New York Archive » February, 2007

New York - February, 2007

242 articles

• Lenox Settles Bed, Bath & Beyond Antitrust Suit
• Northwest Proposes Changes To DIP Financing
• McKee Nelson Snares Six King & Spalding Partners
• Judge Removes Plaintiff In NYSE Specialists Suit
• Judge Approves Long-Awaited Holocaust Settlement
• Morgan Lewis Snatches Patent Veterans
• N.Y. Weighs In With High Court On IPO Class Action
• SEC Sues McGuireWoods Lawyer
• US Airways Secures $1.6B Debt Refinance Deal
• Jones Day Snags Two IP Partners
• Delphi Reaches Settlement Over Patent Deal
• Crowell & Moring Adds Nine Attorneys To N.Y. Office
• Machinists Take To Courts In US Air Row
• Judge Endorses Delta's $70M Payout To DOL
• Morrison & Foerster
• Crowell & Moring Adds Navy Experience To IP Ship
• AG Wants Documents From Marsh & McLennan
• Former Citigroup Execs Escape SEC's Grasp
• Patent Infringement Actions Declining: Study
• EchoStar, DirecTV Settle Internet Search Dispute
• Expert IP Litigator Joins Buchanan Ingersoll
• Union Sues Northwest Over Unapproved Bonuses
• SEC: Company Hacked News Releases For Profit
• Bayoil Founder Loses Bid To Drop Iraqi Kickback Case
• Investors Who Sold Can Be Targeted By Bayou: Ruling
• Baker Hostetler Steps Up West Coast Presence
• SEC Probes Citigroup Purchase Of Associates
• Pfizer Loses Bid To Dismiss Adversary Proceeding
• Attorneys Spared Costs In Cardizem Case
• Delta Renegotiates Lease Deal At Cincinnati Airport
• Brazil Raids AMR Offices In Air Cargo Probe
• Interstate Seeks To Bump Board's Salary
• Co. Illegally Distributed Shares: Judge
• Overstock Director Resigns
• Extension Allows Lionel To Keep Chugging Along
• Travelers, Citigroup Logo Deal Gets Antitrust OK
• Morgan Lewis Snags Proskauer Partner
• Delphi Sues Insurer For Legal Costs
• Execs Plead Guilty To Rigging Bids On Navy Contracts
• Qualcomm, Nokia, Others Cleared In Antitrust Suit
• Judge Certifies Class In Exxon Contamination Case
• Morgan Stanley Exec Compensation Suit Put On Hold
• Exec Pleads Guilty In Bid-Rigging Case
• Adelphia Still Wrangling With Disney Over $210M Bill
• Court Says No To Treble Damages In Class Actions
• Banks Doing Business In Illinois Beware!
• Appeals Court Tosses Suit Against Goldman
• Creditors Fare Better In Large Bankruptcies: Study
• Stroock & Stroock Gleans Partner From Jones Day
• Merck Donated To Vaccine-Friendly Governor: Report
• Northwest Creditors Oppose Shareholder Committee
• Trial Starts In Verizon's VoIP Suit Against Vonage
• Akerman Senterfitt
• RenRe Settles Shareholder Class Action For $13.5M
• Former Morgan Stanley Employee's Case Stays Alive
• Swiss Reinsurance Settles With KeyCorp For $279M
• Merck Backs Away From Gardasil Lobbying
• Judge Throws Out NYSE Trader's Fraud Conviction
• Catheter Maker Seeks To Overturn Jury Verdict
• Werner Creditors Abandon Fight For Now
• Court Limits Public Workers' Union Rights
• Reliant Shareholder Withdraws Proxy Proposal
• Northwest Offers Unions Preferred Stock
• Latham & Watkins
• K&L Gates
• Jury Rules For EarthLink In Patent Suit
• Bankrupt Book Co. Will Pay Independent Publishers
• Indiana Teachers Sue Metlife Over Options
• Judge Finalizes Settlement In Parmalat Case
• Bar Association To Study Retirement Policies At Firms
• Mintz Levin
• Power Co. Settles CFTC Action For $2M
• Judge Seeks Limits On Future Parmalat Damage
• Disney Comes Up Empty-Handed In "Pooh" Battle
• Court OK's New Interstate Bakeries CEO
• Creditors Object To Sale Of Air America Radio
• LVMH Settles Face-Off With Financial Giant
• Second Circuit Revives Charbucks Controversy
• Testimony Wraps Up In Plavix Trial
• 10 Under 40: Simpson Thacher's Jonathan Youngwood
• SEC Fines Former Take Two CEO $6M
• Judge Greenlights Claims In ABFS Bankruptcy
• MBIA Saved By Statute Of Limitations
• Court Refuses To Dismiss AmEx Appeal
• Solutia Creditors Seek To Force Mediation
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
• Bear Stearns To Pay Failed Hedge Fund $160M
• Google Aided Piracy With Ad Deals, Studios Say
• Court Speaks On Spring-Loading, Backdating
• Adelphia's Long Stay In Ch. 11 Draws To A Close
• Rancor Builds Between Dana, Retirees
• Injunction Issued Over Zyprexa Leak
• Littler Ranked #1 In Hours, Wages Litigation
• Skadden Ranked #1 In Bankruptcy Litigation
• Loeb & Loeb Ranked #1 In Copyright Litigation
• Wilson Sonsini Ranked #1 In Securities Defense
• Williams Bailey Ranked #1 In Product Liability Litigation
• Cohen Milstein Tops Antitrust Plaintiffs Ranking
• Antitrust Litigation Trends: Technology
• Employment Litigation Trends: Financial Services
• Judge Quashes Northwest Shareholders' Subpoenas
• IP Litigation Trends: Technology
• Securities Litigation Trends: Financial Services
• IP Litigation Trends: Energy
• Reed Smith Ranked #1 In Product Liability Defense
• Product Liability Litigation Trends: Energy
• America's Most Litigious Energy Companies
• Securities Litigation Trends: Energy
• Securities Litigation Trends: Technology
• Employment Litigation Trends: Health Care
• Ogletree Ranked #1 In Discrimination Suits
• Mayer Brown Ranked #1 In Antitrust Defense
• Nixon Peabody Opens Doors In Silicon Valley
• Antitrust Litigation Trends: Financial Services
• IP Litigation Trends: Health Care
• Lerach Tops Plaintiffs List For Second Year
• Securities Litigation Trends: Health Care
• America's Most Litigious Health Care Companies
• Greenberg Traurig Ranked #1 In Trademark Suits
• Antitrust Litigation Trends: Energy
• Employment Litigation Trends: Technology
• Judge Postpones Hearing On Granite's Ch. 11 Plan
• Littler Ranked #1 In Employment Litigation
• Wall Street's Most Litigious Companies
• Fish & Richardson Ranked #1 In Patent Litigation
• Product Liability Litigation Trends: Health Care
• America's Most Litigious Technology Companies
• IP Boutiques Lose More Ground In Patent Suits
• Employment Litigation Trends: Energy
• IP Litigation Trends: Financial Services
• Antitrust Litigation Trends: Health Care
• Delta, Blackstone Group Try To Quash Subpoenas
• St. Paul Travelers To Reacquire Citigroup's Umbrella
• Comair, Pilots Call Temporary Truce
• Cadwalader Adds Lawyer To Patent Practice
• Lionel Tries To Stay On Track With Extension Bid
• Fee Auditor Opposes Certain Sidley Charges
• Bondholders Blast Adelphia's IPO Plans
• Union Wants Northwest Pay Cuts Overturned
• 10 Under 40: Mayer Brown's Claudius Sokenu
• Investment Firms Fined For Entertainment Payments
• Sealed Documents Challenged In Zyprexa Case
• McDermott Will & Emery
• Northwest Wants Court To Penalize Equity Holders
• Kirkland Presents Tower With $1.3M Bill
• Court OK's Adelphia's Chapter 11 Plan
• 10 Under 40: Fried Frank's Michael Levitt
• Dana Unions Take Issue With Sale
• St. Vincent Files Reorganization Plan
• Nuclear Plant Workers Sue Employer, Union
• Akin Gump Bills Tower Almost $6M
• Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud
• Morrison & Foerster Snags Bankruptcy Attorneys
• Nixon Peabody
• Scientists Urge Senate Action On Global Warming
• Decades After NYC Spill, N.Y. Sues ExxonMobil
• Examiner Appointed In Coudert Bros. Case
• Fight For Winnie The Pooh Continues
• LCD Maker Hit With Shareholder Class Action
• WilmerHale
• Deferred Compensation Awards Clarified
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
• Suit Accuses NYRA Of Withholding Winnings
• Family Charged In $3.7M Insider-Trading Scheme
• Northwest Shareholders Subpoena Financial Info
• CFTC Socks N.Y. Hedge Fund Manager With Suit
• Regulators Target Hedge Fund For Web Site
• Appellate Court Reverses $10M Credit Swap Decision
• Matrix Latest Target In Teva's Zoloft Battle
• AOL, EarthLink Win Bid To Block Testimony
• FERC, CFTC Probed On Oversight Of Gas Trading
• Bill To Ease Union Organizing Reintroduced
• El Paso To Pay $7.7M To Settle Oil-For-Food Charges
• Unilever Patent Lawyer Joins Morgan Lewis
• IBM Hit With Overtime Suit
• UnitedHealth Hit With Sweeping RICO Suit
• Judge Chides Parmalat Over Recovery Suits
• Baker & Hostetler
• Salary Survey: More Firms Push Into Top Tier
• Court Prohibits Comair Pilots Strike
• Overstock.com Sues Over Patents
• Court OK's Delta's Disclosure Statement
• Judge Grants Werner More Time To Solve Fee Spat
• Delta Resolves Objections To Disclosure Statement
• Pfizer Appeals Viagra Ruling In China
• McDermott Adds Star Ph.D. To IP Group
• Collapsed Hedge Fund Asks Court For Extra Time
• Pillsbury Winthrop
• Acciona Hit With Injunction In Endesa Dispute
• RenaissanceRe Settles SEC Claims Over Bogus Deal
• Adelphia Bondholders' Appeal Keeps Plan On Hold
• Specialist Boss Fined Over Improper Trading
• Sanofi-Aventis Sues Synthon Over Generic Ambien
• Abbott Labs Files Patent Suit Against ImClone
• SEC Launches Insider-Trading Probe Of Wall Street
• Salary Survey: Competition Heats Up Across U.S.
• Boston Globe Sues Printing Co. Over Customer Data
• 10 Under 40: Weil Gotshal's John Neuwirth
• Home Depot Settles Proxy Fight With Relational
• Sullivan & Cromwell Sues Fired Gay Associate
• Ex-CIBC Broker Alleges Wrongful Termination
• Pfizer's Viagra Case Withers In China
• Senate Report Alleges SEC Botched Probe
• Northwest Attendants Ask Court To Rethink Pay Cuts
• Yukos Founder Faces New Charges
• Chunghwa, LG, Samsung Sued Over LCD Patents
• Loeb & Loeb Hauls In Patent Litigation Group
• Oil Shipping Co. Hit With Class Actions
• Thelen Reid Leader Joins Winston & Strawn
• Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
• U.S. Energy Biogas Deal Wins Approval
• Trustee Asks For Examiner In Granite Case
• G&E Lands Well-Known Securities Litigator
• Calpine Shareholders Question Miller Buckfire Hiring
• Baker & McKenzie
• 10 Under 40: Skadden Arps' Scott Musoff
• Delta Creditors Approve Exit Financing
• Wilson Sonsini Lures FTC Merger Official
• Building Materials Firms Locked In Antitrust Spat
• UAW Takes Defiant Stand In Delphi Talks
• Overstock Ties Brokers Into Conspiracy Claim
• Morgan Stanley Consultant Pleads Guilty To Theft
• 10 Under 40: Thompson Hine's April Boise
• N.Y. Rep. Calls For SEC/CFTC Collaboration
• MetLife Faces Potential Class Action Suit
• Tower Auto To Use Normal Claim Process With Delphi
• Lubrizol Crude Oil Refund Upheld
• Dorsey & Whitney
• CBOE Looks To Thwart Rival's Infringement Claims
• Intel Joins Dell In Expanded Shareholder Suit
• Adelphia Seeks Answers In Lucent's $44M Claim
• Judge OKs $1.3M DIP Loan For Air America
• Morgan Lewis Hires Bankruptcy Chief From Rival
• Tribeca Film Festivals Duke It Out Over Name
• St. Vincent Gets Exclusivity Extension
• Jenner & Block
• Law Firm Settles Second Harassment Case
• Shareholders Withdraw Suit Against Midwest Air
• Exchange Regulator Calls For Public Directors
• Deloitte Absolved By Appeals Court Ruling
• Delphi Union Aims For Deal By End Of Month
• Ex-CIBC Brokers Accused Of Market-Timing