http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Akin Gump Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132547 The U.S. Court of International Trade has refused to stay anti-dumping duty orders on diamond saw blades from China and Korea, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has agreed to the stay pending an appeal. http://www.law360.com/articles/132547 http://www.law360.com/articles/132578 A former client has hit Milberg LLP and three other firms with a proposed class action, alleging negligence by the firms led a securities class action to be decertified and judgment to be entered in favor of the defendant, an American International Group Inc. subsidiary. http://www.law360.com/articles/132578 http://www.law360.com/articles/132659 In the nearly seven years since it was launched, SCOTUSblog has grown from a side project by two attorneys into the pre-eminent resource for information about the U.S. Supreme Court — a far greater undertaking than its creators initially expected. http://www.law360.com/articles/132659 http://www.law360.com/articles/132651 In a suit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor, a federal jury has found that Tyson Foods Inc. violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay production line workers for time spent donning and doffing compulsory safety gear. http://www.law360.com/articles/132651 http://www.law360.com/articles/132252 Two movie theater heavyweights have gone to battle over large-screen theaters, with Cinemark USA Inc. seeking a declaration that two patents held by Imax Corp. are invalid, arguing that Imax has “placed a cloud” over Cinemark's business. http://www.law360.com/articles/132252 http://www.law360.com/articles/132345 Bankrupt flooring company Congoleum Corp. has asked a judge to extend its debtor-in-possession financing agreement with Wachovia Bank NA through the end of June 2010 while it seeks approval of a bankruptcy plan that would resolve thousands of asbestos claims. http://www.law360.com/articles/132345 http://www.law360.com/articles/132181 Dairy farmers who brought a multidistrict lawsuit over alleged anti-competitive practices in the milk industry have won over a federal judge, who agreed to a protective order modification that would allow access to some sealed documents. http://www.law360.com/articles/132181 http://www.law360.com/articles/131982 Frustrated by Minnesota court injunctions that have barred the National Football League from suspending two players for taking a banned diuretic because the league's anti-steroid policy may not comply with state law, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pressed U.S. legislators to amend the Labor Management Relations Act to exempt collectively bargained employment policies from local statutes. http://www.law360.com/articles/131982 http://www.law360.com/articles/132155 A federal judge has found four Automotive Technologies International Inc. patents related to car side-impact sensors invalid, handing a victory to a group of automotive suppliers and manufacturers — including Nissan Motor Co., Siemens VDO and others — that ATI had sued for infringement. http://www.law360.com/articles/132155 http://www.law360.com/articles/131831 The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a dispute over how bankruptcy courts should decide how much money Chapter 13 debtors must pay unsecured creditors each month after reorganizing their debt. http://www.law360.com/articles/131831 http://www.law360.com/articles/131735 Brown Rudnick LLP is beefing up its corporate practice with the addition of a former Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP partner in its New York office. http://www.law360.com/articles/131735 http://www.law360.com/articles/131717 A federal judge has upheld the International Trade Administration's anti-dumping duty order for frozen shrimp imported from Ecuador despite a challenge from a group of domestic producers claiming that the cost information provided by an exporter was inaccurate and unreliable. http://www.law360.com/articles/131717 http://www.law360.com/articles/131643 Plaintiffs suing their former law firm for malpractice and seeking damages that would have been awarded in the underlying suit must show that those damages would have been collectible at the time a judgment was first signed in the prior case, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled in a case involving malpractice claims against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/131643 http://www.law360.com/articles/131508 The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to fix wholesale natural gas prices has refused to toss defendant CenterPoint Energy Services Inc. from the case, rejecting the company's argument that the plaintiffs have failed to state a claim. http://www.law360.com/articles/131508 http://www.law360.com/articles/131379 Former Winston & Strawn LLP attorney Robert L. Nelson has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's San Francisco office as a partner in the firm's energy and global transactions practice. http://www.law360.com/articles/131379 http://www.law360.com/articles/130953 A federal judge has nixed breach of contract and other claims against Samsung Electronics America Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in a putative class action alleging that the electronics manufacturers omitted to disclose to consumers a defect in certain high-definition televisions. http://www.law360.com/articles/130953 http://www.law360.com/articles/130597 A group of ConocoPhillips Co. employees claiming the oil giant's attendance and leave policies violate the Family and Medical Leave Act has picked up its sword again in the fight for class certification, following a federal judge's denial of certification in June. http://www.law360.com/articles/130597 http://www.law360.com/articles/130403 A bankruptcy judge has approved VeraSun Energy Corp.'s liquidation plan, which would merge most of its subsidiaries into one entity and cancel all shares of the company’s common stock and unsecured notes as the company winds down. http://www.law360.com/articles/130403 http://www.law360.com/articles/123721 The question — whether a sale following foreclosure would effectively transfer title without meeting the writing requirement of Section 261 of the Patent Act — was recently (but, perhaps, tentatively) answered by a three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit in Sky Technologies v. SAP AG and SAP America Inc., say Ned E. Barlas and Marwan Elrakabawy of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/123721 http://www.law360.com/articles/130014 On the heels of insurers’ failed attempt to appeal a ruling reinstating the case, bankrupt flooring company Congoleum Corp. has submitted a revised reorganization proposal, with the support of bondholders and asbestos claimants, in its latest attempt to emerge from Chapter 11 protection. http://www.law360.com/articles/130014