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California - July, 2011

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• Lucent Verdict In Microsoft Patent Fight Cut To $70M
• Developer Seeks Coverage For Megachurch Suit
• CIA Wants Out Of Vietnam Vet Experiment Suit
• Software Co. Citrix Slapped With Overtime Suit
• 9th Circ. OKs Sony Win In 'God Of War' Copyright Feud
• CBS Fights To Toss 'NCIS' Creator's Contract Suit
• Q&A With Venable's Douglas Emhoff
• LoJack Techs Win Class Cert. In Wage-And-Hour Suit
• CPUC Moves To Protect Consumer Electricity Data
• Judge Warns MGA To Produce O'Melveny Docs
• $577M Award For Asahi In Drug Licensing Row Trimmed
• Patton Boggs, Others Hit Over 'Frivolous' Securities Suit
• Hilton Whacked With Suit Over Hidden Newspaper Fees
• BB&K, Oliver Sandifer Hit With Calif. Malpractice Suit
• Toll Bros. Wins On Contract Law, But Wage Suits Revived
• Copyright Suit Over Disney's 'Cars' Hits Red Light
• La Madrid Gets 10 Years For $30M Hedge Fund Fraud
• Ex-Pegasus CEO Cops To $25M Stock Scheme
• BofA, Countrywide Sued Over Loan Quality Statements
• Oracle Demands HP Drop Its Suit Against Ex-Exec
• Brendan Fraser Wins Contract Suit Against 'Crash' Producer
• Gaspari Misled Customers About Novedex XT, Suit Says
• Ex-TCW Investment Chief's Trade Secrets Trial Begins
• LCD-Buying Class Can't Expand In Antitrust MDL: Judge
• Drinker Biddle Partner Assaulted Rival Attorney: Suit
• Project Finance Pro Rejoins MoFo From Canadian Firm
• SAG Sues Over 'Leave It To Beaver' Actor Coverage
• Joe Pesci Files $3M Suit Over Gotti Film Role Deal
• Vallejo, Calif. Wins Court Approval For Ch. 9 Plan
• EPA Backs CAA Emission Fees Program
• Spotify Hit With Patent Suits Soon After US Debut
• Q&A With Steptoe & Johnson's Lawrence Riff
• Building Your Own Business Development Plan
• AstraZeneca Settles Bulk Of Seroquel Diabetes Claims
• Ex-Beso Partner Wants Longoria Grilled Over Eatery Owner
• JPML Mulls Consolidating Google, Apple Privacy Suits
• Dr. Phil, Designers Settle $26M Contract Suit
• Marine Equipment Sellers Pay $5M In Antitrust Actions
• DairyAmerica Settles With Insurers Over Katrina Losses
• Lindsey Execs Say Gov't Misconduct Dooms FCPA Case
• Q&A With Orrick's Chris Vejnoska
• Reed Smith Nabs Manatt Entertainment Finance Pro
• Navy Vet Wins $2.4M Verdict In Asbestos Suit
• Debt Collector Sued For Alleged Illegal Robo Calls
• Swift Drivers Lose 9th Circ. Arbitration Row
• 9th Circ. Lets Enviros Intervene In Snowmobile Suit
• Toys R Us Cheats Consumers Out Of Full Refunds: Suit
• Perkins Coie Lands Google's Ex-Deputy GC
• Say Media Resolves Suit Over Web Usage Tracking
• Judge Keeps Golden Globes Defamation Case Alive
• Calif. City Doesn't Have To Cover Ex-Official's Fees
• Movie Investor Hit With $190M Tortious Interference Suit
• DreamWorks Didn't Steal 'Kung Fu Panda,' Jury Says
• T-Pain Says Auto-Tune Image Use Gives Him Bad Rap
• Sacramento Bee Carriers Win Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• Temps Sue Juniper Networks For OT Pay
• Employers Buoyed By BofA Judge's Stand On Seating
• Locke Lord Lures Stroock Insurance, Securities Team
• Ford AC Defect Action May Be Nixed For Lack Of Evidence
• Alleged Inside Trader Strikes Deal In $8M SEC Suit
• 'Housewife' Allowed To Pursue $20M Suit Over Firing
• 2nd Circ. Kills Google Antitrust Suit Due To Venue Clause
• Liu Nominated For Calif. Supreme Court
• Q&A With Pillsbury's Kirke Hasson
• Clorox Rejects $10.7B Icahn Offer Amid Investor Suit
• Toyota Says It Doesn't Infringe Hybrid Engine Patents
• CVS Pharmacists Denied Class Cert. In OT Action
• Oracle Can't Kick Lowenstein From $19M Contract Row
• 9th Circ. Won't Block Lake Tahoe Logging Project
• 9th Circ. Revives Suit Over MySpace Celebrity Pages
• Auto Lighting Consumers Get Class Cert. In Antitrust MDL
• Carroll Burdick Scores 4 For San Francisco Office
• Ex-Irell Partner Accuses Chu Of Sexual Harassment
• Gateway, Consumers Must Arbitrate In Faulty PC Fight
• GSI Says Cypress Conspired To Set SRAM Standards
• Cardinal Drivers Seek OK For $4M Wage Action Deal
• Video Game Groups Ask High Court For $1.1M In Attys' Fees
• Wells Fargo Ducks Suit Over Employee Trading Policy
• Cooley Snags Emerging Biz Pro From Dorsey In Calif.
• Payday Loan Marketer Settles With FTC For $4.8M
• Judge Says Oracle's IP Row With Google Not Worth $6B
• Reed Smith Adds Manatt Phelps Finance, Media Pro
• 9th Circ. Shuts Down Calif. Inmate Care Antitrust Suit
• DLA Piper Reps Innovalight In Sale To DuPont
• Q&A With Orrick's Tom McConville
• Covington Reps Bristol-Myers In $325M Amira Buy
• Wal-Mart Women In Limbo After 1st Post-Dukes Hearing
• Workers To Test Limits Of Calif. Overtime Ruling
• Judge Refuses To Toss Suit Over Stereo D Equity
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Hunters' Trophy Import Suit
• Oracle Gets OK To Quiz Google CEO In Android IP Row
• ABC, Others Seek Toss Of 'Ugly Betty' Copyright Suit
• Great American Hits Pacific With Flood Coverage Suit
• InformedRx Sued Over Glucose Strip Expiration Dates
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs $5M Verizon OT Settlement
• Light Duty Assignments And The Disabled Employee
• Q&A With Wilson Sonsini's David Steuer
• CORRECTED: Commerzbank Must Face Suit Over Movie Loan
• Countrywide Can't Dodge Sales Exec's Race Bias Suit
• Heller, Covington Strike $5M Deal Over Atty Transfers
• O'Melveny Harassment Claims Sent To Arbitration
• Cooley Bests Malpractice Suit Over Juice Co. Ownership
• Boeing Workers' Telecommuter Claim Nixed In OT Action
• BofA Customers Sue Over Unauthorized Insurance Fees
• Philip Stein Watches Can't Relieve Stress, Suit Says
• Q&A With Sughrue Mion's John Scherling
• Recovery Of Costs In California
• Kim Kardashian Sues Old Navy Over Look-Alike In Ad
• EPA Hit With Lawsuit Over San Joaquin Valley Smog
• Federated Sues BofA Over $185M Countrywide Investment
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive San Diego Police Officer OT Suit
• Best Buy Workers Sue Over Floating Vacation Policy
• Amazon Not Required To Remove InStyler Fakes: Judge
• 'Idol' Creator Sues Fox, Fremantle Over 'X Factor' Deal
• 9th Circ. Partially Lifts Block On Co.'s Defect Probes
• Wolters Kluwer Ruined Employee's Co., Judge Told
• Judge Pares Proskauer Tax Malpractice Suit
• 9th Circ. Kills Brookstreet Investor's Coverage Bid
• Spillane Weingarten Lures Latham Securities Pro In LA
• AT&T, Customers Told To Arbitrate In IPad Data Action
• Toyota Can Appeal Widening Of Acceleration MDL: Judge
• CBS, Paramount Get 'Happy Days' Merchandise Suit Pared
• Katten Nabs Bingham Atty To Co-Head Enviro Group
• Catalyst Sues Life Technologies Over DNA Sequencing IP
• Toyota Can't Shake JibJab Copyright Ad Suit
• Knobbe Martens Snags IP Atty For Silicon Valley Office
• CBS Sues Writer For Taking Legal Drama To NBC
• Cooley Nabs Veteran Securities Pro From Howard Rice
• Q&A With Howard Rice's Gilbert Serota
• O'Melveny Reps Microsemi In Hostile Bid For Zarlink
• Case Study: Sullivan V. Oracle
• Jury Must Weigh Damages In AUO Price-Fixing Case: Judge
• Icahn Gets Hostile, Ups Clorox Bid To $10.7B
• Google, YouTube Hoarded Revenues From Uploads: Suit
• Feds Contest Ex-CCI Execs' Bid To Dismiss Bribery Case
• 9th Circ. Urged To Rehear Cable Bundling Class Action
• Insurer Must Face Timber Co.'s Suit Over Wildfire
• Heller Settles Fee Dispute With Former IP Client Katz
• Zicam Inventor Admits Selling Unapproved Bird Flu Drug
• DOJ Charges 3rd Auto Light Exec In Price-Fixing Probe
• Beware Calif.'s Proposition 65
• Q&A With Katten's Stuart Richter
• Sony Hit With Data Protection Action Over Hacking
• HGS Patent Suits Against Genentech Head To Calif.
• Kaiser Workers Should Redo Calif. Union Vote: Judge
• Clorox Rejects Icahn's $10B Takeover Bid
• EPA Hit With Suit Over Ozone Pollution In Calif.
• US Liable Under CERCLA For Defense Site Cleanup
• Credit Union Admin Hits RBS With $629M Securities Suit
• H&R Block Says Only 1 Branch Altered Time Cards
• BofA Tellers' Seating Class Action Won't Stand: Judge
• Imperial Creditors Sue Board Over $800M MBS Purchase
• Medical Group Defends Ethics Of Egg Donor Price Cap
• Calif. High Court Backs LA Grocery Employment Rule
• LG Struck With Class Action Over Smartphone Defects
• All American, Micron Settle DRAM Antitrust Suit
• Safeway Can't Snuff San Francisco Tobacco Sales Ban
• Calif. Trial Court To Lay Off 200, Close 25 Rooms
• Same-Sex Couples Win Class In CalPERS Insurance Fight
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Reps Adobe In EchoSign Buy
• Louis Vuitton Managers Bag $1.5M Payout In OT Action
• Suit Blames Diabetes Drug Byetta For Injuries, Deaths
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Michael Shepard
• 9th Circ. Greenlights Nev. Wind Farm Construction
• Wal-Mart To Pay $27.3M To Exit Netflix Antitrust MDL
• NAD Decisions: A Roadmap To Class Action Litigation?
• HP Settles Class Action Over Defective Desktops
• 9th Circ. Undoes Navy's Immunity In Child Injury Case
• Asiana Will Pay $21M, Cooperate To End Price-Fixing MDL
• US Seeks To Nix Attys In Tomato CEO's Price-Fixing Case
• Universal Electronics Sues Logitech Over Remote IP
• Costco Argues Omega Engaged In Copyright Misuse
• US Fire Loses Bid To Kill 1031 Receiver's Fraud Claim
• Ex-TPG Associate Fined In Insider Trading Case
• SF Threatens To Sue Regulators Over Pipeline Safety
• Q&A With Liebert Cassidy's Mary Dowell
• Circuit Split: Enforcing The Speech Or Debate Clause
• Icahn Offers $10B For Clorox, But Says Co. Can Get More
• 9th Circ. Revives Suit Against Philip Morris, Others
• FHA Doesn't Bar Biased Ads: Roommates.com To 9th Circ.
• Sheppard Mullin Axed From J-M Sewer Pipe Suit
• NLRB General Counsel Can File For Injunctions: 9th Circ.
• LCD Antitrust Defendant Gets Early Look At Witnesses
• Craigslist Fraud Claims Against EBay Survive In Calif.
• Calif. Court Denies Class In Farmers Life Policies Suit
• Calif. High Court Reinstates City's Plastic Bag Ban
• Wind Generators — Transmission Owners And Operators
• Fila Attacks Class Claims In Toning Apparel Lawsuit
• Levi's, Revise Settle Trademark Suit Over Stitching
• Calif. Goes After Blue Shield To Cover Autism Therapy
• Q&A With Goodwin Procter's Forrest Hainline
• Countrywide Says Pension Fund's MBS Suit Time Barred
• Judge Orders Depositions In Proskauer Malpractice Suit
• Oracle, SAP Say Settlement Unlikely In $1.3B IP Fight
• Damages May Stymie First American Class Cert.: Judge
• Natura Will Pay $2M For 'Human Grade' Pet Food Claims
• Ex-Lawmaker Asks 9th Circ. To Revive PPACA Challenge
• Google May Have Known It Violated Java Patents: Judge
• Loeb & Loeb Lures Thomas Whitelaw Patent Litigator
• PAGA Suits Immune From Concepcion Ruling: Calif. Court
• Sony Settles In Cybersitter Code Theft Case
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's Kevin Rising
• Crystal Cathedral Nixes $47M Sale To Developer
• Naturade Protein Powders Contain Lead: Suit
• 1031 Tax Group Clients Lose Bid For Class Cert.
• Palm Strikes Deal In Philips JPEG Patent Case
• Wilson Sonsini Reps EA In $1.3B PopCap Games Deal
• Kason, CHG Can't Duck Food Hardware Antitrust Claims
• 9th Circ. Reverses Ruling On Grocers' Profit-Sharing
• Citibank Tries To Block Bonuses For Howrey Employees
• Q&A With Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks
• Fertility Insurer Accuses Rival Of Infringing Policies
• Travelers Off Hook In $10M Cosmetics Coverage Suit
• Shell Unit Settles Claims It Lied About Octane Levels
• Ford Owners Seek Class Cert. In AC Defect Action
• Samsung Wants Law Firm Kicked Off Apple IP Fight
• Costco Claims OT Class Action Blocked By Earlier Case
• Epson Asks Judge To Blot Out Ink Suit
• Feds Say Scios Mislabeled Heart Drug Natrecor
• Ex-National Guard Sgt. Admits To $15M In False Claims
• White House Must Voice DADT Defense Plans: 9th Circ.
• Plaintiff Wants Class Cert. In Shoddy Warranties Suit
• 1st Amendment Bars 'Gangland' Likeness Suit, A&E Says
• Formosa Tentatively Freed From Defective PVC Case
• Calif. Appeals Court Chucks Enviro Suit Against Builder
• San Francisco Atty Indicted Over $10M Ponzi Scheme
• Perkins Coie Adds Patent Litigator in San Diego
• Employers' Liability For Employee Negligence
• Sony Gets Plug Pulled On Melting TV Action
• Disbarred Atty Cops To $9.5M Investor Scam
• DOJ Won't Contest Joint Bankruptcies By Gay Couples
• Mattel Protests $108M Fee Award Recommendation
• Morgan Lewis Picks Up Jones Day Patent Pro
• SC Johnson Settles 'Greenwashing' Suits Over Windex
• Leviton Patent Suit Must Be Heard In NM: Fed. Circ.
• Dollar Tree Manager Class Decertified After Dukes
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Corey Watson
• Oracle Takes 'Cheap Shots' In Server Support Fight: HP
• CNA Can't Shake Asarco Suit Over $33M Calif. Cleanup
• Sears Says It Owns Worker's OT Suit, Wants It Tossed
• Newport To Pay $230M For Laser Maker Ophir
• US Steel, Posco Shake Monopoly Claims In Canner's Suit
• Judge Trims Claims In Investor Suit Over Toyota Recalls
• Sheppard Mullin Can Stay In PVC Qui Tam Suit: Judge
• Ex-Citigroup Banker Cops To $6M Securities Fraud
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Jeri Looney
• Ex-Bloomingdale's Clerk Sues Over Incentive Policy
• Insurers Can't Shake Construction Defect Coverage Row
• Nokia Forced To Arbitrate Price-Fixing Claims V. AUO
• Wells Fargo Settles MBS Action For $125M
• Enviros Win Injunction On Calif. Highway Project
• Poison Singer's Tony Award Injury Suit Moved To NY
• FDIC Hits Ex-IndyMac CEO With $600M Negligence Suit
• Apple Denied Injunction In App Store Trademark Suit
• EBay Rings Up Mobile Payment Outfit For $240M
• The Scope Of Property Insurance Appraisals In Calif.
• Fuel For Famous Trademark Protection
• Judge Keeps Claims In TCW Suit V. Ex-Investment Head
• DePuy, Calif. Co. Want Stryker Noncompete Deal Nixed
• Starbucks Asks Judge To Revisit Wage Statement Claim
• 9th Circ. Tells US To Stop Enforcing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Anna McLean
• Judge Further Trims HP Touchscreen Class Action
• Live Nation Sues Lloyd's Over Canadian Class Defense
• Consequences Of A Separate Subrogated Carrier Suit
• Spotlight On Recent Preemption Decisions
• Philips Defends Bonus Payouts In $172M Discus Deal
• HTC To Pay $300M For S3 Graphics Amid Apple IP War
• Activision Blizzard Slapped With Overtime Action
• Lawsuit Claims Starbucks Shorted Baristas' Training Pay
• USPTO Nixes Oracle Patent At Issue In Google Suit
• Creditors Back $46M University Bid For Crystal Cathedral
• Publicity Firm Must Face Golden Globes Contract Claim
• Artists Drop Lime Wire Suit Against CBS Site
• Yahoo Execs Clammed Up On Alibaba Blunder: Suit
• Silicon Valley Law Group Fights Class Cert. In Okun Suit
• Enviro Groups, US Settle Turtle Protection Suit
• National Oilwell Varco To Acquire Ameron For $772M
• Larry Flynt's Daughter Faces Sexual Harassment Suit
• CareFusion To Pay $150M For Drug Dispenser Co. Rowa
• Judge Trims BNSF Suit Over Calif. Solar Project
• Supervalu Strikes $1.3M Deal In Wage Suit
• 7 Calif. Laws That Catch Employers Off Guard
• Q&A With Robbins Umeda's Felipe Arroyo
• Apple Seeks Injunction Against Samsung In Patent Row
• Cypress, Samsung Reach Deals In SRAM Antitrust MDL
• Judge Says SouthWest Fraud Suit Doesn't Hold Water
• Smith Micro Misled Investors, Inflated Stock: Suit
• Hollywood PR Firm Denied Workers After-Hours Pay: Suit
• Fisher & Phillips Adds Greenberg Labor Vet In LA
• Most Claims In Nutella Suit Survive Dismissal Bid
• Sony, Apple, Universal 'Just Kill' Copyright Suit
• Spoliation Of Documents And Appropriate Sanctions
• Cooley Reps Facebook Game Builder Zynga In $1B IPO
• Navigating The Intersection Of Bankruptcy And Insurance
• Q&A With Nelsen Thompson's Jaymeson Pegue