http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Jenner & Block Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135138 A federal appeals court has rendered a disputed lower court ruling in an insurance spat moot and unenforceable, citing a settlement between Olin Corp. and its insurers over $12 million spent cleaning up environmental contamination at two of the chemical producer's facilities near Niagara Falls, N.Y. http://www.law360.com/articles/135138 http://www.law360.com/articles/134875 Thomas Steinbeck, son of famed author John Steinbeck, and Blake Smyle, daughter of the writer's son John Steinbeck IV, intend to appeal a federal judge's dismissal of their copyright and related claims against the estate of the author's third wife. http://www.law360.com/articles/134875 http://www.law360.com/articles/134570 The decision by the Tenth Circuit in Rivelli v. Twin City Fire Insurance Co. presents a cautionary tale for any prospective policyholder faced with a request to sign a warranty letter. Twin City even acknowledged that, but for the letter, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s claims would have triggered D&O coverage, say Matthew L. Jacobs and Daniel I. Weiner of Jenner & Block LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/134570 http://www.law360.com/articles/123103 The sheer number of appeals — particularly in criminal cases — unfortunately makes it impossible to shorten the time line, says Woody Peterson, a partner in Dickstein Shapiro LLP's antitrust and dispute resolution group with a focus on appellate matters. http://www.law360.com/articles/123103 http://www.law360.com/articles/134293 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. is planning to appeal a ruling that upheld the validity of several patents held by rival CIBA Vision Corp. and found that Acuvue Oasys With Hydraclear Plus silicone hydrogel contact lenses infringe two of the patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/134293 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/133471 Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP has announced that Mark Heilbrun, a former partner at Jenner & Block LLP, has joined its Washington office as a partner in the public policy and governmental relations department, and will also work in its litigation and insurance and reinsurance departments. http://www.law360.com/articles/133471 http://www.law360.com/articles/133788 Ezra C. Levy, former chief financial officer of New York-based hedge fund Boston Provident LP, has been arrested and charged with financial fraud for allegedly having the firm secretly buy his own securities at inflated prices. http://www.law360.com/articles/133788 http://www.law360.com/articles/133294 A former federal judge has been appointed special master to oversee discovery disputes between Fannie Mae and its former auditor KPMG LLP in multidistrict litigation stemming from the mortgage giant's 2004 accounting scandal. http://www.law360.com/articles/133294 http://www.law360.com/articles/133093 A state court judge has vacated an earlier ruling that hit PepsiCo Inc. with $1.26 billion in damages for allegedly stealing the idea to purify and sell bottled water from two Wisconsin men after the soft drink company initially failed to respond to the lawsuit. http://www.law360.com/articles/133093 http://www.law360.com/articles/133050 Several insurers of CSX Corp. — including American Re-Insurance Co., Hartford Fire Insurance Co. and Faraday Capital Ltd. — are appealing a lower court's order to reimburse the railroad operator for $3.4 million it spent to replace two locomotives destroyed during Hurricane Katrina. http://www.law360.com/articles/133050 http://www.law360.com/articles/132375 Microsoft Corp.'s third-party claims in an intellectual property suit between Web management company Quinstreet Inc. and patent holder Parallel Networks LLC have been transferred to a Texas federal court after months of legal wrangling over proper venue. http://www.law360.com/articles/132375 http://www.law360.com/articles/132155 A federal judge has found four Automotive Technologies International Inc. patents related to car side-impact sensors invalid, handing a victory to a group of automotive suppliers and manufacturers — including Nissan Motor Co., Siemens VDO and others — that ATI had sued for infringement. http://www.law360.com/articles/132155 http://www.law360.com/articles/131695 The CEO of “music locker” service MP3tunes.com has appealed a court decision allowing roughly two dozen EMI Group Ltd. labels to sue him for the company's alleged copyright infringement. http://www.law360.com/articles/131695 http://www.law360.com/articles/130877 A magistrate judge has found that a $2 million settlement paid by bankrupt New Century Mortgage Corp. to end a class action over unsolicited fax advertisements should be covered by its insurance policies under their “advertising injury” provisions. http://www.law360.com/articles/130877 http://www.law360.com/articles/129677 There are significant differences between the new local patent rules for the Northern District of Illinois and two other commonly cited local patent rules: those of the Northern District of California and the Eastern District of Texas, say Reginald J. Hill, Joseph A. Saltiel and Benjamin J. Bradford of Jenner & Block LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/129677 http://www.law360.com/articles/130458 A federal circuit panel has upheld a district court's ruling letting Hartford Fire Insurance Co. off the hook in a case regarding directors and officers coverage for G-I Holdings Inc., in a dispute stemming from the liquidation of Reliance Insurance Co. http://www.law360.com/articles/130458 http://www.law360.com/articles/130240 CSX Corp. has said it will appeal a judge's finding that the railroad company is not entitled to coverage for business interruption claims in a dispute with several insurers over hundreds of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina-related damage. http://www.law360.com/articles/130240 http://www.law360.com/articles/128440 The groundbreaking decision in Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co. is one of several pending or recently decided cases in which parties seek to use the federal courts to attack greenhouse gas emissions. Notably, none of these other courts have definitively allowed global warming cases to proceed past the pleadings stage, say Gabrielle Sigel, Patricia L. Boye-Williams and Michael R. Strong of Jenner Block LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/128440 http://www.law360.com/articles/129673 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has appointed Arti K. Rai, a patent professor at Duke University School of Law and former Harvard Law School classmate of President Barack Obama, to serve as a key policy adviser to agency director David Kappos and provide guidance on intellectual property issues for trade agreements. http://www.law360.com/articles/129673