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/135462 An insider report claims that the new firm created by the merger between Hogan & Hartson LLP and Lovells LLP, set to be dubbed Hogan Lovells, will maintain two separate profit pools and two partnerships. http://www.law360.com/articles/135462 http://www.law360.com/articles/135354 A jury has convicted the ex-chairman of McKesson Corp. on several counts of securities fraud handed down in the wake of a $9 billion accounting scandal at the health care firm but has let the firm's former general counsel off the hook. http://www.law360.com/articles/135354 http://www.law360.com/articles/131597 Hogan & Hartson LLP's plans to join with the U.K.'s Lovells LLP has renewed interest in trans-Atlantic mergers on both sides of the pond, but law firms thinking of taking the plunge should expect challenges to meshing cultures and financial systems, consultants said. http://www.law360.com/articles/131597 http://www.law360.com/articles/131620 Russia's leaders have insisted that the country intends to join the World Trade Organization soon, drawing to a close an accession process that has dragged on for 16 years. Making that happen will mean ironing out some persistent issues between Russia and its trading partners, experts said, but should benefit both sides in the long run. http://www.law360.com/articles/131620 http://www.law360.com/articles/134827 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG has settled a suit it filed against Norbrook Laboratories Ltd. claiming the veterinary pharmaceutical company infringed a patent for Metacam when seeking approval for a generic version of the canine anti-inflammatory. http://www.law360.com/articles/134827 http://www.law360.com/articles/134805 Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is appealing its loss in a patent battle with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. over a generic version of the acid reflux drug Prevacid. http://www.law360.com/articles/134805 http://www.law360.com/articles/134303 A federal judge has tossed all claims against Hyundai Motor Co., and all but two state law claims against Hyundai Motor America, in a putative class action over allegedly defective subframes on Sonatas. http://www.law360.com/articles/134303 http://www.law360.com/articles/133192 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit will hear oral arguments Friday on whether a district court applied an incorrect standard of law and decided contested issues of fact against Omnicare Inc. in its suit alleging two health care companies violated antitrust law in Medicare contract negotiations. http://www.law360.com/articles/133192 http://www.law360.com/articles/133520 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. plans to begin marketing a generic version of the acid reflux drug Prevacid now that a federal judge has ruled in its favor in a patent battle with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. http://www.law360.com/articles/133520 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