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New York - January, 2011

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• Trade Group Asks SEC For Answers On Expert Networks
• Entergy, NYPA Press DOE Over Nuclear Waste Contract
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $14M In GM Swap Settlement
• Tourre Loses Bid To Delay Depositions In SEC Fight
• Velvel Loses Latest Appeal Bid Against Madoff Trustee
• Guggenheim Imposters Charged For Investment Scam
• Omega V. Costco: Protection From Gray Market Goods
• Global General Files For Ch. 15, Seeks Cut-Off Scheme
• Ex-Contestant Accuses 'American Idol' Of Sex Bias
• Tronox Unit Says Metals Co. Welshed On Supply Deals
• McKinsey Cries Foul Over Rajaratnam Subpoena
• Becton Dickinson Faces Patent Suit Over Needles
• Judge Denies Actus Quick Win In Contractor Dispute
• Convicted Goldman Programmer Fights For Acquittal
• Feds Call Dismissal Bid By Madoff Aides 'Frivolous'
• HR Manager Hits Toshiba With Sex Bias Action
• Dick's To Pay Up To $15.5M To Settle OT Actions
• Mesa Slashes $180M In Aircraft Lease Claims
• Kraft Can't Stop Starbucks From Nixing $1B Contract
• Ex-Sky Capital Brokers Cop To $140M Fraud Scheme
• AP Slams Bid For Quick Win In Obama 'Hope' Fight
• InSight Prepack Plan Gets Green Light
• SEC Fights Tourre's Bid To Delay Depositions
• Ex-J&G Attys Want Evidence Barred In Tax Fraud Case
• Disney Secretary's Boyfriend Gets 2 Years In Fraud Plot
• Ky. Bank To Take Merrill Lynch ARS Suit To 2nd Circ.
• Weil Aids Verizon In $1.4B Bid For Cloud Computing Co.
• Health Care In The DOJ's Antitrust Crosshairs
• Mich. Pans Loehmann's Ch. 11 Plan Over Unpaid Taxes
• Pryor Cashman Snags MoFo Copyright Attorney
• US Sues Guidant Over Defective Defibrillators
• Innkeepers USA Granted Ch. 11 Plan Extension
• Goldman's Tourre Seeks Deposition Delay In SEC Suit
• Viacom, BET Pay $2.75M To Settle Copyright Action
• Feds Predict Attacks On Witnesses In Tax Fraud Case
• NY AG's Office Beefs Up Fraud-Fighting Units
• SC Sues BNY Over $200M In Subprime, Lehman Losses
• Food Fight: FDA Preemption And Food Labeling Claims
• 3 Trouble Spots For Government Contractors
• Culture Shock: Private Equity Under The Microscope
• Pulsar Re Says Lehman Looted $450M Ahead Of Ch. 11
• CDR Asks Judge For 15-Month Delay In Bid-Rigging Trial
• MissPERS Seeks Return To $950M RBS Securities Suit
• Money Manager Indicted Over Regulator Death Threats
• Napster Denied $1M For Copyright Defense Bills
• Judge Grants St. Vincent Ch. 11 Plan Extension
• CFTC Uses New Forex Authority To Sue 14 Dealers
• 2 Ex-Galleon Traders Plead Guilty As Trial Nears
• TradeComet Battles Google Over Antitrust Suit Forum
• NYC Off-Track Betting's Ch. 9 Case Shut Down
• Madoff Investors Slam SEC, Sue Agency For Negligence
• Plaintiffs Push $40M Deal In Moving Co. Antitrust MDL
• Can Cargo Carriers Limit Liability In Theft/Hijackings?
• New Lehman Plan Ups Unsecured Creditors' Recovery
• Wiretaps, Electronic Searches And The 4th Amendment
• PepsiCo Hit With Trademark Suit Over Polar Brand
• Manhattan DA Wants To Give Martin Act More Bite
• New Ford & Harrison Attys Boost Presence In 3 Cities
• Jennifer Convertibles, Ashley Spar Over Ch. 11 Plan
• Duane Reade Execs Win Bid To Bar New Loss Models
• Ex-Thornwater Exec Pleads Guilty In $140M Fraud Case
• Ambac Assurance Rehabilitation Plan Approved
• Watchdog To Probe SEC's Lease Policies
• Internet Co. Asks to Weigh In On Army Contract Row
• Win For Allstate, But Not State Farm In Katrina Suits
• BofA, Dynasty End Worker Trade Secrets Suit
• NY Assembly Committee Advances E-Cigarette Ban
• Retirees Can't Sue Over Enron Losses, JPMorgan Says
• Mesa Air Reaches $27.5M Deal With Creditor AAR
• ISS' Updated Proxy Voting Recommendation Policies
• Sidley Snags Global M&A Pro From Jones Day
• UK To Hear News Corp. Before BSkyB Merger Probe
• Kodak Camera IP Found Invalid In RIM, Apple Case
• A Helpful Decision Regarding CFAA
• Investors Hit Countrywide With Subprime Fraud Suit
• Steptoe Adds Former Insurance Regulator In NYC
• Protected Docs Still In Play In Generic Asacol Spat
• Regulators Clear FairPoint To Emerge From Bankruptcy
• Bankrupt Mexican Airline Set To Resume Flights
• Cravath Advises Novartis In $470M Genoptix Deal
• Ex-New York Financial Head Cops To $1.6M Fraud
• Bear Stearns Securities Action Survives Dismissal
• Cahill Adds Asst US Atty To White Collar Group
• BNY Mellon Slammed With Age, Sex Bias Suit
• Lender Battles Garrison Properties Over Cash In Ch. 11
• Kasowitz Grabs New IP Head From Weil Gotshal
• Snapple Beats 'All Natural' Label Suit
• Hogan Lovells Lands 10-Member German Capital Team
• Dodd-Frank: Rating Agencies And The ABS Market
• Former Madoff Worker Hits Back At Atty Fee Freeze
• EPA Enforcement In 2011: No Penalty Left Behind
• Watch Your Steps
• Facebook Raises $1.5B In Goldman Offering
• EEOC Puts Bull's Eye On Systemic Workplace Bias
• Reid, Pelosi Back Health Reform In 6th Circ. Battle
• Ex-Lehman Execs Want Savings Plan Action Tossed
• Morgan Stanley Banker Linked To Galleon Case
• Union Membership Continues To Decline, Report Says
• Judge Scraps NRDC's Soap Suit Against FDA
• Insurance Gap Triggered Loan Default, Court Says
• Cadwalader Forms New Practice With McDermott Attys
• Mesa Set To Exit Ch. 11 Over Lender's Challenge
• Lexington Seeks $7M From Reinsurer For 9/11 Coverage
• Credit Suisse May Have Dealt In Bad Faith: NY Court
• Simpson Reps People's United In $493M Danvers Buy
• French Court Convicts Ex-Vivendi CEO For Fraud
• Chinese Co. Told To Hand Over Docs In Vitamin C Case
• The Rise Of 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Sovereign Loan Officers Sue For Overtime
• SEC Sues West End Investment Firms For Fraud
• Blockbuster Gets Green Light To Close Stores
• Old GM Faces $2M Suit Over Ohio Superfund Cleanup
• Seyfarth Lures ERISA Pro From Morgan Lewis
• Fed. Circ. Revives Centillion IP Fight Against Qwest
• Atty Blackmailed Liberty Over Agent Sexcapades: Suit
• Tax Preparer Gets 6 Years For $17M Fraud
• Workers Can Sue US, Calif. Over Same-Sex Benefits
• 9 Mistakes Companies Make In Consumer Class Actions
• 2 Ex-IKB CEOs Off Hook in Rhinebridge Class Action
• 2nd Circ. Probes Toss Of AOL-Time Warner Merger Row
• Massey Blast Caused By Dust, Faulty Equipment: Feds
• Howrey IP Big Wig, Others Jump To Dewey & LeBoeuf
• MF Global Strikes $90M Deal In IPO Action
• Wendy's Mulls Sale Of Low-Revenue Arby's Chain
• Entry-Level Auditors Slap KPMG With Overtime Suit
• Mesa Grants $200M In Claims To End Plane Lease Suit
• Nearing Trial, Lancer Insider Seeks Settlement Info
• Tearful Chiesi Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• TerreStar Junior Lenders Sue To Void Satellite Liens
• Judge Denies Class Cert. In RBS Subprime Action
• Cantor Can't Seek Damages For 9/11 Employee Deaths
• Prospects For Clarification Of Gene Patents
• Century 21 Faces OT Action Over Off-Hour Tasks
• Final Claim In Refco Ch. 7 Bankruptcy Dismissed
• 2nd Circ. Revives Parmalat Venue Dispute
• BofA Says Seizure Of Lehman Deposits Not Malicious
• Facebook, Google Want Mobile Web IP Suit Tossed
• Former DHS Contracting Officer Gets 6 Months
• Ex-Lancer Exec Can't Shake $200M Fraud Case
• $76M Mylan Suit Remanded Over Jurisdictional Issues
• Specimens Of Use: In Re Anpath Group Inc.
• Decertification: The NFLPA And NBPA's Nuclear Option
• Are Insolvent Corporations Hurt By More Debt?
• Wachtell Reps Comerica In $1B Sterling Bancshares Buy
• UK Bribery Regulators Join White & Case, Covington
• Tronox Wins OK For Environmental Settlement
• Innkeepers Strikes $1.14B Deal With Lenders
• LimeWire Foes Seek To Oust Willkie Farr In IP Case
• NJ Wants Say In $850M FERC Pipeline Proceeding
• Kirkland Reps Danaher In $685M Aerospace Unit Sale
• Case Study: Matrixx Initiatives Inc. V. Siracusano
• 11 Climate Change Issues For 2011
• German Firms Sue Citigroup Over $150M In Losses
• Judge Postpones Ruling On Mesa's Ch. 11 Plan
• Qantas To Pay $26.5M To Escape Air Cargo Cartel MDL
• Guardian Cleaners Win Class Cert. In Overtime Suit
• Alleged CIA Leaker Pleads Not Guilty
• Northeast Biofuels Creditors Fight For $1.5M
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Cops To Galleon Trading Plot
• Money Manager Threatened To Kill 47 Regulators: FBI
• Ex-BDO Chief Says Feds Sabotaged Tax Fraud Defense
• AIG Unveils Plan To Pay Back Rest Of $182B Bailout
• Advanced Tech To Pay $19M Over Illegal Stock Sales
• Botulism Fears Land NY Juice Maker In Hot Water
• Case Study: J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd. V. Nicastro
• Baker Hostetler Nabs Kaye Scholer M&A Attorney
• NY Drops Last Marsh Bid-Rigging Cases
• SEC Drops Suit Against Dead Madoff Feeder
• Moody's, Fitch, S&P Escape Securities Action
• Q&A With Shearman & Sterling's Stephen Fishbein
• Stroock IP Partner Jumps To Robins Kaplan
• Chemtura Escapes Claims For Future Cleanup Costs
• Creditors Attack Lehman Ch. 11 Exit Progress
• Judge OKs $4.75M Quigley Deal Over Asbestos Claims
• Ex-Bank One Exec Gets 5 Years For Alleged Tax Scheme
• Philip Morris Does Not Have To Fund CT Scans: Judge
• Gibson Dunn Adds Corporate Partner in NYC
• Energy Partners To Make $201M Shallow Gulf Oil Buy
• ABC Rug & Carpet Wins $7M In Trademark Row
• Court OKs FairPoint Ch. 11 Plan Despite Verizon Worries
• Shire Sues Alkem Over Fosrenol Patents
• Bayer Sues Sun Pharmaceutical Over Yaz Patents
• Judge Sends Tribune Paper Hawkers' Suit To Mediation
• Winston Adds Milbank Tweed Tech Vet To IP Practice
• NY Pension Fund, BofA Settle Subprime Suit For $4.25M
• Judge OKs $7.2B Picower Settlement In Madoff Case
• FTC Will Challenge Consummated Acquisitions
• Judge Guts Royal Bank Of Scotland Securities Action
• Wiley Rein, Patton Boggs Attys Join House Staff
• Insider Trading Case Over Tech Cos. Sent To NY
• Morgan Stanley Seeks Dismissal Of Doc Demand Suit
• Ex-Bank One Exec Asks To Remain Free Pending Appeal
• SEC Renews Push For Wiretaps In Galleon Fraud Suit
• Ex-Clark Dodge Brokers File OT Class Action
• Canned Cecilware CEO Fires Off $1M Suit
• NY Court Revives Antitrust Suit Against Equitas
• Judge Lets Brooke Ch. 7 Trustee Settle $4M In Claims
• Epstein Adds Employment Attys In Houston, Chicago
• USPTO Nixes RealTime Data Compression Patents
• Judge Keeps McGinn Smith Exec's Trust On Ice
• Verizon Fights To Bring Claims Over $2B Landline Deal
• Fairey, AP Near Deal In Obama Poster Fight
• Norwegian Investors Hit Citi With Securities Suit
• Latham Adds Broker-Dealer Partner In NYC
• AIG To Sell Nan Shan Unit For $2.2B
• Quinn Emanuel Snags Patent Pro From Covington
• SEC Triumphs In Canadian Trading Case
• CMBS Specialist Boosts Sidley's Finance Practice
• ConEd Settles $4M Fee Battle Over 9/11 Repairs
• NYC Abused Medicaid Programs, US Atty Claims
• Teligent Trustee Battles K&L Gates In 2nd Circ.
• Judge Keeps Salon-Only False Ad Action Alive
• Former US Senators Jump To Arent Fox
• NY Judges Want $780M In Salary Dispute
• Investors Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Moody's, S&P Claims
• Ex-Bank One Exec Must Pay $3M In Tax Scheme Case
• NY Appeals Court Nixes Suit Over MBIA Restructuring
• Ex-PGR Analyst Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Khuzami In Hot Seat Over $75M Citi Settlement
• Terra Firma To Appeal Pro-Citi Verdict In EMI Suit
• Don't Gamble With Your Gaming Case
• Omega V. Costco And Gray Market Goods
• Does Securities Enforcement Make Corps. Stronger?
• Old GM Reaches Settlement With Asbestos Claimants
• Ameren, Insurer Must Resolve Battle Outside Court
• NY Atty Admits Role In $23M Mortgage Fraud
• Most Partners Say They Deserve More Money: Survey
• Multiple Venues Key To Workers' New Litigation Plan
• Farm Group Sues EPA Over Chesapeake Pollution Diet
• Building Owners Seek Millions In Paul Hastings Suit
• McCain, Barrasso Back Brazil In Ethanol Tariff Fight
• CVS To Pay $1M To Bury Banned Pharmacist Case
• Charity Sues Accountants Over $10M Bloom Fraud
• High Court Won't Hear Calif. Contingency Fee Case
• Federal Signal Cuts $3.8M Deal In Hearing Loss Suits
• PwC Beats Reconsideration Bid In Lipper Case
• SEC Sues 4 In Galleon Insider Trading Case
• High Court Declines Labels' Appeal In Music Price MDL
• WexTrust Ponzi Defendant Asks To Ditch Attys
• With UK Deal, US Gains Access to Lehman Audits
• Boston Scientific Bags $104M IP Arbitration Deal
• Dual Views Of CFAA In NY
• BofA Spared Costs In $144M Investor Fraud Suit
• Deutsche Must Produce Info In J&G Tax Shelter Case
• 3 Ex-AOL Execs Fail To Exit SEC Fraud Suit Over Ads
• High Court Won't Hear Google AdWords Patent Suit
• Q&A With Schulte Roth's Marty Perschetz
• Setton, Insurers Settle Over Pistachio Recall Claims
• CalPERS Probe Hints At SEC's New To-Do List
• Creditor Challenges Loehmann's Ch. 11 Plan
• Tronox Asks Court To Sign Off On Truce With SEC
• Ex-CIA Officer Arrested For Leaking Docs To Reporter
• Starbucks Asks Court To Allow Kraft Contract To End
• Dutch Court Awards Yukos $1.2B In Refinery Proceeds
• UBS Tip Recipient Cops To Insider Trading
• Ex-Madoff Aide Wins Release After Judge Cuts Bail
• MBIA, RBC Drop Subprime CDS, Restructuring Suits
• What Did You Know, When Did You Know It?
• Cargolux Wins Initial OK For $35M Price-Fixing Deal
• Judge Hands Harry Potter Firm Copyright Win
• Landlords Object To Blockbuster Store Closings
• SEC Questions Goldman On Facebook Offering
• Liberty Units Rebuff $450M AIG Insurance Pool Deal
• Reed Smith, Thompson & Knight Call Off Merger
• Saratoga Water Utility Sues GE Over PCBs In Hudson
• Ambac Execs Can't Shake ERISA Action
• Bond Insurer Hits Goldman With $120M Abacus Suit
• Verenium Beats $3.8M Stock Conversion Suit
• AmFin Files Ch. 11 Plan Under $765M FDIC Cloud
• Jenner & Block Snags Goodwin M&A Expert
• Judge Strips GSC Execs Of Ch. 11 Control
• Locke Lord Nabs Katten Muchin Corporate Pro
• Insurance Coverage For Tenant Improvements
• A Look At Australia's New PPSA
• $1M Baluchi's Wage Suit Settlement Gets Initial OK
• Bovis To Pay $5M To Bury NYC Overcharge Claims
• 'Project Runway' Writer Can't Make IP Suit Work
• $500M Telecom Antitrust Suit Goes To 2nd Circ.
• Madoff Trustee Wins OK For $500M Union Bancaire Deal
• Porsche Faces Class Suit Over Cooling Leaks
• Church & Dwight Sue Clorox Over Cat Litter Ads
• Blockbuster Woes Continue With FMLA Action
• Judge Scraps Barclays Securities Class Action
• Chemtura To Pay $7M For NJ Cleanups
• FDA Tobacco Advisory Board Member Resigns
• Danica Named Lead Plaintiff In Transocean Suit
• Judge Urges Dismissal Of Freight Price-Fixing Action
• Loehmann's Wins OK To Seek Creditor Votes
• New Trial Bid Centers On Jenkens & Gilchrist Docs
• NY May Merge Insurance, Banking, Consumer Agencies
• NFL Fan Takes Patriots Contract Bout To High Court
• Anadarko, KMG Can't Escape Tronox Securities Case
• 2nd Circ. Targets AXA Tactics In Retaliation Suit
• Nycomed Calls On WilmerHale In Vanos Patent Suit
• Delta, Mesa Air Settle Bankruptcy Claims
• Morrison Shortens The Long Arm Of The Law
• Galleon Defendants Can't Shake Insider Trading Case
• Q&A With Weil's Steve Tyrrell
• Del. High Court Affirms Dismissal Of PwC Fraud Suit
• DOJ Wins Access To Docs In CDR Bid-Rigging Suit
• Ex-BearingPoint Execs Ask For NY Trial Venue
• Morrison Cohen Snags Bankruptcy Pro From Olshan
• Madoff Investor's Suit Over $6.6M Divorce Deal Revived
• MSG To Give Guards $1.3M To Settle Overtime Suit
• Judge OKs $15M DIP Package In InSight Ch. 11
• Goldman's Facebook Stake May Force SEC's Hand
• Judge OKs $3.25M Class Deal In Orion IPO Suit
• Pom's Latest Juice Battle Not Yet Ripe For Decision
• Taxi Ad Co. Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Oracle Faces $110M Software Trade Secrets Suit
• US Says High Court Ruling Can't Kill $200M Lancer Case
• IP Cases To Watch In 2011
• Networking Insider Trading Defendants Win Bail Deals
• Massage Therapists Sue Jets, Favre For Harassment
• Marcellus Shale: Will Pa. Impose A Severance Tax?
• BofA Exits RealTime Data Compression Patent Suits
• Huron, Empire Can't Shake St. Vincent False Claims Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says Unsigned Contract Means No Coverage
• Gucci Lawyer's E-Mails Protected In Guess IP Spat
• Insurers' Plane Crash Suit Against Cirrus Grounded
• K&S Claims It Overpaid Rohm & Haas For Morton Salt
• Trustee Files 600 Avoidance Actions In Lyondell Ch. 11
• Liberty Mutual Settles Kickback Claims For $7.5M
• NY Appeals Court Revives Disney Licensing Suit
• Judge Denies Bail In Marvell Insider Trading Case
• Paul Weiss Reps Universal In $1.25B CVS Deal
• Louis Vuitton Scores ITC Probe Of Handbag Importers
• Ex-Madoff Operations Chief Seeks To Toss Indictment
• 4 Insurer Groups Settle Overcharging Claims For $120M
• SNR Denton Adds Partners To IP, White Collar Groups
• Latency Periods And The Statute Of Limitations
• Rattner Settles Pension Kickback Claims For $10M
• Verizon, Others Duck $500M Suit Over Patent Trust
• Judge Lifts Litigation Hurdle To Porsche-VW Merger
• Laminate Exec Fights To Revive Bank Of India Suit
• Feds Lose Bid To Revoke Ken Starr's Bail