http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Sidley Austin Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135386 Business and intellectual property trial lawyer Timothy G. Barber, formerly head of the patent litigation team at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, has joined King & Spalding LLP as a partner in the firm’s Charlotte, N.C., office. http://www.law360.com/articles/135386 http://www.law360.com/articles/131620 Russia's leaders have insisted that the country intends to join the World Trade Organization soon, drawing to a close an accession process that has dragged on for 16 years. Making that happen will mean ironing out some persistent issues between Russia and its trading partners, experts said, but should benefit both sides in the long run. http://www.law360.com/articles/131620 http://www.law360.com/articles/134725 A capital markets attorney who has worked with companies across the world is joining Sidley Austin LLP's London office as partner. http://www.law360.com/articles/134725 http://www.law360.com/articles/134461 They possess a keen sense of urgency and are willing to go the extra mile, say the Fortune 1000 corporate counsel who make up their client base. These nine law firms are standouts in what a new legal-industry report calls “commitment to help.” http://www.law360.com/articles/134461 http://www.law360.com/articles/134323 TIG Insurance Co. has asked a federal judge to force Travelers Indemnity Co. to produce documents and other information it has kept from discovery in its breach of contract suit over TIG's refusal to reimburse a portion of an environmental liability settlement between the plaintiff and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. http://www.law360.com/articles/134323 http://www.law360.com/articles/134460 Corporate counsel say they want a law firm that, above all else, knows their business and understands their particular objectives, according a new report. The top-ranked law firms are responding by training their attorneys to step into clients' shoes. http://www.law360.com/articles/134460 http://www.law360.com/articles/131328 A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday in a dispute over whether the judge in charge of multidistrict litigation over the cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol was empowered to enjoin plaintiffs from filing similar product liability class actions against Bayer Corp. in West Virginia. http://www.law360.com/articles/131328 http://www.law360.com/articles/134232 Bringing an end to the drawn-out case over the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s now-rescinded set of rules for patent applicants, a federal appeals court has dismissed the agency’s appeal, but it refused to vacate a lower court’s ruling that barred the USPTO from imposing the divisive rules package. http://www.law360.com/articles/134232 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/134064 The law firms that offer truly superior client service, according to a new survey of corporate counsel, are united by a commitment to understanding their clients' business, open lines of communication and a firm-wide zeal for keeping clients satisfied. http://www.law360.com/articles/134064 http://www.law360.com/articles/134020 Funai Electric Co Ltd. has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to bar Vizio Inc. and TPV International Inc. from presenting expert testimony on the validity of a Funai patent in a proceeding Funai brought against them to enforce an earlier exclusion order by the ITC. http://www.law360.com/articles/134020 http://www.law360.com/articles/133600 A U.S. senator and representative from Pennsylvania have thrown their support behind their constituent Berwick Offray LLC, a ribbon maker that initiated a U.S. International Trade Commission investigation of ribbons used on scrapbooks and floral arrangements imported from China and Taiwan. http://www.law360.com/articles/133600 http://www.law360.com/articles/133100 A federal judge has refused to de-designate documents claimed as privileged by AstraZeneca LP in a massive multidistrict litigation over the company's antipsychotic blockbuster Seroquel, further clearing the way for the roughly 6,000 cases to be remanded to transferor courts for individual discovery. http://www.law360.com/articles/133100 http://www.law360.com/articles/132872 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new Division of Risk, Strategy and Financial Innovation has begun to take shape, with the announcement Thursday of two new counsel and one senior policy adviser. http://www.law360.com/articles/132872 http://www.law360.com/articles/132294 U.S. Department of Justice attorneys have sharply criticized a judge in the Court of International Trade in two disputes over aid under the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, saying that the judge is wrongly trying to get them to disclose confidential Department of Labor records by threatening sanctions. http://www.law360.com/articles/132294 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/132105 Winston & Strawn LLP has reportedly pushed back the start date for incoming associates again, citing budget concerns in its decision to have new associates start in three groups throughout 2010. http://www.law360.com/articles/132105 http://www.law360.com/articles/132100 A recent Harvard Law School graduate poised to launch his career at an elite firm saw a job offer go up in smoke after being charged with arson for allegedly setting a fire at a Manhattan memorial that holds remains of people who perished in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. http://www.law360.com/articles/132100 http://www.law360.com/articles/131883 Unfortunately, many employers neglect to consider exactly how to compensate nonexempt employees for the time they spend attending to work matters while away from work. In today’s climate of exploding litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act, such an omission may be costly, says James D. Weiss of Sidley Austin LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/131883 http://www.law360.com/articles/131835 The U.S. Supreme Court asked the solicitor general on Monday to weigh in on a case tackling a controversial Arizona law that forces employers to use a federal database to verify the immigration status of potential employees or risk suspension or revocation of their business licenses. http://www.law360.com/articles/131835