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New York - April, 2011

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• PwC Agrees To Pay $25M To Exit Satyam Securities MDL
• Lime Wire Directly Infringed Recordings, Judge Says
• Joester Loses Trade Secrets Suit Over Licensing Deal
• Tiberius Seeks To Revive Petrosearch Merger Suit
• 2nd Circ. Sends Deductible Question To Conn. Court
• Ex-Hospital Exec Gets Bench Trial In Bribery Case
• Accused Trader Seeks To Subpoena Lehman, Barclays
• Barclays Seeks Assets From 2008 Lehman Buy
• 2nd Circ. To Eye Class Cert. Denial In MBS Suits
• Rajaratnam Jury Ends Week 1 Without Verdict
• Ex-NY Lawmaker Seeks Probation In Corruption Case
• No Proof Borders Can Pay For Operations, Trustee Says
• Statek Wants 2nd Circ. To Revive $85M Law Firm Claim
• Lyondell Spurns $340M In Liability Claims
• Expertly Navigating Federal Expert Disclosure Rules
• Holland & Knight Snags Former Shipping Registry GC
• Blackstone Snags Australian Property Firm For $227M
• Lions Gate Asks Court To Reconsider Blockbuster Sale
• Underwriters, Residential Fail To Boot MBS Suit
• Lehman Unit Sues MedQuist For $4.4M Consulting Debt
• Consultant Ripped Off NYC Agency For $3.6M: Feds
• Ex-SAC Analyst Settles SEC Insider Trading Claims
• Spongetech Gets Green Light For Bankruptcy Asset Sale
• Morgan & Finnegan Trustee Wants Former Attys' Docs
• Bankrupt A&P's $4M Incentive Plan Gets OK
• Civil Liberties Groups Back Banks In MBIA Appeal
• 2nd Circ. Favors Deloitte In Pension Plan Action
• Accused Sandhogs Union Embezzler Can't Shake Charges
• Ex-SAC Capital Manager Cops To Insider Trading
• CalPERS Plan Seeks More Cash For Lehman Bondholders
• Lyondell Battles BP Ch. 11 Claims Over MTBE Suits
• AIG Sues ICP Over $350M In CDO Insurance Losses
• AB InBev, Corbis Seek To Nix Model's Suit Over Ad
• Tudor Seeks To Avoid Coverage For $96M Defamation Suit
• $3.8M Qualcomm Claim OK'd In Terrestar Ch. 11
• Davis Polk Reps Aetna In $600M Prodigy Health Buy
• Tavern On The Green, NYC Settle Over Name Rights
• NY Wins $4M In Suit Over Electroplating Plant Cleanup
• Berkshire Hathaway May Sue Sokol Over Lubrizol Deal
• Ecuadoreans Seek Recusal Of Judge In Chevron Case
• Rajaratnam Jurors Can't See Transcripts, Judge Says
• Duane Reade Settles Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Judge Floats 2-Jury Idea For MBIA, Countrywide Trial
• Insurers Drop 2nd Circ. Appeal Of Milberg Coverage Suit
• Credit Union Flays Barclays, State Street On $400M CDO
• Primary Global Defendant Negotiating Plea Deal: US
• NY Life Loses Bid To Deny Class Cert. In Wage Action
• Family Of Ex-Yankee Blames Cirrus For Plane Crash
• FTC Orders Hikma To Shed Drugs For $112M Baxter Deal
• Ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Hits Oil Co. With US Suit
• Shirelles Member Sues Warner Over 'Baby It's You'
• AIG Fights To Avoid Hexion Ship Explosion Coverage
• SEC Rebuts Galleon Insiders' Public Tip Claims
• Commodities Traders Hit With $60M Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Lehman Boss Appeals $20M Barclays Severance Suit
• Morgan Stanley Told To Share More Data In Subprime Suit
• Dewey Hit With 10% Fee Holdback In Ambac Ch. 11
• Google Books And The Complexity Of Digitalization
• Sbarro Trustee Balks At Rothschild Legal Fee Bid
• Madoff Investors Demand Report On Ponzi Probe
• Trust Says Investment Execs Stole From $99M Award
• 2nd Circ. Lifts Ex-Dorsey & Whitney Atty's Suspension
• Rajaratnam Jurors Request Replay Of Wiretap Calls
• Banks' Lehman Plan Bilks Retirees, CalPERS Claims
• Cuomo Bans Pols, Others From Pension Fund Dealings
• Judge Confirms Lime Wire Infringement Was Willful
• Ex-Deloitte Atty Decries Pension Ruling In 2nd Circ.
• GSC Ch. 11 Plan Aims To Put Sankaty In Charge
• Dish Closes $320M Blockbuster Buy After Judge's OK
• Trader Cops To Role In Galleon Spinoff Scheme
• Boston Generating Dodges Hundreds Of Ch. 11 Claims
• Spotlight On The Pension Predicament
• ATM Investment Schemer Gets 8 Years For $80M Ponzi Plot
• Refco MDL Stays Alive Despite Master's Call To Dismiss
• Judge Exterminates Fox News Worker's Bedbug Suit
• Ernst & Young OT Action Should Stay In NY: Judge
• DOJ Wants More Info On Nasdaq's $11.3B NYSE Offer
• Goldman Sachs, Others File 3rd Lehman Ch. 11 Plan
• Lyondell Trustee Hits Blavatnik Unit With $145M Suit
• C-Bass Plan Sails To Confirmation
• Stillwater Investors Launch Suit Over Gerova Deal
• Jury Begins Weighing Rajaratnam's Fate
• Morgans Sheds Debt With $137M Sale Of Tony LA Hotel
• Nassau County Workers Sue To Stop NY Wage Freeze
• E-Trade Sues To Unload $1.6M In Spongetech Cash
• NY Court Curbs Diesel Emission Regs For Contractors
• Insurer, Gibson Spar Over Venue For $7M Flood Claim
• Lehman Still Faces $43B In Brokerage Claims: Report
• Point 3 Takes Shot At Nike Over Dwyane Wade Sneakers
• Pesticides Cause IQ Deficits In Children, Studies Say
• 2nd Circ. Ejects Ex-DLA Piper Atty's Race Bias Suit
• Judge Calls Oildale's $14.5M Chemtura Claim Weak
• Guggenheim Imposter Can't Shake $10M Suit
• Lime Wire Founder's Finances Fair Game: Judge
• Korean Air Asks MDL Judge To Rethink Doc Order
• Borders Wins OK To Pay Managers Incentive Bonuses
• J.Crew Faces Trademark Suit Over Leopard Design
• NY Man Wrongly Won $16M In Military Contracts: Jury
• UBS Client Gets 2 Years Probation For Tax Fraud
• ERISA Preempts Hospital's Contract Claims: 2nd Circ.
• Antigua May Fight US Online Poker Crackdown In WTO
• Sprint Seeks To Void Liens On TerreStar's FCC Licenses
• Middleman Pleads Guilty In Galleon Spinoff Case
• Judge Bumps Ex-McGuireWoods Atty's Penalty By $2.5M
• Jones Day Restructuring Pro To Take On Europe
• JPMorgan Agrees To Hand Lehman Brokerage $861M
• Ciba Ends Combative Ads To Settle Bausch & Lomb Case
• Rajaratnam Defense Takes Aim At Tapes In Closing
• Trimmed Invesco Suit Over Deutsche Raid Moves Forward
• Nasdaq Undeterred After Latest NYSE Rejection
• Judge Suggests Collective Cert. For Benihana Workers
• Lyondell Resolves $2M Claim Against Interplastic
• New York's Wage Law Gives Workers More Ammo
• Sandwich Chain Pret A Manger Underpays Workers: Suit
• Escaping The Shadow Of Mighty Midgets
• FairPoint Wins Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan
• Citi Board Sued Over Shoddy Mortgage Practices
• Contractor Wants Hospital Kickback Case Pruned
• Plaintiffs Fight Class Cert. Denial In Moody's Suit
• AT&T Security Guards Launch OT, Wage Action
• Feds Want Vitesse Criminal Case Tried Before SEC Suit
• NY Judges Get Record Number Of Complaints In 2010
• Judge Allows Galleon Wiretaps Despite FBI Wrongs
• US Lets 2 Online Poker Cos. Resume Foreign Operations
• JPMorgan's Missteps Cost Portfolio $1B, Ambac Says
• Lloyd's, QBE, Others Sue Over $55M BDO Seidman Verdict
• NY Energy Cos. To Pay $2M Over Alleged Fraud
• Feds Pull No Punches In Close Of Rajaratnam Trial
• How To Avoid The Pitfalls Of Expert Networking
• AIG Pays Berkshire Unit $1.7B To Take Asbestos Risk
• Yankees Never Paid For Top Hat Logo, Suit Says
• NY Court Affirms Stay In AIG Consulting Pact Suit
• Rajaratnam Loses Some Battles On Jury Instructions
• Marketing Reps Hit Amerigroup With OT Class Action
• Fund Traders Win Delay For Galleon Spinoff Trial
• FTC Sues To Shut Down Acai Weight-Loss Sites
• High Court Weighs EPA's Purview In GHG Emissions Suit
• Madoff Investors' Lawsuit Against SEC Tossed
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Suit Over University's Medicare Bills
• FTC Clears Warburg's $438M Rural/Metro Buyout
• Playmate's Hubby Denies Online Poker Fraud Charges
• Nasdaq, ICE Bet $350M On NYSE Deal's Antitrust OK
• WG Investors Ask 2nd Circ. To Stay $792M Distribution
• Bayou, Brooke And 'Substantial Contributor' Claims
• Allstate Fights To Return $1B MBS Row To State Court
• Rihanna Manager Sues Partner For Wrongful Firing
• Union Says NY Courts Could Lay Off Up To 500
• European Funds Claim Banks Manipulated Interest Rates
• Judge Dismisses IP Suit After Awarding IBM Patents
• Citi Sues To Stanch $50M FINRA Arbitration
• Met Player's Hotspot Sued For Wage Violations
• AIG To Sell Rail Services Unit For $600M
• Glassmaker Says Bondholders Breached Confidentiality
• Transport Co. Can't Shake Benzene Suit V. Shell, Others
• Alleged Poker Scheme Participant Pleads Not Guilty
• Skilling Ruling Dooms Hospital Bribery Case: Contractor
• Bill Would Shield 'True End Users' From OTC Margins
• US Works In Final Wiretap As Rajaratnam Trial Ends
• TerreStar Seeks Permission To Sell Assets At Auction
• Workers Can Claim Disability While On Job: 2nd Circ.
• NY AG Threatens To Sue US Over Fracking Regs
• PNC Wins Appeal Over Griffith Oil Purchase Deal
• AstraZeneca, P&G Dodge Prilosec OTC Antitrust Suit
• FDIC Says Bankruptcy Cost Lehman Creditors Billions
• Cohen & Steers Shareholders Drop $625M ARS Suits
• 'Love And Other Drugs' In Real Life
• Why The Google Books Settlement Was Rejected
• Challenging Loss Causation In The 2nd Circ.
• Welcome To The New Law360
• Ex-AllianceBernstein Workers Face Trade Secrets Suit
• Ex-Fred Leighton Owner Pleads Guilty To $20M Fraud
• Butter-Flavoring Co. Tastes Victory In Coverage Row
• Mo. Law Governs Policies In Asbestos Claims: NY Judge
• Rajaratnam Expert Admits Research Had Narrow Focus
• Feds Crack Down On Poker Websites For Fraud
• Judge Severs Claim To Speed Up $18B Chevron Suit
• 2 Ex-Fannie Execs Can't Escape Risk Claims
• CFTC Scores $13M Win In Hedge Fund Fraud Case
• Claims Adjusters Hit Allstate With OT Class Action
• ERISA Suit Over Prudential Coverage Denials Tossed
• NY Bar Pushes For Alternative Billing, Atty Training
• Vitro Asks US To Recognize Mexican Bankruptcy
• Hevesi Gets 4 Years For Role In NY Pension Scheme
• Bloomberg Engaged In Sweeping Maternity Bias: EEOC
• Bear Stearns, Others Sued Over Inside Protocol Deal
• Witness Reveals $25M Investment From Rajaratnam
• Borders Strikes Deal With Creditors On Bonus Plan
• Merrill Beats Ex-Employee's Hostile Workplace Suit
• UBS Urges 2nd Circ. To Nix Hospital Co.'s ARS Win
• Faiveley Nets Quick Win In Subway Brake IP Suit
• Bankrupt DBSD Files 2nd Reorganization Plan
• Ex-Gryphon Prez Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
• AT&T, ASCAP Settle Ring Tone License Fee Suit
• Pension Funds Can Join Lehman Securities MDL: Judge
• JPML To Weigh Consolidation Of Darvocet Cases
• Another HSBC Client Cops To Hiding Bank Accounts
• Effects Of Roswell V. Alternative Construction
• Loeb & Loeb Snags Hodgson Russ Venture Capital Chair
• Bankrupt A&P To Sell 25 Stores, Exit Mid-Atlantic
• 2nd Circ. Parses Antitrust Implications In ARS Action
• Harlem Activist Calls Rajaratnam 'Very Generous'
• BigLaw Litigators, DOJ Standout Form Levine Lee
• Judge Sets Hearing For Lehman Reorganization Plans
• MetroPlus, HHC Evade State Claims In OT Action
• Polar Worldwide Forced Into Air Cargo Suit
• 2nd Circ. Lets UGI Off Hook For Cleanup Of 9 Gas Sites
• Wellspring Nabbed Rival Plant Bosses, Secrets: Suit
• Feds Charge FrontPoint Trader In $30M Inside Tips Case
• White & Case Adds Debevoise Energy Finance Pro
• CreXus Faces Investor Suit Over Nixed $254M Buyout
• Questioning Class Action Waivers
• Judge Unseals Names In Madoff Suits
• Football Icon Claimed $34M In Illegal Losses: Witness
• DOJ Urges 2nd Circ. To Block BMI License Premium
• Hospitals Urge Court To Revive UnitedHealth Fraud Suit
• Ex-Goldman Exec Fights SEC's Bid To Toss Suit
• Icahn Seeks Sanctions In Blockbuster Bondholder Suit
• UBS Sued Over Alleged Lyondell Contract Breach
• Galleon Research, Not Tips, Drove Trades: Defense
• NY Legislators, 6 Others Deny Bribery Charges
• Unpaid Bloggers Sue Huffington Post For $105M
• The Need For A Natural Gas Paradigm Shift
• Shengdatech Reports Spur Derivative Suit
• Audit Worker Hits Deloitte With Overtime Action
• Picture My Bag
• NY Man Seeks Half Ownership In Facebook
• Arista Can't Change Lime Wire Damages Request: Judge
• Grant Thornton Should Pay Own Refco Costs: Report
• Longview's RICO Suit Survives Against Castle Arch
• Innkeepers Plan Includes Lehman, Five Mile Sale
• Ex-WexTrust Exec Gets 13 Years For $255M Ponzi Role
• 2nd Circ. Firefighter Bias Case Similar To Ricci: Atty
• Purdue Sues Impax, Ranbaxy Over Generic OxyContin
• Judge Bars NY AG's Subpoenas In Intel Antitrust Probe
• NYSE Euronext Investors Face Intrigue, Expert Says
• Chemtura Can Alter Former Execs' Benefits: Judge
• UBS To Pay $11M Over Lehman-Issued Note Losses
• Goldman Sachs Gets To Keep $63M From Adelphia
• Atty Tarnishes Witness Testimony In Galleon Trial
• Assured Wants Arbitration In Ambac Reinsurance Fight
• Corrections Co. Hits Ex-Exec With Trade Secrets Suit
• Ex-NY Sen. Tells 2nd Circ. Guilty Plea Was Coerced
• Sports Retailer Modell's Hit With OT Action
• Judge Preserves Russian Billionaire's JPMorgan Claims
• AllianceBernstein Sues Ex-Employee Hired By Barclays
• US Trustee Protests Borders' $8.3M Bonus Plan
• Wal-Mart Dodges CWA Suit From NY Enviro Groups
• Pfizer Wins Approval Of Unit's $265M Asbestos Deal
• Judge Narrows Ambac's $46M Credit Suisse MBS Suit
• A&P Settles Suit Over Ex-VP's Stop & Shop Move
• Goldman Exec Loses Bid For German Docs In SEC Suit
• Microsoft Sues DataTern Over Database Patents
• Investor Hits Chinese Vehicle Co. With Class Action
• Hawaii Exits NY Suit Over AmEx Merchant Policies
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $1.2B WTC Insurance Settlement
• Rajaratnam Defense Team Reveals 4 Witnesses
• Honeywell, Ex-Worker Agree To Halt Security IP Fight
• St. Vincent's Inks $260M Sale To Real Estate Kingpin
• GSK Rival Barred From Infringing Aquafresh Mark
• Louboutin Says YSL Is Stealing Its Soles
• AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Could Strangle Upstate NY: AG
• FTC Clears Cowen's $192M LaBranche Buyout
• NY Lawmakers, Hospital CEOs Get More Bribery Charges
• Insurers Say Credit Suisse Lied About MBS Risks
• Time Warner, Viacom Square Off Over IPad App
• Senate Panel Sends Liu Nomination For 3rd Vote
• Ex-Ivy Employee Dropped From Madoff Feeder Suit
• Designers Plan $9M Harassment Suit Against Ex-Brand
• Macy's Refused To Dole Out OT Pay, Clerk Says
• NYC Catering Co. Pocketed Service Charges, Suit Says
• 4-Partner Litigation Team Joins Gibson Dunn In NY
• Insurer's Appeal Over $27M Accident Payout Backfires
• Picard Sues Private Swiss Banks Over Madoff Millions
• NLRB Targets Reuters Over Twitter Policy
• Lime Wire Loses Fight Over Damages In Copyright Suit
• Comverse To Pay $2.8M To End FCPA Cases
• Herrick Snags Ex-NY Rep. For Gov't Relations Group
• Oil Cos. Settle 11 Suits In Water Contamination MDL
• Icahn Fights To Scrap Lions Gate Takeover Suit
• NY Condo Co. Sues Contractor For $12M
• 3rd Lehman Reorganization Plan In The Works
• Blockbuster Wins Approval For $320M Sale To Dish
• NY Fed Sells $1.3B In AIG Mortgage-Backed Securities
• NY High Court Reverses Midland Choice-Of-Law Dispute
• Judge Denies Stay Of Injunction In Chevron Suit
• Warhol Group Sues Insurer For $6.6M In Legal Costs
• Galleon Insider Trades Netted $64M, FBI Says
• JPMorgan Can't Ask Insurers For $214M, Atty Argues
• Judge Tells NIR Group To Fork Over Auditor's Report
• Bear Stearns Not Liable For Baron Fraud: Atty
• Kelley Drye Picks Up LA Office With Merger
• Xerox Beats Retirees' Class Action Over Benefit Cuts
• Jury Finds Salander Gallery Director Guilty Of Fraud
• Lehman Drops $54M Axa Trade Fight For $8.6M
• Fed. Circ. Sends RealTime Patent Suits To SDNY
• Ex-Unilab GC Participation Dooms Relator's FCA Case
• IT Staffer Hits Dewey & Leboeuf With OT Class Action
• Judge Thins Netologic Espionage Suit V. Goldman Sachs
• Shire Sues Watson Again Over Adderall Patents
• Ex-NY Sen. Espada, Son Deny Corruption Charges
• Seyfarth Nabs Hughes Hubbard Labor Relations Pro
• Ex-UBS Financial Adviser Files Overtime Class Action
• Goldman Asks Judge To Toss CDO Disclosure Suit
• K&L Gates Takes On Finance, Transaction Pros
• Brand-New NYC Hotel Files Ch. 11 Over Contract Liens
• Ex-Sonsini Atty Charged In $32M Insider Trading Case
• Creditors Balk At Lehman Discovery Framework
• Galleon Earned Millions On Insider Tips, FBI Says
• Sbarro Wins $35M Infusion In Ch. 11
• NY Appeals Court Keeps RBC Investor Suit Alive
• Special Master Pinches Rating Agency Suit Discovery
• Littler Adds Jackson Lewis Global Employment Pro
• Howrey Hit With WARN Act Class Action
• SIPC Joins Madoff Trustee's $6.4B JPMorgan Battle
• Enron Beats Appeal Over Bank's $50M Ch. 11 Claim
• Cordell Can't Enforce Injunction In Fraud Case
• 7 Ways To Avoid Privacy And Data Security Trouble
• Eaton Sales Reps Seek $150M In Sex Bias Suit
• Dish Network Wins Blockbuster With $320M Bid
• Lime Wire Per-Song Damages In Play For Labels: Judge
• Madoff Feeder Sues Abu Dhabi Fund For $300M
• Guggenheim Imposter Still Using Family Name: Atty
• A&P Sues Former VP To Stop Defection To Rival
• 'Warrior' Chiesi Swapped Tips With Rajaratnam: Tapes
• WMI Edges Closer To Ch. 11 Exit With $13M Deal
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive State Atty's Retaliation Suit
• Myriad Pushes For Isolated DNA Patents In Fed. Circ.
• Paul Weiss IP Trial Atty Jumps To Quinn Emanuel
• Salvation Army Sues BNY Mellon For $22M Over Loans
• Takeda Targets Dr. Reddy's Over Generic Dexilant
• Moody's, Standard & Poor's Escape $7.8B MBS Suit
• A Winning Strategy For Beating IPO Class Actions
• NY Chief Judge Sees Tough Budget Choices Ahead
• Wachovia Dodges 4 Securities Class Actions
• Siemens Wins Bid To Toss Securities Class Action
• Troutman Merges $5M Fee Fight, $10M Malpractice Row
• Old GM Settles Enviro Claims For $11.5M
• State Street Off Hook In Fund Misrepresentation Suit
• Toyota Wins 1st Trial Over Acceleration Problems
• Obama Taps Ex-WilmerHale Atty For SDNY
• Ex-BDO Partner Says He Wept Over Tax Shelter Scrutiny
• Court Denies Class Cert. In Moody's Securities Suit
• US Tries To Bar Defense Expert In Rajaratnam Trial
• Madoff, Lehman Trustees' Fees Could Bankrupt SIPC
• All Eyes On Hydraulic Fracturing
• Ace Wants Help From Mets To Cover Injury Suits
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part II
• Fraud Suit Over Petrosearch-Double Eagle Deal Nixed