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• House Passes SPILL Act For Oil Rig Disaster Victims
• Airbus Ruling Stokes Flames As Trade Battle Rages
• Patton Boggs To Buy DC Lobbying Firm Breaux-Lott
• Obama Signs Bill Imposing Tough Sanctions On Iran
• US Charges Massey Unit With Safety Violations
• EU Court Backs Astra Antitrust Fine Over Patent Abuse
• Goldman Defends Collateral Calls On AIG Swaps
• MMS Overhaul Bill Glides Through Energy Committee
• House Passes Major Financial Overhaul Bill
• Kagan Tries To Allay Fears Of Judicial Activism
• SEC Nixes Public Pension Fund Pay-To-Play
• Senate Panel Votes To Get Rid Of Spill Liability Cap
• Cassano Blames Bailout For AIG Derivative Losses
• WTO Rebukes Airbus Subsidies In Victory For US
• EU Fines Arcelor €315M For Part In Steel Cartel
• Kagan A Wildcard In Future Bilski
• HannStar To Pay $30M In LCD Price-Fixing Probe
• Bilski Prompts Remand In Medical Process Cases
• Bilski Puts Patent Examiners Back At Square One
• Reports Spur Lawmakers To Call For End To Avandia
• Scrushy, Ex-Gov Convictions Vacated After Skilling
• High Court Lets Nigerians' Pfizer Suits Stay In US
• High Court To Hear Case Over Fired Fiance
• Finance Bill Talks Resume As Senate Support Wanes
• Bilski Serves As Justice Stevens' Swan Song
• High Court To Review Janus Capital Fraud Suit
• High Court Ruling Won't Upend SOX Oversight Board
• Top Democrats Eye PCAOB Ruling's Effect On Agencies
• SG To Weigh In On Stanford, Roche HIV Patent Case
• Leahy Says Bilski Exemplifies Patent Law Problems
• Lack Of Guidance In Bilski Will Spark Suits: Attys
• Goldman Units Must Pay Bayou Creditors $21M: FINRA
• Jury Stuns Merck With $8M Verdict For Fosamax Plaintiff
• Sens. Press DOJ For Deputy AG Nominee's AIG Files
• Lehman Bankruptcy Fees Top $805M
• Finance Reform Deal Emerges From Marathon Talks
• 'Foreign-Cubed' Ruling May Be Escape Hatch For Some
• Skilling Ruling Puts Prosecutors On Short Leash: Attys
• High Court Finds For Conrad Black, Citing Skilling
• Nacchio Sentence Reduced By 2 Months, $7.4M
• Brocade Ex-CEO Gets 18 Months In Prison, $15M Fine
• 6 DRAM Makers Settle Price-Fixing Claims For $173M
• High Court Ruling Sheds Light On Role Of Arbitration
• Google Wins $1B YouTube Copyright Suit
• Nontraditional Parents Entitled To FMLA Leave: DOL
• House Panel To Subpoena BP Over Spill Payouts
• AT&T Gets OK To Buy $2.35B In Verizon Licenses
• EU Fines 17 Bathroom Fitting Cos. €622M Over Cartel
• ITC Seeks More Briefing In Rambus, Nvidia 337 Case
• Sens. Nix Finance Bill's Expansion Of FTC Authority
• Unfazed By Judge, Salazar Vows New Drilling Ban
• DOI Closes Loophole For Well Blowout, Spill Plan
• US Rolls Out Plan To Fight Piracy, Counterfeits
• Feds Sue 2 Madoff Employees To Seize $5M In Assets
• DOI's Deepwater Drilling Ban Deep-Sixed
• Barclays CEO Admits He Sought Buffer In Lehman Deal
• Google, Twitter Back Removal Of 'Hot News' Injunction
• 10th Circ. Restores Controversial Copyright Law
• SEC Sues ICP Asset Management For Alleged CDO Fraud
• Goldman Gets More Time To Answer SEC Fraud Suit
• Congress Nears Deal On Swipe Fees, Consumer Agency
• Supreme Court Takes Case On Credit Card Rate Hikes
• High Court Favors Arbitrator In Rent-A-Center Case
• High Court Lifts Ban On Monsanto's Alfalfa Seed
• AstraZeneca To Pay $103M To Settle AWP Claims
• Homeowners Awarded $2.4M In 1st Chinese Drywall Trial
• Enviros Hit BP, Transocean With $19B CWA Suit
• Army Halts Mountaintop Coal Mine Permit In Appalachia
• USDA Rule Changes Could Spur Meat Industry Suits
• US Soccer Scores TRO In Sports Authority Ad Suit
• Walgreen, CVS Caremark Resolve Drug Plan Feud
• FDA Looks Askance At Marlboro Light Marketing Tactics
• Microsoft, Others Settle Tsera Touch Pad Patent Suit
• Ruling Could Hamper NLRB's Pro-Union Agenda
• Lawmakers Grill MMS Head Over Post-Spill Reforms
• BP's Hayward Clams Up Before Angry Lawmakers
• Debtor's Loss At High Court May Lead To Bigger Gain
• High Court Ruling Bolsters Employer Searches
• 'Judicial Takings' Still Unresolved By High Court Ruling
• SEC Launches Probe Of Trading Director's Departure
• 9/11 Special Master Feinberg To Oversee $20B BP Fund
• BP To Set Up $20B Escrow Fund For Spill Claims
• SF Adopts Novel Cell Phone Radiation Disclosure Law
• FDA Launches Data-Sharing System For New Drugs
• DOI Asked To Nix NEPA Exclusions For Offshore Oil
• UK Watchdog Probes Ernst &Young's Lehman Books
• Obama Lays Out 'Battle Plan' For BP Spill
• Planned NM Mine Not On Indian Land: 10th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Says Courts Can Stop Involuntary Bankruptcy
• Obama Names BP Oil Spill Investigation Panel
• Madoff's Largest Feeder Seeks Ch. 15 Protection
• FTC Seeks More Info On Avis, Dollar Thrifty Deal
• J&J Gets Pa.'s Off-Label Risperdal Suit Tossed
• Medical Monitoring: BP's Next Legal Headache
• Abbott Sales Reps Ruled Not Exempt From FLSA
• Marsh Unit, Alaska Pensions Settle Suit For $500M
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Accused Of $350M Kickback Plot
• High Court To Hear CSX Challenge To Ala. Taxes
• House Panel Probes Wyeth Off-Label Allegations
• Blockbuster In The Market For $150M DIP Loan
• Supreme Court To Hear Matrixx Zicam Securities Case
• Ex-Rothstein COO Pleads Guilty In $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
• ITC To Review Apple's IPhone, IPad In HTC 337 Suit
• Law360 Picks Most Innovative Managing Partners
• Casey's Accuses Couche-Tard Of Pump, Dump Scheme
• SEC Settles With Trader In Watley Squawk Box Suit
• Congress OKs Bill To Pay Oil Spill Claims Up To $100M
• RIM, Motorola Lay Down Swords In Patent War
• SEC Strikes At Alleged $300M Gold Mine Ponzi Scheme
• Jury Indicts Money Manager Starr On 22 Fraud Counts
• Senate Rejects Bid To Block EPA Emissions Rules
• Antitrust Regulators May Probe Apple App Ad Policy
• Taiwan LCD Giant Charged In $500M Price-Fixing Scam
• SEC Adopts Circuit Breaker Rule For S&P 500 Stocks
• GE Recalls 181,000 Washers For Fire, Shock Risk
• SEC Puts Another Goldman CDO Under Spotlight
• Fed. Circ. To Rehear Rambus Shredding Cases
• Senate Committee Approves Auto Safety Bill
• US Accuses 13 Of Running $12M Boiler Room Scheme
• U-Haul Settles FTC's Collusion Allegations
• Hedge Fund Sues Goldman For $1.6B Over CDO Sales
• Iran Hit With New UN Sanctions Over Nuclear Efforts
• Rothstein Gets 50 Years For $1.2B Scheme
• US Atty Claims Gryphon's Lawyer Part Of $17.5M Scam
• Ex-Duane Reade Execs Found Guilty In Fraud Case
• Endo Resolves Opana Patent Suits V. Impax, Sandoz
• 2nd Circ. Mulls Chevron's Demand For Film Footage
• Facebook E-Discovery Ruling Only Tip Of The Iceberg
• GM Recalls 1.5M Autos Over Washer System Fire Risk
• Wockhardt Fails To Nix Sepracor's Lunesta Patents
• Casey's Urges Investors To Nix $1.9B Couche-Tard Bid
• Countrywide Pays $108M To Drop FTC Fee Suit
• Expected Income Changes Count In Ch. 13: High Court
• Crisis Panel Asks What Goldman Has To Hide
• Chrysler Recalls 600K Jeeps, Minivans
• US Told To Pay SCE $142M Over Nuclear Waste Delays
• Land O'Lakes Settles Egg Antitrust Action For $25M
• Ex-Union Carbide Execs Found Guilty For Bhopal Deaths
• DOC Levies 143% Dumping Rate On Wire Decking
• Akin Gump Wal-Mart Memo May Prompt Sex Bias Deal
• Chrysler Recalls 35K Vehicles Over Sticky Accelerators
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Calif. Emissions Challenge
• Refco Trustee's Claims V. Mayer Brown Still Won't Fly
• Hartford Reaches $72.5M Deal In Annuity RICO Suit
• EPA Tightens Standard On Sulfur Dioxide Emissions
• House Panel Turns Up Heat On J&J Over Recalls
• No Punitive Damages For Wells Fargo In Fraud Suit
• NY Times, Dow Jones Added To $1.5B Price-Fixing Suit
• Ex-Goldman Analyst Fined $28M For Insider Trading
• Whirlpool Recalls 1.7M Dishwashers Over Fire Risk
• UK Fines JPMorgan Record $49M For Mixing Client Funds
• 10th Circ. Remands Wyeth, GSK Suits Over Preemption
• Sales Scam Earns Ex-ClearOne Boss 4 Years In Jail
• Transocean Can't Cap Spill Liability At $27M: US
• SEC Reaches $25M Accord With Diebold, Targets Execs
• 'Litigation Prenup' Could Face Obstacles In Court
• Don't Punish Rating Agencies For Crisis: Buffett
• US Watchdog Widens Probe Into $150M SEC-BofA Deal
• EU Probes Areva, Siemens Noncompete Clauses
• Prudential Calls Off $35B Deal For AIG's Asia Unit
• S&P, Moody's Didn't Underwrite Merrill Securities: Judge
• Bondex Seeks Ch. 11 Protection From Asbestos Claims
• DOJ Probing BP Spill For Criminal Violations
• Lionsgate Shareholders Reject Latest Icahn Offer
• Ford, Mazda Recall Sedans In China Over Engines
• High Court Won't Hear Tobacco Cos.' Spat With Mont.
• AIG Snubs Prudential's $5B Price Cut For Asian Unit
• Covidien To Pay $2.6B For Vascular Device Maker