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New York - April, 2009

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• Too Late To Sue MetLife Over Contract: 5th Circ.
• Coke Tries To Squelch Pepsi Sports Drink Ads Suit
• Speedy Chrysler Ch. 11 A Pipe Dream: Experts
• Paper Or Plastic? Retailers May Be Losing Choice
• Broad Jones Day Team To Direct Chrysler Ch. 11
• Analyzing The Waxman-Markey Draft
• Zyprexa MDL Class Wants Court To Name Doctors
• Linklaters Becomes Latest To Trim Starting Salaries
• Another General Re Exec Gets Year In Prison
• Enviro Record Irrelevant In Human Rights Case: Shell
• Fired NY Staff Lawyer's Retaliation Claims Survive
• List Of Chrysler's Largest Unsecured Creditors
• MBIA Sues Merrill Over Credit Default Swaps
• The Transfer Tax Exemption After Piccadilly
• K&L Gates Snags Time Warner Trademark Specialist
• Swine Flu Pandemic: Issues For Employers
• Claims Tossed Against 34 In Muni Bond Antitrust MDL
• Delphi Seeks Gov. Protection Of Chrysler Receivables
• Securing Business Income Coverage In A Pandemic
• SEC, AG Cuomo Take Aim At Aldus Equity Founder
• One Client Too Many — A Cautionary Tale Of Ethics
• Chrysler Ch. 11 A Boon To Attorneys
• Media Atty Wins Access To Sealed Docs In Intel MDL
• New Journal Register Ch. 11 Plan Draws Objections
• Earth Movement Doesn't Mean Excavation: NY Court
• Crooked NY School Officials Stripped Of Benefits
• Employers Should Act Now To Avoid Swine Flu Liability
• Book Deal Puts Google Under Antitrust Microscope
• Newly Bankrupt Tropicana Casino Seeks Fast Auction
• Doe Run's Counterclaims Proceed In Insurance Spat
• La. House Panel OKs Limit On Storm Deductibles
• US Balks At Bail For Alleged Ponzi Schemer Cosmo
• Burlington Should Pay Fendi $2.5M Over Sales: Judge
• NH Senate Rejects Transgender Rights Bill
• BofA Chair Ousted Amid Calls For Info On Merrill Deal
• German Lehman Bros. Affiliate Files For Ch. 15
• Moody's Loses Bid To Reconsider Loss Causation
• Facing Enforcement Of The False Statements Act
• SEC Slams Former AHM Execs With Fraud Action
• Dreier To Throw Himself At Court's Mercy
• Cigarette Sites Infringe Philip Morris Marks: Judge
• FDA OKs Emergency Drug Uses As Swine Flu Spreads
• Atty Hit With SemGroup Insider Trading Suit
• Justices Skeptical Of Cuomo's Bid To Probe Banks
• Adaptive Loses Bid To Add Partner To Overcharge Suit
• WaMu Sues JPMorgan For Return Of $4B In Deposits
• Antitrust Suit Against Clear Channel, Law Firm Tossed
• Deutsche Bank Securities Plaintiffs Seek Lead Status
• Pandemic Preparedness For Employers
• Kimberly-Clark Gets Share Of $325M Credit: 5th Circ.
• Proposed Class Regains Lost Ground In Amaranth Suit
• Obama Taps 2 Labor Veterans For NLRB
• Courts, Congress Could Gut Penn Plaza Ruling
• Groups Ask Supreme Court To Hear Nacchio Case
• Jilted Heller Workers Add Partners To $32M Suit
• Charter Creditors Want In On JPMorgan Default Suit
• Conn.'s Non-Medicaid Claims Cut From Zyprexa MDL
• Watson Pharmaceuticals Sued Over Mucinex ANDAs
• Judge Won't Keep Lens Case V. USPTO Under Wraps
• SemGroup Wins Extension On $150M DIP Loan
• Quadrangle Investors Stalwart Amid Agent Fee Probe
• Blank Rome Snags Cross-Border Securities Guru
• Lehman Unit Sues CDS Partner To Recover $46M
• Duane Morris Adds 2 Former WolfBlock Litigators
• Investors Add Fraud To Suit V. Madoff Feeder Fund
• Former Lehman Exec Joins Sidley Bankruptcy Team
• Vegas Developer Sues For $3B Over Failed Loan
• Chemtura Gets OK To Buy Back Receivables Portfolio
• LyondellBasell Joins US Unit In Ch. 11 Proceedings
• Clawback Letters To Madoff Victims Spark Concern
• Judge Refuses To Toss Nigerians' Suit Against Shell
• Zurich Seeks To Escape Transport Co.'s Coverage Suit
• Delphi And The Modification Of Retiree Benefits
• Atlantic States Fined $8M In Enviro, Safety Case
• US Trustee Slams Charter's Disclosure Statement
• Sonnenschein Rates For Treasury Work Slip Out
• Delphi Buys Time For GM Deal In Race To Reorganize
• 2 Hunton Litigation Partners Head To White & Case
• Mich. May Lose Out If Ch. 11 Is In Detroit's Future
• Treasury Preparing Ch. 11 Filing For Chrysler: Report
• Best Practices For Compensation Audits
• Claims Against 19 Nixed In Take-Two Backdating Suit
• Autodesk Faces Patent Suit Over AutoCAD Software
• Fund Manager Indicted Over $150M Ponzi Scheme
• Verizon Sues Workers' Union For CBA Breaches
• General Growth Adds Subsidiaries To Ch. 11 Filing
• Convolve Disk Drive Patent Valid: USPTO Re-Exam
• Exelon Bid To Toss NRG Suit Over $6B Merger Nixed
• New Bidders Vie For Madoff Trading Unit
• Qualcomm, Broadcom May Settle All Disputes
• Lucky Takes Hit In Spat Over 'Get Lucky' Trademark
• Sepracor Sues Mylan Over Generic Lunesta Plans
• 2nd Circ. Gives DOE Go-Ahead To Tighten Boiler Rule
• Howard Economist Tapped For Labor Policy Post
• Doe Run Insurers Still Have Beef To Work Out: Judge
• SEC Takes Adviser To Task For Endorsing Bayou
• GM May Miss $1B Bond Payment Deadline: CFO
• Universal ABC Recalls Diet Pills Over Sibutramine
• Asbestos Litigation Trends In The US
• Squawk Box Traders Found Guilty Of Conspiracy
• 9th Circ. Nixes YouTube Appeal In Copyright Suit
• Placement Agents Under Fire In NY Pension Scandal
• Judge Extends Microsoft Oversight For 18 Months
• Bayou Exec's Brother Gets 21 Months, $60M Fine
• Insurers Trim Pentair's $30M Indemnity Suit
• Penguin IP Suit V. Web Site Can't Fly In NY: Judge
• Freddie Mac Acting CFO Found Dead In His Home
• Ex-Broker Pleads Not Guilty In Dreier Fraud Case
• Portrait Co. Asks To Toss Post-Sale Trademark Suit
• Bankrupt Student Lender Sued Over ARS Involvement
• Lead Plaintiff Tapped In Investors' Case V. Solar Co.
• Retroactivity In The Medical Device Safety Act
• Curbing GHG Emissions Via Clean Air Act?
• Doha Bank Branch To Pay $5M Over DOT Claims
• Calif.'s Sophisticated User Doctrine
• 2nd Circ. Lifts Sanctions Against Dorsey & Whitney
• Hilton Subpoenaed Over Starwood Trade Secrets
• Judge Freezes $137M In Lehman CDS Claim Spat
• 2 More Suits Over Madoff Losses Hit Funds
• NYC Comptroller To Probe Quadrangle-Morris Link
• Duane Morris Snags Seyfarth Corporate Finance Pro
• Natl Grid Retirees' Claims Not ADEA-Covered: Judge
• Star Tribune Asks For More Time On Ch. 11 Plan
• BearingPoint OK To Continue Using Cash Collateral
• Kodak's Digital Camera Patents Invalid: Samsung
• Funds Took $255M Before Madoff Collapse: Trustee
• Quebecor Reorganization Plan Calls For New Board
• Food Co.'s Bad Faith Case Crumbles Before 2nd Circ.
• Bid For Madoff Involuntary Bankruptcy Gets Blocked
• The Growth Of 'Green' Claims
• Former AIG Honcho Tossed From Derivative Case
• Prudential Insurer Loses Cert Bid In Asbestos Case
• Howrey Axes 25, Seeks More Capital From Partners
• Alston & Bird Nabs Greenberg IP Partner
• Baker Cuts 9 Staffers, Freezes Wages For Others
• Schering To Appeal Outside Sales Issue In OT Suit
• Litigation Risks For CMBS Special Servicers
• Belgian Antitrust Authorities To Probe AB InBev
• US Energy Unit's Ch. 11 Plan Includes New UK Wells
• Ex-GMAC Chair Talked To Madoff Investigators: Court
• General Growth Scores Interim Use Of Cash Collateral
• Prudential Unit Ends Market Timing Probes For $68M
• Artists Sue Anthropologie Over Floral Rug Design
• Experts See Ways To Impeach 'Torture Judge'
• Kirkland & Ellis Lays Off Chicago, NYC, DC Staff
• BearingPoint Gets OK For $350M Sale To Deloitte
• Starwood Sues Hilton Over Trade Secrets Theft
• Rattner Linked To NY Pension Fund Kickback Probe
• FERC Must Weigh Antitrust Claims In Decisions: AAI
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Drop Of Injunction In L'Oreal Suit
• United Rentals Shareholders Refile Suit Over Deal
• Nonparty Discovery In Reinsurance Arbitrations
• Fulbright Atty Apologizes To Judge, Staples Over Docs
• Amendment OK'd In Delphi Case
• Sepracor Claims Patent Priority Over Wyeth's Pristiq
• Breached CDA Bar Puts Online Services At Risk
• CEO Says Ch. 11 More Likely Than Not For GM
• Are Agreements To Negotiate Enforceable?
• Allstate Op-Ed Sparks Probe From NY Insurance Head
• IBM Hits Back At Macy's In Patent Liability Suit
• Wilson Elser Asbestos Guru Hops To Littleton Joyce
• CEO Schemes Drove SemGroup Into Ch. 11: Examiner
• Covington Launches Clean Energy, Climate Group
• For Commercial Market, Mall Giant May Be 1st Domino
• Spectrum Brands Disclosure Statement Approved
• Lyondell Can Pay MTBE Settlement Share: Judge
• Md. Requires Insurers To Report Slavery Dealings
• Seven Sues Over Trademarked Back-Pocket Design
• Insurance Companies On Offense
• Sonnenschein Grabs 2 Patton Boggs Energy Partners
• 2nd Circ. Revives Esquire Case Against CBQ
• 1031 Tax Group Creditors Look To Retain Cozen
• Pa. To Set New Wastewater Discharge Limits
• Affiliated Computer Off Hook In Default Dispute
• DOJ Seeks To Extend Antitrust Oversight Of Microsoft
• Judge Won't Reconsider Denying Class In AmEx Case
• PTO Rejects Bulk Of Biosig Heart Rate Monitor Patent
• We Had Right To Take Clients: Ex-Brobeck Partners
• Holland & Hart Snags Securities Partner From Faegre
• $302M Settles DOJ Probe Into Shoddy Quest Test Kits
• Magna Balks At Hedge Fund's Bid For Examiner
• Hedge Fund Boss Pleads Guilty To Pension Kickbacks
• Muslim Ex-Waiter Seeks Class Cert. In Bias Action
• Dreier Unsecured Creditors Win Access To Exhibits
• Obama Names 2 For Labor Posts
• Effects Of CFIUS Rules On Minority Investments
• EPA Doles Out $600M For Superfund Waste Cleanup
• Broker Loses Bid For Reconsideration In Fraud Case
• Holland & Knight Hires IP Guru Raysman
• WARN Act Suit V. Heller Ehrman Sent To ADR
• Lacrosse League Wants Firm Nixed In Antitrust Case
• Weil Gotshal Submits $55M Bill In Lehman Ch. 11
• NJ Plaintiffs Seek Insurance Info In Lyondell Case
• Law360 Insurance Editorial Advisory Board
• Investor Sues MassMutual Fund Over Madoff Losses
• Creditors Balk At BearingPoint Unit Sale To Deloitte
• Oppenheimer Investors Vie For Lead Plaintiff Status
• 1-800-Mattress Gets OK To Tap More DIP Cash
• Quinn Emanuel Lures Akin Gump Litigation Co-Chair
• GM Recalls 1.5M Vehicles Over Engine Oil Leak
• Bill Could Open Floodgates For Equal Pay Claims
• Seyfarth Grabs Hunton Labor Guru For NY Office
• Madoff UK Fund Files Ch. 15 To Recover Assets
• Social Media: Not Just For Chitchat Anymore
• Attys Chided For Revealing Sealed Info In Visa Case
• Perkins Coie Axes 12 Lawyers, 26 Staff Members
• Review Of BofA Disclosures Is Under Way: SEC
• Pepsi Strikes Back At Coke Over Sports Drink Ads
• Carlyle Faces Probe Over $1.3B Investment Scheme
• Fired GC Must Pay Securities Firm Attys' Fees: Judge
• SEC, Broker Strike Deal Over Gas Options Inflation
• Schiff Hardin Signs On Cerussi Mass Tort Partner
• Investment Co. Returns Fire In SOLI Fraud Case
• State By State Employee Monitoring Laws
• Ore. AG Sues OppenheimerFunds Over $36.2M Loss
• Designing An Effective Electronic HR System
• Ex-Tyco Bosses Take Convictions To Supreme Court
• A Right To Recover Consequential Damages In NY
• Source Interlink Reaches 3 More Mag Antitrust Deals
• Rembrandt Seeks Green Light For Charter Patent Spat
• Subprime Litigation — Where Are We Now?
• Refco Trustee Claims V. PwC, Mayer Brown Dismissed
• For Attorneys, Rise In Global RIFs Creates New Ties
• Jenner & Block Opens LA Shop With Kirkland Partners
• BearingPoint Seeks To Avoid Indemnifying Directors
• Treasury, GM Hammer Out 'Surgical' Ch. 11 Plan
• Sonnenschein Lures Wilson Sonsini White Collar Vet
• Ex-Vivendi CFO Dropped From 33 Investor Suits
• JPMorgan Workers Get OK To Use E-Mail In OT Suit
• Office Depot Sues AIG Unit Over $15M Defense Costs
• DOC Nixes Broadwater Long Island Sound LNG Plan
• BNY's Challenge To Lyondell DIP Package Nixed
• Costs From Faulty GE Part Can Be Recouped: Court
• Coughlin Stoia, Others Seek $4.5M Of Drug Suit Deal
• Drug Sellers Move To Finalize $250M TriCor Settlement
• HP Appeals Lower $53M Verdict In Cornell Patent Suit
• BG Paid Out $90M In Bribes To Kazakhs: Shareholder
• Invista To Pay $502M In Landmark EPA Fine
• Investors File Ch. 7 Petition Against Madoff
• Pension Funds' Securities Suit V. Vodafone Revived
• Enviro Claims Added To Asbestos Reinsurance Fight
• EPA Names 9 Sites To Superfund Priorities List
• 5th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Securities Beef V. TXU
• Duane Morris Snags 18 More WolfBlock Lawyers
• House Draft Bill: Climate Change, Clean Energy
• Blogging And The Workplace
• Townsend Lays Off 61; Vedder Price Cuts 9
• 8 Years After Firm Merger, Contract Dispute Lingers
• Oneida Can't Discharge PBGC Fees: 2nd Circ.
• EMC Must Pay ReliaStar $3.9M In Fees: 2nd Circ.
• Can Safety Be An Option? Yes, No, Maybe
• Dreier Receiver Issues $1.5M Bill For Fees, Expenses
• Patton Boggs Adds Finance Pro From Lehman Bros.
• SEC Settlements Surged In 1Q 2009: Report
• Agents Sue Brooke Lending Arm For Fraud, RICO
• TIG Can Amend Suit Over Asbestos Reinsurance
• Claims Pared In M&T's $82M Suit V. Deutsche Bank
• $400B Apartheid Case Against UBS, Barclays Trimmed
• Contractor Pleads Guilty In NYPH Bid-Rigging Scandal
• Baker & McKenzie Lays Off 38 Lawyers, 86 Staff
• Energy, Bankruptcy Pro Rejoins Greenberg Traurig
• Elan Bites Apple With Touch Screen Patent Suit
• SEC Fights Effort To Push Madoff Into Bankruptcy
• Chevron Proxy Fight Heats Up Over $27B Ecuador Suit
• Insider Trading Claims Cut For Ex-Countrywide Execs
• Transgender Rights Bill Squeaks Through NH House
• Hiring Strategies, Luck Help Keep Layoffs At Bay
• Mayer Brown Bids To Toss Final Claim In Refco Suit
• DVD Manufacturer Sued For Breach Of Patent License
• Edwards Angell Opens 1st Western Branch In Calif.
• Developers Seek To Lift Stay In Dreier Bankruptcy
• Mutual Funds Sue MBIA Over Public Bond Unit Split
• Takeovers Of Small Firms Keep Merger Activity Up
• Lilly, Plaintiff Group Settle Zyprexa MDL Claims
• Sale Set For Madoff's Market-Making Unit
• Lyondell Creditors Will Investigate Basell Merger
• Patton Boggs Nabs Foley & Lardner Bankruptcy Team
• PLVTZ Trustee Asks To Streamline Objection Process
• Kilpatrick Stockton Brings On Former SEC Official
• Plaintiff Seeks Class Cert. In Telemarketing Suit
• As Other Firms Shrink, Lanier Adds 6 New Lawyers
• Take-Two Settles Suit Over Rejected EA Buyout Bids
• Simpson Thacher Snags White & Case Bankruptcy Pro
• Understanding Storm Cost Recovery Bonds
• McCarter, Pugh Jones Join Up But Don't Merge
• The Impact Of Sutherland V. Sutherland
• Claims Added To Subprime Negligence Suit V. Citi
• Kucinich Demands SEC Probe Into Merrill Bonuses
• Wash. Hits Wachovia With ARS Fine
• Shareholder Suit Against Vanguard Tossed
• Biologics Legislation In The 111th Congress
• Lost Baggage Suit V. British Airways Gets Green Light
• Ex-GMAC Chairman Faces Charges Over Madoff Plot
• Charter To Seek Dismissal Of JPMorgan Suit Over $8B
• $586M Deal Reached In IPO Securities Case
• Bank Joins Effort To Nix Tronox Ch. 11 Equity Panel
• Judge Stays Sanofi Safety Needle Patent Suit
• Lehman Fights To Keep 'Erroneous' €58M Payment
• Sen. Proposes 2-Day Wait Period For Ticket Resales
• Bankrupt US Energy Gets OK To Use Cash Collateral
• Rescuecom's Trademark Suit Against Google Revived
• The Future Of FERC's 'Conditioning Authority'
• Madoff Brother Gets $10K Monthly Allowance: Judge
• Boehringer Moves To Delay Sales Rep FLSA Trial
• Staples Contempt Motion Spices Up Trademark Fight
• Pleading Standards Under Section 544(b)(1)
• FERC Seeks En Banc Hearing In Transmission Suit
• Citigroup And The Duty To Manage Risk
• Title Insurers To Give 3,500 Colo. Customers Refunds
• Sperm Bank Subject To Strict Liability Claim: Judge
• Some Creditors Cry Foul As Bankrupt Polaroid Sold
• Program For Patent Judges Could Cut Case Delays
• Magna Creditors Committee Balks At $180M Sale Plan
• FINRA Can Sue Ex-Member To Collect Fines: Judge
• Shire Sues Natco Pharma Over ANDA For Fosrenol
• Ex-Gen Re CFO Gets 18 Months Over $600M AIG Fraud
• Lehman, BofA Drop 1 Issue From $509M Setoff Fight
• Obama Auto Team Seeks Delay On GM-Delphi Deal
• Class Cert. Denied For Cabbies Suing Cab Cos.
• Ex-WolfBlock Securities Chair Lands At Blank Rome
• Bill Would Revive CAIR, CAMR In Wake Of Acid Rain
• Bill Would Make Competition For Pharma Sales Reps
• Cos. Using Open Source Software May Overlook Risks
• Obama Nominates 2 For Appeals Courts
• Journal Register, JPMorgan Protest Creditors' Probe
• Final Claims In Epic Steinbeck Family Spat Tossed
• Suit Accusing Energy Transfer Of Fixing NYMEX Nixed
• Weil Gotshal Adds Bankruptcy Pro From Chadbourne
• FedEx Drivers Are Not Employees: Wash. Jury
• Bid To Toss Search Patent Suit V. Google, Yahoo Fails
• Ex-Thelen Workers Win Class Cert. In WARN Action
• AIG Director Behind Bonuses Must Go: Investors
• Take-Two To Pay $3M To Settle Backdating Charges
• High Court On Arbitration Of Discrimination Claims
• Investment Adviser Ran $55M Ponzi Scheme: SEC
• High Court Says Unions Must Arbitrate ADEA Claims
• Environmental Law Vets Named For DOI, EPA Posts
• Secret Source Dooms Merger Suit V. Bioenvision
• Insurer Off Hook For Pilgrim's Pride Settlement
• Sandoz, Ratiopharm Infringe Oxycontin Patents: Court
• Medical Records Case V. Postal Service Survives
• Professor's Complaint Spurs LED Investigation By ITC
• Silicon Graphics Back In Ch. 11, This Time With Deal
• New Century Trustee Seeks $1B From KPMG
• $184M Cornell Award Cut To $53M In Suit V. HP
• Charter Can Tap $640M In Cash Collateral: Judge
• Mass. Agency Accuses Madoff Feeder Fund Of Fraud
• Allstate Loses Bid To Toss Wyeth Coverage Spat
• Locke Lorde Cuts 6% Of Attorneys
• Kasowitz Lures 5 New Partners To Start Miami Office
• Family Feud In Young Ch. 11 Ensnares Sonnenschein
• Real Estate Bankruptcy Cramdowns
• Customers Move To Force Madoff Into Ch. 7
• Battle Over 'East Of Eden' Royalties To Continue
• Telecom's Merger Fraud Suit V. JPMorgan Tossed
• The Marcellus Shale: Challenges For Tomorrow
• EPA, Construction Co. Settle Over NY Superfund Site