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Corporate - September, 2010

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• BP To Pay Record $15M Fine Over Texas Refinery
• ABB To Pay $58.3M For Bribing Mexican Officials
• BAX Global, Others To Pay $50M For Cargo Price-Fixing
• Novartis Settles Criminal, Qui Tam Cases For $422.5M
• UK's New Bribery Law Raises Stakes for US Firms
• Panasonic, Whirlpool Unit Pay $141M In DOJ Probe
• House Passes Bill Targeting Chinese Currency
• House Reps Come Up Short On Net Neutrality Bill
• Bristol-Myers To Pay Pa. $27M Over Drug Pricing
• Enzi Blocks Mine Safety Bill From Senate Floor
• 2nd Circ. Bars SEC Access To Galleon Wiretaps
• Essential Reading For Young Lawyers
• DC Circ. Lifts Injunction On Federal Stem Cell Funding
• Supreme Court Will Hear Drug Pricing Dispute
• Barnes & Noble Bests Burkle's Yucaipa In Proxy War
• High Court To Take FCC-AT&T Corporate Privacy Case
• High Court Takes On Boeing's $3B Navy Contract Spat
• Measure To Bar EPA Carbon Rules Stalls In Senate
• Supreme Court To Hear Baycol Class Cert. Dispute
• 5th Circ. Orders Stanford Detained For 3rd Time
• Electronic Evidence Still Jamming Up Attys
• Dollar Thrifty Refuses New $1.5B Bid From Avis
• FTC Slaps Pom With False Health Claims Suit
• Apple, Others Settle DOJ Probe Over Hiring Deals
• EU Drops Probes Into Apple's IPhone Policies
• Wal-Mart Makes $4B Bid For South Africa's Massmart
• WaMu Creditors Sue Bank Brass Over Pay
• China Airlines To Pay $40M In DOJ Cargo Probe
• Charity Fingers SEC For $20M Lost In Madoff Scheme
• Vivendi Sells NBC Stake As Part Of $37B Comcast Deal
• Vinson Reps Southwest In $1.4B AirTran Buy
• Amgen Recalls Anemia Drugs Due To Glass Flakes
• Abbott Hit With Class Action Over Bugs In Baby Formula
• Norges Bank Sues Citigroup Over $835M In Losses
• Judge Sacks Ex-Rutgers QB's Suit Against EA
• BHP Wins US Antitrust OK For $43B Potash Bid
• Lenders To Pick Up Philly Papers For $105M
• Enbridge To Pay Up To $60M Over Chicago Oil Spill
• NY Post Fails In Bid To Nix Retaliation Claims
• Senate Falls Short Again In Bid To Nix Citizens United
• SemGroup Execs To Pay $30M To Settle Fraud Charges
• Senate Panel OKs Stiffer Food Safety Penalties
• US, EU Regulators Ban GSK's Avandia In Most Cases
• Blockbuster Files Prepack Ch. 11 To Reduce $1B Debt
• Mark Cuban Wins Access To SEC Documents
• Private Chefs Wants TRO On Food Network Show
• Lehman Says It Hopes To Exit Bankruptcy By 2011
• 'Rear Window' IP Owner Loses Fight With Spielberg
• Abbott Yanks Baby Formula Over Beetle Contamination
• PotashCorp Goes To Court To Block $40B BHP Bid
• Safety-Kleen Wins Decertification Bid In OT Case
• European Parliament Backs EU-Wide Copyright System
• 2nd Martinair Exec Indicted In Price-Fixing Probe
• Neff Scores Chapter 11 Plan Approval
• Disney Secretary Admits To Insider Trading Scheme
• Sens. Push For Renewable Energy Standard
• SEC's Mark Cuban Win Could Be Short-Lived
• 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Effort Stalls In Senate
• FDA Denies Greenlighting J&J 'Phantom' Recall
• Mylan Wins Bid To Block Apotex's Generic Paxil
• Indian Conglomerate Makes Bid For MGM
• HP Settles Trade Secrets Suit With Ex-CEO
• 'Overbroad' Ruling On Bayou Fund Transfers Reversed
• French Banks Fined €385M For Check Fee Collusion
• GGP To Pay Hughes Heirs $230M In Development Spat
• Plaintiffs Bar Refuses To Admit Defeat Post-Morrison
• J&J Plans €1.75B Offer For Dutch Vaccine Developer
• SEC Proposes New Rules On Short-Term Debt Disclosure
• Hilton Settles Copyright Spat Over 'Hot' Hallmark Card
• Countrywide Execs Must Face Trial In SEC Case
• Shell Not Liable For Human Rights Abuses: 2nd Circ.
• Tronox Wins Approval For $185M Plan Backstop Deal
• Generics Subject To Solvay Sham Litigation Claims
• Ex-Mercury CFO Pleads Guilty In Backdating Scheme
• Repleading Resets Rule 11 Sanctions Clock: 2nd Circ.
• $2B Inergy Merger Would Shortchange Investors: Suit
• CERCLA Deal Can't Shield Sherwin-Williams: 9th Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Chucks Ex-Mayor's Honest Services Conviction
• Skyhook Sues Google Over Cell Phone GPS Technology
• Forest Agrees To Drop $313M To Settle Qui Tam Claims
• FDA Panel Splits On Banning Abbott's Meridia
• DOI Orders Energy Cos. To Decommission 'Idle Iron'
• La. Goes After Transocean Over Deepwater Horizon
• Suit Claims Widespread Sex Bias At Goldman Sachs
• WTO Releases Confidential Boeing Subsidy Ruling
• Lehman Seeks Billions Over Payment Priority Flip
• POM Sues FTC Over Deceptive Advertising Standard
• Scalia Stays $270M Judgment In La. Smoking Suit
• Citigroup To Face Trial In Suit Over EMI Sale Price
• Judge Hints He'll OK States' Challenge To Health Reform
• Oil, Gas Cos. Hang On To Tax Deduction
• Foreign Plaintiffs Allowed In Toyota Accelerator MDL
• Ex-DHB CEO Convicted In $190M Stock Scheme
• DOJ Expects To Bring Civil Suit Over Gulf Spill
• Citi Urges Judge To Approve $75M Deal With SEC
• Leahy Looks To Fast-Track New Food Safety Penalties
• Ex-IBM Exec Gets 6 Months For Role In Galleon Ring
• SunTrust, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Dodge Securities Suit
• HP Buying Spree Continues With $1.5B ArcSight Deal
• 3rd-Party Payor Class Nixed In Lilly Zyprexa Appeal
• 9th Circ. Upholds Chevron Win In Protester Killing Case
• NTSB Begins Probe Of Fatal Calif. Gas Pipeline Blast
• Money Manager Starr Pleads Guilty To Fraud Scheme
• Mylan Loses Bid To Toss Daiichi Benicar Patent
• Alaska Gov. Says DOI Illegally Banned Arctic Drilling
• Plaintiff Denied Mandamus In Google Android IP Spat
• 9th Circ. Nixes Boeing Torture Suit Over State Secrets
• EBay Overturns Craigslist Poison Pill Plan
• Barnes & Noble Hits Back At Burkle's Bid For Power
• Bank VP 7th To Plead Guilty In Muni Bond Probe
• DC Circ. Temporarily Lifts Stem Cell Funding Ban
• Judge Won't Block $1.2B Dollar Thrifty-Hertz Deal
• Briefs Pile Up In Cat's Paw Case As Kagan Recuses
• Coke Bottler Settles Suit Over $12B Merger
• Jury Awards Blinded Woman $21M Over Sulindac
• UK Watchdog Fines Goldman $31M Over SEC Info
• UnitedHealth Rejects Liability For Projected $9.9B Fine
• Purdue To Pay $16M To Settle OxyContin Claims
• Airgas Spurns $5.5B Air Products Takeover Bid
• BP Spreads Blame For Deepwater Horizon Disaster
• Skilled Healthcare Turns $671M Verdict Into $50M Deal
• Cisco, Westcon Pay $48M To Resolve FCA Claims
• Stem Cell Research Ban To Remain Pending Appeal
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Cipro Pay-For-Delay Suit
• HP Tries To Block Former CEO's Move To Oracle
• Casey's Says $2B Rival Bid Tops Couche-Tard Offer
• Exxon Can't Escape $105M Verdict In MTBE Suit
• Merkin To Pay $12.7M To Fund Over Madoff Loss
• Burkle Appeals Barnes & Noble Poison Pill Ruling
• Trainees Sue Merrill For Sex Bias, Retaliation
• Kia Recalls 35K Cars Over Faulty Wiring
• How To Become Your Client's Primary Litigation Firm
• Judge Shuts Down Actimmune Marketing MDL
• Polar Air To Pay $17M Over Air Cargo Price-Fixing
• Blockbuster Misses Bond Payment Deadline
• SEC Probes 'Quote Stuffing' For Link To Market Crash
• FDA Opens Criminal Probe Of Iowa Egg Farms
• Dell Gives Up On 3PAR After HP Offers $2.4B Bid
• Suit Over DOI's Nixing Of Drilling Leases Time-Barred
• Rig Fire Adds Fuel To Drilling Controversy
• Firm To Investigate 3G's $4B Deal For Burger King
• Study Says Meridia May Up Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke
• FDIC's $905M Demand From Colonial Bancgroup Nixed
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Ban On Teva's Generic Evista
• $209M Black Diamond Debt Sends GSC Into Ch. 11
• Pa. Appeals Court Revives 14 Prempro Suits
• Judge Won't Moot Challenge To Drilling Ban
• Patriot Told To Pay $45M Over Selenium Discharges
• Mass. High Court OKs Controversial $1B Wind Farm
• FDA Tells Baxter To Tone Down Aralast Claims
• Allergan Settles Botox Off-Label Claims For $600M