http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Kilpatrick Stockton Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135336 A federal judge granted preliminary approval Thursday to a revised settlement among Google Inc., the Authors Guild Inc. and publishers that governs the use of copyrighted works displayed on the Google Books online library. http://www.law360.com/articles/135336 http://www.law360.com/articles/134619 Former NetBank Inc. executive Russell Burdsall is pushing ahead with claims the bankrupt company owes him more than $1.2 million in severance, an amount he says does not constitute a golden parachute. http://www.law360.com/articles/134619 http://www.law360.com/articles/134389 A federal judge has denied American Eagle Outfitters' bid to compel privileged documents related to Payless Shoesource Inc.'s acquisition of the American Eagle trademark from a nonparty footwear company, in a suit accusing the discount shoe giant of infringing the mark with a line of footwear and bags. http://www.law360.com/articles/134389 http://www.law360.com/articles/134119 Adidas AG has filed a trademark infringement suit against Clear Solutions, accusing the importer of selling counterfeit soccer jerseys containing the athletic wear company's distinctive three-stripe mark. http://www.law360.com/articles/134119 http://www.law360.com/articles/134359 In response to antitrust and copyright concerns from the U.S. Department of Justice and a host of other complaints about the original $125 million class action settlement between Google Inc. and authors and publishers groups, the two sides have announced a revised agreement in their dispute over the Google Books online library. http://www.law360.com/articles/134359 http://www.law360.com/articles/133958 The liquidating supervisor for NetBank Inc. has asked a bankruptcy court to approve a settlement with its former debtor-in-possession counsel at Holland & Knight LLP over roughly $350,000 in transfers NetBank made to H&K early in the online bank's Chapter 11 proceedings. http://www.law360.com/articles/133958 http://www.law360.com/articles/134059 After the law firm it hired to compel collections allegedly embezzled more than $1.2 million through fake expense receipts, NCO Financial Systems is going after the legal directory that recommended Trauner Cohen & Thomas LLP, and the legal directory's insurers, in hopes of recouping the loss. http://www.law360.com/articles/134059 http://www.law360.com/articles/132904 In October, President Barack Obama signed into law a Defense Department Fiscal Year 2010 authorization bill that includes language expanding certain provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Employers covered by the FMLA should be ready to comply with the new requirements as soon as possible, say Louis W. Doherty, David C. Lindsay, Chuck Rice and Kathleen B. Dodd of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/132904 http://www.law360.com/articles/133353 The liquidating supervisor for the estate of bankrupt NetBank Inc. is opposing a motion for summary judgment by a former executive who claims the bank owes him more than $1.2 million in severance. http://www.law360.com/articles/133353 http://www.law360.com/articles/133357 Premium drink maker Diageo has sued a manufacturer of branded merchandise, claiming the company breached a licensing agreement by not paying royalties for its use of trademarks of popular beverage brands including Guinness and Captain Morgan. http://www.law360.com/articles/133357 http://www.law360.com/articles/132458 Leading up to a Nov. 9 deadline for a revised settlement between book authors and publishers and Google Inc., a federal judge on Wednesday rejected the efforts of photography and graphics interests to intervene, saying their entrance would risk torpedoing the long-running negotiations. http://www.law360.com/articles/132458 http://www.law360.com/articles/130362 A judge has lifted an injunction exempting bottled water products from New York’s 5-cent recyclable deposit law, which was put in place as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the state by a number of water bottlers, in a move that could bring millions of dollars of revenue into the state’s coffers. http://www.law360.com/articles/130362 http://www.law360.com/articles/125950 Costco Wholesale Corp.'s petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its dispute with Omega SA over whether Costco can sell Omega watches it legally bought outside the U.S. could give the high court a chance to resolve an increasingly important problem in copyright law, attorneys say. http://www.law360.com/articles/125950 http://www.law360.com/articles/122735 The Supreme Court has pending on its docket a large number of significant cases this fall. Two of particular interest are Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Bilski v. Doll, says Adam H. Charnes, a partner with Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in the firm's appellate practice. http://www.law360.com/articles/122735 http://www.law360.com/articles/129784 M&T Bank Corp. has reached a licensing agreement with DataTreasury Corp., ending the regional bank's involvement in an ongoing patent infringement suit over electronic check-imaging and other banking technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/129784 http://www.law360.com/articles/129641 DuPont Co. and Makhteshim Agan of North America Inc. have reached a licensing deal for DuPont crop protection patents and resolved a lawsuit in which Makhteshim Agan sought a declaration that a DuPont patent was invalid. http://www.law360.com/articles/129641 http://www.law360.com/articles/129501 Credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. acquired wealth and asset research organization IXI Corp. Wednesday in an all-cash deal valued at $124 million, the two companies announced. http://www.law360.com/articles/129501 http://www.law360.com/articles/129585 Patent attorney Wendy Choi has joined Kilpatrick Stockton LLP's intellectual property department in its Atlanta office. http://www.law360.com/articles/129585 http://www.law360.com/articles/129534 Google Inc.'s plan for a massive online library, currently embroiled in litigation with a U.S. copyright guild and a group of publishers, has reportedly come under fire by a Chinese group accusing the technology giant of scanning Chinese works into the digital library without authors' permission. http://www.law360.com/articles/129534 http://www.law360.com/articles/128302 The National Collegiate Athletic Association has asked a judge to drop a class action filed by former college athletes alleging the NCAA’s policy of forbidding student-athletes from receiving money for the use of their images in the multimillion-dollar college sports industry is a violation of U.S. antitrust law. http://www.law360.com/articles/128302