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Appellate - May, 2012

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• Court Has Domain When Foreign Firm Flouts Order: Fed. Circ.
• Texas Court Throws Out $21M Award In Oil Royalty Battle
• Nat'l Union Entitled To $3M Fees In Valero Defense: 5th Circ.
• High Court Seeks More Info On FTC, Ga. Hospital Merger Fight
• Contractor Claims Can't Trump Time Limits, Fed. Circ. Says
• NJ Senate Panel Sinks 2nd Christie High Court Pick
• Title VII Doesn't Protect Breast Pumping, 5th Circ. Hears
• Nordstrom Can't Halt Wage Action During 9th Circ. Appeal Fight
• 9th Circ. Won't Review Occidental's Peruvian Pollution Case
• 5th Circ. Allows DOI Permits For Gulf Oil Projects To Stand
• Renew De Beers Diamond Antitrust Judgment, 2nd Circ. Told
• Del. High Court Keeps Martin Marietta's $5B Vulcan Bid Frozen
• Neb. High Court Rebuffs Suit Over Gov.'s Keystone Power
• PPACA In The Court: It's Down To Politics, Not The Law
• Case Study: Soppet V. Enhanced Recovery
• Extending Qualified Immunity To Private Individuals
• Top 10 Things To Know About Mediation
• 1st Circ. Finds DOMA Unconstitutional
• Barr Urges Calif. High Court To Heed Feds On Pay-For-Delay
• NJ Dentists Allowed To Sue BCBS, United Over Back Charges
• House GOP Challenges NLRB Notice Posting Rule In DC Circ.
• Whole Foods Escapes Wild Oats Consumer Antitrust Suit
• Title VII Protects Nursing Moms, Doctors Tell 5th Circ.
• DC Circ. Tells Armey To Take Up Medicare Beef With Insurer
• Common Sense View Doesn't Make Patents Obvious: Fed. Circ.
• Minn. High Court Stubs Out Philip Morris 'Lights' Row
• News Corp. OK'd Silence On Deal With Murdoch Daughter's Co.
• Resolving The Circuit Split On Credit Bidding
• Drinker Biddle Cost Ex-Lehman Broker $2.5M, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Dangers Of Improper Workplace Labeling
• Caraco V. Novo Nordisk: Antitrust Implications
• Justices Won't Hear Tessera Patent Exhaustion Case
• NJ Court Axes Family Exclusion In Auto Rental Coverage
• Time Warner Fights Pause In Enforcement Of Franchise Ruling
• Justices Reject Saint-Gobain's Bid For Higher Infringement Bar
• High Court To Weigh Costs Trigger In Debt Collection Cases
• 9th Circ. Won't Kill Shell's Arctic Drilling Permit
• Supreme Court Needn't Weigh DirecTV Tax Appeal, SG Says
• Split 2nd Circ. Won't Review Amex Antitrust Arbitration Suit
• Stats Needn't Cover All Excuses For Disparate Impact: 9th Circ.
• High Court Urged By SG To Decline Argentina Bond Petition
• SG Asks Justices To Wait For Better Supervisor Liability Case
• US Backs Reversal Of $1B Plutonium Ruling Against Dow
• High Court Urged Not To Take Terrorism Insurance Case
• NJ High Court To Weigh Railroad's Eminent Domain Power
• Unserved Summons Lets VC Firm Off Hook In Derivative Suit
• High Court Backs Lenders' Power To Credit Bid In Ch. 11
• Upholding Ill. Manufacturers' Limited Post-Sale Duties
• Breaking The 'Mold': NYC Landlords' Exposure Liability
• Supreme Court Declines Hearing In Bridge Collapse Suit
• Vertical Pricing Restraints — State Developments
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• US Drops 9th Circ. Appeal In Lindsey FCPA Case
• Fed. Circ. Upholds $12M Verdict Over Cash Counter Patent
• Google Didn't Swipe Search Features: Calif. Appeals Court
• 6th Circ. Loosens Causation Standard For ADA Suits
• Reopened Uranium Mine At Odds With DOI Ban, 9th Circ. Told
• Dow Jones, S&P Shut Down ISE's Index Option Sales
• U Of Ill. FOIA Suit Belongs In State Court, 7th Circ. Says
• 6th Circ. Nixes KeyCorp ERISA Case Over Lack Of Injury
• E&Y Wants 2nd Circ. To Halt Cert. Bid In Class Waiver Case
• State Workers Can't Get FMLA Damages, Iowa High Court Says
• 6th Circ. Says Citizens Can't Sue States Over CAA Enforcement
• SEC Advises High Court To Leave Madoff Investor Suits Alone
• 6th Circ. Burns 'Texas Toast' Crouton Mark As Generic
• Bracewell Gets Litigation Star From Patton Boggs
• Cat's Paw Creates Worker Liability For Retaliation: 7th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Keeps Alive UN Wall Collapse Suit Against Namibia
• Video-Linking Site Fights Porn Site's Injunction In 7th Circ.
• The Importance Of Hall V. United States
• 3rd Circ. Snubs Appeal in Arizona 'All Natural' Drink Suit
• Who's Entitled To Calif. Wage, Hour Attorneys' Fees?
• Freeman V. Quicken — A Warning To The CFPB
• The Fate Of Calif.'s LCFS Under The Commerce Clause
• Ohio High Court Snuffs Challenge To Workplace Smoking Ban
• Mergers Can Start Noncompete Clocks, Ohio Court Says
• High Court Ruling Could Mean Retrials In White Collar Cases
• Vegas Developer Fights $5M Boies Schiller Fee
• Hennessy Stems Tide Of Calif. Asbestos Losses
• CEO Retaliation Claims Are Calif.'s Biz, Not Del.'s, Court Says
• Ford, Honeywell Win Big In Pa. Asbestos Test Case
• High Court Refuses To Expand RESPA In Mortgage Fee Row
• Combined Prior Art Nixes Joint Patent, Fed. Circ. Rules
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Microsoft Win In Search Patent Suit
• Jeopardized By Cherryland: Bankruptcy Remote Financings
• High Court Asked To Nix FTC Protest To Ga. Hospital Merger
• 23-Year Sentence Too Harsh, Ponzi Schemer Tells 7th Circ.
• Nebraskans Mount Constitutional Challenge To Keystone Route
• Title VII Doesn't Bar Bias Over Immigrant Status: 7th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Sets Music Royalty Rates For Mobile Content
• NYC Rent Laws Trap Landlords In J-51 Program, Atty Says
• Court Must Decide If Sept. 11 Was 'Act Of War': 2nd Circ.
• FCC Tells High Court That Super Bowl Fine Wasn't Arbitrary
• 3rd Circ. OKs Wal-Mart's Appeal Of Cert. For Warranty Class
• Direct Buyers Have Antitrust Standing In SanDisk IP Row: US
• NLRB Overreached With Union Posting Rule, DC Circ. Hears
• NBC Sheds 'Biggest Loser' Copyright Appeal In 2nd Circ.
• Facing Greater Fraudulent Transfer Liability
• Exxon Tells 2nd Circ. $105M MTBE Verdict Premature
• 5th Circ. Cans Challenge To Coke's 41-Year-Old Root Beer Buy
• Groups Say $5.6M Award Against Kia Violates Due Process
• Upholding CWA Negligence Standard In The 5th Circuit
• Colo. High Court Rejects Eminent Domain For Oil Pipelines
• Ruskin Moscou Escapes Fortress' Suit Over $50M Dreier Theft
• Stryker Not Liable For Man's Cartilage Damage, 6th Circ. Says
• Ill. Court Says Jenner Malpractice Claims Can't Be Sold
• Employers Only Liable For Workers' Asbestos Ills: Calif. Court
• ADA Doesn't Shield Medical Marijuana Users, 9th Circ. Says
• Investor Trumps Ex-Troutman Atty In $100M Loan Contract Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Hear DOMA Appeal En Banc In Benefits Case
• 5th Circ. Reopens Suit Over Texas Beachfront Land Seizure
• US Liable For Destroyed HIV Samples, Co. Tells 7th Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Will Hear Insurer's Appeal Of $6M CIT Order
• An 'Obvious' Ruling In Abilify Composition Patent Case
• Force Placed Insurance: A Coverage Lifeboat?
• Case Study: Rosetta Stone V. Google
• Sackett: Bolstering Energy Cos.' Enforcement Defense
• Best Practices For Corporate Social Responsibility
• Texas Has Right To Defund Planned Parenthood, 5th Circ. Hears
• Madoff Investors Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Class Action
• $3.4B Tribal Land Settlement Affirmed By DC Circ.
• Lack Of Injury Dooms $4.2M Junk Fax Ruling, 7th Circ. Hears
• Group Asks Fed. Circ. For Review Of False Marking Provision
• How They Won It: Skadden Wins Rosetta 2nd Crack At Google
• 6th Circ. Says Sinkhole Fill Violates Conservation Easement
• 7th Circ. Rejects Securities Suit Over Zimmer Hip Implant
• Del. High Court Rejects RAA Suit Over Due Diligence Costs
• Breastfeeding Bias Is Sex Bias, EEOC Tells 5th Circ.
• Bill To Extend Leegin's Reach To State Claims Fails In Kan.
• Retirees Win Again In 9th Circ. Raytheon Benefit Battle
• Continental Frequent Fliers Won't Get Day In High Court
• Class Action Waivers 'Emasculate' FLSA, 2nd Circ. Told
• High Court Rebuffs Ex-Northwest Worker's Pension Challenge
• Dykema Adds Appellate Pro From Texas AG's Office
• High Court Declines 2nd Petition On Patent Evidence Limits
• Supreme Court Nixes $9M Wachovia CDO Arbitration Appeal
• 1st Circ. Says Insurer Must Cover Oxford Plane Repair Suit
• Applying Prometheus To Myriad: Possible Outcomes
• Supreme Court Won't Hear File Sharing Damages Case
• High Court Tells Fed. Circ. To Rethink Software Patent Ruling
• High Court To Hear US Foreign Surveillance Law Fight
• 5th Circ. Says Concepcion Dooms Student's Arbitration Award
• Title VII Doesn't Demand Bias As Sole Cause, DC Circ. Says
• 8th Circ. Rejects Card Fraud Suit Against US Bank
• Fed. Circ. Ups Utilities' Nuclear Waste Award To $159M
• 3rd. Circ. Revives Owens Corning Shingles Class Action
• Developer Had No Duty To Reveal Bomb Site, 11th Circ. Rules
• Texas High Court Upturns Stop-Loss Insurance Classification
• Fed. Circ. Will Rehear Judicial Pay Case En Banc
• PwC Gets Claims It Hid Madoff Warnings Nixed By 2nd Circ.
• A Duty To Warn — For The Other Manufacturer's Product?
• Va.'s Steadfast Ruling On What Is (Not) An 'Occurrence'
• Implications Of Sterling Chemicals V. Evans
• Case Study: SEC V. Morgan Keegan
• On 2nd Look, Fed. Circ. Jettisons Baxter Dialysis Patent
• 2nd Circ. Lets Citigroup Appeal Time Limits In CDO Suits
• De Beers Tells 2nd Circ. Antitrust Suit Is Too Late, Vague
• Calif. Court Revives Landowner's $2M Eminent Domain Suit
• Polsinelli Adds IP, Employment Litigator To Dallas Office
• Undocumented Medicaid Claims Don't Violate FCA: DC Circ.
• China North Pushes 2nd Circ. To Kill Investors' Suit
• AMA Says FTC's Dental Board Case Threatens Public Health
• Video Games Protected By 1st Amendment, EA Tells 3rd Circ.
• Enviros Challenge Shell's Arctic Drilling Permit In 9th Circ.
• AMICO Ducks $42M Superfund Coverage Suit In 6th Circ.
• 7th Circ. Upholds Pay Freezes For Ill. State Workers
• 9th Circ. Revives Pom's False Ad Suit Against Coke
• Fed. Circ. Overreached In Motorola IP Row, Memorylink Says
• Seeking Clarity On Credit Bidding
• Evolution Of Coverage For Construction Defect Claims
• Patent Use Codes In The Wake Of Caraco V. Novo Nordisk
• 5th Circ. Knocks Out $1.5M Award In Navy Contract Fight
• Texas Refiner Loses Appeal Of $5M Verdict For Hurt Worker
• Skadden Shakes Former Atty's Sex Discrimination Case
• 2nd Circ. Says NYU Properly Denied MBA To Insider Trader
• 3rd Circ. Scraps 2 Schering Off-Label Marketing Actions
• Kansas' Take On Leegin Shows Risks Of Vertical Price Deals
• Consumer Class Action Waivers Post-Concepcion
• Revitalizing A Dead Patent Family
• Tishman Seeks 2nd Circ. Knockout Of 7 WTC Liability Suit
• Harrisburg City Council Can't Revive Ch. 9 Bid In 3rd Circ.
• 4th Circ. Won't Knock Down Real Estate Listing Antitrust Suits
• ProMedica Knew Of FTC Merger Probe, Insurer Tells 6th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Won't Review Revival Of BofA Overdraft Suit
• 4th Circ. Affirms Black Lung Benefits For Coal Miner's Widow
• 11th Circ. Backs Broad Fraudulent-Transfer Liability
• NJ Court Backs Gov't Contract Denial For Political Donor
• Ex-Deutsche Exec Pushes 2nd Circ. To Revive Bonus Suit
• Senate Bill Would Boost Whistleblowers' Chances In Court
• SEC, Citi Rip Rakoff In Bid To Restore $285M MBS Settlement
• 5th Circ. Upholds Wastewater Cos.' Convictions In CWA Case
• K&L Gates Malpractice Suit Over Le-Nature's Scam Revived
• Steelworkers Say 6th Circ. Held Unfair Limits In ERISA Suit
• 3rd Circ. Says Ch. 11 Collateral Value Can't Be Hypothetical
• High Court Won't Review Ponzi Schemer's 50-Year Sentence
• UnitedHealth Seeks 3rd Circ. Win Over Coverage Denials
• Golden Eagle Escapes $29M Wrongful Death Coverage Suit
• Plea Agreements With Antitrust Division Post-VandeBrake
• Calif. High Court Rebuffs Appeal In Water Storage Plan Row
• Calif. Court Won't Revisit Verdict Over $603M Boeing Contracts
• 9th Circ. Says 'Knowing' Access Enough For HIPAA Breach
• NRDC Pushes To Reopen FDA Suit Over Soap Chemicals
• Goldman Disputes $21M Bayou Arbitration Award In 2nd Circ.
• DMV Personal Info Sharing Suit Doesn't Catch High Court's Eye
• No Immunity For Utility In Pole Crash Suit: NJ High Court
• High Court Won't Touch Ceridian Data Breach Case
• Supreme Court Declines Havana Club Trademark Case
• Fed. Circ. Revives Apple's Shot At Injunction Against Samsung
• High Court Won't Hear CUNA Retirees' Health Benefit Appeal
• E&Y Can't Force Arbitration Of OT Suit, 2nd Circ. Hears
• High Court Won't Hear KKR Appeal In Noteholder Battle
• Fed. Circ. Says Memorial Artist Deserves More For Stamp Art
• Lowenstein Sandler Adds Litigation Pro To NJ Office
• High Court Passes On Hedge Fund's Securities Offering Row
• High Court Nixes Psystar Appeal In Apple OS X Copyright Row
• Addressing Corporate Liability Under The TVPA, ATS
• Sackett: Implications For Pre-Enforcement Review
• Using Federal Antitrust Law To Void Class Action Waivers
• Limiting The Application Of The CFAA And EEA
• Lothian Oil Creditor Takes Jurisdiction Row To 2nd Circ.
• 7th Circ. Deals Blow To DOL Interpretations Of The FLSA
• Martin Marietta Asks To Resume $5.5B Vulcan Bid Amid Appeal
• NJ High Court To Mull Noncustomer Bank Negligence Claims
• 11th Circ. Denies Wells Fargo Appeal In Insurance Scheme Suit
• Texas High Court Snubs Shell, Amoco Arbitration Appeal
• Cell Number Transfer Ends Robocall Consent: 7th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Doubts NFL Contract's Workers' Comp Limits
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Revive Oprah 'Own Your Power' IP Suit
• Fed. Circ. Hears US Appeal Over $6.8M Timber Contract
• No Immunity For Abu Ghraib Contractors, 4th Circ. Says
• DC Circ. Deals Trump Plaza A New Hand In NLRB Dispute
• Ark. Statute Trumps Insurance Claim Window, 8th Circ. Says
• Calif. Court Limits Coastal Commission Reach Over City Regs
• Kan. Bill Would Extend Leegin Reach To State Antitrust Claims
• Circuit Split? Mirant Vs. Adelphia
• Brinker: How Break Policies Affect Class Certification
• Case Study: In Re Youman
• Google-NSA Communications Can Stay Secret, DC Circ. Rules
• Appeals Court Says Vitro Units Owe Interest On $1B Debt
• NY Court Says Medical Data Protected In Malpractice Suit
• 2nd Circ. Keeps $6.3M Amerex Insurance Row Buried
• EEOC Keeps Fighting To Preserve Its Investigation Methods
• Former Raytheon Unit Gets $3.5M Judgment Overturned
• Reed Smith Wants Other Firms To Pony Up In Trademark Spat
• AT&T Boss's 'Crude' Conduct Not Harassment, 6th Circ. Says
• 2nd Circ. Defends Starbucks' Pro-Union Pin Limiting Policy
• Verizon Asks Fed. Circ. To Order FiOS Royalties, Not Redesign
• BP Investors Tell 5th Circ. To Keep Deepwater Suit In US
• Mass. High Court Rejects Cape Wind Farm Challenge
• CBS Shakes $14B Write-Down Delay Suit In 2nd Circ.
• Where Lies The Liability? Up To Plaintiffs To Prove
• The Inequitable Conduct Defense — 1 Year After Therasense
• A Post-Morrison Standard For 'Domestic Transactions'
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• Workers Can't Claim Retaliation For Internal Probes: 2nd Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Finds Stroke Treatment Patent Anticipated By Study
• Calif. Court Shuts Down CEQA Suit Over Rented-Out Campus
• Fed. Circ. Sends Tire Co.'s Nonmarket Duty Challenge To CIT
• 6th Circ. Sides With Maker's Mark In Wax Seal Trademark Row
• NYC Building's $80M Upgrade Didn't Break Lease, Court Says
• Fed. Circ. Allows Some Patent Broadening In Reissue Bids
• 7th Circ. Says Admin OT Exemption Covers Pharma Sales Reps
• Insurer Must Defend Rock Band Tool In Copyright Showdown
• A Call To Arms — 365(n) And Trademark Licensees
• Calif. Court Won't Revive 7-Eleven Payroll Suit
• Addressing Pollution Exclusion In Va.
• What's Next In The Myriad Genetics Case?
• Fast-Track Rules Set Key Precedent For CEQA Cases
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Contractors' Suit Over NYC Labor Pacts
• Consumers Defend $250M AT&T Settlement In 9th Circ.
• Starbucks Steamed Over 'Charbucks' Ruling, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Afghan Food Contractor Asks 2nd Circ. To Junk $38M Judgment
• 2nd Circ. Denies Bail For Former Morgan Stanley Exec
• 4th Circ. OKs $1M Verdict In Cookware Trade Dress Feud
• NY Court Won't Let AIG's Greenberg Out Of Securities Suit
• Fendi Should Get $30M In Knockoff Damages, 2nd Circ. Hears
• 11th Circ. Won't Touch Home Depot ERISA Case
• NY Appeals Court Reopens $1B Meadowlands Loan Suit
• Subpoenas OK In Patent Re-Exams, Cordis Tells Fed. Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Clears Facebook In Patent Row With Tech Co.
• 10th Circ. Reverses Insurer's Win In Haunted House Fall Suit
• Tempur-Pedic Again Survives Price-Fixing Allegations
• 8th Circ. Again Finds EEOC Poorly Probed CRST Bias Claims
• Concepcion Doesn't Validate Unconscionable Contracts: Panel
• 9th Circ. Tosses Veterans' Claims Of Benefits Delays
• 7th Circ. Blocks Ill. Law Banning Audio Recording Of Police
• Challenge To NM Credit History Law Revived By 10th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Chucks JPMorgan Retirees' Enron Loss Suit
• Grand Canyon Developer Takes Tribal Court Order To 9th Circ.
• Helpful Health Care Guidance From Iowa Supreme Court
• Clearing The Way For ERISA Trust Suits In 3rd Circuit
• In Pa., 'Good Faith' Determines 'In Paying Quantities'
• Reconsidering 1st-Sale Rule's Application To Gray Market
• Consumers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Airline Antitrust Suit
• Ultramercial Needs Post-Prometheus Review, WildTangent Says
• NJ High Court Bars Peckar From Light-Rail Project Fight
• CMS Urges 5th Circ. To Crush Preferred Pharmacy Appeal
• XL Appeals Coverage Of $26M False Claims Settlement
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Northwest Pilots' Age Case
• NJ Seeks Liability Finding In Water Contamination Case
• Auto Machinery Maker Loses Another Calif. Asbestos Ruling
• CVS Pharmacies Battle Controlled Drugs Sales Ban In DC Circ.
• 9th Circ. Says RJ Reynolds Promotion May Count As Contract
• Employers Liable For Sex Orientation Bias: Conn. High Court
• Fed. Circ. Sides With Otsuka In Abilify Patent Validity Debate
• Tyco Whistleblower Tells 3rd Circ. He Didn't Miss Deadline
• Memory Card IP Antitrust Suit Timely, Samsung Tells 9th Circ.
• Terms Distorted In Options Trading Patent Suit: Fed. Circ.
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit TV Bundling Case Against NBC, Others
• Case Study: Falana V. Kent State
• La. Appeals Panel Upholds Public Works Contract Denial
• Dismissing FCA Cases Over Relators' Objections
• Pursuing Defaulting Tenants — Careful What You Wish For
• Awaiting 6th Circ. Clarity On Chrysler Dealers' Appeal
• Xerox Defends Right To End Benefits Before 2nd Circ.
• EMC, GoDaddy Wrongly Joined In Texas IP Row: Fed. Circ.
• Retroactively Applying AIA Provision Legal, Fed. Circ. Rules
• 5th Circ. Stops Texas From Cutting Planned Parenthood Funds
• 1st Circ. Gives U-Haul Price-Fixing Suit Another Look
• Barton Still Applies To Bankruptcy Trustees, 3rd Circ. Says
• Jaco Must Arbitrate MDL Price-Fixing Claims, 9th Circ. Hears
• Ford Wins Reversal Of $2B Judgment Over Truck Prices
• Continental Asks High Court To Mull Arbitration In Thorpe Case
• Fed. Circ. Weighs IP Malpractice Jurisdiction In Gibbons Win
• DHL Contractors Ask High Court To Consider FCA Claims
• Del. High Court Scraps Investor Suit Over Goldman Pay
• Leegin Doesn't Preempt State Antitrust Claims: Kan. High Court
• NJ Court Nixes Golf Course Owner's Town Zoning Challenge
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Subtenant Not Entitled To Relief For Property Fixes: NY Court
• Enviro Study Of $800M NC Toll Project Flawed, 4th Circ. Says
• A Minor Setback In Recovering CERCLA Costs
• FTC Chief Lambastes 11th Circ. Decision On Hospital Merger
• SC Gov. Haley Didn't Act Against Unions, 4th Circ. Affirms
• NRC Wrongly Eased Entergy Plant Safety Regs, 2nd Circ. Told
• Epstein Becker Green Can't Shake Broker's Malpractice Suit
• Pulte Avoids Revival Of NJ Development Battle
• Window Co. Owes Retiree Class Benefits, 6th Circ. Says
• 11th Circ. Stands By Ruling On Employers' Union Invitation
• Madoff Feeder Fund Manager Can't Shake $1.8M Judgment
• DOD's Drug Price Controls Unfair, DC Circ. Hears
• Sale Doesn't End Energy Firm's Pension Duty, 2nd Circ. Says
• 6th Circ. Upholds Class In Whirlpool Moldy Washer Suit
• Wash. High Court Says AT&T Can't Use Fees To Recoup Taxes
• Takeaways From Caraco V. Novo Nordisk
• Case Study: Parsons Global V. Secretary Of The Army
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• $5M Punitive Award Reversed In Philip Morris Engle Suit
• 1st Circ. Affirms $26M Award In Sulindac Injury Suit
• Modified Protective Order Upheld In DuPont, Kolon Fight
• Ultramercial Asks High Court To Skip WildTangent Ad IP Suit
• Bill To Cut OT From Fixed Salaries Passes Calif. Panel
• Brokers' Remarks Material In SEC Suits, 11th Circ. Says
• Fortress Says Ruskin Moscou Helped Dreier's Misdeeds
• 7th Circ. Axes Contempt Sanction In Oil Lease Dispute
• PSE&G, Enviros Battle Over $1.2B Power Line Approval
• Fla. Appeals Court Remands KPMG Madoff Audit Fight
• La. Court Cans Suit Over $62M Katrina Rebuilding Contract
• Designer Tells 2nd Circ. Bratz Dolls Rip Off His Design
• Future Sales Not Covered In Land Sales Act, 4th Circ. Says
• Addressing Breach Of Method-Of-Use Patents By Generics
• Settling The Matter Of Meal, Rest Breaks In Calif.
• Calif. Court Revives 5 Hennessy Asbestos Suits
• Ill. Appeals Court Rejects Abbott's Bid To Move Class Action
• Sulfuric Acid Cos. Urge 7th Circ. To Keep Tough Antitrust Test
• US Chamber Backs Toss Of Tyco SOX Whistleblower Suit
• Liberty Bell Investors Denied Bank Docs Due To Misconduct
• Xe Whistleblowers Tell 4th Circ. Omission Of Proof Sank Case
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Can Cut Funds To Planned Parenthood
• 3rd Circ. Lets Federal-Mogul Move Policies To Asbestos Trust
• EPA Issued Air Pollution Regs Sans Public Review, NRDC Says
• Citing Smith V. Bayer, 7th Circ. Allows Sears Dryer Suits
• 9th Circ. Firsts: Equitable Mootness And Arbitration
• Judiciary Committee Looks To Streamline NY Pleading Process
• BofA Slams Bid To Group Cases Over $2B Casino Financing
• 6th Circ. Won't Overturn Fen-Phen Attys' Convictions
• Viacom V. YouTube — DMCA Implications
• Apple Consumer Asks 9th Circ. To Revive ITunes Antitrust Suit
• 2nd Circ. Backs Fee Order Against Nokia In Wireless IP Fight
• Miss. Insurers Have No Duty To Advise, 5th Circ. Rules
• 5th Circ. To Rehear UnitedHealth Reimbursement Suit
• PacBell Back On The Hook For Cramming In Calif.
• Case Study: US V. Aleynikov