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New York - May, 2009

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• County Objects To Lehman Bid To Sell Small Assets
• Conn. Bans Bisphenol A In Children's Products
• Geico Hit With OT Class Action
• Investor's $70M Suit V. Abbott Sent To Arbitration
• EPA Fines Puerto Rico National Guard
• Ernst & Young Ordered To Turn Over Vivendi Audits
• The Value Of ACPERA
• BearingPoint Gets OK For $44M Asset Sale To PwC
• Simpson Thacher To Share Docs On Work For LDK
• Former NYSE Trader Settles SEC Fraud Claims
• Chrysler Resolves Lemon Law, Workers' Comp Issues
• Size Complicates GM's Bankruptcy
• Clifford Chance Overhauls US Litigation, Plans Layoffs
• Legacy CMBS Under TALF
• In The Wake Of Bilski
• NY Life Unit To Cough Up $6.2M Over Fund Fees
• UFCW, Coughlin Stoia OK'd For Suit V. Chesapeake
• Norris McLaughlin, Tallman Hudders To Join Forces
• Drafting Licenses, Settlements Under TransCore
• Verizon Asks FCC To Bar Blocking Of Sports Channels
• Boehringer Loses Bid To Appeal Reps' FLSA Status
• Bankruptcy Outline Calls For Creation Of New GM
• Fund Can't Take Over Securities Suit V. Merrill: Judge
• New Lexapro Class Action Can't Tag Onto MDL
• Auto Slump, Debt Drive Parts Supplier Into Ch. 11
• Google's Solution To Its Book Rights Fight
• NY AG, Mortgage Broker Resolve Housing Bias Suit
• Goodyear Seeks Sanctions In Greyhound Crash Suit
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's William McCabe
• Firms Should Refine Ads, Not Abandon Them: Experts
• Jones Day Nabs 7 Bankruptcy Attorneys From Kirkland
• T3 Moves To Nix IBM Attys In Mainframe Patent Spat
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's Matthew Burke
• ARS Investors Seek Lead Plaintiff Swap In UBS Case
• AstraZeneca Sued For $1.3B Over Failed Drug Deal
• CLEs A Valuable Tool If Wielded Properly: Experts
• Chrysler Sale Hearing Proceeds Over Objections
• Whistleblower Claims Over Lipitor Marketing Tossed
• Clifford Chance Readying For Axed-Partner Appeals
• Ex-Cardinal Health Officers Settle SEC Fraud Charge
• Centocor Patents Stand In Fight Over Abbott's Humira
• Sotomayor May Not Get Quick OK Obama Hopes For
• Lyondell Faces Objections Over Reclamation Claims
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Peter Sullivan
• Q&A With Weil Gotshal's Joseph Allerhand
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's David Feldman
• Q&A With Weil Gotshal's Marcia Goldstein
• Q&A With McDermott's Michael Pope
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Tom Mounteer
• Warhol Case Survives Minus Antitrust Claims
• Global Lehman Admins To Share Bankruptcy Info
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Mark Goodman
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Joseph O'Malley
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Robert Davis
• Q&A With O'Melveny & Myers' Eric Rothenberg
• Claims Grow In Suit V. Holland & Knight Over Nadel
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Joseph DeSimone
• Judge Delays Shell Trial Over Nigerian Deaths
• Q&A With Weil Gotshal's Helene D. Jaffe
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Alan Sutin
• 1st Seroquel Trial Plaintiff Fails To Prove Causation
• Q&A With Weil Gotshal's Arvin Maskin
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's Gary Lee
• GBGH Plan To Expand Drilling, Restructure Approved
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's Larren Nashelsky
• Q&A With Bingham's Bill Berkowitz
• Holland & Knight Snags Foley Bankruptcy Partner
• Nixon Peabody Lands Partner from Kramer Levin
• Ex-Dreier Attys In Hot Seat Over Founder's Assets
• Q&A With Hogan & Hartson's Richard Stone
• NRDC, Others Join Fray Over NY Cap-And-Trade
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Joseph Zammit
• 544(b)(1) Revisited: Silverman V. Sound Around
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Jyotin Hamid
• Q&A With O'Melveny & Myers' Paul Koepff
• Q&A With Hogan & Hartson's Kenneth Kirschner
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' David Craig Landin
• NLRB Allows St. Barnabas Residents To Unionize
• Ex-US Prosecutor Joins Covington White Collar Group
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Kevin Sullivan
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Richard Hahn
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Andrea Robinson
• Q&A With WilmerHale's John Sigel
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's James Ian Serota
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Gary Kubek
• Norwood Wins OK For Proposed $132M Asset Sale
• Madoff Trustee Pulls In $235M From Santander Funds
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Charles Platt
• Q&A With McDermott's Geoffrey Raicht
• Feds To Receive 70% Of GM Stock, UAW 17.5 %
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Jeffrey Cunard
• Q&A With Proskauer's Elise Bloom
• BankUnited Files For Ch. 11 In FDIC-Brokered Deal
• Q&A With Proskauer's Gregg Mashberg
• Nadel Receiver Seeks Approval Of Clawback Deal
• High Court To Hear Merck Bid In Vioxx Class Action
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Sarah Fitts
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Lawrence Rosenfeld
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Scott Baker
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Bruce Zirinsky
• Lawmaker Tries Again For Disaster Reinsurance Plan
• $350M United Healthcare ERISA Settlement Stalled
• Role Of The Real Estate Lawyer In Ch. 11
• Katrina Victims Lose Out In Bid For Class Cert.
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Karl Fritton
• Proskauer Shouldn't Rep Clifford In Case: Motion
• Order Limiting Immigration-Related Discovery Upheld
• AIG Units Seek To Toss Suit Over Oil Plant Cleanup
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Jonathan Dickey
• Bank Of NY Seeks To Cut Norwood Price Tag By $56M
• Chevron Proxy Fight Grows More Acrimonious
• Lehman Unit Fights To Guard $125M For Creditors
• Secrets Of Success For Today's Summer Associates
• Misconduct Suit Stayed In Fight Over Austria Train Fire
• Merchants Seek MasterCard, EU Settlement Info
• Gemstar Hit With Injunction In SEC Suit V. Ex-NFLer
• Q&A With Proskauer's Seth Schafler
• US Joins Tronox Suit Against Former Parent
• Sprint Call Center Workers Win Back Wages
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Luc Despins
• Patent Damages Best Left To Courts: Chief Judge
• DLA Piper, Reed Smith Slash Associate Salaries
• Toshiba Loses Round In DVD Patent License Spat
• Defendant In J&J Counterfeit Suit Agrees To Judgment
• Texas AG Accuses Debt Settlement Cos. Of Fraud
• Sunoco $8.5M Bid For Northeast Biofuels Plant OK'd
• Chrysler Creditors Attack US Over Sale Plan
• Chrysler Gets Green Light For $5B In DIP Cash
• Intesa Units To Pay $27M To Parmalat
• Skadden Bankruptcy Partner Moves To Latham
• Ion Heads Into Ch. 11 With Prenegotiated Plan
• 2nd Circ. Affirms WWE Antitrust Suit Dismissal
• Black & Decker Wins Partial Judgment In FLSA Suit
• Conn. Hedge Fund Sued For Rejecting Redemption
• Joseph Stevens Workers Accused Of $6.2M Fraud
• Lehman Wants Answers From Barclays Over Sale
• Trustee Objects To Source Interlink's Financial Team
• Merkin OKs Receivership For Madoff-Linked Funds
• BearingPoint Creditors Object To Employee Incentives
• Foley Scores Former Merrill Litigation Co-Head
• New Complaint Binds 10 Constellation ERISA Suits
• Proskauer Bolsters Corporate Defense Group
• K&L Gates Gives Corporate, IP Groups A Boost
• Medical Co. Asks Judge To Muzzle Greenberg Traurig
• Anticipating GM Filing, Interpublic Amends Loan Deal
• Holland & Knight Nadel Work Draws Malpractice Suit
• Court Pares Claims Over Magnetix Toy Maker Merger
• Nortel CEO, CFO Face Shareholder Class Action
• Allen, American Apparel Settle Billboard Suit For $5M
• Madoff Trustee Moves To Kill Worker Benefit Plans
• McDermott Nabs DLA Piper Private Equity Chairs
• High Court Agrees To Review SOX Challenge
• 2nd Circ. Remands Crucible, Lloyd's Coverage Spat
• DOJ, States Join Whistleblower Suits V. Wyeth
• Mexican Paper Giant's Disclosure Statement OK'd
• Charges Added V. Agriprocessors, Exec In Raid Case
• Star Tribune Asks Court To Toss Union Agreement
• Chemical Co. Liable For Past Contamination: Suit
• Oxford Health Loses Bid to Toss Benefit Suit
• Lehman Unit Sues MetWest Over $17M Setoff
• Ex-Juniper GC's Bid To Toss Backdating Suit Nixed
• Groups Seek To Punish Bush-Era 'Torture Lawyers'
• Covington Adds Ex-SEC Official, Merrill Lynch Atty
• High Court Widens Twombly Standard's Reach
• Cornell Nabs $1M In Costs In HP Microprocessor Spat
• Yahoo Must Pay $6.6M In Messaging Ad Case: Jury
• Hartford Fire Must Defend Injury Suit: Court
• Virgin Chief Calls On US To Reject BA-American Pact
• Kirkland Shouldn't Represent General Growth: Trustee
• Dechert Settles Discrimination Suit With Ex-Worker
• Kilpatrick Bolsters IP Team With 3 From Day Pitney
• Tweak To Food Act Would Extend Nutrition Labeling
• Battle Lines Form Over Chrysler Dealer Closures
• Financial Crisis Drives ICO Global Unit Into Ch. 11
• Tokyo Chemical Co. Sues Bayer, BNSF Over Toxic Spill
• Adviser Asks To Pursue $88M Suit V. AbitibiBowater
• Great American, Mass. AG Settle Bid-Rigging Suit
• Lehman Seeks To Mitigate Mortgage, Loan Exposure
• Loan Officers Sue Mortgage Source In FLSA Action
• FLSA Suit V. Shoe Mania Gains Traction
• Pension Funds Told To Butt Out Of Ambac Suit
• Judge Delays Madoff Sentence For Victim Statements
• Former AIG Exec Fights To Escape Securities Action
• Delayed Partner Retirement Has Its Costs For Firms
• Carlyle To Pay $20M To Settle NY Pay-To-Play Probe
• Summary Judgment Denied In Humira Patent Case
• Stroock & Stroock Signs On Jenner & Block Litigator
• Infineon Shareholder Suit Stayed For Cert. Appeal
• Insurer's TRO Bid Nixed In $195M Suit V. BNY Mellon
• Judge Tinkers With Class In Nurse Antitrust Case
• $400M DIP Financing Approved For General Growth
• Microsoft Drops K&L Gates From Preferred Firm List
• Foamex's Planned $105M Asset Sale Draws Protest
• Lehman Ex-Sales Rep Pleads Guilty To Trading Scam
• Madoff Trustee To Earmark $100M For Victims
• Oct. Bailout Was Forced On Banks: Documents
• MySpace Hit With Photo Upload Patent Suit
• Pliant Plan Hearing Delayed At Creditors' Behest
• 1031 Tax Group Trustee Hits Citi With $150M Suit
• Crisis Highlights Need For Lawyers To Manage Stress
• Cartoon Camel Ad Violated Tobacco Deal: Pa. Court
• Bankrupt Charter Wins TRO On DirecTV Attack Ads
• Woody Allen V. American Apparel Trial Set To Go
• State Lawmakers Oppose 'Uber' Financial Regulator
• Foley Nabs Energy Finance Experts From Troutman
• Madoff Trustee Sues Charity Over $5.1B Ponzi Gains
• Tronox Sues Former Parent Over 'Fraudulent' Spinoff
• Myriad Gene Patents Invalid, Unconstitutional: ACLU
• Kelsey Grammer, Disney Off Hook For IP Claims
• YouTube Ordered To Pay $1.6M+ To Songwriters
• Chrysler Fights Bid For Nonunion Retiree Committee
• Mass. Approves Tough Calorie-Labeling Rules
• FDA Warns Sanofi Over Taxotere Marketing Claims
• Lehman Bankruptcy Judge Picks Fees Committee
• Skadden Snags O'Melveny Attys For Litigation Group
• BP Unit, Trust Reach $29M Deal Over Oil Spill Losses
• Banks Sue Over MBIA's 'Fraudulent' Corporate Split
• Expert Witness Can't Testify in Zyprexa MDL: Judge
• EU's €1B Fine May Be Just The Start Of Intel's Woes
• Katten Muchin Environmental Vets Join Foley
• Bid To Consolidate WaMu Mortgage Suits Rejected
• Sony Takes EMI To Court Over Broken Exec Deal
• Lead Plaintiffs Named In Securities MDL V. Satyam
• IBM Moves To Keep Durie Tangri Attys Off Patent Suit
• New Antitrust Enforcement — Buckle Your Seatbelts
• Charter Fired Up Over DirecTV Attack Ads
• New Complaint Filed In AIG Workers' Comp Suit
• Agent Pleads Guilty To NY Pension Kickback Plot
• Ex-Monster Exec Convicted In Backdating Case
• Wis. AG Seeks $212M Forfeiture From Pfizer Unit
• Coyotes Fight May Spell Big Changes For Pro Sports
• Ex-NFLer Slammed In $24M Securities Fraud Suit
• Black FDNY Applicants Get Class Cert. In Bias Suit
• Star Tribune Gets Go-Ahead To Modify Union Pacts
• Goldman To Cough Up $60M In Mass. Subprime Deal
• 'Baseless' Shareholder Action V. Biovail Tossed
• Suspicion Surrounds Ark. Lawyer Over Missing $9M
• Recession-Driven Practice Areas Weak In '09: Report
• SEC Targets Pay-To-Play In State Pension Funds
• Chrysler's Utilities Motion Hits Choppy Waters
• Zurich Not Liable For Art Dealer's Loss: 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Foodservice Exec Asks Judge To Rethink Ruling
• Tips For A Successful Re-Examination Request
• Reckitt Benckiser Sues Watson Again Over Mucinex
• Merck Seeks To Boot Fosamax Plaintiffs, Experts
• Ex-Foley Attys Form Bankruptcy Practice In Detroit
• Insurer Seeks To Sort Legal Coverage For AIG Execs
• NRG Must Pay Retiree Benefits Despite Ch. 11: Judge
• Dreier Admits To All Charges In $115M Fraud Case
• BofA Joins SemGroup Fight To Oust Catsimatidis
• Pitfalls In Pursuing D&O, Fiduciary Liability Claims
• Conn. Mulls Bill To Make Restaurants Post Calories
• Infighting Threatens Labor's Unity Bid
• Woody Allen Billboard Is Protected: American Apparel
• Holland & Knight Snags Hogan & Hartson Labor Guru
• Non-TARP Lenders Drop Chrysler-Fiat Objections
• Lehman, PBGC Strike $128M Deal Over Pension Plan
• Plaintiffs Add Damages Claims To Bayer Aspirin Suit
• Self-Insured Medical Plans: Tax Trap For The Unwary
• New GTLDs: Changing The Internet As We Know It
• State AGs, DOJ Grill Google Over Digital Book Deal
• JPMorgan Faces SEC Charges Over Muni Bonds
• Lyondell Adds 13 More Cos. To Ch. 11 Proceedings
• PXRE Seeks To Toss Funds' Suit Over Katrina Losses
• Texas Hang-Ups May Boost Patent Suits In Delaware
• 2nd Circ. Nixes ERISA Action V. GMIMCo, State Street
• Ex-Paul Hastings Tax Atty Cops To Insider Trading
• Today's Toxic Asset Sale Program — Sound Familiar?
• Forest Loses Bid To Limit Liability In Citalopram IP Suit
• Stress Tests Reveal Big Banks Need $75B
• Madoff Trustee Hits Ex-GMAC Chair With $500M Suit
• Young Broadcasting Ch. 11 Counsel Challenge Tossed
• Hamas Bomb Victims Added To Suit Against Arab Bank
• Google CEO Won't Resign From Apple Board
• Ex-Clifford Chance Lawyer Wins Time In Race Case
• Gucci Sues Guess For 'Gucci-Izing' Product Designs
• Google Faces EPA Probe Over Refrigerant Leak
• Post-Bankruptcy Pension Cost: Potential Jobs Killer
• Adelphia Creditors' Fraud Claims Get Green Light
• Howrey Lands Sutherland Asbill Criminal Litigator
• Class Member Can't See Case Files: NY High Court
• NYSEG's Superfund Suit Against FirstEnergy Remanded
• Apollo Has Better Plan For Bankrupt Pliant: Creditors
• Insurer Not Off Hook In Mercury Spill Cleanup Suit
• Atty Ducks Sanctions For Suit Against Weil Gotshal
• Grappling With NLRB Authority
• Federal Judge Laments Condition Of Class Action
• Defense Tees Off On Kodak ERISA Plaintiffs' Counsel
• Senior Competition Deputy Director To Leave FTC
• Ambac Sues JPMorgan For $1B Over Subprime Crisis
• Lead Plaintiff, Firm Picked In Goldman Investor Action
• 'Family Guy' And The Satirist's Fair Use Conundrum
• MSG Unit Fights To End WaMu Theater Sponsorship
• Illegal Ch. 11 Fee Practices A Boon For Attys: Study
• 9th Circ. Seeks Clarity On Calif. Sales Reps' OT Status
• Investor Suit V. AspenTech Founder Trimmed Down
• Holdout Lenders Revealed In Chrysler Ch. 11
• NY State Comptroller Targets Aldus In Kickback Suit
• Journal Register's Disclosure Statement OK'd
• CORRECTED: Jury Finds Ford Not Liable For Deadly Crash
• General Growth Finds $400M In New DIP Financing
• Crunch Enters Ch. 11, Seeks Sale To Creditors
• Lehman, CDO Issuer Spar Over Credit Default Swap
• Clear Up Jurisdiction Issue In Atty Fees Spat: 2nd Circ.
• US Energy Unit Gets Green Light For UK Deals
• Chevron's NY Shareholders Leery Of Ecuador Outcome
• India's Movement To Protect Basmati As Its Own
• Reserve Management, Execs Hit With Fraud Suit
• Legislative Push Likely As Economy Improves
• Clifford Chance Lawyers Form New Firm
• Chrysler Wins Interim OK To Access $1.8B
• Expanding TALF To Include Newly Issued CMBS
• Libraries Push Strict Oversight Of Google Book Deal
• Lilly Loses Bid To Force Discovery In Zyprexa MDL
• Not All General Growth Malls Need Ch. 11: Lenders
• An Eye On Workplace Harassment Liability In NYC
• Fox Rothschild Lands Ulmer & Berne Class Action Pro
• Auditor's Spoliation Claims Nixed In Parmalat MDL
• SEC Fires Off 1st Insider Trading Suit Over CDS
• Covington Hires Food And Drug Co-Chair From FDA
• Arista Says Usenet Should Be Booted For Misconduct
• Ex-Day Trader Cops To Lehman Insider Trades
• Schapiro's SEC Gets Cautious Early Thumbs-Up
• Federal Insurance, Port Authority Settle WTC Fight
• An Electronic Discovery Wake-Up Call
• Sylvania Wants To Depose Hiscock In Patent Spat
• Citing Recession, Filene's Basement Files For Ch. 11
• Delphi Gets Green Light On Brake Sale Bidding
• Employee Misclassification In Finance, Consulting
• NYC To Get Data In Suit To Stop Insurance Merger
• NetVersant Gets Green Light To Convert To Ch. 7
• Kramer Levin Lures Cooley Bankruptcy Veteran
• Lehman Creditors Allowed To Intervene In €58M Spat
• Madoff Trustee Sues High-Profile LA Investor
• Nonparties Can't Help Class In Sanofi Suit: Judge
• Holdout Lenders Blast Key Chrysler Ch. 11 Motions
• Sequenom Faces Suit Over Mishandled Test Data
• Rheinmetall Plays Jurisdiction Card In Apartheid MDL
• Jury To Decide Costco, Liberty Mutual Dispute
• Abbott Opens Fire On J&J Unit Over Humira Patent
• SC To Weigh State Law's Use In Federal Class Suits
• Charter Says Release 'Integral' To Restructuring Plan
• Lawyer Claims AIG Fired Her For Blowing Whistle
• State Street, Lehman Seek To Toss Developer's Suit
• Mark IV Can Obtain $80M In DIP Cash: Judge
• Successor Liability: Corporate Asset Buyers Beware
• Loss Causation Experts After Dura
• Federal Insurance Fights To Pull Dreier Policy
• Conn.'s Deposition Requests Limited In Zyprexa MDL
• Crowell Brings In Insurance Partner From Dewey
• Investor Class Action V. Flag Telecom Marches On
• Google, Apple Board Overlap Raises FTC Eyebrows
• Less Demand, More Competition Sinks US Shipping
• Oil Prices Cited In Energy Partners Ch. 11 Filing
• Biovail, GSK Want Wellbutrin Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Court Revives Ex-Associate's Claim Against Orrick
• Lyondell Must Offer Up Liability Insurance Info: Judge
• Cable-Subscribing Judge Bows Out Of Comcast Suit
• DOJ Nets 11th Guilty Plea In Military Bid-Rigging Plot
• If I Were Obama, I'd Nominate ...
• Liquidity Struggles Force Mark IV Into Ch. 11
• Flurry Of Activity On Day 1 In Chrysler Ch. 11
• Billable Hour Leaves Firms Vulnerable To Attack
• Applera Wins Fees In Calif. Appeal Over DNA Patent
• Cuomo Serves Subpoenas In Placement Agent Probe
• Treasury Grants For Renewable Energy Projects
• Top 5 Recession Lessons For Law Firms
• Attorneys Lose Bid To Sanction Opposing Counsel
• McGuireWoods, GMR Seal Merger Deal
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Arbitration In DuPont ERISA Suit
• Trouble Looms For Insurers As Securities Suits Jump
• Brooke Trustee Looks To Convert Cases To Ch. 7
• US Trustee Can't Take Over Bayou Ch. 11: 2nd Circ.
• Charter, Spectrum Cases Poised To Set Precedent
• GINA's Impact On Clinical Research Trials