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New York - October, 2007

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• After Court Order, Objections To AHM Sale Remain
• Judge Extends Oversight Of Microsoft For 3 Months
• Investors Want Control Of Failed Bear Stearns Fund
• Judge Rebuffs Parmalat Units' Appeal
• Airlines Take Issue With Lufthansa Settlement
• Amid Credit Turbulence, Delphi Makes Changes
• Solutia Wants To Clean Up Sites After Reorganization
• Merrill Faces Class Action Over Subprime Investments
• The Advantages Of Legal Funding
• Oppenheimer Settles With FINRA For $1M
• DLA Piper Moves To Toss Lawyer's Discrimination Suit
• Q&A With Squire Sanders' Stephen D. Lerner
• Ericsson Faces Shareholder Suit Over Stock Drop
• Saul Ewing Adds To Securities, Utility Practices
• FINRA Fills Industry Seats On Board Of Governors
• Court OKs ERISA, Securities Settlements For Delphi
• Publishers Seek Voice In National Geographic Case
• Q&A With Taylor Wessing's Simon Cohen
• NLRB Vindicated By Circuit Over Union Ruling
• European CFI Official Moves To Latham & Watkins
• Judge Dismisses Prempro Suit Against Wyeth
• Allen & Overy Drafts Ex-Assistant U.S. Attorney
• Mangan: A Blow To SEC Regulation Of PIPEs Market
• Panel Consolidates Sterling Class Actions
• FCC Seeks To Scrap Exclusive Cable Deals
• BofA Rebukes American Home Over Sale Disclosures
• Dana Asks Court To Approve Asbestos Settlements
• AstraZeneca Wants To Boot Seroquel "Free-Riders"
• Lerach Pleads Guilty In Kickback Scandal
• Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Armstrong Appeal
• Bear Stearns Pays $1M To Settle Enron Suit
• Quigley Blasts Objections In Row Over President's Job
• Lawmaker Needles FDA Over Avandia Vote Details
• Banks, Hedge Funds Say Delta Misled Creditors
• Judge Certifies Forest Labs Shareholder Class
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's Randy Bodner
• High Court Hears Oral Argument In Futures Case
• Sullivan & Cromwell Settles Discrimination Suit
• Former Tyco Execs Want Convictions Tossed
• "Toxic Trespass" Could Be The Next Big Toxic Tort
• Solutia Wants $15B In Claims Reclassified As Torts
• Lionel Reaches Tentative Deal With Model-Train Rival
• Trustee Balks At M. Fabrikant's Disclosure Statement
• Baker & McKenzie Partner Charged With Fraud Resigns
• Merrill CEO's Merger Chat Raises Legal Issues
• FCC's Copps Urges Review Of Dow Jones-News Deal
• Casey Vows To Keep Fighting Power Corridor
• Dana Wants To Nix $20M Trade Secrets Claim
• Cuomo Supports N.Y. Suit Over Nuclear Plant Safety
• Climate Change: Where Regulatory Regimes Fail
• State Street Faces 2nd Subprime Loss Class Action
• Plaintiff Alleges Glaxo Hid Avandia Risks
• Nobel Laureate's Fall Shows No Tolerance For Racism
• Aetna Hit With Shareholder Class Action
• Bloomberg Renews Attack Over Calorie Posting
• Quigley Plan Gets Approval For Creditor Vote
• Calpine's $400M Spat With Rosetta Gets Go-Ahead
• Former DHB Execs Indicted For Fraud, Insider Trading
• Tenn. Radiologists' Suit Revived After NicSand Ruling
• ACE Group Pays $4.5M to Settle Antitrust Allegations
• Cablevision Takes RS-DVR Suit To Second Circuit
• Berenson & Co. Fights Back In Fee Tussle
• NYRA Files Ch. 11 Reorganization Plan
• Broker Fights Cantor Fitzgerald Push For Arbitration
• Kirkland & Ellis Wants Held-Back Fees In Calpine Case
• Milbank Nabs Heller Managing Partner
• FDA Wants Another "Black Box" Warning For Avandia
• Morgan Stanley Files $10M Suit Over Bad Mortgages
• CFTC Seeks Increased Power Over Energy Markets
• IP Litigator Joins Mayer Brown's N.Y. Office
• Pfizer Seeks To Quash Report In Nigerian Drug Suit
• Judge Shoots Down Probe Of Calpine Units
• Intermec Inks Deal Over Data Capture Devices
• Plaintiff's Engineer Blames Con Ed Pipe For Explosion
• Calpine Asks To Sell $140M Solutia Claim
• Musicland Disputes Wachovia's $25M Claim
• Willis Group Settles Sex Discrimination Suit For $8.5M
• Google's Prejudice Claims In YouTube Case Shot Down
• Appeals Court Upholds Tossing Of Stone Suit
• Complex Commercial Expert Joins Goodwin Procter
• Schulte Roth Gains Securities Litigator
• Magnetic Toys Focus Of Another Recall
• JPMorgan Trader Hits Co. With $3M Inducement Suit
• Clear Channel Concertgoer Class Certified
• Judge Criticizes Pacific Lumber Plan
• Ross Cleared To Buy American Home Subsidiary
• American Home Units Sue BofA For $25M
• Firms To Slash Collins & Aikman Fees By Millions
• King & Spalding Grows Texas Restructuring Team
• Court Greenlights Dana's Disclosure Statement
• Former Arthur Andersen Auditor Settles With SEC
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Richard A. Chesley And Paul E. Harner
• DOJ, AGs Clash Over Microsoft Oversight Extension
• Sheppard Poaches Schulte Roth's IP Head
• Q&A With Jones Day's Paul Leake And Corinne Ball
• California Readies To Sue EPA This Week
• Judge Bats Down Appeal In WorldCom Case
• Pension Fund Pins Countrywide's Problems On CEO
• Orrick Catches Two Heller Ehrman Stars
• At Impasse, Labor, Mgmt. Increasingly Look To Courts
• Ex-Weil Gotshal Employee Denied New Trial
• Following Objections, Dana Corp. Tweaks Plan
• Med Tech Gets Behind Medtronic In High Court Brief
• Q&A With Pillsbury Winthrop's Mark Hellerer And Bruce Ericson
• Judge Greenlights Class Action Against PwC
• Banks Want Enron Creditors' Ruling Reconsidered
• Q&A With Thacher Proffitt's John P. Doherty, Richard F. Hans, Kenneth E. Lee, Patrick Smith And Walter G. Van Dorn, Jr.
• HSBC Undervalued Bonds: Lawsuit
• EU Seeks Comments On SkyTeam Proposal
• Judge Tosses Vendor's Price Discrimination Claims
• Dow Jones, Shareholders Reach Settlement
• Xybernaut, Ramp Execs Indicted For Securities Fraud
• Q&A With Duane Morris' Thomas Servodidio
• FERC OKs Three Banks To Buy Energy Shares
• Solutia Wins Approval To Send Plan To Creditors
• Banks Pull Objections To AHM Unit Sale: Reports
• Zyprexa Whistleblower Wants To Switch Courts
• Dana Asks For Additional $40M Backstop Agreement
• Massachusetts Regulators Probe Bear Stearns Funds
• Lincoln Electric, Hobart Lose Appeal Over Asbestos
• AstraZeneca Can Peek At Lilly Zyprexa Docs: Judge
• Calpine, Trustee Resolve Conflict-of-Interest Dispute
• Patent Lawyer Steven Rizzi Joins Thelen In N.Y.
• Latham & Watkins Attorney Disqualified In KPMG Trial
• N.Y. Law For Nursing Mothers Vague On Key Points
• Adult Sites Becoming Workplace Problem
• SEC Investigates Countrywide CEO: Report
• Appeals Court Finds For Congo Oil Co. In Loan Suit
• New Insurance Securitization Legislation In Vt.
• Pregnancy, Parenting Bias Cases Rising, Some Say
• Top Tankers Moves To Toss Shareholder Class Action
• Alston & Bird
• Plaintiffs' Firms From Zyprexa Case Seek More Fees
• State St. Sued Over Subprime Investment "Gamble"
• Calpine Trustee Wants Advisers' Fees Slashed
• House Fails To Override Veto Of SCHIP Expansion
• Sony Settles Suit Over "Defective" TVs
• Q&A With Katten Muchin's Floyd A. Mandell
• Burlington Seeks Contempt Reversal In Fendi Feud
• Ex-Dow Official Implicates JP Morgan
• DRAM Price-Fixing Claim Not Time Barred: Judge
• WorldCom Investors Denied Arbitration
• Record Cos. Attack Newsgroup Site Over Copyrights
• BoNY To Surrender Millions To Sentinel Trustee
• Lufthansa Close To Settlement In Price-Fixing Case
• Con Edison Blames NYC For Pipe Explosion
• Jackson Lewis Continues Growth With 2 New Partners
• Delphi Ready To Unload Interiors Unit
• B&H Photo Pays $4.3M To Settle Discrimination Suit
• Q&A With Latham Watkins' Margaret Zwisler
• Major Music Cos. Renew Dismissal Push
• Pacific Lumber, BoNY Square Off Over Plan
• Trust Wants Portrait Corp.'s Adviser's Fees Slashed
• Apple Threatened With Suit Alleging IPhone Toxicity
• Two New Refco Trusts Suits Seek $400M
• Epstein Becker Snags Group From Krupin O'Brien
• Concentrated Media Leaves Competition Concerns
• In Sports, Off-Court Battles Rage Over League Power
• SEC Accuses Fund Of Illegal Short Selling
• California Bans Toys Containing Softening Agent
• Bankrupt Dana Rejects Appaloosa Investment Offer
• Feds Lose Tax Evasion Evidence Bid In KPMG Suit
• Oxycontin Maker Says Patents Are Enforceable
• Solutia Files Fifth Amended Reorganization Plan
• Enron Case Provides Lesson On Distressed Claims
• Investing As A REIT In Utility Conduit Systems
• Thelen Ordered To Pay In Ex-IP Lawyer's Suit
• Duane Reade Employees Want Class Certification
• Nortel, SEC Settle Fraud Suit For $35M
• Corporate Fraud Is Not Constructed By Plaintiffs' Bar
• Gaming Co. Patent Suit Tossed For Lack Of Standing
• N.J. Law To Govern Foster Wheeler Insurance Dispute
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's James Ian Serota
• Judge Tosses Class Action Against Bausch & Lomb
• Adelphia Head Takes Sentence To High Court
• Delphi Settles Some Claims On Path To Emergence
• Details Emerge In SAC Hormone Harassment Suit
• Refco Administrators Try To Pare Down Claims
• Grasso's Pals Push To Settle Pay Package Suit
• E-Discovery Plays Greater Role In Cases: Survey
• Ex-Philip Morris IP Counsel Alleges Age Bias
• Dana Plaintiffs Object To Disclosure Statement
• Sentinel Trustee Slams Execs In $350M Fraud Suit
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's Laurence S. Rogers
• Worldcom Wins Judgment On Most Parus Claims
• Starbucks Settles Union-Busting Claims In Michigan
• Judge OKs Calpine Agreement With HSBC
• New California Law Gets Leave For Military Spouses
• Judge Grants Union's Bid To Toss USIS' Complaint
• Energy Transfer Partners Faces Class Action
• Exempt Commercial Markets And The Enron Loophole
• Appeals Court Lifts Stay In 9/11 Workers Case
• AG Subpoenas Lenders In Deceptive Marketing Probe
• EEOC Grants Vets Class Status In USPS Suit
• Calpine, Creditors Challenge Holders Over Appeal
• Apple Slammed With Suits Over iPhone Restrictions
• Plaintiffs Appeal Ruling In BP Crude Oil Futures Case
• Union, Contractors Want Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Mayer Brown Woos Two Morgan Lewis Lawyers
• Chrysler Deal May Herald New Era Of Compromise
• AdSense Feature Could Hurt YouTube Copyright Case
• Court Bounces Host Of Delphi Objections
• Sonnenschein Slams Bayou's Litigation Strategy
• Reed Smith Picks Up Private Equity Partner
• Court Sticks To Ruling In Real Estate Listing Suit
• Merck, Patients Fight Over Fosamax Discovery Tab
• Hedge Fund Advisor Agrees To Pay More Than $8M
• Naughty Nightclub Strips Workers Of Tips: Suit
• Day Pitney Beefs Up Energy Ranks
• FTC Pounds Infomercial Co. Over Weight Loss Claims
• Two Marine-Hose Defendants Seek Dismissal
• Iowa Takes On Drug Industry In New AWP Suit
• AEP Settles Acid Rain Case For Record $4.6B
• Eli Lilly Adds Warning Labels To Zyprexa
• SEC To Look At Competition In Credit Rating Industry
• Schulman Pleads Guilty To Milberg Weiss Kickbacks
• Labor Frowns On NLRB Ruling In Dana/Metaldyne
• Insurer Opposes Limits On BofA Witnesses
• Takeda Wins Bid For Stay In Actos Patent Battle
• Adelphia Asks To Appeal Ruling On Lucent Claim
• Circuit Court Tosses $42.5M Medco Settlement
• AP Sues VeriSign To Block News Reports' Distribution
• Judge Holds Off On Approving DHB Settlement
• Fraud Allegations Fly In Refco Clients' New Suits
• J&J Hits Back At Red Cross' Motion To Dismiss
• State Attorney General Class Actions Raise Concerns
• Lionel Files Amended Plan With Valuation Estimate
• Refco Trustee Files 40 Adversary Complaints
• Connecticut Takes Aim At Marsh & McLennan Unit
• Firms, NYSE Settle On $10.4M For Violations
• Q&A With McDermott Will's Steven S. Scholes
• Mayer Brown Team Takes On Subprime Issues
• Avon Wins Lead Plaintiff Role In GSK Securities Suit
• Abbott Fights Bid To Depose Ex-Pres In AWP Suit
• Visa Asks Again For Amex's "Cannibalization" Data
• Banks, Funds Appeal Enron Bankruptcy Decision
• Dana's Disclosure Statement Irks Iowa's Taxman
• Nacchio Attacks Claims In Appaloosa Suit
• Rembrandt, Bausch & Lomb To Settle Patent Dispute
• Sphinx Investors Lose Fight Over $263M Refco Deal
• Locke Lord Targets Global Clients As Merger Wraps Up
• White Collar Litigator Joins Thacher Proffitt
• Florida Jury Hands Vioxx Win To Merck
• Five Charged In Philly Cadaver Selling Scandal
• Appaloosa Tries To Salvage Dana Deal
• Kmart Shareholders Fight Sears' Dismissal Bid
• Q&A With Jones Day's Kenneth R. Adamo
• IBM Fends Off ERISA Class Action
• States Sue Over Health Coverage Limits For Children
• Sidley Austin To Pay $27.5M To End Age Bias Suit
• EMI Music Settles Antitrust Suit
• Judge Goes Easy On Attorney Couple
• Beef Recall Scandal Shutters Topps
• What Is International Employment Law?
• Calpine's Shareholders Denied Request For Stay
• BofA Asks To Limit Discovery In Parmalat MDL
• Insurer Seeks Judgment In Settlement Spat Over $4M
• Amaranth Seeks Stay Against FERC Action
• Countrywide Told To Hand Over Docs In Options Probe
• Hedge Funds Prepare For Wave Of Subprime Litigation
• Bloomberg Plaintiffs Seek $144M In Damages
• Lehman Backdating Derivative Suits Consolidated
• Avon Fights Attempts To Apply Schering-Plough Order
• Hispanic Workers Suing Port Authority Demand Files
• White & Case Lures Prominent Securities Partner
• Madison Square Garden Cries Foul Play At NHL
• Visa Hit With Suit Over No-Contact Credit Cards
• Copyright Suit Over Google Print Project Gains Steam
• Q&A With Kelley Drye's William R. Golden, Jr.
• Govt. Wins Time In Dana Superfund Feud
• Guidance For Directors Of Mutual Holding Companies
• Q&A With Andrews Kurth's Hugh Ray
• Lilly Seeks To Stay Whistleblower Suit Over Zyprexa
• Pentagon Families Cut Deal Over 9/11 Liability
• Fabrikant's Lending Banks Hit With $118M Suit
• Enron Says Citigroup Is Silencing Workers
• AIG Shareholders Won't Drop PWC, Marsh Claims
• EEOC Takes Delphi To Court Over Sick Policy
• Another Partner Rounds Out Steptoe's L.A. Practice
• Judge Trims Discrimination Case Against Law Firm
• Shareholders Fight On Against Calpine's Disclosure
• Bally Sprints Out Of Bankruptcy
• Jury Fingers Garden, Thomas For Harassment
• Glaxo Hit With Wrongful Death Suit Over Avandia
• Sullivan & Worcester Adds Two To Energy Group
• Parmalat Survives Another Motion To Dismiss
• Receiver Says Universal Express Is Broke
• High Court Will Not Hear Appeal Of Adelphia Deals
• Iovate Targets Nutrabolics Over Creatine Patents
• Parmalat Disputes Foreign Claims Against It
• Judge OKs New Complaint About Nigerian Deaths
• Q&A With Labaton Sucharow's Bernard Persky
• MTBE Plaintiffs Urge Federal Judge To Remand Cases
• Weeks Into Trial, Oil-For-Food Honcho Pleads Guilty
• Topps Announces Massive Ground Beef Recall
• High Court Rebuffs Medtronic Over Substitution
• Cendant CEO Loses Appeal, Sentenced To 12 Years
• Judge Hits WRT Energy Shareholders With Sanctions
• Pacific Lumber Files Plan, Slams Liquidation Idea