http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Paul Hastings Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/131605 Outcry from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s shareholders over the company's proposed record-setting bonus payments this year highlights a growing trend of shareholders trying to assert control over executive pay in the wake of the financial crisis and bailout, according to securities attorneys. http://www.law360.com/articles/131605 http://www.law360.com/articles/135427 MvuInvestors LLC has appealed its recent loss to General Electric Co. unit GE Healthcare in their dispute over GE’s aborted deal to acquire Mvu’s MRI technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/135427 http://www.law360.com/articles/135297 Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. has agreed to buy rival Sierra Monolithics Inc. for $180 million in cash, in an effort to increase its exposure to the telecommunications and defense markets. http://www.law360.com/articles/135297 http://www.law360.com/articles/135199 A federal appeals court has rejected a plaintiff's bid to overturn a district court’s decision that AT&T Inc. did not illegally reduce workers' pension benefits by applying a preretirement mortality discount to her lump sum retirement benefits payout. http://www.law360.com/articles/135199 http://www.law360.com/articles/134391 After invalidating the sole patent asserted by Honeywell International Inc. in a long-running patent lawsuit against Fujifilm Corp., Samsung SDI Co. and other electronics companies, a judge has decided the case will not move forward to trial. http://www.law360.com/articles/134391 http://www.law360.com/articles/134095 W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. has settled surgical device maker Synovis Life Technologies Inc.'s infringement suit over a patent for material used to seal circular surgical staple lines. http://www.law360.com/articles/134095 http://www.law360.com/articles/122739 Company-to-company acquisitions should heat up as folks become comfortable that values have come down enough, and prospects for future economic growth have improved enough, to start using healthy balance sheets to better position their companies in a strategic way, says Esteban A. (“Steve”) Ferrer, incoming chair of Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s corporate department. http://www.law360.com/articles/122739 http://www.law360.com/articles/133730 The ad hoc committee of noteholders in FairPoint Communications Inc.’s Chapter 11 case has withdrawn its request for the appointment of an examiner, just weeks after the telecommunications company’s business plan and public statements leading up to its filing were found to be unreliable due to either obfuscation or incompetence. http://www.law360.com/articles/133730 http://www.law360.com/articles/133437 More than a dozen attorneys representing Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd. and Viacom International Inc. in their patent dispute over controllers for MTV's popular "Rock Band" video game will be opening a new front as they head to Tokyo to depose Japanese patent lawyers. http://www.law360.com/articles/133437 http://www.law360.com/articles/133320 A former AXA Network LLC broker has sued the insurer and its brokerage affiliate for breach of contract and other claims, alleging he was dumped as a sales agent after blowing the whistle on violations by a co-worker related to a $30 million Ponzi scheme at a hedge fund. http://www.law360.com/articles/133320 http://www.law360.com/articles/133198 Bankrupt Six Flags Inc. has rejigged its Chapter 11 reorganization plan to sweeten the deal for creditors, saying sound management and an economic upturn have given it more latitude with lenders. http://www.law360.com/articles/133198 http://www.law360.com/articles/123095 For a lawyer who is supposed to understand the law, providing advice on franchising in China remains a challenge, says Carl E. Zwisler, a principal in Gray Plant Mooty's franchise and distribution practice group. http://www.law360.com/articles/123095 http://www.law360.com/articles/132549 A federal judge has dismissed two defendants from an optical drive patent dispute brought by Ricoh Co. Ltd. against rival Quanta Computer Inc., slimming down the case as it inches toward trial. http://www.law360.com/articles/132549 http://www.law360.com/articles/132404 Fujifilm Corp. and Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. have convinced a judge that the sole patent asserted by plaintiff Honeywell International Inc. in a long-running lawsuit over liquid crystal display technology commonly used in devices like laptops and cell phones is invalid. http://www.law360.com/articles/132404 http://www.law360.com/articles/132212 A month after remanding eight others, a federal judge has sent two more suits in securities multidistrict litigation against Reserve Management Co. Inc. back to the New York state court where they were originally filed, saying Reserve failed to show a basis for federal jurisdiction in any of the suits. http://www.law360.com/articles/132212 http://www.law360.com/articles/132306 The ad hoc committee of noteholders in FairPoint Communications Inc.’s Chapter 11 case has asked a judge to appoint an examiner, saying the telecommunications company’s business plan and public statements leading up to its filing were unreliable due to either obfuscation or incompetence. http://www.law360.com/articles/132306 http://www.law360.com/articles/132027 Fannie Mae benefit plan committee members have asked a federal judge to dismiss a consolidated proposed class action alleging they violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by investing in Fannie Mae stock, saying the plan did not give them discretion to alter investments. http://www.law360.com/articles/132027 http://www.law360.com/articles/130155 The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments from a group of clients alleging that mutual fund manager Harris Associates LP charged excessive fees, in a case that observers say could have a dramatic effect on the fee structure of the $11.5 trillion mutual fund industry. http://www.law360.com/articles/130155 http://www.law360.com/articles/130943 A bankruptcy judge has authorized a number of FairPoint Communications Inc.’s first-day motions, granting the debt-ridden telephone company access to $75 million in debtor-in-possession financing and tweaking bankruptcy stays to reflect concerns from several states over regulatory rights. http://www.law360.com/articles/130943 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