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Midwest - January, 2011
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- Kelley & Ferraro Files For Ch. 11 Amid Legal Woes
- Broker Manipulated Rice Futures, Trader Class Says
- Bankrupt Vertical Founder Sent Into Liquidation
- Trustmark, Hancock Must Resume Arbitration: 7th Circ.
- Westfield Doesn't Owe Subcontractor Defense: Judge
- Union Official Gets 27 Months For Bribery
- Judge Hits Minn. Ponzi Mastermind With $85M Penalty
- Dick's To Pay Up To $15.5M To Settle OT Actions
- Ugglebo Drops Trademark Suit Over Uggs
- Insurers Sue Neb. Excavator Over Pipeline Defense
- Monsanto Hit With Wage-And-Hour Class Action
- US Hits Back At Ex-Seyfarth Atty's Dismissal Bid
- Health Care In The DOJ's Antitrust Crosshairs
- Cargill Workers Score Deal In Don, Doff Actions
- Another AIPC Exec Strikes Deal In SEC Fraud Suit
- US Sues Guidant Over Defective Defibrillators
- State AGs Slam NLRB Over Secret Ballot Suits
- Jones Day Can Exit Soverain-Newegg Suit: Fed. Circ.
- Minn. High Court Recharges Stray Voltage Suit
- Minn. Rail Passes Enviro Test, Still Needs Work: Judge
- ERISA Claims Tossed In Church Publisher Action
- Ex-Hospital VP Asks For 2 Years In Corruption Case
- Harleysville Contests Builder Contract Suit Coverage
- Smart Technologies Faces Class Action Over $660M IPO
- Wis. Gov. Signs Tort Reform Bill Despite Criticism
- UTi Workers Win Initial Cert. In Overtime Action
- Dish Hit With False Ad Suit Over Programming Contract
- KBR Faces FLSA Action Over Time Clock Trek
- CFTC Uses New Forex Authority To Sue 14 Dealers
- 8th Circ. OKs Online Research Fees For Attys
- Lieberman Tries Again To Protect ANWR From Drilling
- Plaintiffs Push $40M Deal In Moving Co. Antitrust MDL
- Judge Approves $1.35M Deal In DirecTV Overtime MDL
- Can Cargo Carriers Limit Liability In Theft/Hijackings?
- Mexico Pays Corn Products $58M NAFTA Award
- New Ford & Harrison Attys Boost Presence In 3 Cities
- Huawei Wins TRO In Bid To Stop Nokia-Motorola Deal
- Senators Continue To Float State Bankruptcy Option
- Texaco To Pay $1.7M For Ill. Superfund Cleanup
- SEC Seeks Truth About Ill. Pension Reform Savings
- NBA Legend Jordan Shoots To Win $5M Trademark Suit
- Dimora Offers Up New Defense Attys In Kickbacks Case
- DOJ Eyes Defibrillators In Medicare Overbilling Probe
- Ambac Assurance Rehabilitation Plan Approved
- Class Action Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin
- EPA Rebuffs Objections To Sulfur Dioxide Rule
- AGs Ask 8th Circ. To Revive Drug Monopoly Suit
- House Reps Tussle Over Funding For Finance Regulation
- Mo. V. Spilton And False Claims Penalties
- Constitution May Thwart Bankruptcy Option For States
- Regulators Clear FairPoint To Emerge From Bankruptcy
- Class Action Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
- DOL Fines Grain Cos. $1.4M After Worker Deaths
- Insurance Group Of The Year: Dickstein Shapiro
- Environmental Group Of The Year: Jones Day
- Bear Stearns Securities Action Survives Dismissal
- Sharp Asks ITC For Broad LCD Investigation
- Huawei Sues Motorola To Stop Sale To Nokia
- Mich. City Official Traded Contract For Lexus, Jury Finds
- Reebok Infringes Sports Gear Patents, Suit Says
- Uponor Faces Class Action Over Plumbing Defects
- Dodd-Frank: Rating Agencies And The ABS Market
- GAO Downs Protest Over Home Care Contract Terms
- Watch Your Steps
- Snake Oil And Search Warrants
- FTC Boosts Merger Review Threshold To $66M
- EEOC Puts Bull's Eye On Systemic Workplace Bias
- Judge In Ice Antitrust MDL Berates Jones Day, Dykema
- Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton & Williams
- Reid, Pelosi Back Health Reform In 6th Circ. Battle
- Walgreens Ducks Fraud Action Over Pills In 7th Circ.
- Ex-Lehman Execs Want Savings Plan Action Tossed
- 10th Circ. Nixes Rail Worker OT Action Against Watco
- Insurance Group Of The Year: Covington
- Union Membership Continues To Decline, Report Says
- St. Jude To Pay $16M To Settle FCA Suit
- Ugglebo Picks Trademark Fight With Deckers Over Uggs
- Lilly Targets Pharma Cos. In Gemzar ITC Suit
- Insurance Gap Triggered Loan Default, Court Says
- The Rise Of 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
- Conseco Insurance Rate Hikes Don't Fly, Judge Says
- Verizon Asks High Court To Affirm Win In $1B ERISA Suit
- Bipartisan Group Of Sens. Call For Patent Reforms
- Cleveland Asks High Court To Hear Subprime Suit
- Blockbuster Gets Green Light To Close Stores
- Capitol Hill Visit By China's Hu Draws Trade Rebuke
- Old GM Faces $2M Suit Over Ohio Superfund Cleanup
- Fed. Circ. Revives Centillion IP Fight Against Qwest
- Ex-NASA Worker Pleads Guilty In Illegal Export Case
- Hanging Up The Empty Suits
- 2 Ex-IKB CEOs Off Hook in Rhinebridge Class Action
- Law360's Environmental Groups Of The Year
- Hospital VP Gets 9 Years In Cleveland Corruption Case
- Criminal Law Aspects Of Gaming Regulation
- MF Global Strikes $90M Deal In IPO Action
- Paralegal Hits Winston & Strawn With Race Bias Suit
- Merrill Moves To Nix Funeral Investment Suits
- Ascentive Faces Class Suit Over Alleged Sham Software
- USDA Kicks Off Biobased Labeling System
- Gym Appeals FLSA Suit Testimony In 6th Circ.
- Goldman Sachs Unit Hit With Contract Suit Over Oil
- House Deals Symbolic Blow To Health Care Law
- J&J Escapes Toxic Baby Shampoo Action
- Hubbard To Pay $505M For Bonneville Radio Stations
- United, American Sue Chicago Over Airport Financing
- 8th Circ. Revives Class Action Over KV Recalls
- Judge Finds Novo's Prandin Patent Invalid
- D&O Insurance, An Overview: Part 2
- Sherwin-Williams Hit With Suit Over 'Eco Pro' Mark
- Boston Scientific To Pay Up To $375M For Atritech
- Motley Crue Faces Copyright Suit Over T-Shirts
- Patent Co. Slaps Fan Maker With IP, Contract Suit
- Insurer Wants Off Hook For Flooring Defect Cases
- Fla. Asks To Add 6 States To Health Law Fight
- Fund Ex-Manager Nabbed For Alleged $3.5M Fraud
- FAA Threatens SkyWest With Maintenance Failure Fines
- 2nd Circ. Revives Parmalat Venue Dispute
- Supreme Court Weighs Class Rules In Baycol Case
- NextStep Founder Gets 16 Years For $6M Ponzi Scheme
- Product Liability Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin
- $76M Mylan Suit Remanded Over Jurisdictional Issues
- Sens. Use Visit From China's Hu To Push Trade Reform
- 7th Circ. Revives Class Cert. Bid In Outback Wage Suit
- High Court Declines Appeal Of Window Defect Classes
- DOJ, Health Care Reform Challengers Launch Appeals
- CORRECTED: Mixed Verdict For Delphi Execs In Fraud Case
- Domino's Delivered Less Than Minimum Wage: Driver
- Judge OKs Majestic Star's Ch. 11 Plan To Repay $65M
- Judge Nixes Catholic Man's Suit Over AIG Bailout
- Enviros Challenge Kan. Coal-Fired Power Plant
- NLRB Threatens States Over Secret Ballot Amendments
- Wis. Moves Closer To Punitive Damages Limit
- Product Liability Group Of The Year: Shook Hardy
- Bankruptcy Appeals Court Says Qualia Can Avoid Liens
- Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: Skadden
- 7th Circ. Revives Good Faith Suit Against Insurer
- CytoCore Exec Settles Insider Trading Allegations
- Case Study: J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd. V. Nicastro
- Baker Hostetler Nabs Kaye Scholer M&A Attorney
- DirecTV Installers Win Initial Cert. In FLSA Action
- EPA, Kansas Target Mine Operator Over Cleanup Costs
- The Constitutionality Of Mandated Health Insurance
- The Year Ahead In Antitrust Enforcement
- Paraplegic Worker Wins $21M Verdict Against DBI/Sala
- GM, Ford, Others Sued Over RFID Patent
- Ford Seeks Federal Injunction Of Ohio Contract Trial
- Product Liability Group Of The Year: Nelson Mullins
- Enviro Groups Sue EPA Over Particulate Plan Inaction
- Feds Wait On High Court For Conrad Black Retrial
- DOL Asks 6th Circ. To Revive KeyCorp ERISA Action
- Shire Sues Alkem Over Fosrenol Patents
- Ind. Power Co. To Pay $600M To Settle Pollution Suit
- Bayer Sues Sun Pharmaceutical Over Yaz Patents
- EPA Revokes Arch W.Va. Coal Mine Permit Over Waste
- Conn. V. AEP Could Open Litigation Floodgates
- Allstate, Liberty Face Progressive Patent Suit
- Bayer Strikes Deal With 4 Farmers In Rice MDL
- NIC, Execs To Pay SEC $2.8M Over CEO Perks
- Jones Day Reps Cliffs In $5B Deal For Mining Co.
- Print Broker Admits To Lying In Printing Bid
- Barnes & Thornburg Grabs Wildman Toxic Tort Pro
- 6th Circ. Tosses Whirlpool Wrongful Termination Suit
- Judge Lets Brooke Ch. 7 Trustee Settle $4M In Claims
- Product Liability Group Of The Year: Bowman & Brooke
- Remy Unit To Pay For Ind. Cleanup Costs
- Kansas AG Wants In On Health Care Challenge
- 7th Circ. Upholds H&R Block Win In Wage Action
- Guidant To Pay $296M Penalty In Defibrillator Case
- EPA Targets Ameren Over Power Plant Upgrades
- 6th Circ. Lets Capitol Off Hook In Secrets Suit
- Jury Inches Closer To Verdict For 2 Ex-Delphi Execs
- Bills Take Aim At Minn. Ban On New Nuclear Plants
- Dana Settles Over Toyota Truck Frames For $25M
- High Court Mulls Jurisdiction Shift For Foreign Cos.
- Ex-Mich. AG Joins Dykema's Health Care Practice
- Fed. Circ. Revives $33M Dickinson IP Malpractice Suit
- NY Appeals Court Nixes Suit Over MBIA Restructuring
- 8th Circ. Grills SEC In ESSI Exec Backdating Suit
- Novo Seeks To Toss Antitrust Claims in Prandin Suit
- Freshfields Reps BMO In Lloyd George Buy
- 7th Circ. Nixes WARN Action Against DHL
- $179M Settlement Ends AK Steel Health Benefits Action
- Khuzami In Hot Seat Over $75M Citi Settlement
- CORRECTED: SC High Court Rules For Insurer In $7.2M Appeal
- Medical Residents Must Pay Taxes, High Court Rules
- Merck Unit EMD Faces False Patent Marking Suit
- Ameren, Insurer Must Resolve Battle Outside Court
- What 2011 Holds For The EPA's OCSPP
- US Says Ex-NASA Worker Illegally Exported Technology
- Apotex Sues Forest Labs Over Generic Lexapro
- Domino's Cuts $1.45M Deal With Calif. Labor Class
- Top Afghan Reconstruction Auditor Resigns
- Securities Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
- High Court Won't Hear Calif. Contingency Fee Case
- Ohio To Join 20 States Challenging Health Care Law
- Federal Signal Cuts $3.8M Deal In Hearing Loss Suits
- High Court Denies Cert In AK Steel Battle With Union
- Kilpatrick, Others Plead Not Guilty To Corruption
- 7th Circ. Upholds Omnicare Antitrust Suit Dismissal
- High Court Won't Hear Travel Agent Fee Appeal
- High Court Refuses To Hear Kraft’s Don, Doff Dispute
- DC Circ. Affirms FERC Approval Of REX Gas Pipeline
- Lawmakers Revive False Marking Legislation
- Foreign Manufacturers And State Jurisdiction
- Kraft Sued Over Changes To Retiree Health Plans
- Ariz. District Judge John Roll Slain By Gunman
- Sprint Nextel Loses Bid To Toss Merger Suit
- High Court Takes On Two Ineffective Assistance Appeals
- H&R Block Sued Over Electronic Tax Patent
- Employment Group of the Year: Morgan Lewis
- Embarq Retirees Win Class Cert. In ERISA Action
- Securities Groups Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
- Sodexo Hatches Egg Price-Fixing Suit
- Competition Group Of The Year: Latham
- Lilly, Xanodyne Hid Darvocet Risks, Suit Says
- Ind. City Agrees To $500M Sewage System Update
- Chicago Sewer Contractors Hit With Fraud Charges
- AAI Asks 8th Circ. To Revive FTC Drug Monopoly Suit
- House Advances Health Care Repeal Vote
- MBIA, RBC Drop Subprime CDS, Restructuring Suits
- Boeing, Chartis Settle Liability Feud Over UK Crash
- Q&A With Warner Norcross' Sarah Howard
- SEC Questions Goldman On Facebook Offering
- Liberty Units Rebuff $450M AIG Insurance Pool Deal
- IP Group Of The Year: Howrey
- Kan. Gas Wells Shut Down Over Condemnation Suit
- FDA Doesn't Have To Release Provenge Docs: 2nd Circ.
- Broker Gets 32 Months For Swindling Clients
- AmFin Files Ch. 11 Plan Under $765M FDIC Cloud
- ProMedica's Hospital Buy Hurts Competition, FTC Says
- Ex-Blagojevich Fundraiser Wins Sentencing Delay
- Minn. Car Dealer Settles Antitrust Suit Against Kia
- Pentagon Puts Major Programs On Chopping Block
- Ex-Westar Exec Loses Bid To Clear Record
- 8th Circ. Revives D&O Suit Over Bank Exec's Defense
- Sparky Heater Action Survives Dismissal Bids
- The Clock Is Ticking On GME Funding Applications
- Judge Shuts Door On Medtronic ERISA Action
- Store Managers Hit RadioShack With FLSA Action
- Diebold Says Rival's ATM Patents Are Invalid
- Noncompete Strategies — A New Year's Resolution
- Retired NFL Players Ordered To Share Promotional Info
- Mich. Can Fight Class Cert. In ERISA Suit: 6th Circ.
- AEP V. Conn.: Supreme Court Tackles Global Warming
- Q&A With Stinson Morrison's John Aisenbrey
- Obama Picks Sidley Partner To Head OLC
- Employment Group Of The Year: Jones Day
- Supervalu Settles Disabled Worker Action For $3.2M
- First Lady Taps Former Skadden Atty As Chief Of Staff
- IP Group Of The Year: Finnegan
- Hockey League Loses Injunction Bid In Antitrust Suit
- NY May Merge Insurance, Banking, Consumer Agencies
- CGL Coverage For Chinese Drywall Claims: An Overview
- Thompson Coburn Adds Former Senator Kit Bond
- Sierra Club Hits Maple Coal With $14M Selenium Suit
- Fla. Joins Growing List Of States To Require E-Verify
- Consumer Agency, State Regulators To Combine Efforts
- Supreme Court Patent Cases: Past And Pending
- New Balance Sued Over Toning Shoes
- JPMorgan Faces Class Action Over Autodial Debt Calls
- Obama Inks Bill To Improve Agency Efficiency
- FDIC Seeks $2.5B From Execs Of Failed Banks
- Competition Group Of The Year: Howrey
- Boeing Crash Suits Belong In Ill. Court: 7th Circ.
- Fed. Circ. Remands Prosthetics Patent Suit
- FDA Warns Invacare Over Electric Bed Fire Hazards
- Wis. Archdiocese Seeks Ch. 11 Protection
- Philips Settles MDL Over Baby Bottles
- Goldman's Facebook Stake May Force SEC's Hand
- Google Exits Cell Phone Locator Patent Row
- Case Study: MDY Industries V. Blizzard
- USA Today Buys Product Review Website Network
- Marcellus Shale: Will Pa. Impose A Severance Tax?
- Wis. Joins Fight Against Health Care Reform
- Cole Joins DOJ As Deputy AG Over Senate Objections
- Detroit Medical Center Fined $30M For Illegal Perks
- Judge Hands Feds Win In W.Va. Mining Rules Dispute
- Liberty Mutual Settles Kickback Claims For $7.5M
- Alcoa, Ford, Others To Pay $14M For Ind. Cleanup
- Imation, Others Didn't Infringe Toshiba DVD IP: Judge
- Mylan To Pay $65M To Bury Medicaid Inflation Claims
- Smokers' Marketing Action V. Philip Morris Revived
- 4 Insurer Groups Settle Overcharging Claims For $120M
- Pimco Settles Short-Seller Action For $92M
- FTC Challenges Lundbeck Drug Monopoly In 8th Circ.
- Dewey Can Enforce Subpoena In $1B Legal Advice Suit
- Q&A With Schiff Hardin's Patricia Holmes
- There's No Stopping Credit Bidding
- Commerce Seeks To Ease Foreign Trade Zone Rules
- 7th Circ. Keeps Text Message Antitrust Suit Alive
- Union Pacific Sues Shell Over Site Cleanup