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New York - November, 2009

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• Beneficial Settles With CBS, Digg On Web Game Patent
• Pilots Seek DOJ Probe Of US Airways-Delta Deal
• Chadbourne To Give Bonus Checks To Lawyers, Staff
• Author Accuses TV Host Hasselbeck Of Plagiarism
• Investor Loses Appeal To Recover $10M From Madoff
• High Court Mulls Statute Of Limitations In Investor Suits
• Reserve Fund Asset Distribution Plan Approved
• Supreme Court Turns Down Nacchio's Rehearing Bid
• Greenberg Tries To Boot Patent Malpractice Case
• Citigroup Seeks To Escape 7WTC Damage Dispute
• Pricaspian Turned Away In Total Oil Profits Suit
• Supreme Court To Take Up 'Foreign-Cubed' Case
• Judge Denies Bid To Amend Silicone Price-Fixing Suit
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's David Millard
• Deutsche, BNP Paribas Sue BofA Over $1.6B Portfolios
• Toyota Recalls 110K Tundras Over Corrosion Fears
• AIG Buries Hatchet With Greenberg
• Insurer Securities Suit Against Fannie Mae Revived
• Fla. Bar Expels Rothstein, Eyes 4 Others In Firm
• Securities Act Claims Tossed In Fannie Mae Suit
• Fed Stiffens Stock Ownership Rule For Regional Boards
• Q&A With Covington & Burling's John Gourary
• Doc Request Blocked In Madoff Net Equity Fight
• Lenders Seek To Reorganize Tribune's Subsidiaries
• NY Court OKs Brooklyn Nets Stadium Eminent Domain
• DISH Network, Sprint Protest DBSD Confirmation
• Extended Stay Chair Appeals Remand Of BofA Suit
• Allstate Dropped From Massive Marketing Patent Suit
• Ex-Taro Exec, Son Hit With Penalties In SEC Case
• Lehman Told It Can Tap $15M Excess D&O Policy
• Top GOP Rep. Says AIG Treated US Banks Unfairly
• Raft Of Dismissal Motions Filed In IndyMac MBS Case
• ProtoStar Satellite Asset Distribution Challenged
• Akin Gump Atty Joins Galleon Founder's Defense Team
• 2nd Circ. Kills Petition Against Indian Point Nuclear Co.
• Arms Dealer Pleads Guilty To Iran Export Violations
• 50 Cent, Taco Bell Wrap Up 'Stolen Endorsement' Beef
• NY High Court Affirms Dismissal Of Media Giants' Suit
• Ice Cos. Look To Ax Indirect Purchasers From MDL
• Trade Show Co., Insurer Battle Over Notification
• 'Winter Storm' Reversal Starts Avalanche In SDNY
• Citi Aims To Kill Workers' Suit Over Subprime Losses
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Fraud Penalty For Brightpoint Exec
• Dornoch, PBM Settle $6M Tainted Formula Dispute
• Q&A With Seward & Kissel's Jim Abbott
• CIT Group Gets Approval For 'Vital' $500M Loan
• Few Antitrust, IP Hurdles For Paid Internet Indexing
• Reliance Cash Bid Adds Intrigue To Lyondell Ch. 11
• Fines Nixed Against Airlines Carrying Paperless Aliens
• Dow Corning Sues Merrill Over $166M In Failed ARS
• Creditor Dispute Over Charter Ch. 11 Plan Escalates
• Ex-Atty's Sentencing Delayed In Insider Trading Case
• KPN, IBasis Settle Dispute Over Tender Offer
• Priceline To Appeal $336M Currency Fee Deal
• Sutherland Ditches Lockstep Pay Model
• Dickstein Grows IP Group With Arnold & Porter Partner
• Securities Lawyer Gets 7 Years For Fraud
• Goldin Settles Spat Over WRT Liquidation Trust
• GM Seeks $30M In Faulty Steering Component Suit
• 2nd Bellwether Case Over Merck's Fosamax Nixed
• Ciena To Pay $769M For Nortel Optical, Ethernet Assets
• Ex-Salesman Hits Ritz Wireless With FLSA OT Suit
• Venture Capital Pro Rejoins Pillsbury From Howard Rice
• Ascension Dukes It Out Over Nurse MDL Coverage
• Baker & Hostetler Seeks $21M In Fees In Madoff Case
• Majestic Star Blames Drop In Casino Visits For Ch. 11
• $125M Deal Awaits OK In Bristol-Myers Class Action
• Reader's Digest Files New Plan, Asks For More Time
• Non-US Successors And US Forum Selection Clauses
• Seyfarth Defers Associates, Cuts Pay
• Smoker Death Case Against Philip Morris Tossed Again
• Sprint Says DBSD Claim Decision Belongs With FCC
• Wells Fargo Shut Out Of Visa, MasterCard Antitrust Deal
• Exchanges Want Clearinghouse Position Cap Scrapped
• Swap Auction Sets CIT Bond Value At 68%
• Alfa, ING Keep Money In Enron Securities Dispute
• Santander Says It Performed Madoff Due Diligence
• JPMorgan Chase Settles Credit Card Arbitration Suit
• Law Firm Revenues Fall Through 3rd Quarter: Survey
• Judge Won't Force Vivendi To Withdraw Paris Suit
• Honeywell, ISPI Spar Over Bid-Rigging Allegations
• OppenheimerFunds Settles Ore. 529 Suit For $20M
• State Claims Reinstated In Buffalo Hospital Suits
• King & Spalding Adds IP Trial Lawyer Barber
• The First Truly Merchant Transmission Project In US
• EEOC Can Seek Info On UPS Beard Ban: 2nd Circ.
• New Google Books Settlement Approved
• Court Remands Suit Over Disputed Reinsurance Policy
• Bid-Rigging Case Against Ex-Marsh Execs Dropped
• Sheppard Mullin Lures IP Expert From Kelley Drye
• Target Shoots Back In Coach Trade Dress Suit
• CIT Group Creditors Show Favor For Ch. 11 Plan
• Deloitte, Grant Thornton To Settle Parmalat Suit
• Olin Corp. Settles Final Niagara Falls Cleanup Suit
• Merrill Moves To Dismiss ARS Complaint From MDL
• Targeting Manipulative Trading Of Electricity Contracts
• AES Signs Pact To Divulge Risks Of Climate Change
• Mortgage World Ex-Loan Officers Seek Collective Cert.
• JPMorgan To Pay $1.7B For Cazenove Stake In UK Outfit
• Blackstone's Pinnacle To Buy Birds Eye For $1.3B
• Statoil Settles With US For $21M In Iran Bribery Case
• GGP To Restructure $8.9B Debts; Rival Mulls Bid
• Stanford Victims Set Sights On Broker Pershing
• SanDisk Accused Of Spoliation In Earnout Suit
• Court Compels Docs In Suit Over $9M Coal Contract
• Will Your IP License Survive A Restructuring?
• Filene's Plan Grants Full Recovery To Secured Creditors
• Manulife Financial To Sell $2.37B In Stock
• Reader's Digest Refutes Trustee's Criticism Of Plan
• Court Preliminarily OKs $6M Fund In Ecolab FLSA Suit
• Q&A With Stoel Rives' Henry Hewitt
• FINRA Fines MetLife Securities, Affiliates $1.2M
• Pension Trust Hits JPMorgan With ERISA Class Action
• Baker & Hostetler Lands New Bankruptcy Partner
• Water District Fights Toss Of MTBE Groundwater Claims
• Grocery Co. Penn Traffic To Seek Sale Under Ch. 11
• AFL Team's Workers' Comp Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Congress Demands Health Insurers Explain Rate Hikes
• Humanscale Pares Keyboard Patent Claims
• Bracewell Snags Private Fund Expert From Skadden
• House Dems Ask GAO To Look At Drug Prices
• FDA Warns Medtronic Over Heart Rhythm Unit
• Continental Must Produce Docs In Cruise Outbreak Spat
• Polo Authority Fights Ralph Lauren Over Perfume Rights
• Bracewell Nabs McGuireWoods Energy Finance Guru
• Statek Appeals Denial Of $85M Claim In Coudert Ch. 11
• Creditors Back Lehman Real Estate Loan Restructuring
• Despite Backlash, Florida To Remain FLSA Hotbed
• The Reluctance To Certify Mass Class Under CAFA
• Steinbeck Heirs To Appeal Copyright Dispute
• Ex-Satyam Directors Try To Escape Investor Fraud Suit
• Insurer Appeals Over Its Share Of Accident Settlement
• Sidley Lures Capital Markets Attorney In London
• Bayer Seeks To Join Suit Over EPA Pesticide Approval
• The Bifurcation Divide
• Court Retroactively Vacates Injunction In L'Oreal Case
• Time Warner Ends Disastrous Marriage With AOL
• Teva Drops 2 Copaxone Claims Against Sandoz
• Insurer Disputes Coverage Of Amtrak Crane Accident
• Plaintiffs In BofA Securities Suit Get Access To Docs
• Shell Unit Back In Hot Seat In Human Rights Case
• McDermott Adds Darby & Darby Attys To NY IP Team
• Intel Execs Face Shareholder Ire After AMD Deal
• Most Orange County MTBE Claims Time-Barred: Judge
• Lehman Suit Seeks Return Of $5B To $7B From Barclays
• Tax Pro Rejoins Chapman & Cutler After Treasury Job
• Q&A With McDermott Will's Miller Baker
• Firms Urge Separate Counsel In Madoff Feeder Suits
• Fed Paid Too Much In AIG Bailout: Report
• Exxon $17.5M MTBE Settlement Wins Court Approval
• UK Pensioners Condemn Reader's Digest Disclosure
• AT&T Wants Age Discrimination Claims Tossed
• Metaldyne Trustee Objects To Fee Payments
• Employing Expats — Pitfalls To Avoid
• Judge Lets Texas Fund Arbitrate KeyCorp Unit Claims
• Reed Smith's Nonequity Partners To Invest In Firm
• Toyota Seeks Drawback Duties For Canada Car Parts
• US Trustee Protests Fee Requests In Lyondell Ch. 11
• SunOpta Settles Suit Over Stock Price Drop For $11M
• The Impact Of New Iran Sanctions
• Class Certified In Abbott Contact Lens Solution Suit
• 4 Firms Lead Pack In Legal Skills
• Banks Fight Lehman's Sweeping Document Requests
• Bristol-Myers To Divest Mead Johnson Stake
• Payless Docs Protected In American Eagle Mark Suit
• King & Spalding Nabs Troutman Bankruptcy Partner
• Class Cert. Bid Nixed In J&J Panacryl Sutures MDL
• Regulating The Business Of Private Fund Advisers
• Schiff Hardin Pulls In Drinker Biddle Securities Partner
• Great American Off Hook For Trademark Defense Costs
• 2008 Asset Holding Gets Judge's OK To Liquidate
• Google, Authors Guild Seek OK On New Settlement
• 9th Circ. Revives Amgen Drug Rebates Dispute
• Amaranth Drops Fight With Touradji Capital
• Dairy Farmers Of America Loses Bid To Shield Audits
• Sprint Worker's FLSA Class Cert. Bid Denied
• MetLife To Pay $50M To Resolve Policyholder Suits
• Congress Mulling Aiding And Abetting Legislation
• CFTC Hits Hedge Fund With $4M Fine Over Statements
• Frommer Bumped From Merck, ProThera Patent Suit
• FDA May Issue Last Call On Booze, Caffeine Marriage
• Jones Day Demotes 5 London Partners
• AP Adds Claims To Obama 'Hope' Image Dispute
• Investors Try To Resuscitate Morgan Stanley Suits
• Mayer Brown, Grant Thornton Take Aim At Refco Suit
• Marsh & McLennan Settles Shareholder Suit For $400M
• Sacramento Jumps Into Muni Derivatives Antitrust Fray
• Mass Engineered Targets 29 Cos. In Patent Suit
• EPA Strikes Back At Bee Activists' Pesticide Claims
• Marshalls' Bid To Toss OT Suit Denied
• FBI Arrests Madoff's Computer Programmers
• Insurer Fights Cox Communications Over $30M Policy
• Rozen Named Special Master In Chinese Drywall Case
• Will Juries Decide Who's To Blame For Climate Change?
• Wage-And-Hour Issues In The Life Sciences Industry
• Banks Sue WestLB After $230M In Investments Go Sour
• FTC Probe Persists Despite $1.25B Intel, AMD Deal
• Ion Ch. 11 Plan Prevails Against Creditor DIP Coup
• Cooper Cameron Owes Engineer OT: 2nd Circ.
• Imax Sues Cinemark Over Rival Theater System
• Corporate Counsel Push Diversity Despite Downturn
• Prosecutors Must Shift Tactics After Bear Loss: Experts
• Baker & Hostetler Opens Chicago Office
• 2nd Circ. Upholds CIA Muzzle On Former Spy Wilson
• TeliaSonera-Alfa To Launch Joint Cell Phone Outfit
• Port Authority, Zurich American Settle 9/11 Claims
• Managing Credit Bids When Secured Creditors Clash
• $110B Returned To Lehman Clients Since May: Trustee
• Dow Jones To Sell Stake In Stoxx For €206.1M
• Former SAC Analyst Targeted In Galleon Probe
• Smith & Wollensky Workers Seek NY Law Class Cert.
• Boston Provident CFO Charged With Fraud
• Q&A With Becker & Poliakoff's Peter Quinter
• Threat Of Worker Misclassification In Financial Services
• Chrysler Debtor Sells Closed Plant To University Of Del.
• Liberalizing Rule 27 in the Twombly/Iqbal Era
• ConAgra Looks To Sever Suit From Peanut Butter MDL
• 3rd Ave's MBIA Fraud Suit Belongs In NY: Del. Court
• Insurers Aren't Off Hook On Policy Exclusion: 5th Circ.
• Judge Signs Off On Graphics Properties' Ch. 11 Plan
• Judge Corks Winery's Bid For Sanctions In Contract Suit
• Mortgage Zone Loan Officers Win Cert. In FLSA Action
• Noteholders Withdraw Request For FairPoint Examiner
• Fred Leighton Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed
• CIT Group Asks To Add Curtis, Sullivan As Counsel
• Obama Taps Private Equity Partner For Top PBGC Post
• Wealth Management Exec's Claims Against SEC Nixed
• Witness Says Huntsman's Tronox Bid Historically Low
• Rise In Section 363 Sales Not Confined To Ch. 11
• Citi Hiking Interest Rates Ahead Of CARD Act: Suit
• Former Bear Stearns Execs Acquitted In Fraud Case
• Demand For Legal Services Is Stabilizing, Report Says
• Madoff-Era Bail Disputes Rife With Plot Twists
• Arbitration Treaty Trumps La. Insurance Law: 5th Circ.
• Dooney & Bourke Founder Gets 1 Yr. For Oil Conspiracy
• Dropped Chrysler Dealerships Appeal To District Court
• Cisco Unveils $5B Debt Offering
• Reed Smith, Covington Target Associate Salaries
• Foley Lures Sheppard Mullin IP Chair To San Diego
• Judge Lets Fairey Switch Attys In Obama 'Hope' Suit
• Rival Energy Companies' IP Battle Heads To NY
• Cooley Scores Goodwin Procter IP Atty
• Deal Maker Rossiter Moves To Baker & McKenzie
• Oil Developer Expands Suit Over Kazakhstan Fields
• Former AXA Broker Seeks $10M In Retaliation Case
• Fraud Claims Cut From Actimmune Marketing MDL
• Liquor Maker Sues Merchandiser Over Royalties
• Sullivan & Worcester Says It Shouldn't Face Bias Claim
• NY Homeowners Say They Were Wrongly Denied Aid
• Marsh Settles ERISA Class Action For $35M
• Insider Trading In Light Of The Current Crackdown
• Kaye Scholer Names New Antitrust Co-Chair To DC
• Majority Rules: Impact of Bankruptcy 'Credit Bid' Rulings
• Fried Frank Snags Allen & Overy Finance Partner
• Comcast, NBC Deal Could Face Regulatory Battle
• MDL Over Fatal NY Plane Crash Gets Under Way
• Feds Unveil Plan To Save Chesapeake Bay
• Chamber Of Commerce Sues Group Over Political Prank
• Understanding The 'Shareholder Bill of Rights'
• Incentives For Midwestern Developers To Go Green
• Title Insurers Win Partial Dismissal Of Price-Fixing Suit
• Willkie Regains Atty Who Helped GM, Chrysler Emerge
• Wilson Sonsini Brings On Merrill M&A Director
• Ex-SEC Lawyer Confesses To Taking Dreier Money
• Q&A With Gray Plant Mooty's Carl Zwisler
• Clifford Chance Cuts 8 From UK Capital Markets Practice
• Asst. Managers Move For Cert. In CVS Overtime Action
• Northrop To Sell TASC Unit To Investors For $1.7B
• Insurer Wants 2nd Look At Refco Coverage Case
• Couple Appeals Greenberg, DVF Search Suit Dismissal
• Cadbury Rejects Kraft's 'Derisory' $16B Takeover Bid
• Former Acting US Attorney Joins Cleary Gottlieb
• Cadwalader Bills Lyondell $17M For Summer Work
• Shell To Pay $19.5M for Gas Station Enviro Violations
• Jefferies Fund Manager Charged With Insider Trading
• Liability For Long-Tail Claims: Pro Rata Or All Sums?
• Former GE Counsel Named To Senior DOJ Enviro Post
• Aircraft Part Co. Head Gets Jail Time For Iran Exports
• Plaintiffs Drop Lipitor Class Action Against Pfizer
• States Press EPA For Tougher Federal Air Rules
• Tavern On The Green IP Row Merits New Venue: NYC
• Northern Ill.'s New Local Patent Rules
• Staples Fails To Boot Fulbright From Trademark Spat
• BofA Shareholders Get Green Light To Query Firms
• EPA Names 5 New Regional Administrators
• Amaranth Tort Claims Against JPMorgan Revived
• Auto Filter Price-Fixing Suits Survive Twombly Motion
• Italiana, United Coal Duke It Out In Spat Over $9M Deal
• ERISA Plaintiffs Want Out Of Consolidated Madoff Suit
• Infosint Seeks $43M Damages In Citalopram Suit
• Bank Of Montreal Trader Settles CFTC Fraud Suit
• Jury Finds For Wiley & Sons In Textbook Import Suit
• Northeast Biofuels Disclosure Statement Approved
• 2nd Circ. OKs Agway Post-Ch. 11 Attorneys' Fee
• HBO Demands $6.4M From Charter For Affiliate Deals
• $1.7B Centocor Patent Award Against Abbott Stands
• General Star Excess Policy Spat Revived
• Ropes & Gray Atty Charged In Insider Trading Probe
• Plan Hearing Set In Young Broadcasting Bankruptcy
• EpsteinBecker Sanctioned In Suit Over Topless Photos
• Expanding DCHRA Beyond DC Employment
• Credit Suisse Win On Fraud Judgment Lien Reversed
• Mitsubishi Reaches Patent Deal With NYC Prof
• Mittals To Buy German Fashion House Escada
• Lear Ch. 11 Presses Toward Nearly Carefree Finish
• BearingPoint Disclosure Statement Gets Court OK
• Cookie Jar Loses Bid To Toss Strawberry Shortcake Suit
• NJ Title Plaintiffs Hope Second Time's The Charm
• ITC Drops Ryn Footwear Infringement Investigation
• Bad Faith Not Required To Break J&E Rule: 2nd Circ.
• Fowler White Lawyers Launch Securities Boutique
• Developments In Climate Change Nuisance Litigation
• Right Of Publicity Consent In The Age Of Podcasting
• Coventry Sues Developers Diversified For $500M
• 2nd Circ. Rules NY Workers' Comp Law Is State Issue
• Kerry Announces 'Dual Track' Senate Climate Bill
• Photographers Can't Join Google Books Suit: Judge
• Firms Say Industry Focuses Offer Edge In M&A Work
• Computer Makers Feared 'Wrath Of Intel': Cuomo
• Chemtura Seeks Escape From Millions In Enviro Claims
• Value Line To Pay $45M Over Bogus Commissions
• Ryan Beck, Workers Seek OK On $1.3M FLSA Settlement
• Obama Taps NC Judges For 4th Circ. Openings
• CORRECTED: $70M Deal In Filene's Ch. 11 OKed After Talks
• Lack Of Jurisdiction Dooms Navaera Contract Suit
• Frank Asks SEC, CFTC For Input On Derivatives Bill
• Shearman & Sterling Defers Associates, Offers Stipend
• EPA Proposes Pesticide Spray Drift Labeling
• Levene Neale Bender Adds Bankruptcy Boutique
• Novartis Strikes $125M Deal For Chinese Vaccine Co.
• Wachovia, Underwriters Assail Investor Class Action
• More Cases Stripped From Reserve Securities MDL
• Panasonic, Toshiba Resolutions End ITC's LED Probe
• New Rules For Online Proxy Materials?
• Economy, Legal Model Drive Dickstein Shapiro Cuts
• Q&A With Burns & Levinson's Samuel Shafner
• Judge Keeps Door Open On Citigroup Derivative Suit
• Trustee Balks At Reader's Digest Ch. 11 Plan
• Q&A With Ogletree's Craig Cleland
• FairPoint Noteholders Ask For Ch. 11 Examiner
• Court Gives Final OK To $85M Wal-Mart Settlement
• Dairy Farmers Win Access To Docs In Milk Antitrust Suit
• Judge Pares Down Indirect Buyers' Wellbutrin Action
• DLA Piper Nabs Baker & McKenzie Cross-Border Pro
• Jury Finds Former NYSE President Guilty Of Fraud
• Cooley Lures Pillsbury Venture Capital Guru
• Energy Cos. Win Another Look At FERC Role In Gas MDL
• Class Members Appeal $85M Lufthansa Air Cargo Deal
• Sanofi, Bristol-Myers Try To Quash Apotex Subpoenas
• ESOP Required Investment In Fannie Mae: Plan Leaders
• Madoff Accountant Pleads Guilty To Massive Fraud
• Attorney Suspended Over Hiding Terms Of $15M Deal
• Breast Cancer Gene Patent Case Survives Bids To Toss
• Winston & Strawn Again Defers Associate Start Date
• Suit Claims Live Nation Fixed Bids For UK Theaters
• Blank Rome Nabs Finance Guru From Allen & Overy
• Sidley Nixes Alleged 9/11 Memorial Arsonist's Job Offer
• 1st-Day Orders Put CIT Group On Bankruptcy Fast Track
• SEC Drops Insider Trading Case Over J&J Deal
• Milberg LLP Insurers Appeal Defense Costs Ruling
• Fred Leighton Gets OK To Sell Business Ops For $26M
• Ocwen Drops Claims Against Citigroup In ARS MDL
• Who Can Enforce A Mortgage After A 'Landmark' Case?
• Atty's Airport Financing Suit Against Citigroup Tossed
• High Court Asks Solicitor General For Brief In Pfizer Suit
• High Court Explores State Role In Rule 23 Class Cert.
• Reinsurer Disputes $25M Bill For Asbestos Coverage
• Battle Over Steinbeck's 'Pearl' Shelved — For Now
• Pension Fund Looks To Lead Madoff Loss Suits
• Metaldyne Creditors Want Sale Appeal Tossed
• CIT Bails On $2.3B In TARP Funds, Files Prepack Ch. 11
• Starwood Sells Bliss Spas To Steiner For $100M
• Antitrust Waiting Period Ends On Huntsman-Tronox Deal
• Winston Nabs Nixon Peabody Private Equity Team
• BofA, Others Eye Settlements In SEC Muni Probe
• Shareholders Drop AIG Execs From Fraud Suit
• Brown Rudnick Snags Sonnenschein Corporate Partner
• Q&A With Farella Braun & Martel's Kelly Woodruff
• Green Roof Financial Incentives
• Constellation, EDF Clear Last Hurdle In $4.5B Nuke Deal
• MP3tunes Founder Appeals Inclusion In Copyright Spat
• Waitresses Sue Hooters Over Tips In FLSA Dispute
• BearingPoint Shareholders Slam Ch. 11 Plan