Corporate Archive » May, 2011

Corporate - May, 2011

146 articles

• Lehman Reportedly To Settle $22B Derivatives Claims
• Obama Taps Ex-Utility Co. Exec As Commerce Secretary
• WHO Says Cellphone Radiation May Cause Cancer
• NY Sues US Over Fracking In Delaware River Basin
• Sprint Asks FCC To Nix AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Offer
• Actual Knowledge Necessary For Inducement: High Court
• W.Va. High Court Sidesteps Alpha-Massey Deal Challenge
• Supreme Court Rebuffs Conrad Black Appeal
• EU Probes Seagate-Samsung, Western Digital Deals
• US Asked To Weigh In On Cellphone Radiation Suit
• Va. Judge Nixes Ban On Corporate Campaign Donations
• Nvidia Analyst, Hedge Fund Founder Plead Guilty
• ARB Ruling Offers Broad View Of SOX Protections
• Blagojevich Denies Shakedown Of Racetrack Owner
• Eva Airways Agrees To Pay $13.2M In Air Cargo Probe
• Calif. Pizza Kitchen Investor Sues To Block $470M Buyout
• EU Raids Caterpillar, Others In Engine Antitrust Probe
• PayPal Claims Ex-Exec Took Trade Secrets To Google
• Blagojevich Denies Charges, Gets Personal In Testimony
• High Court Approves Ariz. E-Verify Law
• Ex-Nasdaq Exec Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Wis. Judge Voids Contentious Labor Law
• Amylin Wins Restraining Order On Lilly Drug Sales
• Liu Asks Obama To Withdraw 9th Circ. Nomination
• Fed. Circ. Tightens Inequitable Conduct Standards
• Galleon Trader Says He Gave Cash To Tipsters
• Rajaratnam Calls Case 'Rank Speculation,' Seeks Acquittal
• SEC Whistleblower Changes Not Enough, Attys Say
• Blagojevich Tied Job To Campaign Cash, Jackson Says
• Ex-J&G Attys, Others Convicted In Tax Shelter Case
• Samsung Hit For $23M In Fractus Antenna Patent Fight
• Huffington Loses Bid To Toss HuffPo Origin Suit
• WaMu Nears Ch. 11 Exit With Shareholder Deal
• Jackson Hewitt Files Prepack Plan To Slash $350M Load
• FTC Takes Closer Look At Seagate-Samsung Deal
• Goffer Never Knew Ropes & Gray Tipster: Atty
• Judge Clears DBSD To Solicit Votes On $1.4B Dish Deal
• Pa. Jury Slaps J&J Unit With $10M Motrin Verdict
• US Nets 1st Guilty Plea In Massive Poker Probe
• High Court Shuts Down $1.3B Stealth Aircraft Case
• Farmers To Pay $60M To Settle Credit Score Action
• DOJ Sues To Halt H&R Block's $288M TaxACT Buy
• Ex-Citi Brokers Lose Bid To Save Bonus Contract Suit
• OppenheimerFunds Pays $100M To End Investor Suits
• Ex-IMF Chief Released To Temp Home In New York
• Hypercom Nixes US Asset Sale Amid Antitrust Concerns
• Accenture Hit For $94.4M In Wellogix Trade Secrets Suit
• GCC Alliance Cops To Concrete Price-Fixing
• American Reveals DOJ Probe Of Airline Ticket Sales
• MOEX To Pay BP $1.1B Over Deepwater Horizon Spill
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Says Trader Paid Cash For Tips
• Calif. Judge Dings Defense In CCI Foreign Bribery Case
• Sirius XM Exits Antitrust Class Action With $180M Deal
• Massey Ignored Basic Safety Standards: W.Va. Blast Probe
• Sbarro Drops Rights Offering To Court Bidder
• Senate Panel Greenlights Stiffer CWA Penalties
• FDA Pulls Avandia From US Pharmacies
• NY Nonprofit Incurs NLRB Wrath Over Facebook Firing
• Madoff Trustee Settles $212M Claims With Feeders
• Union Carbide Seeks Toss Of $322M Asbestos Verdict
• WTO Concludes Some Airbus Subsidies Illegal
• SEC Seeks To Strengthen Rating Agency Conflict Rules
• Feds Slap Obstruction Charge On Massey Mine Official
• Volvo Unit To Pay $525M To Settle Benefits Suit
• 6th Circ. Upholds $101M Verdict Against HCP
• $7.8B BP-Rosneft Russian Arctic Deal Falls Apart
• BAE To Pay Record $79M Fine For Export Violations
• EU Raids Shipping Cos. Over Cartel Worries
• NFL Lockout Still On After 8th Circ. Stays Injunction
• Fed. Circ. Won't Bar Retrial On Microsoft IP Damages
• Winklevoss Twins To Take Facebook Case To High Court
• Ga. High Court Favors Vaccine Makers In Defect Case
• NY Judge Refuses IMF Chief's Bail On Sex Charges
• FCA Fights Can't Rely On FOIA Requests: High Court
• DOJ Drops Hammer On $11B Nasdaq-ICE Bid For NYSE
• Chicago Must Hire 111 Black Firefighters: 7th Circ.
• SAP Hit With $345M Verdict In Versata Patent Suit
• Life Partners, CEO, GC Could Face SEC Action
• Law360 Global 20 Firms Blaze Trails Abroad
• SEC Worker Says She Got Demoted For Spying Stanford Plot
• Rambus 'Shred Days' Destroyed Evidence: Fed. Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Partly Stays Injunction In $18B Chevron Suit
• Lime Wire Pays $105M To Settle With Record Cos.
• Senate Panel Asks DOJ To Reopen Ensign Probe
• Analyst's Tapes Allowed In Expert Networking Case
• Retired Plumber Wins $41M In Calif. Asbestos Case
• DOJ Sues To Block VeriFone-Hypercom Merger
• House Votes For Major Ramp-Up Of Offshore Drilling
• Prosecutor Booted From Scruggs' Son's Bribery Case
• Ky. Jury Finds 2 Guilty In Oil Investment Scheme
• SEC Investigating State Street Forex Deals
• Boston Scientific Wins $19.5M In Stent Patent Case
• House Passes Bill To Speed Up Offshore Permitting
• Ex-TSMC Worker Pleads Guilty In Networking Scheme
• Google Sets Aside $500M For DOJ Ad Services Probe
• 2nd Circ. Lets Ratings Agencies Off Hook In MBS Suits
• Ex-Special Counsel Hits Rove, Others With $202M Suit
• Galleon Group Founder Guilty On All Counts
• 112 Ex-GM Execs Sue Over Slashed Retirement Benefits
• 4th Circ. Mulls Va. Standing In Health Care Law Fight
• Microsoft, Skype Deal May Be Harbinger For Tech IPOs
• DOJ Sues To Undo $3M Chicken Processing Sale
• 11th Circ. Trims Scrushy Conviction Based On Skilling
• Jury Finds Lindsey, Execs Guilty In FCPA Trial
• CFTC To Hit Goldman Clearing Unit With Fraud Action
• GSK Atty Acquitted On All Counts In Obstruction Case
• Judge Won't Recuse Self In Chevron, Ecuador RICO Suit
• FDIC Chairwoman Bair To Make Exit In July
• Quest Agrees To Settle Calif. Medicaid Suit For $241M
• No Verdict For Rajaratnam Could Mean Split: Experts
• Madoff Trustee, Fairfield Sentry Call Truce
• NHTSA Widens Probe Into Ford F-150 Fuel Tank
• UK Banks Drop PPI Suit After Setting Aside Billions
• Miss. Jury Awards Man $322M In Asbestos Case
• Ambac, Underwriters To Settle Class Action For $33M
• NLRB Sues Ariz. Over Union Secret Ballot Amendment
• Air Force Grounds Lockheed Jets Over Oxygen Concerns
• DOJ OKs $3.7B Unilever, Alberto-Culver Deal Pending Sales
• Feds Seek Prison For Ex-Atty In Galleon Spinoff Case
• Enviros Slam Gray Wolf Delisting As Unconstitutional
• JPMorgan, SEC In 'Advanced' Talks Over CDO Settlement
• Rajaratnam Jurors Listen To Chiesi Tapes Again
• House Passes Bill To Compel Offshore Lease Sales
• Feds Trim Case Against Alleged Fraudster Stanford
• Whistleblower Accuses AIG, Banks Of $137B Bailout Fraud
• FCC Chief Says Antitrust Laws Won't Keep Internet Open
• EU Warns $810M Caterpillar-MWM Deal May Not Fly
• House Panel Approves Bills To Modify Consumer Watchdog
• House Committee OKs Bill To Delay New Swap Rules
• UBS To Pay $160M In Muni Bond Settlement
• Trade Agreements Ready For Congress, USTR Says
• Report Blasting Goldman Referred To DOJ, SEC
• US Renews Transcript Plea For Fresh Rajaratnam Jury
• AIG Must Pay $87M In Coverage Dispute, Panel Says
• 4th Circ. Revives Novell Antitrust Suit V. Microsoft
• SOX Doesn't Cover Employees' Media Leaks: 9th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Denies Bail Bid In Goldman Code Theft Case
• Senate Probes Medtronic Decision To Nix GPO Contracts
• BP Agrees To $85M Settlement In Alaska Spill Suit
• ICG Ordered To Pay $104M Over Coal Supply Contract
• Nasdaq, ICE Bid For NYSE Goes Hostile
• Juror's Health Impedes Rajaratnam Deliberations
• NHTSA Pulls 288K Honda SUVs Into Safety Probe
• Grifols, FTC Ink Deal To Allow $3.4B Talecris Tie-Up
• Dish, EchoStar Settle TiVo DVR Patent Suit For $500M
• Supreme Court Denies Mo. Flood Control Injunction