http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Bryan Cave Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135498 NTK Holdings Inc. — the parent company of heating, ventilation and consumer technology manufacturer Nortek Inc. — has received approval to retain Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and a number of other professionals for its prepackaged bankruptcy case. http://www.law360.com/articles/135498 http://www.law360.com/articles/135170 The agent for individual investors in Mortgage Ltd.'s bankruptcy has asked a judge for attorneys' fees from Rev Op Group, alleging the investors group has tried to stymie the implementation of the mortgage lender's Chapter 11 plan with frivolous litigation. http://www.law360.com/articles/135170 http://www.law360.com/articles/134540 A circuit panel has ruled that certain employees of the city of Atlanta are entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit accusing the city and a Clear Channel Communications Inc. subsidiary of bid-rigging contracts for the advertising displays at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. http://www.law360.com/articles/134540 http://www.law360.com/articles/134513 First Banks Inc. subsidiary First Bank plans to sell its Chicago franchise, which holds deposits valued at $1.2 billion, to FirstMerit Bank NA for $42 million as part of continued plans to raise capital in response to the economic downturn. http://www.law360.com/articles/134513 http://www.law360.com/articles/123726 Rattled by an unprecedented wave of layoffs in the legal industry and a slowdown in business, more lawyers may be tempted to keep work for themselves instead of passing it off to other attorneys, but work-hoarding can pose a bigger problem for firms during difficult economic times, experts say. http://www.law360.com/articles/123726 http://www.law360.com/articles/133415 A federal judge has vacated an earlier ruling awarding a group of First American Title Insurance Co. policyholders summary judgment of liability on a breach of contract claim in a class action alleging the insurance company overcharged customers for residential title insurance policies. http://www.law360.com/articles/133415 http://www.law360.com/articles/133506 A federal judge allowed some claims to go forward Tuesday in multidistrict litigation that targets baby bottle and “sippy cup” makers over their use of bisphenol A, saying the companies cannot escape liability because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined that the chemical may safely be used as a food additive. http://www.law360.com/articles/133506 http://www.law360.com/articles/132692 For the second time this year, Goodwin Procter LLP has turned to layoffs in the sluggish economy — terminating 21 associates and 34 staff members. http://www.law360.com/articles/132692 http://www.law360.com/articles/132489 The U.S. International Trade Commission has ended an investigation into Ryn Korea Co. Ltd., accused by rival shoemaker Masai Marketing & Trading AG of infringing a patent that covers a type of curved-sole shoe. http://www.law360.com/articles/132489 http://www.law360.com/articles/131957 On the heels of announcing plans to acquire part of the reinsurance business of an ING Groep NV subsidiary, Reinsurance Group of America Inc. said Tuesday that it would offer public senior notes worth $300 million in order to raise capital. http://www.law360.com/articles/131957 http://www.law360.com/articles/131918 A federal judge has signed off on the NHL's acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes hockey team for roughly $140 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/131918 http://www.law360.com/articles/131829 Two companies have asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to review an administrative law judge's recommendation that they face a 10-year limited exclusion order for violating tariff laws by misappropriating trade secrets related to the manufacture of cast-steel railway wheels. http://www.law360.com/articles/131829 http://www.law360.com/articles/131112 The U.S. Court of International Trade has ruled that the tissue paper Walgreen Co. sells as part of its gift bag sets falls within the scope of an anti-dumping duty order on certain tissue paper products from China. http://www.law360.com/articles/131112 http://www.law360.com/articles/130558 The NHL has scooped up the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes in a $140 million deal that will close Monday if no further objections are raised, partially ending a drawn-out battle for the team's assets and future home. http://www.law360.com/articles/130558 http://www.law360.com/articles/130013 A group of current and former assistant branch rental managers for Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co. Inc. are seeking conditional certification for a proposed collective action accusing the company of failing to pay them overtime. http://www.law360.com/articles/130013 http://www.law360.com/articles/129876 The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined Tianrui Group Co. Ltd. violated tariff laws by misappropriating numerous trade secrets relating to the manufacture of cast-steel railway wheels. http://www.law360.com/articles/129876 http://www.law360.com/articles/123997 Doing deals in bankruptcy court these days frequently entails elements of a so-called loan-to-own strategy, in which an investor makes a play for a debtor by buying into existing debt or extending Chapter 11 financing, and while those arrangements are likely to face objections, there are tactics that can help ensure they work, attorneys say. http://www.law360.com/articles/123997 http://www.law360.com/articles/129237 RideNow Management LLC, which runs a network of recreational vehicle dealerships, has moved for an examination of the debtors in the Phoenix Coyotes' Chapter 11 case based on the hockey team's inclusion of a sponsorship agreement with the company in a list of contracts that may be assigned once the team is sold. http://www.law360.com/articles/129237 http://www.law360.com/articles/123065 As advocates and lawyers continue to debate the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court's headline-grabbing District of Columbia v. Heller decision in June 2008, the high court has accepted another contentious gun control case that could clear up a question the Heller case didn't answer — whether the Second Amendment applies to states and municipalities. http://www.law360.com/articles/123065 http://www.law360.com/articles/128671 Reassuring the secondary loan market, the New York Court of Appeals has issued a ruling clarifying the limits of the state's arcane champerty law, ruling that the age-old law with roots in medieval Europe was not designed to curb the ability of buyers of distressed debt to enforce their rights through litigation and collect on a legitimate claim. http://www.law360.com/articles/128671