http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135520 In a victory for investors who collect securities settlements from soon-to-be bankrupt companies, noteholders including Alfa SAP and two ING funds will not have to return early payments they received from Enron to the Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/135520 http://www.law360.com/articles/131778 A federal judge has again denied summary judgment to Neuralstem Inc. in its battle with fellow biotherapeutics company StemCells Inc. over patents related to stem cells, setting the stage for a trial. http://www.law360.com/articles/131778 http://www.law360.com/articles/128332 K&L Gates LLP has scooped up bankruptcy, insolvency and creditors’ rights expert Michael B. Lubic, who joins the firm as a partner in its bankruptcy and insolvency practice. http://www.law360.com/articles/128332 http://www.law360.com/articles/126769 The third quarter brought an increase in law firm mergers, but firms remain wary about assuming others' problems in the midst of a still-rebounding economy, according to a new report. http://www.law360.com/articles/126769 http://www.law360.com/articles/124783 A federal judge has dismissed a $2.3 billion antitrust lawsuit accusing 16 pharmaceutical manufacturers and a group of drug distributors of conspiring to keep a Long Island, N.Y.-based secondary wholesaler out of business. http://www.law360.com/articles/124783 http://www.law360.com/articles/124455 A federal appeals court has reinstated an arbitration order tossed by the transferee judge in pharmacy benefit managers antitrust multidistrict litigation, saying MDL judges cannot overturn a transfer court's orders, with few exceptions. http://www.law360.com/articles/124455 http://www.law360.com/articles/122331 Corporate finance law veteran Susan J. Greenspon and David A. Rammelt, an expert in product liability and intellectual property law, have joined the Chicago office of K&L Gates LLP as the first new partners to come on board in the Windy City since the firm's tie-up earlier this year with Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/122331 http://www.law360.com/articles/121547 Baxter Inc. may lose millions in royalties after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday tossed most of a judgment against rival Fresenius USA Inc., which Baxter accused of infringing patents for kidney dialysis machines. http://www.law360.com/articles/121547 http://www.law360.com/articles/110127 Feeling the squeeze from the recession and credit crisis, U.S. law firms are having second thoughts about merging with one another, according to a recent analysis. http://www.law360.com/articles/110127 http://www.law360.com/articles/109571 A federal appeals court has upheld a decision that granted a preliminary injunction against Marlyn Nutraceuticals Inc. in a trademark infringement case over the dietary supplement Wobenzym, but it threw out a recall order. http://www.law360.com/articles/109571 http://www.law360.com/articles/103973 U.S. law firm tie-ups have picked up speed this year, with more mergers and acquisitions completed in the first quarter of 2009 than in previous first quarters, according to a legal consulting firm’s survey. http://www.law360.com/articles/103973 http://www.law360.com/articles/95855 Although the sluggish economy has slowed mergers between major U.S. law firms, acquisitions of small law firms have continued unabated, contributing to the slight rise in law firm mergers reported this year, according to a legal management consulting firm. http://www.law360.com/articles/95855 http://www.law360.com/articles/95724 Pugh Jones Johnson & Quandt PC, a 23-attorney Chicago firm, has joined forces with McCarter & English LLP, with the two reaching an agreement to provide coordinated legal services while remaining separate firms. http://www.law360.com/articles/95724 http://www.law360.com/articles/93763 Bryan Cave LLP has added another intellectual property litigator to the firm's list of partners, luring Kara E. F. Cenar from the newly merged K&L Gates LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/93763 http://www.law360.com/articles/85385 Partners of K&L Gates LLP and Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP voted Friday in favor of a merger that will expand K&L Gates' presence in Chicago and San Diego and boost the firms’ practices in intellectual property, investment management and other key areas. http://www.law360.com/articles/85385 http://www.law360.com/articles/83887 Despite the current state of the U.S. deals market, K&L Gates LLP has weathered the economic storm with less adverse impact to its corporate, M&A and securities practice than most if its competitors thanks to the firm’s global reach and focus on mid-market deals, according to Eric Simonson, co-leader of the practice. http://www.law360.com/articles/83887 http://www.law360.com/articles/82960 Could our nation’s existing highways and railroads be used to expand access to valuable, but remote, renewable energy resources? This question should be addressed as part of President Barack Obama’s contemplated infrastructure development plan, says Thomas R. Carey of Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/82960 http://www.law360.com/articles/82731 Fish & Richardson, Finnegan Henderson and Morrison & Foerster boast the largest IP practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac. http://www.law360.com/articles/82731 http://www.law360.com/articles/81048 New Year's Eve has brought rumors of more law firm marriages to come as firms big and small struggle to ride out the economic downturn, though it remains to be seen whether cash-strong outfits will be able to continue to scoop up their financially downtrodden peers at the same pace as 2008. http://www.law360.com/articles/81048 http://www.law360.com/articles/79125 K&L Gates LLP and Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP announced Thursday that they are in talks to merge, a move that would create a firm with about 2,000 lawyers on three continents. http://www.law360.com/articles/79125