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Corporate - October, 2010

142 articles

• Westgate Founder Gets 40 Years For Ponzi Scheme
• 5 Ways The Elections Could Affect Corporate Law
• Ex-BofA Trader Gets 1 Year For Kickback Scheme
• SAP Ends Fight Over Infringement In Oracle Suit
• 7th Circ. Partially Overturns Conrad Black Verdict
• Galleon Insider Trading Informant Settles With SEC
• 2 Chevron Attys Sanctioned In $27B Amazon Fight
• Merck Sets Aside $950M For Federal Vioxx Settlement
• Lionsgate Sues Icahn Over MGM Dealings
• Ex-Marsh Execs Sue For Severance, Bonuses
• Google Clarifies Adwords Policies To End French Probe
• Suit Claims JPMorgan, HSBC Manipulated Silver Market
• Investors Sue Over Madoff Feeder Fund
• Shearman Reps Boston Sci In $2B Unit Sale To Stryker
• Nissan Recalls 2M Cars Over Electrical Flaw
• NY Consumers Denied Cert. In McDonald's False Ad Suit
• Ex-HannStar Exec Pleads Guilty To LCD Price-Fixing
• Customers Sue Cablevision For $450M Over Fox Block
• Judge Refuses To Nullify Blagojevich's Conviction
• Dubai World Creditors OK $25B Restructuring
• Alston, Latham Rep Carlyle In $4B CommScope Deal
• UN General Assembly Again Rips US' Cuba Embargo
• Injunction Pulls Plug On Lime Wire File-Sharing Service
• Baker & McKenzie Hit With $100M Malpractice Verdict
• GSK To Pay Record $750M Whistleblower Settlement
• Boeing Settles B-1 Bomber Decoy Dispute For $4M
• EU Forges Watershed Hedge Fund Regulations
• SEC Asks Apollo Group For More Info In Informal Probe
• CFTC Targets Market Manipulation In New Rules
• BofA Sues Fraudster Starr Over $500K Loan
• NCAA Sacked With Scholarship Antitrust Class Suit
• Judge Speedily Dismisses Stanford's Latest Request
• Sillybandz Maker Targets Wal-Mart For Infringement
• New Fuel Standards Aim To Slash Truck Emissions
• Gemalto Sues Google, Motorola Over Java Patents
• Greenberg, Smith Found Liable For 'Sham' AIG Deal
• Icahn Ups Tender Offer For Lionsgate
• Class Certified In Calif. Overtime Action Against Oracle
• 9th Circ. Tosses Amgen Off-Label Marketing MDL
• SEC Deal Cuts Ex-Kmart CEO's $10M Hit In Half
• FDA Issues Alert Over Chinese Crospovidone
• 9th Circ. Rejects Mattel Rehearing Bid In Bratz Case
• Nadel Gets 14 Years For Ponzi Scheme, Blames Self
• UK Panel Urges Tougher M&A Laws After Kraft-Cadbury
• DOJ, US Atty Subpoena GSK Over Avandia, HIV Drugs
• Toyota Recalls 1.5M Cars Over Brakes, Fuel Pumps
• Judge Reverses Verdict In KCI Wound Therapy IP Suit
• BofA Loses Bid To Toss Wage-And-Hour MDL
• Jury Sides Largely With Whirlpool In Lanham Act Case
• 9th Circ. Stays 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Ban For Now
• FedEx Hit With $66M Verdict In ATA Contract Battle
• Former Greenberg Associate Admits To $500K Theft
• Common Benefit Attys To Get $315M From Vioxx Deal
• Basel Panel Unveils Liquidity Standards For Banks
• Judge Greenlights DADT Ban Amid Appeal
• Zynga Faces Privacy Suit On Behalf Of Facebook Users
• Jenkens Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Tax Shelter Case
• Sanofi, Bristol-Myers Win $442M In Plavix Patent Suit
• Snapple 'All Natural' Class Action Revived
• Grant Thornton Settles Refco Litigation For $25M
• Trial Kicks Off In Terra Firma's Suit Over $6.5B EMI Deal
• SEC Unveils New Say-On-Pay, Golden Parachute Rules
• FDA Panel OKs Use Of Anemia Drugs, Despite Study
• WaMu Disclosure Statement OK'd Over Objections
• DOJ Slaps Blue Cross Michigan With Antitrust Suit
• Antitrust Woes Force BHP, Rio Tinto To Nix Iron Combo
• Orrick, Ex-Thornburg Execs Fail To Stop Fraud Suit
• Phillip Morris, RJR Get 2 More Engle Victories
• 11th Circ. Reverses Itself On Class Action Threshold
• Countrywide's Mozilo Settles With SEC For $67.5M
• La. Jury Hits J&J With $258M Verdict In Risperdal Suit
• ITC Sides With Apple In Touch-Screen Patent Suit
• German Court Nixes $324M Ruling Against Daimler
• NY Port Authority Strikes $47M Deal With 9/11 Workers
• Ex-Chi Mei Exec Indicted For LCD Price-Fixing
• DOJ To Appeal DADT Enforcement Ban, Seeks Stay
• SEC Says 2 Fund Managers, Firms Gave Petters $1B
• Judge Advances States' Fight Against Health Care Law
• CVS To Pay $75M For Admitted Sale Of Meth Ingredient
• SEC Bashes Tourre's Attempt To Kill Fraud Suit
• HHS Warns Insurers On Child-Only Policies
• Prosecutors Want 20 Years For Ponzi Schemer Nadel
• Medtronic Settles Sprint Fidelis MDL For $268M
• OIG Report Clears SEC In Goldman Case
• EPA Ups Ethanol Allowance, Draws Ire From Both Sides
• Rattner Said To Pay $5M To End SEC Kickback Claims
• All 50 State AGs Launch Foreclosure Probe
• FDA To Revise Warning Label On Bone Drugs
• Lloyd's Off Hook For Stanford's Legal Costs
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Steinbeck Copyright Spat
• Entergy Faces DOJ Antitrust Probe
• Judge Orders Permanent Halt To DADT Enforcement
• Tribune Pitches $420M Settlement For Bondholder Debt
• US Lifts Ban On Deepwater Drilling
• Cadwalader Reps Pfizer In $3.6B King Pharma Buy
• Accused 'CHiPs' Star Cut Deal In Fraud Case
• Bronze Star Winner Among High Court Clerks For 2011
• Pampers Licensee, P&G Face False Marking Suits
• Sirius Dodges Spansion's IP Suit Over Flash Chips
• Doe Run To Pay $65M To Settle EPA Claims In Mo.
• FTC Calls For More Privacy In Emissions Reporting
• Airgas Bashes Air Products 'End Run' Tactics In Buyout
• Ex-NY Bank Exec Pleads Guilty In TARP Fraud Case
• Steinbeck Heirs Battle Wife's Estate Before 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Rothstein Exec Gets 10 Years In $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
• Abbott To Pull Meridia In US Over Heart Risks
• FDA To Revamp Regulatory Science Agenda
• Novartis Prevails In 2nd Trial Over Bone Drug Liability
• Pfizer Recalls 191,000 Lipitor Bottles Due To Odor
• HSBC Unit Ordered To Boost Risk Management
• Spyglass Execs Would Run MGM Under Prepack Ch. 11
• Zurich Unit To Pay $545M To Settle Fee Class Action
• Fed. Circ. Revives Teva's Suit Over Aricept Patents
• Ex-NY Comptroller Pleads Guilty In Pay-To-Play Case
• DOJ Looking At Improper Foreclosure Allegations
• RJR, Philip Morris Pull Out 2nd Jury Win This Week
• FTC Proposes New Restrictions On 'Green' Claims
• Motorola Claims Apple Infringed 18 Patents
• Jury Convicts Contorinis In UBS Insider Trading Case
• White House Withheld Info On BP Oil Spill, Panel Says
• FBI Agent Defends Galleon Wiretap Application
• SEC Offers New Rules On Asset-Backed Securities
• Ambac Drops $6B Claim Against Lehman Brothers
• FINRA Probe Nixes Overpayment, Other Claims
• SocGen's Rogue Trader Gets 3 Years In Jail
• US Asks High Court To Keep Background Checks Broad
• Asset Freeze Bids Surge In Post-Madoff Era
• FDA Warns Gilead Over Drug Plant Problems
• Del. High Court OKs Net Loss Poison Pill
• Private Chefs Lose Bid To Block Food Network Show
• Potash Slams Gov't Report Lauding $40B BHP Offer
• Fla. Jury Hands Down Rare Win For Big Tobacco
• Judge Cuts Fosamax Award From $8M To $1.5M
• High Court Seeks US Input On Abu Ghraib Abuse Case
• AmEx To Fight DOJ On Merchant-Fee Antitrust Claims
• CFTC Unveils New Derivatives Market Proposals
• Russia, US Resolve Disputes Over WTO Entry
• Port Authority Short Changes Female Attys: EEOC
• Post-Lockstep, Some Firms Beef Up Associate Reviews
• BMW Recalls 345K Cars Over Power Brake Defect
• Senate Restarts Immigration Debate With New Bills
• UAW Class Hits Ford In Visteon Retiree ERISA Suit