http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Linklaters Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ 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/132798 A British appellate court has rejected PricewaterhouseCoopers' plan to speed up the unwinding of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s European branch and distribute the assets to creditors, upholding a decision by a lower court. http://www.law360.com/articles/132798 http://www.law360.com/articles/130882 Mayer Brown LLP is adding two leveraged finance partners, Jacqueline Evans from Allen & Overy LLP and John Clark from Clifford Chance LLP, to its burgeoning London office, the firm announced Wednesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/130882 http://www.law360.com/articles/130638 Despite opposition from creditors Dish Network Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp., the judge overseeing DBSD North America Inc.'s Chapter 11 proceedings has given the go-ahead to the satellite service operator's reorganization plan, which calls for converting around $750 million of second-lien debt into equity. http://www.law360.com/articles/130638 http://www.law360.com/articles/130507 A federal judge has dismissed a putative class action brought by an American who accused four foreign airlines, including Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air France, of conspiring to fix the price of air travel between Europe and Japan. http://www.law360.com/articles/130507 http://www.law360.com/articles/130395 Sprint Nextel Corp. and Dish Network Corp. have lodged their latest objections to satellite communications company DBSD North America Inc.’s Chapter 11 plan, objecting to the debtor’s bids to obtain post-petition financing and extend its exclusivity period. http://www.law360.com/articles/130395 http://www.law360.com/articles/129258 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the administrator for Lehman Brothers International Europe, said Tuesday that it intended to file a $90 billion claim this month against Lehman's other units — bringing its total claims against the units to around $208 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/129258 http://www.law360.com/articles/127976 Securities and mergers and acquisitions expert N. Adele Hogan has joined Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP from the capital markets and securities practice at White & Case LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/127976 http://www.law360.com/articles/126322 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s European assets administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers said Monday it had developed an alternate plan for repaying creditors directly while it appeals a U.K. court order rejecting the asset distribution plan it submitted in July. http://www.law360.com/articles/126322 http://www.law360.com/articles/124621 London-based Allen & Overy LLP will have to rehire a banking associate from its Frankfurt, Germany, office who sued the firm for wrongfully letting her go as part of a massive sweep of layoffs, a German court has ruled. http://www.law360.com/articles/124621 http://www.law360.com/articles/124291 German engineering megaconglomerate Siemens AG has sold its airfield lighting business to the U.K.'s Montagu Private Equity for an undisclosed price. http://www.law360.com/articles/124291 http://www.law360.com/articles/123691 Partner billing rates have fallen to their lowest level in at least five years at the top five London-based law firms, according to a newly released survey. http://www.law360.com/articles/123691 http://www.law360.com/articles/120752 In a last-minute attempt to drill up support for its Chapter 11 plan, DBSD North America Inc. has blasted critics who say the company will not be able to stand on its own after restructuring. http://www.law360.com/articles/120752 http://www.law360.com/articles/118128 Citing Twombly, a federal judge overseeing multidistrict antitrust litigation against a group of major airlines has kept alive the action's Sherman Act claims despite a magistrate judge's recommendation that they be tossed, saying the plaintiffs established plausible grounds to allege an agreement among the carriers to fix air cargo prices. http://www.law360.com/articles/118128 http://www.law360.com/articles/110369 A European court has affirmed the European Commission's decision to fine Automobiles Peugeot SA based on claims that the French automaker sought to block the export of cars from its Dutch subsidiary to the rest of the continent, but shaved 10 percent off the €49.5 million ($69.2 million) penalty. http://www.law360.com/articles/110369 http://www.law360.com/articles/109148 As part of a strategy to expand its presence in the European market, Hunton & Williams LLP has added a new partner to its global competition practice who joins the firm's Brussels office from Linklaters LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/109148 http://www.law360.com/articles/107178 In an effort to save on its legal bills, Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has put together a team of Indian attorneys to tackle contract review, drafting and legal research, triggering fears that BigLaw firms will start to lose out as companies look for cheaper ways to meet their legal needs. http://www.law360.com/articles/107178 http://www.law360.com/articles/106623 A federal judge on Tuesday placed a former chief executive officer of an affiliate of General Reinsurance Group on probation for his role in an accounting scandal at American International Group Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/106623 http://www.law360.com/articles/103840 Bankrupt consulting firm BearingPoint Inc. has received bankruptcy court approval to sell a substantial portion of its North American commercial services unit and other assets to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for $44 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/103840 http://www.law360.com/articles/100277 Ken Glazer, the senior deputy director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, intends to part ways with the agency after more than three years overseeing the bureau and working on some of its biggest merger challenges, including Whole Foods Market Inc.'s acquisition of Wild Oats Markets Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/100277