http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Gordon & Rees Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135376 A California appeals court has affirmed a ruling in favor of steam power components manufacturer Leslie Controls Inc. in an asbestos product liability suit brought by a former U.S. Navy machinist, finding upon reconsideration that the outcome of a similar case did not affect its conclusion that the parts maker was not subject to strict liability. http://www.law360.com/articles/135376 http://www.law360.com/articles/134604 Puma North America Inc. has agreed to settle a collective action alleging the shoemaker violated federal labor law by failing to pay nearly $351,000 in wages on time to hundreds of employees, despite moving to decertify the conditionally approved class in late October. http://www.law360.com/articles/134604 http://www.law360.com/articles/129320 Puma North America Inc. is trying to decertify a putative collective action alleging the shoemaker violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay hundreds of employees their wages on time. http://www.law360.com/articles/129320 http://www.law360.com/articles/124922 A California appeals court has reversed a verdict against steam power components manufacturer Leslie Controls Inc. in an asbestos exposure case brought by a former U.S. Navy senior chief machinist’s mate, ruling that the evidence did not support findings of strict liability against the parts maker under state law. http://www.law360.com/articles/124922 http://www.law360.com/articles/120869 Online auction business Bidz.com Inc. has asked a court to impose sanctions on a consumer who accused the company of misrepresenting the quality of its wares and using computer-generated “shill” bidders to drive up prices, saying the allegations are false and have likely damaged Bidz.com’s image. http://www.law360.com/articles/120869 http://www.law360.com/articles/119716 A federal appeals court has found that an online activities exclusion does not bar defense coverage for America Online Inc. and its subsidiary Netscape Communications Corp. in lawsuits alleging violations of Internet users’ privacy, reversing a ruling in favor of St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co. http://www.law360.com/articles/119716 http://www.law360.com/articles/110811 A federal court has rejected all of a warehouse worker’s claims accusing Exide Technologies and his manager of subjecting him to discrimination and harassment based on his Greek origin and his perceived sexual orientation. http://www.law360.com/articles/110811 http://www.law360.com/articles/109474 A federal judge has thrown out the lone remaining claim in a product liability lawsuit brought by a man who was partially blinded during a stent procedure in which Abbott Laboratories' blood clot-capturing Acculink system failed to prevent a stroke. http://www.law360.com/articles/109474 http://www.law360.com/articles/102961 A federal judge has granted partial summary judgment to a now-bankrupt former employee of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC who alleges that Prudential Insurance Company of America wrongly denied her claim for long-term disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/102961 http://www.law360.com/articles/102489 Finding his practice area crossover experience in demand, real estate and bankruptcy partner Phillip K. Wang has joined the San Francisco office of Duane Morris LLP from West Cost regional firm Gordon & Rees LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/102489 http://www.law360.com/articles/102565 A federal judge has sided primarily with Jaco Environmental Inc. regarding its bid for summary judgment in a breach of contract case brought by the refrigerator recycling company against American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. over its alleged failure to defend the company against a rival's patent infringement suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/102565 http://www.law360.com/articles/94790 Life Technologies Corp. has struck a deal to resolve its infringement suit against General Electric Co. and several GE health care units over a patent covering DNA amplification kits; however, a separate Life Technologies suit against GE over six patents related to reverse transcriptase enzyme kits continues. http://www.law360.com/articles/94790 http://www.law360.com/articles/93234 The judge overseeing consolidated litigation over allegations of anti-competitive conduct in the market for processed tomato products has tapped Hausfeld LLP and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP to serve as co-lead interim counsel. http://www.law360.com/articles/93234 http://www.law360.com/articles/91963 More than three years after ordering arbitration, a federal judge has signed off on the stipulated dismissal of the three remaining reinsurers — including Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London — from a suit brought by a medical malpractice insurer seeking to compel more than $10 million in coverage for a 2004 settlement. http://www.law360.com/articles/91963 http://www.law360.com/articles/91473 A federal judge has consolidated four putative class action suits over alleged anti-competitive conduct in the processed tomato market for pretrial purposes but deferred a decision on complete consolidation until more information is available, and held that a fifth case was distinct enough to make consolidation inappropriate. http://www.law360.com/articles/91473 http://www.law360.com/articles/90774 Finding that several insurers were correct in denying coverage for remedial actions following a gas pipeline explosion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has affirmed a ruling against natural gas transmission company MarkWest Energy Partners LP, which had sued Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Ace American Insurance Co. and others for alleged breach of contract and bad faith. http://www.law360.com/articles/90774 http://www.law360.com/articles/89376 Refrigerator recycling company Jaco Environmental Inc. has asked a judge to grant partial summary judgment for breach of contract claims in a case it brought against American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. to try to recoup defense costs in a rival's patent infringement suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/89376 http://www.law360.com/articles/84238 A lawsuit accusing Wyeth Inc. of failing to warn that a generic equivalent of its anti-heartburn medicine Reglan could cause an incurable muscular disorder could expose manufacturers to increased liability if the boundaries of “pioneer liability” claims continue to expand, lawyers following the case say. http://www.law360.com/articles/84238 http://www.law360.com/articles/84845 Intellectual property firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP has settled a former legal secretary's suit alleging that the firm owed her money under a long-term disability claim regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/84845 http://www.law360.com/articles/82702 Baker & McKenzie, Hunton & Williams, Beveridge & Diamond and King & Spalding boast the largest environmental practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac. http://www.law360.com/articles/82702