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1. 24 Hour Fitness Settles RICO Suit Over Club Dues
Monday, Mar 15, 2010
Fitness center chain 24 Hour Fitness USA Inc. has reached a deal in a contract class action filed by customers alleging the company continued to charge them monthly dues after they canceled their memberships, agreeing to pay what could be hundreds of millions of dollars in reimbursements.2. Del. Poison Pill Ruling May Spark New Ways To Defend
Friday, Mar 12, 2010
A landmark decision from the Delaware Chancery Court validating an increasingly popular version of a poison pill could potentially help boards of directors make a case for new takeover defense tactics down the road, attorneys say.3. Nokia Rips Apple's Nonpatent Claims In Dismissal Bid
Friday, Mar 12, 2010
An epic patent dispute between Apple Inc. and Nokia Corp. has grown even more bitter, with Nokia harshly stating why Apple's antitrust, breach of contract and other nonpatent counterclaims should be tossed.4. Teva Sues Mylan Over Seasonique ANDA
Thursday, Mar 11, 2010
Teva Women’s Health Inc. has filed a patent infringement suit seeking to block Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Famy Care Ltd. from selling a generic version of Seasonique, an oral contraceptive that allows women to have only four periods a year.5. Hedge Funds Seek To Revamp Visteon Ch. 11 Plan
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010
A hedge fund group that holds 7.3 percent of Visteon Corp.’s stock wants to set up a meeting with the bankrupt auto parts company’s board of directors to develop a revised Chapter 11 plan.6. GSK Tries To Halt Teva's Generic Combivir Launch
Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010
GlaxoSmithKline PLC has asked a court to block Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s planned May launch of a generic version of GSK's HIV drug Combivir.7. Boeing Rips Litigation Bid By Sea Launch Creditors
Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010
The Boeing Co. has objected to efforts by the creditors committee for bankrupt Sea Launch LLC to initiate discovery in the ongoing battle over the aircraft giant's bid for hundreds of millions of dollars in claims.8. Creditors Pledge $4B To Help GGP Exit Ch. 11
Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010
Bankrupt mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. said two of its largest creditors have offered to provide nearly $4 billion in new equity capital to facilitate the company's emergence from bankruptcy and allow it to pay off its unsecured creditors in full.9. Administrator Seeks Bids For Reader's Digest UK
Friday, Mar 05, 2010
The administrator overseeing the insolvency proceedings for The Reader's Digest Association Inc.'s U.K. unit, which the company decided to cut loose to hasten its own exit from bankruptcy, said Friday that the firm has solicited offers from 25 potential buyers.10. Best Buy, Garmin Settle In Traffic Alert Patent Suit
Friday, Mar 05, 2010
Best Buy Stores LP and GPS device manufacturer Garmin International Inc. have become the latest defendants to settle an infringement suit brought by Traffic Information LLC over three mobile traffic alert patents.11. General Growth Secures Exclusivity Extension
Thursday, Mar 04, 2010
A federal bankruptcy court has given mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. a four-month extension on its exclusive period to file a reorganization plan, over the objections of the creditors committee.12. Stay Lifted In Microsoft Data Encryption Patent Case
Thursday, Mar 04, 2010
A federal judge has allowed a New York inventor to proceed with an infringement case against Microsoft Corp. over data encryption technology, following the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's affirmation of the asserted patent on re-examination.13. Boehringer Seeks To Divide Claims In AWP Case
Wednesday, Mar 03, 2010
Boehringer Ingelheim Corp. is seeking to split up for trial certain claims against it in a case alleging it defrauded Medicare and Medicaid programs by reporting inflated drug prices.14. Sonnenschein Duo Opens Internet Law Boutique
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010
Two attorneys who led Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP’s Internet, communications and data protection practice have left to start up their own Internet law boutique.15. DC Circ. Boosts Teva In Row With FDA Over Merck Drugs
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has been given a renewed shot at the market for hypertension drugs, with a federal appeals court granting the Israeli drugmaker 180 days to exclusively sell its generic versions of Merck & Co.'s popular losartan potassium products Hyzaar and Cozaar.16. Dow Pens Sale Of Plastics Unit To Bain For $1.6B
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010
Dow Chemical Co. said Tuesday it had inked a deal to sell its Styron division to an affiliate of private equity firm Bain Capital LLC for $1.63 billion, a transaction that furthers Dow's goal of deleveraging.17. Full 5th Circ. To Hear Katrina Public Nuisance Case
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010
Just when climate change public nuisance litigation seemed to be gaining momentum, a federal appeals court has decided to reconsider whether a putative class of property owners along the Mississippi Gulf Coast has standing to accuse dozens of oil and chemical companies of adding to the ferocity of Hurricane Katrina through their emissions of greenhouse gases.18. Mayer Brown Nabs Energy Guru From Kirkland
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010
Mayer Brown LLP's Chicago office has snatched up former Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Paul J. Astolfi, a renewable energy project development and finance specialist.19. Apple Wages IPhone Patent Battle With HTC
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010
Apple Inc. on Tuesday filed two separate complaints against HTC Corp., alleging the Taiwanese cell phone manufacturer is infringing 20 Apple patents used in the hugely popular iPhone.20. BP Propane Price-Fixing Suits Survive Dismissal Bids
Monday, Mar 01, 2010
A federal judge has refused to toss two suits brought against BP America Inc. by energy companies alleging they paid artificially high prices for propane during a 2004 attempt by BP traders to corner the market.| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next 10 Pages |
