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New York - January, 2009

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• K&L Gates, Bell Boyd Vote To Join Forces
• 2 Firms Join Swell Of Layoffs; Clifford Cuts Go Global
• 2nd Circ. Revives Nigerian Families' Case V. Pfizer
• Grand Jury Indicts Dreier On Fraud Charges
• DOJ, Anheuser-InBev Battle Plaintiffs Over Merger
• Conn. Bolsters Suit For Stricter Ban On Phthalates
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $535M To Pay Back Investors
• 2nd Circ. Considers DRA Termination Premiums
• Financiers Welsh On Bid-Rigging Settlement: Lawyer
• Merchants Score In AmEx Antitrust Class Action
• Sisters Resolve Feud Over 'Hedge Fund Wives' Rights
• Viacom Slaps Music Choice Back In Patent Spat
• 'Safe Harbor' For Online Service Providers
• Third-Party Enforcement For Counterfeiting
• Judge Won't Toss JPMorgan Post-Closing Fee Suit
• United's Insurers Fight $400M Settlement Coverage
• Boston Globe Hit With Labor Suit Over Missed Breaks
• Securities Plaintiffs Fight Lehman Examiner Terms
• Madoff Probe Takes Detour To Queens Warehouse
• Global Warming Raises Risks For Directors, Officers
• Kirkland Wants $1,110 Per Hour For Tronox Ch. 11
• Locking Up Bad Debt In Bad Banks Gains Backers
• RenRe Exec Found Liable For Sham Reinsurance Deal
• Ex-Nortel Workers Make Plea For Unpaid Severance
• Judge Pares Cleanup Claims Against Genesco
• Covington Welcomes Back Former DOJ Antitrust Head
• BoNY Still On Hook In Sentinel Trustee's $550M Suit
• Deloitte Still On Hook In Parmalat MDL
• Great American Sues Bally Over $10M D&O Payout
• Comics Guru Lee's IP Suit Held Over Rights Transfer
• Spain's Largest Bank Slapped With $3B Madoff Suit
• Fund Manager Surrenders To FBI In $300M Fraud Case
• NY Investment Exec Charged In $370M Ponzi Scheme
• Crowell Hires Former FDA Official As Consultant
• Challenges Await New NAIC Heads
• IBM, Former Exec Settle Fight Over Move To Apple
• Former AIG Exec Gets 4 Years In $600M Fraud Case
• Ballard IP Group Hops Across Town To Steptoe
• Ailing AIG Rolls Out New Cyber-Breach Product
• Trustee Seeks Involuntary Bankruptcy For Dreier
• SOX Should Extend To Hedge Funds: SEC Honchos
• Cadwalader Mulls Lawsuit Against Defecting Partners
• Panda Express, Retailers Face Gift Card Patent Suits
• Danish Shipping Co. Files For Ch. 15 In NY
• Investors Hit Stan Lee, Marvel With $750M Suit
• Telecom, Broadcast Policy Under Obama
• Cuomo Subpoenas Thain In Merrill Lynch Bonus Probe
• Quanta Wins Dismissal Of Suit Over Stock Offering
• FCPA Wiz, SEC Vet Jumps To Arnold & Porter
• Indian Police Arrest PwC Auditors In Satyam Probe
• Choate Hall Chops 15 Attorneys, 23 Staff
• US Energy Biogas Heads For Ch. 11
• Trader Joe's, Gristedes Resolve Trader John's Spat
• Modavox Hits AOL, Time Warner With IP Action
• Judge To Hear Protest Of Bear Stearns Consolidation
• Halliburton Profits Hit By $559M DOJ, SEC Deals
• Packaging Maker Smurfit-Stone Files For Ch. 11
• FDA, Drug Cos. To Review Blood Thinner Plavix
• Judge Sets Aside $11M In Late Madoff Investments
• Morgan & Finnegan On Thin Ice Amid Exodus Reports
• Texas Investors Sue Merrill Lynch Over $39M In ARS
• Obama Accelerates State Auto Emissions Limits
• You Recommended Madoff — Are You Covered?
• D&O – Limiting Liability While Maximizing Coverage
• GE Adds Cost Of Water Line To Hudson Cleanup
• Judge Refuses To Dismiss De Beers Antitrust Suit
• Class' Arbitration Claims Against Discover Survive
• Associate Pay Cuts May Be On The Horizon
• Impacts Of California Global Warming Law
• Seagate: Trends Over The Last 18 Months
• Obama's Financial Regulatory Changes Gain Focus
• Cuomo Probing Last-Minute Merrill Bonuses: Report
• SEC, Former Cablevision Execs Settle Suit
• Boutique To Absorb Paul Hastings Immigration Team
• Successor Indenture Trustee Named In Lyondell Case
• Chemguard Tries To Snuff Firefighting Foam Claims
• Linklaters Poised To Make Deep Cuts
• P&G, Sanofi's Actonel Dragged Into Fosamax MDL
• Mich. AG Slams Calif. Emissions Waiver Request
• Dreier To Remain Locked Up For Now
• Judge OKs $7M Enron, Goldman Deal Over Securities
• Ousted Firm Must Pay Fees In Disney Trademark Spat
• JPMorgan Appeals Class Inclusions In ERISA Suit
• Tribune Signals Creditors On Top Bid For Cubs
• Cooley Cuts 52 Lawyers, 62 Staff; Cadwalader Sheds 9
• VUL Policyholder Sues Argus, Tremont Over Madoff
• Chinese Court Sentences 12 In Tainted Milk Scandal
• Former USPTO Judge Leaves Venable For Proskauer
• Paul Weiss Scores Fannie Mae General Counsel
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Conviction For Illegal Oil Dumping
• Reinet Fund Buys Lehman Merchant-Banking Assets
• Judge Sends Northwest, Eon-Net To Mediation
• Judge, Wife Of Cahill Lawyer, Leaves AIG Case
• Freshfields Launches US Litigation Practice
• Ex-Call Center Worker Drops OT Suit Against AmEx
• BofA Hit With Investor Suit Over Merrill Lynch Deal
• Why Climate Suits May Not Be 'Next Big Thing'
• Microsoft Proceeds With Revising Technical Docs
• Getting To The Core Of Inevitable Disclosure
• Ex-WilmerHale Partner Named Acting GC For SEC
• Bear Stearns Workers Fight Consolidation Of Suits
• 2 Of King's Skelaxin Patents Invalidated
• Trends In Climate Risk Disclosure
• Goody's Gets Final OK For Store-Closing Sales
• Pensions Want Top Billing In Ambac Derivative Suit
• Now's The Time To Lure Govt. Talent: Experts
• Insider Trading Allegations Continue To Rise In '08
• Senate Confirms Salazar As Interior Secretary
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Suit Over JPMorgan's Enron Actions
• NY Firm To Probe Austrian Banks' Madoff Dealings
• Bank Loses Bid To Examine Lehman Docs
• Bracewell & Giuliani Lures Top DOJ Lawyer
• Ice Miller, Squire Sanders Latest Firms To Cut Staff
• The DOJ's Corporate Leniency Policy — Part I
• Anomalous Decisions On Private Arbitration
• McCarter & English Poised To Absorb Regulatory Work
• Bankrupt Mine Files Plan In Light Of Sale
• T3 Accuses IBM Of Mainframe Monopoly Abuse In EU
• Merrill Lynch Settles Securities Suits For $550M
• Dorsey Wins Reversal Of Legal Malpractice Ruling
• Manhunt On For Missing Hedge Fund Manager
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Lands Weil Bankruptcy Vet
• Green Groups Fight $5.5B Coal-To-Liquid Fuel Plant
• The DOJ's Corporate Leniency Policy — Part II
• M&A Practice: White & Case
• Akin Gump Sheds 65 From Staff Rolls
• Lehman Wins Examiner Over Trustee Protests
• EPA To Revisit Cement Plant Mercury Emissions
• AIG Faces Investor Suit Over CDS, Subprime Losses
• M&A Practice: K&L Gates
• Law360 Employment Editorial Advisory Board
• Ex-Funeral Director Sentenced In Tissue Theft Case
• Law360 Securities Editorial Advisory Board
• GM Working To Bring Closure To Delphi Bankruptcy
• Greenberg Adds Another Bankruptcy Shareholder
• High Court To Hear Appeal On NY AG's Lending Probe
• NY's Mesa Grill, Bar Americain Face FLSA Claims
• Dreier Seeks Bail, Argues He's Not A Flight Risk
• Law360 Energy Editorial Advisory Board
• Rising Sea Level Threatens US Coastal Cities: EPA
• Star Tribune Files For Ch. 11 Amid Newspaper Woes
• Judge Blasts Centocor Bid In Humira Patent Case
• VeraSun Catches $110M Lifeline
• Calif. Water Plaintiffs Seek To Resolve MTBE Claims
• Reinterpreting Section 553's Mutuality Requirement
• Goody's Trying To 'Run And Hide': Creditors
• The State Of Infringement Damages In The 3rd Circ.
• Salazar Vows To Follow Science As Interior Chief
• Sprint Reaches $8.8M Settlement In FLSA OT Case
• Taiwan HIV Hemophiliac Cases Head Back To Calif.
• Northeast Biofuels Enters Ch. 11 Amid Plant Woes
• Judge Won't Reconsider Ruling In NYC Overtime Case
• Greenberg Takes 3 Corporate Attys. From K&L Gates
• Cuomo Subpoenas Ex-GMAC Chair Over Madoff
• Woodside Files Ch. 11 Plan, Disclosure Statement
• Mintz Levin Scoops Up Dreier Labor Group
• Supplier Sues Hanover Over Moldy Shipments
• Antitrust Suit Over $25B Tobacco Deal Snuffed
• IP Practice: O'Melveny & Myers
• FINRA Had No Authority In Madoff Fraud: Schapiro
• Trustee Stands Tough In Objection To Lazard Fee
• Novartis Beats Sales Reps' Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Crowell Adds Antitrust Partner From Jones Day
• Death Of The Noncompete For NY Broadcasters?
• Duane Reade To Settle FLSA Class Actions For $3.5M
• Energy Efficiency: High Stakes For Manufacturers
• Convicted BofA Inside Trader Gets SEC Sanctions
• SEC, Former Trader Strike Deal In Fraud Case
• Ex-AB Watley COO Makes Deal In Squawk Box Case
• Pension Insurer Becomes Creditor In Madoff Case
• Dewey Cuts Staff In US, Ramps Up In Europe
• Dismal Sales Drive Goody's To Liquidation
• Election Reopens National Catastrophe Fund Debate
• Lilly Set To Hand Over $1.4B Zyprexa Payout: Report
• Foley Hoag Announces Associate, Staff Layoffs
• Judge Upholds $43M Verdict For Philips In Lamp Case
• Canada's Nortel Networks Files For Bankruptcy
• Blackstone Partner Hit With Insider Trading Suit
• NY Insurance Head Plans New Push For Exchange
• Insurer Had 'Duty To Defend' Lawyer: Appeals Court
• ICE's Takeover Plan Comes Under Antitrust Scrutiny
• Judge Again Rejects US Bid To Jail Madoff
• Legislative Reversal Of SCOTUS Antitrust Decisions?
• Arent Fox Snags McDermott Will Restructuring Pro
• Kirkland & Ellis Picks Up Former US Attorney Garcia
• Law Firm Internet Presence Report Card
• Sen. Reintroduces Bill To Curb Energy Speculation
• GAO Skepticism Of Carbon Offset Markets
• Financial Crisis Stoking Workplace Class Actions
• Federal Oversight May Come To Insurance Industry
• Judge Tosses 'Defective' Centerline Shareholder Suit
• Dechert Takes Bankruptcy Partner From O'Melveny
• Old Republic To Pay $3.3M To End Rate-Gouging Suit
• Verizon Spinoff, Sales Reps Settle Wage Class Action
• Streamlined Wellman Inc. Nears Ch. 11 Exit
• Apex Silver Enters Ch. 11 To Sell Off Bolivian Mine
• US To Appeal Ruling Keeping Madoff Out Of Jail
• Financial Crisis Sets Litigation Trends For 2009
• Slow Sales Push Developer Tarragon Into Ch. 11
• Law Firm Mergers To Accelerate This Year: Survey
• Reserve Mgmt. Lied To Investors After Lehman: Mass.
• Bed Bath & Beyond Off The Hook In Derivative Suit
• Tackling Climate Change During Economic Turmoil
• Infant Plaintiffs In MDL Over MTBE Aim To Settle
• BofA, Merrill Lynch Hit With FLSA Overtime Suit
• Ex-Federal Prosecutor Joins Venable SEC Practice
• Kilpatrick Stockton Hires Thelen IP Co-Chair
• Feds, Others Settle Landfill Cleanup Suit With NY
• UnitedHealth To Pay $50M In Reimbursement Probe
• US Investors Sue Royal Bank Of Scotland Over IPO
• Judge Tosses Heliport Case With Room For Revival
• Trader Joe's Sues Rival Over 'Trader John's' Store
• Group Calls For More Oversight In Municipal Market
• High Court Asks DOJ For Input In DVR Copyright Case
• Dell To Pay $3.85M For Allegedly Misleading Buyers
• Judge Stands By Decision In Natural Gas MDL
• Sidley Life Sciences Duo Jump To Baker Botts
• Madoff Remains Free On Bail After Judge's Ruling
• Sanofi Slaps Novo Nordisk Over Safety Needle Patent
• India Arrests Satyam Execs, Names New Board
• GMAC Chairman Steps Down Amid Madoff Suit
• Counterclaims Filed In 'Monte Carlo' Trademark Spat
• Waiters At Maui Westin Sue Over Tips
• Restructuring Lawyer Leaves Willkie Farr For Venable
• Fox Business Network Files FOIA Suit Against Fed
• Legacy Liabilities Send Tronox Into Ch. 11
• 2 More Lehman Lending Units File For Ch. 11
• Greenberg Traurig Lures 2 Restructuring Partners
• Claim Reinstated In Monster Backdating Suit
• New Year Starts Off With More Law Firm Layoffs
• Luxury Restaurant Le Cirque Embroiled In FLSA Suit
• DOJ, Delta Strike Deal Over Superfund Cleanup
• US Antitrust Liability And An Evolving China
• Judge Tosses Genesco Investor's Suit Against UBS
• Exxon Footnote 17: Courting Scientific McCarthyism?
• Bankruptcy Looms As Star Tribune Negotiations End
• Sills Cummis Merges With NY's Silverberg Stonehill
• US Drops Fraud Suit Against Collins & Aikman Execs
• Lehman Backs Bid For Examiner, Bucking US Trustee
• Lehman Ties Up Deal To Spin Off Private Equity Firm
• Reductions-In-Force: Best Practices
• Madoff Lawsuit Virus Likely To Spread To Insurance
• Purina Sues Co. It Says Sold Tainted Feed Component
• NYC Bus Workers Sue GM, Others Over Fumes
• McCarter & English Ousted From Auto Securities Suit
• Buddha Bar Chain Wins Appeal In Trademark Fight
• More Defendants Settle In MDL Over MTBE
• Goldman Sachs To Pay Enron $7M Over Securities
• Best Buy Faces Renewed Race, Sex Bias Claims
• Euro Investors Eyeing UBS, HSBC For Madoff Losses
• Akerman Senterfitt Scores DOJ Bankruptcy Vet
• Shipping Co. Armada Files Ch. 15 Petition In NY
• 2nd Circ. Raises Bar For Legal Fee Reductions
• Lawyers To Execs: Beware Your BlackBerry
• Class, Deal Get Initial OK In ADEA Suit Against CNA
• Flurry Of Legal Activity Follows Satyam Revelation
• Real Estate Co. Signs On To Green Goals With EPA
• Clifford Chance To Cut Up To 80 Lawyers In London
• E-Commerce Exec Sues SEC As Fraud Trial Nears
• Crowell Adds Heller Antitrust, Securities Partner
• Skilling And The Future Of Securities Fraud Cases
• UK Fraud Unit Launches Madoff Probe
• Citigroup General Counsel Rejoins Cleary Gottlieb
• Forever 21 Abused Discovery: Anthropologie
• Crisis Could Bring Opportunity For Female Lawyers
• Lyondell Resolves Spat Over $8B DIP Package
• Mich. Appointed Lead Plaintiff In Bear Stearns Case
• Payout Recipients To Join JPMorgan ERISA Class Suit
• Mountain Of Suits Expected After Huge Satyam Fraud
• Marvel Sues MGA Over Spider-Man Licensing Deals
• Morgan Lewis Revamps Associate Bonus Criteria
• LyondellBasell's US Units Seek $8B In DIP Financing
• The Patchwork Quilt Of State E-Verify Laws
• DOE Vet Rejoins Haynes & Boone
• Seyfarth Absorbs Business Immigration Boutique
• Baker Botts Scores Securities Partner
• Citing Flight Risk, Prosecutors Seek To Jail Madoff
• M&A Practice: Dechert
• Refco-Related Securities Suit V. Goldman Execs Nixed
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Public Finance Expert
• A Tougher Standard For Class In Antitrust Action
• NY Approves Emissions Rules Tougher Than EPA's
• Tobacco Co., States Strike Deal Over Marketing Items
• Investors Sue Solar Cell Co. For Lehman Losses
• Milberg Grows Practice With Gibson Bankruptcy Guru
• Using Trademarks In Search Words, Metadata
• US Units Of LyondellBasell File For Ch. 11
• Finance Firms Hit With Securities Class Action Wave
• Mercury Computer Strikes ARS Deal With UBS
• Loeb & Loeb Grows Securities, Litigation Depts.
• Abbott Strikes Back At Bayer Patent Suit Over Humira
• Frontier Airlines, Pilots Reach Labor Agreement
• Troutman Sanders, Ross Dixon & Bell Join Forces
• Icelandic Bank's Ch. 15 Protection Bid Approved
• Thompson & Knight Snags Ex-US Attorney
• Battle Rages Over Brooke Bankruptcy Conversion
• Judge Won't Enter $1.4B Judgment Against Trump
• Goody's To Liquidate Months After Ch. 11 Emergence
• Challengers To PCAOB Seek High Court Review
• Citco Still On Hook In $550M Hedge Fund Fraud Suit
• Post Madoff: What Now For Investors?
• Sheppard Mullin Scores White Collar Defense Team
• Patent Litigation In Eastern Texas: Is The Party Over?
• Sheppard Mullin Adds To New Silicon Valley IP Group
• Madoff Trustee Gets Asset Disclosure Extension
• Investor Seeks $30M From Merrill Lynch Over ARS
• Firms Kick Off New Year With Mergers
• In-House Counsel At Risk For Malpractice Claims
• Duane Morris Snaps Up Dewey Bankruptcy Aces
• NY May Reopen Some Discovery In DRAM MDL
• Merck's Fosamax May Boost Cancer Risk: FDA Official
• Patent Battle Erupts Over Car Entertainment System