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Southeast - July, 2009

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• Judge In Scruggs Bribery Fiasco Pleads Guilty
• $11.5M 4-Way Hospital Insurance Dispute Continues
• W.Va. High Court Eyes Judge In Massey Case
• Cinergy Health Sales Reps Move For Class Cert.
• Senate Confirms FWS Veteran To Steer Agency
• Fraud Suit Against US Pension Trust Heads To Trial
• Minn. Faults Engineering Firm For Bridge Collapse
• Obama Taps Former Lawmaker To Join CPSC
• CalPERS Denied Bid To Appeal Lead Plaintiff Status
• Ex-Seidman Partner Pleads Guilty To $20M Fraud
• EMC Security Deposits — Adequate Protection?
• Nadel Investors Seek Cert. In Holland & Knight Suit
• Restructuring Co., Lloyd's End E&O Coverage Fight
• Insurance Broker Countersues Delta Retirees
• Wood Herron Wins Partial Toss Of Malpractice Suit
• Insurer's Class Action Over Trasylol Dismissed
• Banks' Losses To Boy Band Mogul Not Covered: Court
• Sapa Must Divest Facility To Acquire Indalex: DOJ
• Ex-Dollar General CFO Appeals SEC Relief Injunction
• Fate Of La. Rules On Lawyer Ads Lies With Judge
• AirTran, Delta Baggage Fee Suit Moved To Ga.
• Lehman Took $41.5M In Collateral: Lending Agency
• Concert Promoter Appeals $5M Ponzi Case Judgment
• 1st Case To Go To Trial In Neurontin MDL Dropped
• Male Enhancement, Bodybuilding Products Recalled
• Weighing Layoffs After Mergers And Acquisitions
• Sens. Seek Help For Chinese Drywall Homeowners
• Q&A With Katten's Jonathan Edgar
• Chinese Drywall Exposure: Not Armageddon
• Citgo Ordered To Pay La. Workers Over Oil Spill
• Class Cert. Denied In BankAtlantic ERISA Suit
• Locke Lord Wins Summary Judgment In Title VII Suit
• Sierra Club Seeks To Block $1.9B Coal Project
• SIPC Trustee Sues Ruth Madoff For $45M
• Judge Blasts SEC For Pursuit Of Merchant Fraud Suit
• Yahoo-Microsoft Ad Deal Incites Antitrust Worries
• Hartford Faces Class Action Over Hurricane Wilma
• Prominent W.Va. Atty Joins Dinsmore Litigation Team
• Utilities And Renewable Energy: To Buy Or To Build?
• Va. Tech Sues Verizon Over Fiber Optics Patent
• Insurer Seeks Distance From Birth Defects Suits
• Marsh Can't Enjoin Cos. From Pursuing State Claims
• Zipper Maker Settles Waste Storage Violation Claims
• Baby Formula Suit Against Abbott Survives
• Baxter Settles Ill. Drug Price Fraud Suit For $6.8M
• DC Circ. Rules Against Milk Producers In Pricing Spat
• Crawfish Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Bayer Action
• Senate Panel OKs Sotomayor For Supreme Court
• DuPont Retirees Claim Benefits Were Miscalculated
• Patent Co. Has No Luck In Casino Equipment Suit
• Experts Debate Federal Insurance Charter In Senate
• Florida Power & Light Sued Over Smart Grid Patents
• Okla. Utility Wins $100M For Union Pacific Overcharge
• Class List Expanded In FedEx Drivers MDL
• The Impact Of Carolina Casualty
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' Richard Gerakitis
• Tafas V. Doll Could Become Moot: USPTO, GSK, Tafas
• For Crocs, Escalator-Injury Suits Keep Coming
• Sun Capital Granted Temporary Relief From Receiver
• 11th Circ. Denies Class Cert. In FedEx OT Action
• High Court Age Bias Rule Can't Apply To Race: Judge
• Lead Plaintiff Fights To Revive Kellogg FLSA Action
• Georgia-Pacific Paper Towel Trademark Suit Tossed
• Banco Sabadell To Buy Up Mellon United
• Wyeth's 'Medical Ghostwriting' Docs To See Daylight
• ITC Votes To Pursue Chinese Wire Decking Probe
• Chemtura Seeks To Stall $2.8M CERCLA Suit
• Ruden McClosky Forms New Utilities, Energy Group
• TracFone Suit Against Alleged Scammer Advances
• Plaintiffs Amend Class Actions In Lawn Mower MDL
• Sanctions In IP Spat With Citrix Dropped On Appeal
• Zurich Eyes Quick Win In Actuary Firm Coverage Suit
• FTC Challenges $20M Health Care Clinic Merger
• Massey Drops Challenge To W.Va. High Court Recusals
• No New Cooper Tire Trial After $1.5M Crash Verdict
• NY Latest To Challenge $55M Schering Deal
• New Complaint Allowed In AstraZeneca Pain Med Suit
• Insurer Seeks To Rescind Policies Issued To Fla. Firms
• Tainted Baby Formula Insurance Spat Won't Be Nixed
• FEMA Wins Dismissal Bid In River Levee Suit
• Digitek Judge Allows Contact With Actavis Workers
• 11th Circ. Upholds AMCL Bus Driver FLSA Exemption
• Fed. Circ. Nixes $82M Nuke Waste Award Against US
• Chrysler Judge Lifts Stay For Talks In 2 Appeals
• Mass. Balks At $55M Schering Price Inflation Deal
• Carbon Fiber Price-Fixing Suit Heads Out West
• Wal-Mart, Netflix Face New Claims Over DVD Sales
• Ohio Asst. Managers Slap Rite Aid With Overtime Suit
• Boies Snags DOJ Atty Who Probed Enron Scandal
• Q&A With Choate Hall's John Lanza
• Plaintiffs Prevail In FDNY Race Bias Suit
• Asbestos Group Denied Relief In CAA Suit V. St. Louis
• Bottled Water Group Sues Over 'Poison' Canteen Ads
• Formula Maker Adds Claim In Tainted-Product Suit
• Settlements Leave 7 Respondents In ITC Chip Trial
• Q&A With Faegre & Benson's Michael Fisco
• Level 3 Appeals Patent Ruling In Favor Of Limelight
• Colonial BancGroup Derivative Suit Gets The Boot
• Insurance Linked Securities In A Challenging Market
• The 6th Circ. Rejection Of '3rd-Party Retaliation'
• Fire Hazard Prompts Polaris To Yank ATVs
• Senate Panel Clears FCC Nominees
• Columbia Gas Bid To Nix Evidence Partly Granted
• State Farm Florida Rate Hikes Snuffed
• Health Fund's Seroquel Complaint Booted
• Akerman Aims For Transparency In Pay Cuts
• Forex Capital Found Not Liable For Broker's Fraud
• Govs. Seek More Energy Incentives In Climate Bill
• SEC Slaps Morgan Keegan With ARS Suit
• Chinese Drywall Litigation Heating Up
• Arrowpoint Wants Others To Pitch In On Anco Defense
• Sherwin-Williams Wants $7M Lead Paint Verdict Nixed
• Army Illegally Provided Lake Water To Atlanta: Judge
• Solvay, Watson Say AndroGel Deals Are Legal
• Plaintiffs In Massey Slurry Suit Want Judge Tossed
• Plaintiffs Win Again In Seroquel MDL Experts Fight
• NM Wins Bid To Return Seroquel Suit To State Court
• $1.5M Katrina Damages Ruling Blown Away In 5th Circ.
• Baker & McKenzie Snags 2 Seyfarth Labor Veterans
• Verizon Sues Sprint Over 'Highest Call Quality' Ads
• Amazon, Quito Call Truce In Web Media Patent Fight
• NJ High Court Says Lower Court Can't Interpret CBA
• PwC To Pay $23M To Settle Lancer Fraud Claims
• Ace Found Not Liable In Fuel Tank Discharge Suit
• No Free Lunch: Coughlin Stoia’s Free 'Monitoring'
• LSI Points ITC Toward WSJ Article In Chip Probe
• Travelers' Burden To Show Katrina Damages: Court
• $36M Trade Secrets Verdict Rushes Luna Into Ch. 11
• Chrysler Can Seek Appeal Of $18M Judgment
• EPA, 177 Parties Settle Calif. CERCLA Suit For $3.6M
• WCI Strikes Deal To Create Drywall Claimant Trust
• Sanders Seeks Antitrust Probe Of Dean Foods
• Chinese Drywall Plaintiffs Seek Class Certification
• Goodyear Mechanics Seek Cond. Cert. In FLSA Suit
• The Supreme Court Stance In Ricci V. DeStefano
• First Residential Wins Bid To Decertify FLSA Action
• Miss AG Warns Residents Over Chinese Drywall
• Judicial Watch Founder's Mintz Levin Suit Trimmed
• Matthews Loses Bid To Escape Bridge Collapse Suit
• AbitibiBowater Seeks To Settle CAA Violation Claims
• Accredited Settles Investor Securities Suit For $22M
• Plaintiffs' Experts Nixed In Bausch ReNu Case
• NC Lawmakers Aim To Shore Up Beach Insurance
• Democratic Senators Rip Health Insurance Industry
• Insurers Object To LandSource Ch. 11 Plan
• Progress Energy Sues ACE Over $9M Jury Verdict
• Male Enhancement Pills Containing ED Drugs Recalled
• Fabrics Estate's Disclosure Statement Approved
• LSI Fights Ch. 15 Stay Of ITC's Qimonda Probe
• Insurer Asks To Nix Claims In Drywall Coverage Spat
• Nortel's Latin American Unit Joins Others In Ch. 11
• SEC Targets 11 With Insider Trading Claims
• AstraZeneca Wants Scope Narrowed In Seroquel MDL
• Jones Day Atty Asks EEOC To Clarify High Court Case
• Universal Denied Early Win Over Pollution Coverage
• Merck, Schering-Plough End Vytorin Investigation
• Chinese Drywall Claimants Challenge WCI Ch. 11 Plan
• Asset Freeze Continues Against Embattled Financier
• Appeal Set For Thwarted Seroquel Plaintiff
• Wackenhut Settles With Ex-Worker In Fla. OT Action
• Last Antitrust Claim Against Columbia Gas Tossed
• Trasylol Plaintiffs Step Up Fight To See Bayer Report
• Hunton Litigation Team Moves To Winston & Strawn
• 11th Circ. Revives Home Depot Retaliation Claim
• Hanover Told To Share Insurance Docs In Katrina Suit
• Deal For Axed Casino Ship Workers Denied For Now
• Law Firm Appeals Work Product Discovery Ruling
• 3rd Circ. Affirms FDA Ban On Ephedrine Products
• Atty Says Ex-Stanford Exec Plans To Plead Guilty
• Tyson Can’t Shake Tenn. Donning, Doffing Suit
• Class Cert. Sought For Ford Engine Action In Ky.
• WCI Communities Faces Flak Over Latest Ch. 11 Plan
• Viagra MDL Judge Bars Expert From Daubert Hearing
• Morgan Stanley Settles Fuel Price-Gouging Probe
• Watson Pharma Ala. AWP Case Ends In Mistrial
• Everett, Breckenridge Reach Deal In Vitamin Suits
• Verizon Seeks Room For Patent Claims In Charter Plan
• 5th Circ. Rebuffs Chevron Contamination Suit Again
• SC Agency Settles CERCLA Suit With Steel Cos.
• US Docs Kept Back In ObTape Discovery Dispute
• Roxane Wants DOJ Sanctioned For Spoliation
• Purdue Must Face Alpharma OxyContin Patent Claims
• CPSC Details Progress In Chinese Drywall Probe
• Is Wood The Next Asbestos? It Shouldn’t Be
• NJ Supplement Makers Sued Over Labels, Dirty Plant
• Accused Fraudsters Told To Pay $30M In SEC Suit
• Bat Advocates Fight To Halt Work On Wind Farm
• Entergy Sued Over Sales To Unaffiliated Marketers
• Rosetta Stone Slams Google Adwords In IP Suit
• Obama Picks State Judge, Atty For District Courts
• Q&A With Thompson & Knight's Rhett Campbell
• UnitedHealth Nears Deal In $14M Underpayment Suit
• General Dynamics To Face Asbestos Claims
• Stanford To Stay Behind Bars Until Trial, Judge Rules
• EEOC, Chemtura Race Bias Suit Tossed
• $4B Litigation Over Credit Reports Gets The Boot
• Nationwide On Hook For Katrina Rain Damage Claims
• Bounty Bar Shape Can't Be Trademarked: EU Court
• CAA Doesn't Regulate CO2 Emissions, Ga. Court Says
• CCS Medical Files For Ch. 11 With Prearranged Plan
• SEC Seeks Fines In Hedge Fund Kickback Case
• Former Patents Commissioner To Advise USPTO
• EPC Seeks Stay In BofA 'Keep The Change' Suit
• Zicam Lawsuits Pile Up In FDA Warning's Wake
• The SEC's Latest Stab At Disclosure Rules
• Ex-Softchoice Worker Trade Secrets Case Dismissed
• SEC Accuses Geotec, Execs Of Fraud Scheme
• No D&O Coverage For Indicted Bank Director: Court
• Stanford Calls On Judge To Rethink Detention Order
• Fed. Circ. To Reconsider Tafas V. Doll
• 4th Circ. Vacates Attorneys' Fees In Sprint IP Spat
• Acacia Unit Sets Sights On IPhone, Wii Royalties
• American Home Prevails In Feud Over $19M Judgment
• Court Will Use Advisory Jury In FEMA Trailer MDL
• Judge Boots Duke Coal Plant Fight From Fed. Court
• Judge Nixes Antitrust Claims Against Columbia Gas
• BofA Fires Back In Personal Bankers OT Action
• IPhone Purchaser Actions Consolidated In Calif.
• Salesmen Ordered To Forfeit $5M From MBC Plot
• DuPont, Rohm & Haas Get OK For $1.3M Ky. Deals
• HealthSouth Tries To Get Scrushy To Pay Up
• Seroquel Clinicians' Sexcapades Fair Game In MDL
• Experts Urge New Push On CAIR Clean-Air Regulation
• Another D&O Insurer Spurns GeoStar
• Microsoft Faces Data Encryption Patent License Suit
• AASI Trust Sues MetLife Over Ex-CEO's Life Insurance
• Seyfarth Shaw Snags 2 Troutman Labor Partners
• Key Officials Sent To Sell Senate On Climate Bill
• Fed Would Be Independent Risk Regulator: Vice Chair
• Suit Over Flood Insurance Premium Taxes Sent To SC
• United Guaranty, Countrywide Suit Lands In Calif.
• Blank Rome Trims Associate Pay At 5 Offices
• Exxon Left Toxic Waste On Cattle Grazers' Land: Suit
• Insurers Seek To Sever Katrina Levee Breach Claims
• Class Leads Picked For BofA-Merrill Buyout Battle
• Wyeth Wins Sanctions Against Firm In Prempro MDL
• Massey Must Rehire Union Miners, 4th Circ. Affirms
• Apotex Launches Suit Over Eisai’s Aricept Patents
• Nadel Investors Defend Suit Against Holland & Knight
• Dropped Claims End Acrylic Glass Antitrust MDL
• Former HealthSouth CFO Headed To Prison
• Expanded Discovery Allowed In Actavis Digitek MDL
• $2M Verdict Tossed In ULL Coach Race Bias Suit
• Bridgestone Announces Faulty Tire Recall Extension
• AT&T Challenges Order From Mich. Utility Commission
• Last Acculink Claim Against Abbott Nixed
• A Break For Manufacturers In Md. Emissions Law
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Luke Dauchot
• Insurer Doesn't Have To Fund Condo Repair: 4th Circ.
• Schnader Harrison, Alston & Bird Announce Pay Cuts
• Chadbourne Nabs Credit Suisse Chief Patent Counsel
• Music Cos. Say Yahoo, Rhapsody Infringe Copyrights
• Law Firms Less Inclined To Join Forces: Survey
• Overstock.com Class Action Sent To Arbitration
• Ex-Beazer Accounting Officer Hit With SEC Fraud Suit
• Stranger-Owned Insurance Scheme Cases Sent To Fla.
• Alzheimer's Institute Sues Pfizer Over Mice Patents
• Ex-Philips Employee Barred From Working For Rival