http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Holland & Knight Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132692 For the second time this year, Goodwin Procter LLP has turned to layoffs in the sluggish economy — terminating 21 associates and 34 staff members. http://www.law360.com/articles/132692 http://www.law360.com/articles/132564 A small cadre of Fowler White Boggs PA attorneys — including shareholder Burton Wiand — has broken off to start its own securities and complex litigation boutique in Tampa, Fla. http://www.law360.com/articles/132564 http://www.law360.com/articles/132443 Massachusetts' highest court held Wednesday that Hitachi High Technologies America Inc.’s suit seeking to recover retirement benefits it accidentally overpaid to a former employee plus interest was preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/132443 http://www.law360.com/articles/132261 Nestle Waters North America Inc. has failed in its appeals court challenge to a jury finding that it breached an oral agreement with a Florida transport company and owed more than $540,000 in damages. http://www.law360.com/articles/132261 http://www.law360.com/articles/131898 The John Steinbeck copyright feud may be far from over, but the author's heirs and publisher Penguin Group (USA) Inc. have agreed to temporarily stay their battle over rights connected to novella “The Pearl” until the fight over an underlying termination notice is resolved. http://www.law360.com/articles/131898 http://www.law360.com/articles/131234 Atser Research Technologies Inc., the plaintiff in an infringement suit over a patent covering a method for collecting construction data, has asked a federal judge to reconsider a decision that Atser owes defendant Raba-Kistner Infrastructure Inc. attorneys' fees due to litigation misconduct. http://www.law360.com/articles/131234 http://www.law360.com/articles/130828 Retailer ICG America Inc. asked for sanctions Tuesday in its trademark suit against Wine of the Month Club Inc. alleging the phrase "wine of the month club" is generic, seeking legal costs for a racketeering counterclaim. http://www.law360.com/articles/130828 http://www.law360.com/articles/130524 A federal judge overseeing an infringement suit related to a patent on a method for collecting construction data has deemed the case exceptional after finding evidence of litigation misconduct by plaintiff Atser Research Technologies Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/130524 http://www.law360.com/articles/130060 After years of failed arbitration, Holland & Knight LLP has settled with a former partner who claimed that his partnership agreement was violated and that he is owed benefits stemming from his 2002 termination. http://www.law360.com/articles/130060 http://www.law360.com/articles/129994 In a strategic bid to increase the breadth of its business capabilities, Internet exchange service provider Equinix Inc. has reached a deal to purchase leading data center operator Switch & Data Facilities Co. in a cash-and-stock deal totaling $689 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/129994 http://www.law360.com/articles/129589 Holland & Knight LLP is seeking to dismiss a malpractice suit connected to the firm's representation of alleged Ponzi schemer Arthur Nadel, arguing that the plaintiffs are unfairly trying to "pass the buck" for their own fraudulent conduct. http://www.law360.com/articles/129589 http://www.law360.com/articles/128675 The U.S. Supreme Court may have denied writ of certiorari, but the epic copyright battle over John Steinbeck's works continued as lawyers faced off Thursday over rights connected to “The Pearl.” http://www.law360.com/articles/128675 http://www.law360.com/articles/127331 The relaxation of certain restrictions may present business opportunities to some companies, and greatly expand the ability of Cuban-Americans to visit and support their relatives in Cuba. However, careful review of these new regulations is advisable, says Jonathan Epstein of Holland & Knight LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/127331 http://www.law360.com/articles/127070 Holland & Knight LLP has added Steven D'Alessandro, a veteran government prosecutor and former assistant U.S. attorney from the Eastern District of New York, as a partner in its New York office's litigation practice group. http://www.law360.com/articles/127070 http://www.law360.com/articles/127269 The receiver appointed to marshal the assets of alleged Ponzi schemer Arthur Nadel has blasted Holland & Knight LLP for removing his malpractice suit against the firm to federal court, saying the move was a delay tactic without legal justification. http://www.law360.com/articles/127269 http://www.law360.com/articles/125954 While plenty of leading law firms have frozen or slashed associate salaries amid the current recession, just as many have remained dedicated to the status quo — a devotion that may be rooted more in ego than loyalty, some experts say. http://www.law360.com/articles/125954 http://www.law360.com/articles/123693 A federal judge has dealt a setback to a proposed securities class action alleging Pegasus Wireless Corp. was part of a pump-and-dump scheme that artificially inflated its stock prices, dismissing the remaining individual defendants in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/123693 http://www.law360.com/articles/123200 Century Indemnity Co. is asking a federal judge to compel Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. to help cover a portion of the $6 million that Century paid to defend Emhart Industries Inc. in an environmental cleanup action related to dioxin contamination at a manufacturing site. http://www.law360.com/articles/123200 http://www.law360.com/articles/122859 Science Applications International Corp. will have to pay the U.S. government a $6.5 million judgment for misrepresenting business relationships in order to secure contracts and payment from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission after a federal judge denied the company's bid for a new trial and lifted a stay of execution Sept. 14. http://www.law360.com/articles/122859 http://www.law360.com/articles/122078 A number of law firms earned high marks in a Human Rights Campaign Foundation survey that rated more than 590 businesses on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workplace benefits and policies, with 43 percent of the 200 largest firms in the U.S. receiving a perfect score for their LGBT-friendly practices. http://www.law360.com/articles/122078