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California - April, 2010

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• UCLA Law Professor, Partner Appointed Trib Examiner
• Defendant Ranks Pared Down In Muni Derivative MDL
• Jury Slams CertainTeed With $200M Asbestos Award
• Insurers' State Court Cert. Bid Nixed In Hyundai Ad Suit
• Indirect Purchasers Close Copper Tubing Cartel Suit
• Ex-SK Foods CEO Faces New Antitrust Charges
• Anthem Withdraws Rate Hike After Errors Found
• Wyeth, Schwarz Escape Reglan Failure-To-Warn Suit
• Fleet Management Indicted Over Alleged Oil Dumping
• Case Study: Berg & Berg Enterprises V. Boyle
• The Risk Of Geographic Trademarks
• Intel Did Not Steal Silvaco's Trade Secrets: Court
• $1.5M Deal In Lockheed Meal Break Class Action OK'd
• Exec Sues Nummi For $1.7M In Unpaid Pension Funds
• Female Partners Bullied Over Compensation: Study
• Senate Panel OKs Bills To Put Cameras In Courts
• 1 Of 5 Voltage Regulator Patents Cut From Infineon Suit
• WaMu Directors, Deloitte Off Hook For Calif. Claims
• Best Buy '3-Way' Speakers Actually Only 2-Way: Suit
• Case Study: Silgan Containers V. National Union
• Orrick Reps First Solar In $285M NextLight Acquisition
• What's Wrong With Stock Option Backdating?
• Class Certified In Kelly Services Interview Pay Suit
• Copyright Preemption And The Right Of Publicity
• Chu Calls For Revolution At Senate Energy Hearing
• Nixon Peabody Finance Attys Jump To DLA Piper
• New Claims Barred From FedEx Driver Wage Suit
• Game Developers Sue Activision For $125M
• WellPoint Ends Rescission, Delays Rate Hikes
• Sempra To Pay Calif. $410M Over Energy Crisis
• Penske Installers Win Cert. Bid In Meal Break Action
• LA County Not Liable For Water Pollution: Judge
• Wal-Mart Adopts Cadmium Testing Standards For Toys
• Eastern District Of Texas Rocket Docket Still Has Fuel
• High Court Hears Appeal Of Monsanto Alfalfa Ban
• Court Keeps Chevron Refinery Expansion On Hold
• Wal-Mart Ruling Could Wreak Havoc On Employers
• Navy Seaman's $5.6M Asbestos Award Overturned
• Cadmium In The Crosshairs
• Homeowners Denied Cert. In Countrywide Mortgage Suit
• Top 9th Circ. Judge Urges Courts To Allow Cameras
• Wells Fargo Strikes $6.6M Deal To End OT Class Action
• Q&A With Penske GC Michael Duff
• WET Aims To Nix Amerigon Car Seat Patents
• Arbitration Awards Not Always Final: Calif. High Court
• Judge Cuts Advertisers' Clicks Case V. Facebook
• Calif. Assembly Panel OKs Emissions Threshold Bill
• Wal-Mart Sex Bias Class Action Gets 9th Circ.'s OK
• Securities Class Action Against Wells Fargo Pared
• ITC To Investigate Apple Over Touch-Screen Patents
• Microsoft Fails To Toss Antitrust Suit Over Xbox Parts
• Jury Finds Maxim CFO Liable In SEC Backdating Case
• Staffers' Porn Habits Could Put SEC On Hook: Attys
• GOP Probes Auto Cos. Over 'Secret' White House Talks
• Epstein 'Punished' Atty By Withholding Capital: Suit
• DVD Standards Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Hoyt Off Hook In Dry-Cleaning Chemical Cleanup Suit
• Bid To Stop Vote On $1.4B Zenith-Fairfax Deal Rejected
• Waitress Sues California Pizza Kitchen Over Tip-Pooling
• 2 Claims Nixed In Boeing Airport Cleanup Suit
• Toyota Acceleration MDL Revs Up
• Jones Day Snags O'Melveny Energy Co-Chair
• Fish & Richardson Kicked Off Openwave IP Suit
• Avoiding Rifts In Earthquake Coverage
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Hunton Employment Lawyer
• Madoff Investors' Suit Against SEC Tossed
• Paul Weiss Advises Oak Hill In $815M Hillman Buy
• Empire Land Trustee Unleashes Avoidance Actions
• Moody's Subpoenaed By Financial Crisis Panel
• Ex-KB Home CEO Convicted In Backdating Case
• Monsanto Plants Final Brief In Supreme Court Case
• Sirius Indemnification Case Over Katz Suit Survives
• Apple Wins Bid To Transfer Monopoly Suit To Calif.
• Ill. OKs $8.5B Frontier-Verizon Deal Over Objection
• 14 Firms Didn't Promote Any Women To Partner In '09
• Funk Legend Wins Remand Of UMG Royalty Spat
• Consumer Seeks Class Cert. In Yoplait Yogurt Suit
• Shell Worker Meal Break Suit Weathers Dismissal Bid
• JPML Won't Combine Plastic Molding Patent Cases
• Former Gucci Counsel Defends Self In Trademark Suit
• Gemini Loses Summary Bid In Deductible Spat
• Schwab To Pay $200M To Settle Investor Action
• T-Mobile Customer Wins Cert. In Insurance Policy Spat
• BP Settles Meal Break Suit With Calif. Drivers
• A Lesson From Justice Scalia On Legislative History
• Ex-Homestore CEO Gets 54 Months In Prison For Fraud
• Potential New Life For Nationwide Class Actions?
• High Court Hears Police Texting Privacy Case
• Pfizer, Wyeth Antitrust Complaint Nixed For 3rd Time
• Air France Ocean Crash Cases Land In California
• No Fiduciary Duty In Wal-Mart Seller Contract: Judge
• Toyota Pays DOT $16.4M Penalty Over Recall Delays
• Supreme Court To Hear Costco-Omega 1st-Sale Case
• Kinder Morgan Unit To Pay $205M To Settle FERC Suits
• Calif. AG Seeks To Force Moody's To Answer Subpoena
• House Panel Probes Cadmium Concerns At Retailers
• Calif. Order Shows Impact On Tradeable REC Markets
• Retailers Beware: Statements May Not Be Protected
• Antitrust Lawsuits Continue Downward Slide In 2010
• Activision Free Speech Bid For 'Band Hero' Canned
• Drugstores Denied Injunction In Calif. Medicaid Suit
• Rising Star: Akin Gump's Richard Welsh
• Congressmen Pressure Toyota Over Research
• Calif. Nonprofit Sues For Palin Speech Contract Info
• Fremont Stock-Drop Class Action Gets Go-Ahead
• Blockbuster Worker Wins Round In Chair Class Action
• PacifiCorp Settles Opacity Suit With $1M Payout
• Aldo, Store Managers Get Approval For OT Settlement
• Lexington Wins Forum Choice In Coverage Feud
• Top Employment Law Rulings From The 1st Quarter
• Obama Reveals 7 New US Attorney Nominations
• UTStarcom Pays $1.5M To Settle SEC Action
• Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Shiraz Tangri
• 9th Circ. Affirms RadioShack Class Cert. In Wages Case
• The Language Interpretation Industry's Real Dangers
• Comic Artist Kirby's Heirs Lose Bid To Toss Marvel Suit
• Longview Financial Blames Demise On Castle Arch
• Toyota Yanks Lexus SUV Model Over Safety Worries
• Calif. Water Board Decision On River Pollution Upheld
• Ashland Ducks More Suits In MTBE MDL
• NY Bill Would Ban Trans Fats Statewide
• Stryker Surgical Implant Kickback Suit Loses Legs
• Rising Star: Skadden's Z. Julie Gao
• Rising Star: Dickstein's Sandra Smith Thayer
• Outlook Is Dim For Securities Litigation: Lerach
• Claims Over WL Homes Defects Get Green Light
• LA Residents Sue Over Toxins From Exxon Facility
• 9th Circ. Affirms AT&T, Oldcastle Antitrust Win
• Fleetwood Files Amended Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• Rising Star: McDermott's Sergio Pozzerle
• Mercury Flouted Consumer Laws: Calif. Insurance Chief
• Royal Indemnity Cleanup Coverage Suit Stayed
• Cedar Fair Sues Santa Clara Over 49ers Stadium Plan
• House Ignites Probe Of Flame-Retardant Chemicals
• Counselors Hit University Of Phoenix With OT Action
• Changes To Divisibility, Arranger Liability In CERCLA
• Developing Effective Web 2.0 Policies
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Broadcom Win In GPS Patent Spat
• Flying J, Shell Reach $8.5M Refinery Cleanup Deal
• Morgan Lewis Seeks To Limit Damages In Fraud Suit
• Aspex Seeks Injunction In Antitrust Suit Against Insurer
• Activision Countersues 'Modern Warfare' Studio Heads
• 9th Circ. Turns To Texas Court On Insurer Bias Case
• Indirect Deception: Eroding Fraud-On-Market Theory
• Calif. Central District Gets Toyota Acceleration MDL
• Haynes & Boone Scores SEC Heavyweight
• Claims Tossed In Guardsmark Pay Structure Dispute
• Nationwide Suffers Setback In Investigator OT Suit
• EPA Finds Excess PCBs At Hazardous Waste Site
• Amerigon Car Seat Patent Suit Gets The Boot
• PXP, Enviro Groups Rework Offshore Oil Drilling Pact
• Atty's Conflict Needn't Disqualify Firm: Calif. Court
• State AGs To Sens.: Don't Trample Our Climate Work
• IPhone Antitrust Plaintiffs Want New Class Counsel
• Chemtura Dodges $9B Environmental Claim
• Court Won't Alter Stay In Infineon Shareholder Case
• Rising Star: Haynes & Boone's Diana Liebmann
• PharMerica's Contract Interference Suit Survives
• Panasonic Exits Suit Over DVD Auto Play Patents
• United Auto Gets OT Collective Action Decertified
• J&J, Omnicare Hit With Class Action Over Kickbacks
• Class Of Managers Decertified In FedEx OT Suit
• Vacancies Haunt Insured Commercial Property Owners
• Plaintiffs Seek Class Status In Nvidia GPU Suit
• Leahy Rebuts Calls To Put 9th Circ. Nominee On Ice
• 'Monster In Law' RICO Claims Survive Dismissal Bid
• If I Were Obama, My Supreme Court Pick Would Be ...
• Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Sharon Flanagan
• Ex-Desperate Housewife Files $20M Suit Over Firing
• HP Settles Ink Cartridge Patent Dispute With Print-Rite
• IBM Fails To Trim Actuate Suit Over Tivoli Software
• Ace Seeks Zurich Funds For $4M Payout To Worker
• C&D Condom False Marketing Action Chucked
• Insurers Must Cover Hyundai For Patent Suit: 9th Circ.
• Aramark To Settle Wage-And-Hour Suit For $3.9M
• Top 10 Best Practices For Lenders On Problem Loans
• Fed. Circ. Hears Arguments In Rambus Patent Suits
• USAA Doesn't Owe Chevron Lawyer Indemnity: 5th Circ.
• Thomas Weisel Exec Liable For Paribas Raid: Judge
• DuPont, Motorola Still On Hook In Flight 447 Crash Suit
• RBC Brokers Win Conditional Cert. On FLSA Claims
• LA Loses Bid To Put Out Firefighter Trainees' FLSA Suit
• DC Circ. Lets Calif. Truck Emissions Limit Stand
• Rising Star: Best Best & Krieger's Sophie Akins
• Smart Balance Wants Margarine Labeling Suit Tossed
• South Butt Settles With North Face In Trademark Spat
• Trelleborg Accused Of Fixing Prices For Buoys, Pilings
• Fed. Circ. Further Untangles HIF Bio Inventorship Fight
• Rising Star: Sheppard Mullin's Carlo Van Den Bosch
• Rising Star: Sheppard Mullin's Michael Scarborough
• Lilly, Sandoz Can't End Generic Prozac Suicide Case
• The Quickest Route To Defeating FLSA Class Cert.
• Facebook Gets Video Game Copyright Suit Tossed
• Wal-Mart, Netflix Try Again To Trim Online Rental MDL
• Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Amanda Sommerfeld
• Aerotek Recruiter Ruled Exempt From FLSA
• EPA, DOT Reveal National Vehicle Fuel Standards
• Schwab Unlawfully Changed Mutual Fund Terms: Judge
• Sierra Club Seeks To Defend Calif. Emissions Limits
• Ex-Locke Lord Partner Sues Over Capital Loan