http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Lear Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132653 A New York City judge approved Southfield, Mich.-based Lear Corp.'s plan of reorganization on Thursday in a bankruptcy hearing devoid of objections save an eleventh-hour letter from one wiped-out shareholder who did not show up to press the fight. http://www.law360.com/articles/132653 http://www.law360.com/articles/122360 As companies mired in debt continue to seek refuge in bankruptcy court, popularity is growing in so-called fulcrum investing, a risky bet placed on debt securities bought on the cheap and expected to be converted into equity holdings through the restructuring process, attorneys and other observers said. http://www.law360.com/articles/122360 http://www.law360.com/articles/126986 A bankruptcy judge has allowed Chamberlain Group Inc. and Johnson Controls Interiors to go ahead with a patent suit over garage door openers against car-seat maker Lear Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/126986 http://www.law360.com/articles/123445 A federal bankruptcy judge has approved bankrupt car-seat maker Lear Corp.'s disclosure statement for an amended Chapter 11 reorganization plan that calls for converting about $3.7 billion in debt into new loans and preferred and common stock. http://www.law360.com/articles/123445 http://www.law360.com/articles/116892 Bankrupt automotive seat maker Lear Corp. has filed its Chapter 11 reorganization plan and disclosure statement, seeking to convert $1.6 billion in agreed-on secured claims into new loans and preferred common equity in the restructured company. http://www.law360.com/articles/116892 http://www.law360.com/articles/114254 Bankrupt automotive seat manufacturer Lear Corp. reportedly received approval on Thursday to access $500 million in debtor-in-possession financing despite objections from Lear's official committee of unsecured creditors and a group that had offered a competing DIP proposal. http://www.law360.com/articles/114254 http://www.law360.com/articles/110370 A federal bankruptcy judge has granted interim approval to a raft of automotive seat manufacturer Lear Corp.'s first-day motions, including the use of cash collateral, allowing the company to continue operations as it works through a prepackaged Chapter 11 process. http://www.law360.com/articles/110370 http://www.law360.com/articles/109892 Automotive seat manufacturer Lear Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday after receiving the green light from necessary bank lenders and bondholders to move forward with previously announced plans to restructure about $3.6 billion in debt. http://www.law360.com/articles/109892 http://www.law360.com/articles/104681 The Eastern District of Texas will likely remain the venue for many “national” patent cases even after recent changes in the law of venue transfers, though “regional” or “localized” cases are apt to be transferred to more convenient venues, say David B. Bassett and Tristan C. Snell of WilmerHale LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/104681 http://www.law360.com/articles/109790 Revealing further details of its anticipated prepackaged bankruptcy filing, automotive seat manufacturer Lear Corp. has announced that it intends to restructure about $3.6 billion in debt under a Chapter 11 plan by offering lenders a combination of new debt holdings and stock in the reorganized company. http://www.law360.com/articles/109790 http://www.law360.com/articles/109356 Lear Corp., the world’s second-largest automotive seat manufacturer, is set to enter Chapter 11 for an expedited restructuring and has obtained $500 million in debtor-in-possession and exit financing. http://www.law360.com/articles/109356 http://www.law360.com/articles/108342 Automotive seating system and interior electronics maker Lear Corp. is reportedly teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, with only days left before it must fork over a $38 million semiannual interest payment on two of its bonds. http://www.law360.com/articles/108342 http://www.law360.com/articles/100540 With recent case law making transfers out of the patent-friendly U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas more likely, more patent owners could opt to bring their infringement cases in the District of Delaware. http://www.law360.com/articles/100540 http://www.law360.com/articles/97473 Three recent rulings may lead plaintiffs to reconsider bringing patent infringement suits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, once deemed a plaintiff’s paradise. http://www.law360.com/articles/97473 http://www.law360.com/articles/95007 A federal judge has rejected Lear Corp.'s bid to disqualify Butzel Long PC from appearing as co-counsel for defendant Johnson Controls Inc. in a garage door opener encryption patent case that has been pending since 2004, finding that the law firm didn't drop Lear "like a 'hot potato'" to represent JCI. http://www.law360.com/articles/95007 http://www.law360.com/articles/85259 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is about to undergo a major transformation, as two-thirds of the 12 judges sitting on its bench will be eligible for retirement or senior status soon. http://www.law360.com/articles/85259 http://www.law360.com/articles/81307 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a rare court order Monday that could dramatically reduce the number of patent cases filed in the venue long known as the intellectual property rocket docket – the Eastern District of Texas. http://www.law360.com/articles/81307 http://www.law360.com/articles/53614 Although the Supreme Court's decision in eBay v. MercExchange discussed only permanent injunctions in patent cases, the court’s insistence that irreparable harm should not be presumed calls into question whether the presumption still applies in the preliminary injunction context in all types of intellectual property cases, say Kirstin L. Stoll-DeBell and Elizabeth A. Zidones of Merchant & Gould PC. http://www.law360.com/articles/53614 http://www.law360.com/articles/47634 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has revoked a preliminary injunction against Lear Corp., shooting the question of whether to issue a stay in a patent case over garage door openers back to the district court. http://www.law360.com/articles/47634 http://www.law360.com/articles/33895 A bankruptcy judge has approved a deal between bankrupt auto parts maker Collins & Aikman and the auto parts company led by billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, allowing Ross' International Automotive Components Group North America Inc. to acquire one of the company's plants in Mexico. http://www.law360.com/articles/33895