http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Pepper Hamilton Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135413 The U.S. International Trade Commission has preliminarily determined that a U.S. industry exists for the hand-held wireless technology at issue in Saxon Innovations LLC’s Section 337 complaint against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Palm Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/135413 http://www.law360.com/articles/134923 BP America Inc., ConocoPhillips Co., Shell Exploration & Production Co. and other energy companies have told a federal judge that there is no reason for them to be targeted in a putative class action brought by employment drug screening firms alleging that DrugTest Inc. snuffed out competition for oil and gas industry clients. http://www.law360.com/articles/134923 http://www.law360.com/articles/134958 Plaintiffs in class actions in Pennsylvania and New Jersey can continue to pursue state consumer protection claims against TD Bank NA over dormancy fees on gift cards after judges in both cases denied the bank's motion to dismiss on federal preemption grounds. http://www.law360.com/articles/134958 http://www.law360.com/articles/134041 A federal judge has stayed further accrual of sanctions imposed against Olevia International Group LLC in 2008 for failing to pay a $55 million judgment in a lawsuit accusing it of defaulting on a deal to acquire assets from defunct TV maker Syntax-Brillian Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/134041 http://www.law360.com/articles/133600 A U.S. senator and representative from Pennsylvania have thrown their support behind their constituent Berwick Offray LLC, a ribbon maker that initiated a U.S. International Trade Commission investigation of ribbons used on scrapbooks and floral arrangements imported from China and Taiwan. http://www.law360.com/articles/133600 http://www.law360.com/articles/132472 Palm Inc. on Wednesday lost a bid to stay a patent infringement suit with Saxon Innovations LLC until the resolution of an U.S. International Trade Commission case because a judge found that the issues in the two proceedings were different. http://www.law360.com/articles/132472 http://www.law360.com/articles/131680 A bankruptcy court judge has approved EZ Lube LLC's Chapter 11 reorganization plan, setting the stage for the oil-change chain's emergence from court protection. http://www.law360.com/articles/131680 http://www.law360.com/articles/131524 A judge has slammed the door shut on an antitrust case brought by West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc. accusing fellow hospital operator University of Pittsburgh Medical Center of monopolistic tactics, employee-raiding and collusion with insurer Highmark Inc., asserting that West Penn’s allegations are inconsistent and its requests for relief impractical. http://www.law360.com/articles/131524 http://www.law360.com/articles/130268 Leaving a ruling on the case's fundamental issues for another day, a judge has agreed to dismiss claims of statutory conversion, unjust enrichment and trespass alleged by Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. in a dispute with Consolidated Rail Corp. over an 1897 contract and whether it allows Conrail trains to cross Grand Trunk's tracks. http://www.law360.com/articles/130268 http://www.law360.com/articles/130180 In the latest of a series of state settlements over Zyprexa, Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to pay $45 million to South Carolina to resolve allegations it improperly marketed the antipsychotic drug for off-label uses. http://www.law360.com/articles/130180 http://www.law360.com/articles/129691 New York's highest court has determined that two excess insurers are not required to provide coverage to Pepper Hamilton LLP for legal actions stemming from a client's fraud, saying the law firm was obligated to inform the insurers about the possibility of the lawsuits before the policies were issued. http://www.law360.com/articles/129691 http://www.law360.com/articles/129346 The plaintiffs in the flat glass multidistrict antitrust litigation are seeking to keep the European Commission out of the class action as they continue to pressure one of the defendants to turn over documents related to an earlier EC investigation into the construction flat glass industry. http://www.law360.com/articles/129346 http://www.law360.com/articles/128621 A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring a former Emerson Electric Co. executive from working for rival Tyco International Ltd., which Emerson claims would violate several noncompetition covenants. http://www.law360.com/articles/128621 http://www.law360.com/articles/128186 Bankrupt auto parts maker Holley Performance Products Inc. is seeking permission to continue a contract dispute against Volvo Penta of the Americas Inc. in which Volvo sought $2.5 million in damages for a voluntary recall it issued for 8,000 Holley carburetors. http://www.law360.com/articles/128186 http://www.law360.com/articles/128078 Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to pay $13 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of Idaho over the drugmaker's promotion and marketing of the antipsychotic Zyprexa. http://www.law360.com/articles/128078 http://www.law360.com/articles/126924 Creditors of bankrupt EZ Lube LLC are seeking to examine the role that private equity firm Bruckmann Rosser Sherrill & Co. LLC played in a 2005 leveraged buyout that allegedly overloaded the company with secured debt. http://www.law360.com/articles/126924 http://www.law360.com/articles/126843 A group of lenders to bankrupt credit card processor Cynergy Data LLC has objected to $21 million in cure payments the company is proposing to transfer to Harris Bank NA, claiming the debtor is taking sides between creditors and the bank. http://www.law360.com/articles/126843 http://www.law360.com/articles/119841 Weighing whether to adopt or extend a poison pill as part of a takeover defense strategy has become an increasingly complicated process for public companies, and recent pushes for corporate governance reforms promise to make the decision even more complex, experts say. http://www.law360.com/articles/119841 http://www.law360.com/articles/126064 Emerson Electric Co. has accused one of its former executives of breaching a noncompetition covenant with the technology company by joining rival Tyco International Ltd. http://www.law360.com/articles/126064 http://www.law360.com/articles/125746 A federal judge has agreed to throw out securities fraud and other claims in a lawsuit by defunct auto parts maker Collins & Aikman Corp. against its former executives and auditors alleging they engaged in a misguided spate of acquisitions that led to the company's collapse. http://www.law360.com/articles/125746