http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: NYSE Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132731 Realtime Data LLC has won court approval for a settlement and licensing deal with F5 Networks Inc. and one of its customers, putting to rest allegations that the companies infringed seven patents covering compression-based data acceleration technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/132731 http://www.law360.com/articles/132653 A New York City judge approved Southfield, Mich.-based Lear Corp.'s plan of reorganization on Thursday in a bankruptcy hearing devoid of objections save an eleventh-hour letter from one wiped-out shareholder who did not show up to press the fight. http://www.law360.com/articles/132653 http://www.law360.com/articles/132508 A federal appeals court has upheld the New York Stock Exchange LLC's $100,000 fine against a former JPMorgan Securities Inc. investment banker for passing along confidential merger information to an employee at Bank of America Corp., where he was scheduled to take a job after the merger. http://www.law360.com/articles/132508 http://www.law360.com/articles/132564 A small cadre of Fowler White Boggs PA attorneys — including shareholder Burton Wiand — has broken off to start its own securities and complex litigation boutique in Tampa, Fla. http://www.law360.com/articles/132564 http://www.law360.com/articles/131138 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed amendments to the proxy rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are intended to provide additional flexibility for issuers and other soliciting persons on the content and format of the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, say Laurence S. Lese, David J. Kaufman, Dietrich A. Loos and Peter D. Visalli of Duane Morris LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/131138 http://www.law360.com/articles/132156 A federal jury has ruled that Former New York Stock Exchange President Gerald Putnam and two others defrauded a former business partner out of millions of dollars related to the development of electronic stock exchange Archipelago Holdings LLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/132156 http://www.law360.com/articles/131856 Electricite de France International SA and Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group Inc. finally made good on a $4.5 billion nuclear assets deal Monday, brushing aside concerns that a $100 million ratepayer rebate required by Maryland regulators would create a snag. http://www.law360.com/articles/131856 http://www.law360.com/articles/126163 Buyers and sellers need to become more realistic about valuations, and credit markets need to soften so there is a middle ground, says T. Justin Moore III, head of Hunton & Williams LLP's corporate team. http://www.law360.com/articles/126163 http://www.law360.com/articles/131141 Technology company Qimonda AG has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to review a determination issued earlier this month finding one Qimonda patent invalid, and ruling that Seagate Technology and LSI Corp. had not infringed three other Qimonda patents by importing semiconductor integrated circuit chips. http://www.law360.com/articles/131141 http://www.law360.com/articles/121087 One of the biggest issues we face is the amount of time it takes the clerk’s office to compile the record on appeal and to ensure the record is complete, says Nancy M. Reimer, a shareholder with LeClairRyan in the firm's tort defense group. http://www.law360.com/articles/121087 http://www.law360.com/articles/129751 Harvest Energy Trust, a Calgary-based producer and refiner of oil and natural gas, has been snapped up by Korea National Oil Corp. for CA$4.1 billion ($3.9 billion), in a deal designed to shore up the energy supply of Asian economic powerhouse South Korea. http://www.law360.com/articles/129751 http://www.law360.com/articles/129327 A federal judge has effectively tossed a proposed class action that took issue with allegedly misleading statements surrounding an initial public offering of common stock in dry bulk shipping company Britannia Bulk Holdings Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/129327 http://www.law360.com/articles/129155 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP announced Monday it had snagged five Mayer Brown LLP securities litigators for its litigation practice group in Washington. http://www.law360.com/articles/129155 http://www.law360.com/articles/128864 An administrative law judge has largely found in favor of defendants Seagate Technology and LSI Corp. in a patent suit filed by Qimonda AG alleging importation of semiconductor integrated circuit chips that infringe Qimonda’s patents, finding that the defendants either did not infringe the patents-at-issue or that the patents are invalid. http://www.law360.com/articles/128864 http://www.law360.com/articles/127970 Dole Food Co. Inc., the world's largest producer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, revealed Tuesday that it had launched an initial public offering of 35.7 million shares priced at between $13 and $15 per share, as part of the company's plan to sell up to $500 million of stock. http://www.law360.com/articles/127970 http://www.law360.com/articles/127961 Private oil and gas producer Chaparral Energy Inc. has announced plans to go public in a $1.8 billion merger with United Refining Energy Corp., a special purpose acquisition company. http://www.law360.com/articles/127961 http://www.law360.com/articles/119841 Weighing whether to adopt or extend a poison pill as part of a takeover defense strategy has become an increasingly complicated process for public companies, and recent pushes for corporate governance reforms promise to make the decision even more complex, experts say. http://www.law360.com/articles/119841 http://www.law360.com/articles/126352 Norwegian telecommunications giant Telenor ASA has agreed to merge stock in two common holdings and bury the hatchet with Alfa Group's subsidiary Altimo. http://www.law360.com/articles/126352 http://www.law360.com/articles/126513 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday said it has approved new rules — to be used by major stock exchanges — for breaking stock trades that deviate so substantially from current market prices that they are considered “clearly erroneous.” http://www.law360.com/articles/126513 http://www.law360.com/articles/125751 A Delaware state court has dismissed two actions brought against CME Group over its acquisition of the New York Mercantile Exchange. http://www.law360.com/articles/125751