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California - May, 2011

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• Motorola Blames Air France For Crash In Suit Over MDL
• Ex-Best Buy Manager Seeks Class Cert. In OT Case
• Samsung Seeks Peek At Latest IPhone, IPad Models
• Caterpillar, Others Must Face Defect Suit: Calif. Court
• Gamers Sue Sony Over Hacking Of PlayStation Network
• Insurer Escapes Faulty Lid Coverage In Fruit Cup Suit
• Verizon Settles IT Workers' Overtime Suit
• 9th Circ. Keeps Sierra Nevada Logging Plan Suit Alive
• Ex-Tvia Exec Settles SEC Fraud Suit
• Citigroup Sues Impac Over Botched SEC Filing
• Prospect Mortgage Can't Shake Loan Officer OT Suit
• Goodwin Procter Woos Securities Star From Orrick
• Q&A With Brownstein Hyatt's Barry Langberg
• Jobless Calif. Law Grad Sues School For $100M
• Calif. Diesel Engine Rules Not Preempted: 9th Circ.
• FCC Wants Info About AT&T, T-Mobile Spectrum Claims
• Ford, Others Stamp Out $25M Asbestos Suit
• Tessera Hits Sony With Another Royalty Suit
• Q&A With Fox Rothschild's Jeff Kravitz
• Calif. Appeals Court Tosses Fiji Green Ad Suit
• Daiso Shakes Consumer Action Over Unsafe Toys
• ABC Loses Bid To Shake Desperate Housewife's Suit
• Corbis Prevails In 'Partridge Family' Star Image Suit
• Ben & Jerry's, Breyers False Ad Actions Stay Alive
• HP, Quest Sued Over Medical Records Software Patent
• Beware Calif.'s 'One-Action Rule'
• PayPal Claims Ex-Exec Took Trade Secrets To Google
• MGA Seeks $177M Over Mattel Spy Games
• Calif. Court Revives Part Of State Farm Appraisal Action
• Troubled Longtop Financial Slapped With Investor Suit
• Judge Refuses To Toss Botox Marketing Class Action
• Calif. City Cleared To Submit Ch. 9 Plan For Approval
• Calif. Egg Ranch Emissions Are Nuisance, Jury Says
• Right-To-Work Picks Up Steam
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Jennifer Romano
• Amylin Wins Restraining Order On Lilly Drug Sales
• Wang Hartmann's Suit Against Ex-Attorney Tossed
• Staples Center Sued Over 2-Year-Old's Fatal Fall
• Calif. Appeals Court Bars Fees For Ex-Hoge Fenton Atty
• Liu Asks Obama To Withdraw 9th Circ. Nomination
• Mattel, MGA Ask Court For New Bratz Verdict
• AUO Loses Bid To Nix Evidence In Price-Fixing Case
• Duro Bag Can't Dodge Rival's Antitrust Suit
• The Threat Of Paper Terrorism
• CORRECTED: Infineon Violated Voltage Regulator Patents, Jury Says
• Judge Backs Morgan Stanley Over In-House Trading Rule
• Twitter Buys TweetDeck To Boost Pre-IPO Value
• Calif. Appeals Court Allows Firm To Rep Water District
• The Fight For Downstream Wind Flow
• Q&A With McDermott's Fay Morisseau
• SF Bay Sewer District On Hook For 21 Discharges
• Kirkland Reps Golden Gate In $470M Calif. Pizza Chain Buy
• BP, Refinery Workers Settle Wage-And-Hour Action
• MGA Wants $431M Payday From Mattel For Bratz IP Battle
• Fed. Circ. Revives Competition Claims In Latisse Suit
• Gap, Banana Republic Latest Targets In Seating Suits
• Zooey Deschanel Wins Access To Docs In Shoe Fight
• 'Face Book Of Sex' Seeks To Undo Facebook Trademark
• Applied Medical Hits Covidien With Seal Patent Suit
• Q&A With Dechert's Matthew Larrabee
• Mayer Brown Reps Nestle In Diagnostics Co. Buy
• FTC Takes Closer Look At Seagate-Samsung Deal
• Calif. Regulator To Probe Life Insurance Payments
• Outsourcer Paid Workers In Fee-Laden Debit Cards: Suit
• Lucent Loses Sanctions Bid In Microsoft Patent Suit
• Countrywide Seeks Exit From Funds' Subprime Suit
• Class Wins Cert. On 4th Try In Home Insulation Suit
• Ex-'Price Is Right' Model's Pregancy Bias Suit Slashed
• Calif. Appeals Court Nixes Carmax OT Action
• Q&A With Fisher & Phillips' Tim Murphy
• Settlement Plan Axed In Palm Data Loss Class Action
• HSBC Can't Shake $525M Suit Over PEMGroup Fraud
• US Clears TI's $6.5B National Semiconductor Buy
• 'Face Book Of Sex' Allies To Stay Under Wraps For Now
• XenoPort Investors' Horizant Suit Tossed For Now
• Case Study: Oasis West Realty V. Goldman
• 9th Circ. OKs Jury Use In Granite Rock, Union Fight
• Cisco Aided China In Falun Gong Persecution, Suit Says
• Universal Faces Zombie Attack On Digital Royalties
• Defendants Try To Slash $7M Restitution In OPIC Fraud
• Q&A With Jones Day's Chris Lovrien
• Apple Counters Amazon's 'App Store' Generic Claim
• Littler Lands Shareholder From Ogletree
• Case Study: Bollay V. Calif. OAL
• Chuck E. Cheese's Gambling Suit Heads To Calif. Court
• 9th Circ. Nixes Pharmacies' Pfizer-Wyeth Merger Suit
• Fidelity Says Merrill Lynch, Employee Stole Trade Secrets
• Ex-Humboldt Creamery CEO Hit With 2.5 Years For Fraud
• Judge Trims Claims In Apple ITunes Antitrust Suit
• Mattel Seeks MGA Atty Records In Bratz IP Fight
• Countrywide MBS Suit Revived In Calif. State Court
• FBI Seeks Unabomber DNA Over 1982 Tylenol Deaths
• Calif. Judge Dings Defense In CCI Foreign Bribery Case
• Alaska City Must Pay Atty Fees To Enviros: 9th Circ.
• Genentech Sues Apotex Over Generic Valcyte
• Calif. Real Estate Tycoon Convicted For $21M Fraud
• Insurers Seek To Avoid Covering Skin Care Co. Fights
• Ex-Bingham Recruiter Gets $1.9M In Merger Row
• MasterObjects Sues Microsoft Over Search Patent
• GOP Blocks Liu Confirmation For 9th Circ. Post
• Reading Between The Lines: Pooshs V. Philip Morris
• Gillette Shakes Consumer's False Ad Action
• Wilson Sonsini Lures Famed Del. Chancellor
• Whole Foods Latest Target Of Worker Seating Suits
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's James Huston
• Insurer Can't Rescind $20M Life Policy: Calif. Court
• Senate Bill Would Create 10 New Federal Judgeships
• Heated Closings In Fraud Trial Of LA Land Tycoon
• 2 Belgians Indicted For Smuggling Aircraft Parts To Iran
• Crowell & Moring Adds 2 Partners As M&A Work Grows
• Bogart's Estate Settles Furniture Trademark Suit
• Ex-Costco Employee Won't Stand For Lack Of Seats
• Q&A With Akin Gump's Stephen Mansfield
• How Craigslist Got A School Administrator Axed
• Calif. Police Face Suit Over Firing Range Debris
• Samsung Finalizes Guilty Plea In Tube Cartel Case
• Calif. Bank Execs Duck Securities Class Action
• CytoSport Targets Proclaim In Supplement IP Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Logging Runoff Permit Challenge
• Brando Heirs Sue Harley Over 'Wild One' Boots
• Wham-O Whacks Goodwin Procter With Excessive Fees Suit
• Aegis' $100M Trade Secrets Suit To Stay In Calif.
• 9th Circ. Nixes Atty Fee Appeal In VW Class Action
• Last Defendant Cops To $8M Scheme To Bilk US Agency
• Nixon Peabody Snags Knobbe Martens IP Pro
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Mike Piazza
• A Tale Of 2 Meats
• Is Class Arbitration Dead?
• Schiff Nutrition Sued Over Dietary Supplement Claims
• Toyota Alleges MDL Abuse With Calif. State Claims
• Free Speech Can't Protect Reed Smith Atty From Suit
• General Mills Earns Total Victory In Labeling Suit
• Winklevoss Twins To Take Facebook Case To High Court
• Greenberg Adds Jones Day Labor Atty In Calif.
• Q&A With Latham's Al Pfeiffer
• Amylin Sues Lilly Over Byetta Sales Plans
• Chuck E. Cheese's Seeks To Nix Illegal Games Suit
• Judge Denies Class Status In CPK Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Toyota MDL Plaintiffs Can Claim Economic Loss: Judge
• Calif. High Court Won't Hear Fixed-Salary Contracts Suit
• Northrop Grumman Settles $4M Fight With Subcontractor
• Renewables Team Leaves Chadbourne For Akin Gump
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Eileen Ridley
• ViVOtech Refreshes Offer For Hypercom's US Assets
• Rambus 'Shred Days' Destroyed Evidence: Fed. Circ.
• Pom Fires Off Another Juice Trademark Suit
• Judge Refuses To Nix Class In Countrywide OT Suit
• Southwest, AirTran Rip 9th Circ. Appeal Of $1.4B Merger
• Eat The Pie, But Don't Bake It
• ASIC To Pay Millions To Settle Unfair Competition Suit
• BSH Gets Suit Over Moldy Washing Machines Tossed
• Judge Sends Back Munchkin Claims Of Sippy Cup Lies
• Sheen's $100M Contract Suit Swings On High Court Ruling
• Judge Nixes Punitives In AT&T Overtime Class Action
• Calif. Court Revives Safeco Claim Against Lloyd's
• Safety-Kleen Asks 9th Circ. To Nix Fees In Wage Suit
• Mormon Manager Hits Merrill With Discrimination Suit
• Entenmann's Donuts Recalled Over Mold Risk
• Retired Plumber Wins $41M In Calif. Asbestos Case
• Axed Atty Fights For Share Of FedEx Deals In 9th Circ.
• Judge Keeps HP Hard Drive Suit In Federal Court
• Netflix Claims No Evidence Exists Of Wal-Mart DVD Plot
• 9th Circ. To Review Class Cert. Denial In Hertz OT Case
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' William Sullivan
• Disney Beats Infringement Suit Over Surfing Co.'s Mark
• Taco Bell Appeals E. Coli Insurance Suit To 9th Circ.
• Playboy, Drake Ink Deal On 'Best I Ever Had' Dispute
• Judge Says Affinity Can't Force Jobs Into Deposition
• Aristocrat Ducks IGT's Inequitable Conduct Claims
• Farmers Undervalues Lost Property, Suit Says
• Lindsey FCPA Verdicts Prompt Hard Look At Trial Risks
• Coffee Cos. Hit With Suit Over Carcinogen In Brew
• Mr. Tuna Sued Over King Of The Sea Licensing Pact
• SNR Denton Lures IP Litigator From Jones Day
• Nutella False Marketing Action To Remain In Calif.
• Judge Declines To Limit Related Annuity Suits
• Vets Have Due Process Right To Mental Care: 9th Circ.
• Blue Shield Fights Anorexia Coverage In 9th Circ.
• Ford Asks 9th Circ. To Reverse $14M Rollover Award
• SPI Sues USDA Over Wildfire Testimony Restrictions
• Judge Won't Stay LCD MDL Over Arbitration Pacts
• Q&A With Sidley Austin's Thomas Hanrahan
• Formosa Plastics Escapes Defective Pipe FCA Suit
• MGA Attys Seek Fees In Bratz Win Against Mattel
• Appraisals For WaMu Caused $283M Losses: FDIC
• 4 Calif. Public Officials Arrested In Bribery Scandal
• Pharmacies Attack $68B Pfizer-Wyeth Deal In 9th Circ.
• Ex-MLB Star Seeks Lower Bail In Bankruptcy Fraud Case
• Consumers Press 9th Circ. To Undo $3B United Air Deal
• Microsoft, EBay Lose Bid To Nix Web Shopping Patent
• Jury Finds Lindsey, Execs Guilty In FCPA Trial
• Towers To Settle Trucking Co. Pension Suit For $9.2M
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive EBay Sellers' Antitrust Suit
• Hyatt Sales Execs Win Initial Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Leading The Nation In Renewable Portfolio Standards
• Q&A With DLA Piper's Shand Stephens
• CCI Defense Attacks FCPA 'Foreign Official' Definition
• Raytheon Fights Retiree Benefits Award In 9th Circ.
• Ariz. Gov. Taking Immigration Law To High Court
• Airlines Duck Foreign Injury Claims In Antitrust MDL
• Quest Agrees To Settle Calif. Medicaid Suit For $241M
• Case Study: Travelers Property V. Centex
• Q&A With O'Melveny's Dan Petrocelli
• Judge Tosses Laundering Charge In Lindsey FCPA Case
• Swift Drivers Seek To Dodge Wage Claim Arbitration
• HP Escapes Class Suit Over Nvidia Computer Chips
• Payroll Co. CEO Gets 6 Years For $20M Tax Swindle
• Sharing Site Denies Film IP Breach To 9th Circ.
• Ex-MLB Star Dykstra Indicted For Bankruptcy Fraud
• UMG To 9th Circ.: Veoh DMCA Ruling Kills Web Content
• Ex-Tesla Execs Win Reinstatement Of Contract Claims
• NLRB Targets Nurses' Union Over Unilateral CBA Text
• CFAA's Criminal Reach Unsettled After Nosal Ruling
• 3 Men Cop To $8M Scheme To Defraud US Agency
• Q&A With Jones Day's Greg Lanier
• Hartford Seeks To Avoid Covering Crate & Barrel Suits
• Would You Rather Register That Trademark?
• Silicon Valley Law Denied Quick Win In Okun Case
• 5 Questions After AT&T V. Concepcion
• Sedgwick Hit With $200M Malpractice Suit
• Grape Growers To Fed. Circ.: US Must Prove IP Validity
• Diesel Fights Ex-Manager's OT Class Action Claims
• Consumer Group Wants FTC Probe Of Google Gov't Services
• Ex-Smoker's Suit Not Time-Barred: Calif. High Court
• Teachbook Ducks Facebook's Trademark Suit
• Dechert Bolsters IP Ranks With Partner From O'Melveny
• Western Titanium Gets Probation In Fraud Case
• Obama Nominates 6 For Federal Judgeships
• GoDaddy Loses Bid To Nix Petronas Domain Name Fight
• DR Systems Sues 16 Cos. Over Medical Imaging Patent
• Whistleblower Accuses AIG, Banks Of $137B Bailout Fraud
• Managers Want Carl's Jr. To Serve Up Unpaid Mileage
• Golfer Daly Sues Hippo To Collect $1.5M IP Judgment
• Namvar Never Lied To Real Estate Clients, Jury Told
• No Proof Aguilar Bribed In FCPA Case, Defense Says
• Howrey Wants Bankruptcy In DC, Not Calif.
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives Enviro Suit Against USG
• Calif. Court Shuts Door On WAIC Reinsurance Appeal
• 9th Circ. Reanimates 'Ghost Hunters' Contract Claims
• Artists Sue CBS, CNET Over Lime Wire File-Sharing
• Navigating 'Waters Of The United States'
• HP V. Jones: Bad Blood Or Trade Secret Protection?
• Tech Giants Face Antitrust Action Over Workers' Pay
• Enviros Launch Climate Change Suits Against US, States
• EFI Trustee Hits Bryan Cave With $100M Malpractice Suit
• Fireplace Cos. Face Class Action Over Burn Hazards
• Consumers Attack $1.4B Southwest-AirTran Combo
• Judge Rejects Cobra Sex Supplement Class Cert. Bid
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Reps Applied In $4.9M Varian Buy
• Composer's Heir Can Sue In 'Big Pimpin'' IP Suit: Judge
• Calif. Appeals Court OKs Firing For Craigslist Sex Ad
• Actelion Vows To Appeal Jury Verdict In Asahi Fight
• American Apparel's Workforce Lies Killed Stock: Suit
• Judge Slams Feds' Witness In Lindsey FCPA Case
• Adobe Hit With Class Action Over FreeHand App
• Feds Trim Namvar Tax Fraud Case As Trial Begins
• SOX Doesn't Cover Employees' Media Leaks: 9th Circ.
• Judge Sends 'Desperate Housewife' Case To LA Jury
• NBA Star Bosh Sues Child's Mother Over Reality Show
• Howard Rice Snags Jones Day Labor Pro
• EA Elbows Out NCAA Players' Antitrust Claims
• Crowell Hires Former Asst US Atty In LA
• Congress Asks To Join Same-Sex Partner Benefits Suit
• Gateway Seeks Quick Win In D&O Row Over SEC Defense
• Arguing The Future Of Climate Change Litigation
• NY Life Genocide Action Survives For Now
• Impax Gets Amgen Vet As New GC
• Counterclaims Can't Trigger CAFA Removal: 9th Circ.
• UCLA Streaming Video Copyright Case On Thin Ice
• Judge Sees No Infringement In Elan's Apple ITC Case
• Netflix Gets Suits Nixed In DVD Rental Antitrust MDL
• BP Policies Hurt Franchisees' Earnings, Suit Says
• High Court Won't Rule On Airlines' Passenger Treatment
• Quinn Emanuel To Stay In Video Compression IP Suit
• Calif. Court Revives Girardi Keese Malpractice Suit
• JPMorgan Settles WaMu Loan Underwriters' OT Action