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New York - June, 2011

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• Judge Rejects Extra $21M For Fendi In Trademark Suit
• Judge Grants Facebook's Bid For Docs In Ownership Suit
• Level Global Settles SEC Trading Violations For $3.2M
• Judge Postpones Raj Sentencing To September
• Ex-AMD Manager Admits To Insider Trading
• NY Enviro Agency Says State Should Lift Fracking Ban
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Seth Taube
• Ex-Mass. House Speaker Seeks To Undo Bribery Conviction
• 2nd Circ. Backs Matrix Realty's $9M Contract Penalty
• Venable Adds International Transactions Expert In NY
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Gets 30 Months In Prison
• Investors Appeal Dismissal Of Barclays MBS Fraud Suit
• Ex-Dick's Atty Can't Ditch Prosecutor In Kickbacks Case
• Ex-Broker Settles SEC Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Asbestos Scheme Bros. To Be Resentenced: 2nd Circ.
• MBIA's Suit Against BofA, Countrywide Survives Appeal
• ING Slams AXA Suit Over Merger Misrepresentations
• Argentine Bondholders Can Bag More Interest: NY Court
• UniCredit, Kohn, Others Want Madoff Fraud Suit Tossed
• DBSD Wins Tentative OK For Plan To Emerge Under Dish
• Same-Sex Marriage And NY Employee Benefits
• SEC Delays Ex-Goldman Director's Insider Trading Case
• Madoff Feeder Fund Sues Lion Capital To Recoup $50M
• Ex-Rep. Maffei Joins Manatt As Government Adviser
• Fiserv To Snap Up CashEdge For $465M
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Fights Prosecutors Over Forum
• NY Mayor Seeks $600M From CityTime Contractor SAIC
• GSC Lenders Fight To Halt $235M Black Diamond Sale
• Schottenfeld Trader Settles SEC Claims In Galleon Suit
• Fortress Must Produce Fried Frank, Skadden Docs: Dechert
• Hogan Lovells Reps News Corp. In $35M MySpace Sale
• Lehman Strikes Deal With Citi Over $2.5B In Assets
• Resort Co. Fends Off Singapore In Bankruptcy Hearing
• Q&A With Blank Rome's James Masella
• Strip Club Chain Scores Settles FLSA Suit
• Saab Buys Air Traffic Manager Sensis For $155M
• BofA Agrees To $8.5B Settlement Over Soured Mortgages
• DLA Piper, Lippes Drop Client In Facebook Suit
• Madoff Feeder Fund Investors Can't Sue Under SIPA
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Sentence For Ex-American Tissue CEO
• Ex-Sky Broker Testifies To Boiler Room Sales Tactics
• BRS Coverage Limited By Provision: NY Appeals Court
• 2nd Circ. Denies Enron Appeal Of Securities Settlement
• Goldman Says Icahn Fund Held Up $140M Delphi Debt Deal
• NY Adopts Ban On Judges Hearing Campaign Donor Cases
• Merrill Disclosures Don't Bar ARS Claims: SEC To 2nd Circ.
• Q&A With Jones Day's Meir Feder
• BofA, Others Can Fight MBIA Restructuring: NY High Court
• Morgan Stanley Can't Shake Suit Over $81M Loan
• Ex-Execs Say Marsh Colluded With Spitzer
• HuffPo Seeks Dismissal Of $105M Unpaid Blogger Suit
• CityTime Manager Faces Battle Over Defense Fees
• Judge OKs $212M Settlement With Madoff Feeders
• Morgan Stanley Says Ex-Brokers Stole Customers
• The Gap Triumphs In Trademark Battle
• NY Suit Challenges Regional Carbon Trading Program
• Ex-Atty To Pay $10M For Tax Evasion Through UBS
• New Charges Coming In Hospital Bribery Case, Feds Say
• Investor Speaks Of Losses In Sky Capital Fraud Trial
• Ex-Citi Veep Pleads Not Guilty To $19M Embezzlement
• Q&A With Blank Rome's Kevin Bruno
• Zyprexa Payors' Off-Label Suit Denied By High Court
• Moody's, S&P Must Disclose Internal MBS Reviews
• CAE Hits Former Neighbors With $2.1M CERCLA Suit
• Tourre, SEC Ready For Global Discovery In CDO Case
• Winston & Strawn Adds Seyfarth Securities Partner
• NY Ex-Wife To Keep Ponzi Money In Good Faith Transfer
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $19B From JPMorgan In New Suit
• SEC Seeks $10M From Moody's Tipster In Galleon Scheme
• Petrobras Assets Held In $156M Fight With Astra
• Judge Makes U-Turn On Contempt Order V. Web Registry
• 2nd Circ. Kills 'Zohan' Copyright Suit
• Dewey Settles IT Staffer's Overtime Action
• Spherion, GlidePath Ask 2nd Circ. To Renew Legal Fight
• 2nd Circ. Nixes $1.3B Asthma Drug Suit V. AstraZeneca
• Paul Weiss Adds Weil Patent Litigators in NY, DC
• How To Make It Rain By Marketing Individual Lawyers
• Judge Tosses Icahn's $100M Suit Against Raynor
• Dewey Adds Equity Leaders From Morgan Lewis, O'Melveny
• E&Y, Ex-Lehman Execs Hit With Accounting Fraud Suit
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Mark Kirsch
• Lehman Sues First Commercial Bank For $12M
• Jury Awards Artist $1M In 'My Humps' Copyright Suit
• Judge Broadens Class In Batali Group Tip Action
• Meyers Dawdled In Paying Brokers, Suit Says
• Investors Take CBS Fraud Action To 2nd Circ.
• NY Assembly OKs Looser Corporate Insurance Rules
• Innkeepers' OKed Ch. 11 Plans Include $1.1B Hotel Sale
• JPMorgan To Pay Lehman Trustee $800M For Asset Mishaps
• Viacom Wrangles With Cablevision Over IPad Streaming
• Deferring To The Executive Branch On Global Warming
• Nintendo Sued Over 3-D Gaming Patent
• Gibson Dunn Atty Facing Child Porn Charges Found Dead
• Former Execs 'Recklessly' Cost Starlite $25M: Suit
• BNY Mellon Investor Sues Over Executive Bonuses
• $794M Tyco Claim Undermines Smooth CIT Ch. 11: Suit
• Q&A With Dechert's Andrew Levander
• Ecuadoreans Ask 2nd Circ. To Stay Chevron Case
• US Fire Wins Coverage Battle Over Fake Madoff Profits
• Hilton, Others Fight Jefferies Fee In MSR Ch. 11
• Goodyear Hit With $22M Asbestos Injury Verdict
• Madoff Feeder Funds Alter $212M Settlement
• Mylan Resolves Shire Suit Over Generic Fosrenol
• Dreier Trustee Inks $55M Settlement With Hedge Fund
• Cohen Pontani Attys Head To Cozen As Firm Winds Down
• Optiver Crude Trading Suits Paused For CFTC Mediation
• More Konica Workers Sue Over Unpaid Wages
• Borders 'Getting Raped' On Lender Fees, Judge Says
• DLA Piper Adds Former Morgan Lewis Partner
• Blockbuster Creditor Escapes Icahn's Sanctions Bid
• NY Art Gallery Wins Toss Of Ceramics Monopoly Suit
• Thompson & Knight Adds M&A, Energy Aces
• Q&A With Bracewell & Giuliani's Marc Mukasey
• Deutsche Bank Hit With Suit Over Bad Mortgages
• Class Certified In Wage Suit Against Tyco Unit
• Ex-Sky Capital CEO Portrayed As Dreamer, Schemer
• 2nd Circ. Revives ConEd's Fight Over 7 WTC Collapse
• Q&A With Hodgson Russ' Cathy Fleming
• Ex-Client Accuses Greenberg Traurig Of Malpractice
• SNR Denton Scores Employment Team From Seyfarth
• Borders Trustee Objects To Attys' Fees Again
• Huron, Empire Renew Bid To Toss St. Vincent FCA Suit
• Dish's $1.4B TerreStar Bid Approved For Auction
• Mets Owners Deny Shopping For Madoff Fraud Insurance
• Judge Tosses Race Bias Claims Against Canon USA
• Dynex Can't Shake Securities Fraud Action
• Day Pitney Adds Mishcon Global Deals Pro In NY
• NRG Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix Forum Fight In Enviro Row
• JPMorgan To Pay SEC $154M Over Failed CDO
• Barrack Rodos Wins Lead Counsel In BofA Securities Row
• Icahn Can't Beat Last Count In Lionsgate Fight
• Keep $1B Mets Owners' Suit In Bankruptcy Court: SIPC
• MMI Must Pay Oppenheimer $10.5M For Advisory Contract
• NY AG Wants Frozen Judicial Pay Case To Stay Closed
• Feds Unveil New Charges In CityTime Kickback Case
• Patent Co. Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive $500M Antitrust Suit
• 3M Says Investment Fund Head Attempting To Extort $30M
• Wyeth Settles Patent Suit Over Generic Effexor
• Man Suing For Facebook Stake Says He Passed Polygraph
• 2nd Circ. Favors Fly In Wall Street 'Hot News' Fight
• Lyondell Workers Urge Court To Hear $10M Racism Suit
• Golf Club Asks 2nd Circ. To Re-Tee Pitney Bowes Suit
• Q&A With Wilson Sonsini's Jonathan Jacobson
• How They Won It: Willkie Farr Gets Record Cos. To Settle For A Song
• Borders Expects Bankruptcy Sale By End Of July
• Enron Creditors Strike Deal With Lay Widow
• Talking 'Timely' Removal In Multidefendant Litigation
• Jiau Convicted For Selling Insider Tips
• No Cover For Insider Trading
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive ACCI Gambling Investment Suit
• American Empire Sues Amerisure Over Asbestos Deal
• Liberty Can't Avoid $4M Coverage In Contract Row
• Clorox, A&H Claw At Each Other Over Cat Litter Ads
• Cadwalader Off Hook In $13M Malpractice Suit
• Avon Settles With Ad Agency Over Liiv Brand
• Ex-Broker's Appellate Win Could Be Costly, Judge Says
• US Tries To Hang On To Ex-Sen. Bruno Conviction
• Preferred Shareholder Fights Innkeepers Ch. 11 Plan
• NY's New Limited In-House Counsel Bar License Rule
• Ex-Money Manager Gets 20 Years For Ponzi Scheme
• Q&A With Edwards Angell's Anthony Viola
• Schottenfeld Trader Exits SEC's Galleon Suit
• Lehman Chief Raises Asset Recovery Estimates To $65B
• License Fees Gave DMX Unfair Edge, PROs Tell 2nd Circ.
• Ex-SkyCapital CEO Makes Last-Ditch Bid To Duck Charges
• Feds Call Jiau Brazen Schemer In Trading Trial Close
• Co-Producer Sues For Credit On Lady Gaga Songs
• Merrill Investors Win Cert. In Suit Over $16.5B In MBS
• Ex-Dick's Atty Wants Prosecutor Off Kickbacks Case
• Q&A With Hodgson Russ' Ben Zuffranieri
• Dewey Snags Milbank Latin America Team For NY Office
• Assured Must Honor CIFG Reinsurance Deal, Judge Rules
• Morgan Stanley Sued Over Alleged 'Short-Swing' Trading
• NY Court Refuses To Step Between Prosecutors, Amgen
• Litigation Financing Raises Ethical Issues: NYC Bar
• Skadden Replaces Orrick For MGA In Bratz IP Case
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Forex Ponzi Schemer's Sentence
• Ambac Fights To Nix IRS' $807M Tax Claim
• Cuervo Broke Deal With Jim Beam: NY Appeals Court
• Turbulence — FTAIA And Air Transportation Claims
• Latham Reps DG In $517M MediaMind Buy
• Aon Risk Services Sues Ex-VP For Trade Secrets Theft
• Borders Reaches Deal To Avoid 45 Store Closures
• Publisher Sues Apple Over 'iBooks' Trademark
• Prostitution Testimony OK'd For SkyCap Fraud Trial
• Feeder Fund Investors Challenge Madoff Trustee Deal
• How They Won It: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
• Lehman Wins Approval To Sell NY Building For $161M
• Madoff Feeder Fairfield Sues RBC To Recover $11M
• Ja Rule Accuses Rich Kid Of Stealing Song Royalties
• Ex-DHB Execs Face $150M Forfeiture For Stock Scheme
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Bill McSherry
• Morgan Stanley Bribed Ratings Agencies, CDIB Alleges
• Tech Support Worker Hits Schulte Roth With OT Action
• Bankrupt Ambac Names New GC, CEO Amid Departures
• Madoff Brother's Aston Martin Goes On Auction Block
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Credit Suisse Broker's Fraud Conviction
• GSC Trustee's Counsel Agree To Trim, Hold Back Fees
• Blackstone Sued Over $8B Extended Stay Buyout
• Advisers Sue Morgan Stanley For OT Pay
• Court Tosses 26 Actions Against SEC Over Madoff Fraud
• Allstate Suit Over Countrywide MBS Moved To Calif.
• Gibson Dunn Lawyer Charged In Child Porn Crackdown
• CBS Drops Contract Suit Against Eaton Switchgear
• Q&A With Beveridge & Diamond's John Guttmann
• Blank Rome, Cozen Sued For $500M Over Zoning Advice
• Public Approves Of Visa, MasterCard Antitrust Deal: DOJ
• NY, Sandwich Maker Reach Record $5M Wage Deal
• Witness In Jiau Trial Admits To Evidence Destruction
• Ex-Madoff Manager Settles SEC Fraud Case
• Lehman Subpoenas Docs From Bank of Montreal, 5 Others
• Merrill Lynch Associate Sues Over 'Unfair' Pay Method
• Web Registry In Contempt Over Failure To Bar Faux Sites
• AllianceBernstein Claims Ex-Adviser Poached Clients
• RIM Overhyped Sales Of Too-Ripe BlackBerrys: Suit
• Gryphon Owner Settles With SEC Over $17.5M Fraud
• AGs Target Deutsche Bank, BNY Over MBS Trustee Role
• Feds Seek 4-Year Prison Term For Chiesi
• Ex-Primary Global Worker Can't Shake Insider Tips Charge
• Obama Middle East Envoy Heads Back To DLA Piper
• Putnam Freed From $70.5M Credit Agricole Suit
• Live Nation, Rock Photog Settle Townshend Pic Suit
• US Trustee Blasts $1M Bonus For GSC Head
• Q&A With Baker Hostetler's George Stamboulidis
• AXA Says Suit Over Stolen Art Was Already Tossed
• The Fate Of Global Warming Nuisance Suits
• AXA Ruling In Retaliation Suit Was Premature: 2nd Circ.
• Effects Of In Re Fairfield Sentry Limited
• 'Got Money' Producers Sue Lil Wayne For $1M
• 3 Traders Found Guilty In Galleon Spinoff Trial
• Deutsche Bank Insurer Sues To Share $5M Defense Costs
• Tory Burch Awarded $164M In Counterfeiting Case
• Goldman's Tourre Fails To Dismiss SEC Suit
• Goldman, Others Join Protest Over Lehman Disclosures
• Judge Trims NY Superfund Suit Against Dow, Others
• Borders Saves Six Stores Slated For Chopping Block
• Ex-Skidmore Architect Sued Over Building Design Claims
• Ex-Pfizer Reps Seek Classes For NY, Calif., Ill.
• Hiscock & Barclay Adds IP Partner In Upstate NY
• Hermes Settles Trademark Suit Over Tote Bag Image
• Novo Settles Drug Marketing Claims For $26.7M
• Female Cop Dispatchers Strike $7M Deal In Pay Bias Action
• Fried Frank Nabs Kirkland & Ellis Private Equity Pro
• Q&A With Milbank's Alan Stone
• Fired Lawyer Sues Allen & Overy For $35M In Sex Suit
• Production Co. Fights Ex-Village People Singer's Suit
• Citi Bosses Manipulated Libor, Shareholder Says
• Lehman Creditors Voice Outcry Over Disclosure Bid
• Low Bidder Should Get NY Town Trash Contract: Court
• Lyondell Settles Severance Claims For $3M
• NY Appeals Court Tosses Zuckerman's BDO Seidman Suit
• Jett, Currie Sue Runaways Tribute Record Producer
• Gillibrand Calls For Expanded Meat Testing Procedures
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $11M Hit Against Taro Insider Traders
• Halliburton Beats Class Action Over Spinoff Benefits
• 2nd Circ. Revives Designer's Suit Against Old Navy
• Facing DIP Default, Borders Asks To Liquidate 51 Stores
• SEC Agrees To Drop Trivium From Polycom Trading Suit
• Class Cert. Denied In Mini Run-Flat Tire Action
• Q&A With Fox Rothschild's Richard Cohen
• Terex Gets Mixed Ruling In Suit Over $1.3B Bucyrus Deal
• NY High Court Will Hear Equitas Antitrust Suit
• Stripper FLSA Suit Raises New Arbitration Issues: Judge
• America Movil Wins $900M Case Against Ex-Shareholders
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Barry Richard
• Bail Bid Denied For Online Poker Scheme Defendant
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Madoff Scheme Coverage Suit
• NY Appeals Court Tosses Ellington Heirs' Royalties Suit
• Credit Suisse Docs Key To Madoff Feeder Suit: Judge
• Trustee Backs $236M Black Diamond Deal For GSC Assets
• Obama Nominates 4 To District Courts In NY, La., Mo.
• Pearson Escapes Injunction In Photo Copyright Suit
• Ex-Primary Global Worker Cops To Conspiracy
• NY Real Estate Atty Gets 5 Years For $23M Scheme
• Forest Labs Sales Reps Win Class Cert. In OT Suit
• JPMorgan Unit Sued Over $404M Bear Stearns MBS Loss
• Ex-Orrick Atty Denied Punitive Damages In Fraud Suit
• Black Firefighters Win Class Cert. In NYC Bias Suit
• Ellington Heir's Class Allegations 'Frivolous': Judge
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $975M From Kingate Founders
• Goldman Undervalued EToys' $178M IPO: Atty
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Gets 4 Years For $1B ARS Fraud
• Judge Tosses Citi Employee Suit Over Subprime Losses
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Jack Thomas
• NY Assembly Backs Extension Of Fracking Ban
• FBI Agent Pleads Not Guilty To Lying About Source
• 2nd Circ. Revives Claims Against Steve & Barry's Owners
• Judge Won't Stay Ambac's $641M Suit Against JPMorgan
• HSBC Settles Madoff Feeder Suit For $62.5M
• Westgate Fraudster Asks To Vacate 40-Year Sentence
• Blockbuster Canada Says Dish Deal Threatens Operation
• British Airways, LAN To Pay $156M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• Strauss-Kahn Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Assault Charges
• Davis Polk Reps NBCUniversal In $1B Theme Park Bid
• Barclays Loses $4B Asset Fight With Lehman Trustee
• Ex-Goldman Director Sued By Investor Over Raj Tips
• Jiau Witness Describes Vast Web Of Inside Tipsters
• A&P Strikes Crucial Ch. 11 Deal With Major Supplier
• US Asks For Lenient Sentence For $1B Fraudster
• Judge Won't Delay Civil Case For Rajaratnam Sentence
• Q&A With Akin Gump's David Zensky
• Investment Firm Sues Ernst & Young Over Lehman Audits
• JPMorgan Ducks Madoff Investor Suit In 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Madoff Worker Says He Faked Trading Records
• US Specialty Seeks To Nix Coverage In Dental Co. Row
• Dickstein Shapiro Snaps Up 3 Bankruptcy Pros In NYC
• Judge Asked To Approve $4.5M JA Solar Settlement
• Takeda Drops Suit Over Macleods' Actos ANDA
• Ex-SAC Manager Admits To Insider Trades In Jiau Trial
• Baker Hostetler Adds Windels, Venable Bankruptcy Aces
• Sutherland Nabs Fulbright Litigator, E-Discovery Pro
• Union Reaches $2.5M Settlement With RHI Over 2008 IPO
• Debevoise Picks Up Davis Polk Insurance Expert
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's Chip Loewenson
• Pfizer Sues Watson Over Viagra ANDA
• Calpine To Settle Last Big Bankruptcy Claim For $110M
• SEC Contests Nixed Gabelli Injunction In 2nd Circ.
• Steve & Barry's Workers Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Suit
• Canon Settles Toner IP Claims With 20 Cos.
• Ex-CHM Workers Can Bring Collective OT Action: Judge
• Jiau Says Shared Information Wasn't Material
• Ex-Manager Slaps KPMG With $350M Sex Bias Action
• Feds Trim Charges In Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Case
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Kurt Hansson
• Madoff's Former Payroll Manager To Plead Guilty
• SEC Wins Access To Market Timer's Bank Info
• NY Bakery Sues Food Network Over 'Tough Cookies' Show
• Court Won't Block Dish's Free Starz Offer In Disney Row
• 2nd Circ. Downs Credit Suisse Appeal Of $431M Award
• Goldman Hit With Subpoena Over MBS Antics
• Travelers Sued For $36M Over NYC Subway Project
• Judge Frees Borders From Seattle's Best Contract
• Grant Thornton Blasts Fund's Subpoenas In Refco Fight
• The Trouble With Atmospheric Public Trust Claims
• Judge Trims Bond Insurer's MBS Suit Against Credit Suisse
• JPMorgan, Lehman Resolve $223M Claim Fight
• White Collar E-Discovery In The Criminal Context
• Google Books Deal Still In Limbo, Atty Tells Court
• RBS, Underwriters Move To Nix Remaining MBS Claims
• CDR Exec Says Bid-Rigging Case Belongs In Calif.
• Pulling Seattle's Best Coffee Won't Infringe IP: Borders
• Picard Fee Objector's Tactics 'Abusive': Judge
• Judge Frees Insurers From JPMorgan Ponzi Suit
• Goffer Targets Feds' Evidence In Insider Trading Trial
• Lehman Says Goldman Stonewalling Rumor Investigation
• Air Cargo Plaintiffs Seek €799M EU Cartel Decision
• NY Restaurant Settles Waitstaff Tip Action
• Swiss Re Seeks To Nix 9/11 Aviation Coverage Dispute
• Judge Splits Chevron's $18B Amazon Pollution Fight
• Gentiva To Pay $12.5M Over Medicare Fraud Claims
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Richard Edlin