http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Kellogg Huber Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ 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/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/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/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/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 http://www.law360.com/articles/115449 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has initiated litigation alleging that it suffered “staggering losses” after purchasing about $273 million in auction rate securities that were underwritten by Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/115449 http://www.law360.com/articles/112050 A federal appeals court on Friday squashed a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's decision to lift some regulations from telecommunications companies that maintain exclusive control over broadband lines that deliver the "last mile" of Internet services to businesses. http://www.law360.com/articles/112050 http://www.law360.com/articles/108961 A federal magistrate judge has recommended that cable manufacturers be allowed to pursue antitrust and unfair competition claims against Rembrandt Technologies LP, which the manufacturers claim perpetrated a scheme to market versions of its patented technology solely to make a case for injunctive relief. http://www.law360.com/articles/108961 http://www.law360.com/articles/108749 The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for Ricoh Co. Ltd.'s remaining patent claims against Quanta Computer Inc. over optical disc drive technology for computers to go to trial, refusing to hear the computer maker's petition to overturn an appellate decision that revived the suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/108749 http://www.law360.com/articles/108730 The U.S. Supreme Court will let stand a decision preventing victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, including insurance companies, from suing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other Saudi entities. http://www.law360.com/articles/108730 http://www.law360.com/articles/107398 A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission erroneously denied a petition by Verizon Telephone Cos. for immunity from regulations in six metropolitan areas, ordering the agency to offer a “reasoned explanation” for the rejection. http://www.law360.com/articles/107398 http://www.law360.com/articles/106364 A federal judge has rejected a joint motion to dismiss a putative class action accusing several steel companies — including U.S. Steel Corp., ArcelorMittal SA and Nucor Corp. — of implementing coordinated production cuts to jack up prices for steel products. http://www.law360.com/articles/106364 http://www.law360.com/articles/99159 A federal appellate court has sent two cases, one against Apotex Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC and the other against Pfizer Inc., back to the lower courts for reconsideration in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster preemption decision in Wyeth v. Levine. http://www.law360.com/articles/99159 http://www.law360.com/articles/95940 Mayer Brown LLP has moved to throw out the sole claim remaining against it in a lawsuit brought by a group of investment funds in connection with the collapse of brokerage firm Refco Inc., saying the plaintiffs have failed to plead fraud with particularity, among other things. http://www.law360.com/articles/95940