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New York - October, 2008

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• LCM Settles Improper Gift Charges With SEC For $3M
• Whitehall: A Debtor Cannot Sell What It May Not Own
• Leaps and Bounds: Notable Firm News
• Judge Denies Hexion Bid To Extend Banks' Pledge
• Merger In The Works For Bryan Cave & PoGo: Report
• Plaintiffs Lawyer, Edwards Fundraiser Fred Baron Dies
• Thelen's Wind-Down Team Includes Latham Partner
• Rival Bidders Stalk Lehman Asset Management Unit
• Trends In Subprime-Related Securities Fraud Actions
• NYC Cabbies Stall Mayor's Gas-Efficiency Mandate
• Obama To Take Aggressive Stance On Antitrust
• Why The Third Restatement Still Falls Short
• Lehman Brothers Looks To Rehire 480 Employees
• DOJ Probes AmEx Merchant Agreement Policies
• Scrutiny Sparks New Questions For TARP Participants
• NY WARN Act Could Snag Unprepared Employers
• SemGroup Energy Subpoenaed Over Ch. 11 Case
• DVD Vending Companies Tangle Over Kiosk Patents
• When It Comes To Voting, Workers Need Flexibility
• Bankrupt Value City Hit With WARN, ERISA Suit
• Economic Downturn Affecting Lawyers Across Globe
• Flight Caps Limit Competition, Hike Fares: DOT
• Insurers Invoke Filed Rate Doctrine In Antitrust Battle
• Methane Levels Spiked Last Year: Study
• NC Agencies Battle Over Role In Freddie Mac Suit
• Yahoo Begins Due Diligence On AOL Merger
• Oneida, Solomon Meet To Mediate Claim Dispute
• Firms Dive Into Feeding Frenzy As Thelen Dissolves
• Bank Of America Sues Bear Stearns, Fund Managers
• Hexion Sues Credit Suisse Over Failed Merger
• Northeastern States Call On EPA For Mercury Fix
• Elan Faces Shareholder Suit Over Alzheimer's Drug
• Fremont Subprime Fraud Claims Insufficient: Judge
• NY AG Moves To Stamp Out Wind Farm Graft
• Pros And Cons Of Pet-Friendly Workplaces
• Cuomo Demands Information On Bank Bonuses
• Value City May Tap $40M DIP Loan
• Morgan Stanley Feud Complicates Discover's Payout
• Leegin's Impact (If Any) On State Alcohol Regulations
• NY Attorney General Launches Arbitron Stock Probe
• Has 'Burlington' Really Changed Retaliation Law?
• Judge Pulls 'Hedge Fund Wives' From Web
• Lawyer Sues Citigroup Over Airport Financing
• Spikes In VW Stock Spur German Regulator Probe
• Use 'Honest Suspicion' Defense With Caution
• Securities Suit Drives Brooke Corp. To Ch. 11
• Lehman Eyes $6M Land Deal And Extension
• 1 Claim Survives In ADA Suit V. Sullivan & Cromwell
• Discover, Morgan Stanley Spar On Settlement Payout
• Google Settles E-Library Copyright Battle For $125M
• Banks Get Time To Negotiate Deal In IPO Litigation
• Gibson Dunn Snags 3 Partners From Kramer Levin
• Oil City Petroleum Dodges Exxon Cleanup Claim
• Cipro: A Road Map For Reverse Payment Litigation
• Court Denies Bids To Exclude Evidence In NYPD Suit
• Ex-Bayou Boss' Hearing Postponed Again
• Tropicana Entertainment Ch. 11 Fees Top $1M In Sept.
• Zyprexa MDL Judge Orders Conn. To Produce Records
• Levitz Bankruptcy Converted To Ch. 7
• Feb. 2010 Trial Date Set in Merrill Consolidated Suits
• Fred Leighton Jewelry Battle Turns Familial
• Sen. Stevens Convicted Of Corruption Charges
• Discount Retailer Scurries Into Bankruptcy Court
• DOL Orders Schwab To Reinstate 2 Whistleblowers
• Blanket Stay Denied In Ex-Bear Managers' Civil Suit
• Smithfield Settles RICO Suit Over Union Campaign
• 'It's Over' At Thelen, Industry Watcher Says
• Post Closing Remedies: Making Omelets Into Eggs
• 'Hedge Fund Wives' Sparks Copyright Family Feud
• Teva Wins $100M Settlement From Broker Over ARS
• More Top Cos. Reporting Sustainability Data: Study
• Trademark Usage In Search Engine Advertising
• Shareholders Sue ImClone, Lilly Over Pending Merger
• JPMorgan Sues Recruiter For Wooing Execs To Rival
• Plaintiff Says Clock Didn't Run Out On Ephedra Claim
• Investors Try To Undo Dismissal Of MBIA Fraud Suit
• Investors Press SEC For Global Warming Disclosure
• Court Tosses UBS Investor Class Action
• Fed Says AIG Owes US $90B
• Abercrombie & Fitch Hits Snag In FLSA Suit
• Retail Chain Settles EEOC Suit Over Ethnic Taunts
• BAS Withheld Poor Credit Details, Investors Say
• NY Court Remands Liz Claiborne Discrimination Suit
• HomeSide Fraud Suit On Wrong Turf: 2nd Circ.
• Leaps & Bounds: Notable Firm News
• Verizon, Klausner Settle Patent Fight Over Voicemail
• Two More Cos. Sue Lehman Seeking Assets
• Discover Bids To Toss Credit Card Arbitration Suit
• Colgate-Palmolive ERISA Suits Consolidated In NY
• Lehman Creditors Committee Enlists Help
• Lead Counsel Named In JPMorgan ARS Suit
• Russian Regulator Squashes Google Takeover Bid
• Lehman Professional Fees Could Total $1.4B: Expert
• NY Piling Co. Pleads Guilty In Pier 86 Conspiracy
• The Era Of Climate Change Regulation Has Begun
• Visa, DataTern Resolve Web Site Patent Dispute
• Associate Layoffs Spike In October
• Rosetta Resources To Pay Calpine $97M
• Milberg Wins Arthur Miller To Head Appellate Group
• Kelley Drye Not Conflicted In Tricom Case: Judge
• Dynegy To Disclose Climate Change Risk To Investors
• Subprime Suit Against Credit Suisse Still On
• $13M Settlement In BAR/BRI Class Action Approved
• Post-Financial Meltdown Securities Litigation
• Delivery Workers Score In Suit Against Saigon Grill
• Akin Seeks $700K For First Weeks Of WCI Bankruptcy
• Takeda, Mylan Drop Claims In Diabetes Drug Suit
• Analysts, Firms Subpoenaed In Lehman Probes
• Non-Statutory Insider Status: Closeness Not Enough
• Goody's Emerges From Ch. 11 With $175M Plan Loan
• White & Case To Retreat From Italy
• Grassley Probes SEC, JPMorgan Contact In Bear Deal
• MetLife Counters Claims In Paycheck Deduction Spat
• Background Checks Go Beyond Google
• Ousted Exec Copped To Bid-Rigging: Halliburton
• ING, Lehman Bros. Wrestle Over $145M Loan
• Brokers Ask To Notify Class In TD Bank FLSA Suit
• A Blot On Careers, Sanctions Can Haunt Lawyers
• Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To $7M Swindle
• Judge Orders Settlement Talks In Zyprexa MDL
• AmEx Can't Compel Arbitration In Price-Fixing Case
• AIG To Freeze Payout To Ex-CEO Amid Cuomo Probe
• FedEx To Pay $14.4M In Expenses To Workers
• CPSC To Ponder New Regs After 1.6M Cribs Recalled
• Optionable Shareholder Suit Dead In The Water
• NYC Teachers' Political Button Bid Denied, For Now
• Disney Seeks Examiner To Probe Lehman's Transfers
• Steris Hasn't Solved Manufacturing Violations: FDA
• No Payday For Insurance Co. In 9/11 Case: 2nd Circ.
• Jenner & Block Lets Go Of 10 Partners
• The Human Elements Of Persuasion
• Firms Seek Nearly $5M In Fedders Bankruptcy
• K&L Gates Adds NY Litigator And 2 From Dallas
• Solar Panel Maker Sues Lehman, Barclays
• Clarifying Section 2 Of The Sherman Act
• FDIC May Yet File Claims Against Washington Mutual
• FHFA Steps Into Fannie Mae Litigation
• So Much For 'Orderly Dissolution' — Heller Sued
• 3rd Circ. Blocks Bid For Rehearing In Vioxx Suit
• Louis Vuitton's $3M Damages Award Appealed
• Dewey Reveals Plans To Close Another US Office
• FINRA Uneasy Over Stock Closing-Price Swings
• Citigroup Wins $364M Verdict Against Parmalat
• Eyeing Job Seekers' MySpace Could Be Legal Pitfall
• AIG Halts Lobbying Against Mortgage Reforms
• Cuomo, Garcia Investigating CDS Markets
• Whirlpool To Settle FLSA Action For $9M
• ARS Suits Against JPMorgan Consolidated
• Dewey Move Raises Specter Of More Office Closings
• Faith-Based Hiring May Not Block Grants: DOJ Memo
• Hedge Fund Analyst Settles Insider Trading Suit
• AIG Works With NY AG To Recover Bonuses
• Target Corp. Settles Digital Video Patent Suit
• Kansas City Firms Merge To Create New Top 100 Firm
• Enron Creditors To Receive $27M
• Leaps & Bounds: Notable Firm News
• Title Insurers Face Another Antitrust Class Action
• Fresh Insights From The SEC Enforcement Manual
• Weil Looks To Cross NYRA Finish Line With $6.5M
• Emergency Act Leaves Many Unanswered Questions
• Simpson Thatcher Payday For Bailout Work: $300K
• Merck Pushes To Sever Plaintiffs In Fosamax MDL
• US Launches Wide-Ranging Probe Of WaMu
• Appeals Court Upholds Convictions Of Ex-Tyco Execs
• Citizens Sue NYC To Force Cleanup Of Toxic Site
• Panda, Calpine Settle $200M Contract Dispute
• Thelen Seeking To Unload Some Groups: Reports
• For Firms, This Year May Not End With Lavish Parties
• Lehman Brothers Targeted In Three Grand Jury Probes
• Judge Merges 'Moldy' LG Washing Machine Cases
• 2nd Circ. Revives Houlihan Lokey's $16M Fee Bid
• WaMu Trustee Names Creditors Committee
• Cuomo Exhorts AIG To Take Action On Exec Bonuses
• 2nd Circ. Clarifies 'At Issue' Confidentiality Waiver
• Judge Taps Lead Plaintiff, Counsel In Wachovia Case
• Cigarette Maker Loses Round In Antitrust Case
• Heller Ehrman Attorneys Bulk Up Hogan & Hartson
• Lehman Seeks To Stanch Loss By Restricting Trades
• Heller Closeout Guru Heading For Jones Day
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Reverse Payment Suit
• Lawyer Sanctions Denied In HSBC Overtime Case
• Securities Class Actions Against Financial Institutions
• Get Ready For Antitrust Trial, Judge Tells Sanofi
• Wells Fargo Fights To Stave Off Citigroup Damages
• Barclays Files Plan In LandSource Ch. 11
• NYC Can Withhold Docs In Insurance Antitrust Case
• Visa, MasterCard Settle Discover's $6B Antitrust Suit
• Google, Yahoo Seek DOJ Settlement Over Ad Pact
• Firms Win Bid To Toss Indemnity Suit By Azon Execs
• Clifford Chance Axes 20 US-Based Associates
• Davis Polk, Wachtell Rebuff Treasury's Advances
• MDL Panel Denies ARS Consolidation Request
• Judge Orders Banks To Honor Hexion-Huntsman Deal
• Free And Clear Asset Sales Through Section 363
• Sony, Panasonic DVD Patents Infringed: German Court
• Music Choice Attacks Viacom Digital Music Patent
• Con Ed Sued Over Pipeline Patents
• OIG Slams SEC For Lapse In Regulating Bear Stearns
• Court Refuses To Chuck MSG Suit Against NHL
• Plaintiffs Push $43M Deal In Iridium Securities Suit
• Appeal Over Nellson's Mgmt. Incentive Plan To Go On
• NYC Teachers Sue Over Ban On Political Buttons
• Frontier Union Votes Against Wage Concessions
• WaMu's List Of Unsecured Creditors Grows Longer
• Bill Tops $2.5M In Fortunoff Ch. 11
• Overstock, Gradient Analytics Reach Settlement
• Nokia Faces Patent Suit Over Firewall Appliance
• LID Disclosure Statement Wins Court Approval
• Wells Fargo Wins Wachovia, But Legal Woes Continue
• Bankrupt Jeweler Ordered To Cough Up Information
• Execs Can Testify In Discover Antitrust Suit: Judge
• GM, Ford May Not Be Able To Avoid Bankruptcy
• The Employee Free Choice Act's Remedial Changes
• Leaps & Bounds: This Week's Major Lateral Hires
• Credit Crunch Threatens Entergy Nuclear Spin-Off
• Alcon Sues Synergetics Over Eye Laser Patent
• Judge To OK $16M Deal In Hilfiger Tax Evasion Case
• Court Pulls Plug On Digital Music Antitrust MDL
• AIG Reaches $70B Mark In Federal Reserve Loan
• Merger May Be Brewing For Two Midwest Firms
• Ex-General Re Lawyer Faces Life Behind Bars
• Girard Gibbs Takes Helm In Deutsche Bank ARS Suit
• E-Discovery, Costs Worry In-House Counsel: Survey
• Airlines Balk At DOT's NY Flight Auction Plan
• Chicago Hospital Seeks Buyer Due To Credit Crisis
• USIS Case Against Electrical Workers Union Stands
• Ex-Duane Reade Execs Indicted For Fraud
• Biovail In Trouble With Shareholders Over Aplenzin
• How To Cut Risk Of Dealing With A Defaulting Lender
• Lehman Sheds Another Asset
• Fed Gives AIG Another $37.8B
• Schulte Roth Seeks $1.5M In Fees For Quigley Ch. 11
• Kozlowski Owes Us At Least Half A Billion: Tyco
• The Show Business Of Litigation
• Class Counsel Gets $7.3M In Fees For AIG ERISA Case
• 11th Circ. Dumps Home Depot Charge-Back Fraud Case
• Judge OKs Loral Space Class Action Deal
• Lehman Seeks To Pay Weil Up To $950 Per Hour
• Trump Loses Bid To Oust Morrison Cohen From Case
• Pickens Sues Lehman For $59.9M
• Citi, Wells Fargo OK Another Wachovia Cease-Fire
• Rather Wants To Add Lost Earnings Claims To CBS Suit
• Crowell & Moring Pulls In White Collar Firm
• Royal Bank Of Canada To Buy Back $800M In ARS
• Linens 'N Things Prepares For Fire Sale
• Whirlpool Defective Washer Suit Stayed
• EC To Issue Financial Rescue Guidelines
• Judge To Review Nixed Delphi Fraud Claim
• BoA Settles Some ARS Claims For $4.7B
• Ex-UBS Counsel Settles Cuomo's ARS Claims
• Citigroup, Wells Fargo Agree To Cease-Fire
• Ex-Workers Sue Auto Dealer Under WARN Act
• Mexican Paper Giant Folds Under Economic Stress
• New Recovery Laws: TARP Covers Exec Compensation
• Lilly Settles Zyprexa State Claims In $62M Deal
• No Arbitration Obligation For Ecuador In Chevron Suit
• SEC Report Questions Impartiality Of Pequot Probe
• Lehman Cuts Off Severance For Ex-Employees
• Law Firm's Patent Lien Suit Goes To Mass. High Court
• Court Pinches Claims In Amaranth Futures Suit
• Lead Optionable Plaintiff Begs Court For Access
• Aventis Wants Sens.' Letter Excluded In Arava Case
• NY Court Revives Shareholder Suit V. Comverse
• Steptoe Wins Over Securities Partner
• Judge Nixes Securities Suit Over Chinese Paging Co.
• Citigroup Sues Wachovia, Wells Fargo For $60B
• House Oversight Committee Grills Lehman CEO
• PwC Agrees To Cough Up $97.5M In AIG Case
• Goldman Sachs Faces More ARS Flak
• Justice Breyer Unloads Stocks To Avoid Recusals
• Yahoo, Google Delay Ad Deal Pending DOJ Review
• Opinions Of Counsel: Their Utility As A Defense
• Heller Employees Won't Get Vacation Pay: Report
• Ex-Dechert Associate Sues Over Broken Promises
• Leaps & Bounds: Notable Firm News
• Dispute Heats Up Over Frontier's Union Contracts
• As Court Clears WaMu's Motions, $5B Question Looms
• EPA's Duty To Promulgate ELGs
• Merrill, Fred Leighton Spar Over Jewels
• Heads May Roll In Wake Of Financial Collapse
• Global Warming Impacting Water Quality: EPA
• Judge Bars Wells Fargo Takeover Of Wachovia
• Pace of AIG's Borrowing Shocks Experts
• Reluctant Hexion Gets FTC Nod To Buy Rival
• Clarkson Steps In As SEC's Acting Regional Director
• Judge Drops Part of Exxon's Third-Party Claims
• Lehman Creditors Question JPMorgan's Role
• Cooley Godward Snags Displaced Heller Lawyers
• Aetna Whistleblower Must Arbitrate Claims: 2nd Circ.
• Judge Faults Questionnaire In Discover Antitrust Suit
• Skullcandy Moves To Dismiss Patent Suit V. Audiovox
• FDA's View On Generic Drug Label Carve-Outs
• Creditors Fret As WaMu Evaluates Its Total Assets
• Sen. Asks DOJ To Keep Eye On Google-Yahoo Deal
• Steptoe Welcomes Back Firm's Former Chairman
• IPhone Antitrust Litigation Can Go Forward: Judge
• Asbestos Claimants' Appeal Of Dana Plan Nixed
• Visa's Reconsideration Bid Granted In Discover Suit
• Tropicana Seeks To Regain Control Of NJ Casino
• Judge Keeps ERISA Suit Against State Street Alive
• Mark-To-Market Shift Could Raise Lehman's Value
• MBIA Sues Countrywide Over Home Equity Loans
• DOJ Sues DC Metro For Religious Discrimination
• Lehman Moves To Sell Off Energy Co. For $230M
• Short-Sell Ban Extended As Capitol Hill Eyes Bill
• States Sue EPA Over Clean Water Act 'Loophole'
• AT&T Mobile Content Settlement Partially Enjoined
• Last US Suit Against AWB Over Oil-For-Food Tossed
• In Hexion, Rare Guidance On 'Material Adverse Effect'
• Facing Losses, Farmer Mac Raises Capital
• Layoffs Likely To Spark Legal Wrangles
• 9th Circ. Upholds Employer-Funded Health Care Law
• SEC Mum On Possible Extension Of Short-Selling Ban
• 'Basic' Standard Applies To Analyst Reports: 2nd Circ.
• Fla. AG Sues Merck To Recover Vioxx Payments
• Asics Files Trademark Suit Against Dolce & Gabbana
• Bank Wants Funds From $18.5M Lehman Account
• EMI Suit Continues Against MP3 Web Sites