http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Williams & Connolly Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135395 Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., having come out on the losing end in a three-year infringement struggle with Alcon Inc. over a patent related to the anti-bacterial eye drop drug Vigamox, has said it will keep up the fight in an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. http://www.law360.com/articles/135395 http://www.law360.com/articles/134448 Arnold & Porter LLP has lured a longtime member of the U.S. Office of the Solicitor General to head its appellate and Supreme Court practice. http://www.law360.com/articles/134448 http://www.law360.com/articles/134223 Marking another win for Bayer AG in the product liability multidistrict litigation over cholesterol drug Baycol, a federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld the exclusion of expert testimony and dismissed the claims of two plaintiffs. http://www.law360.com/articles/134223 http://www.law360.com/articles/134085 Former Refco Inc. auditor Grant Thornton LLP and outside counsel Mayer Brown LLP have moved for a second time to dismiss a fraud lawsuit brought by the trustee overseeing Refco Inc.’s bankruptcy proceedings in response to allegations that they knew about the financial firm’s massive fraud scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/134085 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/133502 A federal jury has found two former Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. hedge fund managers not guilty of defrauding investors in the failed funds, setting a daunting example for prosecutors in one of the earliest criminal cases stemming from the subprime mortgage meltdown. http://www.law360.com/articles/133502 http://www.law360.com/articles/132326 Wachovia Corp. and the underwriters and auditor of 30 of the company's public offerings have denounced a consolidated class action alleging they downplayed Wachovia’s parlous subprime exposure when selling some $35 billion bond class securities. http://www.law360.com/articles/132326 http://www.law360.com/articles/131994 The plaintiffs and several defendants in derivative litigation over an alleged $2.2 billion stock options backdating scheme at semiconductor maker Broadcom Corp. have asked a federal judge for final approval of a partial settlement deal under which the company would collect $118 million from insurers. http://www.law360.com/articles/131994 http://www.law360.com/articles/132148 A group of Hewlett-Packard Co. pension fund investors who claimed the company's board of directors erred in handing former CEO Carly Fiorina a severance package worth more than $21 million lost an appeal of the dismissal of the suit on Tuesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/132148 http://www.law360.com/articles/131863 A federal appeals court has ruled that a judge rightly threw out a $27 million award to a woman who claimed Wyeth and a Pfizer Inc. subsidiary failed to warn about the cancer risk of their controversial hormone replacement treatment because of expert testimony the judge said should not have been allowed. http://www.law360.com/articles/131863 http://www.law360.com/articles/131795 Continuing to streamline the gargantuan fraud case against American International Group Inc. and its top brass, the lead plaintiff has asked the court to dismiss two former company heavyweights from the consolidated shareholder action. http://www.law360.com/articles/131795 http://www.law360.com/articles/131390 Abbott Laboratories has launched another suit seeking to block a generic version of its cholesterol drug TriCor, this one targeting generics maker Impax Laboratories Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/131390 http://www.law360.com/articles/130541 The Obama administration reportedly has thrown its weight behind a group of investors who are seeking to ward off Merck & Co.’s appeal of a decision that reinstated a securities class action alleging it concealed the health risks of its recalled painkiller Vioxx. http://www.law360.com/articles/130541 http://www.law360.com/articles/130291 Eye care giant Alcon Research Ltd. is seeking to end generic-drug maker Apotex Inc.’s bid to manufacture a generic version of Alcon’s Travatan eye drops, saying Apotex’s abbreviated new drug application infringes five Alcon patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/130291 http://www.law360.com/articles/129317 Alcon Inc. emerged victorious Tuesday from a three-year tussle with generic-drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. over a patent related to the anti-bacterial drug Vigamox. http://www.law360.com/articles/129317 http://www.law360.com/articles/129221 Washington powerhouse Williams & Connolly LLP has sued former client IDT Corp., alleging that the communications company owes the firm $2 million in unpaid legal bills stemming from a patent case. http://www.law360.com/articles/129221 http://www.law360.com/articles/128264 A federal judge has granted Wells Fargo & Co.'s request to toss credit card payment processor Elavon Inc.'s tortious interference and punitive damages claims from its breach of contract suit accusing Wells Fargo of causing Wachovia Bank NA to wrongfully terminate its exclusive referral agreement with Elavon during the banks' 2008 merger. http://www.law360.com/articles/128264 http://www.law360.com/articles/123918 If plaintiffs in the Refco securities litigation succeed in appealing the dismissal of Mayer Brown LLP and one of its lawyers from the case, securities lawyers arguing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit may find themselves liable for statements they wrote anonymously. http://www.law360.com/articles/123918 http://www.law360.com/articles/128072 As jury selection began Tuesday for the trial of two former Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. hedge fund managers accused of concealing the condition of their funds from investors on the eve of the bank's collapse, the judge overseeing the case rejected two potential jurors who wrote comments critical of Wall Street. http://www.law360.com/articles/128072 http://www.law360.com/articles/123606 An en banc ruling in Textron Inc.'s battle with the Internal Revenue Service over access to the company's tax accrual work papers could present the U.S. Supreme Court with an opportunity to clarify the reach of the work product doctrine. http://www.law360.com/articles/123606