http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Kellogg Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135302 A civilian contractor who alleges she was sexually assaulted on two separate occasions while working for Halliburton Co. subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root Inc. in Iraq has won nearly $3 million in an arbitration against her former employer, though the company has challenged the award. http://www.law360.com/articles/135302 http://www.law360.com/articles/133926 Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., has introduced a new food safety bill promising support for small farmers, some of whom had balked at the pending FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which remains stalled in Senate committees behind the debate over health care reform. http://www.law360.com/articles/133926 http://www.law360.com/articles/132549 A federal judge has dismissed two defendants from an optical drive patent dispute brought by Ricoh Co. Ltd. against rival Quanta Computer Inc., slimming down the case as it inches toward trial. http://www.law360.com/articles/132549 http://www.law360.com/articles/131702 The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case filed by a group of clients alleging mutual fund manager Harris Associates LP charged excessive fees, and all sides appeared to walk away from an appellate court ruling that could have significantly altered the fee structure of the $11.5 trillion mutual fund industry. http://www.law360.com/articles/131702 http://www.law360.com/articles/130155 The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments from a group of clients alleging that mutual fund manager Harris Associates LP charged excessive fees, in a case that observers say could have a dramatic effect on the fee structure of the $11.5 trillion mutual fund industry. http://www.law360.com/articles/130155 http://www.law360.com/articles/130993 The maker of the Gardenburger brand of meatless burgers has fired back in a lawsuit over an asset purchase agreement it reached with Kellogg Co., asserting that a manufacturing facility included in the deal was damaged by Kellogg after it took over the plant. http://www.law360.com/articles/130993 http://www.law360.com/articles/130881 Cereal giant Kellogg Co. is planning a cash tender offer to purchase up to $500 million of its senior notes due in 2011. http://www.law360.com/articles/130881 http://www.law360.com/articles/130309 U.K. authorities are considering bringing civil claims or criminal charges in connection with a Nigerian bribery scheme involving Halliburton Co. and former subsidiary KBR Inc., Halliburton has disclosed. http://www.law360.com/articles/130309 http://www.law360.com/articles/129606 Arent Fox LLP has reached a settlement with Gietz Master Builders ACC and Superior Home Services Inc. in a breach of contract suit over more than $76,000 in unpaid legal expenses stemming from the firm’s defense efforts in a fraudulent conveyance action initiated in the bankruptcy case of Doctors Community Healthcare Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/129606 http://www.law360.com/articles/129437 A federal judge has signed off on an agreement between bankrupt paper product maker Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. and a union, allowing litigation over an employment arbitration award to proceed. http://www.law360.com/articles/129437 http://www.law360.com/articles/128041 The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in South Carolina's suit against North Carolina over water rights, in which the Palmetto State is seeking to exclude Duke Energy Corp. and other third parties from taking part. http://www.law360.com/articles/128041 http://www.law360.com/articles/126477 The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the solicitor general to file a brief expressing the U.S.' perspective on Costco v. Omega, a case currently awaiting the high court's cert call that asks whether imported goods made overseas can enjoy copyright first-sale doctrine protection. http://www.law360.com/articles/126477 http://www.law360.com/articles/123916 Ruling that corporations have a personal privacy interest under the Freedom of Information Act, an appeals court has ordered the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its release of documents obtained during an investigation into alleged overcharging by AT&T Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/123916 http://www.law360.com/articles/121018 With the recent spike in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act-related activity, organizations that conduct cross-border transactions, or have international staff, agents or offices, need to be aware of the potential impact this act has on legal investigative processes, says Greg Wildisen of Epiq Systems Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/121018 http://www.law360.com/articles/121928 Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises Inc. has reached an agreement with Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC and GNN Investor LLC to settle a contract dispute over $1 million the bankrupt paper products manufacturer is holding in escrow as part of a failed $15 million property deal. http://www.law360.com/articles/121928 http://www.law360.com/articles/121348 According to former U.S. Solicitor General Seth P. Waxman, there are three kinds of lawyers who argue before the U.S. Supreme Court: those the justices like, those they don't like and those they've never heard of. http://www.law360.com/articles/121348 http://www.law360.com/articles/120762 A Kentucky federal jury has ordered Health Care Property Investors Inc. to pay over $101 million for allegedly interfering with health care real estate investment firm Ventas Inc.'s 2007 acquisition of Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust. http://www.law360.com/articles/120762 http://www.law360.com/articles/117803 The company controlled by billionaire Phil Anschutz has sued Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and several rating agencies, claiming it is saddled with $59 million in auction rate securities due to the defendants' misrepresentations. http://www.law360.com/articles/117803 http://www.law360.com/articles/117830 Contending that bankrupt Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.’s finances are improving and its stock may not be worthless, investment manager Caspian Capital Advisors LLC has asked the bankruptcy court to appoint an official equity security holders committee in the case to represent shareholder interests in reorganization plan negotiations. http://www.law360.com/articles/117830 http://www.law360.com/articles/116311 Several candy makers received a sweet deal recently when they were dismissed from the multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the market for chocolate confectionery products after a federal judge agreed with their contention that the U.S. courts do not have jurisdiction over them. http://www.law360.com/articles/116311