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California - September, 2009

173 articles

• EPA Seeks To Rein In Large GHG Emitters
• Judges Press Senate For More Federal Posts
• Judge Nixes HP Printer Ink Cartridge Suit
• Calif. Settles Investigation Of LINA Claims Handling
• Claims Trimmed In IPod Monopoly Suit Against Apple
• Mortgage Loan Officers Renew Cert. Push In OT Suit
• Guardian Takes V-Chip Patent Suits To Fed Circ.
• Meridian Loses Bid To Overturn Judgment In SEC Spat
• Chicago Nurses Denied Class Cert. In Wage Fight
• Plaintiffs Pursue Penalty In Egg Farm Emissions Flap
• More Homeowners Seek Relief From WL Homes Stay
• GE Wants Sanctions In IP Acquisition Suit
• Microsoft, Ergonomic Mouse Inventor Drop Claims
• NJ To Take Over Nuclear Regulation From Feds
• US Bancorp Ups Funding For $100M Solar Project
• Leslie Controls Wins Reversal Of Asbestos Ruling
• DirecTV, Time Warner Win Toss Of Tech Patent Claims
• Aiding And Abetting Liability For Securities Fraud
• Fee Agreement Closes Book On James Joyce Saga
• Coughlin Stoia Seeks Lead In Manulife Investor Action
• ReNu Economic Loss Plaintiffs Lose Bid For 2 Classes
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Randy Short
• Genesis Biosystems Sues Over Liposuction Patent
• Disney Off Hook For Copyright Violation In Pooh Suit
• Q&A With Milbank's Linda Dakin-Grimm
• Wells Fargo Tech. Workers Seek Cert. In OT Suit
• Jury Awards $2.3M In Navy Machinist's Asbestos Suit
• Former Juniper GC Still On Hook In Backdating Case
• Wash. Longshore Workers Seek Cert. In PMA Action
• 9th Circ. Shoots Down NY Atty's Google Antitrust Suit
• Alberta-Wis. Oil Pipeline Suit Transferred To Minn.
• Judge Greenlights $24M Chrysler Wrongful Death Deal
• Patent Win For Stamps.com Vacated By Fed. Circ.
• Larry Flynt's Trademark Case V. Nephews Stays Intact
• Starbucks Presses For Cert. Denial In Calif. OT Action
• New Trial Granted In Elan, Avago Mouse Patent Suit
• Sotomayor And Roger Traynor: The Job Interviews
• DivX Founder's Suit Against Lawyer Survives Appeal
• Companies Must Rein In Executive Pay: Report
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives AT&T Cell Phone Action
• Obama Taps CropLife Exec For USTR Post
• Online Retailers Sued Over Web Search Patent
• Lowes Settles Overtime Class Action For $29.5M
• Lead IRC Fraud Plaintiffs Ask For $90M Settlement OK
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Raymond Cardozo
• $11M BigBand Shareholder Settlement Gets OK
• Court Boots Finisar Backdating Case
• Bingham Lures Proskauer Employment Trial Pro
• Calif. Sues Beverly Hills Money Guru Tied To Madoff
• Hallmark Seeks En Banc Hearing In Paris Hilton Case
• Sonnenschein Nixed From First American Actions
• Fed. Circ. Says Aneurysm Patents Weren't Infringed
• Hospital Seeks To Toss Doctors' Antitrust Suit
• Q&A With Drinker Biddle's Alan Lazarus
• Calif. Law Not Preempted By CAN-SPAM: Court
• Marvell Denied Transfer Of Carnegie Mellon IP Suit
• Chevron Agrees To Pay Up In Landfill Pollution Suit
• Judge OKs Most Of SEIU Claims Against Spinoff Union
• Lehman Seeks OK For $15M Deal In SunCal Plan
• Ex-Chevron Lawyer Loses Bid For Insurance Coverage
• Settlements OK'd In 12 Suits By Alliance Trustee
• FERC Commissioner Kelly Opts Out Of 3rd Term
• Feds Hit Shoe Supplier With $15M Duty Fraud Suit
• Calif. Court Revives Asbestos Suit Against Pump Cos.
• DirecTV Customers Fight Arbitration Order In Fee Spat
• North American OKs Deal With Agent In Fraud Case
• Writers, Publishers Unite To Save Digital Rights Deal
• Calif. City Agrees To Pay $3M In Chevron Enviro Suit
• LA Was Right To Drop Half-Done Enviro Review: Court
• Second Life Hit With Virtual Sex Toy Counterfeit Suit
• Creditors Committee Objects To Firms' Fees Requests
• Writers' 'Love Happens' Infringement Claims Flop
• Aspex Sues 2 Retailers Over Clip-On Eyeglass Patents
• The Meteorology Of Environmental Impact Review
• Mattel Wants O'Melveny Sanctioned In Bratz IP Spat
• Calif. Consumers Jump On $18M Deal With AT&T
• Calif. AG Eyes Credit Rating Agencies
• Meruelo Sells SoCal Industrial Properties For $5M
• Antitrust Claims Shorn In Eyelash Product Patent Suit
• BDO Worker OT Action Stayed On Appeal To 9th Circ.
• Calif. Senate To Examine Soda-Obesity Correlation
• Ex-Mercury Execs Best SEC's Foggy Grant Claims
• Payless Privacy Suit To Get Jury, Bench Trials
• Guardian To Appeal TV Patent Ruling For Toshiba
• 9th Circ. Agrees MGA's Bratz Don't Infringe Copyright
• Class In Seagate Settlement Too Vague: Calif. Court
• Sonnenschein Adds New Energy Sr. Managing Director
• Fed. Circ. Tosses Ruling For Mayo Nixing Test Patents
• Balthaser Online Patent Suit Split Between 2 Courts
• Schwarzenegger Orders Renewable Energy Increase
• By Any Name It Is Labor Law Reform
• Coke Loses Bid To Dismiss Pom's Fruit Juice Suit
• Ex-Loan Officer Wants Wells Fargo Class Certified
• 4th Circ. Says Newsletter Tip Broke Securities Laws
• Judge OKs $20M Settlement In AdWords Billing Suit
• Hollywood Couple Convicted Of Thai Bribery Charges
• Antitrust Claims To Stand In Smart Card IP Suit
• Administration Fleshes Out Fuel Efficiency Proposal
• Congress Urged To Ban Forced Predispute Arbitration
• Wells Fargo Balks At $1.3M Gottschalks Sale
• Hitachi IP Pro Heads Back To McDermott Will
• Stanford Law Clinic Shakes Up Supreme Court Bar
• Apple Claims Tossed In Elan Touch-Screen Patent Suit
• Costco Plaintiffs Move For Class Cert. In Labor Case
• How To Keep Laterals From Running Back To BigLaw
• Broadcom Hits Emulex With Sweeping Patent Suit
• Veoh Cleared In Universal Music Group Copyright Suit
• Class Cert. Granted In Viking Drafty Window Suit
• Court Braces For More GSK, P&G Denture Cream Suits
• Bottler, Insurers Wrangle Over Venue In $28M Spat
• 9th Circ. Backs Ban On Tobacco Sales In SF Pharmas
• Water Agencies Balk At Tronox $415M Huntsman Deal
• Jury Lets Nova Off Hook In Trade Secrets Spat
• Sheppard Mullin Aims To Quash Lockwood Fraud Suit
• NM Court Gives Green Light To Emissions Limits Suit
• ITC Launches Probe Of Funai, Vizio Displays
• Former White House Counsel Lands At Jenner & Block
• Lucent's $358M Award In Microsoft Suit Overturned
• JPMorgan Loan Underwriters Add Claims In FLSA Suit
• Adding To The Burden And Expense Of Arbitration
• Barroway Topaz Opens San Francisco Office
• Calif. Driver Seeks Class Cert. In State Farm Action
• EPA Green Light For Calif. GHG Rules Challenged
• Lockheed Accused Of Misclassifying IT Analysts
• 3 Retailers Reconsidered For Webkinz Antitrust MDL
• O2 Settles ITC Patent Claims Against LG Units
• 9th Circ. Revives Northrop Workers' ERISA Class Bid
• Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch
• 8th Circ. Affirms H&R Block Securities Suit Dismissal
• Calif. River Group Sues Feds Over Mine Discharges
• DOJ Protests Suggested Restrictions On TFT-LCD Docs
• Quest Investors Win Class Cert. In Backdating Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Spat Over Bias Claim Payout
• Lyondell Says Superfund Costs Are Unsecured Claims
• Fidelity Drops Computer Crime Claims V. AIG Unit
• Bidz.com Asks For Sanctions In Bidding Scheme Suit
• Price-Fixing Suit Over First Data ATM Fees Tossed
• Turner Boyd Snags Partner From Fish & Richardson
• 9th Circ. Rejects Bid To Import Polar Bear Trophies
• 9th Circ. Backs US In $42M Waste Cleanup Suit
• Nev. Residents Ask To Proceed With WL Homes Suit
• Exxon Gets Claims Pared In Leaky Tank Cleanup Suit
• Sears Hit With Class Action Over Commissions
• Novartis Execs Best Derivative Shareholder Claims
• Ex-Farmers Claims Adjuster Seeks Cert. In Wage Suit
• H&R Block Unit's Cert. Appeal Denied In Contract Suit
• State Dept. Sued For OK'ing Tar Sands Pipeline Plan
• Morgan Stanley, Moody's, S&P On Hook In Fraud Suit
• Applied Materials Slaps Tech Rival With Secrets Suit
• Resonance Told To Produce Docs In MRI Patent Suit
• Facebook Asks To Toss Web Portal's Antitrust Claims
• LEO Pharma To Purchase Peplin For $287.5M
• US' Asbestos Evidence Barred In San Diego Gas Case
• Sony, Others Score Win In DVD V-Chip Patent Feud
• Alters Boldt Tapped As Lead Counsel In Overdraft MDL
• NRDC Loses Challenge To Calif. Water Contracts
• Vioxx Litigation Group Keeps Up Protest Over Fee Cap
• Total Petrochemicals Let Off MTBE Hook In NY
• Union Deal With Bankrupt Calif. City Thrown Out
• Pacific Energy Alaska Asset Exchange Gets Go-Ahead
• VeriFone Settles SEC Case Over Inflated Income
• Emphasizing States' Rights, 3rd Circ. Upholds UIGEA
• Freedom Becomes Latest Newspaper Co. In Ch. 11
• Insurers To Pay Broadcom $118M In Backdating Deal
• Most Of Olin Water Contamination Suit To Continue
• Insurer Found Not Liable In Printer's Trade Secret Suit
• Intel Hit With Class Action Over Laptop Battery Life
• MGA Seeks Costs In Bratz Indemnification Spat
• Louis Vuitton Wins $32.4M In Online Trademark Suit
• Developer Sues 2 Oil Cos. For Waste Cleanup Costs
• Cooley Grabs 3 IP Lawyers From White & Case
• 9th Circ. Won't Toss Paris Hilton's Hallmark Suit
• The Impact Of Delgado V. Interinsurance