New York Archive » November, 2007

New York - November, 2007

238 articles

• Bear Stearns Broker Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• USAA Denies FLSA Allegations
• Lenox Settles In Bed, Bath & Beyond Case
• Judge Scolds Dorsey Partners, Decries Civility Decline
• Private Equity Firm Faces Class Actions Over IPO
• Supreme Court Case Pits FDA Against State Courts
• Judge Approves NYRA's Disclosure Statement
• Tips For Avoiding Trade Secret Claims When Hiring
• Weil Loses Bankruptcy Co-Head To Dewey
• Merrill Says FLSA Suit Should Be In Arbitration
• Judge Rejects Tyco Exec's Plea To Toss SEC Suit
• Military Contractor Pleads Guilty To Bid-Rigging
• HSBC Denies Overvaluing Bonds, Files Counterclaims
• Objections Pile Up To Calpine's Fourth Plan
• Solutia Chapter 11 Plan, Settlements Get Court OK
• FCC Head Backs Waivers For Tribune
• Monitor Oil's Bondholders Object To DIP Financing
• Fellow Giants Assist Microsoft In Antitrust Case
• SEC Deputy Enforcement Head Steps To Simpson
• Freelance Writers' $18M Copyright Settlement Tossed
• ALPA Scores $1.6M For Role In Northwest Ch. 11
• N.Y. Broker Fined $400K For Market Timing Violations
• Union Bargains To Ease N.Y. Times Cuts
• Judge Pushes Pause On iPhone Antitrust Case
• Court Nixes Bid To Boot Lead Avandia Plaintiff
• Objections To Dana's Reorganization Plan Pile Up
• Nellson Gets Approval To Spend Cash Collateral
• Elbex Makes Headway In TV Systems Patent Case
• States Sue EPA Over Public Data On Toxic Chemicals
• Mortgage Woes Are Bleeding Over To Law Firms
• Secretary's Case Against Fordham Revived
• Subprime Fallout
• Nearing Emergence, Calpine Gets Approval For Deals
• Solutia Puts Chocolate Bayou, Shell Spats Behind
• Indiana AG Balks At Dana's Reorganization Plan
• Wachovia Fined For Missing Conflict Disclosures
• Dana Procures $2B In Exit Financing
• FTC Approves $1.3B Supermarket Merger
• Solutia Noteholders' Pleas Fall On Deaf Ears
• Feds Want Judge To Fine Tanker Co. $9M
• Creditors Table Cure Claim Objections For Levitz
• Adelphia Estate To Pay Comcast $9M
• Talks Stall In Pfizer's Nigerian Drug Trial Case
• EPA Granted Stay In Clean Water Suit
• Class Action Filed Over Virgin's IPO
• Monitor Says Ex-Chairman's Suit Led To Ch. 11
• Fordham Professor To Oversee ReNu Fungus Cases
• Texas Bigwig Punished For Oil-For-Food Role
• Sandata, Fulbright Lawyers Vindicated
• Motorola, Cable Makers Lash Out At Rembrandt
• Debevoise Scores Fried Frank Employment Partner
• After Losing Contract Bid, Monitor Oil Files For Ch. 11
• Radiologists Seek Counsel's Dismissal
• Nanotechnology And Product Safety
• Creditors Balk At Delphi's Disclosure Statement
• Middlegate VP Cleared Of SEC's Charges
• DOJ Fights Body Armor Firm's Bid To Settle Suits
• Judge Tosses State's Suit Against Pfizer Over Rezulin
• Broker Pleads Not Guilty In TXU Insider-Trading Case
• Google, Yahoo, AOL Sued Over Search Engine Patents
• Asbestos Claimants Appeal Dana Settlement
• Northwest Objects To $20M Claim
• Land Rover Loses Bid To Put Brakes On Suit
• Circuit Affirms Motorola's $1B Award Against Uzans
• Circuit Revives Class Action Against LaSalle Bank
• Judge Denies Rigas' Bid For New Trial
• Lead Plaintiff Named In Optionable Litigation
• Ex-Bear Stearns Trader Settles Insider-Trading Claims
• Shareholders Seek To Sharpen Claims Against Apple
• SEC Corporation Finance Gains Two New Directors
• New Line Seeks Injunction Against Documentary
• Merrill's Claims To Remain In Fee Spat With Franklin
• Calpine Will Reject Some Contracts
• Pillsbury Nabs Milbank Capital Markets Partner
• NYRA Hits Back In Fight Over Competing Plan
• Foreign Insolvencies Need Not Be Recognized
• AP Age Bias Suit Tossed For Too Little Evidence
• New Estimate Says Reorganized Calpine Worth $19B
• Judge Backtracks On Order In Prairie Oil Pact Dispute
• Vitol Agrees To Pay $17.5M In Oil-For-Food Case
• Skadden Wants ERISA Suit Gutted
• Judge OKs Solutia's Exit Financing
• Winston & Strawn, Partner Settle Salary Suit
• N.Y. Court Tosses Derivative Suit Against Tyco
• Judge Greenlights Delphi's $6.8B Exit Loan
• CBS Says Rather's Claims "Far-Fetched"
• Judge Tosses Bed Bath & Beyond Derivative Suit
• Kanjorski Bill Could Curb Mortgage Market Abuses
• BoNY Opposes Budget In Pacific Lumber Case
• Refco Whittles Away At Remaining Claims
• Judge Orders Auditor To Provide Docs In Winstar Case
• Apple Wins Dismissal Of Options Backdating Suit
• $8.8M Radio Shack Settlement Becomes Effective
• Guidant Defibrillator Deal Expanded To $240M
• Calpine Wants To Pay $66.6M In Emergence Awards
• Old Deal Comes Back To Haunt Solutia
• Tyco Execs' Appeal Of Convictions Shot Down
• Nellson Cleared In Probe Over Conduct With Creditors
• Ex-Monster CEO's Backdating Suit To Go Forward
• Solutia Noteholders Call For Review Of $280M Claim
• Refco Secures Final $263M Settlement
• Employees' Religious Beliefs In Health Care Settings
• Calpine Slashes $50M From Transwestern Claim
• Fund Wants To File Competing Plan In NYRA's Case
• New Indictment Filed In KPMG Tax Shelter Case
• Court Upholds Injunction, Says Canon Likely To Prevail
• Coudert Bros. Wants Further Workforce Scaleback
• Judge Delays Former Bayou Exec's Sentencing
• Chadbourne & Parke Merger Talks Fall Apart
• Court Puts Brakes On Light Truck CAFE Standards
• First Circuit Vacates Dismissal Of Pfizer Suit
• Merrill Lynch Will Pay $3M Arbitration Award
• Judge Tosses Shareholder Suit Against Apple
• Delphi Makes Key Changes To Reorganization Plan
• Wyeth Hit With Securities Suit Over Menopause Drug
• Chevron Latest To Settle Oil-For-Food Charges
• Judith Regan Sues News Corp. For "Smear Campaign"
• Mass. Regulators File Suit Against Bear Stearns
• Q&A With Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald L. Maatman Jr.
• CFTC's Sommers Stands Up Against FERC
• Ex-Bear Stearns Trader To Cop Guilty Plea
• FCC Chair Calls For Rules Change To Save Newspapers
• JPMorgan Faces $1B Suit For "Derailing" Amaranth
• Verizon Fights ERISA Claims By 9/11 Worker
• Judge Tosses Two Defendants In Tissue Class Action
• Ex-Bloomberg Employee Joins EEOC's Pregnancy Suit
• Sanofi Slapped With Securities Suit Over Obesity Drug
• Trust Objects To Delphi Financing Agreements
• K&L Gates Does Away With Mandatory Retirement
• Merck Strikes Back In Fosamax Case
• Weiss, Firm Ask Court To Move Trial Cross-Country
• CFTC Commissioner Condemns SEC Merger
• Analyst Warns Of E-Trade Bankruptcy Risk
• Tower Settles Michigan Tax Claims
• NYRA Disclosure Is Full Of Holes: Creditors
• Solutia Noteholders Lose Fight Over Interest Claim
• Buffalo Firefighters Bias Case Inches Towards Trial
• Weil Partner Leaves To Co-Head Skadden Group
• Judge Blasts Law Firm For "Unnecessary" Work
• Amgen Faces Suit, Subpoenas Over Alleged Tying
• Calpine Agrees To Lift Of Stay For Geysers Fire Suits
• "Pay Or Play" Laws Will Lead To Layoffs: Study
• Judge Dismisses Breach Of Contract Suit Vs. MetLife
• Third Time Might Be The Charm For Bankrupt Levitz
• Calpine, Pipelines Spar Over Contract Jurisdiction
• Namibia Delays Comverse CEO's Extradition Hearing
• FCC To Issue New Rules Restricting Cable Giants
• St. Jude Defibrillator Lead Faces Scrutiny
• Famed Builder Of First U.S. Suburbs Files For Ch. 11
• Medicare Advantage Marketing Abuses
• No Room At Algonquin Table For Copyright Claimant
• Dana Claimants Object to 7,500 Proposed Settlements
• The Kozeny Saga Continues
• Entergy Spin-Off's Risks Highlight Nuclear Uncertainty
• The Americanization Of Aviation Claims
• Stunning Lawyers, Merck Plans To Settle Vioxx Cases
• Anemia Drugs May Not Be Safe At Low Levels: FDA
• Tower Auto's Bankruptcy Cost More Than $70M
• Transit Workers Union Still Can't Collect Dues
• Staph Infections In The Workplace
• Ex-VP Settles SEC's RenRe "Cookie Jar" Suit
• Calpine Closes $135M Deal With Harbinger
• EU Official Blasts U.S. Online Gambling Ban
• Ex-WestLB Employee Wins $2.54M Jury Verdict
• DOJ Backs Microsoft In Opposing Consent Decree
• Morgan Stanley Prevails In Title VII Suit
• Smart Online CEO, Brother, Brokers Indicted
• MasterCard Likely To Strike Deal In AmEx Case
• Housing Slowdown Pushes Homebuilder Into Ch. 11
• "Hot Coffee" Lawsuits Cooled By Take-Two Settlement
• Vioxx Deal To Affect Other Merck Litigation: Experts
• Cuomo Chided For Fannie, Freddie Subpoenas
• Judge OKs Fabrikant's Disclosure Over Objections
• Judge Won't Toss Brooks Backdating Class Action
• SEC Settles Short-Selling Case With Offshore Cos.
• YouTube Appeals Dismissal Of Copyright Case
• Visa Agrees To Pay $2B To Settle Antitrust Claims
• With Backstop Deal OK'd, Solutia Nears Ch. 11 Exit
• Takeda Wins Costs Dispute With Alphapharm
• Democrats Urge DOJ To Take Up Oil Royalty Case
• California Sues EPA Over Emissions Waiver
• Merrill Lynch Confirms SEC Subprime Probe
• Bausch & Lomb Plaintiffs Try To Jump Twombly Hurdle
• Panel OKs Mortgage Reform Bill, To Banks' Chagrin
• Cleantech: Another Big New Tech Wave
• Judge Dismisses $20M Claim Against Dana
• Judge Levies Fees, Sanctions In DES Lawyer Spat
• Q&A With K&L Gates' James R. Weiss
• Creditors Help Calpine Against Pension Fund Claims
• Gunning For WaMu, Cuomo Subpoenas Mac And Mae
• McDermott Will Appeal Fee Cut In St. Vincent Case
• E-Trade Faces Suit Amid Problems In Mortgage Market
• Hunton & Williams Scores A New Bankruptcy Attorney
• Judge Allows Bulk Of J&J Suit To Go Forward
• High Court Hears Arguments In FedEx Age Bias Case
• MDL Panel Strips Aredia Complaint Of Some Charges
• Court Upholds NLRB Ruling On Smithfield Union Claims
• Judge Nixes Settlement In Trump Employment Spat
• E-Communications Policies And Litigation
• Virginia Leaders Want Out Of Power Corridor
• Judge Names Lead Plaintiff In Biotech Suit
• Pennsylvania Steps Up Fight Against Power Corridors
• Citigroup Faces ERISA Suit On Subprime Write-Down
• American Home Hits Back At Motion For Stay
• Judge Tosses Claims Against E&Y In Scottish Re Suit
• New Paul Hastings Lawyer Bridges Europe And China
• Writers Guild Goes On Strike
• N.Y. AG Rebukes Attempt To Delay DRAM Settlement
• Madison Square Loses Bid For Injunction Against NHL
• Tower Judge Asked To Nix $78K In Akin Gump Fees
• Objections Pile Up Against Delphi
• SEC Staff On Executive Compensation Disclosure
• Senators Question Bush Over Oil Lease Royalties
• Mediator Named In Pacific Lumber Case
• Wal-Mart Puts Foot Down On Rising Legal Fees
• Suit Says Sojitz Discriminates Against Non-Asians
• Wackenhut Files RICO Suit Against Union
• Joint Makers Paid More Than $200M In Kickback Probe
• SEC Launches Merrill Lynch Probe: Report
• Dockworkers Union Gets RICO Mob Suit Thrown Out
• Ex-NBC Producer Who Raised Ethics Flag Loses Suit
• Iwasaki Loses Edge In Appeal Of Lamp Patent Case
• Cohen Milstein Expands With London Office, Partners
• Openwave Options Backdating Case To Move Forward
• Enron Subsidiaries' Claims Unresolved: British Bank
• High Court To Analyze Municipal Bond Issue
• Court Waits As M. Fabrikant Statement Is Revised
• Voicemail Patent Suit Proceeds Against Cablevision
• Anadarko Win Could Mean Billions In Losses For U.S.
• Chinese Solar Co. Hit With Suit Over IPO
• First American, WaMu Inflated Home Appraisals: AG
• Fosamax Judge Nixes Bid For Evidentiary Hearing
• Suit Targets Dentsu CEO's Alleged Sexual Shenanigans
• Judge Reluctantly Allows FERC's Amaranth Action
• Wave Of Subprime Litigation On The Horizon: Experts
• Harry Potter And The Infringement Lawsuit
• Solutia Secures $2B In Exit Financing
• Merrill Lynch Sues Mystery Racist E-Mailer