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/135145 IPhone buyers who claim Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC violated antitrust laws by monopolizing the aftermarket for iPhone voice and data services have asked a federal judge to make Apple fork over iPhone source code. http://www.law360.com/articles/135145 http://www.law360.com/articles/135291 The Delaware Supreme Court has affirmed a $10 million default judgment for Italiana Coke SpA and Energy Coal SpA, which had enforced a settlement deal that ended the coal companies' fraud litigation against two energy investors. http://www.law360.com/articles/135291 http://www.law360.com/articles/131620 Russia's leaders have insisted that the country intends to join the World Trade Organization soon, drawing to a close an accession process that has dragged on for 16 years. Making that happen will mean ironing out some persistent issues between Russia and its trading partners, experts said, but should benefit both sides in the long run. http://www.law360.com/articles/131620 http://www.law360.com/articles/135204 A federal judge has directed United Coal Co. LLC to turn over documents, including those concerning quality management standards, to Italiana Coke SRL in the companies' 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/135204 http://www.law360.com/articles/134178 Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partner Fred Reinke has joined Mayer Brown LLP's litigation department, where he will focus on insurance matters and international litigation. http://www.law360.com/articles/134178 http://www.law360.com/articles/134463 Wyeth Inc. and Schwarz Pharma Inc. have prevailed again in a lawsuit that alleged the brand-name pharmaceutical companies should have warned consumers that a copycat version of their anti-heartburn medicine Reglan could cause an incurable neurological disorder. http://www.law360.com/articles/134463 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/134313 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has said it plans to split off its 83 percent stake in infant-formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., a move the drugmaker said will allow it to focus on its biopharmaceutical business. http://www.law360.com/articles/134313 http://www.law360.com/articles/134085 Former Refco Inc. auditor Grant Thornton LLP and outside counsel Mayer Brown LLP have moved for a second time to dismiss a fraud lawsuit brought by the trustee overseeing Refco Inc.’s bankruptcy proceedings in response to allegations that they knew about the financial firm’s massive fraud scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/134085 http://www.law360.com/articles/134096 A federal judge has dismissed a counterclaim levied by two railroad companies against Frontier Communications Corp., which had sought to be reimbursed by the railroads for pollution at a gas plant in Maine that was owned by a Frontier predecessor. http://www.law360.com/articles/134096 http://www.law360.com/articles/124178 As the trade relationship between the U.S. and China continues to grow, American companies will increasingly need to be ready to resolve disputes with Chinese companies in China, whether through arbitration, administrative proceedings or courts, according to international trade attorneys. http://www.law360.com/articles/124178 http://www.law360.com/articles/133763 The lead plaintiff in a putative class action alleging United Airlines Inc. used its monopoly power to fix ticket purchasing rules on coast-to-coast nonstop routes has asked the court to dump the air carrier’s economic expert, saying his theories are so skewed they shouldn’t be allowed in court. http://www.law360.com/articles/133763 http://www.law360.com/articles/132770 The arbitration panel in the Brazil Cotton case significantly clarified the types and amount of countermeasures that a World Trade Organization member may take in response to another member not eliminating WTO-inconsistent subsidies, say Duane W. Layton, Edward Borovikov, Paulette Vander Schueren and Matthew J. McConkey of Mayer Brown LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/132770 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