http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Progressive Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132934 Victims of a deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis in 2007 have come to terms with the contracting company working on the bridge when it fell. http://www.law360.com/articles/132934 http://www.law360.com/articles/117706 Progressive Emu Inc., Wonder Laboratories and six other drug manufacturers have received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that they are marketing pain-relieving ointments that include ibuprofen without federal approval, the FDA said Thursday. http://www.law360.com/articles/117706 http://www.law360.com/articles/116502 A federal judge overseeing a wage-and-hour class action brought by San Diego transit workers has denied the majority of the parties' summary judgment motions, ruling that it is too early to make a call on the question of whether Laidlaw Transit Services Inc. violated California labor laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/116502 http://www.law360.com/articles/114435 The state of Minnesota has brought a breach of contract and negligence lawsuit against the San Francisco-based engineering firm in charge of inspecting the Interstate 35W Bridge in Minneapolis that collapsed and killed more than a dozen people two years ago. http://www.law360.com/articles/114435 http://www.law360.com/articles/108993 California's highest court has rejected a transit union's attempt to bring a meal and rest break suit under the state's unfair competition law on behalf of its members, ruling that only parties who have suffered injuries have standing to sue under the statute. http://www.law360.com/articles/108993 http://www.law360.com/articles/107152 An engineering firm and a contractor whose alleged negligence contributed to the deadly collapse of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis have been hit with dozens of lawsuits in Minnesota state court, in what defendants say is a legal maneuver to get at the otherwise untouchable bridge designer. http://www.law360.com/articles/107152 http://www.law360.com/articles/106118 Rather than raising questions about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's deference to agency decision-making, as a previous Law360 guest column has indicated, Riverkeeper v. EPA underscores her respect for stare decisis and her appreciation of the important role that separation of powers plays in our constitutional system, says Rebecca M. Bratspies of CUNY School of Law. http://www.law360.com/articles/106118 http://www.law360.com/articles/97244 The state of Minnesota has reached settlements with the nearly 180 eligible victims of the Interstate 35W Bridge collapse that killed 13 and injured 145 people in 2007. http://www.law360.com/articles/97244 http://www.law360.com/articles/95565 A total of 17 people injured in a bridge collapse in Minnesota two years ago have filed suit against URS Corp., a consulting firm that studied the structure, and Progressive Contractors Inc., a contractor that was resurfacing it. http://www.law360.com/articles/95565 http://www.law360.com/articles/91709 A Puerto Rican phone company has filed an antitrust suit against the city of San Juan, its mayor and a rival phone company, alleging that the mayor approved the rival’s bid for control of San Juan's public telephones because of close political connections with its operators. http://www.law360.com/articles/91709 http://www.law360.com/articles/87884 Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation has subpoenaed five major insurance companies to testify in a public hearing investigating how consumers' credit scores and credit history affect underwriting rates. http://www.law360.com/articles/87884 http://www.law360.com/articles/84138 In a dispute stemming from allegations that the construction of a Louisiana Wal-Mart store caused flooding to area properties, Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. has sued for declaratory judgment stating that it does not owe the retail giant any liability coverage in the matter. http://www.law360.com/articles/84138 http://www.law360.com/articles/84020 Nearly a dozen environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity, have asked the Board of Land Appeals at the U.S. Department of the Interior to reconsider the approval granted under the previous administration to a coal-fired power plant near Ely, Nev. http://www.law360.com/articles/84020 http://www.law360.com/articles/64084 Apple Inc., Nintendo of America Inc. and Motorola Inc. were just some of the companies that hired law firms to work on major IP litigation in recent weeks, according to our daily review of court dockets. http://www.law360.com/articles/64084 http://www.law360.com/articles/57449 Jo-Ann Stores Inc., Sanyo North America Corp. and TomTom NV were just some of the companies that hired law firms to work on major IP litigation in recent weeks, according to our daily review of court dockets. http://www.law360.com/articles/57449 http://www.law360.com/articles/53698 Corporation owners and directors are not liable as employers for workers' unpaid wages when a company goes bust, a California appeals court has ruled. http://www.law360.com/articles/53698 http://www.law360.com/articles/40123 After its chief executive got into hot water for making a number of online posts trashing its rival, Whole Foods Market Inc. has revised its company policy prohibiting its top executives from posting anything on the Internet about the natural foods retailer. http://www.law360.com/articles/40123 http://www.law360.com/articles/30433 A Chicago-based patent-holding company has sued contact lens giants Bausch & Lomb Inc. and CIBA Vision Corp. for allegedly violating a patent covering contact lenses for users with prebyopia. http://www.law360.com/articles/30433 http://www.law360.com/articles/25517 Bipartisan legislation was introduced Thursday in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives that would grant states funding to create specialized health courts as pilot projects. http://www.law360.com/articles/25517 http://www.law360.com/articles/24372 Maryland on Tuesday became the first state to sign into law a statewide “living wage” bill that compels all state contractors to raise employees’ wages at least three dollars above the federal minimum wage. http://www.law360.com/articles/24372