http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Orrick Herrington Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135075 A federal appeals court has found that Cell Therapeutics Inc.’s settlement of a qui tam suit should not preclude it from bringing suit seeking contractual indemnification from its reimbursement consultant for damages as part of the government’s investigation over its leukemia treatment Trisonex. http://www.law360.com/articles/135075 http://www.law360.com/articles/123728 While a steep drop in legal work has driven some law firms to hand out pink slips across the board and close offices in the U.S. and abroad, aggressive cost-cutting measures may put firms at a major disadvantage in the long run. http://www.law360.com/articles/123728 http://www.law360.com/articles/134284 Following the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision to partially review an initial determination that several technology companies did not infringe three Tessera semiconductor chip packaging patents, interested third party PowerASE Technology Inc. has asked the commission to refrain from issuing a general exclusion order for all infringing products. http://www.law360.com/articles/134284 http://www.law360.com/articles/134364 Asserting that the plaintiffs have failed to allege monopolistic practices despite ample discovery time, banks and credit unions in First Data Corp.’s Star electronic payment network have asked a judge to snuff out a long-standing proposed class action accusing the companies of fixing ATM service charges. http://www.law360.com/articles/134364 http://www.law360.com/articles/131432 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently filed an amicus curiae brief that, in effect, seeks to breathe new life into aiding and abetting claims in private actions brought under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, says George E. Greer of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/131432 http://www.law360.com/articles/133319 Two former assistant store managers have asked a federal judge for class certification in a suit accusing Home Depot USA Inc. of deliberately misclassifying them as exempt from California labor law in order to avoid paying a premium rate for overtime hours. http://www.law360.com/articles/133319 http://www.law360.com/articles/133375 The final defendant in the California Institute of Technology's patent infringement suit against a slew of digital camera companies has agreed to settle the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/133375 http://www.law360.com/articles/132739 A judge has certified a securities class action accusing circuit board maker Merix Inc. and its officers of misleading investors in connection with a 2004 stock offering, though he has approved a more limited class than the plaintiffs wanted. http://www.law360.com/articles/132739 http://www.law360.com/articles/132353 A federal appellate court has affirmed a lower court's decision to toss France-based Vivendi SA's lawsuit alleging that Deutsche Telekom AG and T-Mobile International AG colluded to take control of a Polish wireless telephone company. http://www.law360.com/articles/132353 http://www.law360.com/articles/131716 The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to review parts of an administrative law judge's initial determination that Acer Inc. and a host of other dynamic random access memory manufacturers did not infringe three Tessera semiconductor chip packaging patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/131716 http://www.law360.com/articles/130719 TiVo Inc. and EchoStar Corp. will face off in front of a federal appeals court panel over a district court decision that hit EchoStar with $200 million in sanctions for continuing to infringe a TiVo patent with its redesigned digital video recorder technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/130719 http://www.law360.com/articles/131544 A federal judge has denied class certification in a suit brought by a former Gap Inc. employee alleging that the clothing retailer required workers to purchase and wear Gap clothes at work in violation of the New York Labor Code. http://www.law360.com/articles/131544 http://www.law360.com/articles/131539 LG Electronics Inc. has agreed not to oppose requests from Westinghouse Digital Electronics LLC and Vizio Inc. to stay LG's patent infringement suit over digital television technology while the U.S. International Trade Commission considers a related case over some of the same patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/131539 http://www.law360.com/articles/131460 Tyco Health Care Group LP has received another boost in its battle with Masimo Corp. over alleged market manipulation of pulse oximetry products, with an appeals court affirming an order vacating a jury’s findings of liability as to the health care conglomerate’s bundling agreements. http://www.law360.com/articles/131460 http://www.law360.com/articles/131314 The U.S. International Trade Commission announced Thursday that it would investigate whether Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has been importing ceramic capacitors that infringe four Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/131314 http://www.law360.com/articles/131164 A protracted patent dispute between the University of Pittsburgh and Varian Medical Systems Inc. over patents related to radiation therapy may take another trip back to a federal appeals court, as Pitt has objected to a district court's judgment that barred it from filing a new complaint. http://www.law360.com/articles/131164 http://www.law360.com/articles/128352 While the economic downturn has caused hardship for many law firms and lawyers, the hard times have also sparked entrepreneurship, with attorneys striking out on their own and forming boutiques. http://www.law360.com/articles/128352 http://www.law360.com/articles/130871 Plaintiffs have appealed a district court's decision not to enforce an Indian tribal court's $1.8 billion judgment against casino giant Harrah's Operating Co. Inc. in a spat over casino development, finding the case had already been resolved by a binding oral agreement. http://www.law360.com/articles/130871 http://www.law360.com/articles/123725 This term, the U.S. Supreme Court is taking on a host of major criminal cases, including litigation that focuses on the scope of a statute that has been instrumental for the government in bringing corporate fraud and public corruption suits and another case that questions whether individuals considered to be sexually dangerous can be detained after serving their prison sentences. http://www.law360.com/articles/123725 http://www.law360.com/articles/130560 The five high-powered firms to which Thelen LLP's partners defected effectively purchased the now-defunct firm's business and are therefore liable to its laid-off employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the ex-staffers have argued. http://www.law360.com/articles/130560