New York Archive » January, 2008

New York - January, 2008

266 articles

• Patent Standards And Investment In Alternative Energy
• $1B Deal On Zyprexa Still May Not End Lilly's Woes
• What To Expect From SEC Exams In 2008
• Judge Nixes Most Of Marsh Ex-COO's ERISA Claims
• Pacific Lumber Creditors File Reorganization Plan
• Nokia Mobile Technology Draws $17.8B Suit: Report
• Chinese Producer Of Abortion Pill Under Investigation
• Dana Wants Satisfied Claims Expunged
• DRAM Manufacturers Dispute N.Y. Antitrust Claims
• Coughlin Gets New Atlanta Office, IP Group
• Patent Reform Debate Heats Up
• New Jersey Courts Claim Precedence In Cleanup Suit
• Giuliani Drops Out, But Will His Law Firm Suffer?
• "Linchpin" Of Bayou Fraud Gets 20 Years
• Indirect Purchasers Suffer Major Blow In DRAM MDL
• Squire Sanders Snaps Up IP Expert Wayne Jones
• SEC Branch Chief Joins Crowell & Moring
• Criminal Prosecution Of Off-Label Drug Promotion
• IP Partner Brings Energy Experience To Bracewell
• Solutia To Pay EPA $3M To Settle Superfund Issues
• New Century To File Chapter 11 Plan By Feb. 21
• Public Securities Tech Sector Whiz Joins Cooley
• Judge Tosses Last Of The Cendant Suits
• Microsoft Loses Bid To End Antitrust Supervision
• 3rd Time Not A Charm For Failed SEC PIPEs Claims
• States To Investigate Vytorin Marketing Ploys
• Fosamax Judge Tosses Leftover Class Action Claims
• IRS Cuts Bankrupt NYRA's Claim By $1.58B
• MetLife, BlackRock Sued Over Subprime Investments
• Calpine Plant Fetches Millions More Than Anticipated
• Bausch & Lomb ReNu Tests Were Flawed: Study
• Upsher-Smith's ANDA Spurs Another Suit From Forest
• Calpine Withdraws From U.S. Supreme Court Case
• A Key Decision For SOX Practitioners
• Comverse Faces $72M Suit From Former CEO
• Allegheny, Merrill Settle Dispute For $50M
• Wal-Mart Cleared Of Sex Offender's Bias Claim
• Bankruptcy Court OKs Fraud Suit Against Lawyers
• Delphi Wins Plan Approval After Bonus Cut
• French Bank Got Red Flag On Kerviel: Report
• Stoneridge: A Step Forward For "Loss Causation"
• SafeNet CFO To Serve Time For Options Backdating
• Ex-Dow Jones Director, SEC Settle For $8M: Report
• 28 New Defendants Dragged Into Countrywide Case
• Glaxo Won't Block Generic Of Zantac Syrup
• Suddenlink Sued Over Video-On-Demand Service
• Call Center Co. Receives Approval For $30M DIP
• E&Y Objects To Document Request In Sphinx Case
• AARP, FTC File Amicus Briefs In Cipro Case
• News Corp., Judith Regan Settle $100M Suit
• Banks' Motion To Stay Calpine Confirmation Denied
• Fidelity Must Allow Vote On "Genocide-Free" Investing
• Best Buy Faces Another Suit Over Unpaid Work Time
• Solutia Taps Quinn Emanuel As Special Counsel
• Nanotechnology And The Power Of Innovation
• Former Telecom CEO Ordered To Repay $12M Loan
• Unauthorized Work Is Still Work: 2nd Circ.
• NRC Proposes $650K Fine For Entergy Alert Delays
• Ousted CEO Clawing His Way Back: U.S. Energy
• URI Hit With Class Action Over Failed Cerberus Deal
• FDA To Eye Bluefin Tuna Over Mercury Fears
• Court To Weigh If Co. Can Have Scienter If Execs Don't
• Nellson Files 150 Suits Seeking Repayment
• As FDA Review Looms, Drug Cos. Defend Vytorin Study
• New Century Examiner Wins More Time For Probe
• Refco Traders' Claims Don't Have Priority: Court
• Vendors, Law Firms Clash Over E-Discovery
• Lender Asks Court To Liquidate NovaStar Unit
• Court Allows Overstock.com Suit To Proceed
• Assent Employee Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Mass. Queries MBIA, Ambac Over Risky Bonds
• Study Links Nexavar To Hypertension Risk
• Judge Reaffirms Dismissal Of Bias Suit V. DLA Piper
• New FLSA Suit Joins Pending Case Against WaMu
• CORRECTED: SEC Investigating Sallie Mae Stock Deals
• Calpine Creditors Object To Motion For Stay
• Credit Card Plaintiffs Dealt Discovery Setback
• White & Case Welcomes Back One Of Its Own
• AGs Push EPA On Greenhouse Gas Regulation
• Ex-Monster CEO Cuts A Deal In Backdating Case
• Losses Prompt ERISA Suit Against Morgan Stanley
• Lawmakers Blast Bush For Cutting 9/11 Health Plan
• Airline Antitrust Plaintiffs Renew Push For Discovery
• McKool Smith To Open IP-Focused NYC Office
• Judge OKs Musicland Liquidation Plan
• Milberg Weiss Moves To Shed Conspiracy Charges
• Printing Co. Enters Ch. 11 With Over $1B In Debts
• Solutia Asks To Settle Claims Dispute For $220.5M
• Reed Smith Picks Up Half Anderson Kill's Work Force
• Pacific Lumber Rebuffs Plan For Ch. 11 Trustee
• N.Y. AG Widens Probe Of Study Abroad Programs
• Ranbaxy Settles With GSK Over Generic Migraine Drug
• Bayou Exec Sentenced To 51 Months For Fraud
• N.Y. DOCS Overhauls Religion Policy In Settlement
• High Court Wants Govt. Take On Price-Squeeze Case
• NYC Fast Food Chains To Serve Up Calorie Counts
• Expert IP Crew Jumps Ship To Join Crowell
• Credit Card Defendants Oppose Special Master
• Novartis, Dr. Reddy's Deal Ends Exelon MDL
• Delphi To Cut Bonuses To Win Ch. 11 Plan Approval
• U.S. Energy Wants Former CEO Punished
• Intel Faces Another Antitrust Class Action
• American Student Loan Sued Under FSLA
• Stoneridge's Effects Felt In Securities Action
• Stoneridge: Not The End Of The Road
• Google Drops Defense Lawyers In Viacom Case
• Parmalat Defendants Call On Stoneridge
• N.Y. Sues Tax Prep Cos. Over High-Interest Loans
• Cravath Still Owes Me Almost $1M: Ex-Attorney
• Goldman Sachs Analyst To Pay Back $6.7M
• N.J.'s Baby WARN Act: Less Detail, Stiffer Penalties
• Sanofi Loses Bid To Dismiss Claims Over Arava
• Delphi Confirmation Falters Over Bonus Plan Dispute
• Subprime Losses Could Top $500B: Report
• Baker & McKenzie Forms Tokyo Antitrust Group
• States Sue DOE Over Boiler Standards
• Judge Grants 30-Day Stay To Negotiating Pharma Cos.
• Comverse Sues Ex-Execs For $70M Over Backdating
• Delphi Says Ch. 11 Plan Pleases Most Creditors
• Noteholders Wary Of $228.5M Delphi Settlement
• Regulators Blame Con Ed For Steam Pipe Explosion
• Ritchie Capital Cos. Sold For $452.5M
• Tree-Hugging Creditors To Bid For Lumber Co.'s Land
• DTL Inks License With Nokia For Disputed Patent
• Solutia Creditor Swaps $30M Claims For $13M Deal
• Will "Prepacks" Lead To More Chapter 22s?
• As Special Master, She Sets Precedent
• Clifford Chance Revises Pension Plan
• How To Prepare For Employees' Subprime Crises
• N.Y. Wins $1.6M In Cleanup Costs From Polluters
• Workers Sue Morgan Stanley For Broker's Bad Advice
• Calpine Resolves Damages Claim With $16.5M
• New Chapter Unfolds In Harry Potter Copyright Case
• Defining "Coupon" Under the Class Action Fairness Act
• Sullivan & Cromwell Settles E-Discovery Dispute
• Delphi Senior Noteholders Slam Bankruptcy Exit Plan
• NYRA Gets Exclusivity Extension
• Credit Plan For Bankrupt Builder Gets Tentative Nod
• In Global Warming Cases, Suing Plants May Not Work
• Court Denies Some Claims In Interchange Fee Case
• Brown Rudnick Nabs U.K.-Based Insolvency Attorney
• Topps Liquidation Leaves Only Scraps For Creditors
• Union Settles Decades-Long Bias Suit With EEOC
• Plaintiffs Favor State Court For Class Actions: Study
• Subprime Write-Downs Hit $174B, Suits To Rise
• EU Plans To Get Tougher On Certain Biofuels
• Google Denies Violating University's Search Patent
• London's ING Re Seeks To Block U.S. Creditors
• DHL Among Freight Cos. Nabbed In Price-Fixing Suit
• MasterCard Antitrust Claims Should Stay: Judge
• MBIA Faces Class Action Over $8.1B Loss Exposure
• Lawyers Boost Dems As Presidential Election Heats Up
• Duane Reade Tries To Nix Class Action Bid
• Stock Fraud Defendant Told To Hand Over Rock Tapes
• Firms Claim Sphinx Trustee's Discovery Is "Fishing"
• Coming Soon: The EU's Employee Free Choice Act?
• Amaranth-FERC Dispute Draws CFTC's Attention
• Shareholders Claim Calpine Ch. 11 Plan Lowballs Value
• Northern Trust Takes $100M Hit From Visa Suits
• States File One More Argument In Microsoft Case
• Lawyers Fear Pink Slips After Cadwalader Layoffs
• FERC Says LNG Facility Would Have Limited Impact
• Firms Do Damage Control After Pay Boosts
• Face-Off In Antitrust Suit Over Warhol Portrait
• Law Firm Fights To Quit Insider Trading Case
• Amaranth Disputes CFTC's Manipulation Charge
• N.Y. AG Investigation Raises Stakes For Intel
• Bank Rebuffs Solutia Creditors On "Disputed" $12M
• Deutsche Bank Settles Temp's FLSA Class Action
• Court Refuses To Toss Enzo Shareholder Suit
• Shaky Economy Cited As Cadwalader Pink-Slips 35
• Boston Scientific Settles Merger Fight
• No New Trial For Brocade Exec In Backdating Case
• Delphi Hit By Avalanche Of Objections
• SBC, Enron Reach Truce In Bankruptcy Battle
• Ex-Applied IP Director Joins Nixon Peabody LLP
• Energy Co. Sues Town Over Plant Approval Dispute
• Former Vivendi Chairman Settles ERISA Suit
• Green Groups To Sue DOE Over Power Corridor Plans
• City Scores In Employer-Funded Health Care Battle
• Court: Foreign Award Can't Be Challenged In U.S.
• Judge Hints That Rather, CBS Spat May Go Forward
• Celebrex Plaintiffs Suffer Blow In Evidence Spat
• N.Y. AG Launches Antitrust Probe Of Intel
• Corporate Wellness: Is It Healthy For Employers?
• D.C. Circuit Reconfirms FERC's Remedial Discretion
• Patent Litigator Healey Joins Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
• Pacific Lumber Asks To Sell Town School To District
• Teva Drops Patent Suit Against Taro Over Heart Drug
• Long Island Sound LNG Plan Draws Fire From AG
• Navistar Hit With Class Action After $1B Restatement
• Prominent Bankruptcy Attorney Joins Sheppard Mullin
• PBGC Balks At New York Racing's Latest Plan
• Citigroup Asks Judge To Toss Enron MegaClaims Suit
• Foreign Investor Leads Class Action V. Drug Co.
• Visa Settles Suit Over No-Contact Credit Card Patent
• 6 Lawyers Migrate To Lewis Brisbois
• Payout Of $295M De Beers Settlement Nears
• Ex-Counsel Sues To Break Glass Ceiling
• Judge Endorses Holocaust Settlement Amid Concerns
• Levitz Gets Go-Ahead To Use $47M In Cash Collateral
• Nixon Peabody Trio Makes Leap To Winston & Strawn
• Judge Finds Purdue's OxyContin Patents Enforceable
• Creditor Daimler Dogs Northwest For $48M
• Steak House Burned By Harsh Sanctions, Judge Rules
• Corporate Scandals Boost Alvarez & Marsal Unit
• Texas Counties Protest Delphi Chapter 11 Plan
• NetRatings Agrees to Patent License With WhenU
• Infocrossing Asks For Separate Trials In Sandata Suit
• Morgan & Finnegan Nabs Kasowitz Benson IP Leader
• Growing "Cosmeceutical" Industry Faces Liability
• Trademark Suit Over Artemis Records Goes Forward
• King, CorePharma Settle Skelaxin Suit
• Bristol-Myers Again Rebuffs Plavix Fraud Claims
• Refco Plaintiffs, Remaining Defendants Square Off
• Equity Firm Battles Grant Thornton In Refco Fraud Suit
• Enron Paper Risks Upsetting Credit Market: Broker
• Judge Asked To OK $13.5M RenRe Fraud Settlement
• CMS Changes Will Curb Profits For Pod, Condo Labs
• Plaintiffs Vie For Lead In Citigroup ERISA Suit
• Two HomeBanc CEOs Named In New Securities Suit
• Investors Jockey For Lead Status In WaMu Suit
• U.S. Incentives, EU Employees And Conflicts Of Law
• J&J Insists Manufacturer Infringed Neosporin Mark
• Marsh Derivative Plaintiffs Battle Over Deloitte Claims
• American Home Mortgage Wins Contract Fight
• Weyerhaeuser Loses Dispute Over Asbestos Claims
• Court Sides With Law Firms In Attorney-Client Dispute
• Motorola, Metrologic Settle Lengthy Bar-Code Dispute
• Michigan Presses Delphi On Tax Issue
• Deutsche Bank To Get $34M In Calpine Bankruptcy
• Seyfarth Shaw Lures Partner From Greenberg Traurig
• Skadden Strengthens Push To Toss ERISA Suit
• Are Foreign Trademarks Protected Under NY Law?
• Law Firm Reaps $2M Fees In Bally Bankruptcy
• A Hostile Work Environment Can Include Boss' Habits
• Judge Cuts $15M Award In Cruise Ship Illness Case
• Risks, Solutions For Toy Manufacturers In China
• Diamond Pet Foods Settles Class Action For $3.1M
• Merck Scores As Judge Spurns New Fosamax Class
• Encysive, Glaxo Target Barr For Blood Clotting Generic
• Jenner & Block Welcomes Former SEC Branch Chief
• Monitor Oil, Credit Suisse Push Back Against Holders
• Ex-Goldman Trader Gets 57 Mos. For Insider Trading
• EEOC Rule On Medicare Stirs Controversy
• Bayou Investors Livid At Creditors' Fee Bid
• Venue Issue Sinks Spain's Shipping Suit
• DLA Piper Defends Delphi Dealings
• Court Tells Karaoke Co. To Sing A Different Tune
• Jenner Raises Bankruptcy Profile With New Partner
• IBM Chemicals Caused Cancer: Suit
• LG Nears Class Action Deal Over "Defective" HDTVs
• Judge Nixes Credit Suisse's Bid To Boot Fraud Charges
• Study Links Subprime Crisis To Rise In Securities Suits
• WorldCom Reaches Settlement To Avoid Appeal
• Suit Says Sanofi Held Back Info On Obesity Drug
• Bids Begin To Lead Fights Against Merrill Lynch
• Ex-Delphi Shareholders Secure $38M From Deloitte
• Pacific Lumber Gives In To Exclusivity Termination
• Judge Refuses Request For Buffett Documents
• Judge Seeks Zyprexa Litigation Cleanup
• Employee Gets $1.2M Verdict Against Staffing Agency
• Key Claim Tossed In SEC's Case Against Gryphon
• Courts, Not Congress, Shaped Patent Law In 2007
• AGs Lack Evidence To Extend Oversight: Microsoft
• FTC Cuts No Slack For Second Failure To File