http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Baker Botts Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/131720 Oil exploration and production company Denbury Resources Inc. has announced a $4.5 billion deal to buy Encore Acquisition Co. in a definitive merger agreement to be underwritten by JPMorgan Chase & Co. http://www.law360.com/articles/131720 http://www.law360.com/articles/131068 The receiver marshaling the estate of accused Ponzi kingpin Robert Allen Stanford is set to square off Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit over the extent of his clawback powers, launching a debate that could recast a legal machinery that unevenly distributes losses among investors. http://www.law360.com/articles/131068 http://www.law360.com/articles/131571 WildEarth Guardians has asked a federal judge to enjoin Xcel Energy Inc. from opening a new coal-fired electric generation unit at its Colorado Comanche plant because the unit allegedly exceeds pollutant emission limitations imposed by the Clean Air Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/131571 http://www.law360.com/articles/131535 Accused by federal regulators of falsifying Delphi Corp.’s financial records, the bankrupt auto parts supplier's former CEO J.T. Battenberg III has failed to prevent a jury from deciding his fate at trial. http://www.law360.com/articles/131535 http://www.law360.com/articles/120818 Delay is a big problem — sometimes appellate judges do not understand that by failing to rule, they are effectively deciding the matter, says George T. Patton Jr., co-chair of the appellate group at Bose McKinney & Evans LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/120818 http://www.law360.com/articles/131161 The receiver in charge of the estate of alleged Ponzi artist Robert Allen Stanford says he has identified more than $1.5 billion in assets worth pursuing and could possibly return 20 cents on the dollar to the victims of the scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/131161 http://www.law360.com/articles/130550 An Israeli-owned software company is suing Google Inc. for patent infringement, claiming the Internet giant is using a patented algorithm that allows it to issue smaller updates for its new Google Chrome Web browser. http://www.law360.com/articles/130550 http://www.law360.com/articles/130468 A federal appeals court has rejected the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council's appeal of a ruling in a lawsuit over its failure to act on local approvals needed for a liquefied natural gas terminal in Fall River, Mass. http://www.law360.com/articles/130468 http://www.law360.com/articles/128603 The linked-in nature of today's jury pool is making it harder to shield jurors from external information about their case. But it could also give attorneys another arrow in their quiver when things haven't gone so well. http://www.law360.com/articles/128603 http://www.law360.com/articles/129721 A magistrate judge has declined to order electronics industry defendants in Anvik Corp.'s multibillion-dollar scanning technology patent cases — including Samsung Electronics and Sharp Corp. — to turn over global sales data on related products prior to the dates the privately held optical systems firm filed suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/129721 http://www.law360.com/articles/129726 Constitutional law professors from Columbia Law School have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing a libertarian lobbyist group and Nevada accounting firm’s challenge of the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. http://www.law360.com/articles/129726 http://www.law360.com/articles/129431 Positive Software Solutions Inc. has asked a federal court to compel evidence from Baker Botts LLP and its client Susman Godfrey LLP, which represented New Century Holdings Inc. in a copyright lawsuit against the software company and allegedly withheld evidence and concealed key information. http://www.law360.com/articles/129431 http://www.law360.com/articles/129349 A federal judge has granted the developers of the controversial AES Sparrows Point LNG Terminal and Mid-Atlantic Express Pipeline Project permission to intervene in Maryland's suit challenging the U.S. Department of Commerce's approval of the project under the state's coastal management plan. http://www.law360.com/articles/129349 http://www.law360.com/articles/125029 Though much has been written about the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in In re Seagate to toughen the standard for proving willful infringement, little attention has been given to an unexpected yet significant result arising from the new standard, says Patricio Delgado of Baker Botts LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/125029 http://www.law360.com/articles/129217 Following a hearing in a district court, Grupo Mexico SAB de CV has reportedly found itself with some additional hurdles to clear in its bid to acquire bankrupt U.S. copper mining company Asarco LLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/129217 http://www.law360.com/articles/123974 The U.S. Supreme Court has already heard or is poised to hear five labor and employment cases this term, including two labor cases involving arbitration issues, a Title VII case with echoes of the controversial Ledbetter decision and a case over how much deference courts should give to Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan administrators. http://www.law360.com/articles/123974 http://www.law360.com/articles/123995 Being first has its benefits, but a company making a play for coveted assets as a stalking horse bidder will find that pulling off such a deal is no easy feat, with parties such as creditors, judges and other outside interests to contend with, attorneys say. http://www.law360.com/articles/123995 http://www.law360.com/articles/128519 Foley & Lardner LLP is reportedly laying off 39 of its 988 attorneys, after having added eight offices and hundreds of lawyers over the last five years. http://www.law360.com/articles/128519 http://www.law360.com/articles/128434 Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer LLP's newest partner, former McDermott Will & Emery LLP intellectual property attorney Robert Greenfeld, says he prefers a more intimate professional setting. http://www.law360.com/articles/128434 http://www.law360.com/articles/128495 The receiver in charge of the distribution of billionaire Robert Allen Stanford's estate is continuing on his warpath, this time targeting two employees of Stanford Capital Management LLC over more than $11 million they received from funds the receiver claims were contributed by investors defrauded in an alleged $7 billion Ponzi scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/128495