http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Milberg LLP Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132801 A group of paying customers has banded together in a newly amended complaint to accuse Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH of prosecuting a patent it knew to be invalid in order to stymie generic-drug makers in their efforts to get cheaper versions of the Parkinson's drug Mirapex to market. http://www.law360.com/articles/132801 http://www.law360.com/articles/132662 Ethics scandals such as the arrest of a Ropes & Gray LLP associate for alleged insider trading and claims that a Troutman Sanders LLP partner scored kickbacks don't necessarily signify a BigLaw culture of corruption, even in an industry that also spawned the infamous Marc S. Dreier, but firms still need to act quickly to control the damage wrought by unscrupulous lawyers, experts said. http://www.law360.com/articles/132662 http://www.law360.com/articles/132684 White collar crime specialist and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Emmick has joined the Los Angeles office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as special counsel. http://www.law360.com/articles/132684 http://www.law360.com/articles/132578 A former client has hit Milberg LLP and three other firms with a proposed class action, alleging negligence by the firms led a securities class action to be decertified and judgment to be entered in favor of the defendant, an American International Group Inc. subsidiary. http://www.law360.com/articles/132578 http://www.law360.com/articles/132053 Louisiana's highest court has handed down a three-year suspension to lawyer Randy J. Ungar for misconduct related to his alleged failure to share with two clients the details of a $15 million settlement agreement in a putative class action accusing an insurer of breach of contract and fraud. http://www.law360.com/articles/132053 http://www.law360.com/articles/131984 Two insurance companies seeking to rescind defense coverage to Milberg LLP and several former partners caught up in an alleged kickback scheme have appealed their claims to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit following a district judge's ruling that they waited too long to act. http://www.law360.com/articles/131984 http://www.law360.com/articles/131834 The U.S. Supreme Court has asked Solicitor General Elena Kagan to weigh in on the Alien Tort Statute in a case involving pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.'s medical experiments in Nigeria. http://www.law360.com/articles/131834 http://www.law360.com/articles/130080 Plaintiffs in multidistrict price-fixing litigation against Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. have asked a judge to force the air carrier to turn over documents it has so far refused to produce after at least 10 months of discovery. http://www.law360.com/articles/130080 http://www.law360.com/articles/129960 A $336 million settlement a class of consumers reached with credit card companies and banks accused of breaching federal and state antitrust laws by colluding to fix foreign currency fees has been granted approval by a federal judge, three years after the defendants put the money away in escrow to repay the plaintiffs. http://www.law360.com/articles/129960 http://www.law360.com/articles/129923 An investigative magistrate judge in Paris has decided to press criminal charges against former Vivendi SA CEO Jean-Marie Messier and six others accused of misleading investors and manipulating stock prices, the company said Thursday. http://www.law360.com/articles/129923 http://www.law360.com/articles/129175 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed a lower court ruling that partially found in favor of five Citigroup Inc. employees who had accused the company of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act with its Citibuilder cash balance plan. http://www.law360.com/articles/129175 http://www.law360.com/articles/128291 A federal judge has approved the distribution of a notice to eligible stockholders of the Cooper Cos. Inc. in a certified class action accusing the medical supply company and its executives of making false statements to artificially inflate the price of Cooper stock during its 2004 merger with Ocular Sciences Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/128291 http://www.law360.com/articles/128108 The plaintiffs in a securities class action against Vivendi Universal S.A. are trying to put a stop to a lawsuit the French entertainment giant recently brought in Paris aiming to force two class members to drop out of the long-standing litigation by threatening them with severe financial penalties. http://www.law360.com/articles/128108 http://www.law360.com/articles/124647 Pending legislation proposing to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Stoneridge Investment Partners LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta Inc. has revived a heated debate over how best to ensure that aiders and abettors to securities fraud don't go unpunished. http://www.law360.com/articles/124647 http://www.law360.com/articles/123072 While the case ostensibly only concerned a Pakistani Muslim who alleged he was abused in custody, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal has received enormous attention — and become a source of ire for some — because it ushered in a heightened pleading standard for all civil lawsuits. http://www.law360.com/articles/123072 http://www.law360.com/articles/126735 A federal judge has approved a $586 million settlement in a massive securities case accusing banks, including Credit Suisse Group AG and Morgan Stanley, of rigging initial public offerings during the 1990s tech bubble, and has awarded plaintiffs' attorneys $217 million in fees and expenses. http://www.law360.com/articles/126735 http://www.law360.com/articles/125552 A federal judge has largely dismissed claims brought by Lloyd’s of London underwriters and Illinois Union Insurance Co. seeking to rescind defense coverage to Milberg LLP and several former partners over an alleged kickback scheme, ruling that the insurers waited too long to act. http://www.law360.com/articles/125552 http://www.law360.com/articles/124756 Several groups representing photographers and graphic artists have asked the federal judge overseeing Google Inc.'s proposed royalty settlement with authors and publishers to reconsider letting them intervene in the case, arguing that it remains unclear whether the controversial $125 million deal would include their members. http://www.law360.com/articles/124756 http://www.law360.com/articles/121040 Class members are protesting a request from their lawyers for more than $245 million in legal fees, filed in litigation settled earlier this year in which investors accused banks of rigging initial public offerings during the 1990s technology bubble. http://www.law360.com/articles/121040 http://www.law360.com/articles/119667 In response to several claims challenging his position on “net equity” for claims by victims of Bernard L. Madoff's historic Ponzi scheme, the trustee overseeing the liquidation of Madoff's investment firm has asked a bankruptcy court judge to determine how claims would be valued. http://www.law360.com/articles/119667