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California - August, 2010

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• Omega Slams Costco In Top Court Copyright War
• SunCal Can't Wriggle Out Of Lehman Automatic Stay
• Caltrans Official Admits To $1.2M Bid-Rigging Plot
• J&J Unit Faces Suits Over Recalled Hip Implant
• Most Admired Attys: Covington's Donald Brown
• Skilled Healthcare Fights Injunction In Patients' Suit
• Ajaxo Wins Royalties For E-Trade IP Theft On Appeal
• Wal-Mart Settles In DVD Rental Antitrust Suit
• Jazz, Anchen Strike Deal Over Generic Luvox
• Court Tosses Asbestos Verdict Over Jury Instructions
• Trade Group Backs Matrixx On Side-Effect Reporting
• Alleged Ponzi Artist Who Can't Pay Atty Not Off Hook: US
• Judge Approves Pacific Energy Disclosure Statement
• Thomson Hits Chimei With 337 Suit Over LCD Patents
• Most Admired Attys: DLA Piper's Perrie Weiner
• United, Continental Win DOJ Merger OK With Slot Sale
• $1B VeriFone Shareholder Class Action Tossed
• 9th Circ. Reopens Deaf Worker's Suit Against UPS
• Optical Disk Purchasers File New Antitrust Complaints
• West Triumphs In Phoenix Speech Recognition IP Suit
• Apple Hits Kodak With $1B Suit Over Digital Camera IP
• Class Cert. Denied In ConAgra Popcorn Action
• Most Admired Attys: Cooley's Anthony Stiegler
• Bill Would Bar Judges From Hearing Donors' Cases
• Advertisers' Facebook Click Suit Moves Forward
• Welch's 'Unclean Hands' Bid Fails In Pom False Ad Suit
• Changes To Rescission Of Insurance Policies In Calif.
• Calif. Lawmakers Limit Cadmium In Kids' Jewelry
• Cemex Wage-And-Hour Class Drops FLSA Claims
• 2 More Egg Brands Recalled Amid Salmonella Crisis
• Accountants Not Liable In DeNiro Restaurant Suit: Court
• Stryker To Pay $1.4M Over Bone Protein Marketing
• Metrolink To Pay $200M Over Fatal 2008 Train Crash
• Hooters Can't Escape Ex-Servers' Weight Bias Suits
• Rigel Shareholders Again Lose Suit Over Arthritis Drug
• Calif. Coastal Deal With Wilmington Trust, Lenders OK'd
• EPA Moves To Ban Sewage Discharge Off Calif. Coast
• AGA Says WL Gore Infringes Heart Device Patent
• Calif. Passes Tougher Minimum Wage Law Package
• Blood Reagent Price-Fixing MDL Survives Dismissal Bid
• Most Admired Attys: Jones Day's Joe Sims
• Calif. Court Grounds Alaska Air Whistleblower's Suit
• AUO Exec Loses Travel Pass Bid In LCD Antitrust Case
• Ansel Adams Trust Sues Over Garage Sale Negatives
• Sex Toy Maker Cuts 18 Cos. From Fleshlight Patent Suit
• States, Municipalities Get Tough On 'Wage Theft'
• Biolitec Wins Partial Toss Of Medical Laser Patent Suit
• Reinsurers To Pay US Fidelity $262M In Asbestos Spat
• Banks Ask To Toss Investors' WaMu Securities Suit
• Ariz. Court Closes Door On Fidelity Collecting $8M Win
• American Apparel Under Siege As It Mulls Ch. 11
• Calif. Legislature Passes Tougher Piracy Fines
• Most Admired Attys: O'Melveny's Richard Parker
• Polyurethane Foam Cos. Hit With 6th Price-Fixing Suit
• The Financing Options For New Transmission
• 9th Circ. Affirms Threatened Status Of Calif. Steelhead
• TV Installer Accuses Beazley Insurance Of Bad Faith
• The Future Of Modified Seeds In A Post-Geertson World
• ITC Won't Review MSI Dismissal In Richtek Probe
• 2nd Circ. Counterfeiting Ruling Boosts Brand Owners
• Strict Liability For Below-Cost Pricing In Calif.?
• AUO Execs Can't Leave US Amid Antitrust Case: Judge
• Frozen Fruit Pulp Linked To Typhoid Outbreak
• Software Co. Blasted With $5M Suit Over 'Jedi' Marks
• FDIC Opposes Imperial's Exclusivity Extension Bid
• Most Admired Attys: Greenberg Traurig's Susan Heller
• E&Y, Blue Coat Execs Settle Backdating Suits For $4M
• Oracle, I2 Software Dispute Remains In Eastern Texas
• Most Admired Attys: Greenberg Traurig's Mike Piazza
• 9th Circ. Revives 'Delicious' Suit V. Victoria's Secret
• Townsend Lets Go 9 Attorneys, 25 Staffers
• Apple Supplier Exec In Kickback Probe Steps Down
• Tyco Unit Amends RCRA Claims Against Rowe
• Calif. High Court Snuffs Out Intel Trade Secrets Suit
• Solectron Investors Win Cert. In Suit Over $3.6B Merger
• 9th Circ. Remands Mercury Backdating $29M Fee Award
• Case Study: Coral Construction V. San Francisco
• Deferred Atty Accuses Howard Rice Of Race, Sex Bias
• Microsoft Bid To Nix Voice Recognition IP Survives
• Case Study: Clark V. Superior Court
• Camel Rolling Stone Ads Aren't Cartoons: Pa. Court
• Damages Issues Narrowed In SAP, Oracle Suit
• Motions To Strike Can't Nix Damages Claims: 9th Circ.
• The Calif. Union Trespass Problem Just Got Easier
• 9th Circ. Nixes Class Denial In Land Rover Tire Suit
• Conceptus, Hologic Nix Non-IP Claims In Patent Spat
• Hagens Berman Sets Up New K Street Digs
• Sanofi Wants FDA Approval Of Generic Lovenox Nixed
• Calif. Groceries Must Face Price-Sharing Suit: 9th Circ.
• Crowell Hit With Malpractice Suit From Hijacking Victims
• Supremacy Clause Issues And Calif.'s Feed-In Tariff
• Homeowners Sue Insurer Over Unpaid Fire Claims
• Hulu, WildTangent Get Web Media Patent Suit Nixed
• Calif. School District Must Hand Over Payroll Info
• 9th Circ. Flips Verdicts In Porn Star Copyright Suit
• Favorable Arbitration Developments For Employers
• U. Of Phoenix Counselors' OT Claims Moved To Pa.
• No Calif. Same-Sex Marriage During Appeal: 9th Circ.
• Apple Sues Indicted Manager Over Trade Secret Breach
• 9th Circ. Upholds Arbitration Win For Tortilla Maker
• Most Admired Attys: Arnold & Porter's Bill Baer
• WellPoint, Aetna Antitrust Suits Barred By Past Deals
• Financial Reform 101: SEC Enforcement Powers
• Monsanto Banned From Planting Modified Beets
• Most Admired Attys: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu
• Filmmakers Get 6 Months In $2M Thai Bribery Case
• Morgan Lewis Wins Bid To List Fraud Suit Witnesses
• Preserving Value Through Mediation
• Fujitsu, Mobile Storage Settle Disk Drive Patent Suit
• Northstar Loses Claims Against Schwab On Appeal
• Most Admired Attys: Cravath's Richard Clary
• ITC Opens 337 Probe Into LG Digital TVs
• Green Building Trend Ripe To Bear Suits
• Combined Insurance Strikes $6M Deal In Wage Suit
• Waddell & Reed FLSA Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Yamaha Escapes Liability For Rhino Injury In Ala. Suit
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives Grilled Chicken Case
• Infringement Claims Nixed In VNUS Vein Treatment Suit
• Atari Exec Gets Off $6.7M Bankruptcy Hook
• Officer Sues To Block 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Discharge
• Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Officially Lifted
• Yamaha 3 For 4 In Trials Over Rhino Defects
• Platypus Settles IP Coverage Spat With Travelers
• Samsung Cuts Deal In DVD Auto Play Patent Suit
• Exxon Gets Most Of Gas Station Pollution Suit Tossed
• Pegasus Again Loses Appeal Of Ch. 11 Dismissal
• Guardian Trumps SF Weekly In Predatory Pricing Appeal
• SF Wins Fight Over Local Health Care Rules
• Ore. Joins NY, Fla. In Suing LCD Cos. For Price-Fixing
• Chu Resurrects Energy Advisory Board
• Tip-Pooling Cases Down, Not Out After Calif. Ruling
• AmEx Unit Gets Damages Claim Nixed In Benefits Suit
• What To Know In The Absence Of A Climate Change Law
• Facebook Fighting Remand Of Suit Disputing Ownership
• No Loss Causation In Thane Investor Suit: 9th Circ.
• Wells Fargo To Pay $203M To Overdraft Fraud Class
• PBGC Objects to California Coastal Ch. 11 Plan
• RIM CEOs To Face Deposition In Data Security IP Row
• Fla. AG Targets LCD Cos. Over Price-Fixing Scheme
• Plains To Spend $41M On Oil Pipeline Spill Prevention
• 9th Circ. Upholds Vernal Pool Habitat Protections
• Antitrust Suit Against Allstate, State Farm Gets New Life
• New Century Shareholders Settle Claims For $125M
• Calif. High Court Nixes Tip-Pooling Suit
• FDA Could Warn Gilead For Manufacturing Issues
• Don, Doff Claims Chucked From LA Police OT Spat
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds 2 Labor Partners In NY, SF
• 1 Counterfeit Item Enough For Jurisdiction: 2nd Circ.
• Seagate, Acacia Unit Settle Online Video Patent Suit
• Nat'l Union, Nvidia End GPU Litigation Coverage Row
• 9th Circ. Grants NDS $18M In Fees In EchoStar Suit
• SAP Won't Fight Liability In Oracle Copyright Battle
• Developers' Case Against Gemini Scrapped
• Wells Fargo Recovers Premiums In Procedural Twist
• Ex-Google Worker Wins Day In Court In Age Bias Fight
• Court Nixes Elan's Attack On Apple Touch-Pad Patent
• Weight-Loss Pill Fraud Class Action Eighty-Sixed
• BofA Reaches Accord With ExpressJet In ARS MDL
• Malibu's Ocean Discharges Violated CWA, Judge Says
• US Can't Blame Delays For Failed Nuclear Waste Deal
• Atty Labeled 'Sexual Predator' Wins $1.25M Verdict
• Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Overturned
• Antitrust Suit V. San Diego Convention Center Trimmed
• Toyota Faulty Engine Action Runs Out Of Gas
• Levi's, Revise Spar Over Jeans Pocket Designs
• Sempra's $48.5M Verdict Against Marsh Upheld
• DESA Bankruptcy Converted To Ch. 7 Liquidation
• 4th Chi Mei Exec To Serve Time For Price-Fixing Plot
• Jones Day Nabs 2 Partners For Golden State Offices
• Squire Sanders Adds 2 Life Sciences Gurus
• Fed. Circ. Affirms $2.8M Patent Verdict Against Sprint
• United, Continental Settle Texas Suit Over $3B Merger
• Mattel Can Proceed With Most MGA Counterclaims
• Gibson Dunn Eyes Asian Market With Hong Kong Office
• Calif. City Loses Appeal For $75M CERCLA Recovery
• Gray Duffy Gains Insurance Litigation Veteran
• Foreign Claims Clipped From Korean Air Antitrust MDL
• Creditors Win Bid To File Rival Plan For Meruelo
• Olan Mills To Pay $3M To End Photographer Wage Suit
• Pain Pump Coverage Spat Moved To Utah
• Calif. High Court Upholds Affirmative Action Ban
• Class Claims AT&T's High-Speed DSL Is Defective
• Smart Balance False Ad Suit Gets Another Shot