New York Archive » September, 2007

New York - September, 2007

241 articles

• Bridgestone Unit Wants Out Of Marine Hose Suit
• Q&A With Miles & Stockbridge's Kathleen Pontone
• Smart Online Settles SEC Action
• Calpine Files Fourth Amended Plan, Statement
• Hydro-Quebec Targeted In Market Manipulation Probe
• Federal Circuit Grants Stay To Thomson
• Asbestos Victims Want Quigley President Out
• Foreign Plaintiffs Tossed From Rhodia Securities Case
• Creditors' Plan Divvies Up Fabrikant's Spoils
• Katten Launches New York Bankruptcy Practice
• Student Loan Bill Cuts Subsidies To Lenders
• Congress, Courts Wrestle With Contractor Definition
• Verizon Workers Parry Objections To A Quick Appeal
• Creditors Get Behind Solutia Plan
• Judge Tosses Complaints In GPU Price-Fixing Case
• House Dem Sides With CFTC Over FERC
• Congress Mulls Overtime For Home Workers
• Bombay Company On Fast Track To Sell Assets
• Orthopedic Cos. Pay $311M To End Kickback Probe
• Judge Allows Comverse CEO's Defenses To Survive
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Faces Collective Action
• Airlines Tangle With Plaintiffs Over Briefing Schedule
• Judge OKs $200M Delphi-GM Warranty Claims Deal
• Title VII Suit "Without Merit": Bloomberg LP
• Mattel Wants Stay As Ruling On Consolidation Nears
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Is Christened
• Dietary Supplement Maker's Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Solutia, Calpine Seal $140M Deal
• EEOC Sues Adelphi U. For Gender Discrimination
• No Pot Of Honey For Slesinger In Pooh Battle
• More Defendants Added To Vitamin C Suit
• No Federal Jurisdiction For Zyprexa Suit: Montana
• SEC Probes Credit Agencies Over Subprime Loans
• Antitrust Claims V. Wal-Mart, Circuit City Dismissed
• Judge Limits Discovery In TFT-LCD Case
• Bankrupt Bear Stearns Funds Win Stay
• Banks Protest Adelphia Bid To Strike Part Of Appeal
• Calpine's Disclosure Statement Gets The Go-Ahead
• Take-Two Wants Dismissal Of Plaintiffs' Take Two
• MasterCard Loses Bid To Disqualify Plaintiffs' Attorney
• Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Rezulin Case
• Fairfax Financial Plaintiffs Argue Against Dismissal
• AMO Wins Summary Judgment In LASIK Patent Case
• SEC Charges 14th Trader In Stock-Loan Kickback Scam
• Tavern On The Green Hit With Race, Sex Suit
• HSBC, Bank Of NY Seek Trustee For Calpine Units
• AAI Questions FERC On Electricity Merger Review
• Guidant Fights Health-Care Providers' Appeal Attempt
• Insurance Broker Willis Sues Lawyer Over Liability
• Enron Barred From Accessing $136M In CalPX Case
• Rep. Accuses Bush of Thwarting Calif. EPA Waiver
• Judge Turns Down Bid For Appeal In Enron Ruling
• Lawyers Accused Of Impropriety In KPMG Case
• Q&A with O'Melveny Myers' Michael J. Sage
• Unite Tries To Shake Organizer's FLSA Suit
• Parmalat Units Take Claims To Appeals Court
• Objectors Make Last Stand Against DHB Settlement
• Scholastic Hit With Proposed Shareholder Class Action
• Bisys Shareholder Appeals Fee Award
• Q&A With Willkie Farr's Marc Abrams
• Senators Back FERC In Turf War Over Amaranth
• Phillip Morris Urges Court To Toss Smoker's Case
• Cadwalader Forms New IP Group
• Equity Holders Try To Thwart Calpine Hearing
• Verizon Balks At Judgment In Employee Class Action
• FDA Defends Delays Over Vioxx Documents
• AIG Broker Kickback Suit Gets The Boot
• Rembrandt Denied Stay In Digital TV Patent Suit
• AG Fights To Nix Reconsideration Bid In DRAM Suit
• Milberg Weiss Partner Cops To Plea
• Papers Sealed In Cigna Case Over Eating Disorders
• Melvyn Weiss Indicted Over Kickback Scam
• SEC Charges 28 In Wall Street Kickback Scheme
• Biotech Expert Becomes Dechert IP Partner
• Energy Firms On High Alert In Wake Of Subpoenas
• Defining "Protected Activity" Under SOX
• U.S. Trustee Objects To Fees In NYRA Case
• Good Riddance To Con Ed Discrimination Suit: Judge
• Upset Grows Over Calpine Disclosure Statement
• Epstein Becker
• UAW Objects To $37.6M Bonus For Delphi Execs
• CBS Hit With $70M Suit From Dan Rather
• Workers Say Metlife Forced Them To Pay Expenses
• Analysts Say Overstock Suit Threatens Free Speech
• Judge Schedules Hearing On Dana Cleanup Costs
• Swiss Re Pays Up To Silence Short Sales Suit
• Judge Tosses Snapple Price Discrimination Suit
• Q&A With Nixon Peabody's Victor Milione
• Mary Higgins Clark Finds Herself At Center Of Drama
• Calpine Plan Calls For Amended Valuation Analysis
• Dole Recalls Poisoned Lettuce
• CFTC, Congress Seek Answer To "Enron Loophole"
• SEC Rebuts Collins & Aikman Execs' Dismissal Bid
• USIS Urges Court To Let Antitrust Spat Proceed
• N.Y. Law Gives Employees Breaks For Breastfeeding
• Gilat To Pay $20M To Settle Securities Class Action
• Former Investment Adviser Sentenced To 87 Months
• Tower Auto Plaintiffs Seek Class Certification
• Court Revives Claims Against NYSE In Trading Scandal
• Ecuador Claims Chevron Can't Pursue Claims
• California Passes Cloned Food Labeling Bill
• DOJ Deal Doesn't Impact Civil Case: British Airways
• Lerach Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy In Kickbacks Case
• Storm Brews Over Bid To Curb Convict Hire Bias
• Paul Weiss
• Calpine Disclosure Triggers More Objections
• Judge Stays AIG Derivative Suit
• Funds Sue Wachovia Over Le-Nature's Debacle
• Greenberg's Bankruptcy Practice Gets New Lawyer
• California Car Pollution Suit A Political Issue: Judge
• United Settles More 9/11 Passenger Cases
• Growing Pains For Chapter 15
• Q&A With Choate Hall's Robert M. Buchanan
• Rite Aid Prevails In Insider Trading Suit
• N.Y. Subpoenas Energy Cos. Over CO2 Disclosures
• Brokerage, Futures Merchant Settle CFTC Fraud Case
• Judge Nixes Glaxo's Bid To Strike Paxil Testimony
• Judge Greenlights Antitrust Claim Against Xerox
• J&J Asks Court To Resurrect Claim Against Abbott
• Judge Revives Claims In Converium Suit
• U.S. Attorney Fights Dana Over Superfund Claims
• Merck Balks At Class Bid In Fosamax Case
• DOE Names Head For Native American Energy Office
• Warhol Organization Denies Conspiracy Claims
• Mayer Brown Asks Court To Toss T.H. Lee Suit
• Lerach To Plead Guilty, Could Face Jailtime: Report
• Judge Nixes Fund Payout To WorldCom Board Member
• Judge Puts Squawk Box Trial On Hold
• New York Hits Merck With Another Vioxx Suit
• Judge Dismisses Number Of Metabolife Suits
• Apotex Bid To Overturn Prilosec Decision Denied
• Judge Says Bally's Chapter 11 Plan Is Fit
• Banks Object To Calpine Consolidation Plan
• Sandata Assails 'Preposterous' Bid For Sanctions
• Digital Music Plaintiffs Oppose Dismissal
• Musicland Seeks To Recover Prepetition Transfers
• Foley Hoag
• Comverse CEO Fires Back At Shareholders
• Refco Wins Dismissal, But Not Safe Yet
• Chamber Seeks Tougher Naked Short-Selling Rules
• Judge Upholds BofA Victory In Patent Suit
• Brooklyn Oil Spill Bigger Than Imagined, EPA Finds
• Smart Online Bribed Investors, Brokers: SEC
• Portrait Corp. Trustee Objects To Law Firm Fees
• Judge Mulls Summary Judgment For Comverse CEO
• Before Settling, Guidant Plaintiffs Consider Appeal
• Holders Slam Calpine For Ending Rights Offering Talks
• N.Y. Judges' Pay Plateau Unconstitutional: Suit
• Intel, AMD War Narrows To One Term--"Rebates"
• Westar, Terax Exec Accused Of Widespread Fraud
• Former UBS Exec Files Age Discrimination Suit
• Judge Orders Honeywell To Give Up Documents
• Chadbourne & Parke
• "Enron" May Protect Transferees Of Tainted Claims
• Big Pharmas Cite Elevator Ruling To Boost Case
• Guilty Pleas Should Speed Air Cargo Case: Plaintiffs
• New Indictment Planned In Ernst & Young Tax Case
• Debevoise Plimpton Battles Age Bias Suit
• Delphi Asks For Green Light On Bonus Plan
• JetBlue Fired Worker To Ground Union Activity: Suit
• Court Orders Bond Trader To Cough Up $8.21M
• SEC Ensnares More Ex-Nortel Execs In Fraud Suit
• 9/11 Clean-Up Workers Sue For Overtime
• No Jurisdiction, No Standing, No Service: De Beers
• Two New Articles Add More Fuel To Avandia Fire
• Judge Shoots Down Cadwalader's NWA Bonus Request
• Lufthansa Asks Court To Speed Settlement Approval
• Steptoe Nabs New Securities Partner In Calif.
• Enron Lenders To Appeal Debt Classification
• Drinker Biddle Nabs 12 Lawyers From Miller Alfano
• Bear Stearns Fights Ruling On Bankrupt Hedge Funds
• Judge Removes Claims In Appaloosa's Adelphia Suit
• Ex-AIG Head To Collaborate In SEC Reinsurance Probe
• Ex-Comverse CEO Loses Fight To Protect Assets
• Appeals Court Revives $1.2B IPO Antitrust Case
• Calpine Settles With Pipelines
• Investor Blames Bank Of New York For Sentinel Mess
• States Want Extended Antitrust Oversight Of Microsoft
• NYC Law On Menu Labeling Struck Down
• China Sunergy Hit With Class Action Over IPO
• New York AG Hits Back At NYRI
• Xethanol Loses Bid To Toss Securities Action
• DOJ Wants Time In Dana Superfund Liability Dispute
• Committee Recommends Tossing Take-Two Claims
• Ex-Trader Pleads Guilty In KPMG Tax Shelter Case
• Pacific Lumber's Exclusivity Rights Challenged
• Judge Says Counsel Can Be Deposed in Tyco Case
• Carecore Blasts Plaintiffs' Lack Of Documents
• Biofuels: Challenges To Calif.'s Transportation Network
• IP Veteran Joins Edwards Angell
• Sanofi-Aventis Pays $190M To Settle Drug Price Case
• Summary Judgments Issued In Cendant-CSI Case
• Glaxo Investors Vie For Lead Plaintiff Role
• Judge Deems Patriot Act Clause Unconstitutional
• Jackson Lewis Opens Seventh New Office This Year
• Adelphia Seeks To Halt Deloitte Suit
• Eli Lilly Settles With Doctor Over Zyprexa Leaks
• Calyon, Mizuho Dispute Evidence In Trade Secrets Suit
• Citigroup May Oppose Hedge Fund's Ch. 15 Petition
• Ex-DLA Piper Lawyer Warned In Discrimination Suit
• Barnes & Noble Settles Backdating Suits
• Tanker Co. Convicted Of Illegally Dumping Waste Oil
• Delphi Files Long-Awaited Ch. 11 Plan
• UnitedHealth Unit Pays $20M To Settle With 37 States
• Skadden Arps
• Plaintiffs Reject Citigroup's ERISA Compliance Plan
• DOJ Refutes LCD Plaintiffs' Objection To Stay
• Morgan Stanley VP Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Judge Refuses To Rethink Parmalat Units' Cases
• Crowell & Moring
• U.S. Won't Rubber Stamp Hedge Funds Under Ch. 15
• Glaxo Seeks To Bar Testimony In Paxil Case
• Refco Execs Demand Insurer Cover Their Legal Bills
• 20 Class Actions Score $125M From Lynch
• Obviousness Claim Disputed In Lens Patent Spat
• Gender Bias Suit With N.Y. Philharmonic Settled
• SEC Asks Court To Press For Foreign Witnesses
• BrokersNYC Digs In Heels To Keep Suit's Last Claim
• Mattel Issues Another Recall Of Products From China
• Steptoe Adds White Collar Defense Team
• Wal-Mart Tries To Keep Documents Off-Limits
• Employment Team Reunites To Launch D.C. Practice
• Greenberg Traurig Lures GlaxoSmithKline VP
• Switching Cholesterol Drugs May Be Fatal: Study
• Saks Settles SEC Suit Over Accounting Practices
• Judge Tunes Out Iridium Creditor Claims
• Advisor Balks At Subclass In Bayou Class Action
• Merrill Lynch, Allegheny Energy Ruling Reversed
• Grant Thornton Dropped From Tax Shelter Case
• Virgin Mobile Dealt Setback In Phone Patent Suit
• Dana Files Plan, Sees Bankruptcy Exit By Year's End
• IBM Overtime Claims Belong With Comptroller: Court
• Judge Kicks Multiple Claims In DRAM Antitrust Case
• Bausch & Lomb Settles Suits Over Proposed Merger
• SEC Targets Universal Express For Injunction Violation
• Radiologists Say Actions Were Not Anti-Competitive
• Gender Identity And Expression: The Next Frontier
• Reed Smith
• Appeals Court Throws Out Suit Against Elevator Cos.
• Ameriprise Shorts Financial Advisors On Pay: Suit
• Saudi Binladin Group Denies Connection To 9/11