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Corporate - June, 2013

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• Revised Kids' Privacy Rule Leaves Wiggle Room On Day 1
• Prop 8 Backers' Bid To Stall Gay Marriage Nixed By Kennedy
• Bartlett Tops Early List Of Top Products Rulings For 2013
• JB Hunt Settles EEOC Claim Over Criminal Screening Policy
• Global Cartel Fines Down In 2013, But Big Probes Loom
• 'Stay Tuned' For More Hospital Merger Battles: FTC Head
• Retroactive Ruling Gives Federal Whistleblowers A Boost
• Charlie Rose Settlement With Unpaid Interns Approved
• Prevent Pro Se Litigation From Becoming A Problem Per Se
• ACA Contraception Mandate Will Apply To For-Profits
• 9th Circ. Widens Fed. Court Removal Window For Defendants
• 'Only In Delaware' Ruling A Win For Boards, But Tests Await
• 7th, 11th Circs. Rule ACA Covers Black Lung Claims
• Tolling Doesn't Apply To Securities Repose Statute: 2nd Circ.
• House Panel Adds Wage Floor To Visa Expansion Bill
• Hobby Lobby Apt To Duck ACA Contraceptive Rule: 10th Circ.
• HHS Finalizes ACA Insurance Mandate Exemptions
• CFTC Sues Corzine Over MF Global Downfall
• Macy's Fined In DOJ Probe Of Foreign Worker Policy
• Senate Passes Immigration Reform Bill With 68-32 Vote
• NYC Council Overrides Veto To Pass Paid Sick Leave Bill
• Obama's SEC Nominees Back Push To Require Guilty Pleas
• Davis Polk's Leibowitz Heading Up Industry Privacy Group
• Prop 8 Ruling Leaves Room For More Marriage Battles
• BigLaw Attys Praise High Court's Gay Marriage Rulings
• DOMA Decision Gives Gay Marriage Momentum In NJ
• DOMA Ruling Will Spark New Employee Benefits Challenges
• Dubbed 'First Gay Justice,' Kennedy May Not Be Done Yet
• DOMA Win Pushes Paul Weiss Partner Into Limelight
• DOMA Opinion Performs Constitutional Balancing Act
• Prop 8 Standing Ruling Shakes Up Citizen Lawmaking
• Ginsburg, Scalia Find Common Ground Outside Of Opera
• 5 New Rights For Employees In Same-Sex Marriage
• DOMA Ruling Leaves Estate Planning In Limbo
• High Court Rules Legal Advice Can't Be Extorted
• High Court Nixes DOMA, Leaves Marriage Laws To The States
• Chevron Wins Access To Email Info In Ecuador Pollution Row
• GCs' Satisfaction With Primary Firms Continues To Drop
• High Court Case Will Shake Up 'Top-Down' Union Organizing
• Obama Looks At Keystone Through Carbon Pollution Lens
• Strine Upholds 'Only In Delaware' Lawsuit Bylaws
• DOL Head Says Tipped Workers Need Minimum Wage Bump
• DOL Can't Enforce Tip Pool Rule, Judge Says
• Koontz — A Win For Real Estate Developers
• Ex-AIG Brass Must Face NY AG's Suit, State High Court Rules
• CFTC Mutual Fund Rule Survives Challenge In DC Circ.
• Obama Climate Plan Cuts Power Plants' Carbon Emissions
• High Court Wetlands Ruling Could Force Permitting Delays
• High Court Strikes Down Key Provision In Voting Rights Act
• More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
• Highest-Paid In-House Lawyers Are In Securities, Health Care
• High Court Takes On Board Review Standard In UBS Appeal
• Justices To Hear Bankruptcy Case Challenging Stern's Scope
• Weil Gotshal Lays Off 60 Associates, Slashes Partner Pay
• High Court To Weigh Union-Employer Neutrality Agreements
• Justices To Weigh Tribal Immunity In Indian Gaming Suit
• High Court To Weigh EPA's Cross-State Emissions Rule
• High Court To Review Mass. Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Rajaratnam Insider Trading Conviction
• High Court Raises Bar For Title VII Retaliation Claims
• Supreme Court Steers Clear Of Broad Affirmative Action Ruling
• Justices Define 'Supervisor' Narrowly For Harassment Suits
• High Court Overturns Landmark Generic-Drug Liability Ruling
• Supreme Court To Weigh NLRB Recess Appointments
• NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Charged With Espionage
• Facebook's New GC Has Legal Juggling Act On His Hands
• Obama Taps DOJ's McSweeny For FTC Seat
• Jones Day Lays Off 65 IT Workers
• BP Wants Outside Probe Of Deepwater Horizon Payouts
• Flagstar To Pay $105M To End Assured's MBS Suit
• Plaintiffs Lawyers Still Hopeful After AmEx Ruling
• Rule On Union Reps' Use Of Co. Email Unlawful, NLRB Says
• Apple Wins Bounce-Back Battle In Samsung Patent Saga
• EU Seeks To Extend Merger Oversight To Minority Stakes
• Google Dodges Fine In UK's Reopened Street View Probe
• Enron's Skilling Gets Sentence Slashed To 14 Years
• Calif. Appeals Court Says Chevron ZIP Code Collection OK
• CVS Workers Win Class Status In Security-Check Pay Suit
• Chevron Used Latham Ties To Turn $19B Suit Funder: Patton
• Endo To Pay $54M In Vaginal Mesh Settlement
• AmEx Ruling Looms Large For Wage-And-Hour Litigation
• The Prosecution's Guide To Handling Data Breaches
• NJ Assembly Passes Equal Pay Bills Felled By Christie Veto
• Justices' AmEx Ruling Greenlights Class Action Waivers
• Attorneys React To High Court's Arbitration Ruling
• Redbox Escapes TCPA Class Action Over Opt-Out Texts
• Law Firms Lose Out On Billions As GCs Take Work In-House
• What The High Court's AmEx Ruling Means For Corporations
• Calif. Senate Panel Advances Prop 65 Reform Bill
• FTC Head Calls For Broad Probe Of 'Patent Trolls'
• 2nd Circ. Limits SIPA Trustee Power In Madoff Case
• BTMU Pays New York $250M Over Iran Sanctions Violations
• Kodak Secures Up To $895M In Loans For Ch. 11 Exit
• Supreme Court Says Concepcion Covers Antitrust Cases
• AIDS Funding Rule Violates 1st Amendment, High Court Says
• More Criminal Trade Secrets Theft Suits On Texas Horizon
• FTC's Wright Proposes Limit To Section 5 Authority
• Last-Minute Moves Give Life To NY Women's Workplace Bills
• ACA's Full-Time Worker Definition Is Flawed, Sens. Say
• Senate Confirms Froman As Next US Trade Rep.
• Pension Fund Hits BNY With ERISA Suit Over $16M Losses
• White House Asks ITC To Probe EU Trade Barriers
• Goldman's Tourre Can't Stress Atty Presence In Fraud Trial
• White House Action On Climate Change Imminent, Aide Says
• House Panel Approves Bill Easing Coal Ash Regulation
• 3 Lessons From The IRS Scandal
• $100M Quest Sex Bias Suit Sent To Arbitration By Judge
• Dish Turns Back On $25.5B Sprint Deal To Focus On Clearwire
• Mayer Brown Settles Claims It Aided $1.5B Refco Fraud
• Kodak Captures $406M In Equity Financing For Ch. 11 Exit
• EU Fines Lundbeck $125.6M In Pay-For-Delay Probe
• Delays Imperil Rollout Of ACA Exchanges, GAO Warns
• 9th Circ.'s HP Inkjet Ruling Could Nix OfficeMax Settlement
• Union Carbide Loses Bid To Reverse Calif. Asbestos Ruling
• Abercrombie Can't Prove Hijab Hurt Sales, EEOC Says
• Boehner Sets Potential Roadblock For Immigration Reform
• Citicorp Executive Gets 2 Years For Misuse Of Funds
• Pa. McDonald's Hit With Class Action Over Debit Card Wages
• Ex-TigerDirect Prez Charged In $230M Kickback Scheme
• NLRB Overstepped Authority In Union Ruling, Judge Says
• NLRB Denied Group Due Process In Union Row, 5th Circ. Says
• Much Ado About 'Say-On-Pay'
• High Court To Demystify Appeal Deadlines In ERISA Case
• Arnold & Porter Partner To Head FTC's Competition Bureau
• Pay-For-Delay Suits Get New Life Following High Court Ruling
• Plaintiffs Attys Will Find Way Around Driver's License Ruling
• High Court Precedents Safe Despite Alito's Dire Warning
• High Court Pay-For-Delay Ruling To Revamp Drug Patent Deals
• Big Pharma's Legal Bill To Take Hit From Pay-For-Delay Ruling
• WTO, Others Warn That Trade Barriers Are Adding Up
• Ex-Intern's Suit Against Warner Puts Music Industry On Notice
• Tyco Pays SEC $13M To Settle Foreign Bribery Charges
• US-EU Trade Talks To Begin Next Month, Obama Says
• High Court Turns Suspect Silence Into Prosecutorial Tool
• Lawyers Comment On High Court's Pay-For-Delay Decision
• High Court Brings Economics Back To Pay-For-Delay Analysis
• Google Settles Stock-Split Suit On Eve Of Trial
• ITC Seeks Savings In Revised Anti-Dumping Probe Rules
• Cuomo Won't OK Women's Work Bill Without Abortion Reform
• NLRB Thumbing Nose At Noel Canning, DC Circ. Told
• Justices To Weigh Airline's Immunity From Defamation Suit
• High Court Strikes Down Arizona Voter ID Law
• Justices Could Use FHA Case To Free Lenders From Bias Suits
• High Court Gives Juries Power Over Mandatory Minimums
• 5th Amendment Protections Must Be Invoked, High Court Says
• High Court Shuts Down Atty Access To Driver's Information
• Supreme Court Tosses Challenge To Land Use Standards
• Pay-For-Delay Deals Can Be Illegal, Justices Rule
• Buchanan Ingersoll Pays $12M To End Adelphia Investor Suit
• Unions To Fight Collective Bargaining Law At Wis. High Court
• McKesson Dodges Warehouse Worker's Wage-Hour Action
• $1.3M Deal Ends Sex Bias Case Over FDNY's 'Glass Ceiling'
• Google, Judges Duck Latest Version of Trade Secrets Case
• Concepcion Changed Arbitration Game, E&Y Tells 9th Circ.
• Best Buy, T-Mobile Resolve LCD Cartel Suits Against Epson
• 4th Circ. Strikes Down NLRB Union Poster Rule
• Takeaways From Largest Drug Safety Settlement
• Fox Ruling Warns Cos. Of Pitfalls In Hiring Interns
• Revlon Settles SEC Claims It Misled 401(k) Investors
• 2nd Circ. Won't Disturb Prevailing Wage Law Precedent
• Axiom's Trade Secret, Fraud Claims Cut In Trademark Row
• Citing Cigna, 7th Circ. OKs Money Damages In ERISA Suit
• Air New Zealand Pays $6M Fine To Close Price-Fixing Probe
• Is TAR Right For Your Discovery Project?
• Visa Sues Wal-Mart To Stop 'Endless' Antitrust Fight
• Stryker Escapes FCA Whistleblower Suit Over Pain Pumps
• EU Takes China To WTO Over Steel Tube Duties
• High Court Kills 2 Of LA Port's Clean Truck Rules
• High Court Won't Bar Guilty Pleas Tainted By Judges
• Justices Say Water Export Bans OK Under Multistate Compact
• MetroPCS Slams Class Cert. Bid In OT Pay Case
• Miners Union Says Patriot Coal Ditched Labor Talks
• No Law Firm Safe From GCs' Chopping Block
• Trade Secrets Charges Survive Dismissal Bid In DuPont Case
• UPS Can't Stall EEOC Challenge To Leave Of Absence Policy
• EEOC Scores $3.4M Win In ADA Suit Over Abused Workers
• Class Arbitration Is Back In Arbitrators' Hands
• Fired Target Workers Seek Unpaid Wages In Class Action
• Kmart Cashiers Gets Narrow Class OK'd In Seating Suit
• Ruby Tuesday Workers Granted Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• 5 Tips For Dodging COPPA's Big New Pitfalls
• Biggest-Ever Web Privacy Class Gets 7th Circ.'s OK
• Senate Panel Approves Froman's Nomination As USTR
• Unpaid Fox Interns Are Employees, Judge Rules
• Walgreens To Pay $80M To End Painkiller Sales Probe
• NLRB Finds CWA's Annual Objector Renewal Policy Unlawful
• EEOC Sues Dollar General, BMW Over Criminal Screens
• NLRB Says Cablevision's Quorum Challenge Will Likely Fail
• Allstate Can't Shake TCPA Suit Over Calif. Robocalls
• 3 Recent Trends In US Merger Enforcement
• High Court Ruling Pushes Cos. To Tighten Arbitration Deals
• DOL Tip-Pooling Loss May Spur More Agency Rule Challenges
• Monsanto Seed Case Offers New Defense To IP Challenges
• Judge Backs Starbucks' $3M Meal Break Settlement
• Ex-Advanced Micro Workers Can't Shake Trade Secrets Suit
• Calif. Health Exchange Veiled In Secrecy, Senate GOP Says
• High Court Denies Ralphs' Cert. Bid To Overturn Labor Laws
• NJ Assembly Panel OKs Pay Equality Bills Felled By Veto
• Justices Defer To Arbitrator On Oxford Class Arbitration
• FCPA Powerhouse: WilmerHale
• Bloomberg Vetoes NYC Paid Sick Leave Bill
• New Carbon Costs Signal Obama's Stiffer Stance On Pollution
• NLRB Wants High Court To Keep Noel Canning Fight Narrow
• Bloomberg Blasts 'Disgruntled' Ex-Worker's OT Class Bid
• Privacy Panel Urges Broad Notice Of Data Breaches
• Motorola, Cisco, TWC Pay $490M In TiVo Patent Settlement
• How To Secure Your D&O Liability Insurance Lifelines
• Strategix Urges 9th Circ. To Revive St. Paul Coverage Suit
• Entergy Urges 5th Circ. To Reject NLRB Recess Appointments
• Daunting Challenges Loom As ACA Exchange Deadline Nears
• $230M Prison Health Care Contract Valid: Fla. Appeals Court
• TCPA Junk Fax Suit Against J&J Unit Wins 2nd Chance
• FCPA Powerhouse: Venable LLP
• Harassment Suit Against Restaurant Owner Sent To Arbitration
• ERISA Fiduciary Rule Not Dead, DOL Head Tells Lawmakers
• State Farm To Pay $5M To End Inspector Wage Class Action
• Data Breach Cases Turning Plaintiffs' Way, Attys Say
• EEOC Sues Freezer Co. For Rejecting Applicant With Cancer
• Publishers 'Coordinated' E-Book Deals, Amazon Exec Says
• Mediators, Expand Your Tool Kit In Complex Litigation
• Loan Manager CIFC Corp. Hit With $17M Bias Suit
• KPMG Fights Equal Pay Act Tolling Bid In $400M Sex Bias Suit
• Old Republic Title Co. To Pay $12M To Settle Wage Suit
• Sen. Bashes Liability Shield For Cybersecurity Standards
• NLRB Nixes Red Cross Rule On Worker Confidentiality
• 7 Tips For Employers In A 'Bring Your Own Device' World
• 'Muppets' Film Editor Hits Disney With Gender Bias Suit
• Ex-Becton Engineer Accused Of Lifting Trade Secrets
• Simon & Schuster CEO Boosts E-Book Case Against Apple
• FCPA Powerhouse: Reed Smith
• 4 Lessons From Total's FCPA Settlement
• Concepcion Doesn't Affect PAGA Claims: Calif. Appeals Court
• Calif.'s Oracle Case Spurs Cos. To Offer More Than Just OT
• Facebook Urges Cooperation To Tackle Mobile Security Risks
• Axed Catholic-School Teacher Wins Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Big Employers Accused Of Sex Bias In ACA Complaints
• 6th Circ. Revives Ford Worker's Discrimination Suit
• FTC's Wright Backs 3rd Circ.'s Test In Meritor-Eaton
• NLRB Kicks Nursing Facility's Pension Row Back To Judge
• FCPA Powerhouse: Kirkland & Ellis
• AMR Cleared To Solicit Votes For Ch. 11 Plan
• FRCP Amendments Could Change Discovery As We Know It
• Penguin CEO Says He Spoke With E-Book Competitor
• FINRA Docks BofA, Wells Fargo Units $5M Over Fund Sales
• HSBC Leaving Hundreds In Foreclosure Limbo, NY AG Says
• Australian Data Breach Law Could Bring On Class Action Wave
• US Says Apple Fixed E-Book Prices As Trial Begins
• US, China Aim To Curb IP Theft Standoff With Talks
• High Court Vacates Class Cert. In Washer Suit, Citing Comcast
• Big Cos. Dodge ACA Employer Mandate At Their Own Peril
• Wal-Mart Tells Court Narrowed Dukes Class Still Fails
• RBS Strikes Deal In OT Class Action Remanded After Comcast
• FCPA Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn
• FAQs On Calif.'s New Pregnancy Regulations