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California - July, 2009

159 articles

• Most Of Conseco Class Action Survives Bid To Toss
• LA Grocery Store Termination Law Shot Down
• CalPERS Denied Bid To Appeal Lead Plaintiff Status
• Insurers Off Hook For PICA IP Suit: 6th Circ.
• No Homers In Coverage Spat Over Dodgers Pitcher
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Andrew Cooper
• House Panel OKs Bill To Reverse Leegin Ruling
• NY, DRAM Defendants Call Truce In Discovery Fight
• Suit Over VW Windows Sent To State Court
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Randolph Visser
• No Class Cert. For Deutsche Fraud Suit: 9th Circ.
• FDA Says Bodybuilding Products Contain Steroids
• Guess Founder Smacked With $370M Libel Verdict
• Flash Memory Cos. Told To Turn Over Sales Data
• 9th Circ. Denies Challenge To Nuclear Threat Rule
• Daewoo Electronics Escapes Cathode Ray Tube MDL
• Insurers' $19M D&O Suit Against Printer Co. Tossed
• Spinoff Union Ordered To Return Files To SEIU
• Fox Loses Bid To Combine Indemnification Suits
• Calif.'s Stance On PAGA Representative Actions
• Vacation-Skipping No Day At Beach For Employers
• Littler Shareholder Jumps To Howard Rice
• Japan Targets Qualcomm With Antitrust Order
• Calif. Hospital To Pay $2.4M For Medicare Scheme
• Consumers Claim Dell Notebooks Have Design Defect
• Class List Expanded In FedEx Drivers MDL
• Dell Settles Sex Bias Suit For $9.1M
• Medtronic To Pay Abbott $400M To Quell Stent Suits
• Fuji Awarded $16M In Disposable Camera IP Suit
• Cargill Reaches Final Deal In Glucosamine ITC Suit
• Q&A With Faegre & Benson's Calvin Litsey
• Understanding Guzman V. County Of Monterey
• EchoStar Looks To Nix Antitrust Claims In Piracy Spat
• Dish Network Loses Bid For TRO In Pirating Suit
• House Bill Calls For Truth In 'Trans Fat-Free' Labeling
• Calif. Lawmakers Fight To Save Toyota-GM Plant
• Buchalter Nemer Lures Former PTO Trademark Atty
• NY Latest To Challenge $55M Schering Deal
• Forex Liquidity CEO In Contempt Over $7M Assets
• GHG Regulation Of Transportation Fuels In Calif.
• Shooting Range Falls Outside CERCLA, 9th Circ. Says
• Former PEMGroup Head Pang Faces Criminal Charges
• U. Of Pittsburgh Wins Fight Over Stem Cell Patent
• Waffle Buyers Lose Class Certification Bid
• Chrysler Judge Lifts Stay For Talks In 2 Appeals
• Mass. Balks At $55M Schering Price Inflation Deal
• Title Insurers Escape Damages In Pa. Rate-Fixing Suit
• News Corp. Unit Hit With $300M Jury Verdict
• Carbon Fiber Price-Fixing Suit Heads Out West
• K-Swiss Declaratory Suit Over Puma Mark Gets Boot
• Q&A With Katten's Steven Eckhaus
• Ex-Nixon Peabody Litigator Crane Joins K&L Gates
• Age Bias Action Fails To Scale Tribune Ch. 11 Stay
• Camera Rolls For Beatty's Dick Tracy Deposition
• Hot Dogs Are The New Tobacco: Consumer Action
• Insurance Linked Securities In A Challenging Market
• House OKs $150M For Natural Gas Vehicle Research
• 'OMG! Ur TM, © Being Infringed @Twitter!'
• Fed. Circ. May Take Damages Issue Into Own Hands
• DOI Balks At Pacific's Shedding Of Alaska Assets
• NCAA Faces Antitrust Suit Over Player Image Rights
• Title Insurers Off Hook In Wash. Rate-Fixing Suit
• PwC Associates Gun For Nationwide Cert. In OT Suit
• Full Speed Ahead For Broadcom GPS Suit
• 9th Circ. Rejects Trout Groups' FERC Challenge
• Litigation Over Navy Explosives Tests Stayed
• Some Claims Nixed In Maxim Backdating Suit
• Calif. County Fights Sheriffs Over Don, Doff Damages
• Solvay, Watson Say AndroGel Deals Are Legal
• PG&E Meter Reader Seeks OT Class Cert.
• A Silver Bullet Against Wage-And-Hour Actions?
• Canadian Implications Of The Waxman-Markey Bill
• I-Flow Share Transfer Improper: Calif. High Court
• Exxon Employees Fight NYC Subpoena In MTBE Suit
• $36M Trade Secrets Verdict Rushes Luna Into Ch. 11
• EPA, 177 Parties Settle Calif. CERCLA Suit For $3.6M
• Bingham Grabs Cox For Orange County Office
• Lanham Claims Cut From 'Family Guy' Copyright Suit
• SumTotal Settles Shareholders' Fiduciary Duty Suit
• Ocean Spray Loses Bid To Dismiss Pom Case
• Google, AdWords Plaintiffs Agree To Trim Claims
• Ex-Boeing Engineer Convicted Of Spying For China
• Insurers Object To LandSource Ch. 11 Plan
• Fleetwood Housing Assets Sale Set For $29M
• RIM To Pay $267.5M To End Visto Patent Litigation
• Expanding OSH Act, Increasing Penalties
• 9th Circ. Sends SAG ERISA Suit Back To Court
• Katz Targets Sirius Over Call System Patents
• CalPERS Sues Rating Agencies Over $1B In Losses
• Anderson Kill Snags New Bankruptcy Head
• Calif. County Calls For Sanctions In FLSA Action
• Calif. E-Discovery Rules Welcomed, With Questions
• No Protective Order For Pom Wonderful, Coke
• Chopper Pilot's Class Cert. Bid Doesn't Fly: Judge
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Wal-Mart Foreign Labor Case
• $56M Deal Gets Initial OK In Peregrine Securities Case
• Firms Vie For Lead In Oppenheimer Muni Bond MDL
• Plaintiffs Seek OK For Honda Hybrid Settlement
• Bill To Overturn Leegin Introduced In House
• Calif. Lawmakers Mull Meal Break Exemption
• CSC Off Hook In ERISA Stock-Drop Class Action
• Lincoln Life Policies Valid Despite Scheme: Judge
• Aspirin Marketing MDL Bears Down on Bayer
• EPA Initiates Finance Rules For Hardrock Mining Cos.
• National Semiconductor, Dell Strike Data Patent Deal
• Japan Fines Panasonic Unit In Price-Fixing Probe
• EU Targets Philips, Others In LCD Cartel Probe
• Woodside Group Gets Disclosure Statement Approved
• Sandoz Loses Bid For Attys' Fees In Lovenox Spat
• Chrysler Wants Continued Stay Of $55M Appeal
• Feds Seek OK For $21M Superfund Site Cleanup Deal
• Obama Taps Management-Side Lawyer For NLRB
• Part Of Analogic Semiconductor Patent Suit Tossed
• SEC Puts Calif. IOUs Under Federal Securities Law
• Wham-O Seeks To Hold SLB Execs In Contempt
• Accused Fraudsters Told To Pay $30M In SEC Suit
• Green Groups Attack Bush-Era Energy Corridor Plan
• Don Henley Wins Round In Suit Against Calif. Politician
• Ex-Thelen Partners' New Firms Sued Under WARN
• Vizio Wins US Customs Ruling In Funai Wrangle
• Brobeck Plan, Ch. 7 Trustees Spar Over $4M Claim
• Refinery In Limbo, Chevron Appeals Ruling
• General Dynamics To Face Asbestos Claims
• Group Hits EPA Over Pesticides' Effect On Polar Bears
• Zicam Lawsuits Pile Up In FDA Warning's Wake
• Judge Cites Bilski In Killing DealerTrack's Patent
• US Moves To Block Broadcom Execs' Subpoenas
• 9th Circ. Says No Claim Stated In Norvir Pricing Case
• Accused Ponzi Schemer Pang Asks To Toss SEC Suit
• Ex-Softchoice Worker Trade Secrets Case Dismissed
• Wells Fargo Calif. OT Class Status Reversed
• Ex-Thelen Staff Hits Partners With $18M WARN Suit
• 9th Circ. Upholds Nixing Of Countrywide OT Class Bid
• Apex Denied Summary Judgment In Pump Patent Suit
• Versata Antitrust Claims Trimmed In Sun Patent Suit
• Expansion Of Calif. Chevron Refinery Put On Hold
• First American Can't Shake Title Rate Class Action
• Seyfarth Shaw Snags 2 Troutman Labor Partners
• Kinder Morgan Seeks Docs In $160M Fuel Plume Suit
• IPhone Purchaser Actions Consolidated In Calif.
• Priest Sex Abuse Settlement Not Covered: Interstate
• Jones Day Scores Another Kirkland Bankruptcy Atty
• LG, Hitachi Settle Technology Patent Battles In US
• EPA Offers Deal To Resolve Bay Area Pesticide Suit
• SF Health Plan Seeks Class Cert. In McKesson AWP Suit
• Pacific Energy Wins Approval For Alaska Sale
• Boeing, Aerojet Hit With Groundwater Pollution Suit
• Perfect Storm: Law Firm Insolvencies, Jewel V. Boxer
• Class Certified In 401(k) Fee Case Against Edison
• Obama's EPA: Changing The Regulatory Environment
• United Guaranty, Countrywide Suit Lands In Calif.
• Pollution Clause Lets Venoco Insurer Off Hook: Court
• Friends Of The Seals Case Against San Diego Tossed
• Arent Fox Nabs Bankruptcy Pro For Growing LA Office
• NLRB Erred In Nursing Home Case Ruling: DC Circ.
• MySpace Found Not Liable For Sexual Assault
• Overstock.com Class Action Sent To Arbitration
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Luke Dauchot
• Bush National Forest Regs Shot Down For 3rd Time