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Top News - August, 2009

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• Calif. Ruling Spotlights Risks Of Secret Cameras
• AIG, Former Brass To Enter Arbitration Pact
• RJ Reynolds, Others Sue US Over Free Speech
• Brazil Can Sanction US Over Cotton Subsidies: WTO
• SEC Watchdog Finds Flaws In Rating Agency Audit
• Reid Says EFCA Resolution Unlikely This Year
• GINA Could Pose Challenges For Wellness Programs
• Guaranty Financial Group Files Ch. 11
• Derivative Suit Against Cephalon Board, CEO Tossed
• DC Circ. Strikes Down Cable Market-Share Cap
• Judge Keeps Neurontin Case Against Pfizer Intact
• Del. High Court Keeps Insurer's Intel Suit Alive
• Akin Gump Settles $72M Patent Malpractice Suit
• Stanford Rushed To Hospital As Ex-CFO Admits Plot
• Judge Upholds E-Verify Rule For Fed. Contractors
• Italy Launches Antitrust Probe Of Google News
• Motorola Stockholders Win Cert. In 3G Phone Suit
• Versata Scores $139M Verdict In Software Patent Row
• NYSE Euronext To Buy NYFIX In $144M Deal
• Microsoft Appeals $290M Patent Ruling For I4i
• Mayer Brown, Auditors Dismissed From Refco Suit
• NYC Beats Out Exxon In Phase 2 Of MTBE Trial
• Mediation Ordered In Lehman Derivatives Feud
• 2nd Circ. Hands GSK A Win In Avandia Securities Suit
• CPSC Exempts Some Materials From Toy Lead Ban
• 10th Circ. Strips Novell Of Unix Copyright
• Cipro Pay-For-Delay Deal Was Within Calif. Law: Court
• Countrywide Wins Approval to Settle Shareholder Suit
• Jury Says Smoker's Daughter Owed $13.8M
• Insurer To Pay $24M In Suit Over Pre-1959 Race Bias
• Epson To Plead Guilty, Pay $26M In TFT-LCD Case
• Victory For Carmakers In Canadian Antitrust MDL
• Fed Ordered To Cough Up Info On Bailout Loans
• No Appeals Based On 'Death Knell Doctrine': Court
• Reader's Digest Aims To Reduce Debt 75% In Ch. 11
• Warner Chilcott To Buy P&G Drug Biz For $3.1B
• Lender Taylor Bean Blames Bankruptcy On Regulation
• Madoff Doesn't Have Cancer: Feds
• Microsoft Wins Speedy Review Of Word Appeal
• BofA Settles Merrill Bondholders' Suit For $150M
• QBE, Lloyd's On Hook For $12M Over E. Coli Scare
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Yahoo Win In Webcasting Dispute
• Lilly To Pay $22.5M To Settle W.Va. Zyprexa Claims
• 9th Circ. Rejects Rehearing On Norvir Antitrust Deal
• Texas Instruments To Pay $173M For Qimonda Assets
• FTC Clears Arch Coal $761M Rio Tinto Mine Buy
• Cintas Offers $24M To Resolve Driver OT Action
• Judge Allows 9/11 Insurers' Claims to Proceed
• Exxon, PetroChina In $41B Pact For Aussie LNG
• Judge Keeps ShoreTel IPO Case Alive
• Investor Falls Short In AOL Short-Swing Trade Appeal
• DHS Seeks To Rescind No-Match Regulation
• Method Patents Not Covered By 271(f): Fed. Circ.
• In Obama Era, DC May Become New Legal Hot Spot
• Merck Wins Block On Teva's Generic Singulair
• Microsoft Appeals $290M Patent Infringement Ruling
• Gov't Misconduct Means New Trial For Brocade CEO
• USPTO Grants Apotex's Bid To Review Plavix Patent
• Lenders OK'd To Join $22B Suit Over Lyondell Merger
• Mounting Debt Sends 2 Harp Group Hotels Into Ch. 11
• WTO Rejects US Appeal Over Zeroing
• Eli Lilly Method Patent For Gemzar Found Invalid
• Antitrust Claims Survive In Universal, Redbox Spat
• RECAP Breaks Through PACER's Pay Wall
• Jury Finds Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Guilty
• ITC Judge Sides With Nokia In 3G Patent Fight
• Australian Government Breaks Up Climate Change Bill
• NY AG Accuses Charles Schwab Of ARS Fraud
• Last Barrier To Rambus DRAM Antitrust Trial Lifted
• CIT Staves Off Ch. 11 With Tender Offer
• Reader's Digest Pens Prepackaged Ch. 11 Agreement
• Align Settles Orthodontics Patent War In $90M Deal
• Backlash Fails To Discourage Firms' Carcass-Picking
• DRC To Pay $15M In Air Force Contract Kickback Deal
• IRS Gets 1st Circ. To Limit Work Product Privilege
• Suit Seeks Return Of Madoff Fund ‘Phantom Fees’
• Ex-AIG Heads To Pay $115M To Settle With Ohio AG
• Obama Seeks Review Of Export Control Process
• Boeing Settles Defective Work Claims For $25M
• Pearlman Ponzi Victims Spared Clawback Suits
• Employers Face Crackdown On Misclassification
• On2 Shareholders Sue To Halt Google Acquisition
• CFTC Proposes New OTC Derivatives Class
• Ex-IGT Counsel Are SOX Whistleblowers: 9th Circ.
• Plea Spares Madoff CFO Drug, Gun, Tax Charges
• Chrysler Creditors Win Right To Sue Daimler Over Sale
• New CPSIA Rules Lower Lead Limits, Raise Fines
• Yanzhou Coal Reaches $2.9B Deal For Felix
• Antitrust Suit Says Merck Blocking Generic Singulair
• As Part Of EU Beef Deal, US Delays Duties Until Sept.
• Firms Target Equity Partners Amid Recession Woes
• NYC Wins First Phase In MTBE Trial Against Exxon
• 1st Circ. Revives Qui Tam Claims Over Procrit AWP
• Snapple 'Natural' Label Suit Not Preempted: 3rd Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Nixes FERC License For NY Hydro Plant
• Judge Refuses To Vacate Bush-Era Mining Rule
• WTO Asks China To Relax Entertainment Import Rules
• Opening Salvo Fired In Fosamax Trial
• Foreign Chocolatiers Bumped From Price-Fixing Suit
• Judge Blocks Sales Of RealNetworks DVD Ripper
• Top Firms For Women Offer Work-Life Balance
• Ex-Westar Execs Must Face 3rd Trial: 10th Circ.
• Tyco Settles ERISA Class Action for $70.5M
• Plywood Claims Tossed In Panel Price-Fixing Suit
• DOE To Revisit Transformer Efficiency Standards
• FCC Seeks Comment On Music Fee Dispute
• Hockey Team, Hip-Hop Artist Brawl Over Song Use
• FDA Speeds Up Disciplining Of Wayward Researchers
• Senate Confirms 2 New CPSC Commissioners
• European Financial Bailout Is Working: Review
• ERISA Litigator, Pa. Judge Picked For Appeals Courts
• Senate Confirms Sotomayor For Supreme Court
• 2nd. Circ. Sets High Bar For Out-Of-District Atty Fees
• Picking The Wrong Expert Can Doom An IP Case