http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Mayer Brown Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/131130 With health care and climate change legislation, a global recession, and the war in Afghanistan, a financial regulatory overhaul has been slower than some expected, but Congress is moving forward on a sweeping financial reform package, and observers say some segments could soon be signed by President Barack Obama. http://www.law360.com/articles/131130 http://www.law360.com/articles/132879 UGI Utilities Inc. is hoping to be the latest defendant dismissed from a lawsuit filed by Frontier Communications Co., which paid $7.6 million to clean up tar contamination in a Maine river and sued nearly a dozen companies it said were also liable. http://www.law360.com/articles/132879 http://www.law360.com/articles/132881 Italiana Coke SRL and its former supplier United Coal Co. LLC have each moved for summary judgment in their dispute over the existence and validity of a $9.3 million coking coal contract, which was agreed upon but never formally executed. http://www.law360.com/articles/132881 http://www.law360.com/articles/132134 The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in Pottawattamie County v. McGhee, a case involving two men convicted of a 1977 murder on bogus evidence that will determine whether prosecutors' immunity extends to their pretrial investigations. http://www.law360.com/articles/132134 http://www.law360.com/articles/132105 Winston & Strawn LLP has reportedly pushed back the start date for incoming associates again, citing budget concerns in its decision to have new associates start in three groups throughout 2010. http://www.law360.com/articles/132105 http://www.law360.com/articles/131744 Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. has asked a judge to dismiss three indirect purchaser cases from the multidistrict litigation over allegedly anti-competitive patent litigation pacts related to the drug AndroGel, arguing that the settlements allow for generic competition years before the AndroGel patent expires. http://www.law360.com/articles/131744 http://www.law360.com/articles/124429 If the recent trade tensions between the U.S. and China escalate into a full-scale conflict, not only American and Chinese companies but also their suppliers and competitors in other countries may be affected, international trade lawyers say. http://www.law360.com/articles/124429 http://www.law360.com/articles/131407 Bank Leumi USA has won dismissal of a securities fraud suit accusing the bank of causing Healthcare Finance Group Inc. to lose its more than $1 million investment in auction rate securities. http://www.law360.com/articles/131407 http://www.law360.com/articles/123423 Given the current global focus on climate change and the efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, further connections across borders are likely to be made in the renewable and alternative energy spaces, says Guy Smith, a shareholder at Leonard Street & Deinard. http://www.law360.com/articles/123423 http://www.law360.com/articles/131247 The Mayo Clinic has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appellate court's ruling that Prometheus Laboratories Inc.'s method patents are valid under Bilski, arguing the patents' claims “attempt to turn a physician's thought processes into infringement.” http://www.law360.com/articles/131247 http://www.law360.com/articles/130882 Mayer Brown LLP is adding two leveraged finance partners, Jacqueline Evans from Allen & Overy LLP and John Clark from Clifford Chance LLP, to its burgeoning London office, the firm announced Wednesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/130882 http://www.law360.com/articles/130807 A federal appeals court has greenlighted a class action over AT&T Mobility LLC's fees, saying the arbitration clause in the cell phone company's standard contracts is unconscionable despite company efforts to creatively rejig it. http://www.law360.com/articles/130807 http://www.law360.com/articles/128874 Companies have been slow to adopt shareholder e-forums, citing concerns ranging from disclosure issues to costs to dealing with chat room bullies. But it appears electronic shareholder communication is here to stay, and direct shareholder electronic voting may not be far behind, attorneys say. http://www.law360.com/articles/128874 http://www.law360.com/articles/129731 The rare statement concerning denial of certiorari in DTD Enterprises V. Wells suggests that at least three U.S. Supreme Court justices are sympathetic to a class action defendant’s due process objection to having to bear the costs of the class notice, say Archis A. Parasharami and Kevin S. Ranlett of Mayer Brown LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/129731 http://www.law360.com/articles/130019 A federal judge has told a group of Iraqis who accused Blackwater USA employees of indiscriminately beating and killing Iraqi civilians to beef up their complaints to comply with jurisdictional standards required by the Alien Tort Statute and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/130019 http://www.law360.com/articles/130077 A circuit panel has upheld a district court’s ruling that an Illinois chiropractor’s class action alleging Safeco Insurance Co. of America systematically underpaid claims on its car insurance policies should return to the Illinois state court where it was originally filed. http://www.law360.com/articles/130077 http://www.law360.com/articles/129601 Finding that the plaintiff has not offered direct evidence of discriminatory intent, a magistrate judge has recommended the dismissal of a racial bias lawsuit against Mayer Brown LLP filed by a black former associate who claims she was fired for her race in 2008. http://www.law360.com/articles/129601 http://www.law360.com/articles/123900 As oral argument continues to lose favor with overworked appellate courts, appeals are increasingly being won or lost on the strength of the brief, lawyers say. Bad brief writing can doom a case long before the hearing date is set, but if you follow these five golden rules, you'll put your best foot forward. http://www.law360.com/articles/123900 http://www.law360.com/articles/125932 The tires at issue in the much-discussed Section 421 safeguard case are not the only Chinese-made tires making waves in the international trade community these days. Tires are also at the center of a recent ruling that could change the way anti-dumping and countervailing duties are calculated on exports from nonmarket economy countries. http://www.law360.com/articles/125932 http://www.law360.com/articles/129155 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP announced Monday it had snagged five Mayer Brown LLP securities litigators for its litigation practice group in Washington. http://www.law360.com/articles/129155