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/132437 Claiming that environmental liabilities across the country may inhibit its emergence from Chapter 11, Chemtura Corp. has filed suit against the federal government and more than a dozen states in an attempt to kick tens of millions of dollars' worth of such costs to the curb. http://www.law360.com/articles/132437 http://www.law360.com/articles/132182 U.S. Trustee Diana Adams has again taken up arms against the Reader's Digest Association Inc., this time arguing that the bankrupt media company's reorganization plan and disclosure statement should be rejected for failing to provide legal justification for “overly broad” nondebtor release provisions. http://www.law360.com/articles/132182 http://www.law360.com/articles/130699 Once on its way to becoming a deal structure relic, the friendly tender offer is back in vogue, with deal makers increasingly dusting off the strategy and becoming reacquainted with its particular charms as well as its potential complications. http://www.law360.com/articles/130699 http://www.law360.com/articles/131687 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday explored the interaction between federal court rules and state law in an appeal of a ruling that barred a Maryland orthopedic group from pursuing a class action against Allstate Insurance Co. http://www.law360.com/articles/131687 http://www.law360.com/articles/131699 A District of Columbia appeals court has kept a case against Motorola Inc., Verizon Wireless Inc., AT&T Corp. and others alive, reversing in part a lower court's decision to dismiss consolidated suits claiming older phones emitted dangerous amounts of radiation. http://www.law360.com/articles/131699 http://www.law360.com/articles/131737 Huntsman Corp. has inched closer to closing its proposed $415 million acquisition of bankrupt Tronox Inc.'s assets following the expiration of the U.S. antitrust waiting period on the deal, the stalking horse bidder said Monday amid continuing objections to the deal in Tronox's Chapter 11 proceedings. http://www.law360.com/articles/131737 http://www.law360.com/articles/131824 As it continues to battle a down transportation market, trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc. plans to launch a $536.8 million debt exchange offer to noteholders in order to gain open access to the company's $106 million revolver credit reserve and permission to defer interest payments to lenders. http://www.law360.com/articles/131824 http://www.law360.com/articles/131856 Electricite de France International SA and Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group Inc. finally made good on a $4.5 billion nuclear assets deal Monday, brushing aside concerns that a $100 million ratepayer rebate required by Maryland regulators would create a snag. http://www.law360.com/articles/131856 http://www.law360.com/articles/131566 Maryland regulators cleared the way Friday for a $4.5 billion proposed deal under which power giant Electricite de France International SA will snap up 49.99 percent of Constellation Energy Group Inc.'s nuclear power assets, but the companies were circumspect as to whether they would pull the trigger given new conditions imposed on the deal. http://www.law360.com/articles/131566 http://www.law360.com/articles/131567 Shepard Fairey — creator of the iconic “Hope” image of President Barack Obama — has asked to switch attorneys in a copyright dispute with The Associated Press, following revelations that the artist concealed facts about the photograph used and attempted to falsify evidence. http://www.law360.com/articles/131567 http://www.law360.com/articles/131413 A California appeals court has upheld a lower court's denial of class certification to a DirecTV Inc. subscriber alleging the satellite television provider disseminated false advertising to induce customers to buy expensive high-definition services. http://www.law360.com/articles/131413 http://www.law360.com/articles/130158 The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a ruling in a failed class action against Allstate Insurance Co. that, if upheld, could prompt more state legislatures to exert control over the power of the federal courts to certify class actions. http://www.law360.com/articles/130158 http://www.law360.com/articles/131312 Auto parts maker Visteon Corp. has asked the court overseeing its Chapter 11 proceedings to give a green light to its bid for up to $150 million in debtor-in-possession financing to bolster the company's liquidity as the former Ford Motor Co. unit gears up for an expected uptick in vehicle production. http://www.law360.com/articles/131312 http://www.law360.com/articles/131238 Television network owner and operator Ion Media Networks Inc. has filed a supplement that fleshes out many of the details of its prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring plan. http://www.law360.com/articles/131238 http://www.law360.com/articles/130997 LG Electronics Inc. and Hitachi Ltd. have settled a computer technology patent spat seven months after a federal district judge's ruling that LG's patent rights were exhausted because the dispute was similar to a case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court last year. http://www.law360.com/articles/130997 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/130925 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, who was previously rebuked by a panel of his peers for posting racy materials online, has been let off the hook in a misconduct case accusing him of disabling the appeals court's electronic sensors in order to download pornography. http://www.law360.com/articles/130925 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/130845 A federal judge approved Muzak Holdings LLC's disclosure statement Tuesday and allowed the company to seek approval of its Chapter 11 reorganization plan from its creditors. http://www.law360.com/articles/130845 http://www.law360.com/articles/130783 Facing a challenge from public advocacy groups and pressure to hand out electricity bill rebates, Constellation Energy Group Inc. has told Maryland regulators that the proposed $4.5 billion sale of 49.99 percent of its nuclear power assets to Electricite de France SA will not hurt state ratepayers. http://www.law360.com/articles/130783