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California - October, 2009

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• Gap Worker Loses Cert. Bid In Required Clothing Suit
• Flintkote Denied Summary Judgment In Insurance Spat
• Unilever Sued Over Health Claims In Margarine Ads
• Class Denial Upheld In Calif. DirecTV Fraud Action
• Comerica Faces Class Action Over Sigma Finance
• Psystar Aims At Apple Over Snow Leopard OS
• Calif. Can Regulate Washer Water Amid Crisis: 9th Circ.
• Pfizer Returns To Fray In Pharma Group's Wyeth Suit
• Homebuilder Violated Credit Agreement: JPMorgan
• Sony, AmTran Resolve Spat Over TV Patents
• Mayo Asks High Court To Hear Test Patents Fight
• Pitt Sends Radiation Patent Suit Back To Fed. Circ.
• Stryker, Execs Indicted For Bone Device Sales Fraud
• Court Rules For Forever 21 On Fabric Design Copyright
• Hitachi, LG Settle Computer Technology Patent Spat
• Expert Testimony Muddies Legal Malpractice Spat
• Developer California Coastal Files For Ch. 11
• Sony, Vizio Settle DTV Patent Infringement Dispute
• FLSA Claims Tossed In Suit Against American Mortgage
• Finisar Shareholders Try To Revive Backdating Suit
• 9th Circ. To Hear Boeing Unit Torture Case En Banc
• Guess Founder's Ex-Workers Put Him Up For Ch. 11
• Treasury OKs $2.2B In Clean Energy Project Bonds
• Sanctions Sought In Wine Of The Month Trademark Spat
• Phoenix Units Sued Over Life Insurance Transfers
• 9th Circ. Gives Go-Ahead To AT&T Fee Class Action
• Wells Fargo Techies Win Conditional Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Unisys Software Workers' Case Returns To State Court
• New Local Patent Rules In Northern District Of Ill.
• Special Ed Teacher Can Claim Retaliation: 9th Circ.
• Ex-Thelen Partners' New Firms Acquired Thelen: Suit
• ECC Workers, Bear Stearns Settle OT Action For $1.4M
• Further Guidance On Browsewrap User Agreements
• SemGroup Judge OKs Deals As Ch. 11 Exit Nears
• Crowell & Moring Gains 29 Lawyers From Folger Levin
• KB Toys Lead Suit Settlement With Calif. Gets OK
• California Bank Opposes Meruelo Bid To Hire DLA Piper
• Judge Turns Off Power.com's Claims Against Facebook
• Costco Case Could Resolve First-Sale Question
• Time Warner Worker Wins Bid To Amend FLSA Suit
• Subpoenas Nixed, Punitive Claim OK In Allianz Suit
• Pepsi Toxic Waste Claims Found Not Time-Barred
• Doc Production Ordered In Morgan Lewis Fraud Suit
• Korean Air Antitrust Plaintiffs Make Play For Docs
• Paving The Way For GHG Public Nuisance Claims?
• Plaintiffs File Consolidated Complaint In IPhone MDL
• Q&A With Holland & Hart's Chris Groll
• AIG Faces More WL Home Product Liability Suits
• 9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Home Depot Pricing Suit
• Crowell-Folger Merger A Wise Move: Experts
• Jury Awards $2.25M In Fisher Asbestos Valves Suit
• EnCana Settles With Gallo Winery In Antitrust Dispute
• MCI Workers Seek Final Approval Of $3.5M Settlement
• Cancer Group Sues McDonald's, Others Over PhIP
• Calif. Police Lose Bid For Donning, Doffing Pay
• Supreme Court Takes Overseas Shipping Contract Case
• Calif. Sues Bank For $200M Pension Fund Fraud
• Asyst Gets Green Light To Probe Asset Sale
• Feds Secure $3M Settlement For Calif. Landfill Cleanup
• Ex-Federal Prosecutor Rejoins Irell & Manella
• Fallen Miss California USA Broke Contract: Pageant
• BofA Rails Against Meruelo's Cash-Sharing
• FWS Settles Case By Designating Shrew Habitat
• Judge Says Kelly Services Must Pay For Interviews
• Mutual Loses Bid For Injunction In Colchicine Suit
• Twombly, Iqbal And The Prisoner's Pleading Dilemma
• Guitar Hero Sellers Ask To Lift Gibson Patent Stay
• 5th Circ. Revives Katrina GHG Mass Tort
• MoFo Plans Surgical Pay Cuts For 1st-Years
• US Fights Log Cabin's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Suit
• IBM To Pay $7.5M To Settle Techies' OT Action
• Seagate Blasts National Union's Arbitration Bid
• Consumers Bolster ATM Antitrust Suit Against First Data
• Ex-Brookstreet Employee Loses Bid For Coverage
• Suits Over Deceptive Food Marketing Likely To Increase
• Kivalina Case Dismissal Breaks With 2nd Circ.
• SEC Tightens Up Backdating Claims V. Mercury Execs
• Ex-Worker Hits WL Homes With WARN Class Action
• Philip Morris Drops Fight Over SF Tobacco Sales Ban
• Name Of Horror Attraction Riles Field Of Screams
• New Life Settlement Legislation In Calif.
• PG&E Sued For Allegedly Sparking Calif. Wildfire
• Pharma Group Renews Bid To Halt Pfizer-Wyeth Deal
• Paul Hastings Lures MoFo IP Partner
• TEOHC Director Hit With Injunction In ERISA Suit
• Coke Wants Discovery Problems Fixed In Pom Juice Suit
• 9th Circ. Affirms Injunction Against VPX Muscle Drinks
• SEC Puts Schwab On Notice Over Mutual Funds
• Sears, Whirlpool Escape Defective Washer Action
• The FDA Stance On High-Fructose Corn Syrup
• Case Study: SASCO V. Calif. FEHC
• Bankruptcy Litigation Swell Tugs On Corporate Budgets
• Cooper Stockholders To Receive Class Notification
• Heller Settles With Former Employees For $19.7M
• Earthjustice Wants Farm Pesticides Banned Near Kids
• Consumers Seek Class Cert. In Brother Printer Case
• Pfizer Gets FTC Blessing To Buy Wyeth
• Metrolink To Pay $30M To Settle Glendale Crash Suits
• NCAA Slams Antitrust Suit Over Athlete Licensing
• Farella Braun Nabs Howard Rice Bankruptcy Guru
• Calpine Aims For Flying J's $9.7M Emission Credits
• When Is A Foreign Tribunal Not A Foreign Tribunal?
• NY Weighs Law To Require Reusable Bag Reminder
• MoFo, Ecast Settle Malpractice Suit Over $5M In Fees
• Homeowners Seek Cert. In Countrywide Loan Spat
• Alston & Bird Changes OT Policy For Staffers
• Pharma Group Tries To Halt Pfizer-Wyeth Deal
• Homeowner Group Can Sue Developer After Stay Lifted
• Yahoo Settles Pay-Per-Click Advertisers' Class Action
• Fremont Equity Holders Bash Bids For More Plan Info
• Michelin Exits CWC Online Sales System Patent Suit
• Global Warming Litigation Heating Up?
• Judgment For United Reversed In Mechanic's Bias Case
• Schwarzenegger Pens Renewable Energy Deal With DOI
• State Court To Hear Countrywide's SLUSA Argument
• Sprint Settles Class Action Over Data Fees
• Fremont Creditors Shun Tardy Disclosure Qualms
• Trial Court Must Rule On Relief In Insurance Spat
• Mitsubishi Paint Peeling Settlement Gets Initial OK
• Calif. Loosens Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Rule
• Indirect Purchaser Standing In Federal Court: Take 2
• Lehman Gets Green Light To Present SunCal Plan
• Court Not 'Neutral' On RyMed Trademark Claims
• Vacancies Add To Swamped Appeals Courts' Problems
• 9th Circ. Limits SLUSA Scope In Siliconix Action
• Evidence Of Medical Discounting
• PacSun, Chico's Settle With CWC In Sales Patent Suit
• Ex-Managing Director At Merriman Curhan Gets 5 Years
• States Seek To Defend Calif.'s Motor Vehicle Waiver
• Apple, Dow Jones, Others Hit With Web Patent Suit
• Endologix Hit With Patent Suit Over Stent Grafts
• FCPA Enforcement Priorities In Action
• US Tries To Quash Depositions In Drug Price MDL
• DHS Rescinds 'No-Match' Illegal Worker Rule
• Calif. Court Upholds Indirect Source Pollution Rules
• Experts Wary Of Health Insurance Antitrust Bill
• IT Maintenance Worker Hits Verizon With FLSA Action
• Case Study: Tracy First V. City Of Tracy
• ATS Complaint Tossed In TFT-LCD Antitrust MDL
• Starbucks Sues Former Exec Over Jump To Dunkin'
• JFTC Slams Samsung, MT Picture In CRT Cartel Probe
• Calif. Ruling Doesn't Slow Starbucks Tips Suits
• Impax Agrees to Settle Flomax Patent Dispute
• Punitive Damages Claim Survives In AIG Coverage Suit
• Policyholder Asks For Class Cert. In Suit V. Conseco
• Apple Shareholders Fight To Revive Backdating Suit
• 1031 Tax Group's Ch. 11 Plan Gets Green Light
• PCD To Use Carmack In $7.7M Suit Over Lost Phones
• Crowell & Moring To Implement Voluntary Layoffs
• Bankruptcy Partner Returns To Munger Tolles & Olson
• Xcel, Others Try To Snuff FLI Gas Price-Fixing Suit
• Most Claims Cut In Countrywide Insurance Fraud Suit
• Volterra Wins Injunction On Flip Chip Patents
• Cingular Prevails In Dispute Over Wash. Surcharge
• Appeal Of Starbucks Wage Suit Jurisdiction Gets OK
• Ineos Moves To Quash Hexcel Price-Fixing Suit
• A Trap For Unwary Catholic Health Care Providers
• High Court Seeks SG Input In Mazda Preemption Case
• Inventor Appeals Cablevision Phone System Patent Win
• Claims Dismissed In Ford Cruise Control Switch MDL
• Albertsons Workers Move For Cert. In Wage Suit
• SG To Weigh In On First-Sale Doctrine For Imports
• Rite Aid Looks To Settle OT Class Action For $6.9M
• Court Takes Bite Out Of General Mills Labeling Suit
• Ill. Federal Court Enacts Local Patent Rules
• Feds Charge Detroit Man With $200M Ponzi Scheme
• Genentech Wants Firm Kicked Off Sanofi Patent Case
• Lawyer To Plead Guilty To Trading Away Client Win
• Forest Service Plan Tossed For Insufficient Protections
• Ninth Circuit Rebuffs AT&T Mobility's Arbitration Bid
• Water District Can't Remand MTBE Case: 2nd Circ.
• Insurance Exchange Investigators Win OT Judgment
• State Can't Require Use Of Future Tech: Calif. Court
• Ex-Starbucks Baristas Denied Cert. In Tip-Sharing Suit
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Stanford U's Roche HIV Patent Suit
• Calif.'s $130M WR Grace Asbestos Case Revived
• Q&A With Perkins Coie's Dan Bagatell
• EPA Flays Lyondell Over Cleanup Obligations
• Judge Chastises SPH For Foley Trade Secrets Suit
• Data Security, Privacy And The 'Red Flags' Rule
• Antitrust Suit Asks Guitar Center To Face The Music