New York Archive » February, 2006

New York - February, 2006

132 articles

• SEC Greenlights $9B NYSE Merger
• Judge Reverses $51M Verdict In Medical Device Suit
• Reed Smith Grows Presence In Broker Dealer Litigation
• Saint Vincent Pleads For Chapter 11 Extension
• Northwest Abandons Key Flight Attendant Request: Union
• Federal Circuit Reverses Inequitable Conduct Finding
• Mistrial "Unjust," Say Attorneys For Symbol Execs
• Injunction Clears Early Threat To TAP's Lupron Depot
• "Da Vinci Code" Not A Copycat, Says Publisher
• JPMorgan Cleared to Underwrite New York Debt
• Showdown Begins Over Tower's Union Contracts
• Solutia Receives $300M DIP Financing Boost
• Creditors Object To Terms Of Musicland Asset Sale
• Samsung & Sprint Escape GPS Trial With Settlement
• Quinn Emanuel Bumps All First-Years To $145K
• Naughty Club Spanked With Two Subpoenas
• Former Broker Dealer Head May Get 15 Years
• Bankruptcy Haunts Winston & Strawn In Corruption Case
• Lerner David Gears Up For High-Stakes Patent Case
• Galvex Capital Seeks to Retain Counsel
• Kenyon & Kenyon Adds New IP Partner
• Day Of Reckoning In BlackBerry Courtroom Drama
• Countersuit Heats Up Web Analytics Patent Fight
• U.K. To Adopt Cross-Border Insolvency Law
• VNU Ends Lengthy Antitrust Suit
• Adelphia Creditors Lose Battle Over $715M SEC Deal
• Reed Smith Snatches Former Winston & Strawn Partner
• Delta's $14M Executive Severance Plan Approved
• KPMG Partners Slapped With Record Fines In Xerox Case
• Generics Makers Denied In Diabetes Drug Patent Suit
• Court Allows Sovereign Legal Battle To Continue
• Judge Greenlights Musicland's DIP Financing
• Lawsuits Put Heat on Air Cargo Carriers
• Medinol Claims Old Partner Infringes Stent Patents
• GM Bids For Spot On Delphi Creditors Panel
• Govt. Will Not Charge Lerach, Weiss In Kickback Probe
• Delta Fights For Executive Severance Plan
• Bank of America May Pay $25M Over Money Laundering
• Legislators Prompt Sovereign Shareholder To Pull Suit
• Galvex Abandons Plan For Chapter 11 Dismissal
• Investors Sue Take-Two Over Grand Theft Auto Fallout
• Pliant Plucks Sonnenschein To Be Special Counsel
• Teva Shoots Back With Suit Against Pfizer
• Fast-Growing Kilpatrick Ranks Among Top IP Practices
• Besieged Merrill Lynch To Pay $164M In Settlement
• Minnesota Attorney General To Insurance Giant: Pay Up!
• Medtronic Targeted In New Lawsuit By Scientist
• Reporting Changes Loom For Mutual Funds: SEC
• Hedge Fund Wants Milbank Bounced From Chapter 11
• Philly Leads Class Action Against Tribune
• General Re, AIG Execs Plead Not Guilty To $500M Fraud
• Only One In Ten Patent Lawsuits Decided At Trial: Survey
• Lawyers, Others Seek $15M In Northwest Bankruptcy
• Kumar Erased Drive To Conceal Evidence: Prosecutors
• Law Firm In $180M Boston Chicken Settlement
• Jenner Lures Veteran IP Litigator To Growing NY Practice
• Litigation Financing Fund Ups Ante To $20M In IP Cases
• Deutsche Bank Fined For Proxy Vote Violations
• Former Cendant Exec Faces Round Three In Fraud Trial
• Kasowitz Benson Snags Chadbourne Partner
• Federal Circuit Axes Drug Patent For Inequitable Conduct
• Galvex Faces Opposition To Chapter 11 Dismissal
• S&P: Calpine's Bid To Toss Contracts Looks "Murky"
• Rival Abandons Bid To Fight P&G In Trade Dress Suit
• Refco Brokerage Customers Want Unit Liquidated ASAP
• Akin Gump Offers $1.6M To Settle Malfeasance Charges
• Perelman Decries Morgan Stanley Appeal
• Greenberg Traurig Net Snags Professionals, Minorities
• Regulators Eye Bear Stearns Muni Bond Practices
• Controversial Sovereign Bill Passes, Angering Investors
• Ex-Qwest CEO Asks Judge To Dismiss Trading Charges
• Delta Redrafts Plane Leases, Saves $200M
• Credit Suisse Unit Fined $1.2M Over DLJ Trades
• Applera, Bio-Rad End Patent Battle Over PCR
• Davis Polk Launches IP Litigation Group In Silicon Valley
• Ex-Telecom Exec Nabbed in "Spinning" Case: Judge
• Northwest Pilots Gear Up For Strike
• With Billions At Stake, Class Action Plaintiffs Opt Out
• Cendant Jury Hangs Again In Retrial Of Former Exec
• SEC Charges Ex-PWC Auditor In Hedge Fund Scandal
• As Pilots Inch Towards Strike, Delta Throws Bones
• Refco Bankruptcy May Hurt Business, PlusFunds Claims
• Teva Copied Zithromax Update: Pfizer Lawsuit
• Lock-Up
• NYSE Rejects Calls To Spin Off Regulatory Arm
• NASD Fines Alliance Trader For Conflict Of Interest
• Can Virtual Property Gain Legal Protection?
• Pay Cuts Sustained For Northwest Flight Attendants
• Judge Orders Delta To Pay $2M Monthly
• Spitzer, SEC Nail $1.6B Settlement In AIG Probe
• Boutiques Unfazed By Drop In Patent Litigation
• NYSE Fines Bear Stearns $1.5M For Violations
• Winn-Dixie Shareholders Booted From Committee
• Calpine Creditors Ask Court To Ban Speculative Trading
• Pfizer Takes Action Against Generics At FDA
• $2.5B Deal Ends Nortel's Battle With Shareholders
• Ropes & Gray Strips Kelley Drye Of Four Partners
• Deaf To Union Pleas, Northwest Moves to Foil Strike
• Light At The End Of The Tunnel For Kaiser Aluminum
• Battle Brews Over Fees In Bankruptcy Proceeding
• Refco Strikes Back At Trustee's Bias Claims
• Fish & Richardson Ranked #1 In Patent Litigation Survey
• Endo Presses On With Generic OxyContin Despite Risks
• Akerman Senterfitt Eyes Growth In Northeast
• Lerach Tops Milberg, Ranks #1 In Plaintiffs Firm Survey
• Bill Would Create Patent "Rocket Dockets" Within Courts
• Bernstein Litowitz Tapped To Lead Refco Class Action
• SEC Director To Rejoin Cleary Gottlieb: Report
• Delta Dumps Deloitte & Touche As Auditor
• Web Analytics Industry Swamped With Patent Suits
• AIG, Regulators Near $1.5B Settlement
• Federal Circuit Reverses Priority In Claritin Battle
• Former Chase ForEx Salesman Arrested Over Trade
• Calpine Pulls Out Of Two Contracts For Plant Leases
• Skadden Ranked #1 In Bankruptcy Litigation Survey
• Parmalat's $10B Suit V. Bank of America To Proceed
• Besieged Steel Maker Seeks Speedy End to Chapter 11
• Silence From Northwest As Unions Make Offers
• Wilson Sonsini Ranked #1 In Securities Litigation Survey
• IP Boutique Fitzpatrick Cella Embraces Meritocracy
• Northwest Begs Judge To Postpone Antitrust Lawsuit
• SEC Eyes Hedge Fund Activity On Bankruptcy Panels
• Fross Zelnick Captures IP Veteran
• Calpine Appeals To Get Out Of Energy Contracts
• Sovereign Investors Blast Move By State Legislature
• General Re, AIG Execs Indicted For $500M Fraud
• Refco Creditor Devises Plan For Customer Asset Recovery
• Wisconsin Seeks Outside Help in Calpine Bankrupcy
• AIG Alleges Ex-Employees Stole Information
• Lawmakers Ponder Credit Rating Agency Regulation
• OxyContin Given New Lease On Life By Federal Circuit
• Bank of America Shifts Parmalat Suit to NYC