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California - December, 2009

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• Bill Would Close Off Part Of Mojave To Renewables
• Q&A With Snell & Wilmer's Richard Derevan
• Rigel Securities Suit Tossed On Specificity Grounds
• Credit-Card Holders Seek Cert. In HSBC Late Fee Spat
• Diebold Shareholders Fall Short In Fraud Appeal
• Actelion To Lose $80M After Arbitration Ruling
• Awaiting A National Standard For 'Place Of Business'
• Sonnenschein Patent Litigator Joins McDermott
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Nuclear Agency Ruling On Fire Risk
• Calif. Court Nixes $34M Verdict In Novell Bonus Spat
• Judge Shuts Down IMac Display Screen Class Action
• Goodwin Procter Attys, Applied Materials Sanctioned
• Zell Can't Duck ERISA Suit Over Tribune Takeover
• State Street Failed To Disclose Fraud: Shareholder
• Citadel Broadcasting Files Prepack Bankruptcy
• Samsonite To Pay $1M To Settle FLSA Class Action
• Q&A With Choate's Stephen Cohen
• Ore. Governor To Fight LNG Terminal Approval
• Liner Grode Nabs Orrick Corporate Partner
• 9th Circ. Won't Review Denial Of Attys' Fees To Enviros
• Oil Platform Dismantling Spat Heads To State Court
• Fed. Circ. Sends Nintendo Wii Patent Case To Wash.
• Jury Invalidates Hologic Patents In Suit Against Rival
• Reddy Ice Blasts Shareholder Fraud Claims
• Universal Wins Default Judgment In Indian TV Spat
• Delta Petroleum To Get $65M Over Offshore Lease
• Cintas To Settle Living Wage Suit For $6.5M
• Schering Settles Medi-Cal Fraud Suit For $21M
• Energy Cos. Move To Toss State Antitrust Claims
• Analogic V. Kinetic Patent Suit Stayed For Re-Exam
• Creditors Seek Trustee In Aero Inventory Ch. 11
• Calif. Appeals Court Nixes Blue Cross Demurrer Bid
• Howrey IP Lawyer Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
• NY Starbucks Baristas' Tip-Sharing Suit Tossed
• Bill Takes On Independent Contractor Classification
• Cash4Gold Fraud Suit Plaintiffs Postpone Class Bid
• Calif. Appeals Court Reverses Duty To Defend Ruling
• Is BAE Systems Too Big To Fail?
• Manager OT Actions Seek $1B From AT&T, Subsidiaries
• Appeals Court Nixes Vioxx Plaintiffs' Class Cert. Bid
• Spanish Warnings — Are We There Yet?
• AT&T, T-Mobile Win Bid To Nix Sales Tax Class Action
• IndyMac Ex-CEO Loses Bid To Toss Securities Action
• House Passes Iran Gas Sanctions Bill By Wide Margin
• Judge Ends 'Distorted' Broadcom Backdating Case
• Loeb & Loeb Launches DC Office With Day Pitney Attys
• Judge Stays SEC Suit Against Alleged Madoff Feeder
• Shareholder Suit Over De Beers Settlement Tossed
• Visteon Supplier's Suit V. Chinese Rival Tossed
• Apple Defuses IPhone Antitrust Discovery Feud
• Employer Text Monitoring Case Wins High Court Nod
• Calif. Court Invalidates Water Use Agreements
• Beset By Creditors, Fairfield Files Prepack Ch. 11
• Judge Finds FuzzySharp 3-D Graphics Patents Invalid
• Hartford Asks Judge To Boot American Dairy Attorney
• 9th Circ. Nixes Price-Fixing Action Against Shell, Others
• Tariff Dodge Nets Catfish Importer 20-Year Ban, Prison
• Citadel Prepares To File Prepackaged Ch. 11
• Biotech Co. Given Chance To Fix Mintz Levin Suit
• Recycled Tire Turf Likely Poses Low Risk: EPA Study
• Freedom, JPMorgan Fight Bid To Appoint Examiner
• Rite Aid Asst. Managers Win Conditional Cert.
• Microsoft Fights Insurance Ruling Over $1.4M Judgment
• CA Off Hook In $60M Software License Dispute
• 2 Defendants To Be Dropped From AIG Derivative Suit
• Recusal Experts Back Peremptory Judicial Challenge
• Broadcom Co-Founder Cleared In Backdating Probe
• GE Scores $1.4B Wind Turbine Contract
• Insurer Claims It Settled Over Bratz Legal Fees
• Chi Mei To Pay $220M After Copping To LCD Price-Fixing
• Class Granted Cert. In Countrywide Securities Suit
• Bratz Dolls Get Stay Of Execution From 9th Circ.
• Comparison Of The Most Popular Patent Venues
• Toy Exec Demands Sanctions In Slip 'N Slide Row
• Claims Survive In 'Instant-On' Trade Secrets Spat
• Bratz Maker Pleads For Corporate Life Before 9th Circ.
• Calif. Court Tosses BofA Credit Card Bias Action
• Sidley Nabs ITC Patent Guru From Fish & Richardson
• AT&T 1st Amendment Claim Doesn't Fly In Yeager Case
• HP Ink-Jet Printer Consumers Move For Class Cert.
• Phone Card Customers Lose Class Certification Bid
• Welch Says Insurers Must Defend Juice Marketing Suits
• JC Penney Settles Wage-And-Hour Suit For $7.5M
• Judge Nixes 'Egg-Sharing' Antitrust Suit For 3rd Time
• Artifex Slaps Palm With PDF Reader Copyright Suit
• Microsoft, Amazon, Nokia Hit With Java Patent Suit
• 10th Circ. Revives Sex Bias, Retaliation Suit V. United
• No Doubt's 'Guitar Hero' Suit Moved To Fed. Court
• EBay, Craigslist Square Off In Trial Over Stock Purchase
• Tackling Design, Construction Risks Of 'Green Building'
• The Year In Employment Law Review — Part II
• Former Broadcom GC Dodges Charges In Options Case
• 11th Circ. Upholds Toss Of Solvay Marketing Suit
• $14M Deal Wins Final OK In Long-Running Dura Case
• 1031 Tax Group Files Liquidation Trust Deal
• Ex-Troutman Energy Atty Lands At Foley & Lardner
• Bracewell Taps Energy Arsenal As Demand Rises
• Employment Attorneys Dominate At Epstein, Seyfarth
• Pharmacies' Suit Over Pfizer-Wyeth Merger Dismissed
• Howrey Leads With 'Winning' Growth Strategy
• Competition Attorneys Dominate At Howrey
• Distributor Settles OT Class Action For $3.6M
• Phoenix Appeals DirecTV's Speech Tech Patent Win
• SEC Suit Claims Energy Startup Misled Investors
• Exxon Seeks To Ditch Cross-Claims In Contract Dispute
• Fed. Circ. Revives Quick-Drying Cement Patent Spat
• 9th Circ. Makes U-Turn, Nixes Gas Price-Gouging Suit
• PG&E Forges Wind Power Deal With Iberdrola
• Roche Wins Transfer Of Novartis' Patent Case To NC
• Enron Shareholders Drop Suit Against Banks
• Netflix, Blockbuster Win E-Mail Notification Patent Spat
• Judge Nixes Mentor's Bid To Block Exec Depositions
• Direct Purchasers Propose Counsel In AndroGel MDL
• Simpson Thacher Malpractice Suit Reinstated In Calif.
• ICW Objects To Developer's Use Of Cash Collateral
• Nvidia Told To Fork Over Docs In GPU Action
• Calif. Water Agency Challenges Federal Fish Plan
• Blockbuster Users Cut From Online DVD Rental MDL
• Barnes & Noble Can Release Disputed Nook E-Reader
• Apple Makes Partial Deal In Psystar Computer Suit
• Lehman Wants Stay Modified For ARS Suit Payout
• Q&A With Best Best & Krieger's Kira Klatchko
• Calif. Court Rejects Board's Disability Calculations
• Seyfarth Shaw Partner Sues Firm Over Demotion
• False Advertising Claims Cut From Racing Fuel Suit
• Calif. Must Honor $6.6B Sempra Energy Deal: Jury
• Haynes & Boone Adds Physicist To Calif. IP Team
• Meruelo Plan Details $453M In Intercompany Claims
• Nationwide Class Certified In PwC Associates' OT Suit
• Diet Pill Makers Seek False Advertising Coverage
• Indirect Purchasers Win Class Cert. In SRAM MDL
• Anthropologie, Forever 21 End Bitter Copyright Feud
• Unilever Hits Back At 'I Can't Believe It's Not Butter' Suit