http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Hunton & Williams Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132586 Bank of America NA has joined a chorus of lenders and regulators in objecting to Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.’s proposed $25 million debtor-in-possession financing, saying the bankrupt mortgage lender has yet to show it actually owns properties offered as collateral for the needlessly large loan. http://www.law360.com/articles/132586 http://www.law360.com/articles/132651 In a suit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor, a federal jury has found that Tyson Foods Inc. violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay production line workers for time spent donning and doffing compulsory safety gear. http://www.law360.com/articles/132651 http://www.law360.com/articles/132416 President Barack Obama has nominated two North Carolina judges to fill vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. http://www.law360.com/articles/132416 http://www.law360.com/articles/126163 Buyers and sellers need to become more realistic about valuations, and credit markets need to soften so there is a middle ground, says T. Justin Moore III, head of Hunton & Williams LLP's corporate team. http://www.law360.com/articles/126163 http://www.law360.com/articles/130953 A federal judge has nixed breach of contract and other claims against Samsung Electronics America Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in a putative class action alleging that the electronics manufacturers omitted to disclose to consumers a defect in certain high-definition televisions. http://www.law360.com/articles/130953 http://www.law360.com/articles/130307 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and four other states that filed a Clean Air Act suit against Allegheny Energy Inc. over allegedly unapproved and emission-increasing changes to coal-fired power plants have asked a federal judge to disqualify himself from the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/130307 http://www.law360.com/articles/129900 ASM Capital LP v. Ames Department Stores Inc. is important because it is the first decision of an appeals court on the interplay of Sections 502(d) and 503(b). It will have an impact on the claims trading industry by providing guidance to parties who are involved in the buying and selling of claims against bankrupt companies, says Scott H. Bernstein of Hunton & Williams LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/129900 http://www.law360.com/articles/129615 A power industry group has lost a bid to preemptively curtail the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate emissions from steam-generating units in power plants. http://www.law360.com/articles/129615 http://www.law360.com/articles/129543 A federal judge has allowed a securities fraud lawsuit filed by a union pension fund against Dynex Capital Inc. over mortgage-backed bonds to continue, though he has narrowed the scope of the plaintiffs' factual claims. http://www.law360.com/articles/129543 http://www.law360.com/articles/129554 A federal judge has ruled that a $97.4 million judgment a Nicaraguan court issued against Dole Food Co. cannot be enforced, marking a decisive victory for the world’s biggest fresh fruit and vegetables producer in a years-long saga over alleged injuries banana farmers suffered because of pesticides. http://www.law360.com/articles/129554 http://www.law360.com/articles/129400 The plaintiffs in multidistrict legislation that accuses the nation's top banks of bilking consumers with egregious overdraft fees are seeking to add more meat to their allegations. http://www.law360.com/articles/129400 http://www.law360.com/articles/129174 One-time search engine giant Lycos Inc. has abandoned its challenge of a noninfringement ruling in favor of Netflix Inc. in a dispute over patents related to technology for collaborative filtering. http://www.law360.com/articles/129174 http://www.law360.com/articles/126165 We are already seeing distress-driven investment activity and this will continue for a while — both capital-raising for that purpose as well as the investments themselves, says James S. Seevers Jr., head of the private equity practice group at Hunton & Williams LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/126165 http://www.law360.com/articles/128374 Although the Obama administration has issued two sets of interim guidance for implementing the Buy American provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act at the federal, state and local levels, many ambiguities remain that have the potential for delaying or scuttling renewable energy projects, says Douglas J. Heffner of Hunton & Williams LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/128374 http://www.law360.com/articles/127796 Bank of America Corp. has appealed a bankruptcy judge's approval of a mortgage loan agreement between Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in its role as the receiver for Colonial BancGroup Inc., claiming the deal violates an injunction Bank of America has secured in a separate case against Colonial related to approximately $1 billion in cash and loans. http://www.law360.com/articles/127796 http://www.law360.com/articles/127197 A group of Tyson Foods Inc. workers from Tennessee is asking a court to certify a bid for class certification in a suit accusing the meat processing company of failing to pay proper overtime wages. http://www.law360.com/articles/127197 http://www.law360.com/articles/127330 Nonprofit conservation group Trout Unlimited is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case in which the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition claims the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers abused its discretion when it issued four permits allowing mountaintop mining outfits to fill headwater streams. http://www.law360.com/articles/127330 http://www.law360.com/articles/127286 Schiff Hardin LLP has wooed former Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Brian Gannon, a corporate attorney with a focus on technology companies, to the firm's corporate and securities and mergers and acquisitions practice groups in Atlanta. http://www.law360.com/articles/127286 http://www.law360.com/articles/126832 TQP Development LLC has reached a settlement agreement with Capital One Financial Corp. and two subsidiaries, potentially releasing the group from one of several ongoing and wide-ranging patent infringement suits over a TQP technology governing online encrypted data transmissions. http://www.law360.com/articles/126832 http://www.law360.com/articles/126690 The American Petroleum Institute has lost a bid to intervene in a suit that aims to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to consider ocean acidification, a byproduct of greenhouse gas emissions, when it assesses water pollution. http://www.law360.com/articles/126690