http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Howrey Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/131130 With health care and climate change legislation, a global recession, and the war in Afghanistan, a financial regulatory overhaul has been slower than some expected, but Congress is moving forward on a sweeping financial reform package, and observers say some segments could soon be signed by President Barack Obama. http://www.law360.com/articles/131130 http://www.law360.com/articles/132913 A judge has rejected a request by manufacturers including Honeywell International Inc., Wix Filtration Corp. and United Components Inc. to dismiss consolidated suits alleging price-fixing in the market for automotive filters under heightened pleading standards, saying the plaintiffs’ claims, which are based on eyewitness accounts, are more than sufficient to proceed in court. http://www.law360.com/articles/132913 http://www.law360.com/articles/131602 The health care bill proposed last month in the U.S. House of Representatives would give the Federal Trade Commission new authority to study competition in the health insurance industry — but antitrust attorneys say that won't necessarily lead to new regulations or tougher enforcement. http://www.law360.com/articles/131602 http://www.law360.com/articles/132333 Days after a federal court jury affirmed the validity of three patents held by Streck Inc. for substances used to test hematology instruments, a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office panel reached the opposite conclusion, finding that Research & Diagnostic Systems Inc., which Streck had sued for infringement, invented the technology at issue first. http://www.law360.com/articles/132333 http://www.law360.com/articles/132181 Dairy farmers who brought a multidistrict lawsuit over alleged anti-competitive practices in the milk industry have won over a federal judge, who agreed to a protective order modification that would allow access to some sealed documents. http://www.law360.com/articles/132181 http://www.law360.com/articles/131857 A jury has affirmed the validity of three of Streck Inc.'s patents for substances used to test hematology instruments, handing a victory to Streck in its infringement suit against Research & Diagnostic Systems Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/131857 http://www.law360.com/articles/131923 Grant Thornton LLP has won dismissal with prejudice of a class action alleging it helped iMergent Inc. engage in fraudulent accounting that cost investors millions when the company was forced to restate several years' worth of earnings in 2005. http://www.law360.com/articles/131923 http://www.law360.com/articles/131636 Implicit Networks Inc. and RealNetworks Inc. have ended a dispute over patents for interpreting electronic data packets that started when Implicit accused a slew of video giants of infringing the technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/131636 http://www.law360.com/articles/131711 A group of consumers has asked a federal judge to certify three classes — each of which would purportedly consist of at least 10,000 people — in a lawsuit accusing Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Zoller Laboratories LLC and others of making fraudulent claims about weight loss products Zantrex-3 and Akavar 20/50. http://www.law360.com/articles/131711 http://www.law360.com/articles/131650 Casio Computer Co. Ltd., one of dozens of technology companies named in an infringement suit over patents related to digital transmission and wireless communications, has reached a deal with patent-holding company SPH America Inc. and been dismissed from the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/131650 http://www.law360.com/articles/131577 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has reportedly laid off about 20 attorneys amid a transition from a year-based to a competency-based system of associate advancement. http://www.law360.com/articles/131577 http://www.law360.com/articles/131483 Merck & Co.’s proposed $41.1 billion acquisition of Schering-Plough Corp. has gained approval from U.S. antitrust regulators on the condition that both companies shed certain assets. http://www.law360.com/articles/131483 http://www.law360.com/articles/131204 The Federal Trade Commission will have the authority to investigate anti-competitive practices in the health insurance industry without congressional approval under the U.S. House of Representatives' proposed health care bill, according to a news report Thursday. http://www.law360.com/articles/131204 http://www.law360.com/articles/130560 The five high-powered firms to which Thelen LLP's partners defected effectively purchased the now-defunct firm's business and are therefore liable to its laid-off employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the ex-staffers have argued. http://www.law360.com/articles/130560 http://www.law360.com/articles/130360 Wyeth Inc. and Cordis Corp. have asked a judge to dismiss or transfer a declaratory judgment suit filed by Boston Scientific Corp. in a fight over a patent related to drug coatings in stents, saying a suit they filed earlier elsewhere should take precedence. http://www.law360.com/articles/130360 http://www.law360.com/articles/130204 Four online retailers and intervenor Microsoft Corp. have settled claims with a patent holder that accused the firms of infringing three patents relating to Internet catalogs and remote data storage. http://www.law360.com/articles/130204 http://www.law360.com/articles/130178 Software companies Symantec Corp. and StorageCraft Technology Corp. have settled two lawsuits accusing each other of stealing trade secrets, a dispute that began after StorageCraft entered into a license agreement with a company that Symantec later bought for $150 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/130178 http://www.law360.com/articles/129825 While the White House declined to come out in favor of proposed legislation that would end a decades-old antitrust exemption for health and medical malpractice insurers in a press briefing Thursday, competition experts questioned whether the bills would have much practical effect on insurers and federal antitrust enforcement. http://www.law360.com/articles/129825 http://www.law360.com/articles/129559 After meeting with Bernard Madoff in his North Carolina prison, attorneys for a group of investors suing his family members and associates for their allegedly conspiratorial roles in the infamous multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme have lodged new accusations against major U.S. and U.K. financial institutions and investment groups that allegedly shepherded investors into the massive fraud. http://www.law360.com/articles/129559 http://www.law360.com/articles/128999 General Electric Co. and SonoSite Inc. have worked out a $21 million settlement and a royalty deal in their dispute over a SonoSite patent for lightweight ultrasound machines, resolving litigation in Wisconsin and Germany, as well as a federal appeals court. http://www.law360.com/articles/128999