, the U.S. government has requested that the byproduct offset calculations in the U.S. Department of Commerce's revised rate determination for chlorinated isocyanurates be remanded to the agency for reconsideration.

12. Korean Rubber Co. Loses Bid To Revive Antitrust Suit

Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.'s antitrust case accusing a Solutia Inc. subsidiary of trying to keep the company out of the U.S. market for rubber and plastics.

13. Intel Wants Derivative Suit Over Antitrust Claims Axed

Monday, Mar 15, 2010

Intel Corp. and current and former company board members are seeking to dismiss a shareholder derivative suit claiming they failed to stop anti-competitive business practices that led to billions in fines and settlements.

14. EHarmony Fights Class Certification In Contract Suit

Monday, Mar 15, 2010

EHarmony.com Inc. has asked a judge not to certify a proposed class of plaintiffs who allege the online dating service matches users up with others who have left the service and can't be contacted, in breach of its user agreements.

15. Credit Suisse Securities Suit Still In Play

Friday, Mar 12, 2010

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a class action against Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, ruling that there is enough evidence to show that the Swiss investment bank issued misleading documents in an offering of IndyMac Bancorp Inc. mortgage-backed securities in 2006.

16. HP Wants Court To Toss Cursor Problem Class Action

Friday, Mar 12, 2010

Hewlett-Packard Co. has asked a federal court to toss a proposed nationwide class action over alleged cursor problems with its tablet computers, saying the plaintiffs have read too much into its limited warranties.

17. Gibson Dunn Catches Mayer Brown Antitrust Star

Friday, Mar 12, 2010

Boosting its antitrust and competition practice, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has snagged a Mayer Brown LLP partner and former veteran of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition to join its Brussels office.

18. Aetna Group Life Insurance Suit Stalls In 9th Circ.

Friday, Mar 12, 2010

A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a class action that sought to recover premiums paid to Aetna Life Insurance Co. for group life insurance policies that allegedly did not exist.

19. Metabolite, LabCorp Royalties Spat Sent To 10th Circ.

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has bumped to a sister court Metabolite Laboratories Inc.’s quest for further royalties from Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings over vitamin deficiency tests, holding that the claims involve breach of a licensing agreement and not patent issues.

20. Chevron, Ecuador Dispute Can Be Arbitrated: Judge

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

A federal judge has cleared the way for Chevron Corp. to proceed with an international arbitration dispute with Ecuador stemming from an Ecuadorean suit that alleges the oil giant owes $27 billion for environmental damage in the Amazon.