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New York - December, 2010

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• Sewage Suits Yield Top Enviro Settlements Of 2010
• AIG Led Insurer Payouts In 2010
• Insurance Cases To Watch In 2011
• Defense Bar Is Big Winner In 2010 Securities Rulings
• Energy Cases To Watch In 2011
• Madoff, Credit Crisis Drove Securities Deals In 2010
• Bilski Headlines Influential IP Rulings In 2010
• Insurers Gained Ground In Key 2010 Rulings
• White Collar Cases To Watch In 2011
• Skilling Set Pace For White Collar Rulings In 2010
• Top '10 Bankruptcy Rulings Show Devil's In The Details
• Environmental Cases To Watch In 2011
• White Collar Legislation, Regulation To Watch In 2011
• Financial Services Cases To Watch In 2011
• Whistleblowers Key To Big Pharma PL Deals In 2010
• Lateral Slump Shows No Signs Of Letting Up
• Down Economy Fueled Employment Settlements In 2010
• Competition Cases To Watch In 2011
• Copyright, Trademark Suits Netted Big Payouts In 2010
• Employment Laterals Favored Boutiques In 2010
• Bankruptcy Outlook For 2011
• Q&A With Paul Weiss' Daniel J. Kramer
• Considering New Expert Disclosure Requirements
• Genentech Fights FDA's Downgrade Of Avastin
• SEC Sues InterMune Options Buyers Over Inside Tips
• Calif. Tech Consultant Pleads Guilty In Trading Probe
• MBIA Gets OK To Use Stats In Countrywide Fraud Suit
• Lyondell Claims Interplastic Owes $2M
• Blockbuster Seeks Extension To Ch. 11 Plan Deadlines
• EPA To Institute 1st-Ever GHG Pollution Standards
• Judge Approves Lipstick Building Ch. 11 Prepack Plan
• Insurers Keep JPMorgan Bond Fraud Suits Alive
• Hilton Agrees To Monitors In Starwood Secrets Deal
• Curtis, Orrick To Meet Or Beat Cravath Bonuses
• Leonard Green's $1.6B Jo-Ann Buyout Triggers Probes
• Judge Trims Long-Running Universal Antitrust Suit
• Marsh Can't Shake $17.5M Fraud Suit
• SEC's Heightened Adviser Registration Requirements
• Ex-UBS Banker Gets Time Served For Insider Trading
• Boies Schiller, Paul Weiss Bonuses Top Cravath's
• AIG Settles Workers' Compensation Probe For $147M
• Team Must Arbitrate Insurance Policy Fight: 2nd Circ.
• Judge Clears TerreStar To Advance Ch. 11 Plan
• North Face, Polo Win New Powers In Knock-Off War
• American Apparel Denies Withholding Financial Info
• Sens. Send Smaller 9/11 Health Bill To Obama
• Judge Tosses Suit Over Topps Meat Recall
• Sirius Users Can't Replead Contract Claim: Judge
• Imax Investors Lose Class Bid In Securities Action
• Judge Won't Split Discovery In SemGroup Action
• Ex-UBS Banker Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading Scheme
• Can You Trust A Certificate Of Insurance?
• Dow Corning Loses Bid To Import Duty-Free Silicon
• Judge Denies Innkeepers' Agreement With Lehman
• Ghost Of Arthur Andersen Haunts Ernst & Young
• Citi Insurance Units Shell Out $2M For Violations
• Ex-Lyondell Employees Seek Class Cert. In Bonus Suit
• Apple, Canon, Others Face Video Compression IP Suit
• Former Madoff Aide Jailed After $5M Bail Revoked
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs Ambac's Use Of Funds
• 11 States Join DOJ Suit Over Merchant Fees
• Stays Without Borders In Chapter 15?
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $553M For Tax Shelter Plot
• Finding The Mastermind In Joint Infringement Suits
• ICP Bid To Toss CDO Fraud Case Falls Short
• Who's To Blame For Climate Change?
• News Corp. Gets EU Antitrust OK For $12.6B BSkyB Buy
• NY Investment Bank Fights For $3.4M Philly News Fee
• Cuomo Sues Ernst & Young Over Lehman Audits
• King & Spalding Reps EarthLink In $370M Deal
• Ex-NY State Fair Director Charged With Corruption
• Winston & Strawn, Starr Sued By Ex-William Morris CEO
• Debevoise Reps Uralkali In $8B Silvinit Deal
• Baker & McKenzie Snags Lead Madoff Prosecutor
• Ambac Shouldn't Maintain Investments, Trustee Says
• EPA Holds GE To Tough Standards In Hudson Cleanup
• Convicted Tax Schemers Call For Fresh Trial
• Limited Partners In Bankrupt Madoff Funds Ask To Sue
• Maine May Be Next To Ban BPA In Child Drink Containers
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps AT&T In $1.9B Qualcomm Deal
• BNY Mellon Sues Santander Over Debt Interest Rate
• NYC Settles Jewish Nurse's Bias Claims
• High Court, High Stakes: Cigna Corp. V. Amara
• Senate OKs 6 Judges For 2nd Circ., 4th Circ., Others
• Case Study: US V. Woolf Turk
• Dreier Trustee Launches $190M Adversary Case Assault
• Merkin's Madoff Feeder Fund Faces Another Suit
• Pharma Co. Says Insurer Owes It For Reactor Shutdown
• Ex-Jefferies Fund Chief Gets 6 Years For Trading Scam
• Suits Pile Up Over JPMorgan, HSBC Silver Claims
• 2nd Circ. Bars Priceline From $336M Class Deal
• Ciena Settles Fraud Suit Over SBA Loans For $26M
• Professors Urge High Court To Crush '98 Tobacco Deal
• Barclays Knew Lehman Assets Were Off Limits: SEC
• Cuomo Drops Appeal In Marsh Bid-Rigging Case
• Q&A With Phillips Lytle's Alan Bozer
• NY Raises Restaurant Minimum Wages, OKs Tip Pooling
• Picower Widow To Give Back $7.2B In Madoff Profits
• Lender Tries To Keep Appeal Of Ion Ch. 11 Plan Alive
• Overstock Accuses Goldman, Merrill Of Short Sale Plot
• Banks Ask 9th Circ. To Review Revival Of IPO Suits
• The Effective Bankruptcy Examiner
• Jones Day Reps Cumulus In $2.1B Offer For Citadel
• In Context: The Chevron-Ecuador Litigation
• Novo, Sandoz Reach Deal Over Generic Prandin
• 9th Circ. Revives DairyAmerica's Katrina Coverage Suit
• Judge Freezes Assets Related To Pepsi-WBD Deal
• Plaintiffs Blast $137M BofA Deal In Muni Bond MDL
• Vertis Gets OK On Prepack Plan To Drop $700M In Debt
• IT Workers Win Cert. In Overtime Suit Against HP Unit
• Attys Split On Espionage Case Against WikiLeaks
• US Answers Mandell Dismissal Bid With New Charges
• Ex-Winston Atty Targeted For Role In Ponzi Scheme
• Judge Nixes Blockbuster Creditor's Icahn Probe Request
• Cleary Reps AmEx In €496M Deal To Buy Rewards Co.
• Garrison Parks 4 Debt-Laden Properties In Ch. 11
• Judge Nixes WaMu Workers' FLSA Action V. JPMorgan
• Feds Modify Claims In $350M Aeropostale Kickback Plot
• $10M In Clawbacks OK'd In Westgate Fraud Suit
• Materiality And Statistical Significance Explained
• 5 Strategies For Avoiding Wiki Situations
• BofA Fights $590M Ruling Over Lehman Seizures
• Universal, 50 Cent Sued Over Rights To 'I Get Money'
• Feds Charge 4 Consultants In Insider Trading Probe
• FDA Moves To Pull Breast Cancer Approval For Avastin
• Q&A With Pillsbury's Mark Hellerer
• Chevron Can Subpoena Atty In Ecuador Case: 2nd Circ.
• Lehman Bondholders Push Rival Reorganization Plan
• Pfizer Wins OK For $75M Deal In Shareholder Suits
• 4 NYC Payroll Consultants Accused Of $80M Fraud
• 2 Firms Strike Deals In NY Pension Corruption Probe
• 4 More Madoff Associates Deny Fraud Charges
• Ex-Lehman HR Head Seeks $1.4M For Lost Pay Raise
• Ex-Cynergy CEO Seeks $60M In Defense Costs
• Loehmann's Creditors Back Ch. 11 Plan
• Liberty Title Exec Cops To Misuse Of Clients' Funds
• A Review Of 2010 Antitrust Class Actions
• Feds Reverse Course, Intervene In Guidant FCA Suit
• NY State Sen., Son Plead Not Guilty To Embezzlement
• Lime Wire Wins Access To Record Cos.' Royalty Info
• Teva's $70M ARS Suit V. Deutsche Tossed For Good
• Canada Targets Visa, MasterCard Over Merchant Rules
• Lehman, BNY Mellon Unit Settlement Ends UK Case
• Due Process Implications Of Patent Claims Limits
• 2nd-Lien Lenders Get Louder
• Salinger Estate Gets 'Catcher' Sequel Blocked
• Novartis Finishes Up $51.6B Alcon Purchase
• What Congress Has Done Re: (Re)Insurance So Far
• Q&A With Pillsbury's Bruce Ericson
• Time Warner Settles Contract Row With Ex-Turner CEO
• RHI Entertainment Wins OK For Fast-Track Ch. 11 Exit
• Judge Nixes Samsung Bid To Sack Claims In SRAM MDL
• Teva Settles In Bayer Suit Over Generic Yaz
• Ex-Professor Can't Toss St. John's Drug Research Suit
• Ex-Gryphon Workers Strike Deal In SEC Fraud Case
• XL, BofA, Others Want Payback From $50M Fraudster
• Funk Legend Clinton Sues Black Eyed Peas Over Remix
• Sidley Snags 3 Howrey Securities Litigators
• New York Life Sued Over Alleged Madoff Losses
• Plaintiffs Seek Class Cert. In Credit Suisse Suit
• Madoff Recovery Efforts Net Law Firms $44M
• Prosecutors Fight Dismissal Bid By Adelphia Execs
• After OSHA's Attack On USPS, Who's Next?
• The Future Of Global Warming Lawsuits Is Now
• Goldman Appeals Loss In $21M Bayou Arbitration Case
• Death Knell Of Placement Agent Outcome-Based Pay
• Calif. Overtime Action Against AT&T Goes Nationwide
• Credit Suisse Escapes Claims In National Century MDL
• Susman's $100K Associate Bonuses Wallop Other Firms
• US Atty Sues Over Alleged NY House-Flipping Fraud
• All Nippon Ends Air Cargo Price-Fixing MDL For $10M
• Slumping Sales, Mounting Debt Force A&P Into Ch. 11
• Madoff Son's Suicide Won't Stop Suits, Trustee Says
• Creditor Squabble Pushes Back GSC Sale Bid
• PE Firm Founder Sues Madoff Feeder Fund
• Yemen Edges Closer To WTO Entry With US Trade Pact
• InSight Seeks To Cut Debt By $290M In New Ch. 11
• Feds Unhappy With Madoff Employee's Bail Proposal
• Plane Crash MDL Judge Sends 5 Cases To State Court
• Carter DeLuca Fired Atty Over Sex Bias Claims: Suit
• Judge Nixes Shareholder Suit Over Morgan Stanley Pay
• Q&A With Patterson Belknap's Daniel Ruzumna
• Supreme Court Rebuffs Deceptive Law Firm Ads Case
• Setoffs In Bankruptcy
• Case Study: Dukes V. Wal-Mart
• High Court Split Over 1st-Sale Rule In Costco Suit
• Ex-Vitesse Semiconductor Execs Charged With Fraud
• TV Producer RHI Aims To Cut Debt In Half In Ch. 11
• Army Agrees To Clean Jet Fuel Spill At NY Base
• DoubleLine Cooperates With Probe In TCW Row
• Cornell Fails To Nix Verdict In AIDS Research Suit
• Hotels Brace For Next Bite From Bedbug Suits
• Arcadia Targets Home Goods Rival Over Topshop Mark
• Creditor Balks At Vertis' Plan For Consulting Pacts
• Settlement OK'd In UPS Retirees' Insurance Rate Action
• News Corp.'s The Daily Sues IMG Over Trademark
• Goldman's Tourre Says SEC Case Has 'Fatal Defects'
• Jury Convicts Goldman Code Theft Defendant
• The Price Isn't Right: Event Studies In M&A Suits
• Q&A With Paul Weiss' Michele Hirshman
• Madoff 'Criminal Soul Mate' Hit With $60B Fraud Suit
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2010: Skadden
• Lionsgate Slams Icahn Before Shareholder Meeting
• Feds Subpoena Medtronic Over Neurostimulator Sales
• Colo. Co. Says SEC To Blame For $19M In Madoff Losses
• Goldman IP Defendant's Atty Calls US Case Baseless
• Priceline Challenges $336M Currency Fee Deal
• Ex-BofA Workers Took Client Info To Dynasty, Suit Says
• 3 Ex-UBS Execs Indicted In Muni Bond Fraud Suit
• Microsoft Faces Suit Over Web Browser Patent
• Jenner & Block Adds Ex-Kirkland IP Litigator In LA
• Ex-KBR Worker Gets 3 Years In Corruption Case
• SEC Targets Inside Traders Over Pepsi-WBD Deal
• Broker-Dealers Have No Duty To Noncustomers
• Ohio Judges Can Friend Lawyers Online, Panel Says
• Senate Republicans Block 9/11 Health Bill
• Lyme Regis Draws Fire In Bid To Probe Blockbuster Case
• Ex-Delta Employee Drops Appeal Of $100M Class Claim
• Lehman's ADR Procedures Bid Inspires Objections
• 2nd Circ. Clarifies RICO Ruling At US' Request
• Paralyzed Woman Awarded $66M In Cybex Injury Case
• Semtech To Pay $20M To Settle Backdating Suit
• The Importance Of Good Drafting In Software Licenses
• Ponzi Schemer Nadel Fights For Right To Appeal
• Madoff Trustee Wants $1B From Citigroup, Other Banks
• Samsung Fails To Nix Classes In SRAM Antitrust MDL
• MetLife To Pay $2.3M In Wage Deduction Action
• Aldus Equity, Top Lobbyist Settle Pay-To-Play Probe
• Exxon Gas Station Owner Settles Pollution Suit
• SEC, CFTC Lay Out Concerns About Tech, Resource Gap
• $5.3M Deal Wins Initial OK In Sirius Copyright Suit
• Sanctions Sought Against Boies Schiller, Playmakers
• Judge OKs Excess Insurer's Suit Against SafeNet
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $635M From UK Unit, UBS
• Marsh Wants Bail Terms Eased In $20M Fraud Case
• Fisher-Price, Mattel Sue Over Child Swing Patent
• US Says Goldman IP Defendant Infringed 'Wheel'
• Implications Of Genzyme: Loss Under A D&O Policy
• Citizens Claims No Indemnity In Uncommon IP Fight
• Atty Calls SEC Ethics Actions Too Severe, Unfair
• MBIA Targets Morgan Stanley In Latest MBS Suit
• Q&A With Weil's David Lender
• Judge OKs $3.9M Chemtura Deal Over Gowanus Cleanup
• Tronox Seals Bankruptcy Deals With Chartis, Others
• Madoff Trustee Strikes $550M Settlement With Shapiro
• Judge Again Denies Bid To Dismiss Ivy ERISA Suit
• Another Firm Says It's Not Target Of US Trading Probe
• 2nd Circ. Partly Nixes DBSD Plan In Win For Sprint
• Greenberg Bid For Docs In IP Malpractice Suit Nixed
• Old GM Ch. 11 Plan To Go Before Judge In March
• Carlyle To Snap Up Majority Stake In Claren Road
• 2nd Circ. Won't Lift Lehman Stay For SunCal
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2010: O'Melveny
• Sharing Is Caring In DOJ's View Of FCPA Cooperation
• Refco MDL Special Master Says Many Claims Should Go
• Making Sense Of Bankruptcy Make-Wholes, No-Calls
• Anderson Kill Hooks Dickstein Shapiro IP Vet
• Christie Enlists Patton Boggs For $271M Tunnel Fight
• The End Of Class Actions? Not Likely
• Q&A With Debevoise's Jeffrey Jacobson
• Pfizer Proposes $75M Fund To Settle Shareholder Suits
• Debevoise Grabs Former NY Insurance Superintendent
• Special Units Put Public Corruption In Hot Seat
• NJ Woman Gets 6 Years For $50M Ponzi Scheme
• Judge Tosses Cigna Case Managers' FLSA Class Action
• Ex-Madoff Employee Needs Co-Signers To Make Bail
• Starbucks Baristas Fight Toss Of Tip-Sharing Action
• UBS Insider Trader Wants Time-Served Sentence
• UBP To Pay $470M-Plus To Avoid Madoff Litigation
• 2 Firms Excel At Client Focus, In-House Counsel Say
• Kraft Sues Starbucks Over $1B Distribution Deal
• Continental To Fight 'Absurd' Verdict Over Fatal Crash
• Ex-NY State Senator Cops To Obstructing Grand Jury
• Investors Renew Class Action Against Lehman Directors
• Lionsgate Accuses Icahn Of Double-Crossing
• IP Lawyers Wade Into Viacom, YouTube Battle
• ERISA Whistleblower Seeks Cert Over Circuit Split
• BofA Allowed To Ditch Counsel In Lehman Case
• DOJ Delays Discovery In Air Cargo Antitrust MDL
• EBG Creditors Win OK To Appeal $1.1B Sale
• Weight Watchers Drops Suit After Court Bars Curves Ads
• Axed Akin Gump Lawyer Says Firm Lied About Diversity
• In Re Scopac ... 2 Years Later
• Lil Wayne Settles Suit Lodged By 'Lollipop' Producer
• Supreme Court Takes Up Climate Change Nuisance Suit
• Q&A With Patton Boggs' Christina Sarchio
• US Backs $4M Gowanus Deal In Chemtura Ch. 11
• 9 Firms Regain Spots On GC's Best-Of-The-Best List
• Proskauer, MoFo Hop On Cravath Bonus Bandwagon
• NRC Report Backs Entergy Bid For Nuke Plant Permits
• Lime Wire To Call It Quits By End Of Year
• NJ Man Admits To Paying Bribes For ConEd Contracts
• Viacom Claims YouTube Ruling Imperils Copyrights
• Anti-Union Attys Denied Class Counsel Spot Seek Cert
• DMX Wins 2nd Case Over Alternative License Structures
• Mount Sinai Hospital Official Cops To Bid-Rigging
• Feds Subpoena Researcher In Insider Trading Probe
• Class OK'd In Securities Suit Against Homebuilder
• Sky CEO Wants Charges Tossed, Cites F-Cubed Ruling
• The Fed. Circ. Stance In Hyatt V. Kappos
• 2nd Circ. Backs Remand Of Reinsurance Policy Suit
• Judge Tosses Part Of Ex-Wyeth Exec's Firing Suit
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2010: Jenner & Block
• Woodside Ends Heated Bankruptcy With $101M Deal
• Early Effects Of SEC's Climate Disclosure Release
• SEC Drops Case Against 2nd Smart Online Exec
• Ex-UBS Banker Charged In Muni Bond Probe
• Tronox Allows $2.8M Enviro Claim Over NM Mine
• 9th Circ. Revives 2 Dozen Suits Over IPOs
• US Expands Case Over $22M Wireless Device Scheme
• Courtroom Sealed At Ex-Goldman Programmer's Trial
• RSL Investors Lose Bid To Go After Lehman Insurer
• Pentair Sues Insurer For Interest On $30M Judgment
• AIG Ordered To Cough Up Docs In CDS Dispute
• Managers Of Bogus Hedge Fund Cop Guilty Plea
• House Censures Rangel For Ethics Violations
• FTC's Intel Action Leaves Uncertainty In Its Wake
• Tyco Scores Partial Win In Suit Against Ex-CEO
• JPMorgan Cries Fraud, Sues Lehman Over $25B Loan
• Insurer Fights ReNu Defense Coverage In 2nd Circ.
• 'Dora' Actress Drops Wage Dispute With Nickelodeon
• EU Extends Deadline For News Corp.-BSkyB Merger
• $6.4B Suit Implicates JPMorgan In Madoff Fraud
• Obama Makes Pick For 6th Circ., 7 Other Courts
• MGM Scores Speedy Ch. 11 Plan Approval
• 8 Years In Prison Enough For Smart Online Exec: SEC
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2010: Gibson Dunn
• Investors Sue Principal Over Fund Redemption Dates
• The Importance Of I4i V. Microsoft
• Davis Polk Reps PepsiCo In $3.8B Wimm-Bill-Dann Deal
• Q&A With Sills Cummis' Jeffrey Greenbaum
• Clifford Chance Denies Claims Of Sex, Race Bias
• Hispanic NYPD Detectives' Discrimination Case Pared
• Ex-NYC Council President Cops To Tax Charge
• Judge Won't Toss $20M Bayou Award Against Goldman
• McDermott Hooks Veteran Trial Atty From Yoss
• Federal Wins Dismissal Of $5M Omega Coverage Suit
• Day Pitney Atty Wins Exit From UBS Trading Case
• CareCore Hit With $34M Verdict In Antitrust Suit
• Costco Files Fresh Antitrust Suit Against LCD Makers
• Toyota, Nummi Seek $574M From Old GM Over Closure
• GE Settles Ala. Race Discrimination Suit
• Lehman Seeks To Expunge $469M In Claims
• Effects Of EPA Clean Air Initiatives
• Bankruptcy Auctions: Is That Your Final Answer?
• 2nd Circ. OKs 5 Years, $30M For Mortgage Fraudster
• Merrill Shakes Some Claims Over $237M ARS Bonds
• Icahn Again Extends Lionsgate Tender Offer
• Money Manager Starr's Sentencing For Fraud Delayed
• Plaintiffs Exit Bayer MDL But Still Face Discovery
• Ladish Shareholders Sue To Block $778M Allegheny Buy
• Q&A With SNR Denton's Glenn Colton
• The SEC's Lessons For Medical Consultants