http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Bracewell & Giuliani Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135126 Upheld by the Second Circuit, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's enforcement action against DiPlacido and two former Avista Energy employees is the first CFTC action to find manipulation based solely on trade practices such as "slamming the close," as compared to prosecutions of "corners" or "squeezes," say David M. Perlman and M. Andrew McLain of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/135126 http://www.law360.com/articles/134955 With financial reform likely around the corner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP has brought in a corporate and securities attorney from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP who specializes in providing advice to private investment funds. http://www.law360.com/articles/134955 http://www.law360.com/articles/134987 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP has wooed Joseph Tirone, a project development and project finance attorney, from McGuireWoods LLP to its energy practice. http://www.law360.com/articles/134987 http://www.law360.com/articles/134541 The receiver for the estate of accused Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford has lost a bid to keep hundreds of investor accounts frozen in an effort to reclaim payouts investors received before the alleged scheme was revealed. http://www.law360.com/articles/134541 http://www.law360.com/articles/134498 If enacted, three proposals by the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee would give the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve broad authority to restrict the way registered private fund advisers and their funds conduct business, say John A. Brunjes, Cheri L. Hoff and Genna N. Garver of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/134498 http://www.law360.com/articles/133227 YRC Worldwide Inc. plans to file for bankruptcy if it cannot complete a $536 million debt exchange offer that will enable it to tap into a $106 million revolver credit reserve, the trucking company said Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/133227 http://www.law360.com/articles/131824 As it continues to battle a down transportation market, trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc. plans to launch a $536.8 million debt exchange offer to noteholders in order to gain open access to the company's $106 million revolver credit reserve and permission to defer interest payments to lenders. http://www.law360.com/articles/131824 http://www.law360.com/articles/129559 After meeting with Bernard Madoff in his North Carolina prison, attorneys for a group of investors suing his family members and associates for their allegedly conspiratorial roles in the infamous multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme have lodged new accusations against major U.S. and U.K. financial institutions and investment groups that allegedly shepherded investors into the massive fraud. http://www.law360.com/articles/129559 http://www.law360.com/articles/129066 Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to overturn an earlier decision denying bail to the former chief financial officer of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, arguing that the government witness is not a flight risk and home detention is the appropriate course of action. http://www.law360.com/articles/129066 http://www.law360.com/articles/127911 In light of a recent court order, real estate-related Web site operator OLA LLC has trimmed the fraud and breach of contract claims in its suit against a scad of homebuilders and manufacturers it claims stole its proprietary technology in violation of intellectual property and antitrust laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/127911 http://www.law360.com/articles/127579 Finding that a lower court failed to make the requisite finding of irreparable harm before granting it, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has vacated a preliminary injunction granted to Baker Hughes Inc. in a patent suit against rival Nalco Holding Co. over a method for refining crude oil. http://www.law360.com/articles/127579 http://www.law360.com/articles/126348 Nine intellectual property attorneys are headed to Bracewell & Giuliani LLP following Fish & Richardson PC's decision to shutter its Austin, Texas, office by the end of the year. http://www.law360.com/articles/126348 http://www.law360.com/articles/125476 The dismissal of United States v. Radley — in which an indictment was brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and U.S. Department of Justice against four former BP America Inc. employees for allegedly attempting to manipulate the Texas propane market — may materially impact the government's ability to bring future actions under prevailing federal commodities laws, say David M. Perlman and M. Andrew McLain of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/125476 http://www.law360.com/articles/106077 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is not alone in moving quickly on corporate governance changes. Regulators ranging from the state of Delaware to Congress to the New York Stock Exchange all have taken the financial crisis and resulting recession and used them to put forth long-discussed changes in the way corporate boards do business. http://www.law360.com/articles/106077 http://www.law360.com/articles/124177 A fundraiser for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama pled not guilty Wednesday to charges that he defrauded several banks of more than $290 million in loan proceeds. http://www.law360.com/articles/124177 http://www.law360.com/articles/123744 A federal grand jury has indicted a fundraiser who served as the finance chair for Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid and raised campaign funds for President Barack Obama for defrauding several banks of more than $290 million in loan proceeds. http://www.law360.com/articles/123744 http://www.law360.com/articles/122954 Nalco Holding Co. has won an administrative stay of an injunction that had barred it from testing a crude oil refining process in an ongoing patent infringement lawsuit brought by rival Baker Hughes Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/122954 http://www.law360.com/articles/120779 A good oral argument is a conversation, not a speech, says Lynne Liberato, co-chair of the appellate section of Haynes and Boone LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/120779 http://www.law360.com/articles/122023 Overstock.com Inc. has become the first defendant to reach an agreement in a suit brought by a patent-holding company accusing seven retailers — including Blockbuster Inc. and Toys R Us Inc. — of infringing a patent related to technology that allows companies to create customized Web pages for potential clients. http://www.law360.com/articles/122023 http://www.law360.com/articles/121233 A former executive at JDA Software Group Inc. and her husband have agreed to fork over roughly $330,000 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to put to rest allegations of insider trading stemming from the software company's failed merger with i2 Technologies Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/121233