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Corporate - March, 2010

132 articles

• Chevron Awarded $700M In Ecuador Arbitration Feud
• States Can't Bar Federal Class Actions: High Court
• Door Reopens For Icahn In $700M WestPoint Sale
• CNet Founder Owes Sotheby's $4.4M For Paintings
• Lyondell Settles $5.5B In Cleanup Claims
• White House Opens New Areas For Offshore Drilling
• Obama Signs Student Loan Overhaul
• High Court Puts Restrictions On Whistleblower Suits
• Coyness Now Could Spell Lateral Doom Later
• US, DuPont Ruled Liable In Herbicide Fight
• Dwyane Wade Scores Dismissal Of $90M Antitrust Suit
• EPA Considers Regulations On Bisphenol A
• Jury Hits US Bank For $27M In Check Imaging IP Suit
• Rankings May Stifle Law Schools' Innovation: Educators
• WaMu Files Ch. 11 Plan Without FDIC's Blessing
• AGA To Pay $35M To End Medtronic Stent Patent Suit
• Credit Card Cos. Seek Open Market In China
• Jury Hands $142M Win To Kaiser In Neurontin Battle
• $42M Verdict Against BP Stands In Suit Over Plant Sale
• Courts Split On Scope Of Ledbetter's 'Other Practice'
• Fifth Third Bank SLUSA Fight Heads To High Court
• Panel Mulls Consolidating Toyota Gas Pedal Cases
• Reverse Payment Suit Over Generic K-Dur Tossed
• Profits-Per-Partner Metric Outdated: Experts
• Ambac Eyes Bankruptcy As State Takes $35B In Assets
• Teva's $70M ARS Suit Against Deutsche Tossed
• Argentina Gives Hedge Funds Slip In Assets Battle
• Jury Orders Tobacco Cos. To Pay $27M To Widow
• Mass. Reaches $3B Loan Deal In Countrywide Probe
• Rajaratnam Wins Stay On DOJ Wiretap Evidence
• EU Keeps Only 2 Antitrust Exemptions For Insurers
• Medtronic Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Spine Treatments
• Credit Suisse Ordered To Pay $354M Over ARS
• Canada Signals Shift In Antitrust Class Action Stance
• Pay Czar Seeks Further Cuts For Top Bailout Execs
• Marketing-Savvy Partners Have Edge In Lateral Race
• Ch. 13 Debtor Can Purge Student Loans: High Court
• WTO Finds EU Airbus Loans Contained Subsidies
• Obama Signs Health Care Bill As GOP Eyes Repeal
• Google Off Hook For Infringement In EU AdWords Case
• Fed. Circ. Reaffirms Written Description Doctrine
• High Court To Mull FLSA Coverage For Oral Complaints
• High Court Keeps Locks Open As Asian Carp Advance
• House Bill Would End Direct Student Lending By Banks
• NJ Jury Finds For AstraZeneca In 1st Seroquel Verdict
• Fed Must Give Bloomberg, Fox Bailout Info: 2nd Circ.
• $575M Settlement For WTC Rescue Workers Delayed
• Asarco Sues Sterlite Over $2.6B Purchase Agreement
• After $106M Patent Win, VirnetX Sues Microsoft Again
• When It Pays To Say No To Legal Work
• YouTube Founders Encouraged Infringement: Viacom
• Vertical Price-Fixing Ban Clears Senate Committee
• Democratic Fundraiser Cops To $292M Bank Loan Fraud
• Pay-For-Delay Ban Dropped From Health Care Bill
• Firms Must Wise Up To Digital Marketing
• Firm Pressures Drive More Partners In-House
• Purdue To Settle OxyContin Antitrust MDL: Atty
• $100M Verdict For BP Workers Slashed In Gas Leak Suit
• Microsoft Hit With $106M Verdict Over Online Security IP
• Lloyd's Must Cover Stanford Defense: 5th Circ.
• Alpharma To Pay $42.5M Over Morphine Marketing
• Firms Look To Cash In With Work-For-Free Strategy
• KLA-Tencor Shareholder Case Settled For $42.6M
• Brake Problem Prompts Honda To Recall 400K Cars
• Don't Put GHGs Under CAA Purview: Chamber
• Lafarge Loses Appeal In $45M Katrina Coverage Battle
• Dodd Reveals Financial Reform Bill Amid Criticism
• Ex-McGuireWoods Atty Admits To Securities Fraud
• Law Firms Take Heat For 'Juicing' Partner Stats
• Nintendo, Microsoft Didn't Infringe Joystick IP: Fed. Circ.
• BlackRock's Anthracite REIT Files For Ch. 7
• WaMu Settles $4B Dispute With JPMorgan: Report
• Jury Hands Widow $17.5M In RJ Reynolds Suit
• IP Boutique Darby & Darby To Close Down
• Calif., Conn. Prosecutors Join In Frenzy Against Toyota
• Law Firms Eye K Street As Lobby Work Booms
• Whirlpool Wins $1.8M In Fridge Patent Suit With LG
• FTC May Probe Google's $750M AdMob Acquisition
• Corp. Counsel Warn Firms Not To Slack On Diversity
• Chevron, Ecuador Dispute Can Be Arbitrated: Judge
• Lehman Manipulated Balance Sheet, Examiner Finds
• Fund Underwriter Execs Dodge Implied Statement Claim
• Judge Queries Del. Court On Merrill Derivative Suit
• Fed. Circ. Upholds $356M In Damages For Anchor
• 11th Circ. To Rehear Home Depot Sex Harassment Suit
• Pension Fund Exec Pleads Guilty In Pay-To-Play Case
• Ill. Judge Throws Wrench Into Frontier, Verizon Deal
• Sens. Introduce Volcker Bill Despite Weak Support
• Tight Budget May Delay Kappos' Plans For USPTO
• Google, Facebook Hit With IP Suit Over Mobile Sites
• Talbots Reaches Stipulation Allowing For Aeon Deal
• In A Market Abuzz With Laterals, Buyer Beware
• USTR Mulls Action Over China's Internet Policies
• EU High Court May Curb Scope Of DNA Patents
• Madoff Cash In/Cash Out Ruling Heads To 2nd Circ.
• Lawyer Debt Advice Law Constitutional: High Court
• Time Warner Cable Box Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Supreme Court Narrows Scope Of Speedy Trial Act
• Supreme Court To Take On Federal Employee Privacy
• Supreme Court To Tackle Vaccine Injury Preemption
• Airgas Fails To Oust Cravath From Air Products Fight
• Coke Bid To Buy Bottler Challenged By Shareholders
• Smithfield Foods Hit With $11M Verdict For Hog Waste
• Ex-Ala. Mayor Gets 15 Years In Bond Scheme
• Google, Rescuecom Drop Web Ad Trademark Spat
• 5 Tips For Preparing Your Witnesses For Battle
• EBay Wins Dismissal Of Sellers' Antitrust Action
• Legislators Seek To Force US Exit From NAFTA
• Attorneys Fear Return Of Outside Compliance Monitors
• AmEx Loses Bid To Toss Drugstores' Antitrust Suits
• European Court Nixes UBS Suit Over Madoff Plot
• RealNetworks Agrees To Kill DVD-Copying Program
• KV Unit Ethex To Pay $28M In Oversize Pill Case
• Former Atheros Exec Pleads Guilty In Galleon Case
• Amid Buying Spree, Google Hungers For Bigger Deals
• DOJ Probing Hedge Funds' Bets Against Euro: Report
• Monster.com Ex-GC Gets Probation For Backdating
• $13.5M Award In Mead Formula Ad Spat Upheld
• High Court Revives $18M Reed Elsevier Copyright Case
• US Weighs New Brake Rules After Toyota Recalls
• Full 5th Circ. To Hear Katrina Public Nuisance Case
• High Court Limits PMPA Claims From Station Owners
• Support Builds To Block EPA's GHG Finding
• Class Actions Over FINRA Merger Tossed
• 7 Mistakes To Avoid For Emerging Rainmakers
• Justices Skeptical About Skilling Conviction
• Attorneys General Make Last-Ditch Plea for CFPA
• BAE Sentenced To $400M Corruption Fine
• Wal-Mart Settles Sex Bias Action for $11.7M
• Prudential Buys Asian AIG Unit For $36B
• Merck To Buy Biotech Co. Millipore For $7.2B
• Say-On-Pay Bill Unveiled In Senate