California Archive » February, 2009

California - February, 2009

140 articles

• FERC Can't OK Retroactive Power Rates: DC Circ.
• Recycler Jaco Seeks Judgment In Spat With AIG Unit
• 240 Ex-Thelen Workers May Join WARN Class Action
• Vapor Intrusion: New Exposures, Old Sites
• Allianz Annuity Customers' Suit Gets Green Light
• Stryker Tries To Quash Antitrust Class Actions
• Tying Suit V. Comcast Paused For Consolidation Effort
• Calif. High Court Greenlights Whistleblower Suit
• The 'Nexus' Requirement For Specific Jurisdiction
• Pros And Cons Of Furloughs, Shutdowns
• Reliant, Duke, CMS Escape Wis. Antitrust Claims
• Best Buy Suit Can Move To Federal Court: 9th Circ.
• NY Starbucks Baristas Want Class Cert. In Tips Spat
• Judge Dismisses Class Action Over Xinhua IPO
• Suit V. EPA Over CERCLA Finance Rules Gets OK
• Bill Seeks To Block Lavish Spending By TARP Banks
• Irell Chastised Over Ethics In Broadcom Work
• Lehman Moves To Let Insurers Pay Defense Costs
• Staples Wins Bid To Invalidate Patent For Cart
• DC Circ. Impels EPA To Set New Soot Standards
• AT&T, Oldcastle Win Concrete Vault Antitrust Suit
• Fish & Richardson Drops Client, Sues It Next Day: Suit
• Media Queue Suit Over E-Mail Patent Sent To Calif.
• Common Chemicals Linked To Decreased Fertility
• No New Trial For Applied In Covidien IP Spat: Court
• 41 Cos. Told To Help Pay For $9M Superfund Cleanup
• Heller Reveals $7M Paid To Departing Partners In '08
• EPA Secures $3M In Mine Superfund Suit Settlement
• Judge Rejects Class In Annuities Suit V. ReliaStar
• High Court Mulls $42M Shell, Railroads Superfund Case
• CMS, Duke, Reliant Dropped From Natural Gas MDL
• AIG Off Hook For Live Nation Antitrust Suits: 9th Circ.
• Bimbo Bakeries Drivers Seek Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Browne's IP Suit Against McCain, RNC Survives
• Calif. Court Kills $31M Malpractice Award V. Seyfarth
• Nomadix Wins Injunction In Wi-Fi Patent Fight
• AT&T Loses Bid For JMOL In USF Litigation
• Fraud Suit V. Indianapolis Life Down But Not Out
• ERII Liable For $22M Arbitration Award: Calif. Court
• Vizio Petitions FCC In Dispute Over Funai DTV Patent
• Judge Pares Claims In Grape IP, Antitrust Suit
• Energy Cos. Step Up Climate Risk Disclosures
• Plaintiffs Eye GHGs As Next 'Big' Mass Tort
• Court Asks Schwab Fund Plaintiff To Revise Complaint
• IP Due Diligence In Corporate Transactions
• Cardinal Reaches Deal With FDA Over Drug Pumps
• 3M, Others Oppose Microsoft In $511M Spat
• Class Seeks Final OK For $1.7M Deal In GPU MDL
• Ex-Stryker Sales Rep Pleads Guilty To Misbranding
• Rescuecom And Keyword Advertising Issues
• Amphastar Antitrust Claims Nixed In Lovenox Suit
• Judge Tentatively Nixes Carl Zeiss Lens Patent Suit
• Judge OKs Class In FLSA Action Against Citigroup
• Meth Epidemic: Invitation To Social Engineering
• NJ Initiatives In Absence Of Federal GHG Laws
• Best Practices For Multistate Employers
• Rehearing Denied In 5th Amendment Case Against US
• Regulating GHGs Under The Clean Air Act
• Sheppard Mullin Lands Wells Fargo Senior Counsel
• Tech-Based Venues Pushing Rocket Dockets Aside
• Oracle, Class Seek Final OK Of $1.1M Deal In OT Suit
• CFRA: What Every Calif. Employer Should Know
• APL Settles For $26.3M In War Overcharging Suit
• Funai Abusing Digital TV Patent: Vizio Suit
• Wal-Mart Wins En Banc Hearing In Sex Bias Suit
• Mattel 'Interested' In Resolving Bratz Spat: Attorney
• Microsoft Hit With Suit Over Vista Downgrade Fee
• Baxter Wins Round In Dialysis Machine Patent Suit
• 2008 Was Top Year For Clean Energy Patents: Report
• Ex-Clippers Exec Hits NBA, Others With Bias Suit
• AAI Protests Pfizer-Wyeth Merger
• Judge OKs Fines In Meridian Holdings Case
• 'Rock Revolution' Guitar Infringes Viacom Patent: Suit
• SMIC Not Defrauded In TSMC Deal Dispute: Judge
• 9th Circ. Sets Terms For SLUSA Del. Carve-Out
• Health Net Agrees To $14M Deal In Rescission Suits
• Enforcing Class Action Waiver Provisions
• Kimble Hill Stay Lifted For Claims V. Insurance Cos.
• Ex-Chunghwa CEO Charged With Cathode Tube Plot
• MPS Drops Fish For Latham In IP Spat With O2Micro
• Harry And David Sues Rival Over Keyword Trigger
• Anthem Settles Calif. Illegal Rescission Allegations
• Wyly Loses Bid To See Docs In Milberg Criminal Case
• Sales Reps Accuse Canon Of Race Bias
• Time, Source Interlink Antitrust Fight Moves To NY
• AXA, Sales Reps Near $6.5M Deal In OT Class Suit
• DC Circ. Rejects Verizon Petition Over 'Porting'
• Broadcom Co-Founder Off Hook In Shareholder Suit
• More Homebuilders Expected To Duck Into Ch. 11
• Class Claims Cut From OT Suit Against Ameriprise
• Coke Bottler To Pay $8M To Settle Wastewater Case
• Judge Finalizes Rambus Ruling Over Shredded Docs
• Facebook, ConnectU Deal Worth $65M: Law Firm
• Bracing For Climate Change Exposure
• Top Motions In An IP Case And How To Win Them
• Globalization Could Incite Global Forum Shopping
• Reinsurer NICO Off Hook Over $12M In Surety Bonds
• Berkshire Hathaway Cos. Hit With RICO Suit
• USPTO Deals Setback To Funai TV Patent Suit
• Energy Regulation Will Mirror Securities: Experts
• Federal Preemption Shifting, Not Dead: Experts
• Medtronic Stent Patent Claims Not Indefinite: Judge
• D&O Liability For Wages, WARN Act Violations
• Judge In DRAM Action Settles Spat Over Crowell
• EPA To Reconsider Calif. Emissions Waiver
• Judge Extends Stay In Cathode Tube Antitrust MDL
• Class Certified In RadioShack Mileage Suit
• Anticipated Policy Shift For Stem Cell Research
• Zenith Board Member, Clintonite Picked To Lead CIA
• Rep. Calls For More Disclosure On Use Of TARP Cash
• FIC Bid To Deny Legal Coverage To Sammons Lives
• Railroads Fund Partial Superfund Cleanup In Calif.
• 9th Circ. Revives Postal Inspectors' Fight For OT Pay
• Masimo Sues Philips Over Patient Monitor Patents
• Investors' Backdating Suit Against Broadcom Survives
• Fridge Recycler Sues AIG Unit Over Defense Costs
• Top Sens. Target Drug Cos.' Pay-For-Delay Deals
• Will NJ Be The Next 'Rocket Docket'?
• 3 Private Actions Fight AndroGel Reverse Payments
• Jury Indicts Former LG, Chunghwa Execs In LCD Probe
• Haynes & Boone Merges With Calif. IP Boutique
• Insurer Off The Hook For Trade Dress Settlement
• Brocade, Ex-CEO Pursue Deal In Backdating Suit
• The FTC Pursuit Of Supreme Court Strategy
• Judge Allows Prosthetic Sleeve Patent Suit To Go On
• Judge Stays Rambus DRAM Suits After Del. Ruling
• EPA To Begin Regulating Commercial Ship Discharges
• ConAgra Pasta Sauce Claims Stay On Table
• Hynix Doc-Shredding Argument Shot Down
• Buchalter Nemer Boosts Insolvency Practice
• CVS Assistant Managers Sue For Overtime Pay
• FTC, Calif. Launch Reverse Payment Challenge
• Upholding Pleading Standards In A Down Economy
• Mosaid, Micron Settle DRAM Patent Litigation
• Restructuring Practice: O'Melveny & Myers
• Comedy Club Arbitration Ruling Too Harsh: 9th Circ.
• Persistence Of Trigger, Allocation Disputes
• Plaintiffs Drop Per Se Theory In ATM Price-Fixing Suit
• Seoul, Nichia Settle Global LED Patent War
• Circuit Split — CAFA V. Securities Act § 22(a)