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New York - August, 2010

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• Merrill, BofA Stock Not Needed To Bring Suit, Court Says
• Innkeepers Wins Approval For $50M Financing Bid
• Cert. Denied In First American Appraisal Collusion Suit
• Barclays, JPMorgan Sparred Over Lehman Assets: Atty
• SunCal Can't Wriggle Out Of Lehman Automatic Stay
• Most Admired Attys: Jones Day's Corinne Ball
• WorldCom Judge Weighs IP Claims Against Verizon
• An Inherent Claim Against The Estate?
• Seven Settles Copyright Suit Against Oleg Cassini
• Most Admired Attys: Skadden's Sheila Birnbaum
• KPMG Settles Accounting Fraud Class Action
• Brooks Bros. Loses On Appeal In False Marking Suit
• Ex-Pfizer Worker Loses Bid To Revive ERISA Dispute
• United Rentals Survives Cerberus Merger Suit Appeal
• Madoff Trustee Settles Tiff Over Feeder Fund Cash
• Viacom, Diddy Still Face All Claims In $60M TV Spat
• Shareholder Democracy: Public Cos.' Brave New World
• Falcon Strikes Back At Tide Over $515M Gas Sale
• Veteran SEC Enforcement Atty Heads For Steptoe
• Workers At NYC's Alto Dish Out Wage Action
• Barclays Saw Signs Of Lehman Options Losses: Exec
• Cohen & Steers Smacked With Suit Over $625M ARS
• Most Admired Attys: Latham's Jan Baker
• Tronox Says Enviro, Tort Deals Will Let It Exit Ch. 11
• IBM Wins Commission Dustup With Employee
• Mexican Lender Seeks Ch. 15 Against $100M Notes
• Innkeepers Confidentiality Requests Too Broad: Judge
• Dreier Ch. 7 Trustee Seeks To Ax Clients' $6M Claim
• Boulder Capital Told To Return $24M Loan Repayments
• Morgan Stanley Settles Muni Derivative MDL For $6M
• 2 Suits Over BofA, Merrill Deal Survive
• 2nd Circ. Nixes RxUSA's Bid To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Iran Says It Has Pulled Money Out Of Europe's Banks
• Losing The Bid: Philadelphia Newspapers Sale Dispute
• Alleged Ponzi Artist Who Can't Pay Atty Not Off Hook: US
• EU Docs Off-Limits In Interchange Fee MDL, Court Says
• Avandia Probes Lead To ERISA Class Suit Against GSK
• EPA Settles With Tyson, MTA Over NY Mercury Site
• 9/11 Workers' Attys Can't Bill $6M In Interest Costs
• Most Admired Attys: DLA Piper's Perrie Weiner
• United, Continental Win DOJ Merger OK With Slot Sale
• Real Estate Schemer Weinstein Out On $10M Bail
• Federal Atty Wins Appointment To Bankruptcy Bench
• FirstEnergy Can't Shake $27M NYSEG Cleanup Suit
• PBS Kids Sprout Settles PixFusion Image Patent Suit
• Tonawanda Faces New EPA Order Over CWA Violations
• Chemtura Settles Class Actions Over '04 Fire For $7M
• DLA Wants Malpractice Suit Out Of Bankruptcy Court
• Barclays Adviser Said He Made $10M In Lehman Deal
• EPA Allowed To Reassess Phosphorus Regs In Vt.
• 'Foreign-Cubed' Ruling Applies To RICO Claims: Judge
• St. Joe Co. Says M-I SWACO Owes It For Gulf Oil Mess
• Ex-Asiana Execs Charged With Airfare Price-Fixing
• General Growth Wins Approval Of $45M Property Sale
• De Beers Sues Kohl's, Others Over Jewelry Designs
• Calif. Lawmakers Limit Cadmium In Kids' Jewelry
• Allstate, BofA Close Out Parmalat Securities Spat
• Chemtura, Insurers Ink Diacetyl Suit Coverage Deal
• The New Normal In Acquisition Finance Commitments
• Ex-Wachovia Employee Files $12M Suit Over 'Bias Firing'
• IDT Seeks To Revive Suit Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
• Dechert Reps Court Square In $500M Fibertech Buy
• Investment Banks Need 'Living Wills': Lehman Trustee
• FTC Capital To Pay $23M To End SEC Fraud Suit
• What's Next For Hydraulic Fracturing
• Ex-Barclays Exec Said He Hid Lehman Asset Details
• Argentine Central Bank May Not Be Immune: Judge
• Union Hits Pryor Cashman With $42M Malpractice Suit
• Saint Tropez Hits Marshalls With $20M Contract, IP Suit
• Phoenix Dividend Suit To Proceed On Most Claims
• Kazakh Bank Can't Dodge Foreign Debts Under Ch. 15
• Innkeepers Judge Greenlights Probe Into Apollo
• Dreier Trustee Sues Asset Fund To Recover $16.7M
• NY Court Asked To Weigh In On Anti-Poaching Rule
• Blood Reagent Price-Fixing MDL Survives Dismissal Bid
• Merrill, BofA Settle Derivatives Specialists' OT Suits
• SanDisk Hit With Sanctions In Earnout Suit
• FedEx Sues Cuomo In Bid To Evade Insurance Probe
• 2nd Circ. Judge Hints At Antitrust Motive In RxUSA Suit
• Spat Over Dreier Ex-Wife's $7M Claim To Be Heard
• Ex-Client Slaps Troutman Sanders With $10M Fee Suit
• Chemtura To Pay $26M To Settle Cleanup Claims
• FDA Issues Guidance On Menu Labeling Rules
• Lehman Re Sues Lehman Bros. Finance Over Collateral
• Mass. High Court Clears Derivative Dismissal Rule
• Most Admired Attys: Boies Schiller's David Boies
• Sheppard Mullin Nabs Mintz Levin Labor Partner
• CORRECTED: 7th Circ. Affirms Class Cert. For Conseco Investors
• Actrade Can't Block Jury Demand In $14M Surety Spat
• States, Municipalities Get Tough On 'Wage Theft'
• Dewey Helps MetLife Secure EU OK For $16B AIG Deal
• Express Mart FLSA Claims Don't Check Out: Judge
• Most Admired Attys: Cohen Milstein's Steven Toll
• Reinsurers To Pay US Fidelity $262M In Asbestos Spat
• Lehman Judge Scolds Barclays Over Video Testimony
• 21 Club Fails To Get Gratuity, OT Suit Tossed
• Disney Secretary's Boyfriend Cops To Insider Trading
• GOP Sens. Demand Info About Sprint-Huawei Deal
• American Apparel Under Siege As It Mulls Ch. 11
• Oaktree Deal Clears Way For Almatis Ch. 11 Exit
• Liberty Calls PATH's Dropping Of $7M Suit A 'Ploy'
• The Financing Options For New Transmission
• Former Quebecor Aims To End Enviro Cleanup Claims
• St. Vincent's Gets Green Light On 4 Asset Sales
• DLA Piper Adds 6 Hogan Lovells IP Litigators In LA
• Proxy Advisory Firms' Beefed-Up Role In Exec Pay
• Brazil Probes Expeditors Over Antitrust Worries
• Chemtura Puts Diacetyl Claims To Rest For $50M
• 2nd Circ. Vacates $34M Fraud Judgment Against AIG
• 11th Circ. Boosts BoNY In Noncompete Spat
• BofA, Ex-CEO Fight Cuomo Fraud Case
• Most Admired Attys: Labaton's Lawrence Sucharow
• 2nd Circ. Counterfeiting Ruling Boosts Brand Owners
• Most Admired Attys: Greenberg Traurig's Susan Heller
• Man Group, GLG Settle Shareholder Suit Over $2B Deal
• Contract Suit Against Michael Jackson's Estate Nixed
• Distrigas Scores $51M From Bankrupt Power Co. EBG
• The Importance Of Monitoring Social Media
• Premier's Arbitration Bid Nixed In Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Dickstein Adds Patton Boggs Insurance Duo
• Choosing The Right Expert Can Make All The Difference
• Former Refco COO Forfeits $2M In Fraud Probe
• Ex-Ernst & Young Atty Settles SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Most Admired Attys: Hogan Lovells' Jan McDavid
• Most Admired Attys: Greenberg Traurig's Mike Piazza
• AIG, Others Targeted In NY Life Insurance Probe
• American Mortgage Closes In On Exit From Ch. 11
• Judge Streamlines Avoidance Claims Against SemCrude
• Fairfield Fund Sues To Recoup $162M In Madoff Payout
• Townsend Lets Go 9 Attorneys, 25 Staffers
• General Growth Bankruptcy Plan Clears Major Hurdle
• Bret Michaels Sues Promoter Over Axed Concert
• Sullivan Reps First Niagara In $1.5B NewAlliance Deal
• MarketXT Settles Trader's $37M Claim For $730K
• Blank Rome Out As Counsel In Contract Suit V. J&J Unit
• USSE Dodges Sanctions In SEC Pump-And-Dump Suit
• 9th Circ. Remands Mercury Backdating $29M Fee Award
• Class Action Over Fairfield Madoff Losses Survives
• Neff Creditors Want OK To Sue Over Crushing Debt
• Camel Rolling Stone Ads Aren't Cartoons: Pa. Court
• US Power Co. Unit Files Ch. 11 As Part Of $1B Sale
• Mexicana Wins Injunction Blocking Plane Seizures
• Lehman Wins Control Of CDO Assets, French Deal Nod
• Judge Severely Narrows Morgan Stanley MBS Case
• Feds, NY Settle Over Nuclear Site Cleanup Costs
• Start Dates Stalled For Some DLA Piper 1st-Years
• Most Admired Attys: Kaye Scholer's Alan Fisch
• Ex-Lyondell Workers Seek OK To Sue Over Bonuses
• Insurers Not Entitled To Paid Defense Costs: Pa. Court
• Hotel Chain Highland Hospitality Mulling Ch. 11
• Most Admired Attys: Skadden's Scott Musoff
• Southern Copper Investors Fight Grupo Mexico Deal
• Realtime Launches New Round Of Data Patent Suits
• CDO's Credit Default Swap Beef With Wachovia Killed
• Verizon To Pay FairPoint $3M In Lease Deal
• 5 States Join Chorus Of LCD Price-Fixing Plaintiffs
• RIM Can't Shake Kodak's Smartphone ITC Case
• Innkeepers Deal Passes Muster With Lehman Judge
• Morgan Lewis Advises Phoenix In $139M Marlin Deal
• CFTC Scraps Energy-Only Position Limit Draft
• BHP Goes Hostile With $43B Bid For PotashCorp
• SEC Eyes GGP Execs In Insider Trading Probe
• Most Admired Attys: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp
• Shareholders Fight Cerberus' Bid For BlueLinx
• Augme Wants Orrick Sanctioned In AOL Web Patent Suit
• Littler Picks Up Morgan Lewis Managing Partner
• ConAgra To Pay $4.3M Over Oil Trade Settlement
• Disney Gets Partial Win In 'Little Miss' Trademark Case
• Claims Trimmed In Honeywell Air Cleaner Action
• Chemtura Settles Dispute Over Fla. Cleanup Sites
• Magazine Wholesaler Fights To Revive Collusion Suit
• Seyfarth M&A Partner Jumps To Nixon Peabody
• King & Spalding Adds Milbank Energy M&A Expert
• Corporate Piracy Efforts: Cost Center Or Profit Center?
• Favorable Arbitration Developments For Employers
• Skadden, Debevoise Aid $6B Reynolds-Pactiv Merger
• Limiting The In Pari Delicto Defense In Pa.
• 3rd Circ. Sides Mostly With Insurers In Antitrust Suit
• Feds Seek 6 Months For Ex-IBM Exec In Galleon Case
• Iranian Wire Transfer Defendant Gets 30 Months
• Financial Reform 101: SEC Enforcement Powers
• McGuireWoods Seeks Docs For Ethanex Securities Suit
• Most Admired Attys: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu
• Paul Hastings Can't Escape $55M Malpractice Suit
• Ecuadoreans Fight Chevron Over Footage Release
• Akin Gump Says Stanford Filed Request To Distract Firm
• 2nd Circ. Revives Sex Bias Case Against Verizon
• Roche Prevails In HPV-Test License Spat
• Preserving Value Through Mediation
• BA, Passenger Strike Deal In Plane Crash Spat
• NY Court To Weigh In On Divorce Funds In Ponzi Suit
• Most Admired Attys: Cravath's Richard Clary
• Most Admired Attys: Simpson Thacher's Kevin Arquit
• Green Building Trend Ripe To Bear Suits
• Rajaratnam Wins Right To Challenge Wiretaps
• Colleges Fail To Get More From Celotex Asbestos Trust
• Plaintiffs' Atty Barred From Using Leaked Zyprexa Docs
• Pfizer Targets Actavis Over Generic Lipitor
• Combined Insurance Strikes $6M Deal In Wage Suit
• Skadden Aids Seawell In $890M Allis-Chalmers Deal
• NJ Man Charged In $200M Jewish Real Estate Scheme
• Ex-CA CEO Kumar Can't Cut Down 12-Year Sentence
• Credit Suisse Loses Bid To Boot MBIA's MBS Claims
• Hughes Heirs Object to GGP Reorganization Plan
• Insurance Pros Jump From Clark Hill To Cozen
• Health Groups Join Fight For NYC Tobacco Warnings
• Sharp Loses Bid To Escape Anvik LCD Patent Spat
• Iowa Fund Seeks To Join Lehman Securities Case
• Plaintiffs Fail To Revive Credit Suisse Investor Suit
• 2nd Circ. Finds For Garment Workers In FLSA Suit
• Wash. AG Latest To Accuse LCD Makers Of Cartel
• Snapple Label Action Stayed Pending FDA Feedback
• SEC Enforcers Get Permanent Subpoena Power
• Safe Harbor Protection For Online Service Providers
• Case Study: In Re Visteon Corp.
• Lyondell, UBS Ask Court To Block Highland Suit
• Prudential, MetLife Face Probe By Ga. Regulator
• Viacom Appeals Ruling For Google In YouTube Case
• PepsiCo Secures Partial Win In ERISA Class Action
• Coty Says Ex-Execs Violated Noncompete Covenants
• 7 Attorneys Among 18 Let Go From Brinks Hofer
• Extended Stay Creditors Drop Bid To Sue Over Buyout
• House Opens Probe Into Prudential Life Insurance
• La Toya Jackson Heads Off Ch. 11 Case Reopening
• Challenging CT Scans In Medical Monitoring Claims
• Icahn Extends Lionsgate Tender Offer Pending Suit
• Fracking Hearing Put Off Over Higher Crowd Estimates
• Littler Nabs Ford & Harrison Union-Avoidance Pro
• Publisher, YouTube Settle Over Media Leak In IP Suit
• WG Receiver Seeks $110M From AIG Unit, Tufts, Others
• Banks Call Adelphia E-Mail Evidence A 'Red Herring'
• US Energy Wins Disclosure Statement OK
• Ore. Joins NY, Fla. In Suing LCD Cos. For Price-Fixing
• Del. Opinion To Inform Future Freeze-Out Mergers
• Can Legal Precedent Keep Up With The Internet Age?
• What To Know In The Absence Of A Climate Change Law
• Facebook Fighting Remand Of Suit Disputing Ownership
• Spongetech Execs Plead Not Guilty In Fraud Case
• Dreier Trustee Seeks $28M From Collapsed Hedge Fund
• Tronox Aims For 2011 Trial Date For Kerr-McGee Suit
• Adelphia Trust Fights To Save Claims Against Banks
• Madoff Investors Fight 'Net Equity' Ruling In 2nd Circ.
• Lehman Minibond Holders OK'd To Go After LBSF
• Venable Snags Corporate Partners From DLA Piper
• Patients Seek Cash From Troutman, Nursing Home Spat
• Fla. AG Targets LCD Cos. Over Price-Fixing Scheme
• LeClairRyan Taps Successor For CEO Spot
• Weil Gotshal Antitrust Partner Heads For Jones Day
• Questions Unanswered In Work Product Protection
• An Eye On Hydraulic Fracturing
• Spansion Hits Samsung, Others With 337 Complaint
• BP Puts $3B In Deepwater Horizon Fund, Taps Trustees
• Viacom Sues Ex-CIO Over Jump To Conde Nast
• Chemtura Wins Green Light For $1B In Exit Financing
• Tourre Readies For Court Battle With SEC
• Cooley Adds Paul Hastings IP Pro In Silicon Valley
• Wachovia Wins Toss Of ERISA Class Action
• Cozen O'Connor Adds Insurance, White Collar Pros
• Winston Reps Constellation In $1.1B Power Plant Buy
• Duggal Dimensions Fires Off 337 Suit Over Lampposts
• Lil Wayne Faces Fraud Suit Over Contract Dispute
• FEMA Trailer Resellers May Face Criminal Probe: FTC
• Effects Of SEC V. Byers On Creditors' Rights
• Fish & Richardson Still Repping BofA In Check IP Suit
• Barclays 'Hot News' Ruling Threatens Google, Twitter
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds 2 Labor Partners In NY, SF
• Court Vacates Order For AmFin Examination
• Cuomo Files Suit Over Alleged LCD Price-Fixing
• Dick's Wins Bid To Bar State Law Class In FLSA Suit
• 1 Counterfeit Item Enough For Jurisdiction: 2nd Circ.
• Bradley Arant Picks Up Hunton & Williams Litigator
• NYC OTB, Racetracks' Dispute Sent To State Board
• Anadarko, Others Slam Tronox Disclosure Statement
• Willkie Farr Scores 2 Orrick Finance Attys
• CVS Assistant Managers Win Class Status In OT Case
• St. Vincent's Moves To Sell Off 2 Nursing Homes
• Securities Trade Group Backs Goldman In Bayou Suit
• Dish Network Fights DBSD Plan Cramdown In 2nd Circ.
• EEOC Warned Census Bureau About Race Bias: Suit
• Chevron Faces Forum Choice Scrutiny In Pollution Suit
• Funds Win Class Cert In JPMorgan ERISA Suit
• Barclays Readies $308M For US Sanctions Deal
• JPMorgan, LML Settle Check-Processing Patent Spat
• Lessons From The LyondellBassell Rights Offering
• Sanofi's $24.2M Sex Bias Settlement Approved
• FDNY Barred From Hiring In Light Of Unfair Test
• Tops Sells 7 Supermarkets To Quell FTC's Concerns
• Victoria's Secret Loses Bid To Dodge Bra Patent Suit
• Attorney Timekeeping: Why It Pays To Plug The Leak
• Madoff Trustee Wins $180M Judgment From Vizcaya
• Financial Reform 101: For Energy Cos.
• Tiny Particles, Big Coverage Issues?
• Feds Target HSBC In Money-Laundering Probe
• Weil Work Product Protected From Prying Mayer Eyes
• Chemtura's Challenge Of Cleanup Claims Goes On
• NY, Fla. Towns Settle MTBE Suits With Shell, BP
• Starr Ponzi Scheme Trial Postponed To 2011
• Cuomo Probes Predatory Health Care Lending Claims
• BofA Ends Fight With Insurer Over Parmalat Losses
• GGP Seals $500M Equity Deal With Texas Teachers
• 2nd Circ. Says Creditors Can Use Argentine Fund Assets
• 20-Year-Old Cleanup Claims Against Texaco Barred
• Levi's, Revise Spar Over Jeans Pocket Designs
• FGIC Corp. Expects Quick Trip Through Ch. 11
• Jones Day Nabs 2 Partners For Golden State Offices
• New Trial Ordered In $4M Wyeth Retaliation Suit
• Use Of Safe Harbor For Forward-Looking Statements
• Retained Asset Accounts In Context
• United, Continental Settle Texas Suit Over $3B Merger
• Donald Trump Hit With Fraud Suit Over Trump SoHo
• NY Art Dealer Gets 18 Years For $120M Fraud
• MLB's Favored Buyer Likely To Win Rangers: Experts
• Brooks Bros. Blames Supplier For False Marking
• Almatis Wins Green Light For Dubai Financing Pitch
• Ex-JPMorgan Specialist Loses Bid To Toss SEC Suit
• Gibson Dunn Eyes Asian Market With Hong Kong Office
• Milbank Picks Up Latham Leveraged Finance Team
• Stanford's Bid To Disqualify Akin Gump Falls Flat
• Oil And Gas Industry Braces For Changes After Gulf Spill
• Judge Boots Magazine Wholesaler's Collusion Case
• Olan Mills To Pay $3M To End Photographer Wage Suit
• In Pari Delicto Claim Cut From Madoff Victims' Appeal
• Employer, Beware: Outside Sales Reps May Require OT
• After American Needle, Is Everything Old New Again?
• GGP Tweaks Ch. 11 Plan To Improve Capital Structure
• CareCore Antitrust Suit Survives Bid To Toss
• Bankrupt Mexicana Scrambles To Protect US Assets
• 4th Circ. Won't Rehear Greenberg Search Warrant Suit
• Baker & McKenzie Settles Coudert Claims For $7M
• Fed. Circ. Rebuffs Attack On Skelaxin Invalidity Ruling
• McKinsey Wire-Transfer Defendant Fails In New Trial Bid
• Guatemala Labor Practices Violate Trade Deal: USTR
• Edwards Angell Lures Morgan Lewis IP Partner
• Ford & Harrison Lands Former Northwest Airlines Atty
• More Eateries On Menu In Batali Tip Class Action
• Conn. AG Probes Apple, Amazon E-Book Deals
• Lateral Market Cools Down, Reversing 2-Month Trend
• Credit Agricole Moves To Bolster European Operations
• Financial Reform 101: Securitization
• Chemtura Wants $1B To Pay For Ch. 11 Exit
• Barnes & Noble Says Xerox, Alcatel Patents Invalid
• USPTO To Review Check Patent In BoNY, Deutsche Suit
• Bankruptcy Implications Of Environmental Liabilities