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California - April, 2013

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• Proskauer Can't Get Jeffer Mangels Docs In Tax Shelter Row
• Online Privacy Bill For Minors Clears Calif. Senate
• Wells Fargo To Pay $105M Over MedCap Ponzi Scheme
• Aetna Skirts Docs' False Ad Claim In Reimbursement Fight
• Teva Loses Amgen Spying Suit Over Blood Drug Secrets
• Monster Sues San Francisco Atty Over Energy Drink Crusade
• $65M Lawrence Livermore Wrongful Firing Suit Goes To Jury
• 'Survivor' Adviser Can't DQ Atty In $14M Contract Feud
• Oxbow Owner Koch Can't Shake Former Exec's Captivity Suit
• Schwab Lodges Libor-Rigging Suit Against BofA, Barclays
• Wearable-Tech Maker Joins Forces With Health-Monitoring Co.
• SportPharm Seeks Indemnity In Ex-USC Player's Pain Med Suit
• Sealing The Deal: O'Melveny Nails Historic Buy For China's BGI
• Craigslist's Claims Trimmed In Real Estate Listings Row
• Michael Jackson's Doctor Gave Wrong Info To EMTs, Jury Told
• Samsung Can't Put Off Apple Damages Retrial
• Activision Says Gamers Suffered No Harm From Data Breach
• Aereokiller Service Ban Should Be Expanded, 9th Circ. Told
• T-Mobile Drops LG, AU Claims From LCD Antitrust Suit
• Tessera Offers 2 Board Seats To Avoid Starboard Proxy Fight
• E-Commerce Taxation Bill Might Be Unconstitutional
• Deals Rumor Mill: Banque Populaire, PepsiCo, Fujitsu
• Eli Lilly Says It Warned Doctors Of Cymbalta 'Brain Zaps'
• Judge Balks At $3M Settlement in JetBlue Wiretapping Case
• Blue Shield, Quest Say Lab Monopoly Suit Doesn't Hold Water
• 'Red Flags' Ignored Before Michael Jackson Died, Jury Hears
• Athletes Shoot For Cert. In NCAA Likeness Antitrust Row
• Qiagen Buys Genetic Data Processor In $105M Cash Deal
• Oil Brokers Ask Supreme Court To Revive Iraq Contract Suit
• Twitter, PeopleBrowsr Settle Dispute Over Data Access
• PAI Partners Inks $1.1B Deal For UK Ice Cream Maker
• Supreme Court Puts Brakes On 'Cars' Copyright Appeal
• Electrolux Can't Escape Washing Machine Flooding Suit
• SEC Claims Calif. City Defrauded Airport Bond Investors
• RJ Reynolds Can't Erase Calif.'s $3M Fee Award In Ad Row
• Insurers Face $21M Suit Over Jet Detained In Russia
• Cisco Investors Drop Stock Inflation Class Action
• AUO Exec Sentenced To 2 Years For LCD Price-Fixing
• Chubb Wants Full Panel Review Of 9th Circ. Superfund Loss
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides Bayer's $1.1B Conceptus Buy
• Consumers Claim Ross, Marshalls Sold Toxic Products
• After Passing On Dell, Francisco Eyes PC Component Maker
• Deals Rumor Mill: RBS, Sumitomo, KKR
• Condemn Now, CEQA-Compliance Later? Maybe
• Chamber Backs Bid For SCOTUS Review Of Picketing Case
• MedioStream Drops Microsoft IP Case After Settlement
• AT&T To Fork Over $19M To Settle Field Managers' OT Claims
• Patient Wins $6.5M Award In 1st Actos Bladder Cancer Trial
• SF State Official, Contractor Plead Not Guilty To Bribery
• Grand Canyon Developer Must Pursue Tribal Court: 9th Circ.
• Justice Blasts Calif. Ban On Judges Taking Public Jobs
• Ex-Ford Atty Can Represent Defect Class, Calif. Court Says
• PE Investor Must Arbitrate Poaching Claim Against Partner
• Ticketmaster's $4M Insurance Suit Reinstated By 9th Circ.
• Corinthian Colleges Workers Ask 9th Circ. To Salvage FCA Suit
• Nixon Peabody, Atty Face $1.5M Malpractice Suit From RE Co.
• Firms Told To Disclose Political Gifts In Diamond Foods Row
• K-Swiss Shareholders Approve $170M E. Land Buyout
• Tesoro Must Pay Water Bills Before Pumping For Refinery
• Paralegal Slips On Dog Poo, Sues Law Firm
• Kaiser Permanente Hit With TCPA Suit Over Unsolicited Calls
• Former Playboy Veep's $1M Bonus Pool Suit Gets Trimmed
• FedEx Wage Class Snuffed Under Comcast Ruling
• Adult Film Cos. May Pull Out Of Calif. If Condom Bill Passes
• Greenberg To Pay $5M To End Heller Ehrman Malpractice Row
• 9th Circ. Scraps Northwest Land Deal Over Wildlife Concerns
• Merrill Lynch To Pay $2.9M To Settle Wage Delay Suit
• Lender Denied $28M Slice Of Alioto Attys' Fees In LCD Case
• Military Counselors Win Class Cert. In Wage Dispute
• NuVasive Hit With Patent Suit Over Bone Screw Device
• Spin Media Buys Vibe, Plans To End Print Edition
• CoreLogic Buys Case-Shiller Home Pricing Indexes
• Aeropostale Workers Win Conditional Cert. In OT Suit
• Obagi Chase Ends As Investors Approve $414M Valeant Bid
• Toyota Escapes Most Claims In Steering Defect Suit
• Michael Jackson's Family Seeks Full Medical Records
• Fried Frank, Goodwin Guide Brookfield's $423M MPG Buy
• Applying Absolute Priority Rule — Broad Vs. Narrow Views
• United Continental Pilots' Race Bias Claims Dismissed
• Paramount Stole Idea For 'Paranormal Activity 4,' Suit Claims
• Calif. Bill Bolstering Data Breach Alerts OK'd In Committee
• PayPal Says Users Consented To Contact By Phone
• Hershey Sales Reps' Class Cert. Bid Flops In OT Action
• Partner's Work Romance 'Poisoned' Office, Ousted Atty Says
• Ex-KFI Recruiter Found Guilty Of Hacking, Trade Secrets Theft
• Disney, Sony Sued Over Sampling In 'Step Up' Soundtrack
• Katy Perry Wants $6.5M From Hair Products Co. For Ad Deal
• Alioto Claims $47M Fee Objection Ghostwritten By Lender
• IP Firm Hit With $4M Malpractice Suit Over Patent Case
• Former Dodgers Owner Undervalued Team In Divorce, Ex Says
• Rite Aid Worker's $8M Firing Award Nixed By Calif. Court
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Threatened Workers, Trustee Says
• Facebook Criticisms Of Supervisor Protected, NLRB Finds
• Sierra Chemical Spilled Bleach Into Waterways, Suit Says
• Howrey Avoids Suits As Deal With Holland, Fenwick OK'd
• 9th Circ. Leaves Broughton-Cruz Hanging
• Nero Seeks Escape From JVC Suit Over Optical Disc Patents
• Snubbed Fox Mobile Buyer Launches $100M Suit
• MoFo Relocates To Cozier Digs In LA
• Ex-Reuters Editor Pleads Not Guilty To Hacking Charges
• Symantec Hid Source Code Hack From Customers, Suit Says
• Chevron Tells Court 'Hot Fuel' MDL Isn't Ready For A Jury
• Yahoo Settles Infringement Suit Over Multimedia Patents
• Sale Of Sacramento Kings Nears Final Buzzer
• Agency's LSAT Disability Suit Can Proceed Without Class Cert.
• Apple's Q2 Profits Drop Amid Stock Buyback Program
• Bankrupt 'Life Of Pi' Visual Effects Firm Hit With Wage Suit
• SF City Attorney Probing Nevada 'Patient Dumping' Claims
• George Clinton IP Settlement Cut Out Ex-Firm, 9th Circ. Told
• DOJ Has Provided Enough Info In $168M Merger Row: Judge
• Apple, Samsung Spar Over Plans For New Damages Trial
• $80M Ruling For IndyMac Insurers Too Broad, 9th Circ. Hears
• Sly Stone Wants Sony Dancing To Tune Of $50M In Royalties
• Ensign Group To Pay $48M To Settle DOJ's Overbilling Probe
• Office Space Giant Dodges RICO, False Ad Claims
• Honeywell Offers $340M For PE-Backed Gas-Detector Maker
• Metabyte Competition Claim Nixed In Nvidia Trade Secrets Suit
• EPA Evades Wide-Ranging Endangered Species Pesticide Suit
• FDA Ordered To Create New Deadlines For Food Safety Rules
• FDIC's Strategic Capital MBS Suit Ruled Time-Barred
• Caronia And Harkonen — Lessons For The Gov't
• 9th Circ. Nixes Credit Report Cos.' $45M Deal With Consumers
• San Fran Panel Advances Condo Conversion Proposal
• DOJ To Give Embezzlement Evidence To Feinstein Campaign
• Deloitte Not Liable For Mortgage Execs' Fraud, 9th Circ. Says
• S&P Seeks Dismissal Of DOJ Suit Over Inflated MBS Ratings
• Chemical Cos. Kick BPA Off Of Prop 65 List For Now
• UCSF Doctors Shake Claims Over Unsupervised Procedures
• Claim Forms In Temp Agency's $4.5M Settlement Draw Worry
• Tom Hanks' Insurance Broker Cops To Mail Fraud
• Reuters Editor Facing Hacking Charges Gets Pink Slip
• 'Desperate Housewives' Suit Survives, Gets New Trial Date
• Davis Wright Launches Complex Litigation Group In LA
• Early Cert. OK'd In Suit Over DOMA Immigration Benefits Ban
• $367M Calif. Tower Deal Tripped Up By Financial Claims
• High Court Grants Rio Tinto Win In Human Rights Battle
• DaimlerChrysler Union-Busting Case Taken Up By High Court
• ABB To Pay $1B For Calif. Solar Energy Co. Power-One
• Walgreen Hawked Bogus Joint Health Supplements, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tribune Co., TPG, Billabong
• Get The Latest Employment Updates — For Your Clients' Sake
• Fox Tells Judge Dish's Streaming TV Threatens Industry
• UCL Case Against Calif. Insurer May Fuel Bad-Faith Suits
• Calif. Panel Advances Bill To Curb Dangerous-Chemical Suits
• Sanofi Can't Duck Amphastar's FCA Suit Over Lovenox
• 9th Circ. Says Medicare Plan Can't Sue Geico For Hospital Bills
• Corinthian, E&Y Seek Sanctions Over Tossed FCA Suit
• Calif. Cracks 9th Circ. Scrutiny Of Contract Preferences
• Calif. Hasn't Spent $455M In Water Project Funds, EPA Says
• Sentences For $6M Naval Base Bribery Scheme Won't Be Cut
• Calif. High-Speed Rail Authority Settles Enviro Suit
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Rehear Juicy Juice Labeling Case
• Fracking Ruling May Stymie Oil, Gas Projects On US Land
• Blackstone Bows Out, Playing Silver Lake's Tune
• AUO Case Could Have Major Impact On Cartel Investigations
• Ex-Dodgers Owner Threw Spitball With Settlement, Ex Says
• Apple Says Oracle Must Cover Ethernet Patent Fight
• Howrey Creditors Say Haynes And Boone Is 'Forum Shopping'
• Capitol Can't Escape '80s Singer's Digital Royalties Suit
• Wal-Mart Denies Sending Junk Texts In TCPA Suit
• Wells Fargo Foreclosure Settlement OK'd On 3rd Try
• GNC Hit With False Ad Claims Over Triflex Joint Product
• Warner Bros. Wins Latest Battle In Superman Heir IP Saga
• Laker Wants Defamation Claim By Alleged Rape Victim Tossed
• Bills To Create CEQA Courts Hinge On Funding Question
• Organix Shampoo Maker Says False Labeling Suit Lacks Legs
• Calif. Ruling Protects Brokers From Disgruntled Outsiders
• Calif. Lobs $101M Wage Suit At Embattled Hospital Chain
• Judge Wary Of Attys' Fees In Lap-Band Ads Settlement
• Enviros Again Target Calif. Oil, Gas Lease Sales
• 9th Circ. Vacates $12M Fine For Convicted Catfish Importer
• Silver Lake Closes Record-Setting $10.3B Tech PE Fund
• LulzSec Hacker Gets 1 Year For Sony Breach
• Calif. High Court Won't Revisit Bus Driver's Bias Case
• Native American Group Drops Chevron Solar Project Suit
• Promoter's Sons Bilked Of Poster Rights, 9th Circ. Hears
• Lakers Dunk Fan's Class Suit Over Unsolicited Text Messages
• 3 Ways To Leverage Internet Access During Trial
• Pipeline Co. Facing $50M Claims Sues Insurer Over Attys
• 9th Circ. Upholds Toss Of AT&T Text Spam Class Action
• Producer Asks Appeals Court For New 'Kung Fu Panda' Trial
• Ex-FBI Agent, Solyndra CRO Named 'Girls Gone Wild' Trustee
• 9th Circ. Junks Donald Trump Institute's Defamation Claim
• Mercury Insurance Can't Dodge Suit Over Recorded Calls
• 9th Circ. Weighs If Gay Conversion Therapy Is Free Speech
• Proskauer Seeks Jeffer Mangels Docs In $20M Malpractice Case
• Judge Rejects $6.5M Americredit Autodialing Settlement
• Capital One Escapes Interest Rate Fraud Class Action
• High Court Urged To Revive Pfizer, GSK Price-Fixing Suit
• Samsung Blasts Apple's Reinstatement Bid Over $1B Award
• Chipotle Failed To Reimburse For Workers' Shoes, Atty Argues
• George Clinton Fights Ex-Partner In Funkadelic IP Suit
• Makeup Tattooists Get Monopoly Claim Scratched
• Starboard Nominates 6 Directors In Tessera Shakeup Effort
• Health Insurer Dodges TCPA Suit Over Job Recruitment Calls
• Calif. High Court Urged To Toss Developer Bribery Charges
• Judge Kills Patent Suit Over Altitude-Tracking Technology
• BofA Reaches $500M Deal In Countrywide MBS Class Action
• Deals Rumor Mill: Liberty Global, Carlyle, Commerzbank
• J&J Ducks Most Claims In Splenda False Ad Suit
• What You Should Know About Calif.'s Right To Know Act
• US Bank Wrongfully Foreclosed On LA Skyscraper, Suit Says
• 9th Circ. Eases Subpoena Compliance For Yahoo, Others
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Auction Is Illegal Tax, Trade Groups Say
• Ex-Cop Rips NBC For Bid To Nix TV Show Copyright Suit
• Nobel Biocare To Pay Up To $1.3M To Settle Dental Implant Suit
• Kaiser Triumphs In Union Campaign Pay Suit
• Experts In Remco Toxic Tort Were Ignored, 9th Circ. Told
• Safety Lapses Caused Chevron Refinery Fire, Report Finds
• Edgewater-Backed Tech Co. Picks Up Security Software Firm
• Kashi Misleadingly Labels Sugar As 'Cane Juice,' Suit Says
• Judge Can't Stomach $1.3M Natural Ice Cream Settlement
• W.W. Grainger Illegally Recorded Calls, Suit Claims
• Actos Plaintiff Deserves $5.3M For Bladder Cancer, Jury Told
• McDermott Hit With $3.4M Suit Over Conflict Of Interest
• Jay-Z May Face Fines In 'Big Pimpin' Copyright Fight
• Chrysler Gets Defective Brake Suit Moved To NJ
• Pro-Worker Bills May Create A Costly Future For Calif. Cos.
• 9th Circ. Pares Convictions In Calif. City Corruption Case
• Takeda Put Actos Profits Before Patient Safety, Jury Told
• 1st Global Tells 9th Circ. It's Not Liable In $64M Stock Fraud
• Garth Brooks Sued Over Skipped Deals, Unpaid Fees
• Dukes Plaintiffs Seek Regional Classes In Wal-Mart Battle
• Baker & McKenzie Partner Joins Ballard Spahr In San Diego
• Gibson Dunn Snags Sheppard Mullin IP Pro In Palo Alto
• DOE Slams Enviro Challenge To US-Mexico Transmission Line
• Psychiatric Hospital, Ex-CEO Can't Dodge FCA Suit
• Calif. Bill Proposes Office To Probe Fuel Price-Fixing
• Yahoo Beats Privacy Suit Over Subpoenas In 9th Circ.
• Alioto Trying To Evade $28M Debt After LCD Win, Lender Says
• Alere Says Patients Seeking $116M For Data Theft Weren't Hurt
• $9.5M Kaplan Bar Prep Antitrust Deal Wins Initial OK
• Ex-Giants Player Charged With $1.5M Insurance Fraud
• Wells Fargo Wants Suit Over $50M Home Loan Deal Junked
• Toyota Asks Justices To Send Brake Case To Arbitration
• AIG Dodges Coverage Suit Over $1.4B Ameron Energy Project
• Acosta To Pay $10M To Settle Merchandisers' OT Suit
• Ex-KFI Worker Recounts Trade Secret Theft In Hacking Trial
• Assured Disputes Bad-Faith Ruling Over Stockton Bankruptcy
• Bass Pro Faces Class Action Over Recorded Customer Calls
• Wachtell Guides Thermo Fisher's $13.6B Life Tech Takeover
• A How-To Guide For Insurance Coverage Mediators
• Calif. Adds BPA To List Of Dangerous Chemicals
• San Francisco Defends $508M Convention Center Expansion
• FLSA Actions Can Coexist With State Class Claims: 9th Circ.
• Blue Cross Settles With Doctor In Network Exclusion Case
• Walgreens Honey Suit Belongs In Federal Court, Judge Says
• KeyBank Ruling May Help Employers Force Arbitration
• Judge Disputes Wal-Mart's $14M Estimate In Workers' OT Suit
• Apple Reported To Pay $53M To End IPhone Warranty Suits
• Land Investor Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Securities Fraud Suits
• Acer To Pay $23M To End Faulty Laptop Class Action
• Wal-Mart, Rite Aid Face Suit Over Glucosamine Promises
• Honda Settles Class Action Over Defective Civic Models
• Manufacturers, Be Sure To Read These Tea Leaves
• Alleged Fraudster Can't Pay Starz's $2.8M Award, Court Told
• Apple Says ITunes Double-Charging Plaintiffs Lack Proof
• Rite Aid Asks Court To Toss $8.2M Wrongful Firing Award
• Chip Maker Avago To Pay $400M For CyOptics
• Ticketmaster Asks 9th Circ. To Revive $4M Coverage Suit
• MGA Isn't Owed Bratz IP Coverage, Insurers Tell 9th Circ.
• Schedule Killed Pfizer IP Suit, AntiCancer Tells Fed. Circ.
• Jones Day Lands Employment Guru From Wilson Sonsini
• Bayer Vitamin Claims Not Demonstrably False, Judge Finds
• Calif. Bill Would Force Facebook To Erase Info On Demand
• For-Profit Trade School Can't Dodge FCA Suit
• Girls Gone Wild Can't Block Trustee In Ch. 11
• KPMG Trader Charged After Admitting To Insider Trading
• Apple, Samsung Demand Each Other's Source Code In IP Suit
• KeyBank Can Arbitrate Students' Loan Claims, 9th Circ. Rules
• Abercrombie Can't Shed Headscarf Discrimination Suit
• Google Rips Apple Over Doc Requests In Samsung Suit
• Ares, Toscafund To Buy Rest Of Healthcare Locums Stock
• Attys Anxious For Clarity On Stern May Be In For Long Wait
• Apple Wants Chunk Of $1B Samsung Patent Award Reinstated
• A Potential Circuit Split On Key Privacy Law
• Chinese Investors Reach $1.5B Deal To Back SF Project
• NJ Court Should Handle Hexcel Pollution Row, Judge Says
• Ogletree Deakins Adds ERISA Pro In San Francisco
• Illicit Tip Taker In KPMG Case Admits Wrongdoing
• Prime Healthcare's Conspiracy Claims Against Kaiser Fall Flat
• 9th Circ. Revives State Claims In Gas Price-Fixing MDL
• SouthWest Water Investors Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Fraud Suit
• Calif. Waste Oil Co. Evergreen Slides Into Ch.11
• KFI Exec Details Fishy Computer Use At Hacking Trial
• LA Light-Rail Agency Sued Over 'Deficient' Enviro Report
• Kanye West, UMG Sued Over 'Gold Digger' Sample
• Bingham McCutchen Reels In DLA Piper IP Pros For LA Office
• Apple Says Jury Shouldn't Revisit Samsung Liability Ruling
• UCSD, Algae Trade Group Defamed Biofuel Co., Suits Say
• Gogo Beats Suit Claiming In-Flight Internet Monopoly
• Rogue KPMG Partner Comes Clean About Leaks
• Reuters Sued Over Disabled Exec's Inability To Schmooze
• Psychiatric Hospital Workers Denied Class In Wage Suit
• 'Excessive' Attys' Fees Sink Deals In Dress Barn Wage Suits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Marlin Equity, Life Tech, Dell
• Magic Mountain Workers Sue Six Flags Over OT, Meal Breaks
• Ex-CalPERS Exec Pleads Not Guilty To $3B Pay-To-Play Plot
• Calif. Plumbs The Depths Of Water Damage Exclusions
• UMG Ruling Brings More Consistent Approach To DMCA
• Expert Details Blood-Lead Bump In Baby Food Warning Trial
• Gov. Brown Approves Plan To Link Carbon Market With Quebec
• Stallone Settles With Builder He Accused Of Shoddy Work
• Post-Brinker Workers Attack Calif. Employers On New Fronts
• BofA Beats MBS Claims In $741M Colonial Bank Saga
• Calif. Court Shows Insurers How To Duck Policy-Stacking Rule
• BofA Fund Seeks More Of $624M Countrywide Deal In 9th Circ.
• Black Eye Aside, KPMG May Sidestep Legal Melee
• STEC To Pay $35.8M To Settle Securities Class Action
• Weitz Says Ex-Atty's Suit Barred By Severance Deal
• Google AdWords Suit Survives In Last-Chance Effort
• Merrill Lynch Says Ex-Advisers Stole Client Info
• Calif. Appeals Court Gives Mercedes Another Go At Arbitration
• UPS Customers Press 9th Circ. To Revive Overcharge Case
• 9th Circ. Frees Wells Fargo, BofA From In-House Trading Suits
• Brown Rudnick Hits West Coast With SoCal Boutique Purchase
• 5 Tips For Staying Ahead Of Mobile Privacy Enforcement
• Go Back To Drawing Board, Boeing Cancer Plaintiffs Told
• LulzSec Member Cops To Hacking Sony, News Corp.
• Impax Misled Investors About Manufacturing Issues, Suit Says
• Farmers Unit Freed From Policy Stacking Rule In Calif. Case
• Chinese Cos. Evade Summonses In DuPont Trade Secrets Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Google, Fiat, Telefonica
• KPMG Resigns As Herbalife Auditor Amid Trading Scandal
• Nev. Can't Bar RRG's Minimum Auto Insurance: 9th Circ.
• Howrey Creditor Can't Target Equity Holders In Class Action
• Nutrisystem Defeats Class Cert. Bid In Call Recording Suit
• Blue Cross Hit With $3.8M Verdict for Excluding Doctor
• Human Egg Donors' Price-Fixing Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Ex-Korn/Ferry Recruiter Stole Secrets To Compete, Jury Told
• Calif. Air District Adopts Fracking Disclosure Rule
• Microsoft Sells Internet-TV Platform Mediaroom To Ericsson
• Poison Wins Battle In Suit Claiming It Ripped Off Songs
• Calif. Judges Get OK To Ask Attys To Advocate For Courts
• Military Contractor Fights Counselors' OT Class Bid
• ARCO, DuPont Can't Shed Lead Paint Claims
• Facebook's Sandberg Looks To Nix Poaching Suit Deposition
• NeurogesX Can't Shake Shareholder Suit Over Exec's Exit
• DOJ Urges 9th Circ. To Back AUO Price-Fixing Convictions
• US Ignored Fracking In Granting Calif. Leases, Judge Says
• Gerber Clothing Co. Settles Skin Irritant Class Action
• Smith Campbell Partner Sexually Harassed Ex-Atty, Suit Says
• Southwest WiFi Patent Suit Hits Delay Amid USPTO Review
• Scottsdale Owes Wrinkle Treatment Injury Defense, Coapt Says
• Gutride Safier Slams Ex-Partner For Meddling In Cases
• MRV's $3M Options Backdating Settlement Gets Green Light
• Merz Pharma Drops Out Of Bidding War For Obagi Medical
• San Fran Blasts Enviros' $1.3M Fee Bid In Golf Course Case
• Haier Pays $3M To Settle Power-Sucking Freezer Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Google, Billabong, Icahn
• Mitsubishi Buys $3.7B Loan Portfolio From Deutsche Bank
• Howrey Trustee Targets Haynes, Hunton In Latest Suits
• Toyota Pays $16M To Settle Calif. DA's Acceleration Suit
• Nokia Gets OK To End Samsung LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Kardashian Clan Says Dad's Widow Is Selling Family Photos
• Atty Bashes Lender's Bid For $28M From LCD Fee Award
• Bigelow Asks Judge To Ice Suit Over Tea's Health Claims
• Intel Can't Escape Pentium 4 False Ad Suit
• Consumer Blasts 7UP Maker's Preemption Claims In Label Suit
• SF Law Library Loses Bid For Larger, More 'Suitable' Digs
• No Jurisdiction For $4B Medicare Underpay Suit, HHS Says
• Slaughterhouse Funder Says Beef Recall Suit Lacks Damages
• DOI Dodges Suit Over Calif. Drainage Project In 9th Circ.
• UCLA's $162M Hotel Plan Wastes Public Funds, Suit Says
• Apple, Google Beat Class Cert. In Anti-Poaching Suit, For Now
• BrightSource Shelves 500-MW Hidden Hills Solar Project
• Tesoro Pays $11.6M To Settle Worker Meal Break Action
• Mintz Hires Product Liability Pair In San Francisco
• Natural Foods Co. Faces Label Suit Over Yogurt Ingredient
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yankee Candle, Billabong, 3i
• Home Depot Pays $8M To Ditch High-VOC Paint Suit
• St. Jude Defibrillator Wires Had Fatal Defects, Suits Say
• Doctor Seeks $6.4M For Exclusion From Blue Cross Network
• 9th Circ. Blocks Health Clinics From Recouping Medicaid Cash
• Delta Unveils $229M Makeover Of LA International Terminal
• Rare Prop 65 Trial Will Pave Way For Future Food Suits
• Military Contractor Can't Arbitrate Counselors' OT Suit
• Lloyd's Must Cover Malpractice Suit Over $7M Loss, Firm Says
• Symantec Will Pay $10M To End Software Double-Billing Suit
• Activision Can't Push Data Breach Suit Into Arbitration
• Wells Fargo Borrowers Seek Class Cert. In Home Loan Suit
• Ex-SK Foods Head Can't Avoid Prison During Restitution Case
• Chevron Can't Force Ecuador Advocacy Group To Reveal Docs
• 'Price Is Right' Model's Lawsuit Greenlighted For Trial
• Dickstein Shapiro Adds Ex-Elan IP Head In Silicon Valley
• Sony Units Drop LCD Price-Fixing Suit Against LG
• Insurer Skirts Coverage For $20M Fremont Mortgage Loss
• Wells Fargo Can't Skirt MedCap Ponzi Class Action
• Dignity Health Underfunded Pensions By $1.2B, Suit Says
• Employers Can't Average Piece-Rate Pay: Calif. Appeals Court
• SEC's San Fran Chief Jumps To Gibson Dunn
• Sacramento Faces Suit Over $447M Kings Arena Project
• Writers For Joan Rivers' E! Show Seek $1M Back Wages
• Jon Lovitz Hits Ex-Business Partner With $1.5M Fraud Suit
• Valeant Bids $418M To Keep Top Spot In Obagi Bidding War
• Concepcion Looms Large In Calif. High Court Wages Case
• Calif. Privacy Bill Establishes New Data Disclosure Rules
• Judge Puts Brakes On 'Premium Rush' Copyright Suit
• 9th Circ. Rejects PG&E Power Pole Pollution Claims
• Ex-Ford Lawyer Reinstated In Suit Against Carmaker
• DreamWorks Can't Duck 'Kung Fu Panda' Copyright Suit
• Google Chastised Over Doc Preservation In Data Mining Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: AXA, Rio Tinto, Banco Do Brasil
• Cisco Offers $310M For Broadband Equipment Co.
• How Lawyers Benefit From Early Neutral Evaluation
• Fast-Track Ruling Could Weaken CEQA Reform Push
• Apple Rips Samsung Bid For Pricing Strategy Info
• Stockton's Ch. 9 Plan A Test Case For Coping With CalPERS
• Ecolab Will Pay $29M To Settle Exterminators' OT Suit
• Toyota Seeks To Limit Atty Funding In Acceleration MDL
• Haynes And Boone Wants Court To Hear Howrey Profit Row
• Former Seagate Worker Cops To Role In Kickback Scheme
• Settlement Talks In ITunes Antitrust Case Fall Through
• Donald Trump Drops 'Orangutan' Suit Against Bill Maher
• Facebook Exec To Be Grilled Over Silicon Valley Hiring Pacts
• Fed. Circ. Seems Likely To Revive Plantronics' Earbud IP Suit
• Marine Base 'Godfather' Whacked With Fed. Bribery Charge
• Polar Says Avocet's Altitude-Tracking IP Suit Too Late
• Samsung Tells Judge USPTO Axed Key Claim Of Apple Patent
• Merz Tops Valeant With $383M Bid For Obagi
• 2 Greenberg Traurig Attys Establish Litigation Law Firm
• US Can't Shake $200M Tab For Calif. Electric Overcharges
• Frito-Lay Can't Shake 'All Natural' Claims In False Ad Suit
• Inside EPA's Plan For Startups, Shutdowns And Malfunctions
• Recession Not 'Extraordinary' Enough For Revising Ch. 11
• AB InBev Accused Of Retaliation Over Watered-Down Beer Suit
• Timken Slams Investors' Proposal To Sever Businesses
• Judge Lets Stockton, Calif., Proceed With Ch. 9 Filing
• Google's Privacy Director To Step Down After 3 Years
• AIG Unit Can't Exit Early From $69M Wildfire Coverage Suit
• TMZ Hid Mics In Court, Stevie Wonder's Alleged Scammer Says
• Plaintiffs' Attys Get $308M Fees In LCD Antitrust Suit
• Girls Gone Wild Tries To Block Ch. 11 Trustee
• Calif. Appeals Court Rejects Workers' 'Me-Too' Evidence
• Mercedes Wants Defective-Engine Case in NJ Federal Court
• T-Mobile Wants LCD Antitrust Claims Revived
• 9th Circ. Tosses Harassment Claim Against Construction Co.
• MGA's Trade Secrets Claim On Brink In Bratz Case
• Morrison & Foerster Nabs Privacy Pro From Foley & Lardner
• Funk Legend George Clinton's Copyright Suit Gets Cut
• Rival Hollywood Media End Suit Over Stolen Source Code
• Costner's 'Robin Hood' Suit Steals From The Poor: Film Co.
• Tessera Leadership Shakeup Is Too Late, Hedge Fund Says
• Blue Cross Accused Of Monopoly In Calif. Class Action