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Top News - December, 2010

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• Defense Bar Is Big Winner In 2010 Securities Rulings
• Bilski Headlines Influential IP Rulings In 2010
• Skilling Set Pace For White Collar Rulings In 2010
• Top '10 Bankruptcy Rulings Show Devil's In The Details
• Firms Eye Asia, Latin America For Growth
• Experts In Hot Seat In 2010 Product Liability Rulings
• High Court's '10 Employment Rulings To Spur More Suits
• Marshall & Ilsley Shareholders Sue Over $4B BMO Deal
• Calif. Tech Consultant Pleads Guilty In Trading Probe
• EPA To Institute 1st-Ever GHG Pollution Standards
• Baldwin Sues Costner Over $52M Deal With BP
• Comcast-NBC Deal Wins FCC Chair's Support
• AIG Settles Workers' Compensation Probe For $147M
• Halliburton Says Nigeria Bribery Deal Is Only $35M
• EU Eyes SC Johnson-Sara Lee Deal In Antitrust Probe
• Ohio Sewer District To Spend $3B On Pollution Control
• Sens. Send Smaller 9/11 Health Bill To Obama
• Obama Officially Takes Down 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• Ghost Of Arthur Andersen Haunts Ernst & Young
• House Sends Tweaked Food Safety Bill To Obama
• Toyota To Pay $32.4M Over Defect Report Delays
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $553M For Tax Shelter Plot
• Dey To Pay $280M To End Drug Price Inflation Suit
• Prosecutors Want 2nd Mental Exam On Stanford
• Cuomo Sues Ernst & Young Over Lehman Audits
• SEC Launches Probe Into Hurd's Exit From HP
• Senate Approves Food Safety Bill Again
• Senate Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• Staff Atty, OPM Battle Over Same-Sex Spouse Benefits
• States Accuse BofA Of Deceptive Mortgage Practices
• 5th Circ. Nixes 'Unfair' $21M Katrina Settlement
• Dreier Trustee Launches $190M Adversary Case Assault
• Issa Seeks FDA Probe Into Maker Of Recalled Rolaids
• Picower Widow To Give Back $7.2B In Madoff Profits
• 5th Circ. OKs Freeze On Stanford Brokers' Assets
• Mass. Jury Nails Lorillard With $200M Award
• Jury Clears Ex-NJ Assemblyman Of Corruption Charges
• Ex-Winston Atty Targeted For Role In Ponzi Scheme
• Feds Charge 4 Consultants In Insider Trading Probe
• FDA Moves To Pull Breast Cancer Approval For Avastin
• Honda To Recall 1.3M Fits Over Headlights
• 2 Firms Strike Deals In NY Pension Corruption Probe
• 4 More Madoff Associates Deny Fraud Charges
• US Bars Drop-Side Cribs After Deaths, Recalls
• House Sends Stand-Alone DADT Repeal To Senate
• Chrysler, VW Recall Vehicles Over Safety Issues
• Senate Unveils $1.1T Omnibus Spending Bill
• BP, Others Liable For All Costs In Gulf Spill, US Says
• Lorillard Hit With $71M Verdict In Free Smokes Case
• J&J Hit With $50M Verdict In Pa. Medicare Suit
• Skadden Reps HCP In $6.1B Nursing Home Deal
• Matrixx To Pay $15.5M In Zicam MDL
• Toyota Recalls 110,000 Siennas Over Switch Brackets
• The Art Of Legal Networking For Small-Firm Lawyers
• WTO Panel Tosses China's Challenge To US Tire Duties
• High Court To Weigh In On Telecom Competition Cases
• Congress Can't Require Health Insurance, Judge Says
• Supreme Court Seeks US Input On Definiteness
• Supreme Court To Rule On Generics Labeling Laws
• High Court Won't Review Lloyd's $6M Coverage Loss
• High Court Split Over 1st-Sale Rule In Costco Suit
• 9th Circ. Makes U-Turn In Genocide Insurance Case
• Jury Convicts Goldman Code Theft Defendant
• EU Puts Cement Makers In Cartel Crosshairs
• Pfizer Pulls Hypertension Drug Thelin From Market
• Madoff 'Criminal Soul Mate' Hit With $60B Fraud Suit
• Lionsgate Slams Icahn Before Shareholder Meeting
• Feds Subpoena Medtronic Over Neurostimulator Sales
• J&J Unit Recalls 13M Packages Of Rolaids
• Senate Blocks DADT Repeal With Defense Bill
• Paralyzed Woman Awarded $66M In Cybex Injury Case
• Dean Foods To Pay $30M To Settle Vt. Antitrust Suit
• Madoff Trustee Wants $1B From Citigroup, Other Banks
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $635M From UK Unit, UBS
• House Passes FY 2011 Spending Bill
• Senate Votes To Remove Porteous From Federal Bench
• EU Hits LCD Makers With €649M In Cartel Fines
• DC Circ. Says FDA Must Treat E-Cigarettes As Tobacco
• BofA To Pay $137M In Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Probe
• Russia Moves Closer To WTO Entry With EU Deal
• SEC Pushes To Beef Up Broker-Dealer Custody Rules
• UBP To Pay $470M-Plus To Avoid Madoff Litigation
• 9th Circ. Weighs Prop 8 Constitutionality, Standing
• Supreme Court Takes Up Climate Change Nuisance Suit
• High Court May Overhaul Class Standards In Wal-Mart
• US, South Korea Reach Tentative Trade Pact
• WTO Scolds EU Over Chinese Screw Duties
• SEC Advances Proposals For Swaps Oversight
• EU Antitrust Raids Target AstraZeneca
• White House Panel Fails To Advance Cost-Cutting Plan
• Ex-UBS Banker Charged In Muni Bond Probe
• House Censures Rangel For Ethics Violations
• JPMorgan Cries Fraud, Sues Lehman Over $25B Loan
• $6.4B Suit Implicates JPMorgan In Madoff Fraud
• MGM Scores Speedy Ch. 11 Plan Approval
• Qantas Eyes Legal Action Over Failed A380 Engine
• Davis Polk Reps PepsiCo In $3.8B Wimm-Bill-Dann Deal
• Ex-GSK Atty Pleads Not Guilty To FDA Probe Charges
• FCC Releases Net Neutrality Road Map
• Senate Panel Clears Fashion IP Protection Legislation
• Liberty University Aims To Revive Health Care Suit
• US Reverses Drilling Plans In East Gulf, Atlantic
• US, South Korea Resume Trade Agreement Talks