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New York - November, 2008

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• Judge Won't Toss Case Of Dueling Monte Carlos
• FERC Reaches Settlement Deal With Amaranth
• LandAmerica Ducks Into Ch. 11 To Sell Assets
• Complaints On Wyeth Outsourcing Led To Firing: Suit
• Ex-Thelen Employees Sue Firm Over Pay, Benefits
• BizProLink Denied AOL Time Warner Settlement Funds
• MasterCard Wins Dismissal Of IPO Antitrust Claims
• Refco Settles Adversary Case For $17.5M
• Asbestos, Agent Orange Suits Send Co. Into Ch. 11
• EU Raids Drug Cos. In Latest Antitrust Sting
• J&J E-mails Link Research Center, Risperdal
• EU Report To Target Drug Patents, Lawsuits
• Cravath's Slashed Bonuses Could Set Trend
• Deloitte To Pay Pa. $40M In Reliance Insurance Deal
• Deputy Chief Of Staff Cohen To Leave SEC
• High Court Ponders Rights In Collective Bargaining
• InterDigital, Samsung Reach Deal In Patent Fight
• Buchanan Ingersoll Trims Staff Positions
• Pension Fund Named Lead Plaintiff In Freddie Suit
• Rhode Island Wins One In Emissions Rules Battle
• Bear Stearns MDL Lawyers Spar Over Consolidation
• No Relief Of Stay For Developers In Lehman Ch. 11
• Downey Savings Prepares To File For Ch. 7
• Delphi Pushes For Extra Time On Loan Hearings
• Quigley Urges Court To Overrule Insurance Protests
• Boscov's Credit Pact Sale OK'd Despite Bank Protest
• Rogue Workers Don't Make Corps. Liable: Prosecutor
• Giftware Retailer Lenox Group Files For Ch. 11
• Union Drumming May Not Be Protected: NY Court
• Merrill Wants Ch. 11 Trustee In Leighton Case
• Obama Picks Economic Team
• SEC Narrows Probe, Subpoenas CDS Interdealers
• Skadden Tops List Of 2007 Litigation Revenue Makers
• ITC To Probe Korean Shoes For Patent Infringement
• Director Calls Monkey Business On CBS Over Film
• BofA, Merrill Agree To Settle Shareholder Suits
• Lathrop & Gage To Merge With Spillane In LA Outpost
• Top Firms Help Shape Citigroup Bailout
• Paul Hastings Lures Bankruptcy Pro From Milbank
• Rebellion And The Redefinition Of Corporate Rights
• 11 Thelen Energy Lawyers Jump To Nixon Peabody
• Refco Customers Fail To Reverse Fraud Case Dismissal
• For Corporate Associates, Trial Work Can Be Dicey
• Pfizer Wins Choice-Of-Law Appeal In Lipitor Actions
• Value City Gets Green Light For Closeout Sales
• Steve & Barry's Workers Sue After Mass Layoff
• Mayer Brown Axes 33 Attorneys, Some Staff
• Ex-Mervyn's Workers Bring WARN Class Action
• Judge OKs Sale Of Boscov's To Family-Led Group
• RIM, Kodak Battle Over Camera Patents
• Leaps and Bounds: Notable Firm News
• Judge Leery Of Antitrust Claims Against Fragomen
• Judge OKs $40M DIP Loan For Value City
• NetVersant Moves To Block Subcontractor Claims
• Patent Infringement Suits May Be Covered
• SEC Subpoenas Able Energy Partner, Auditors
• King & Spalding Lures Former Solicitor General Back
• Mass Engineered Wins $3M Verdict In Display Suit
• ConAgra, Others Hit With CERCLA Suit
• JPMorgan, Citi Zinged Over Check-Reading Patent
• SEC General Counsel Cartwright To Resign
• Sanofi Victorious In Arava Antitrust Class Action
• Pink Slips At Brown Rudnick, Squire Sanders
• Reuters Objects To Lehman Services-Sharing Plan
• SemGroup Asks Court To Force Insiders To Appear
• Limits For An Equitable Subordination Claim
• SEC Sues Traders Over Alleged Short-Sale Scheme
• FCC Judge Puts Off Ruling On NFL-Comcast Feud
• S&B To Close As New Owner Files For Ch. 11
• Reed Smith Lures More Thelen Talent
• Sentinel Trustee Sues FTN Financial For Fraud
• Avoiding The Hazards Of Economy-Driven Decisions
• Novartis Spars With Sales Reps Over FLSA Exemptions
• Hutchinson Sues UBS, Citigroup For ARS Fraud
• EPA Enforcement Drop Spurs Environmental Litigation
• SEC Delays Vote On Credit Rating Industry Reforms
• Hedge Fund Founders Convicted In Fraud Trial
• Lehman Seeks To Block Bid To Lift Automatic Stay
• After Dip, Big Wave Of Securities Cases Coming
• Winston Welcomes 19 Thelen Attorneys
• Illegal Aliens Can Sue Employers: NY Appeals Court
• NetVersant Solutions Files For Chapter 11
• Marriott Timeshare Salesman Sues For Overtime Pay
• Another Delay In Effort To Extradite Comverse CEO
• Case Challenging SOX Board Headed To High Court
• The Next Wave Of Securities Litigation: FIN 48
• Vizio Ends Suit With MPEG-2 License
• Judge Expunges $5.4B In Delta Debt Claims
• Kodak Sues Samsung, LG Over Camera Patents
• 5th Circ. Rebuffs Insurers In Vioxx Settlement
• Fired Morgan Stanley Manager Sues For Age Bias
• Bankrupt Jeweler Wants $3.5M Brooch Back
• Ark. Supreme Court OKs CSX, Teris Class Action
• Federal Judge OKs WaMu Legal Appointments
• Regulators Sue BMO Trader Over Gas Options Scheme
• Cadwalader Looks To Demote Managing Partner
• 7 Top Goldman Brass Forgo Annual Bonuses
• Pfizer Seeks To Limit Discovery In Quigley Ch. 11
• The State Of Unregistered Intermediary Regulation
• Jury Slaps NY Police Dept. $1M Verdict Over Sex Bias
• Judge Tosses Part Of Sterling, Credit Suisse Suit
• Teva, Zydus Drop Some Claims In Coreg Patent Suit
• 2nd Circ. Revives Investors' Suit Against Hartford
• Refco Prosecutor Tapped To Monitor TARP
• Ex-Busboy Sues Justin Timberlake's NYC BBQ Joint
• Mervyn's Asks Bankruptcy Court To Sell Store Leases
• DOJ Orders InBev to Divest Labatt In Anheuser Deal
• Harbinger Asks For Probe Of Lehman Transfers
• Wellman Pitches Plan In Bid To Stay Afloat
• High Court To Consider Due Process In Massey Case
• 2nd Circ. Remands MBIA Class Action Fraud Suit
• Alitalia Keeps Creditors At Bay
• Judge Allows Mediation For General Re In AIG Case
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Severance For IAM In Varig Suit
• Leaps and Bounds: Notable Firm News
• Robinson & Cole Gains About 30 Ex-Thelen Attorneys
• No Reason For Discovery In Cash Sweep Suit: Judge
• Lehman Seeks Court OK For Deal With European Units
• Ruling Stands In $550M Fund Admin Fraud Case
• Skadden, Thelen Spar Over Liability In Securities Suit
• After Holding Steady, ERISA Litigation On The Rise
• McCarter & English Nabs Former Wachovia Counsel
• Cuomo Digs Further Into BofA's Exec Bonuses
• FDA Demands Checks On All Chinese Dairy Imports
• NY Investigators Home In On CDS Brokers
• Judge Orders Shell Bank Exec To Pay $80M
• Judge Backs Fisheries Service's Tuna Fishing Rules
• Freddie Mac Suit Parties Jockey For Lead Plaintiff
• Hong Kong Opens Probe Into Massive Lehman Losses
• Ex-AspenTech Honchos Settle With SEC
• Ex-Thelen Renewable Power Group Joins Reed Smith
• Employment Practice: Sidley Austin
• Effects Of 2nd Circ. Stance On 'F-Cubed' Securities
• EC Signs Off On CAI's Alitalia Takeover
• Tort Victims Challenge Privilege In Quigley Ch. 11
• Bone Drugs Pose No Clear Threat To Heart: FDA
• Fed Pushes To Lead CDS Clearing Oversight
• Deutsche Bank Sues Lehman To Recover $72.5M
• Judge Allows Amaranth Case To Move Forward
• Circuit City Gets First-Day Boost
• Lessons Learned From Worker Classification Cases
• New Senate Bill: Amending EPCRA To Include GHGs
• Jones Day Lures Corporate Partner From Latham
• The Window Of Risk In Weighing Severance Proposals
• Ex-Marsh Exec Can't Solicit Clients For 1 Year: Judge
• Forest Labs To Settle Shareholders' Suit For $65M
• Quality Of Care Issues For Providers
• Obama EPA Could Support Calif. Auto Emissions Rule
• DuPont Hits Invista With Barrage Of IP Charges
• Goodwin Procter Scores Two Heller IP Lawyers
• Fabrikant Assets Trustee Fires Off Dozens Of Suits
• Calif. Menu Labeling Rule Could Mean More Lawsuits
• Overtime Issues In The Digital Age
• Call Center Worker Dials Up AmEx With Overtime Suit
• Mo. Right Venue For Teva Amoxicillin Suit: Judge
• Post-Sale Successor Independent Duty To Warn
• Copyright Issues For Software Use Or Modification
• Sedgwick Acquires Ft. Lauderdale Law Firm
• Naked Cowboy, Mars Inc. End Showdown
• Fraud-On-The-Market And Class Certification
• SEC Settlements Up, But Payouts Down
• Thelen Energy Group Jumps To Morgan Lewis
• Judge Bars Former IBM VP From Apple Job
• Circuit City Pulls The Plug
• Delphi Seeks $300M More From GM
• Court Denies Lilly Depositions In Zyprexa MDL
• Coast Guard Sues Barge Co. For Oil Spill
• Investor Class Takes Aim At UBS, Lehman Execs
• Bldg. Operators File CERCLA Suit Over WTC Collapse
• Change To Come Slowly To SG Office Under Obama
• Obama's FDA Commissioner Pick Could Be Outsider
• SEC Director To Return to Cravath
• Slashed Fees For McDermott In St. Vincent's Suit OK'd
• Bloomberg Demands Fed Lending Disclosures In Suit
• Obama Approach To Bailout Plan Still Open Question
• Teamwork, Turf Wars For State AGs Under Obama
• Regulation, Pragmatism To Mark Obama's SEC
• Leaps & Bounds: Notable Firm News
• Veteran Securities Litigator Joins DLA Piper
• Judge Refuses Request To Drop Vitamin C Suit
• Fla. Court Says Mexican Investors Can't Sue IAT
• Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Brings Workplace Confusion
• Why US Web Site Owners Should Watch Foreign Suits
• Sandler O'Neill To Pay $3.5M In Refco Settlement
• Q&A With Civil Procedure Expert Arthur Miller
• Citibank Prevails In Fund's Suit Over Credit Swap
• Lawyers Fill Key Spots On Obama Transition Team
• Asbestos Victims Demand Voice In Quigley Case
• Judge Won't Bring Back Delphi Fraud Claim
• A Key Case In Financial Derivatives Litigation
• Univision Can Intervene in Ameriprise Suit Over Fund
• Swiss Agency Probes Credit Suisse, Other Banks
• Waiters Sue Hoteliers Over Tips
• Kosher Meatpacker Faces Battle With Creditor
• Judge Won't Freeze Evergreen Shares
• Nixon Peabody Scores Slew Of Thelen Attorneys
• Rather Makes Play For CBS Panel Documents
• Barclays Files LandSource Disclosure Statement
• Philips Prevails In Appeal Over 'Faulty' TVs
• SEC Plans To Clear Path For CDS Clearinghouse
• Lehman CEO Fuld To Step Down By End Of '08
• Boscov's To Sell Assets To Family Group
• Judge Speeds Injunction Hearing On Wachovia Deal
• Judge Tosses Fund's Fraud Suit Against WaMu
• Layoffs Ahead? Do It Right
• Code Writer Boots Up WARN Act Suit V. Lehman
• Former Goldman Analyst May Have Fled US
• Shareholder Seeks Damages Over AIG Bailout
• Copyright Alliance Seeks SCOTUS Ruling On RS-DVR
• Securities Practice: Mayer Brown
• Lawsuits Take Toll On Mayer Brown
• Simpson Thacher Applies To Join Cast Of Lehman Pros
• Following Italian Bankruptcy, Alitalia Files Ch. 15
• Google-Yahoo Advertising Deal Still Alive
• DOJ, State AGs Investigate Vytorin Marketing
• Citigroup Faces Class Action Over Fannie Offering
• Appeals Court OKs Animalfeeds Class Effort
• 9th Circ. Denies Dismissal To HBOC Fraud Defendants
• CFTC Claims Jurisidiction In Amaranth Trader Appeal
• Testing The Limits Of Fraudulent Conveyance Law
• Energy Transaction Attys. Join Dickstein From Torys
• Conservative Professor's Free Speech Suit Gets Nod
• High Court Rejects CSX Appeal Of FELA Case
• FERC's Thought Process On Market Manipulation
• Gibson Dunn Picks Up Another Former Heller Litigator
• General Re Execs Face Life Behind Bars
• Google, Yahoo Deal May Break Down This Week
• IBM Sues Exec Who Wants To Work For Apple
• 2008 ARS Fallout: The Last Wave?
• Roche Wins Judgment In Accutane Suicide Case
• 2nd Circ. Pushes Indian Pesticide Action Forward
• Ex-UBS Exec Gets 6 Years In Insider Trading Case
• Judge Paves Way For Outsourcing At Frontier
• Trustee Opposes Disney's Call For Lehman Examiner
• Plan Lets Levitt Creditors Out Of Woodbridge Deal
• Wanted, Dead Or Alive: Publicity Rights
• Fund Administrator Off Hook In $550M Fraud Suit
• Sheppard Mullin Lands 13th Heller Partner For Year
• Invista's Suit Over Nylon-Making Process Gets Tossed
• Wyeth V. Levine In Light Of Merck's Vioxx Litigation
• McCarter Takes On 3 Partners From McElroy Deutsch
• Credit Market Woes Claim 32 Jobs At McKee Nelson