http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Lockheed Martin Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135589 After two aborted attempts to weigh in on the murky area of employment law, the U.S. Supreme Court may finally sink its claws in the so-called cat's paw theory of liability, resolving what has become a clear conflict among the federal appeals courts. http://www.law360.com/articles/135589 http://www.law360.com/articles/135131 The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has voted to send forward legislation that would extend key spousal benefits to the same-sex domestic partners of current and former federal employees. http://www.law360.com/articles/135131 http://www.law360.com/articles/129005 Lockheed Martin Corp. has taken aim at Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. in a $3.64 million lawsuit accusing Bell of breaching a contract for target tracking systems to be used in U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Cobra helicopters. http://www.law360.com/articles/129005 http://www.law360.com/articles/128831 With the Obama administration's strong backing, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and his colleagues are pushing for action on a twice-delayed bill that would extend full benefits to federal employees' same-sex domestic partners, in an attempt to boost the government's image among younger workers. http://www.law360.com/articles/128831 http://www.law360.com/articles/125620 The U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office said Thursday that it intended to prosecute defense contractor BAE Systems PLC for offenses related to overseas corruption in Africa and Eastern Europe. http://www.law360.com/articles/125620 http://www.law360.com/articles/124374 RTI Hamilton Inc. is trying to wriggle out of contracts to buy chemicals from a Tronox Inc. subsidiary and to build a $300 million titanium sponge production facility, claiming the bankrupt pigment maker never revealed how close it was to financial collapse. http://www.law360.com/articles/124374 http://www.law360.com/articles/123941 Unclear about whether the judge ruled against it, insurer National Casualty Co. has asked for clarification of a minimum recovery ruling in a dispute with Lockheed Martin Corp. regarding repair coverage for demonstration vessel the Sea Slice, which suffered mechanical problems on a journey from Hawaii to Alaska. http://www.law360.com/articles/123941 http://www.law360.com/articles/121975 CA Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire privately held software maker NetQoS Inc. for $200 million, the company announced Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/121975 http://www.law360.com/articles/121761 A key committee of the U.S. Senate has asked the Department of Defense to begin research on an export model of the F-22A tactical fighter jet, a move that could balance out sales after the committee eliminated funds for U.S. purchases of the most technologically advanced U.S. jet. http://www.law360.com/articles/121761 http://www.law360.com/articles/121443 Lockheed Martin Corp. is facing a proposed class action claiming that the defense contractor unfairly classified network data communications analysts in California as exempt, shorting them on overtime compensation. http://www.law360.com/articles/121443 http://www.law360.com/articles/114803 A federal judge has narrowed a class action that accuses Edison International of offering a 401(k) plan that charges excessive fees, but triable issues remain over whether certain mutual funds were chosen to maximize the amount of revenue sharing for the benefit of the company and not that of plan participants. http://www.law360.com/articles/114803 http://www.law360.com/articles/110364 If the two trademark infringement suits targeting Google's AdWords program proceed as class actions, the potential damage claims could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, change the way trademarks are sold for Internet advertising and affect the rights of hundreds of thousands of owners of federally registered trademarks, say Gregory T. Casamento, Paul C. Van Slyke, Thomas G. Yoxall and Thomas L. Casagrande of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/110364 http://www.law360.com/articles/113305 The judge presiding over a class action accusing Lockheed Martin Corp. of mishandling two employment pension plans has denied a bid by the defense contractor to disqualify plaintiffs firm Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP from acting as lead counsel in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/113305 http://www.law360.com/articles/109524 A federal judge has certified a class of employees at Edison International who allege that the electric power company offered 401(k) plans that charged excessive fees and engaged in illegal self-dealing. http://www.law360.com/articles/109524 http://www.law360.com/articles/103445 The owner of a Superfund site in the U.S. Virgin Islands has filed suit against Lockheed Martin Corp., Alcoa World Alumina LLC and the property's other previous owners, alleging they should shoulder the costs of cleaning up bauxite contamination at the site. http://www.law360.com/articles/103445 http://www.law360.com/articles/103332 A federal jury has awarded nearly $37.3 million to Lockheed Martin Corp. after finding an L-3 Communications Corp. unit misused Lockheed’s trade secrets and breached licenses by refurbishing foreign P-3 propeller aircraft. http://www.law360.com/articles/103332 http://www.law360.com/articles/97559 A federal judge has ordered NASA to pay the Boeing Co. a total of $28.3 million, including $11.3 million in interest, after concluding that techniques used in constructing the space shuttle infringed a single Boeing patent for a process to reduce aircraft weight. http://www.law360.com/articles/97559 http://www.law360.com/articles/93500 A patent infringement dispute that pits the interests of patent holders against the U.S. government's ability to protect its contractors from suit during wartime could end up prompting congressional action, attorneys say. http://www.law360.com/articles/93500 http://www.law360.com/articles/95638 A federal judge has granted class certification in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit accusing Lockheed Martin Corp. of breaching its fiduciary duty in its handling of two employee investment plans. http://www.law360.com/articles/95638 http://www.law360.com/articles/95352 A federal judge has ordered NASA to pay the Boeing Co. almost $17 million, plus prejudgment interest to be determined, after concluding that techniques used in constructing the space shuttle infringed a single Boeing patent for a process to reduce aircraft weight. http://www.law360.com/articles/95352