http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Perkins Coie Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/134666 Sidergas SpA of Italy has fired back in Lincoln Electric Co.'s suit over welding wire equipment patents, rebuking allegations of infringement and saying Lincoln committed fraud in its patent applications. http://www.law360.com/articles/134666 http://www.law360.com/articles/134460 Corporate counsel say they want a law firm that, above all else, knows their business and understands their particular objectives, according a new report. The top-ranked law firms are responding by training their attorneys to step into clients' shoes. http://www.law360.com/articles/134460 http://www.law360.com/articles/134011 White House officials announced Friday that Gregory B. Craig has stepped down as chief presidential counsel and will be replaced by the end of the year by longtime Democratic lawyer and Perkins Coie LLP partner Robert Bauer. http://www.law360.com/articles/134011 http://www.law360.com/articles/133994 A Delaware judge will permit Craigslist Inc. to submit evidence that alleges minority shareholder eBay Inc. misused its information and engaged in unfair competition in eBay's securities dilution suit against the online listings network. http://www.law360.com/articles/133994 http://www.law360.com/articles/133777 Lincoln Electric Co. is urging the U.S. International Trade Commission to declare as moot various summary judgment motions filed by respondent Sidergas SpA of Italy in a patent case over welding wire equipment. http://www.law360.com/articles/133777 http://www.law360.com/articles/133781 A federal judge has sent a lawsuit brought by the California Public Employees Retirement System back to state court, saying the suit against three major credit rating agencies should be tried there because the public pension fund is an arm of the state of California. http://www.law360.com/articles/133781 http://www.law360.com/articles/132913 A judge has rejected a request by manufacturers including Honeywell International Inc., Wix Filtration Corp. and United Components Inc. to dismiss consolidated suits alleging price-fixing in the market for automotive filters under heightened pleading standards, saying the plaintiffs’ claims, which are based on eyewitness accounts, are more than sufficient to proceed in court. http://www.law360.com/articles/132913 http://www.law360.com/articles/132731 Realtime Data LLC has won court approval for a settlement and licensing deal with F5 Networks Inc. and one of its customers, putting to rest allegations that the companies infringed seven patents covering compression-based data acceleration technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/132731 http://www.law360.com/articles/131939 Approaching employee and corporate use of social networking tools with answers to certain questions in mind can help you to avoid common pitfalls and mistakes that have gotten others in trouble — from both a legal and a public relations standpoint, says Brian Flock of Perkins Coie LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/131939 http://www.law360.com/articles/130867 A federal judge has dismissed The Regence Group's lawsuit claiming that Bank of New York Mellon violated its custodial contracts with the group of health insurers by failing to return about $195 million of Regence's securities loaned to third parties. http://www.law360.com/articles/130867 http://www.law360.com/articles/130543 The recent solicitation from the U.S. Department of Energy is significant because it has opened up the loan guarantee program to renewable energy projects that use commercial technologies, and it has required applications to be submitted by lenders, not borrowers, say William G. Malley, James R. Cowan and Arthur T. Kolios of Perkins Coie LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/130543 http://www.law360.com/articles/130513 Intellectual property expert Grant Kinsel has left Foley & Lardner LLP to join the Los Angeles office of international law firm Perkins Coie LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/130513 http://www.law360.com/articles/130607 Account executives at a former ECC Capital Corp. unit sold to Bear Stearns Residential Mortgage Corp. in 2007 have struck a deal over allegations that the companies violated federal overtime pay requirements, reaching two settlements worth up to almost $1.4 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/130607 http://www.law360.com/articles/130185 A federal judge has dismissed antitrust counterclaims brought by Power.com against Facebook Inc., although he will allow the smaller company to replead as it looks to fight off allegations of copyright and trademark infringement. http://www.law360.com/articles/130185 http://www.law360.com/articles/129119 As buyers on the hunt for new acquisitions find themselves still grappling with qualms about the future in the wake of the financial crisis, attorneys say they're seeing a renewed interest in earnouts as a way to deal with often difficult financing conditions and lingering questions about a target company's true potential. http://www.law360.com/articles/129119 http://www.law360.com/articles/128402 A new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule requires large U.S. emissions sources and major fuel suppliers to report their greenhouse gas emissions. Canada has had GHG reporting rules for some time, but there are a few key differences — particularly for companies with operations in both countries, say Kai Alderson of Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP and William Pedersen of Perkins Coie LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/128402 http://www.law360.com/articles/128999 General Electric Co. and SonoSite Inc. have worked out a $21 million settlement and a royalty deal in their dispute over a SonoSite patent for lightweight ultrasound machines, resolving litigation in Wisconsin and Germany, as well as a federal appeals court. http://www.law360.com/articles/128999 http://www.law360.com/articles/128523 A federal judge did not abuse his discretion in awarding CytoSport Inc. a preliminary injunction pending the outcome of its trademark fight with Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc. over similarly packaged muscle drinks, a federal appeals court has ruled. http://www.law360.com/articles/128523 http://www.law360.com/articles/127551 The recent opinion in Shenandoah Valley Network v. Capka from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia should bolster the use of tiered studies under the National Environmental Policy Act for highway and high-speed rail projects, say William G. Malley and Albert M. Ferlo of Perkins Coie LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/127551 http://www.law360.com/articles/127016 Perkins Coie LLP has taken another step to expand its intellectual property practice, luring former Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP technology-related IP attorney Terrence Wikberg to its Washington office. http://www.law360.com/articles/127016