http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Blank Rome Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132843 A bankruptcy judge has approved Northeast Biofuels LLP's disclosure statement and has given creditors until Dec. 2 to vote on a plan of reorganization that contemplates pennies-on-the-dollar recovery for creditors of the liquidated upstate New York ethanol supplier. http://www.law360.com/articles/132843 http://www.law360.com/articles/132314 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. is appealing a judgment in favor of Abbott Laboratories in a patent and antitrust dispute involving multidistrict litigation over the hypertension drug Hytrin. http://www.law360.com/articles/132314 http://www.law360.com/articles/131847 Former Allen & Overy LLP partner Ernest Chung has joined the financial services practice at Blank Rome LLP, where he will focus on project finance and development. http://www.law360.com/articles/131847 http://www.law360.com/articles/131902 The New Jersey Supreme Court has found that a corporate financing agreement between Litton Industries Inc. and IMO Industries Inc. properly provided for attorneys' fees and costs that were disputed in a breach of contract lawsuit. http://www.law360.com/articles/131902 http://www.law360.com/articles/131407 Bank Leumi USA has won dismissal of a securities fraud suit accusing the bank of causing Healthcare Finance Group Inc. to lose its more than $1 million investment in auction rate securities. http://www.law360.com/articles/131407 http://www.law360.com/articles/130877 A magistrate judge has found that a $2 million settlement paid by bankrupt New Century Mortgage Corp. to end a class action over unsolicited fax advertisements should be covered by its insurance policies under their “advertising injury” provisions. http://www.law360.com/articles/130877 http://www.law360.com/articles/130836 Internet retail developer GSI Commerce Inc. has announced plans to add online private sale operator Retail Convergence Inc. — the parent of private sale Web site Rue La La — to its stable, in a deal valued as high as $350 million if post-closing revenue earnouts are reached. http://www.law360.com/articles/130836 http://www.law360.com/articles/130428 Blank Rome LLP has expanded its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice, adding partner Mark S. Greenfield to its Los Angeles office. http://www.law360.com/articles/130428 http://www.law360.com/articles/130682 Patent-holding company Aloft Media LLC has dropped Infor Global Solutions (Michigan) Inc. from its suit accusing Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and others of infringing three patents related to collaborative decision protocol software. http://www.law360.com/articles/130682 http://www.law360.com/articles/130488 A New York State Supreme Court judge acquitted three former Marsh Inc. executives of bid-rigging, price-fixing and other charges Monday after a nearly yearlong trial. http://www.law360.com/articles/130488 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/128757 A federal appeals court has overturned its own precedent in the problematic Winter Storm case, in which it had held that electronic fund transfers processed by an intermediary bank are subject to attachment under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. http://www.law360.com/articles/128757 http://www.law360.com/articles/128583 A Pennsylvania state court jury has found that portable fan manufacturer Lasko Products Inc. should pay $13.5 million to the family of a 7-year-old Philadelphia boy who was killed in a 2005 fire caused by a faulty box fan. http://www.law360.com/articles/128583 http://www.law360.com/articles/128515 A bankruptcy court has granted preliminary approval of American Home Mortgage Holdings Inc.’s $6.5 million settlement with former employees suing over the debtor’s mass layoffs in 2007. http://www.law360.com/articles/128515 http://www.law360.com/articles/127455 A trustee for bankrupt lender American Business Financial Services Inc., which funded its business by publicly selling notes, has reached settlements totaling $100 million with JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse Group AG over their alleged role in the failed company's demise. http://www.law360.com/articles/127455 http://www.law360.com/articles/126385 Ethanol production startup Northeast Biofuels LP, which recently sold its assets to Sunoco Inc., has lodged a plan of liquidation and accompanying disclosure statement that lays out very little recovery for creditors. http://www.law360.com/articles/126385 http://www.law360.com/articles/124781 Typhoon Touch Technologies Inc. has wasted no time in appealing a claims construction ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that scuttled its suit against Dell Inc., Apple Inc. and others over touch computing patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/124781 http://www.law360.com/articles/124282 Having netted a handful of settlements over its touch computing patents, Typhoon Touch Technologies Inc. has decided to concede the fight against the nine remaining defendants, including Dell Inc., Apple Inc. and Palm Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/124282 http://www.law360.com/articles/124022 Both the creditors committee and the U.S. trustee overseeing the Chapter 11 liquidation of ethanol production startup Northeast Biofuels LP have taken issue with the fees being charged by financial adviser FTI Consulting Inc., saying they are unreasonable and should be reduced. http://www.law360.com/articles/124022 http://www.law360.com/articles/123756 The two sides having reached a settlement, a federal judge has dismissed Medical Components Inc.'s infringement suit against Arrow International Inc. over a patent related to catheter assembly. http://www.law360.com/articles/123756