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New York - July, 2008

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• UBS To Pay $4.4M To Settle ARS Fraud Claims
• N.Y. Group Drops $950M Bid On Tropicana Atlantic City
• Ex-CEO's Trading Firm Lost $290M, SemGroup Says
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Monster Settles Massive Backdating Suit For $47.5M
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker MIA
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Arbitration In Nokia-InterDigital Case
• 2nd Circ. Cuts NYSE Traders Loose
• Sex Discrimination Case Against IP Firm Goes On
• Steve & Barry's Stays In Business For Now
• Five States To Sue EPA Over Ship, Other Emissions
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• 5th Circ. Denies Stay Of Pacific Lumber Ch. 11 Plan
• Senator Charged With Concealing Gifts From VECO
• 9th Circ. Affirms Judgment In DVT Airlines MDL
• Riegel V. Medtronic: Better Off Without It?
• Cadwalader Lays Off 96 Lawyers, Blames Market
• Whitehall Can't Sell Consignment Goods: Judge
• SEC Aims To Shed Light On Municipal Securities
• Discovery Limited In Marsh Securities Case
• Ex-Broker-Dealer Execs Settle Short-Selling Charges
• Judge Certifies Class In N.Y. Nursing Antitrust Suit
• Subprime Mess Drives Up Securities Suits: Report
• Teva Settles Coreg Suit Against Dr. Reddy's
• Akin Loses Lawyer Team For Third Time This Month
• $422M MTBE Deal Made 'In Good Faith': Judge
• UBS Wins Dismissal Of Hedge Fund Fraud Suit
• Derivative Suit Takes Issue With Cintas' Safety Record
• Kasowitz's Battle With Former IP Head Rages On
• Seen Any Good Videos? One May Not Need To Ask
• Investors, SCOR Settle Securities Case For $86.M
• Lawsuit Spurs Removal Of Scrabulous From Facebook
• SemGroup Seeks Approval Of $250M DIP Loan
• Judge Frees Dabit, Ending Merrill Class Action
• Judge OKs Nellson's Disclosure Statement
• NRC Approves Entergy Spinoff
• Acting With Scienter In Dynex
• Cintas Ordered To Produce Time Sheets In FLSA Suit
• Delphi's Suit Against Appaloosa Will Go On
• BoNY Fights Exclusivity Extension For Wellman
• Retailers Feel The Pain Of The Credit Crunch
• Regulators Launch Probes Into SemGroup Energy
• Frontier Airlines Gets $75M DIP Financing
• Melnyk Drops Biovail Proxy Bid, For Now
• Ex-Refco CEO Will Appeal 16-Year Prison Sentence
• 2nd Circ. Affirms FDA Injunction Decision
• Rigases Hit With Two More Counts Of Tax Fraud
• Students Will Practice IP Law In USPTO Pilot Program
• After Piccadilly: Section 363 Sales For Debtors
• Judge Will Not Decide Parmalat-Citi Case Early
• SEC Files Insider Trading Suit V. Tech Options Buyer
• SemGroup Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Hedging
• Calif. High Court To Review Contingency Fee Dispute
• More Luxury Goods Cos. May File For Bankruptcy
• Top Ships To Pay $1M To Settle Securities Class Action
• Stop & Shop Sues Whole Foods Over The 'Real Deal'
• Judge Will Rule On Case Against Appaloosa Monday
• Arbitration Agreements That Will Stand Up In Court
• Fallout From CSX Remains To Be Seen
• Video-Sharing Site Pulls TV Clips As NBC, Fox Sue
• Facebook, PA Advisors Near Settlement
• American Airlines Flight Attendants' Case Nixed
• DOJ Targets Countrywide, New Century, IndyMac
• L.I.D. Files Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Securities Practice: Foley & Lardner
• Texas Seeks To Bar UBS From Doing Biz In the State
• Restructuring Partner Leaves Weil Gotshal for Kirkland
• Rapper 50 Cent Says Taco Bell 'Stole Endorsement'
• State Courts Embrace On-Camera Culture
• Employment Practice: Jones Day
• All Eyes On Mounting Muni Bond Litigation
• Optiver Charged With Rigging Oil Futures Prices
• Cuomo Slams UBS With Auction Rate Securities Suit
• Hasbro Inc. Slaps Scrabulous With IP Suit
• Dechert Snags Former Tyco VP
• Judge Gives U.S. Energy More Time To File Plan
• NY AG Could File Civil Suit Against UBS This Week
• BP Settles With 4 More Plaintiffs In Texas City Case
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• All Not Lost For Retail In Wake Of Tiffany V. EBay
• Garment Factory Owes Workers $5M: New York DOL
• BoNY Objects To Wellman Plan Over Collateral Dispute
• Verizon Agrees To Divestitures In $5.9B Alltel Merger
• Getzler Henrich's Fabrikant Adviser Fees Top $5M
• CORRECTED: Judge OKs Institutional Investor Suit Against BofA
• Appeals Court Nixes Philip Morris Punitive Damages
• Sanofi Can't Subpoena Employers In Gender Suit
• Misappropriation Theory Of Insider Trading In Talbot
• Mayer Brown Partner Joins McGuireWoods In L.A.
• New Parmalat Liable For Old Parmalat Suits: 2nd Circ.
• Bear Stearns Counsel Joins Dreier LLP
• New Study Adds Vytorin Woes For Merck, Schering
• Whitehall's Bid To Sell Consigned Jewelry Draws Ire
• Comverse Lawyer Off The Hook On Accounting Charge
• SemGroup Files For Bankruptcy Amid Margin Calls
• IP Practice: Jones Day
• Protecting Green Brands In The Eco-Mark Era
• Judge Allows Children's Place Fraud Suit To Go On
• Lawyers Told To Pay Up Over Epic 'Sham Patent' Suit
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Eisai's Aciphex Patent
• Akerman-WolfBlock Merger Vote Coming Soon
• Tellabs V. Makor, One Year Later
• American Home Mortgage Wins Extension
• Judge Approves Latest American Airlines 9/11 Deal
• SEC Accuses Biofuel Company Of Fraud
• Lime Wire Lashes Out At RIAA Liability Theories
• Pachulski Stang Selected For LandSource Ch. 11
• Ex-Refco President Asks For Shorter Sentence
• Securities Practice: Jones Day
• Palco 'Headwaters' Agreement Receives Court OK
• Judge OKs Crucial Fremont-CapitalSource Deal
• N.Y. Times, Photographer Settle Copyright Case
• Democratic Advance To Spur Sea Change: Lawyers
• Georgia-Pacific Not Liable For N.J. Cleanup: Judge
• Judge Won't Dismiss LED Patent Suit Against Cree
• Rate Pressure Has Big Firms Rethinking L&E Approach
• The Implications Of Piccadilly Cafeterias
• MTBE Case Against Sunoco Can Proceed: Judge
• Thelen Reid Reportedly Open To Merger
• CBS Honchos To Be Deposed In Rather Suit: Reports
• 2nd Circ. Overturns NLRB Ruling In N.Y. Mall Case
• LandSource Strikes New Deal For $1.2B Financing
• CSX Loses One-Third of Seats To Dissidents
• LGBT Initiatives Slowly Flourishing At Law Firms
• Judge Sends Sterling Sex Bias Case To Arbitration
• New Mexico Rebuked Over Discovery In Zyprexa Case
• Banking And Finance Practice: Baker & McKenzie
• All-Female Firms Rise But Not Without Controversy
• N.Y. Assembly Speaker Not Liable In Sex Case: Court
• Missouri 'Inspects' Wachovia Offices In ARS Probe
• M&A Practice: WilmerHale
• Judge Consolidates UBS Auction Rate Cases
• Crowell & Moring Adds Financial Services Experts
• FERC Pushes Ahead With Case Against Amaranth
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Hexion Faces Huntsman Shareholder Suit Over Merger
• FBI Reportedly Probing IndyMac For Possible Fraud
• N.Y. Attorney General Investigates Wind Farm Deals
• Advanced Medical Optics Wins LASIK Patent Case
• Judge Orders New Biovail Shareholder Meeting
• Katten Hires Former Ev3 Patent Counsel
• Peer-To-Patent To Include Business Method Patents
• Deepening Insolvency: Pitfall For Private Equity Firms
• Bankruptcy Practice: DLA Piper
• Qiao Xing Hangs Up On Class Action For $2.4M
• Former Chase Employee Sues For Age Discrimination
• Judge Slams Firm For 'Sham' Client In Monster Suit
• Countrywide Reaches Truce With Pa. Trustee
• American Eagle Wins Injunction Against Payless
• Hedge Fund Manager Makes Bid To Quash Gottex Suit
• Tiffany V. EBay: Trademark Owners Beware
• Judge Rebuffs Attempt To Halt Pacific Lumber Plan
• UBS Will Buy Back Up To $3.5B Of ARS
• Corporate Practice: Baker & McKenzie
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Securities Practice: WilmerHale
• New Study Hints At More Fosamax Problems
• Lehman Bros. Fights Sentinel Trustee Over Claims
• IP Practice: Baker & McKenzie
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• YouTube User Data To Be Anonymous In Viacom Case
• Baker Hostetler Nabs Troutman Sanders N.Y. IP Group
• Hezbollah Victims Sue Two Banks For $650M
• Adelphia Not Liable For $44.7M Claim: Judge
• SEC Moves To Slow Down Fannie, Freddie Short Selling
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Veteran Litigator In New York
• Pleading And Proving Corporate Scienter After Dynex
• By-Pass Sues Abbott Over Vascular Repair Patent
• IP Practice: Hogan & Hartson
• Lipsig Shapey Sexual Harassment Case Dismissed
• Delphi Asks Court To OK $27.6M Deal With Ener1
• Alston & Bird Nears Merger With Weston Benshoof
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Steve & Barry's Looking To Liquidate: Report
• EBay Notches Win In Tiffany Trademark Dispute
• SEC Probes Rumor Controls At Wall Street Firms
• InBev, Anheuser Strike $52B Deal
• More Power For Baker Botts' Houston Office
• Adelphia Founder, Son Still Face Fraud Charges
• Despite Some Unrest, Lawyers Unlikely To Bounce
• As Firms Merge, Keeping Talent Is Tough
• Forklift Operator Avoids Jail In Insider Trading Scam
• ARS Investors Balk At UBS Bid For Filing Extension
• GM Can't Put The Brakes On Bankruptcy Rumors
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Minorities See Fewer Prospects At Law Firms: Survey
• White Collar Practice: Duane Morris
• Emergent Sues Protein Sciences Over Failed Deal
• Image Iron Works Hit With FLSA Suit
• Cash Balance Plans Are Not ERISA Violations: 2nd Circ.
• Freddie, Fannie Not Likely To Be Nationalized: Experts
• Hunton & Williams Opens San Francisco Post
• Anheuser To Mull InBev's Higher Offer
• Court's Piccadilly Decision Draws Bright Line
• Judge Approves NorthWestern Securities Settlement
• Worker Pleads Guilty In Morgan Stanley Theft Case
• Lawmakers Jump Into Google-Yahoo Probe
• DOJ Should Ground Airline Merger, AAI Report Says
• Gradient's Countersuit V. Overstock Goes Forward
• Futures Execs Urge Caution In Oil Price Debates
• Greyhound To Name Tire Inspectors In Crash Suit
• 3 DLA Partners Help McKenna Long Expand In D.C.
• M&A Practice: Duane Morris
• Health Practice: McDermott, Will & Emery
• M&A Practice: Foley & Lardner
• BoNY Appeals Pacific Lumber Reorganization Plan
• George Weston Bakeries Hit With FLSA Suit
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Verizon To Pay $21M Over Early Termination Fees
• Former Weil Partner Joins McKool Smith In New York
• Competition Practice: Weil Gotshal
• France Detains Airbus CFO In Insider Trading Probe
• Credit Rating Agencies Faulted In SEC Review
• Employment Practice: White & Case
• Employment Practice: Morrison & Foerster LLP
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• IP Practice: White & Case
• Energy Practice: McDermott, Will & Emery
• Judge Refuses To Toss Puerto Rico's MTBE Claims
• Securities Practice: Holland & Knight
• Von Furstenberg Says Mango Infringes Dress Designs
• Feds Launch ARS Probe Of 2 Credit Suisse Brokers
• Obvious Disabilities Require Accommodations: Circuit
• CFTC Director To Join McDermott Will & Emery
• IP Practice: Foley & Lardner
• Steve & Barry's Files For Ch. 11
• Polsinelli Eyes Merger With Litigation Firm
• Bristol-Myers Agrees To Clean Air Act Upgrades
• Judge Denies BoNY's $170M Claim On Palco
• Deutsche Bank Freed Of Most Claims In ARS Suit
• Sex Harassment Suit Against Law Firm Moves Forward
• Skadden Arps Faces Sex Discrimination Suit
• Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation
• Pregnancy Suit Against Church Will Go To Trial
• Chains Sue Over San Francisco's Nutrition Label Law
• Pillsbury Lures Partner From Schulte Roth
• McDermott Fights St. Vincent's Claims Over Fees
• Trial Date Set For DTE Energy In Mercury Case
• Insurance Cos. Settle For $69M In Bid-Rigging MDL
• AIG $24M Settlement To Pensioners Nears Approval
• Ampex Confirmation Hearing Deadline Pushed Back
• Google Ordered To Give YouTube Data To Viacom
• Kasowitz Fires Back In Battle With Former IP Head
• M&A Practice: McDermott Will & Emery
• Couple Settles SEC's Insider Trading Allegations
• BoNY Makes New Bid To Dismiss $550M Suit
• Schiff Hardin Brings In White-Collar Crime Partner
• Coke Settles Investor Lawsuit For $137.5M
• 2nd Circuit OKs Squawk Box Retrial
• Judge Inclined To OK Zyprexa Class, Urges Settling
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal In Junk Bonds Case
• EU Antitrust Inquiry Into IBM Will Go On
• 3rd-Party Releases: Circuit Split Continues
• DOJ Probes Yahoo, Google Over Online Ad Pact
• Judge Approves Settlement Class In Parmalat Case
• Proposed Rule Changes For Foreign Broker-Dealers
• IBM Buys Mainframe Rival To End IP, Antitrust Suits
• Continental To Face Manslaughter Charges In France
• M&A Practice: Holland & Knight
• Judge Sentences Ex-Refco CEO To 16 Years In Jail
• Third Airbus Exec Charged With Insider Trading
• Viacom Loses Bid To Get Google Source Code
• Employment Practice: Weil Gotshal
• 1st Amendment, NLRA Trump 'Union Neutrality' Law
• Courts Side With God In Dress Code Battles
• Same-Sex Marriage: What Employers Need To Know
• Israel, Not Dead, Surrenders To Authorities
• 9th Circ. To Review Ousted DRAM Plaintiffs' Case
• Nokia, InterDigital Settle U.K. 3G Patent Suits
• PwC To Pay $12M To Settle Class Action
• Hedge Fund Owner Settles SEC Case For $5M
• Pfizer Wins Dismissal Of 4 Claims From Celebrex Suit
• IP Practice: Weil Gotshal
• Plaintiffs' Expert Can Tout MTBE's Dangers: Judge
• Labor And Media Expert Joins Reed Smith In N.Y.
• Iraq Sues 93 Over Oil-For-Food Corruption
• Visa Revises Debit Card Rules In Wake of DOJ Probe
• Paint Makers Not Liable For Lead: R.I. High Court
• Judge Won't Let Broker Intervene In Merrill Case
• Patent Litigator Leaves Latham For Kaye Scholer
• Schulte Roth Gains Five Lawyers, D.C. Office
• State Court Tosses Remaining Claims Against Grasso
• Levitt Files Liquidation Plan, Settles With Parent