http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Patton Boggs Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132517 Former executives of bankrupt Thornburg Mortgage Inc. have sued XL Specialty Insurance Co. for allegedly breaching a policy agreement by failing to cover their defense costs in a case accusing them of improperly using Thornburg employees and resources to start a new company, SAF Financial Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/132517 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/130756 Regardless of the recent announcements concerning a wholesale revamping of U.S. export laws, export restrictions have been in place since the Revolutionary War and are unlikely to fundamentally change, says Giovanna M. Cinelli, chair of the export control practice group at Patton Boggs LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/130756 http://www.law360.com/articles/128367 Former U.S. Department of Justice environmental lawyer Scott Stewart has joined Washington-based law firm Patton Boggs LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/128367 http://www.law360.com/articles/128278 A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to re-evaluate Montana's relatively stringent water quality standards, which coalbed methane producers and neighboring Wyoming claim are not based on science. http://www.law360.com/articles/128278 http://www.law360.com/articles/128262 Contending that it can provide the best prospects for the Fremont General Corp. to emerge from Chapter 11 protection, investor New World Acquisition LLC has pitched a reorganization plan in the subprime lender’s bankruptcy case, throwing itself into competition with plans already filed by the debtor, unsecured creditors and equity holders. http://www.law360.com/articles/128262 http://www.law360.com/articles/127931 Claiming that recent objections from banks and federal regulators have been adequately addressed, Fremont General Corp.’s committee of equity holders has urged the bankruptcy court to approve the latest disclosure statement for its proposed reorganization of the stricken mortgage lender. http://www.law360.com/articles/127931 http://www.law360.com/articles/127726 Fending off a late burst of objections from equity holders and banks, creditors of Fremont General Corp. contend that the disclosure statement for their Chapter 11 plan is replete with detail and worthy of the bankruptcy court’s approval. http://www.law360.com/articles/127726 http://www.law360.com/articles/126960 Auto-Dril Inc. has claimed that the automatic drilling systems patent asserted by rival National Oilwell Varco LP is unenforceable because during prosecution the purported inventor concealed key prior art that renders the patent invalid. http://www.law360.com/articles/126960 http://www.law360.com/articles/125897 Doral Bank has failed in its bid to intervene in a settled breach of contract dispute involving mortgage-backed securities purchased by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/125897 http://www.law360.com/articles/125418 A federal judge has rejected WellCare Health Plans Inc.'s bid to throw out a putative class action securities complaint that accused the managed health care company of misappropriating tens of millions of dollars in Medicaid funds to inflate its reported income and stock price. http://www.law360.com/articles/125418 http://www.law360.com/articles/125482 The receiver in charge of the estate of alleged Ponzi artist Robert Allen Stanford has successfully blocked the financier's attempts in a British court to secure up to $90 million in insurance funds set aside to pay legal expenses, various media outlets reported Wednesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/125482 http://www.law360.com/articles/125473 Kevin Martin, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, will be joining the technology and communications practice at international law firm Patton Boggs LLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/125473 http://www.law360.com/articles/125130 A voter advocacy group has added its voice to calls for a federal antitrust investigation into Diebold Inc.'s sale of its voting machine business to competitor Election Systems & Software Inc., saying the deal “threatens the democratic process itself.” http://www.law360.com/articles/125130 http://www.law360.com/articles/124271 Hart Intercivic Inc. has asked a federal court to require Election Systems & Software Inc. to divest the voting systems business it purchased earlier this month from Diebold Inc. while Hart's antitrust suit over the deal is pending. http://www.law360.com/articles/124271 http://www.law360.com/articles/123241 The judge overseeing oil and gas producer Energy Partners Ltd.'s bankruptcy has signed off on a modified version of a second amended joint plan of reorganization after ruling that the company's recent tweaks to the plan were minor in nature and should not affect its earlier confirmation. http://www.law360.com/articles/123241 http://www.law360.com/articles/122414 After shuffling through several counsel changes, former billionaire and accused fraudster Robert Allen Stanford will now be represented by a public defender against charges that he masterminded a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/122414 http://www.law360.com/articles/122264 Already facing an antitrust lawsuit from a competitor, Diebold Inc. and Election Systems & Software Inc. are now facing a call for a federal antitrust probe over the sale of Diebold's voting machine business to ES&S earlier this month. http://www.law360.com/articles/122264 http://www.law360.com/articles/121692 A lawsuit filed by seafood processors against Exxon Mobil Corp. over the interest rate for a settlement related to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill has been stayed pending the end of connected state court litigation, in the latest development in a long-running fight. http://www.law360.com/articles/121692 http://www.law360.com/articles/121149 Having earned a shot to file their own disclosure statement, the creditors in the Fremont General Corp. Chapter 11 case have run into opposition from equity noteholders who say the outline provided by the creditors is inadequate. http://www.law360.com/articles/121149