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California - August, 2009

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• Calif. Ruling Spotlights Risks Of Secret Cameras
• St. Paul Not Off Hook For AOL Privacy Suits: 9th Circ.
• Wis. Considers Barring Credit Checks In Hiring
• Calif. Insurance Chief Fights To Bar $1B Asset Sale
• Freedom May Be Next Newspaper Co. To Enter Ch. 11
• PacWest Acquires Affinity Bank Through FDIC
• 9th Circ. Sinks Toolmaker's Appeal Of Antitrust Suit
• Guaranty Financial Group Files Ch. 11
• Jones Day Nabs Cooley Godward Antitrust Duo
• Mexico To Open $600M Pipeline Plan To Private Cos.
• Calif. VF Worker Seeks Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• NJ Home Depot Managers Lose Class Cert. Bid
• Psystar Slaps Apple With Antitrust Suit Over OS X
• Oppenheimer Plaintiffs' Battle For Lead Heats Up
• Ecco, Prada Urge One-Size-Fits-All On Clothes Duties
• Indirect Purchaser Standing In Federal Court
• Del. High Court Keeps Insurer's Intel Suit Alive
• Calif. Ins. Commissioner To Sue Over $1B Fund Sale
• $33M Award For Verizon In Cybersquatting Suit Sticks
• Foreign Abbyy Affiliates Escape Nuance Patent Suit
• Health Insurance Price-Fixing Suits Merged Into MDL
• Apple Faces Monec Appeal In Patent Suit Over IPhone
• Kaiser, Project Managers Settle FLSA Suit For $1.4M
• Punitive Damages Bid Tossed In ObTape MDL
• A Cautionary Tale: Boucher V. Shaw
• Judge Limits Damages In Kodak, DR Patent Fight
• Cipro Pay-For-Delay Deal Was Within Calif. Law: Court
• SK Foods Ex-VP Pleads Guilty To Tomato Plot
• Jury Says Smoker's Daughter Owed $13.8M
• Calif. Pharmacies Sue Pfizer Over Wyeth Merger
• Downey Financial Shareholder Suit Booted
• Epson To Plead Guilty, Pay $26M In TFT-LCD Case
• Patent Holder Says Foley Publicized Trade Secrets
• USA Cab Drivers' Class Cert. Appeal Denied
• Judge Trims Claims In FLSA Action Against RGIS
• Alameda County Fire Dept. Hit With FLSA Suit
• Medtronic, WL Gore Settle Stent Patent Dispute
• Bandag Wins $14.3M Award From Bankrupt Chemtura
• Case Over Apple Laptop Memory Slots Dismissed
• Water Pollution Claims Proceed Against San Joaquin
• PartsRiver Takes Hit In Web Shopping Patent Suit
• Judge Signs Off On $21M Superfund Site Cleanup Deal
• Calif.'s Occupational Airborne Disease Standards
• SEC Bars 'Opinion Mill' Attorneys For 5 Years
• Maximizing Biotech Patent Protection On A Budget
• 9th Circ. Mostly Affirms FLSA Ruling For Lojack
• QBE, Lloyd's On Hook For $12M Over E. Coli Scare
• Linkin Park Owed In Concert Tour Contract Spat: Court
• Bally Total Fitness Ch. 11 Plan Wins OK
• Calif. Nazi-Looted Art Statute Preempted: 9th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Rejects Rehearing On Norvir Antitrust Deal
• Wham-O Seeks To Protect 'Hula Hoop,' 'Frisbee' Marks
• U-Haul Reaches $2M Deal To End Calif. Suit
• US Policy Trumps Calif. Insurance Law: 9th Circ.
• $5M 'Made In USA' Action Against CVS Booted
• ITC Orders O2 Micro Employees To Talk
• Clean Energy Patents Reach New High In Q2: Report
• Anschutz Sues Banks, Raters Over $59M In ARS
• UPS, Drivers Ask Court To OK $6.5M Settlement
• Green Building Initiatives Becoming More Prevalent
• Judge Keeps ShoreTel IPO Case Alive
• Hilfiger, Others Sue US Over Gender-Based Duties
• Turbine Debts Force Lehman Unit Into Ch. 15
• Calif. Title Insurers Move To Toss Price-Fixing Suit
• Citigroup Faces Fraud Suit Over Employee Stock Plan
• DHS Seeks To Rescind No-Match Regulation
• Feds Take Aim At SK Foods Ex-VP In Tomato Probe
• Managers Slap UPS With Putative OT Action
• Neuralstem Asks Judge To Rethink Trade Libel Ruling
• Fresno Pledges $1M Diesel Fleet Upgrade
• Countrywide Workers Seek Class Notice OK
• WL Homes Product Liability Suits To Proceed
• Defendant Class Denied In Real Estate Patent Suit
• Juice Drinkers Cry Foul On Welch Pomegranate Juice
• SEC, CFTC Accuse Mak 1 Of $70M Ponzi Scheme
• Allianz's Effort To Toss Annuity Claims Shut Down
• Bingham Scoops Up Sheppard Mullin Enviro Litigator
• SCE Pens Solar Power Project Deal
• Fen-Phen Atty Holds On To $5.7M Arbitration Award
• Guess Founder Seeks To Stay $370M Libel Judgment
• USDA Won't Challenge Reversal Of Forest Rules
• Accredited Creditors Say Deal Will Tank Insurance
• EBay Denies Having Monopoly Over Online Auctions
• Tessera's Bid For Info In Spansion Ch. 11 Falls Flat
• Ex-Dell IP Counsel Moves To Haynes & Boone
• Pacific Energy Seeks Asset Exchange Approval
• Limitations Issue Revives Nestlé Model's Suit
• Sony Faces Multiple Suits Over Faulty HDTV Claims
• 9th Circ. Sides With EPA In Goodrich CERCLA Spat
• Last Barrier To Rambus DRAM Antitrust Trial Lifted
• Microsoft, Southwest Hit Over Wireless Web Patent
• 10th Circ. Sides With Attorney In Fee Fight
• Q&A With Locke Lord's David Wirt
• Align Settles Orthodontics Patent War In $90M Deal
• Suit Says Honda Cars Had Faulty Transmissions
• Century Indemnity Can't Get Bad Faith Claims Nixed
• 9th Circ. Again Rules Logging Plan Should Be Halted
• Cablevision Off The Hook In Katz Patent Suit
• USDA Appeals Roadless Rule Ban To 10th Circ.
• AstroTurf Strikes Deal With Calif. Over Lead Levels
• Rite Aid, CVS File New HIV Drug Price Complaint
• Post-Claim Underwriting: Calif.'s Dirty Secret
• Injunction Ordered Against Millennium Ponzi Suspect
• Fraud Claim Stays In Suit Over Telecom Notes
• LG Asks ITC To Block Imports Of Funai TVs
• Comedy Club V. Improv West: Calif. Noncompetes
• Employers Face Crackdown On Misclassification
• 16 Cos. Named PEMGroup Affiliates In SEC Fraud Suit
• Wilson Elser Snags PL Expert From Jeffer Mangels
• Calif. Fights LandAmerica Stay Bid In Property Spat
• Jenny Craig Settles Wage-And-Hour Suit For $1.65M
• Qualcomm Disputes JFTC's Antitrust Draft Order
• Avery Hits Up Insurer For $5M Antitrust Legal Fees
• 'Wipeout' Marketing Suit Against ABC To Continue
• Early Wins Denied In San Diego Transit Workers' Suit
• Korean Air Seeks To Trim Claims In Antitrust MDL
• Hernandez V. Hillsides: Evolving Calif. Privacy Law
• LG Targets Funai TVs In New Infringement Suit
• Countrywide Expert Affidavit Nixed In Securities Action
• NYC Wins First Phase In MTBE Trial Against Exxon
• Financial Litigator Joins Hinshaw & Culbertson
• Bally Workers Can't Pursue Class Action: Judge
• Judge Nixes Some Counterclaims In Video Lottery Spat
• Licensing Co., RIM Drop $5M Suit Over Stones Phones
• US Fails To Quash Broadcom Execs' Subpoenas
• Ex-Maxim Integrated Worker's Options Suit Tossed
• Green Chemistry Programs Sprout In Calif., Elsewhere
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Frank Alvarez
• Wage Suit Against Calif. Dairies Not Covered: Judge
• Judge Blocks Sales Of RealNetworks DVD Ripper
• Q&A With Orrick's Gary Weiss
• K-Swiss Takes Kick At Puma Shoe Design Marks
• The Right To Reimbursement Of Defense Costs?
• Design Copyright Suit Against JC Penney To Proceed
• Plaintiffs Want $3M In Fees In Natural Gas MDL
• Hynix, Nanya Resolve DRAM Antitrust Suit
• Md. AG, PPG Reach Deal On Mercury Emissions
• Wachovia To Buy Back $325M In Pa. Investors' ARS
• Kraft Mgr. Gets 27 Months, $2M Fine For Tomato Scam
• Getting A Clean Safety Record Into Evidence In Calif.
• US Attorney To Join Paul Hastings Litigation Team
• Coke Moves To Toss Pom's Claims In Juice Suit, Again
• BMW Settles Defective-Subframe Class Action
• Qualcomm Antitrust Suit Over CDMA Tossed Again
• Mattel Wants More Deposition Time With MGA Execs
• HP Hit With Suit Over Unpaid Commissions
• Valero OT Class Action Plaintiffs Want $100M
• Hogan Lures Electronics IP Guru From Kramer Levin
• Seyfarth, Inventors Resolve Patent Malpractice Suit
• EPA Can Decide Timing Of Cleanup Rules: Judge
• Revisiting Ariad V. Eli Lilly
• ML Stern, Ex-Brokers Come To Terms In OT Dispute
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Peter Kadzik
• New Developments In The Law On Insurable Interest
• Microsystems' Space Patent Suit Will Stay In Calif.
• Class Status Denied In AT&T ERISA Suit
• Exhaustion Not Required In Part Of Rio Tinto Case
• Q&A With Sutherland's Lisa Combs Jern
• Court Approves $10M Settlement In Norvir Pricing Suit
• 9th Circ. Keeps IP Spat Between Calif. Firms Alive
• Blank Rome Snags Sonnenschein Bankruptcy Partner
• 12 New Airlines Added To Trans-Pacific Air MDL
• Spansion Balks At Ch. 11 Discovery Bid By Tessera
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Kirk Pasich
• Sierra Pacific Seeks $20M In Dam Coverage
• Countrywide Investors Spar With Lender Over Expert
• Jury Hands Medtronic $57M In Alloy Suit Against AGA
• Borrowers Lose Bid For Panel In Accredited Ch. 11
• Wells Fargo Attacks Calif. Employees' Discovery Bid
• Plastic Bag Bans Could Be The Next Wave
• 9th Circ. Backs Ban On Road Building In US Forests
• Chevron Stays On Hook In Landfill Contamination Suit
• DOJ Offers Hint Of Microsemi Divestiture Possibilities
• Hartford Insurance Hit With Wage-And-Hour Action
• StemCells Claims Survive In Libel Suit Over IP Spat
• LA Cops Face Pretrial Setback In Don, Doff Suit
• Q&A With Faegre & Benson's Joseph Price
• The Calif. Insurance Commissioner's Iran Initiative
• Fremont, BNY Mellon Settle $14M Wire Transfer Spat
• Quality Home Loans Disclosure Statement Gets OK
• Sedgwick Snags Akin Gump Insurance Partner
• Q&A With Orrick's Robert Rosenfeld
• Greenberg, Gale Lose Bids For Judgment In Fee Case
• Some Claims Dropped In Webkinz Antitrust MDL
• Former Franklin Templeton GC Joins O'Melveny
• 401(k) Fee Case Against Edison Winnowed
• Workplace Retaliation In Post-Crawford Investigations
• Markel Fires Back In Intel Antitrust Coverage Dispute
• 9th Circ. Overturns CFTC Victory
• Secret Camera Didn't Violate Privacy: Calif. High Court
• Class Cert. Denied In Citibank OT Spat
• 9th Circ. Affirms NLRB Ruling In Hospital OT Spat
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Greg Labate
• Deal Gets Initial OK In Trex Faulty Decking Case
• Picking The Wrong Expert Can Doom An IP Case
• Swath Of Claims Cut From Wellbutrin Antitrust Action
• CSC Workers Appeal ERISA Action To 9th Circ.
• FedEx Unit, Drivers Resolve NY Overtime Action
• 9th Circ. Nixes Tata Bid To Send Worker Suit To India