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New York - July, 2009

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• New Criminal Charges For WexTrust Ponzi Schemers
• PBGC To Assume $153M Of Metaldyne Pension Plan
• Yahoo Fails To Ditch $6.6M Acacia Ad Patent Verdict
• CalPERS Denied Bid To Appeal Lead Plaintiff Status
• Sentinel Trustee's BoNY Suit Lacks Standing: Judge
• Ex-Seidman Partner Pleads Guilty To $20M Fraud
• Boies Schiller Snags SEC's Miami Office Director
• Southwest Makes Competing Bid For Frontier Assets
• Suit By Baluchi's Employees Gets Green Light
• Nadel Investors Seek Cert. In Holland & Knight Suit
• Wells Fargo Objects To GM's Bid To Dump Leases
• Unions May Look To NLRB If EFCA Fails To Pass
• Party Breaks Up In Shrimp Lovers' Costco Action
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' Barry Brett
• Alleged AdWords Inventor No Match For Google: Judge
• Top TARP Banks Paid Out $32.6B In Bonuses: Cuomo
• House Panel OKs Bill To Reverse Leegin Ruling
• Lear Scores $500M DIP Loan Despite Competing Offer
• Women GCs Climb Ranks But Still Face Challenges
• Creditor Objects To Lehman's $625M Aurora Deal
• Class Action Over Chubb Premium Hikes Revived
• Judge Approves Delphi Sale Plan
• Chemtura Creditors Take On Citibank Over Transfers
• Fate Of La. Rules On Lawyer Ads Lies With Judge
• NY, DRAM Defendants Call Truce In Discovery Fight
• GM Gets OK For Union Retiree Benefits Deal
• Stay Rejected In Albertsons Insider Trading Cases
• Lehman Took $41.5M In Collateral: Lending Agency
• Will There Be An Onslaught Of ARS Litigation?
• GE Shareholder Actions Over Finance Unit Linked Up
• Weighing Layoffs After Mergers And Acquisitions
• PBGC Objects To Metaldyne Chassis Asset Sale
• Implications Of Google AdWords Class Actions
• Former Del. Chancellor To Join Paul Weiss As Partner
• Suing Over Fees Should Be Firms' Last Resort: Experts
• SIPC Trustee Sues Ruth Madoff For $45M
• 9th Circ. Denies Challenge To Nuclear Threat Rule
• Yahoo-Microsoft Ad Deal Incites Antitrust Worries
• Setting Precedent: Lessons From Chrysler
• Fox Loses Bid To Combine Indemnification Suits
• House Bill Calls For Greater Proxy Transparency
• Q&A With Choate Hall's Douglas Gooding
• Case Study: South Cherry Street V. Hennessee Group
• Toward More Effective Search Terms For E-Discovery
• Marsh Can't Enjoin Cos. From Pursuing State Claims
• BofA Settles Parmalat Action With $100M Payout
• Ex-Blank Rome Atty Suit Against Cross County Survives
• Littler Shareholder Jumps To Howard Rice
• RealTime Continues Data Patent Litigation Rampage
• Metaldyne Wins Switch Of Stalking Horse Bidder
• DIP Group Backs Delphi Sale To Lenders
• DBSD Disclosure Statement Wins Court Approval
• ConEd To Recoup $17.6 M Over 9/11 Damage
• 2nd Circ. Asks NY High Court To Mull Defense Query
• Merck's Bid To Block Expert Testimony Mostly Fails
• Potential Changes To SEC Disclosure Rules
• Steakhouse Employees Get Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Suit Over Lead In Playtex Baby Bottle Coolers Tossed
• Lender Pushes Ch. 7 For Steve & Barry's Owner
• Protecting Consumers: State Suits, National Banks
• Thomas Weisel Announces FINRA ARS Probe
• For Crocs, Escalator-Injury Suits Keep Coming
• Metaldyne Turns Sights To $78M Asset Sale To HHI
• Morris Manning Takes Ax To Associate Salaries
• Delphi Retirees Focus Pension Fight On PBGC Suit
• State Law Claims Run Over In NYC Green Taxi Case
• Doe Run Can't Stay Hartford Indemnity Claims: Judge
• Planet Hollywood Settles FLSA OT Suit
• Schumer Urges SEC To Look Into Flash Trading
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Bids To Pursue CA Derivative Claims
• GGP, Spurned DIP Lenders Reach $2.75M Deal
• WG Trading Principals Charged With $554M Fraud
• Making The Most Of Marketing In A Downturn
• Banco Sabadell To Buy Up Mellon United
• Wyeth's 'Medical Ghostwriting' Docs To See Daylight
• MagnaChip Creditors Balk At Proposed Asset Sale
• Chemtura Seeks To Stall $2.8M CERCLA Suit
• Tronox Creditors Target JPMorgan Over Spinoff Debt
• House Bill Calls For Truth In 'Trans Fat-Free' Labeling
• General Growth's Extension Bid Raises Hackles
• CSM Sues Morgan Stanley Over Copyrighted Reports
• Chicago Restaurant Wins Shutdown Of NY Copycat
• Bid To Axe Phillips Nizer In GM Building Spat Denied
• Delphi Retirees Seek Answers From Auto Task Force
• NY Latest To Challenge $55M Schering Deal
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Richard Cieri
• Tainted Baby Formula Insurance Spat Won't Be Nixed
• Specter Calls To Lower Civil Pleading Standard
• Adelphia Lenders Can Depose Rigas, Son: Judge
• Milbank Halts 2010 Summer Associate Program in LA
• A Bear Market Lesson About Bullish Projections
• Cendant Loses Appeal Of $98M Judgment
• Bristol-Myers Settles Plavix Securities Suit For $125M
• Cordis Loses Motion For Judgment In Stent IP Case
• IBM Call Center Reps Win Conditional Cert. In OT Suit
• Steps Firms Can Take Now To Prevent Dissolution
• Chrysler Judge Lifts Stay For Talks In 2 Appeals
• Title Insurers Escape Damages In Pa. Rate-Fixing Suit
• European Privacy Laws An E-Discovery Stumbling Block
• Dozens Arrested In NJ, NY Money Laundering Probe
• Suit Against McGuireWoods Stays In Kansas
• 2nd Circ. Says Hacking May Be 'Deceptive' Under 10b
• BoNY, Creditors Oppose Lyondell DIP Changes
• SDNY Securities Fraud Chief Joins Fried Frank
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Class In Flag Telecom Suit
• Q&A With Faegre & Benson's Robert Schnell
• A Case For Strategic Use Of Re-Examination
• Judge OK's $286M Eddie Bauer Sale To Golden Gate
• Plaintiffs Prevail In FDNY Race Bias Suit
• Quinn Emanuel Postpones New Associates Till Jan.
• Ex-Nixon Peabody Litigator Crane Joins K&L Gates
• SEC Proposes Bar On Pay-To-Play Pension Schemes
• Young Broadcasting Asset Sale Gets Court's OK
• 2nd Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Medis Securities Suit
• Case Over Lilly's Zyprexa Gets Booted For 2nd Time
• Formula Maker Adds Claim In Tainted-Product Suit
• Axed Partner Missed Revenue Mark: Edwards Angell
• Mayer Brown Scores Bingham Section 337 Expert
• Muslim Ex-Waiter's Religious Bias Suit Loses Steam
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Granta Nakayama
• Troutman Adds 5 IP Attys To New Life Sciences Team
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Philip Rosen
• Expert Testimony For Exxon, NYC Pared In MTBE Suit
• Lyondell Creditors Get OK To Sue Over Basell Buyout
• Reed Smith Snags WilmerHale Hedge Fund Honcho
• Troutman Sanders Cuts Associate Pay
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Cops To $1B ARS Fraud
• Insurance Linked Securities In A Challenging Market
• Retirees Seek TRO In Delphi, PBGC Deal Over Plans
• 'OMG! Ur TM, © Being Infringed @Twitter!'
• Steve & Barry's Owner Protests Conversion Attempt
• Kmart Shareholder Class Action Booted
• SEC Hits Perry With Merger Arbitrage Fine
• Fed. Circ. May Take Damages Issue Into Own Hands
• Q&A With McKenna Long's Joanne Zimolzak
• Ecuador, Chevron Battle No Longer In US Courts
• High Court Rulings Spark Talk Of New Civil Rights Act
• Title Insurers Off Hook In Wash. Rate-Fixing Suit
• DOJ Seeks DTCC Info In Credit Default Swap Probe
• Frontier Rejection Of Teamsters Contract Overturned
• Akerman Aims For Transparency In Pay Cuts
• Ex-CEO Of Steve Madden Joins McCarter & English
• WG Trading Exec Pleads Guilty In $554M Fraud Case
• Delphi Creditors Vote Against Asset Sale
• Trustee Balks At Star Tribune Disclosure Statement
• Ropes' Chicago Office Brings In First IP Lawyer
• SEC Slaps Morgan Keegan With ARS Suit
• MSG Unit Fights For $7.6M In WaMu Theater Spat
• Q&A With Faegre & Benson's Linda Svitak
• Packaging Your Staffing Company For Sale
• TD Ameritrade To Buy Back $456M In ARS
• Proskauer Atty Dumped From Clifford Race Bias Case
• Downturn Drives Firms To Seek Rent Savings: Experts
• Battle Rages On Over Cleanup At Texas Equistar Plant
• Investors Say CIT Lied About Risks
• Q&A With Edwards Angell's Martin Aron
• Nortel Taps Cleary Gottlieb For $475M Avaya Sale
• Trustee Objection Likely Won't Ground Frontier Plan
• Hedge Fund Hit With Suit Over Madoff Investments
• EU Launches Probe Of Google Digital Library Deal
• $1.5M Katrina Damages Ruling Blown Away In 5th Circ.
• AT&T Store Managers Win Class Cert. In OT Suit
• SemGroup, Managers Reach Deal On Ch. 11 Plan
• NY AG Targets Charles Schwab Over ARS
• White & Case Tells Summer Hires To Sit Tight Till '11
• Creditors Seek Block On Lyondell Exec Payouts
• PwC To Pay $23M To Settle Lancer Fraud Claims
• Ex-Foley Atty Comes Out Of Retirement For Pepper
• No Free Lunch: Coughlin Stoia's Free 'Monitoring'
• How The Supreme Court Should Resolve Bilski
• US Shipping Deal With Blackstone, Cerberus OK'd
• Court Lets Chrysler Clarify Lemon Law Rules
• PBGC Takes Over Nortel's Underfunded Pension Plan
• Exxon Employees Fight NYC Subpoena In MTBE Suit
• Come Back In 2012, Weil Tells Summer Associates
• Less Can Be More When Wooing Corporate Counsel
• Delphi Workers, Retirees Sue Over Pension Threats
• Companies Cheer Reports Of Card-Check's Death
• Chrysler Can Seek Appeal Of $18M Judgment
• Lanham Claims Cut From 'Family Guy' Copyright Suit
• Madoff's Accountant Pleads Not Guilty To Charges
• Charter's Unsecured Creditors OK Ch. 11 Plan
• 'Top Chef' Judge's Restaurant Settles FLSA Suit
• Golden Gate Capital Wins Eddie Bauer For $286M
• EU Vs. US — Reforming The Securitization Market
• Malpractice Suit Against 3 Law Firms Gets 2nd Life
• Obama Picks Civil Rights Lawyer For EEOC Chair
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Jennifer Selendy
• DOJ, Financial Data Co. Confirm CDS Antitrust Probe
• Delphi Bondholders Object To Proposed Asset Sale
• Plaintiffs' Experts Nixed In Bausch ReNu Case
• Insurers Object To LandSource Ch. 11 Plan
• Q&A With Choate Hall's David Attisani
• USW Sues Bankrupt Equistar Over Severance Benefits
• Implications Of Amending NYSE Rule 452
• The Risks Of Online Auctions, Counterfeit Goods
• Anderson Kill Snags New Bankruptcy Head
• Hedge Funds' Bid To File Rival Lehman Plans Thwarted
• Playtex Loses Bid For Injunction In Tampon Ad Spat
• Exxon Must Apportion Liability In MTBE Case: Judge
• Nortel's Latin American Unit Joins Others In Ch. 11
• Israel's Jail Time Upped For Getaway Stunt
• Fugitive Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Arrested
• Kodak Settles Race Bias Class Action For $21.4M
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal For Bayou Advisers
• Insider Trading Charge Stands For Bear Stearns Exec
• Asset Freeze Continues Against Embattled Financier
• Bill To Overturn Leegin Introduced In House
• Citigroup Ordered To Pay $2.3M Over ARS
• NJ On The Lookout For Volunteer Lawyers
• Firms Vie For Lead In Oppenheimer Muni Bond MDL
• Morgan Lewis Nixes 2010 Summer Program
• Frontier Sale Gets OK In $109M Republic Deal
• CBA Extends Quebecor Right To Change Policy: Court
• Citigroup Deal With Wachovia Unenforceable: Judge
• Art Dealer Arrested, Indicted Again On New Charges
• Tricom Disclosure Statement Gets Court Approval
• CDO's Credit Default Swap Suit V. Wachovia Trimmed
• Former Tyco Execs Settle SEC Fraud Charges
• DC Circ. Orders EPA To Revisit Bush-Era Smog Rule
• SEC Says Charter Plan Protects Chair From Liability
• Tube Maker RathGibson Files Prepackaged Ch. 11
• Sentosa Wins Dismissal Of Discrimination Case
• Verizon Seeks Room For Patent Claims In Charter Plan
• Sales Reps Hit T-Mobile With 2nd OT Suit
• Counsel Fees Cut In Warner Chilcott Securities Action
• Dreier Gets 20 Years Behind Bars
• Deal Between GM, Delphi Gets Judge's Approval
• NJ Asks To Seek Remand Of Lehman Case In 3rd Circ.
• Gucci, Guess Trademark Dispute Set For Settlement
• Ex-Mayer Brown Bigwig Convicted In Refco Fraud
• Aspirin Marketing MDL Bears Down on Bayer
• Anadarko, Kerr-McGee Sued Over Tronox Spinoff
• GM, Chrysler Highlight Growing 363 Sale Trend
• $8M Insurance Spat Over Stolen Goods Sent To Calif.
• Madoff Trustee Reports $1B Recovered
• Obtaining Indemnity Through Effective Tender Letters
• Investors Say Manulife Lied About Risk Management
• Obama Taps Management-Side Lawyer For NLRB
• Stored Value Fires Back At CAT Over Gift Card Patent
• Calpine Creditor Fights Back In Contract Feud
• UBS, Jefferies Make Peace Over Talent Raid
• Greek Exide Worker's Discrimination Claims Tossed
• Chrysler Wants Continued Stay Of $55M Appeal
• Morgan Stanley Plaintiffs Ask Judge To Rethink Halt
• Q&A With Edwards Angell's Stephen Huggard
• The FTC's Stance On Generic Biologics
• Conn. Firefighter To Testify Against Sotomayor
• 1 Juror In Refco Atty Trial Claims Threat By Another
• GM Expected To Announce Exit From Ch. 11
• General Dynamics To Face Asbestos Claims
• Lehman Racks Up $263M In Professional Bills
• Lear Gains Access To Cash Collateral
• UnitedHealth Nears Deal In $14M Underpayment Suit
• MagnaChip Creditors Blast Cash Collateral Plan
• With MTBE Trial Near, Exxon Keeps Up NYC Fight
• An Eye On Mass Tort Litigation Insurance Coverage
• Cozen O'Connor Adds Two Offices In Eastern Pa.
• Judge Denies Appeal, Stay Of GM Sale Order
• Judge Lets TIG Withhold Some Data In AIU Suit
• FDA Sues Cheese Co. Over Contamination Issues
• Journal Register Ch. 11 Plan Wins Approval
• Judge Cites Bilski In Killing DealerTrack's Patent
• Court OKs Eddie Bauer Financing Deal
• EPA Nonattainment Rulings On Soot Stand: DC Circ.
• Sotomayor's Potential Employment Impact
• Feds Say Dreier Deserves 145 Years Behind Bars
• The Climate Change And Clean Energy Bill
• Six At Sky Capital Charged Over $140M Fraud
• Steve & Barry's Creditors Sue Actress Parker's Firm
• GM Salaried Retirees Lose Bid For Ch. 11 Committee
• With Lenders' Nod, Lear Files Prepackaged Ch. 11
• HSBC Takes Aim At Bally's Disclosure Statement
• NY Reaches Deals With Credit Suisse, Merrill Over ARS
• Equistar Accused Of Passing Buck On Plant Cleanup
• Fortunoff's Remaining IP Assets Sold For $2M
• Advisory Jury Finds For Starr In $4.3B AIG Stock Spat
• IP Suit Over 'Transformers' Bee Image Still In Play
• Battle For Asarco Continues With 6th Amended Plan
• Judge OKs Live Broadcast Claims In YouTube Suit
• GM Tort Claimants Push For Appeal Of Sale Order
• Cadwalader Offers 34 Attys Yearlong Sabbatical
• Nixon Peabody Nabs McDermott Insurance Pro
• Google Books Antitrust Probe Officially Under Way
• Jones Day Scores Another Kirkland Bankruptcy Atty
• First American Can't Shake Title Rate Class Action
• Debevoise Atty To Join SEC Enforcement Division
• Takeda Sues Torrent Over Diabetes Drug Patents
• Blank Rome Adds Securities Partner From Clifford
• 2nd Circ. Lifts Stay On Former IBM Exec Joining Dell
• Galderma Hits Lupin With Rosacea Drug Patent Suit
• Bingham, McKee Nelson To Link Up Financial Efforts
• GM's Asset Sale Accelerates Past Objections
• AspenTech Settles Honeywell Feud Over Assets Sale
• IPhone Purchaser Actions Consolidated In Calif.
• Hartford Claims Ex-Exec Raided Lucrative Division
• Class Leads Picked For BofA-Merrill Buyout Battle
• Blank Rome Trims Associate Pay At 5 Offices
• Nadel Investors Defend Suit Against Holland & Knight
• Ion Media Gets Green Light For $150M DIP Package
• Sotomayor's Approach To Antitrust
• EFF Blasts ASCAP Bid For Ringtone Royalties
• Lehman Creditors Ask To Curb Probe Of Barclays Sale
• Forest, Lundbeck Lose Bid To Limit Lexapro Claims
• Fund Adviser, Cuomo Settle Pension Probe For $2M
• Music Cos. Say Yahoo, Rhapsody Infringe Copyrights
• Trial Ordered Over JPMorgan Role In Enron Dispute
• 2nd Circ. Revives Antitrust Suit Over Hospital Access
• Chadbourne Nabs Credit Suisse Chief Patent Counsel
• SEC Signs Off On NYSE Broker Vote Ban
• Judge Refuses To Rethink Ruling In Toshiba IP Suit
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Michael D. Jones
• No Fair Use For 'Catcher' Spinoff: Court
• Hagens Berman Takes 2 Ex-Attys To Court
• Arent Fox Nabs Bankruptcy Pro For Growing LA Office
• Future Of Advancement And Indemnification Rights
• Dusting Off SEC Cooperation Rules For Individuals
• Eli Lilly Wins Dismissal Of Another Zyprexa Case
• Arista Prevails In Copyright Case Against Usenet.com
• Chrysler Seeks To Clarify Lemon Law Provision
• Reaching Beyond Title 15
• Schnader Harrison, Alston & Bird Announce Pay Cuts
• Adelphia Trust Must Produce Deloitte Suit Testimony