http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Hogan & Hartson Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ 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/132788 Aruba Networks Inc. said Friday that it would pay $19.75 million to settle a patent dispute with Motorola Inc. and three of its subsidiaries over wireless networking technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/132788 http://www.law360.com/articles/120828 Only one of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices has had any significant trial practice experience. As a result, the court tends to theorize in highly impractical ways when it confronts procedural issues in litigation, says Luther T. Munford, a partner at Phelps Dunbar LLP who specializes in appellate law. http://www.law360.com/articles/120828 http://www.law360.com/articles/132294 U.S. Department of Justice attorneys have sharply criticized a judge in the Court of International Trade in two disputes over aid under the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, saying that the judge is wrongly trying to get them to disclose confidential Department of Labor records by threatening sanctions. http://www.law360.com/articles/132294 http://www.law360.com/articles/132305 The former chief enforcer at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has landed at Hogan & Hartson LLP's Washington office. http://www.law360.com/articles/132305 http://www.law360.com/articles/131935 The Black & Decker Corp. and The Stanley Works have agreed to merge into an $8.4 billion company as part of an all-out stock deal worth about $4.5 billion, the tool companies said Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/131935 http://www.law360.com/articles/131624 Reviving the Super 301 procedures of U.S. trade law would give Congress a stronger voice on trade issues and could lead to more trade enforcement actions against China and other countries, but the move would likely not be welcomed by either the administration or U.S. trading partners, lawyers said. http://www.law360.com/articles/131624 http://www.law360.com/articles/131029 EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has expressed satisfaction with the recently concluded Online Roundtable on Music, noting it was the first time players from various parts of the online music distribution market had agreed on a common road map. Yet a question remains as to whether development will be fast enough, say Winston Maxwell, Suzanne Rab and Daphne Monnoyeur of Hogan & Hartson LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/131029 http://www.law360.com/articles/124429 If the recent trade tensions between the U.S. and China escalate into a full-scale conflict, not only American and Chinese companies but also their suppliers and competitors in other countries may be affected, international trade lawyers say. http://www.law360.com/articles/124429 http://www.law360.com/articles/131145 Following rumors of a partnership in the works, Lovells LLP and Hogan & Hartson LLP confirmed Thursday plans to combine and form a 2,500-attorney international megafirm. http://www.law360.com/articles/131145 http://www.law360.com/articles/131009 As talk continues over a possible merger between Washington-based Hogan & Hartson LLP and the U.K.'s Lovells, legal experts say the deal, if it happens, may put pressure on other U.S. firms to consider similar marriages. http://www.law360.com/articles/131009 http://www.law360.com/articles/130362 A judge has lifted an injunction exempting bottled water products from New York’s 5-cent recyclable deposit law, which was put in place as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the state by a number of water bottlers, in a move that could bring millions of dollars of revenue into the state’s coffers. http://www.law360.com/articles/130362 http://www.law360.com/articles/129691 New York's highest court has determined that two excess insurers are not required to provide coverage to Pepper Hamilton LLP for legal actions stemming from a client's fraud, saying the law firm was obligated to inform the insurers about the possibility of the lawsuits before the policies were issued. http://www.law360.com/articles/129691 http://www.law360.com/articles/129692 A federal appeals court on Wednesday chipped away at a $14.6 million restitution award granted to Republic Savings Bank FSB in a contract dispute with the government stemming from a merger that took place during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. http://www.law360.com/articles/129692 http://www.law360.com/articles/129549 A federal judge has allowed a bottled water industry association to move ahead with an unfair competition lawsuit against Eco Canteen Inc. over its ad campaign claiming that plastic water bottles contain toxins, rebuffing the stainless steel bottle manufacturer's bid to force the dispute into arbitration. http://www.law360.com/articles/129549 http://www.law360.com/articles/129402 Baker & Hostetler LLP has continued the expansion of its New York office, announcing the addition Tuesday of four securities litigators: partners Mark A. Kornfeld, Deborah H. Renner and Gonzalo S. Zeballos, and counsel Timothy Pfeifer. http://www.law360.com/articles/129402 http://www.law360.com/articles/129186 Red Bull GmbH has settled its gray market lawsuit against Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Lamont Distributors Inc. as the Austrian energy drink giant presses its campaign against companies that it says peddle products not intended for sale in the United States. http://www.law360.com/articles/129186 http://www.law360.com/articles/128671 Reassuring the secondary loan market, the New York Court of Appeals has issued a ruling clarifying the limits of the state's arcane champerty law, ruling that the age-old law with roots in medieval Europe was not designed to curb the ability of buyers of distressed debt to enforce their rights through litigation and collect on a legitimate claim. http://www.law360.com/articles/128671 http://www.law360.com/articles/128333 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently submitted to the Congress four proposed bills outlining the regime for future exploration and production rights in the country’s behemoth offshore pre-salt cluster. The proposals will be instrumental in understanding the potential benefits and challenges of implementing the world’s next great petroleum play, say Keith D. Larson and Claudette M. Christian of Hogan & Hartson LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/128333 http://www.law360.com/articles/128405 LG Electronics Inc.'s patent infringement suit against Funai Electric Co. Ltd. has been stayed in federal court as the parties await a related ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which agreed to investigate whether digital displays manufactured by Funai and Vizio Inc. infringe three LG patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/128405