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New York - June, 2006

182 articles

• $506M Settlement Approved For Bawag, Refco
• Judge Deletes Most Of SCO's Claims Against IBM
• Banks Appeal Adelphia Ruling On Grid Interest
• E.C. Accuses MasterCard Of Fixing Interchange Fees
• Sphinx Sues Refco To Recover Settlement Losses
• Oneida Braces For Worst-Case Scenario
• Auto Parts Supplier Fights Ticking Clock
• Paris Court Swipes Morgan Stanley In Designer Standoff
• Northwest Wins Right To Reject Flight Attendant Contract
• Deloitte & Touche To Pay $24M To Settle Securities Suit
• Court Rejects IPO Fiduciary Duty For Law Firm
• Delta's Plan For More Time Takes Flight
• Judge Extends Deadline For Northwest Chapter 11 Plan
• Shareholders Urge Home Depot To Come Clean
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds New Partner To Bankruptcy Team
• SGI Reaches Agreement With Unsecured Creditors
• Galvex Wins Extension To File Plan
• Powerhouses Morgan Stanley and Perelman Face Off
• DOJ Defies Constitution In KPMG Case, Judge Says
• Adelphia Clears Another Hurdle In Asset Sale
• Senate Committee To Investigate Interchange Fees
• Palm To Pay Xerox $22.5M To End Lengthy Patent Suit
• Judge Orders Second Hearing On BAWAG Settlement
• Feds Oppose State Bills Over Legal-Services Market
• NFL Players Throw Suit At League, Union
• Judge Turns Over Hourglass For Dana
• Hedge Funds Under Fire At Senate Hearing
• Wall Street Swats "Fly" With Infringement Suit
• Flurry Of Class Actions Tails Airlines
• Judge Turns Deaf Ear To Refco Creditors' Protests
• Class Actions Pose Problems For Arbitration
• Court OKs Adelphia Asset Sale To One-Time Rivals
• Silicon Graphics Gets $130M In DIP Loans
• Meridian Delays Hearing On Heels Of New Pact
• Law Firm Profile: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
• Northwest Reaches Deal To Extend Use Of Planes
• Supreme Court Passes On Schering-Plough Appeal
• Plavix Settlement Updated To Appease FTC
• Adelphia Slaps Motorola With Fraud Suit
• Bankrupt PlusFunds Shells Out More Money
• High Court Declines Winnie The Pooh and Tigger Too
• High Court To Review Telecom Antitrust Class Action
• Refco's Creditors Battle Over Firm Retention
• French Lawmakers Draft Compromise iPod Law
• Court Docs Unveil More Bad News For Guidant
• Adelphia Amends Sale Plans
• Bankrupt SGI Hires Consultant To Evaluate Patents
• Parallel Play: Defining The Limits Of Inter-Agency Cooperation
• Troubled Qwest Called Back Into Court
• Giant Hedge Fund Probed By SEC: Report
• Powering Ahead, Female Antitrust Attorneys Join Forces
• Committee Tries To Stick Fork In Oneida Settlement
• Morgan Stanley To Appeal $1.58B Verdict Next Week
• FCC Ruling On Adelphia Sale Expected By Mid-July
• London Fog To Auction Off Trademark
• Yukos Chairman Tells Shareholders To Sell
• Scientific-Atlanta Settles Claims Over Adelphia Scandal
• Google Thumbnails Finger IP Issues
• Judge Allows Calpine To Quit Paying Bondholders' Fees
• Rothwell Figg Gains Expertise With Two New Attorneys
• SGI Creditors Endorse Move To California Court
• Lieff Cabraser Looting Milberg Weiss: Report
• CIBC Fends Off Insider Trading Charges
• Firms Find Appeal In Modified Contingency Fees
• Ex-Computer Associates Exec Pleads Guilty
• Varig Hits Turbulence Despite Helpful Rulings
• Hedge Fund Opposes Delphi Buyout Plan
• Nortel Proceeds With $2.47B Settlement
• Short Seller Gets Eleven Years
• Comair Seeks To Scrap Contract With Flight Attendants
• Darby & Darby Opens German Office
• Carter Ledyard Snags Senior Davies Ward Partner
• Northwest Paid $1M In Early Bankruptcy Fees
• BofA Sued Over Alleged Mutual-Fund Mishaps
• Delta On The Brink Of Terminating Pilot Pensions
• Fed Up With Low Wages, Nurses Target Hospitals
• Judge Approves Varig Sale
• Northwest Asks For Six-Month Extension Of Ch. 11 Plan
• Attorneys Leave Embattled Milberg Weiss
• Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal In "Tying" Brawl
• AIG Smacked With Suit Over $1.6B Settlement
• Airbus Poised To Request State Aid
• Delphi Wins More Time For Reorganization Plan
• Trademarked Funds Can Trade Without License
• Investor Challenges Sphinx, Refco Settlement
• U.K. Plans To Keep Spotlight On MasterCard Fees
• Home Depot Investigates Its Options Granting Practices
• Paulson Subpoenaed In Pay Package Lawsuit
• Chinese Drug Makers Appeal Pfizer's Viagra Win
• Index Funds Can Trade Without License, Court Rules
• Creditors Support Delphi's Bid To Void GM Contracts
• Senate Panel Probes More Fannie Misdeeds
• SEC Launches Three More Backdating Probes
• Silicon Graphics Files Ch. 11 Plan
• Arguments Begin In NYSE Fraud Case
• Delta Looks To Hire Ernst & Young
• Federal Circuit Upholds Fujitsu Ruling
• Reed Smith Merger To Bolster Securities Group
• Adelphia Fights Creditors For Control of Assets
• Patent Appeal Would Disrupt Bankruptcy, Delphi Says
• Former Fannie CEO Snubs Senate Panel
• Refco Unit Must Hand Over $124M To Russian Bank
• With Two New Suits, VoIP Wars Heat Up
• Dana Fights Ticking Clock
• Malpractice Cases Based On A Missed Patent Filing
• Teacher's Union Settles With Spitzer
• D-Link Bid To Move Trial Denied Again
• Fallen Adelphia Execs Bid To Toss Fraud Convictions
• Epstein Becker Nets Veteran IP Litigator
• Firm Profile: Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
• Rumors Fly In Sale Of Struggling Airline
• Court Approves Northwest Pilots' Pay Cuts
• Microsoft, Intel Riffs Shape Article 82 Debate
• Ex-SEC Chair: Backdating Probes A "Swirling Crisis"
• Ex-Partners: Milberg Weiss Owes Us Millions
• Heirs Win "Grapes" And Other Fruits Of Steinbeck's Labor
• Northwest's Bankruptcy Case Taking Flight
• Martini Feted As Restructuring Woman Of The Year
• Suit Vs. Merrill Lynch Over Revenue Sharing Dismissed
• Air Canada Tapped By E.C., DOJ In Air Cargo Probe
• Regulators To Revise Anti-Money Laundering Rules
• Calpine Wants To Stop Footing The Bill For Bondholders
• Brazilian Airline's Sale Up In The Air
• Barr Settles With Sandoz For $22.5M Over Blood Thinner
• Ex-Pimco Manager Settles Fraud Charges
• Calpine Creditors Seek Canadian Counsel
• Werner Slips Into Chapter 11 With $99M DIP
• Seven More Companies Queried In Backdating Probe
• Aphton To Auction Off Assets
• Fund Manager Settles Market-Timing Probe For $40M
• Firm Profile: King & Spalding LLP
• Alternative Dispute Resolution For Copyright And Trademark Matters
• Sphinx Wants Refco Transfer Mystery Revealed
• NYSE Probes Possible Vonage Short-Selling
• Bank of America Punches Back At Parmalat
• State Accuses ING Units Of Hiding Information
• Two More Sphinx Funds Approved For Liquidation
• Delphi, Union Sign Pact With GM Support
• SEC Rule Will Target Illegal Backdating: Cox
• Dana Settles With Supplier
• Appeals Court Revives Suit Between Xerox And Palm
• PBGC Won't Back Down From Delta Fight
• Offshore Sphinx Fund Seeks Ch. 15 Protection
• Judge Approves $263M Refco Settlement
• Alleged Backdating At Maxim Prompts SEC Probe
• Varig Employees Bid For Failed Airline
• Xilinx Sued Over Alleged Options Backdating
• Cablevision Fights Back With RS-DVR Counterclaim
• Northwest Threatens to Void Pensions
• D.C. Snapshot: O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• Another Round In GM, Delphi Contract Fight
• Fish & Richardson Expands IP Group With New Hires
• CalPERS Appeals NYSE's Removal From Suit
• Gabelli Reaches Settlement With DOJ Over Fraud Suit
• Judge Approves $41.4M Payday In Delta Case
• Adelphia Amends Plan To Include Asset Sale
• Lerach Coughlin Lures Former Asst. U.S. Attorney
• Federal Circuit Tosses Suit Against Dow Chemical
• Flight Attendants Toss Contracts Back In Northwest's Face
• Judge Blocks Lawsuit Against Adelphia Buyers
• OAO Yukos Bids To Retain Control Of $20B Business
• Parmalat Criminal Case Moves Forward
• Clear Channel Antitrust Suit Targets Concert Tickets
• Mirant Attorneys Must Defend $365M In Fees
• Pfizer's Viagra Patent Should Stand Firm: China Court
• Cleary Gottlieb Lures Former SEC Finance Director
• In Refco Fallout, BAWAG Settles For $675M
• Meridian Asks Court For Fourth Extension Of Plan
• Court Blocks Infineon From Dismissing Shareholder Suit
• Skype, eBay Hit With Suit Over VoIP Patent
• Bawag To Settle With Feds Over Refco Fallout
• Amended Complaint Filed In Parmalat Class Action
• Ex-Tyco CEO Demands Insurer Foot $17.8M Legal Bill
• Defense Contractor Countersues Lockheed Martin
• Parmalat Milks Court For More Time
• Adelphia Gets Extension On Creditor Vote
• D.C. Snapshot: Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
• Gabelli, DOJ In Talks To Settle Fraud Allegations
• Enron Reaches Rapprochement With Law Firm
• Milberg Weiss Feels Repurcussions From Indictment
• SGI Wins Approval To Limit Equity Trades
• Trademark Decision Raises Red Flag For Businesses