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California - December, 2010

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• Sewage Suits Yield Top Enviro Settlements Of 2010
• AIG Led Insurer Payouts In 2010
• Skilling Set Pace For White Collar Rulings In 2010
• Down Economy Fueled Employment Settlements In 2010
• Competition Cases To Watch In 2011
• Copyright, Trademark Suits Netted Big Payouts In 2010
• Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2011
• Employment Cases To Watch In 2011
• Courts Bolstered Energy Contract Protections In 2010
• High Court's '10 Employment Rulings To Spur More Suits
• Baker Botts Disqualified From Fujitsu IP Suit
• Toyota Settled Calif. Crash Suit For $10M: Judge
• EPA To Monitor Chromium-6 In Drinking Water
• SEC Sues InterMune Options Buyers Over Inside Tips
• Calif. Tech Consultant Pleads Guilty In Trading Probe
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Intel Wins In Optics Patent Row
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives $5M Coverage Suit
• Godiva Strikes $1M Deal In Calif. Overtime Action
• Case Study: Carijano V. Occidental Petroleum
• Sexy Hair Concepts Enters Ch. 11, Cites Economy
• Judge Keeps $319M 'Millionaire' Verdict Intact
• Apple Gets IPod, ITunes Antitrust Action Tossed
• Sirius Users Can't Replead Contract Claim: Judge
• Activision Wants $400M From EA In Designer Fight
• Calif. Court Upholds Cassidy Licensing Deal
• Paul Hastings Reps Jacobs In $913M Aker Asset Buy
• Class Granted Cert. In Dell False Advertising Suit
• Exposure And Settlement Value In False Marking Claims
• Obama Officially Takes Down 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• Apple, Canon, Others Face Video Compression IP Suit
• Toyota To Pay $32.4M Over Defect Report Delays
• 9th Circ. Upholds Fraud Ruling For Ex-US Wireless CEO
• Who's To Blame For Climate Change?
• Wyeth Loses Bid To Take Novartis IP Suit To Calif.
• Calif. Pet Retailers Agree To New Warning Label
• Green Group's Suit Over DOE Laser System Tossed
• Funeral Co. Faces Another Wage-And-Hour Action
• Senate Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• Staff Atty, OPM Battle Over Same-Sex Spouse Benefits
• Calif. Adopts US' Largest Cap-And-Trade Program
• Samsung Can't Keep DRAM Pleas From SRAM MDL
• Google, Yahoo Patent Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Senate Approves 4 New District Judges
• Overstock Accuses Goldman, Merrill Of Short Sale Plot
• Judge OKs Revised Pacific Energy Liquidation Plan
• In Context: The Chevron-Ecuador Litigation
• Contraceptive Makers Denied Quick End To Patent Suit
• 9th Circ. Revives DairyAmerica's Katrina Coverage Suit
• PepperBall, Exec Beat $4.8M Securities Fraud Suit
• Judge Sides With Tribe, Blocks Calif. Solar Project
• AUO Antitrust Ruling Delayed For Criminal Trial
• US Names 24 Solar Energy Zones In Western States
• HP Must Reimburse Insurer For $11M In Defense Costs
• Facebook Wins Partial Toss Of Click Fraud Class Suit
• Calif. Appeals Court Upholds LA Stormwater Standards
• US Criticizes Planned Parenthood In Overbilling Case
• In Calif., Clarifying The Sophisticated User Defense
• Eldorado Forest Road Protections Survive Challenge
• Nokia Expands European Front In Apple Patent War
• Lehman Bondholders Push Rival Reorganization Plan
• House Sends Stand-Alone DADT Repeal To Senate
• Chubb Can't Recover $2.4M Spent On Cleanup
• Workers Win Class Status In Costco Lockdown Suit
• A Review Of 2010 Antitrust Class Actions
• Canada Targets Visa, MasterCard Over Merchant Rules
• Due Process Implications Of Patent Claims Limits
• Cautionary Tales Of Age Discrimination Cases
• Wells Fargo Settles Pick-A-Payment Suit For $50M
• US Ordered To Revamp Delta Smelt Protections
• Calif. Court Reverses ANI's $2M Insurance Award
• Service Members Fight Discharge Under DADT
• Judge Nixes Samsung Bid To Sack Claims In SRAM MDL
• Aerotek Case Set To Redraw Class Cert. Battle Lines
• Wash. Law Wins Out In Columbia Crash Coverage Suit
• Matrixx To Pay $15.5M In Zicam MDL
• Judge OKs $27M Deal In Cooper Securities Action
• MMFX Enters Ch. 11 Amid Steel Market Collapse
• BASF Fails To Shake Farmers' Fungicide Suit
• Death Knell Of Placement Agent Outcome-Based Pay
• Calif. Overtime Action Against AT&T Goes Nationwide
• 9th Circ. Nixes Class Win In Calif. Union Fee Battle
• Calif. Regulator Blocks PacifiCare Dividend
• Settlement OK'd In Wachovia Call Center OT Case
• Amerigon Opens New Front In WET Seat Patent Fight
• High Court Won't Consider Medical Device Case
• AntiCancer Sues Cellsight Over Tumor Detection IP
• Justices Won't Address Venue In Apple Monopoly Case
• Apple, AT&T Face IPad Bait-And-Switch Class Action
• Case Study: Dukes V. Wal-Mart
• Contemplating Future Regulation Of Carbon Markets
• High Court Split Over 1st-Sale Rule In Costco Suit
• Blue Cross, Others Booted In Pfizer Neurontin MDL
• DC Circ. Backs Calif. Plan To Merge Utility Districts
• Best Buy Sex Bias Action Stayed Pending Wal-Mart
• 9th Circ. Makes U-Turn In Genocide Insurance Case
• DoubleLine Cooperates With Probe In TCW Row
• BlueBeat Song Sales Violate Copyrights: Judge
• 2 Accused In Sequenom, EXAS Insider Trading Case
• Judge Stays Apple, AT&T Suit Pending Concepcion
• Climate Change Insurance — Are You Covered?
• Cappuccitti V. DirecTV Re-Revisited
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2010: Skadden
• Disney Fails To Nix $319M 'Millionaire' Verdict
• Skadden Reps National Grid In $285M Algonquin Deal
• Senate Blocks DADT Repeal With Defense Bill
• Northrop Grumman Ends False Claim Probe For $5M
• The Bleak Future Of Cap-And-Trade Legislation
• H&R Block Workers Gain Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• Samsung Fails To Nix Classes In SRAM Antitrust MDL
• Q&A With Barg Coffin's Morgan Gilhuly
• Subpoena Stands In Chevron Ecuador Case
• Western Titanium Wants US Witness Testimony Excluded
• High Court Grills Credit Card Plaintiffs' Counsel
• AGL, Markel Off Hook For Intel Antitrust Defense
• Sales Rep Hits Merck With Overtime Class Action
• 9th Circ. Validates Construction Emissions Rule
• Ensuring Wage-And-Hour Settlements Close The Door
• CORRECTED: Reddy Ice Cartel Action Survives Challenge
• 2nd Circ. Won't Lift Lehman Stay For SunCal
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2010: O'Melveny
• Bryan Cave, AmEx Tax Shelter Case Pared Down Again
• NextEra Settles In Deadly Calif. Wind Turbine Suit
• Case Study: Enovsys V. Nextel Communications
• The End Of Class Actions? Not Likely
• Western Titanium Says Gov't Withheld Info In Fraud Suit
• Special Units Put Public Corruption In Hot Seat
• 9th Circ. Revives Occidental Petroleum Pollution Suit
• Starbucks Baristas Fight Toss Of Tip-Sharing Action
• 9th Circ. Weighs Prop 8 Constitutionality, Standing
• Porn Co. Moves To Resolve Legal Insurance Suit
• Louis Vuitton Seeks 337 Probe Of Chinese, Calif. Cos.
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2010: Morrison & Foerster
• Beer Drinkers Eye Cert Bid In InBev Merger Case
• Supreme Court Takes Up Climate Change Nuisance Suit
• SEC Wields The SOX 304 'Clawback' Provision
• Ansel Adams Trademark Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Fed. Circ. Boots MedioStream IP Suit Out Of Texas
• Election Quickly Improves Calif. Renewables Climate
• Class Certification And The Underpants Gnomes
• Early Effects Of SEC's Climate Disclosure Release
• 9th Circ. Judge Won't Exit Gay Marriage Appeal
• TCW Targets DoubleLine Trust In New Trade Secret Suit
• Heller Ehrman Targets More Firms Over Atty Hires
• Del. Court Upholds CA Win In Software License Dispute
• Heller Ehrman Sues 22 Firms Over Business Transfers
• High Court Urged To Take On Contingency Fees Suit
• Class Claims CertainTeed Shills Shoddy House Siding
• Sony Triumphs In Defective HDTV Action
• Judge Orders Destruction Of Monsanto Beet Seeds
• CWM Hit With Fine Over PCB Disposal
• Contemplating Class Action Waivers