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New York - April, 2010

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• Suit Over Authenticity Of Warhols Not Covered: Insurer
• Defendant Ranks Pared Down In Muni Derivative MDL
• Senate Confirms US Attorneys For Ky., NM, Guam
• Judge Keeps TQP Encryption Patent Suit Alive
• Almatis Files Prepackaged Ch. 11
• Moore Capital Settles CFTC Trading Case For $25M
• 2nd Circ. Vacates Injunction On 'Catcher' Spinoff
• FXRE Subsidiary's Ch. 11 Plan Sparks Derivative Suit
• MBIA Fraud Claims Against Countrywide, BofA Live On
• Nike's LeBron Products Infringe Trademarks: Suit
• Wachovia Fights Ruling Sending $9M CDS Feud To FINRA
• Barclays Reaped 'Load' In Lehman Assets Deal: CFO
• Lil Wayne Sued For Lost Bahamas Concert Revenue
• Lead Plaintiff Appeals Toss Of AIG Derivative Suit
• NYC Faces Sanctions Over Docs In Firefighter Test Suit
• Morgan Stanley, UBS Pay $14M To Settle CFTC Oil Case
• Reed Smith Boosts Corporate Atty From Morgan Lewis
• Citigroup Bests Head Trader's CDO Fraud Allegations
• The Future Of US Internet Gambling Regulation
• Criminal Probe May Force Goldman's Hand: Experts
• The Risk Of Geographic Trademarks
• 5 Signs That Things Are Looking Up For BigLaw
• Dem Immigration Plan Includes New Hiring Guidelines
• Jury Convicts Ex-Doral Treasurer In $4B Fraud
• United, Continental Merger Imminent: Report
• Goldman Considering Settling SEC Case: Report
• 2nd Circ. Urges En Banc 'Pay-For-Delay' Rehearing
• Hughes Hubbard Adds IP, Trade Guru Groves
• Ex-Lehman CFO Says Barclays Gig Didn't Affect Sale
• Appaloosa Can't Break Into Stuy Town Foreclosure
• More Short Sellers Join Securities Suit Against Porsche
• CNet Founder Appeals $6.6M Award For Sotheby's
• Investment Firm, Trustee Deals In Dreier Ch. 11 Nixed
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker's Bail Revoked
• What's Wrong With Stock Option Backdating?
• Allstate Challenges Wyeth Win In Ativan Coverage Suit
• Long Island Mayor Gets 8 Years In Securities Fraud
• Firms Look To 'In-Sourcing' To Slash Costs
• Nixon Peabody Finance Attys Jump To DLA Piper
• DMX Accuses Copyright Administrator Of Royalty Theft
• Judge Won't Boot Moody's, S&P from Rhinebridge Suit
• Sandoz Resolves Takeda Patent Dispute Over Actos
• Sens. Grill 2nd Circ. Nominee On Death Penalty
• GGP Strikes Deal To Restructure $895.5M In Debt
• Lawyers Spar Over Bear Stearns Stockholder Suit
• Barclays Off Hook In Investment Firm's Toxic Asset Suit
• Lehman Atty Recalls Chaos In Run-Up To Barclays Deal
• EBay Settles TQP Encryption Patent Suit
• Singer Akon Sues Former Partners Over Fragrance
• Mayer Brown Not Liable For Refco Fraud: 2nd Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Sides With Seinfeld In Cookbook Saga
• Abbott, Lilly, Others Hid Miscarriage Drug's Risks: Suit
• Ruling Lets French Investors Stay In Vivendi Class
• Wal-Mart Adopts Cadmium Testing Standards For Toys
• American Eagle Gets Do-Over In $258M Citi ARS Suit
• Dealers Claim Carco Judge Erred In Nixing Contracts
• Eastern District Of Texas Rocket Docket Still Has Fuel
• High Court Hears Appeal Of Monsanto Alfalfa Ban
• Vioxx Ruling A Boost For Securities Suits: Attys
• Alcon Settles Synergetics Tying Suit For $32M
• Liberty Owes For Dated Asbestos Claims: Insurers
• BofA Workers File Broad Race Bias Action
• Class Suit Accuses Goldman Of Concealing SEC Probe
• Cadmium In The Crosshairs
• Porsche Recalls Panameras Over Faulty Seat Belts
• Biotest Contract Suit Over Nabi-HB Remains In Fla.
• High Court Nixes Class Arbitration In Stolt-Nielsen Case
• Top 9th Circ. Judge Urges Courts To Allow Cameras
• Lehman Exec Says He Knew Of Hidden Barclays Perks
• DOJ Taps 35 Prosecutors, Agents To Tackle IP Crimes
• NY Chicken Chain Slammed With Wage-And-Hour Suit
• AmEx Fights Drugstores' Bid For Australian Docs
• Class Plans Appeal To Stop Argentina Exchange Offer
• Kenyon & Kenyon, Ex-Partner End Pension Fund Fight
• Investors Seek To Revive Suit Against Fremont Execs
• How Stengart Changes Employees' E-Mail Privacy
• BNSF A Year Later: Joint And Several Liability
• Lyondell Set To Exit Ch. 11, Offer Stock
• Novartis Manager Withheld Info About Employee's Rape
• AstraZeneca Set To Seal $520M Deal In Seroquel Case
• American Mortgage Files For Ch. 11 With Plan In Hand
• Market Timing Claims Settled For Over $300M
• Morgan Lewis, Morris Nichols Rep Apollo In $1B Deal
• Merrill Investor Appeals ARS Class Action Dismissal
• State Street Tries To Squash FW Webb Subprime Suit
• Drugstores Ask Court To Reconsider Plavix Ruling
• High Court Won't Reopen Cases For Asian Carp Fight
• Feds Probe Middleman In Duane Reade Securities Case
• Ernst & Young Added To Lehman Shareholder Complaint
• 2nd Circ. Revives Bike Injury Suit Against Trek
• Orrick, SJ Berwin In Merger Talks: Report
• Lewis Brisbois Snags 16 Wilson Elser Attorneys
• Davis Polk Reps Charles River In $1.6B WuXi Deal
• SEC Watchdog To Probe Timing Of Goldman Suit
• FirePass Wants Baker Hostetler Off Airbus Patent Suit
• AGs Urge EPA To Take Up Tougher Pesticide Rule
• Federal Seeks To Toss Omega's $5M Coverage Suit
• Judge Tosses Citi Brokers' Suit Over Bonus Loans
• Aetna, Humana Latest To Settle In OxyContin MDL
• Forms SF-1 And SF-3 And Changes To Shelf Eligibility
• Trademark Rights And Domain Name Overhaul
• Water Pollution, Illegal Logging Top Feds' Enviro List
• Flexibility, Directness Key In E-Discovery: Judges
• Goldman Faces Shareholder Suits Over Abacus Deals
• NY Stiffens Rules For Fracking In Watersheds
• Jailed Lil Wayne Stiffed 'Lollipop' Producer: Suit
• GOP Probes Auto Cos. Over 'Secret' White House Talks
• Epstein 'Punished' Atty By Withholding Capital: Suit
• Lehman Sues Nomura Over 'Egregious' Claims
• Goldman Director Gave Rajaratnam Insider Tip: Report
• Senate Clears Backlog Of US Attorney Nominees
• Clifford Chance Cuts Partners' Management Work
• Lucky Brand Ordered To Pay Up In 'Get Lucky' Feud
• Transaction Adjustments In Convertible Securities
• Jones Day Snags O'Melveny Energy Co-Chair
• General Growth $6.6B Financing Pact Draws Fire
• Case Study: Princo Corp. V. ITC
• Bankruptcy Law Shaken Up By Recent Cases: Judges
• Appellate Judges Reveal Pet Peeves, Winning Strategies
• US Says Chemtura Still Liable For Enviro Hazards
• Changes At SEC Should Make It Quicker To Subpoena
• Chin Wins Unanimous Senate Confirmation To 2nd Circ.
• Retailer Looks To Consolidate Transitions Suits In Fla.
• Privatization Of State Cleanups Sparks Enviro Anger
• Cadwalader Lands DLA Piper Hedge Fund Pro
• Ex-SocGen Trader To Remain In Jail In Code Theft Case
• Mich., Shareholders Object To Citadel's Ch. 11 Plan
• Lyondell Takes $1.7M To End Occidental Contract Row
• Sills Cummis & Gross Snags NJ Economic Czar
• 2nd Circ. Deaf To Countrywide Remand Appeal
• Bear Stearns Fights Mortgage-Backed Securities Suit
• DropShots Exits EasyWeb Photo-Sharing Patent Suit
• Ashland Takes Morgan Stanley ARS Case To 2nd Circ.
• Madoff Investors' Suit Against SEC Tossed
• Paul Weiss Advises Oak Hill In $815M Hillman Buy
• Millennium To Pay $99M Over Lehman Swaps
• Chemtura Retirees Win Surpise Reprieve
• NY Sprint Nextel Workers Sue For Overtime Wages
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of ERISA Suit Against Con Ed
• Obama To Wall St.: Stop Fighting Finance Reform
• ES&S, Datacard Sued Over E-Voting Registration IP
• Volcanic Ash: Preserving First-Party Insurance Rights
• Barclays Fights To Keep Injunction In 'Fly' News Spat
• Sirius Indemnification Case Over Katz Suit Survives
• Ex-Lehman CEO Must Arbitrate Breach Claims: Court
• DOJ Seeks To Intervene In Bond Price-Fixing Suit
• Ethics Panel To Probe Massa Sex Harassment Claims
• Blank Rome Lures Former Darby Patent Attorney
• Six Flags' Plan Gyps Some Noteholders: BNY Mellon
• McGinn Smith Execs Raided Investment Funds: SEC
• Mich. Lawmakers Fight $162M Lyondell Cleanup Deal
• GOP Questions SEC About Timing Of Goldman Suit
• Refco Underwriters Settle Securities Suit For $53M
• White & Case Reps Calpine In $1.65B Power Plant Deal
• Blackstone May Join Centerbridge's Extended Stay Bid
• The Latest On Lehman Brothers
• Italian Bank Ties Citigroup Into $47M Fraud Suit
• Gryphon Prez Arrested For Alleged $17.5M Stock Scam
• Latham Snags Cleary Gottlieb Broker-Dealer Guru
• Barclays Seeks Dismissal Of Shareholder Suit
• Debevoise Advises Equity Firms In $1.1B Sedgwick Buy
• Former Gucci Counsel Defends Self In Trademark Suit
• Q&A With Kodak Assistant GC Dale Skivington
• Ex-Drinker Biddle, FTC Antitrust Lawyer Joins Cooley
• Judge OKs Terms In SEC's Schottenfeld Deal
• Howrey IP Litigator Jumps To Akin Gump's DC Office
• A Lesson From Justice Scalia On Legislative History
• Class Cert. Granted In Mortgage Source FLSA Suit
• Ohio Sen. Asks DOT To Ground Airline Mergers
• Goldman, Sears Targeted In New DataTern IP Suit
• Are The New US E-Proxy Rules Really More Effective?
• Baker Donelson Nabs Johnston Barton Bankruptcy Pro
• Firms Tackle Volcanic Ash-Related Travel Struggles
• Ex-Collins & Aikman CEO Settles SEC Case For $7M
• Lehman Subpoenas Goldman, 4 Others
• Bank Claims Merrill Guilty Of Same Fraud As Goldman
• Societe Generale Ex-Trader Charged With Code Theft
• Latham, Shearman, White Case Rep MIE In $288M IPO
• Judge OKs Lender-Backed Young Broadcasting Plan
• Lawmakers Ask SEC To Widen Goldman Probe
• SEC's Goldman Complaint Could Prompt Deluge Of Suits
• Husch Blackwell Snags IP Pros From Cook Alex
• Ex-Watermark Affiliate Pleads Guilty In $6M Ponzi
• The Evolution Of FINRA E-Mail Disciplinary Cases
• Supreme Court To Hear Costco-Omega 1st-Sale Case
• Hughes Corp. Group Balks At GGP Exit Plan
• High Court Remands Class Action, Citing Shady Grove
• MDL Panel Won't Centralize Pain Pump Suits
• House Panel Probes Cadmium Concerns At Retailers
• Apple Fires Back At Kodak With ITC Suit Over Cameras
• SEC Takes Big Gamble With Goldman Suit
• Dewey Calls $150M Bond Issue A Success
• Jay-Z Slams Red Sox Player With Suit Over 40/40 Club
• DLA Piper Boosts Salaries For Associates
• Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Benet O'Reilly
• Kirkland Advises Constellation In $365M Gas Plant Buy
• Stay Lifted On United's Suit Against Bankrupt Mesa
• More Demanded Of Plaintiffs In Financial Crisis Suits
• Societe Generale Wants Shareholder Suit Nixed
• Lehman Gets Green Light For Asset Management Unit
• Cravath, Paul Weiss Fees Cut In Port Authority Bias Suit
• Tycom Pays $79M To Settle Securities Suit Over IPO
• Rising Star: Hogan & Hartson's Jeremy Zucker
• Facebook Exits Interactive Gaming Ad Patent Suit
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Trader Cops To Stock Loan Fraud
• FLSA Suit Against Allstate Merchant Services Nixed
• PCAA's Disclosure Statement Wins Court Approval
• Erickson Emerges From Brief Stint In Ch. 11
• Top Employment Law Rulings From The 1st Quarter
• Rising Star: Kasowitz's Adam Ziffer
• SEC Charges Goldman With Fraud In Failed CDO
• No Stay For Apotex Amid Sanofi's Plavix Damages Push
• USPS Workers Win Conditional Cert. In Age Bias Case
• Bayer, AT&T, Others Oppose Lyondell Cures
• Quadrangle Resolves SEC, Cuomo Probes For $12M
• Viacom Says New YouTube Docs Bolster Its Case
• Lehman Reveals Expected Creditor Payouts
• 1st-Years' Salary Dreams Need Reality Check: Report
• CMS Forex Faces Patent Suit Over Trading Software
• NYC's St. Vincent's Files Ch. 11 Amid Closures
• US Air, United Merger Could Take Flight 2nd Time Around
• Pension Fund Seeks To Revive Amaranth Securities Suit
• Top 1st Quarter Environmental Law Developments
• $2.4M Award For Ex-Credit Agricole Analyst Trimmed
• Rising Star: Dewey & LeBoeuf's Allison Tam
• Handango Resolves Network Messaging Patent Suit
• Lend America Loan Officers Win Wage Suit Class Bid
• Wall Herald To Pay $20M For NJ Superfund Cleanup
• The Language Interpretation Industry's Real Dangers
• CNX Investors Slam $960M Consol Stock Purchase Bid
• Whither The SEC? For Now, No Place New
• The Emerging Landscape Of Global Warming Liability
• SEC Plans To ID Large Traders, Limit Options Fees
• NYC Fights Judge's Denial Of $575M WTC Settlement
• Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Elaine Walsh
• Comic Artist Kirby's Heirs Lose Bid To Toss Marvel Suit
• Longview Financial Blames Demise On Castle Arch
• Citgo Says Lyondell Snubbing $6M In Claims
• Ashland Ducks More Suits In MTBE MDL
• NY Bill Would Ban Trans Fats Statewide
• Lehman Examiner Names Auction Players In Full Report
• YouTube Loss In IP Suit Would Hurt Web: Amici
• Case Over GE's Omniscan Survives Dismissal Bid
• Moody's, S&P Want Out Of Merrill Lynch ARS Case
• Home Care Workers Sue NYC Agency For OT Wages
• Top Product Liability Rulings For 1st Quarter
• Labaton, Ex-Associate End $12M Contract Feud
• Orleans To Sell Most Assets To NVR For $170M
• The Economic Impact Of New MMSEA Regulations
• Creditors Balk At Parking Corp. $111M Asset Sale Plan
• Preliminary Injunctions In NY: Watch Where You File
• Embracing The Go-­Shop
• Internet Age Revives 'Hot News' Doctrine: Expert
• Top DOJ Bribery Prosecutor To Join Paul Weiss
• Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Elaine Goldenberg
• Tort Claimants Lose Challenge To GM Asset Sale
• Top Insurance Rulings For The Last Quarter
• Lehman Hid Assets In Small Investment Firm: Report
• Harassment Claims By Men Spur Training Overhaul
• Thompson Hine Adds Epstein Enviro, Product Safety Pro
• Sony Dropped From Apeldyn Patent Suit Over LCDs
• WexTrust CEO Pleads Guilty In $255M Ponzi Scheme
• Census Bureau Faces Suit Over Race Bias In Hiring
• Sears, ADM De-Icing Patent Feud Headed To Trial
• Rising Star: Carroll Burdick's Gretchen Ramos
• Title VII Suit Over Merrill Retention Bonuses Trimmed
• Sirius XM Seeks To Limit Antitrust Class Action
• Deal Gets OK In Delta Financial FLSA Class Actions
• Rising Star: Cahill's Bill Miller
• Developing Effective Web 2.0 Policies
• Rockefeller Leads New Senate Push On Mine Safety
• MIG Appeals Loss In Paul Weiss Malpractice Suit
• Philadelphia Newspapers' Impact On Secured Creditors
• Lawyers Reimagine Law Schools For Changing Market
• Touradji Freed Of Some Claims In Ownership Spat
• Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Chantal Kordula
• 'Fly' Bites Back In Brokerage News Copyright Spat
• Sprint Takes DBSD Plan Fight To 2nd Circ.
• Proskauer Lures Deals Partner From Mayer Brown
• Bingham Snags Ex-FINRA Enforcement Chief
• Laidlaw Sues Rival Over Poached Workers, Clients
• Morgan Stanley Can't Exit Muni Bond MDL: Judge
• Thompson Hine Lures Greenebaum IP Partners
• Legal Aid Society's $1.7M Contract Suit V. US Nixed
• Ex-Holland & Knight Partner Faces Sanction In Bias Suit
• Georgia-Pacific Decries $1.4B Lyondell-EPA Pact
• FTC Seeks More Info On Monster-Yahoo Jobs Site Deal
• Raytheon Sued Over TCE Cleanup Costs At Ind. Site
• NY, Ill. Classes Certified For Aon Overtime Suit
• Signaling A Stricter Damages Standard In Fed. Circ.
• Ebaum's World Settles In Web Game Ad Patent Spat
• Judge Trims $5.7B MBIA Swaps Case Against Merrill
• Calif. Central District Gets Toyota Acceleration MDL
• FRB Finds Banks Manipulate Debt At Quarter-End
• Kelley Drye May Set Trend In Ending Retirement Policy
• Reader's Digest UK Unit Pulled Out Of Insolvency
• Haynes & Boone Scores SEC Heavyweight
• Insurers Want Help Defending 'Popcorn Lung' Suits
• Perrigo Triumphs In Trial Over Rexall's False Ad Claims
• NY Man Gets 3 Months For Taking UBS Broker Tips
• RathGibson Disclosure Statement Gets Green Light
• Gonzalez Saggio Opens NJ Office With 5 New Hires
• Merchant Gould Launches NY Office With Darby Attys
• Nationwide Suffers Setback In Investigator OT Suit
• Justice Stevens' Adieu Leaves Institutional Void
• Novartis Ignored Consultant's Sex Bias Findings: Atty
• Investors Sue Vanguard Over Offshore Gambling Cos.
• Medtech, DenTek Resolve Mouth Guard Patent Battle
• IP Enforcement In China Still A Work In Progress
• Mayer Brown Sheds Nearly 30 Attys
• Extended Stay Backs New Centerbridge Bid
• Chemtura Dodges $9B Environmental Claim
• Suit Calls Accenture Background Checks Race-Biased
• Court Won't Alter Stay In Infineon Shareholder Case
• Plaintiffs Seek To Revive Holland & Knight Ponzi Suit
• Bioenvision Shareholder Suit Rightly Nixed: 2nd Circ.
• Citi Subprime Class Action Barely Survives Toss
• Avoiding Copyright Registration Lament
• A Watershed Moment For EPA's TMDL Program?
• FairPoint Creditors Press Verizon For Merger Docs
• SEC Begins Testimony In Landmark Trial Over CDS
• Rising Star: Haynes & Boone's Paul Dickerson
• US Airways, United In Merger Talks: Report
• Investors Seek To Revive $1.5B Lehman Minibond Spat
• Judge Paves Way For Exxon To Appeal MTBE Verdict
• Novartis Sex Bias Class Action Goes To Trial In NY
• Winston Bankruptcy Partner Jumps To Cooley
• Photographers Take Aim At Google Over Digital Library
• Rising Star: Linklaters' Dan Dufner
• Funds Sue Deutsche Bank For $22M In Swaps Spat
• SEC Names First-Ever COO For NY Office
• Oakfabco Got Asbestos Liability In Boiler Buy: Court
• Sears Prevails In Kmart Real Estate Securities Suit
• IP Boutique Or General Practice Firm?
• If I Were Obama, My Supreme Court Pick Would Be ...
• A Second Look At FCPA And SOX
• Crunch Said To Resolve Fee Dispute With Trustee
• Fox Rothschild Partner Took Files From Old Firm: Suit
• GE Capital Objects To RathGibson Plan To Exit Ch. 11
• Industry Groups Challenge Final GHG Rulemaking
• Ex-FTC Commissioner Heads To Fulbright
• NYRA Fights NYC Off-Track Betting's Ch. 9 Petition
• Purdue Settles Ark. Fund's OxyContin Antitrust Suit
• Residential, Underwriters Still Face MBS Class Claims
• Ex-Loan Officers Slam Money Source With OT Claims
• Barclays Seeks To Keep $7B From 2008 Lehman Deal
• Parallel Proceedings: To Stay Or Not To Stay?
• 2nd Circ. Hears Case Over FINRA Fining Authority
• Sperm Bank Not Liable For 'Defective' Semen: 3rd Circ.
• Kelley Drye Slams Partner In EEOC Age Bias Suit
• Solow Drops Fraud Suit Over $1.4B GM Building Sale
• Cedar Fair, Apollo Nix Deal In Wake Of Investor Ire
• 'Wider Effects' Barred In WTC Shops Insurance Suit
• Ex-Symbol Tech CEO Fights SEC Bid To Disgorge $66M
• Judge Puts Hold On Schottenfeld-SEC Galleon Deal
• The 2nd Circ. Stance On Tiffany V. EBay
• Ecuador Leader Vows To Fight $700M Chevron Ruling
• BofA, Others Slam Lehman Asset Management Plan
• Moody's, Others Cleared In Merrill Lynch MBS Suit
• Ohio Title Insurance Price-Fixing Class Action Nixed
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revisit $5M Patent Award To SEB
• House Republicans Pressure GM On Delphi Pensions
• Colucci Can't Shake Abercrombie Malpractice Claims
• Securities Fraud Complaint Against Paramount Tossed
• KPMG Nixed From Another Madoff-Related Feud
• Airlines Get US-EU Flight Price-Fixing Suit Tossed
• RBC Brokers Win Conditional Cert. On FLSA Claims
• Rite Aid Loses Summary Judgment Bid In OT Suit
• Chinese Education Co. Didn't Mislead Investors: Judge
• Judge Tosses Gabelli Fund's Pyramiding Suit
• Rising Star: Frost Brown's Jan De Beer
• Weight Watchers, Nestle Near Trademark Settlement
• Chase Not Liable For Enron Filings: NY High Court
• Linklaters Restores UK Associate Pay Raise Levels
• MBIA Fails To Dismiss Mortgage-Backed Securities Suit
• Lateral Movement Still Increasing, But At Slower Pace
• Marsh Fails In Effort To Stop State Bid-Rigging Suits
• EBay Didn't Infringe Tiffany Trademark: 2nd Circ.
• $750M Shareholder Suit Against Marvel, Stan Lee Nixed
• Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Shai Waisman
• JPMorgan Wins Judgment In ERISA Class Action
• The Quickest Route To Defeating FLSA Class Cert.
• Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Amanda Sommerfeld
• Rising Star: Hogan & Hartson's Eric J. Stock
• Fraud Claims Preserved In Tronox Spinoff Fight
• E-Trade $23M Contract Win Bests Deutsche Appeal
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Aric Wu
• GGP Seeks OK Of $6.6B Financing For Ch. 11 Exit
• Merrill Lynch ARS Class Action Thrown Out
• EDS Loses Judgment Bid In OT Class Action
• Hospital, Health Plans End Oxycontin Antitrust Suits
• Suit Over Holland & Knight Role In Nadel Scheme Nixed
• New NY Civil Fraud Unit To Combat Financial Frauds
• Rising Star: Covington's Paul Schmidt
• Lilly Settles La. AG Zyprexa Claims For $20M