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Corporate - August, 2010

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• Omega Slams Costco In Top Court Copyright War
• SEC Decides Not To Hit Moody's With Ratings Action
• US Seeks Stay On Stem Cell Funding Ban For Appeal
• China Probes Potential EU Potato Starch Subsidies
• Barclays, JPMorgan Sparred Over Lehman Assets: Atty
• Visteon Ch. 11 Plan, $700M Exit Financing OK'd
• Brooks Bros. Loses On Appeal In False Marking Suit
• Nokia Fails To Narrow Issues In Apple's ITC Suit
• White House Slaps North Korea With New Sanctions
• FDA Finds Mice, Maggots At Iowa Egg Farms
• Wal-Mart Settles In DVD Rental Antitrust Suit
• HP To Cough Up $55M In Qui Tam Kickback Case
• Sanofi Hints At Hostile Bid After Genzyme Rejects Offer
• Rothstein Ordered To Pay $363M In Restitution
• Fed. Circ. Narrows Scope Of Patent Misuse Defense
• 3rd Circ. To Review Tossed $295M De Beers Settlement
• United, Continental Win DOJ Merger OK With Slot Sale
• Microsoft Founder Declares War Over Web Patents
• Arkema, Solvay Win Challenge To EPA Rule In DC Circ.
• Barclays Adviser Said He Made $10M In Lehman Deal
• Ex-Asiana Execs Charged With Airfare Price-Fixing
• Blockbuster Eyeing Mid-Sept. Bankruptcy
• FCC Seeks Rehearing Of Indecency Rules Challenge
• HP Races To Top Dell's Latest Offer In Fight For 3Par
• Toyota Recalls 1.1M Corollas Over Engine Defect
• GAO Calls On FCC To Probe Cell Phone Market
• FAA Slaps American With Record $24M Safety Fine
• Stryker To Pay $1.4M Over Bone Protein Marketing
• FTC Capital To Pay $23M To End SEC Fraud Suit
• EU Launches Probe Of Marine Insurance Network
• Facebook To Rival Website: We Own 'Book'
• Conn. Probes Rite Aid Over Discount Drug Price Hikes
• Wal-Mart Wants High Court To Settle Class Cert. Split
• SEC Adopts New Proxy Access Rule
• Innkeepers Judge Greenlights Probe Into Apollo
• Transocean Seeks Faster Ruling On Blowout Preventer
• FDA Warns J&J Unit Over Joint Product Marketing
• Xerox Settles ACS Shareholder Claims For $69M
• Obama Administration To Appeal Stem Cell Ruling
• FedEx Sues Cuomo In Bid To Evade Insurance Probe
• Ex-Client Slaps Troutman Sanders With $10M Fee Suit
• Canada, Abitibi Reach $123M Deal In NAFTA Row
• Offshore Drilling Ban May End Ahead Of Schedule
• House Committee Probes Massive Egg Recall
• Reinsurers To Pay US Fidelity $262M In Asbestos Spat
• Fed Denied Review Of Order To Give Bailout Details
• URS Settles Minn. Bridge Collapse Suit For $52M
• BP's $20B Spill Claims Fund Opens For Business
• 2nd Circ. Vacates $34M Fraud Judgment Against AIG
• HP Sparks Bidding War With Dell In $1.6B 3Par Offer
• Negotiations Implode In Tribune Ch. 11
• BofA, Ex-CEO Fight Cuomo Fraud Case
• Sonnenschein Seeks High Court Look At Contract Spat
• AUO Execs Can't Leave US Amid Antitrust Case: Judge
• KNOC Launches $2.9B Takeover Bid For UK's Dana
• EPA Allows More Time For Input On Coal Ash Rule
• Obama Installs Top Food Safety Official
• Lilly Wins Short Ban On Generic Strattera
• Class Action Over Fairfield Madoff Losses Survives
• EU Hits Unilever With Objections Over Sara Lee Deal
• Prempro Plaintiffs Eye New Trial After Wyeth Win
• Camel Rolling Stone Ads Aren't Cartoons: Pa. Court
• Jenner & Block, Davis Polk Assist GM IPO
• 6th Circ. Partially Revives Wyeth Redux Liability Suit
• NJ Settles With SEC Over $26B Bond Offerings
• SC High Court Sets New Rule In $31M Ford Appeal
• CFTC Scraps Energy-Only Position Limit Draft
• BHP Goes Hostile With $43B Bid For PotashCorp
• Sanofi Wants FDA Approval Of Generic Lovenox Nixed
• Watson CEO Must Face FTC Subpoena: Judge
• SEC Eyes GGP Execs In Insider Trading Probe
• American Apparel Says It May Go Bankrupt In Next Year
• Gen Y Poised To Transform BigLaw's Workplace Norms
• PotashCorp Snubs $43B Buyout Bid From BHP Billiton
• GM Recalls 243K Vehicles Over Seat Belt Concerns
• Mexico Increases Tariffs In US Trucking Dispute
• MGA Says Mattel Stole Trade Secrets In Bratz Spat
• House Panel Questions BP Post-Spill Ad Spending
• No Calif. Same-Sex Marriage During Appeal: 9th Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of BDO Investor Action
• Apple Sues Indicted Manager Over Trade Secret Breach
• Judge Rejects $75M SEC, Citigroup Deal
• 3rd Circ. Sides Mostly With Insurers In Antitrust Suit
• Feds Seek 6 Months For Ex-IBM Exec In Galleon Case
• FTC Asks Novartis To Shed Drug For Alcon Deal
• Air Products Says FTC Deal Will Aid $5B Airgas Takeover
• Barclays To Pay $298M Over US Sanctions Violations
• WTO Rejects EU Duties On High-Tech Goods
• Blockbuster Gets Extension From Noteholders
• Rajaratnam Wins Right To Challenge Wiretaps
• Plaintiffs' Atty Barred From Using Leaked Zyprexa Docs
• Oracle Says Google Android Software Infringes Java IP
• Ala. AG Sues BP, Transocean, Others Over Oil Spill
• GSK Epilepsy, Bipolar Drug Linked To Meningitis
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives Grilled Chicken Case
• Lilly's Patent For ADHD Drug Strattera Found Invalid
• HP Execs Hit With Derivative Suit Over CEO Departure
• Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Officially Lifted
• Billionaire Burkle's Suit Over B&N Poison Pill Nixed
• BP Agrees To $50M OSHA Fine Over Texas City Blast
• Antitrust Law Doesn't Single Out Foreigners, China Says
• Prudential, MetLife Face Probe By Ga. Regulator
• Aussie Court Revives Qantas Price-Fixing Action
• Viacom Appeals Ruling For Google In YouTube Case
• Texas Takes Aim At Offshore Drilling Ban
• J&J Faces Inquiries From State AGs Over Recalls
• Guardian Trumps SF Weekly In Predatory Pricing Appeal
• DOJ Goes For Kill Shot Against Drilling Ban Challenge
• Morgan Stanley Can't Recover Ex-Brokers' Bonus Loans
• How To Wow The Crowd At Recruiting Dinners
• Banks Call Adelphia E-Mail Evidence A 'Red Herring'
• Bank Regulators Start Rewrite Of Rating Agency Rules
• Madoff Investors Fight 'Net Equity' Ruling In 2nd Circ.
• 5th Circ. Snuffs Out Protest Of Master Tobacco Deal
• AstraZeneca To Pay $198M To End Seroquel Suits
• BP Spill Suits Consolidated In New Orleans
• New Century Shareholders Settle Claims For $125M
• Google, Yahoo Didn't Infringe Messaging Patent: Jury
• Linklaters Reps GDF Suez In International Power Buy
• EU OKs Novartis-Alcon Deal Following Sale Of Assets
• Calif. High Court Nixes Tip-Pooling Suit
• Tourre Readies For Court Battle With SEC
• Google, Verizon Net Neutrality Plan Exempts Wireless
• Texas AG Sues BP Again Over Refinery Emissions
• Honda Recalls 383K Cars In US Over Roll Risk
• SEC, DOJ Launch FCPA Probe Into Merck
• FEMA Trailer Resellers May Face Criminal Probe: FTC
• Goldman Faces US, UK Probes Over Abacus CDO
• Kerry Offers Clean Energy Bill In Lieu Of Cap-And-Trade
• Barclays 'Hot News' Ruling Threatens Google, Twitter
• HP CEO Quits After Sex Harassment Probe
• Cuomo Files Suit Over Alleged LCD Price-Fixing
• 9th Circ. Grants NDS $18M In Fees In EchoStar Suit
• Ex-Bristol-Myers Employee's Title VII Suit Revived
• Bayer Wins Toss Of Third-Party Payors Suit In Yaz MDL
• Big Tobacco Faces $2.2M Verdict In Fla.
• Transocean Says BP Must Defend It Against Spill Claims
• Ex-Google Worker Wins Day In Court In Age Bias Fight
• Barclays Readies $308M For US Sanctions Deal
• Senate Confirms Kagan To Supreme Court
• Senate Aims To Undo FOIA Exemption For SEC
• Madoff Trustee Wins $180M Judgment From Vizcaya
• Spain Fines 7 Shippers €14M Over Freight Cartel
• Fed. Circ. Says Cordis Didn't Infringe Stent Patents
• $593M Rangers Bid Beats Out Cuban's
• Cuomo Probes Predatory Health Care Lending Claims
• Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Overturned
• 4th Chi Mei Exec To Serve Time For Price-Fixing Plot
• Ex-Deloitte Partner, Son Settle With SEC For $1.1M
• FINRA Orders UBS To Pay Kajeet $81M Over ARS
• Keds Takes Shot At Puma Over Sneaker Design
• AstraZeneca Puts 4K Seroquel Injury Claims To Bed
• Intel Strikes Deal In FTC Antitrust Action
• Airgas Suit Against Cravath Over Buyout Bid Survives
• MLB's Favored Buyer Likely To Win Rangers: Experts
• EU Raids Polyurethane Foam Makers In Cartel Probe
• Ex-JPMorgan Specialist Loses Bid To Toss SEC Suit
• Mark Cuban Insider Trading Ruling Could Blemish SEC
• Ex-NFL Players Sue Electronic Arts Over Madden Games
• House Panel Puts Spotlight On Kellogg Cereal Recall
• Bankrupt Mexicana Scrambles To Protect US Assets
• 4th Circ. Won't Rehear Greenberg Search Warrant Suit
• HP Strikes Deal With DOJ On Kickback Claims
• Toyota Facing New Evidence In Acceleration MDL
• Williams & Connolly Reps Harman In Newsweek Deal
• Alien Tort Statute Could Be BP's 'Sleeping Giant'
• Gillette Reaches $7.5M Deal In Razor False Ad Suit
• Va. Has Standing To Dispute US Health Care Law: Judge
• Conn. AG Probes Apple, Amazon E-Book Deals