http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Kirkland & Ellis Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135656 Sprint Nextel Corp. has claimed a bankruptcy court made a reversible error in striking down its $1.9 billion spectrum-clearing reimbursement claims against DBSD North American Inc., saying the final call on the claim should go to the Federal Communications Commission. http://www.law360.com/articles/135656 http://www.law360.com/articles/135501 Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. has secured a bankruptcy court order approving the disclosure statement for its Chapter 11 reorganization plan, setting the wellsite support company’s restructuring plan up for a creditor vote by the year’s end. http://www.law360.com/articles/135501 http://www.law360.com/articles/135453 Bankrupt auto parts maker Visteon Corp. is seeking to sell a contaminated piece of land back to an Indiana city, looking for relief from the financial obligations connected to the property. http://www.law360.com/articles/135453 http://www.law360.com/articles/135132 The Blackstone Group's Pinnacle Foods Group LLC has reached a definitive agreement to purchase frozen food giant Birds Eye Foods Inc. for $1.3 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/135132 http://www.law360.com/articles/135260 Bankrupt mall operator General Growth Properties Inc. has struck a deal to restructure $8.9 billion in mortgage loans on 70 properties that it hopes to remove from bankruptcy by the end of the year, while rival Simon Property Group Inc. is considering a bid for GGP's assets. http://www.law360.com/articles/135260 http://www.law360.com/articles/135201 Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd., which filed a prepackaged bankruptcy in October, has submitted a Chapter 11 reorganization plan that would provide secured lenders about $25 million in principal payments, permanently reducing the company's obligations outstanding under a secured credit agreement. http://www.law360.com/articles/135201 http://www.law360.com/articles/135165 The Reader's Digest Association Inc. has argued that it should be allowed to continue with its cash management plan, despite a U.S. trustee's concerns that estate money might be kept in institutions that are not authorized depositories. http://www.law360.com/articles/135165 http://www.law360.com/articles/134808 The inventor at the center of a patent battle with all-terrain vehicle giant Polaris Industries Inc. is headed back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, upset over the “inadequate” prejudgment interest awarded on top of a recent $1.4 million infringement ruling in his favor. http://www.law360.com/articles/134808 http://www.law360.com/articles/134633 The pension fund of the Reader’s Digest Association’s U.K. arm has slammed the bankrupt media company’s disclosure statement, saying it fails to consider the company’s underfunded pension plans. http://www.law360.com/articles/134633 http://www.law360.com/articles/134461 They possess a keen sense of urgency and are willing to go the extra mile, say the Fortune 1000 corporate counsel who make up their client base. These nine law firms are standouts in what a new legal-industry report calls “commitment to help.” http://www.law360.com/articles/134461 http://www.law360.com/articles/134473 All law firms pride themselves on their legal skills, but a handful of firms — Baker Botts LLP, Foley & Lardner LLP, Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis LLP — mark the cream of the crop in terms of deft lawyering, according to a new report. http://www.law360.com/articles/134473 http://www.law360.com/articles/134477 The firms that provide the best value for the dollar are the ones that offer personalized understanding of immediate issues and go out of their way to help mitigate against future risk, according to a new report. http://www.law360.com/articles/134477 http://www.law360.com/articles/134460 Corporate counsel say they want a law firm that, above all else, knows their business and understands their particular objectives, according a new report. The top-ranked law firms are responding by training their attorneys to step into clients' shoes. http://www.law360.com/articles/134460 http://www.law360.com/articles/134229 The U.S. trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. has objected to the debtors' hiring of Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC, arguing that the investment bank's proposed fee structure is inappropriate. http://www.law360.com/articles/134229 http://www.law360.com/articles/134232 Bringing an end to the drawn-out case over the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s now-rescinded set of rules for patent applicants, a federal appeals court has dismissed the agency’s appeal, but it refused to vacate a lower court’s ruling that barred the USPTO from imposing the divisive rules package. http://www.law360.com/articles/134232 http://www.law360.com/articles/134057 They are said to look down their noses at litigation deemed too simple, charge steep fees and give off an aura of haughtiness in court. Eight firms were mentioned most by Fortune 1000 corporate counsel when asked which law firms are most arrogant, according to a new report. http://www.law360.com/articles/134057 http://www.law360.com/articles/134063 The Associated Press has beefed up its case against Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the famous Obama “Hope” image who recently admitted to having been “mistaken” on some allegations in his original complaint and to destroying evidence. http://www.law360.com/articles/134063 http://www.law360.com/articles/134029 Spansion Inc. has recommended that the U.S. International Trade Commission dismiss an investigation brought by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. into flash memory devices in light of a bankruptcy judge's order staying the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/134029 http://www.law360.com/articles/134088 Auto parts maker Visteon Corp. has won a bankruptcy court's approval to obtain up to $150 million in debtor-in-possession financing and to sell four manufacturing facilities to Haru Holdings LLC for more than $11 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/134088 http://www.law360.com/articles/133921 Bankrupt television station owner Ion Media Networks Inc. has fended off a creditor's last-ditch attempt to buy a controlling stake in the company and will reorganize under the original terms of its prepackaged Chapter 11 plan. http://www.law360.com/articles/133921