http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Bernstein Litowitz Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135336 A federal judge granted preliminary approval Thursday to a revised settlement among Google Inc., the Authors Guild Inc. and publishers that governs the use of copyrighted works displayed on the Google Books online library. http://www.law360.com/articles/135336 http://www.law360.com/articles/134921 So-called father of the Pentium microprocessor Vinod K. Dham and Harvard University professor Krishna G. Palepu are among the former directors of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. trying to shake a consolidated class action implicating them in the $1 billion accounting fraud at the company. http://www.law360.com/articles/134921 http://www.law360.com/articles/134839 A federal judge has partially lifted a discovery stay in a securities suit against Bank of America Corp. over its merger with Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., providing the plaintiffs with access to the same documents the bank has already shown to several government agencies. http://www.law360.com/articles/134839 http://www.law360.com/articles/134359 In response to antitrust and copyright concerns from the U.S. Department of Justice and a host of other complaints about the original $125 million class action settlement between Google Inc. and authors and publishers groups, the two sides have announced a revised agreement in their dispute over the Google Books online library. http://www.law360.com/articles/134359 http://www.law360.com/articles/134157 Deeming the plaintiffs' fraud allegations fatally general, a federal judge has jettisoned a putative class action accusing Horizon Lines Inc. and its senior officers of hiding from investors the fact that a price-fixing scheme propped up the shipping company's revenue gains. http://www.law360.com/articles/134157 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/131722 Investors accusing oil and gas firm Stone Energy Corp. of overstating its oil reserves and falsifying its financial reports have made a move for class certification. http://www.law360.com/articles/131722 http://www.law360.com/articles/131559 Pension plan trustees who accused State Street Bank & Trust Co. of gambling their investments on risky subprime mortgage investments have received preliminary approval of an almost $90 million settlement, despite the bank's “novel contention” that the deal might not benefit the plaintiffs. http://www.law360.com/articles/131559 http://www.law360.com/articles/130938 Shareholders who accused Washington Mutual Inc. of a massive home lending fraud have weathered an effort to get their case thrown out. http://www.law360.com/articles/130938 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/130340 Counsel for the lead plaintiffs in a class action accusing Merrill Lynch & Co. of misrepresenting its subprime mortgage debt exposure have asked a court to give them 15 percent, or about $23 million, of a $150 million settlement reached in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/130340 http://www.law360.com/articles/129721 A magistrate judge has declined to order electronics industry defendants in Anvik Corp.'s multibillion-dollar scanning technology patent cases — including Samsung Electronics and Sharp Corp. — to turn over global sales data on related products prior to the dates the privately held optical systems firm filed suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/129721 http://www.law360.com/articles/128564 Skandia Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has become the latest party to request lead plaintiff status in a consolidated derivative lawsuit accusing Pfizer Inc. executives of harming the company by promoting prescription drugs for unapproved off-label uses. http://www.law360.com/articles/128564 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/127526 Institutional investor Amalgamated Bank is competing with an individual shareholder over who will lead a consolidated derivative lawsuit alleging that Pfizer Inc.'s executives harmed the company by promoting prescription drugs for unapproved, off-label uses. http://www.law360.com/articles/127526 http://www.law360.com/articles/126686 Medtronic Inc. has asked a judge to dismiss a putative securities class action related to the off-label use of its InFuse spinal graft product, arguing that the mere disclosure that the medical device maker received a subpoena regarding its practices is not enough to show that fraud caused a drop in stock prices. http://www.law360.com/articles/126686 http://www.law360.com/articles/125479 A federal court has dismissed a consolidated putative securities class action against Pozen Inc. over disclosures made while the pharmaceutical company was seeking approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for migraine treatment Treximet. http://www.law360.com/articles/125479 http://www.law360.com/articles/124908 A group of pension funds appointed as lead plaintiff in multidistrict securities litigation against Bank of America Corp. has filed an amended complaint accusing the bank of suppressing billions of dollars in losses that Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. suffered before the financial giants finalized their $50 billion union. http://www.law360.com/articles/124908 http://www.law360.com/articles/124756 Several groups representing photographers and graphic artists have asked the federal judge overseeing Google Inc.'s proposed royalty settlement with authors and publishers to reconsider letting them intervene in the case, arguing that it remains unclear whether the controversial $125 million deal would include their members. http://www.law360.com/articles/124756 http://www.law360.com/articles/124103 The lead plaintiffs in an investor class action alleging International Rectifier Corp. and several of its officers and directors reported inflated financial results over five years have asked a court to approve a previously announced $90 million settlement with the electronic component manufacturer. http://www.law360.com/articles/124103