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California - February, 2011

254 articles

• Calif. High Court Revives Baycol Class Action
• US Won't Drop Fight Over Gay Spouse Benefits
• Leaded-Brass Hose Warning Label Suit Shrinks
• 9th Circ. DADT Row Continues Despite Repeal
• Calif. Site Owners Appeal Exxon Win In Enviro Suit
• Cobra Sex Supplement Action Survives Dismissal Bid
• A Return To The Wild West For Calif. UCL Actions
• Barnes & Thornburg Taps Akin Gump Attys For LA Office
• Wells Fargo To Pay $7M To Settle Techies' OT Suit
• It's A Raid! Now What?
• High Court Leaves FLSA Status Of Drug Reps Up In Air
• FTC Fails To Stay $58M LabCorp Merger
• Wachtell Reps Ventas In $17B Health Real Estate Deal
• Supreme Retailer, Supreme Class, Supreme Court
• Synnex, Allscripts Ran Medical Software Market: Suit
• Countrywide Gets OK For $624M Deal In Subprime Suit
• 9th Circ. Overturns Order To Destroy Monsanto Beets
• Calif. Court Remands Ruling On Union Info-Sharing
• Judge In Gay Marriage Suit Wants More Detail On DOMA
• Stay Remains In Investor Suit Over $25M Solar Venture
• Calif. Senate Passes Renewable Energy Bill
• Game Maker Beats 'Would You Rather...?' Fraud Claim
• Calif. To Probe PG&E Records Over Fatal Gas Blast
• Sierra Club Sues EPA For Docs On Texas Power Plants
• Nurse Asks Supreme Court To Nix 9th Circ. OT Ruling
• Redefining Workplace Safety Standards In Calif.
• Health Net FLSA Action Wins Conditional Class Cert.
• Hertz Managers Denied Class Cert. In OT Fight
• Judge Lets SanDisk Flash Memory Antitrust Suit Stand
• Calif. Coastal Gets Plan OK, Plans March Ch. 11 Exit
• WilmerHale Scores Munger Tolles Patent Pro
• FTC Clears Qualcomm's $3.2B Atheros Buy
• Classes Decertified In 24 Hour Fitness OT Suit
• Toyota Faces Class Suit Over Lexus Paint Problems
• BofA Dodges Calif. ARS Action
• Fed. Circ. Reverses Radiation Therapy Patent Ruling
• MERS Can Pursue Foreclosure, Calif. Court Rules
• SEC Targets 3 Over $63M Microcap Fraud
• Lieff Cabraser Demands Arbitration With Partner
• Tile Maker, Parent Spar In Asbestos Liability Spat
• 9th Circ. Kills Dish's Injunction Bid In FCC Fight
• Court Evicts Some SF Rent Measure Provisions
• Motorola Slapped Over 'Xoom' Trademark
• SAP Seeks To Slash $1.3B Oracle IP Verdict
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Microsoft Spell Check Patent Suit
• DLA Piper, Mayer Brown IP Attys Form Boutique Firm
• Canner Gets Last Chance To Fix Steel Antitrust Suit
• Tech Entrepreneur Sues Gawker Site For Libel
• Ex-Embarcadero Exec To Pay In $14M Backdating Suit
• Conexant Picks Golden Gate, Rejects $284M SMSC Bid
• 9th Circ. Asked To Lift Prop 8 Stay Before Ruling
• Calif. Bill Attacks Collective Bargaining
• Betty Boop Creator's Family Loses 9th Circ. IP Spat
• Sephora Smacked With Customer Privacy Suit
• Class Cert. Denied In Guardsmark Wage Case
• High Court OKs Calif. Time Rule In Prisoner Appeals
• Disney Faces Privacy Class Action Over Worker IDs
• Booted Union Head Sues SEIU For 'Cruel' Harassment
• Judge Finds Hershey Sales Reps Not Exempt From OT
• US Drops Presidio Coverage Suit Against Zurich
• What Depublishing A Decision Means
• FTC Appeals Injunction Bid For $58M LabCorp Deal
• Hitachi Fails To Shield Foreign Docs In LCD MDL
• Questioning The Legality Of Minimum RPM Agreements
• Cut! Harassment Training Videos Aren't Enough
• SEC Arbitration Ban Rule Not Retroactive: 9th Circ.
• NCAA Gets Price-Fixing Fight Moved To Ind.
• Exxon Unit Loses Bid To Overturn $8M Benzene Verdict
• FCPA Case Challenges DOJ On 'Foreign Official'
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Calif. Critical Habitat Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Morgan Lewis Malpractice Suit
• LA Admin Pleads Guilty To $6M Medicare Fraud
• GAO Boots D&M Protest Of Navy IT Contracts
• Teller Hits JPMorgan With Wage Class Action
• Insurer Says Law Firm Lied About Fraud Case
• Rent-A-Center Slapped With OT Action
• Facebook Settles Some IP Claims With Brazilian Site
• Microsoft Wins Access To Datel Xbox Docs
• Covidien Faces Class Action Over Off-The-Clock Work
• DLA Piper Atty To Lead Kaye Scholer M&A Group
• United Western Fights OTS, FDIC Seizure
• AAI Seeks Close Scrutiny Of Google-ITA Deal
• Ex-City Offical Still Can't Pay Reduced Bail: Atty
• Inventor Can't Assert 2,000 Patent Claims: Fed. Circ.
• AT&T, Tech Workers Reach $12.5M Deal In FLSA Suit
• Farmers Employees Bag Class Cert. In ERISA Fight
• Ford, Continental Liable For Bad Explorer Tire: Suit
• Gibson Dunn Reps Nordstrom In $180M Sample Site Buy
• HP Moves To Strike Action Over Faulty Computers
• Pepsi, OneBeacon Settle Contamination Coverage Suit
• Sony Ducks Most OS Claims In PS3 Action
• 9th Circ. Affirms SF Transit Win In Bias Action
• House GOP Eyes Solyndra's $535M Stimulus Loan
• Aetna Asks Court To Pause Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Dickstein Shapiro Grabs 3 IP Attys For Calif. Office
• Fed. Circ. Revives Landowners' Water Rights Claims
• Calif. Court Rules UPS Must Pay Workers 2 Premiums
• Sprint, HTC Accused Of 4G Fraud In Class Action
• Ex-Tenet Workers Can't Bag Class Cert. In Calif. Appeal
• Calif. High Court To Consider Prop 8 Standing
• Ex-KB Homes Exec Gets Probation In Backdating Plot
• Some Infringement Claims Lifted In EMC-Authenex Spat
• GoToMeeting Maker Sued Over Videoconference Patent
• Determining The Fate Of AB 32
• A Little Credit, Please
• Class Action Over Guidant Pacemakers Nixed
• Potato Bigwig Admits To Illegal Campaign Donations
• PDL To Pay MedImmune $93M In IP Suit Over Synagis
• Con Man Gets 13 Years, $8M In Fraud Scheme
• Philip Morris Sues Chinese Sites Over Fake Marlboros
• New Calif. Gov. Scraps Minimum Wage Suit
• SEC Settles Insider Trading Case Over Shiseido Merger
• CalPERS Confirms Criminal Placement Agent Probe
• Medical Insurer Loses Defense Coverage Bid
• Apple Hit With Privacy Class Action Over Apps
• Atlas Energy Shareholders Bless $4.3B Sale To Chevron
• Judge Should Stay OT Action Or Change Venue: KPMG
• Kabam Snags Ex-O'Melveny Atty As General Counsel
• Free Speech Defense Stays Dead In 'Band Hero' Suit
• Judge Sinks Antitrust Suit Over VeriSign Web Market
• Brothers Plead Guilty To Insider Trading At Sequenom
• Potato Head Hit With Campaign Donation Charges
• Ikon Accuses Ex-Employees Of Trade Secrets Theft
• Favoring Policy Provision Over State Statute
• Judge Upholds $52M Verdict Over Calif. Power Plant
• Howrey Partners Flee To Jones Day, Hogan Lovells
• Case Study: Zhang V. Superior Court
• Simpson Thacher Reps CBRE In $940M ING Deal
• Class Asks Court To OK T-Mobile Sidekick Settlement
• EPA Fines Calif. Biomass Plants Over Air Pollution
• Prince Owes €2.2M For Canceled Concert, Suit Says
• Oakland Port Facility Can't Shake CWA Suit
• Enviro Group Accuses Siemens Of CWA Violations
• Best Buy Faces Trade Secrets Suit Over Buy-Back Plan
• Drug Sales Reps Exempt From OT, 9th Circ. Rules
• Carrillo Huettel Must Show Records In SEC Probe: Judge
• Pillsbury Winthrop Plucks Howrey IP Atty
• US Sued Over Lake Tahoe Basin Logging Project
• Marvell Faces Infringement Suit Over Hard Drive IP
• Power Co. Makes Case To Jump Into Calif. Enviro Suit
• Video Game Attys Hit Start On Bar Association
• SEC Ignored Red Flags In Westridge Fraud: IG Report
• FTC Clears SMSC's $248M Bid For Conexant
• Funds Seek Class Cert. In Wells Fargo MBS Suit
• A Bankruptcy Regime For States: Pros And Cons
• Heller Ehrman Defeats Appeal Over $13.6M Lease Claim
• Enviro Group, EPA Settle Air Pollution Case
• 9th Circ. To Rehear Grocery Co. Profit-Sharing Fight
• SEC Hits 3 IndyMac Execs With Fraud Charges
• BNY, Wells Fargo Cut Securities Fraud Action Claims
• Ex-Trident CEO To Settle Derivative Suit For $9.4M
• Calif. Court Upholds Costco Salary Calculation Win
• Calif. Investment Co. Head Gets 5 Years For Fraud
• Fed. Circ. Affirms H&B Win In Glove Infringement Suit
• Calif. High Court Says Stores Can't Demand ZIP Codes
• MoFo Snags 2 Attys From Alston, Wilson Sonsini
• 'Dallas' Star Hagman Loses $11.5M FINRA Award
• Listerine Marketing Actions Consolidated In Fla.
• Buyers Claim Light Salad Dressing Isn't So Lean
• UMG Taps Company Vet For Top Counsel
• SanDisk Fights Fee Requests Over Media Player Patents
• Mattel Says MGA CEO Helped Trash Docs In Bratz Brawl
• Dickstein Shapiro Grabs IP Veteran For LA Office
• IPad Overheating Class Action Tossed
• Faulty-Meter Class Action Against GE Powered Down
• Sony Hits LG With 3 Display Device IP Suits
• Calif. Appeals Court Lets J&J Motrin Suit Proceed
• Michelman & Robinson Lands Blank & Rome Litigator
• Assistant Sticks Metallica Drummer With OT Suit
• Squire Sanders Adds Jones Day Life Sciences Atty
• Blue Shield Loses Appeal Over Bad Faith Claims
• Battling Weight Bias In The Workplace
• Elan Shareholder Suit Gets The Boot
• Calif. Bill Aims To Keep Employment Suits In State
• Thinking Strategically About Petroleum Contamination
• A Wage And Hour Winter Wonderland
• Shareholder Consent Is The Key To Forum Selection
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-Prosecutor To LA Office
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 2
• King & Spalding Lands 14-Lawyer Filice Brown Team
• Jackson Estate Wins Deposition Bid In Trademark Suit
• Arnold & Porter Adds 3 Attys To Calif. IP Team
• Judge Nixes Trend Micro Suit Over Software IP
• Visa Buys E-Commerce Platform PlaySpan For $190M
• JPML Won't Combine Boehringer Sales Reps' OT Suits
• Paul Hastings Leads Facebook In Office Move
• EBay Atty Tapped As Wikimedia's Top Lawyer
• DC Comics Seeks Docs In 'Superman' Copyright Row
• WilmerHale Snags Silicon Valley IP Pro From Howrey
• Calif. Court Allows Changes To Toyota Warranty Action
• Levi's Wins New Look At Trademark Loss To A&F
• Exec Admits To Auto Lights Price-Fixing Scheme
• LCD Cos. Move To Stay Fla., Mich. Consumer Claims
• Paul Hastings Reps Kratos In $270M Herley Buy
• JPML Won't Merge Athletes' Suits Against EA, NCAA
• Natco Challenges Gilead Science's Tamiflu Patent
• Judge Halts Richtek Suit For Patent Re-Examination
• BofA Tries To Nix Merrill Employee Benefits Action
• Ex-Lehman Execs Hid Subprime Woes, CalPERS Says
• Dear Congress, Time For Another Look At FTAIA
• Welch To Spend $30M To Settle Juice-Labeling Suit
• Marine Captain Gets 6 Years For Iraq Fraud
• The Threat To Calif.'s Climate Change Efforts
• Judge Nixes Toys R Us Managers' OT Suit Settlement
• United, Workers Win Initial OK For $1.25M OT Deal
• Bill Could Let Calif. Award Minimum Wage Damages
• 9th Circ. Shuts Down Sequus Medical Licensing Spat
• Conglas Loses Cert. Bid Against Gemini Insurance
• HP Hits Back In Ex-Workers' Sales Commission Action
• CBS Faces Copyright Suit Over Texaco Star Tune
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Scores 10-Member Bankruptcy Team
• Berkshire To Round Out Stake In Wesco For $548M
• Wachtell Reps Danaher In $6.8B Beckman Coulter Deal
• Cypress To Settle SRAM Antitrust MDL For $1M
• California Regulator OKs Pollution Offset Rules
• Real Estate Exec Pleads Guilty To Bid-Rigging, Fraud
• Mercedes Hit With Class Action Over Car Radiators
• Judge Allows Challenge To $545M Farmers Settlement
• Judge Nixes Deal In Hughes Internet False Ad Action
• MGA Sues Mattel For $1B Over 'Kill Bratz' Scheme
• EBay Loses Bid To Toss Craigslist Trademark Suit
• MDL Panel Won't Consolidate Infested Formula Actions
• Senate Dems Propose Tougher Pipeline Safety Rules
• CitiMortgage Withheld Sales Commissions, Suit Says
• 3M Wins Transfer Of Road Sign Antitrust Suit
• Fortinet Drops IP Fight Against Ex-Exec, Rival Co.
• IconFind Hits Google With Search Patent Suit
• The Weight Of Wood Dust Warnings In Calif.
• Class Cert. Denied In Consumer Suit Against Carter's
• American, UPS Hit With Data Encryption IP Suits
• A Review Of 2010 Criminal Antitrust Enforcement
• Claims Adjusters Can't Get Overtime: Calif. Court
• Arizona Looks To Shake Ansel Adams Trademark Suit
• 3 Staffers Hit Hologic With Overtime Action
• Wang Hartmann Drops Suit Over BiTEK Legal Fees
• 9th Circ. Revives Barnum Suit Over Calif. Creek
• Godzilla Creator Attacks Honda Over Minivan Ad
• Halliburton Can't Shake Suit Over Trucker Arbitration
• Jackson Family Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Calif. Man Cleared Of Exporting US Army Gear To Yemen
• EPA Exempts Industrial Plants From New GHG Rules
• Top 10 Insurance Cases For Policyholders In 2010
• Investors Slam MannKind After FDA Balks On Afrezza
• Safeway Hit With Calif. Action Over Recall Warnings
• Saks Assistant Managers Sue For Overtime
• Obama's Regulatory Reform And Gov't Contractors
• EPA Must Review Calif. Clean Air Plan: 9th Circ.
• Countrywide Execs To Pay $6.5M To End Lending Suit
• Nutella Maker Faces Class Action Over Health Claims
• Morgan Lewis Reps Breckenridge In Reinsurance Deal
• BP To Sell Refineries In Texas, Calif.
• US Told To Revamp Off-Road Rules For Mojave Desert
• Travelers Tries To Duck Coverage For Home Defects
• FCPA Guidance In Alcatel-Lucent Settlements