http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Squire Sanders Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135381 Spanish banking giant Banco Santander SA has asked a federal judge in Florida to toss a class action alleging that it was negligent in investing over $3 billion in Bernard L. Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme, saying that the bank monitored the fraudster as closely as anyone. http://www.law360.com/articles/135381 http://www.law360.com/articles/135388 A federal judge has denied DirecTech Southwest Inc.’s motion for summary judgment in a case brought by former technicians who alleged the company, which provides installation services for DirecTV customers, failed to give them overtime pay. http://www.law360.com/articles/135388 http://www.law360.com/articles/135349 A unit of St. Jude Medical Inc. has won a preliminary injunction against a former employee who allegedly stole trade secrets in order to set up a rival medical device company in China, according to attorneys representing St. Jude. http://www.law360.com/articles/135349 http://www.law360.com/articles/135122 Karen B. Dow, a biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent attorney who formerly was patent counsel for Eli Lilly & Co., has joined intellectual property firm Sughrue Mion PLLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/135122 http://www.law360.com/articles/134203 Jones Day reportedly has demoted five of its London partners — about 10 percent of the partners in that office — to of counsel since the beginning of 2009 as American firms continue to scale back their domestic and international operations. http://www.law360.com/articles/134203 http://www.law360.com/articles/132971 The legal sector was not immune from October's grim unemployment numbers, shedding 5,800 jobs last month. http://www.law360.com/articles/132971 http://www.law360.com/articles/132213 A judge has given the green light to a $70 million stipulation agreement among several parties in the Filene's Basement Inc. Chapter 11 case that had faced objections by Fendi SRL because it threatened to limit how much the luxury company could recover in its counterfeiting lawsuit against the discount retailer. (Corrects an article published on Nov. 4.) http://www.law360.com/articles/132213 http://www.law360.com/articles/132566 The long-running battle over cartoon sweetheart Strawberry Shortcake will continue in an Ohio district court now that a federal judge has refused Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc.'s request to toss American Greetings Inc.'s suit accusing the Canadian entertainment company of failing to deliver on a $195 million commitment to buy the character. http://www.law360.com/articles/132566 http://www.law360.com/articles/131918 A federal judge has signed off on the NHL's acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes hockey team for roughly $140 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/131918 http://www.law360.com/articles/124429 If the recent trade tensions between the U.S. and China escalate into a full-scale conflict, not only American and Chinese companies but also their suppliers and competitors in other countries may be affected, international trade lawyers say. http://www.law360.com/articles/124429 http://www.law360.com/articles/130926 A federal appeals court has revived a British investor's lawsuit against Carnegie Mellon University for investment losses he allegedly sustained when a company sponsoring one of the school's research projects went under. http://www.law360.com/articles/130926 http://www.law360.com/articles/130558 The NHL has scooped up the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes in a $140 million deal that will close Monday if no further objections are raised, partially ending a drawn-out battle for the team's assets and future home. http://www.law360.com/articles/130558 http://www.law360.com/articles/129935 Law firms continued to announce cost-cutting measures this week, with WilmerHale LLP confirming Thursday that it had laid off 57 support staff members across four of its offices. http://www.law360.com/articles/129935 http://www.law360.com/articles/129634 Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP has disclosed that it will lay off more attorneys in the near future and will indefinitely defer about half of its 2009 associate class, while Williams Mullen announced that it will reduce associate salaries. http://www.law360.com/articles/129634 http://www.law360.com/articles/129435 The U.S. Court of International Trade has remanded for a second time a U.S. Department of Commerce decision on alleged dumping of steel pipe products from Taiwan, saying the agency failed to adequately address why it excluded an adjustment for imputed costs. http://www.law360.com/articles/129435 http://www.law360.com/articles/129237 RideNow Management LLC, which runs a network of recreational vehicle dealerships, has moved for an examination of the debtors in the Phoenix Coyotes' Chapter 11 case based on the hockey team's inclusion of a sponsorship agreement with the company in a list of contracts that may be assigned once the team is sold. http://www.law360.com/articles/129237 http://www.law360.com/articles/125931 Given the recent boom in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions, businesses should put safeguards in place to avoid getting ensnared in a potentially costly investigation. Experts in the field shared with Law360 tips for creating and implementing an FCPA program, stressing the need for in-person training and user-friendly guidelines. http://www.law360.com/articles/125931 http://www.law360.com/articles/128464 Luxury fashion company Fendi SRL has objected to a deal among bankrupt Filene's Basement Inc., its former parent Retail Ventures Inc. and shoe retailer DSW Inc. to wipe out $70 million in claims related to loans, bills and other obligations, citing concerns about the deal's effect on a pending trademark case. http://www.law360.com/articles/128464 http://www.law360.com/articles/128077 International law firm Denton Wilde Sapte LLP is reportedly launching redundancy consultations in an effort to cut loose more support staff members, after trimming 76 positions earlier in 2009. http://www.law360.com/articles/128077 http://www.law360.com/articles/127911 In light of a recent court order, real estate-related Web site operator OLA LLC has trimmed the fraud and breach of contract claims in its suit against a scad of homebuilders and manufacturers it claims stole its proprietary technology in violation of intellectual property and antitrust laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/127911