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New York - July, 2011

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• NY Post Staffers Told To Keep Docs Over Hacking Claims
• Investors Can Bring Claims Against BofA Execs: Judge
• Judge Tosses Most Claims In JPMorgan Mortgage Suit
• Tech Help Class Wins Initial Cert. In Kroll FLSA Suit
• Ex-SAC Manager Gets 30 Months For Insider Trading
• Lehman Appeals Barclays' $13B 'Windfall'
• Ace Wants Dismissal Of UK Stroller Co. Coverage Suit
• Resort Owners Reach Deal With Miller Buckfire For $2M
• Q&A With Pillsbury's Maria Galeno
• Case Study: In Re Ebadi
• Obama Makes Judicial Picks For Fed. Circuit, DC, NY
• Pfizer Hits Hetero With Suit Over Generic Viagra
• Ex-Thelen Partners Will Pay Clawbacks: Ch. 7 Trustee
• Securities Suit Against Kohlberg Capital Gets Booted
• Borders Wants To Sell Off IP Assets
• Marvel Triumphs In Copyright Bout With Artist's Heirs
• Judge Scraps Bulk Of Madoff Trustee's $9B HSBC Suit
• WCAS Fraser Sullivan Eyes Managing Lehman Loans
• K&L Gates Wants Confidential Info In Teligent Row
• Sidley Austin Nabs Seasoned Prosecutor For NY Office
• Ex-Taro Exec In Contempt Over $2M Insider Trading Fine
• Ex-Hospital Admins Face 2 Trials In Kickbacks Case
• Ashland Loses 6th, 2nd Circ. Appeals In ARS Suits
• Tremont Strikes $1B Deal With Madoff Trustee
• Barring RICO Claims Based On Alleged Securities Fraud
• Q&A With Schiff Hardin's Beth Jacob
• Giant Interactive Reaches $13M Deal Over IPO Disclosures
• WexTrust Receiver Sues Insurers For Malpractice Funds
• Building Your Own Business Development Plan
• Judge Denies Court Transfer For Madoff Feeder Funds
• JPMorgan Dealt Blow In Freedom Loan Suit With Luxor
• E&Y Tip Recipient Dodges Prison For Trading Scheme
• Massport Dismissed From 9/11 Hijacking Liability Case
• Judge Won't Hear 'Bizarre' Wu-Tang Royalties Fight
• Arent Fox Deals Pro Jumps To K&L Gates
• Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Charges Aren't Time-Barred: Feds
• Lehman Pursues $385M Real Estate Sell-Off
• Q&A With Steptoe & Johnson's Evan Barr
• Pfizer, Apotex To End Fight Over Generic Relpax
• UBS Sued Over $4.5B Fannie, Freddie RMBS Losses
• Class Claims Trimmed In Lehman Securities MDL Suit
• Otis Can't Shake Schindler Verdict In Elevator IP Row
• Citibank Tries To Sink $430M Madoff Clawback Suit
• Debating Shale Development In NY
• US Airs Disgraced Pol's Calls In Hospital Bribe Trial
• Movie Investor Hit With $190M Tortious Interference Suit
• Kelley Drye Can't Use Perks As Damages In Age Bias Suit
• Man Seeking Facebook Stake Pushes For Zuckerberg Emails
• Dish's $1.4B Bid For TerreStar Wins Antitrust OK
• 4Kids To Keep Ch. 11 Shelter Through 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Trial
• Software Co. ACI Puts Up Rival $540M Bid For S1
• Ace Says New York Life Fight Should Be Arbitrated
• Sky Capital Defendants Convicted In $140M Fraud Case
• 2nd Circ. Kills Google Antitrust Suit Due To Venue Clause
• UniCredit Fights Madoff Trustee's Racketeering Claims
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Suit Over CBRE IPO
• Fox News Sued By Photographer Over Shakur Image
• Q&A With Robins Kaplan's Ron Daignault
• Books-A-Million Drops Bid To Buy 30 Borders Stores
• Citing Safety, Cuomo Suspends 8 Tour Bus Lines
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker's $1B Fraud Case Sent To Brooklyn
• Deutsche Bank Unit's Suit Over $352M In MBS Gets OK
• Rabobank Closes Book On Muni Bond MDL Suits
• Sbarro Lender Fights Loan's Debt To Equity Switch
• Last Trivium Insider Trading Defendant Seeks Exit
• Validus Takes $3.2B Transatlantic Bid To Shareholders
• Hartford Balks At Coverage In Lead-Tainted Juice MDL
• Q&A With Shearman & Sterling's Stephen Fishbein
• 1st Amendment Covers Police Officer's Claim: 2nd Circ.
• Ruling To Come Soon In YSL, Louboutin Trademark Fight
• Covington Reps Bristol-Myers In $325M Amira Buy
• Lockheed Martin Hit With Shareholder Class Action
• Full Tilt Poker Player Discarded From $150M RICO Suit
• Ex-Fred Leighton Owner Gets 6 Years For $20M Fraud
• Rihanna Can't Escape Photographer's Copyright Suit
• Ace Settles With Mets Ballpark Over Injury Suit Coverage
• $10M Suit Says Pfizer Failed To Warn Of Dilantin Effects
• Cassa Hotel Developer's Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After Deal
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-NY Sen. Gonzalez's Prison Time
• Judge Won't Speed Up Challenge To $235M GSC Sale
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Appeal In Vivendi Foreign Share Action
• Lehman Approved To Move Ahead With SunCal Plans
• News Corp. Sells European Outdoor Ad Units
• Q&A With Schiff Hardin's Thomas Battistoni
• South African Airways Settles Cargo Cartel MDL For $3M
• Greenwich Ch. 11 Plans Detail $212M Picard Deal
• Funds Seek To Block Dynegy's $1.7B Restructuring Plan
• NY Appeals Court Tosses 45-Year-Old Citigroup Suit
• Judge Knocks War Chest In $62.5M HSBC Madoff Deal
• Judge OKs Expired Patents Label In Cold-Eeze Suit
• Wall Street Ire No Reason To Convict, Ex-Sky CEO Says
• UBS Claims Against Highland Are Too Late: NY Court
• Dechert Nabs White Collar Partner From Mayer Brown
• Lehman, Barclays Square Off In $500M Bonus Pay Beef
• Judge Nixes Hedge Fund's $1.6B Suit Over Goldman CDOs
• 2nd Circ. Denies Class Cert. Appeal In Moody's Suit
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Linda Addison
• $132M China Expert Fraud Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Medicis Seeks To Block Generic Loprox Shampoo
• Borders' Final Chapter: Liquidation Plan Approved
• Ernst & Young Can't Escape Tax Shelter Case
• NYC Slow To Remove PCB-Leaking Lights In Schools: Suit
• Atty Fined For Sanctions Bid In Dog DNA Test IP Suit
• Blackstone To Buy Clothier Jack Wolfskin For $994M
• AIG Unit, Hexion Shift Explosion Coverage Claims To Ohio
• 2nd Circ. Blocks Argentina From $100M Bond Exchange
• Zurich Sues Sony Over PlayStation Hacking Coverage
• McGinn Smith Founder's Wife Hit With $1M In Sanctions
• News Corp. Hires Paul Weiss Pro, 'Father Of FCPA'
• Honest Services Charges Survive In CDR Bid-Rigging Case
• Sky Capital Defendants Are 'Family Of Criminals': US
• Rajaratnam Co-Conspirator Chiesi Sentenced To 30 Months
• NY Woman Challenges House Attys On DOMA Views
• At Home Trustee Sues AT&T, Verizon Over 4 Patents
• Enron Creditors' Deal With Lay Widow Gets OK
• Madoff Trustee Drops Some Claims Against UBS
• SEC Sues Man For Trading On Merger Draft He Found
• Q&A With Mitchell Silberberg's Lauren Wachtler
• Extending Section 546(e) To Commercial Paper Redemption
• Withdrawal Of Landmark Ruling On Metadata Production
• Icahn Gets Hostile, Ups Clorox Bid To $10.7B
• Key Lehman Settlement With Creditors Wins Approval
• Jury Finds Ex-IEA Chief Guilty Of $90M Fraud
• Judge Extends Deadline For New Google Books Deal
• Anadarko Loses Bid To Split Tronox Spinoff Suit
• Ex-Salander Director Sentenced To Weekends On Rikers
• 2nd Circ. Says Fraudster Can't Withdraw His Appeal
• Madoff Investor Fights To Block $7.2B Picower Deal
• Ambac Wins OK For $33M Payout In Securities Actions
• Cassa Hotel Developer Nears Ch. 11 Exit
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' James Williams
• Mattel Seeks To Nix Artist's Bratz Copyright Claims
• NY Judge Refuses To Toss Freeport McMoRan Suit
• Clorox Rejects Icahn's $10B Takeover Bid
• Private Equity's Role In Shale Field Transactions
• Ex-Galleon Trader Settles SEC Claims
• Bertelsmann, Time Warner Escape Digital Music MDL
• Hofstra Student Workers Triumph In FLSA Suit
• Trivium Co-Founder Pays $2.7M To Settle SEC Claims
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs Bonus For Blockbuster Exec
• Continental, Others Face Unlimited Damages In Crash Suit
• Investor Class Mines $9M From Harmony Gold
• 2nd Circ. Vacates Injunction In CSX Proxy Fight
• Greenberg Traurig Slapped With $10M Malpractice Suit
• Judge Halts $92M JPMorgan Deal In Muni Bond MDL
• Judge Chastises Attys Over Lyondell Race Bias Fight
• 'Modern Family' Didn't Rip Off Writer's Pilot: Judge
• US Blasts Westgate Fraudster's Bid To Annul Sentence
• Murdoch Could Nix Suits By Going Private, Attys Say
• PBGC Backs St. Vincent's Auction With Reservations
• Borders Abandons Sale, Moves To Liquidate
• Cargolux, Others OKd To Pay $49M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• Ex-WexTrust Exec Gets 22 Years For $9.2M Ponzi Scheme
• Lenders Target Oppenheimer Over $1.8B Loan Breaches
• Ex-Rheingold Valet Partner Can Solicit Clients: Judge
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Omya Contamination Suit
• SEC Wins Asset Freeze In Arch Insider Trading Suit
• Former Trader Cops To Agency Death Threats
• Citigroup Investors Seek Class Cert. In CDO Action
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Paul Garrity
• Northstar International Settles SEC Ponzi Claims
• Indie Label Group Wants Share Of Lime Wire Settlement
• InterDigital Wins Damages In Nokia Patent Suit
• Workers Slam Lyondell's Bid To Toss $10M Race Claims
• Shire Targets Mylan In Latest Suit Over Generic Vyvanse
• Ex-Owner Of Extended Stay Must Pay Lenders $100M
• CIBC To Pay JPMorgan $848M For Piece Of Asset Manager
• Arch Employees Lose Bonus Claims In Hartford Raid Suit
• Centerbridge Says Lehman Ch. 11 Plan Not Confirmable
• Leap Shareholder Sues Goldman Over Short-Swing Trades
• Ex-NYSE Examiner Plays Down Sky Capital Fraud Claims
• JPMorgan To Settle Underwriter OT Suit For $42M
• Q&A With Kirkland's Claudia Ray
• NY Inspectors Can't Shake Tour Boat Disaster Suit
• Icahn Offers $10B For Clorox, But Says Co. Can Get More
• FDNY Exams Must Include Demographic Data, Judge Rules
• UBS Wins Bid To Move Madoff Trustee's $2.6B Suits
• Malaysia Airlines To Pay $3.2M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• UAE Bank Knew Risks Of $40M Transaction: Credit Suisse
• Ex-Pepsi Exec Supports Sky Capital At Trial
• Is NYC's Campaign Finance Program Imperiled?
• Muhammad Ali Enters Ring Over 'Butterfly' Trademark
• Ex-Dell Manager Must Repay Insider Trading Gains: Judge
• Allen & Overy Partner Nabbed On Child Porn Charge
• Dexia Sues Deutsche Bank Over $1B In MBS
• Ambac Suit Over $1B JPMorgan Losses Revived In NY
• How They Won It: Quinn Emanuel Airs Tiny Lies For Big Win
• Freddie Mac GC Joins SNR Denton's NY, DC Offices
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Marc Gottridge
• Deutsche Boerse Shareholders Back $10B NYSE Tie-Up
• StarMedia Execs Sue For $2.5M In D&O Coverage
• Borders Wins OK To Move Forward With Auction
• Stockbroker Slaps Bishop Rosen With Overtime Action
• Ex-Kirkland Partner Pleads Not Guilty To Tax Charges
• Atlantic Yards Needs New Enviro Review: NY Judge
• Novartis Sales Reps File Suit Over Unpaid OT
• NY Fracking Rules Could Spur Local Legal Battles
• Schiff Hardin Scores Ex-Katten Employee Benefits Chair
• Jiau Says Fraud Verdict Based On Speculation
• Ex-Sky Capital CEO Charged Perks To Firm, US Says
• Monsanto Says It Won't Sue Farmers For Seed Mixing
• Barclays, LBHI Seek To Delay Payments In Assets Fight
• Tort Pro Joins Napoli Bern As Name Partner
• Borders Faces Liquidation After Bid Falls Through
• Sbarro Creditors Demand E&Y Earnings Report
• NewOak Must Litigate Fraud Claims V. Applied: 2nd Circ.
• Judge Tables Ch. 11 Exit For Cassa Hotel Developers
• Pepper Hamilton, Insurer Settle Coverage Row
• Walnut Place Pipes Up Over $8.5B BofA Settlement
• Ex-Nasdaq Exec Settles SEC Insider Trading Charges
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Joseph Saccomano
• K&L Gates Partner Moves To JPMorgan
• Fidelity To Sell Flood Insurance Biz For $210M
• Electronics Distributor Gets $50M To Fund Ch. 11 Sale
• Curtis Adds Ex-Gibson Dunn Energy Pro In NY
• Wall Street Insider Chiesi Settles With SEC
• Quest Escapes FCA Suit Over Medicare Kickbacks
• Finders Agreements In A State Of Flux
• BearingPoint Trustee Allowed To Move $1.9B Suit To Va.
• Pastry Chef Sues Ex-Boss Claiming Harassment
• Borders Sees Hurdles For Sale Procedure Hearing
• Ex-Galleon Adviser Seeks Acquittal, Retrial
• Angry Birds Developer Aims Copyright Suit At Toy Maker
• Biotronik Says CoStar Stent 'Recall' Violated Pact
• Ex-Dick's Atty Fails To Shake Kickback Charges
• Winston Must Face Claims Over $56M Merger: Judge
• Ex-Duane Reade Execs Fight Feds On Losses In Fraud Case
• Q&A With Cravath's Daniel Slifkin
• Madoff's Aide Denied 2-Week Fla. Getaway
• Drinker Biddle Nabs NY Commercial Litigation Partner
• NYC Ordered To Keep Firefighter Exam Fees Low
• Polygon Execs Sued Over 'Unjust' Tetragon Fees
• Edwards Angell Nabs MoFo IP Bigwig For NY Office
• Madoff Victims To Receive $272M In 1st Payment Round
• Labaton Sucharow Nabs SEC Atty For Whistleblower Group
• Combat Simulator Co. Sues Partner Over Broken Pact
• Trivium Analyst Settles SEC Insider Trading Claims
• Vitamin Shoppe Won't Face Nationwide OT Claims
• AGs, DOJ Subpoena Sprint Over AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Review
• MIG Brings Paul Weiss Malpractice Suit To High Court
• Nothing Brewing For Starbucks Baristas In Tip Action
• Energy Co. Escapes Ex-Parent Centennial's Breach Suit
• NY Appeals Court Won't Toss GE Pollution Suit
• E&Y Wins Stay Of Ex-Worker's NY Overtime Action
• Dukes Won't Bar Cert. In FDNY Bias Suit: Judge
• SIPC Opposes Mets Owners' Bid To Dodge $1B Madoff Suit
• Ex-Sky Capital Broker Testifies On Strip Clubs, Bonuses
• Vertis Wants Ex-CEO's $5.8M Pay Claim Reduced
• Archie Comic Co-CEO Accused Of Foul Mouth, Bullying
• Ex-Teva Scientist Testifies In Copaxone Patent Battle
• Borders' Landlords Fight Planned Asset Sale Procedures
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Dow Jones Age Bias Suit
• Q&A With Fish & Richardson's Jonathan Marshall
• GSC Gets Court OK For $235M Black Diamond Sale
• Goldman Can't Force Arbitration In Sex Bias Action: Judge
• Gupta Wins Green Light For Suit Against SEC
• AGM Claims Cut In $82M Flagstar MBS Coverage Fight
• Purdue Targets Sandoz Over OxyContin Patents
• Sandoz, Others Settle Medicaid Inflation MDL Suits
• Font Co. Sues NBC Over Harry Potter Merchandise
• Dick's Seeks To Quash Subpoenas In Kickbacks Case
• Enron Deal Tabled As Insurer Objects To Lay Payout
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Dennis Tracey
• Paul Hastings Adds Finance Partner From Cahill Gordon
• Bonus For GSC Head Approved Over Trustee Objection
• Avon Shareholders Sue Over Possible FCPA Violations
• Alleged Gangster Cops Plea In $100M Medicare Fraud Case
• Fashion Co. Freed From Prom Dress Copyright Suit
• Parts Losses Not Covered Under Airline's Policy: Judge
• 2nd Circ. Remands Remaining Claims In Schindler FCA Suit
• WG Trading Receiver Pushes $22M Continental Deal
• Sirius Fights Derivative Suits Over $180M Antitrust Deal
• Ex-Gerova Unit Chief Wants Out Of Stillwater Action
• Mets Lawyers Ask Judge To Toss Picard's $1B Suit
• Advanced Equities Seeks Injunction Against Felix
• New York Life Can't Take Buyout Row To Arbitration: Suit
• District Judge Likely To Take Up Picard's UBS Case
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Rob Friedman
• Nabors Triumphs In Investor Suit Over $900M SWSI Deal
• LeClairRyan Absorbs NYC Firm With European Clientele
• 2nd Circ. Bans RICO Claim In Madoff Investor Suit
• Judge OKs Dish's $1.4B Buy Of Bankrupt TerreStar
• Ex-Prosecutor Launches NY Litigation Boutique
• Wyly Brothers Told To Disclose Atty Docs In SEC Case
• CDIB's $228M Securities Suit V. Morgan Stanley Survives
• Wis. Insurance Regulator Targets Ambac's Ch. 11 Plan
• Poison Singer's Tony Award Injury Suit Moved To NY
• Inyx Shareholders Win Class Cert. In Fraud Battle
• Dechert Reps JPMorgan Unit In $470M APAC Buy
• ConAgra Faces Class Suit Over Wesson Oil Claims
• NYSE Shareholders Approve Deutsche Boerse Merger
• Ex-Troutman Sanders Atty Escapes Malpractice Suit
• Allstate Targets Morgan Stanley Over MBS
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Kevin Walsh
• GGP Fights Interest Award To Lender In Ch. 11 Case
• Judge Relinks Charge In Ex-Dick's Atty Kickback Case
• Insurers Settle Lazare Diamond Coverage Row For $32M
• CFTC Fights Call For Recusal In Menacing Trader's Suits
• GSC Fights Lenders To Advance $235M Sale Pitch
• Pension Funds Cry Foul Over $8.5B BofA, Investors Deal
• Ex-Oil Co. Exec Seeks Retrial Of Pump-And-Dump Charges
• Banco Santander Moves To Trim Madoff Fraud Action
• Ex-Sky Capital CEO Tries To Discredit Fraud Trial Witness
• Trustee Objects To Bonus Plan In Blockbuster Ch. 11
• Beverage Group Sues NYC Over Ad Campaign Records
• Ex-Flextronics Worker Cops To Selling Insider Tips
• BofA's $8.5B Securities Settlement Shady: Investors
• Chemtura Rejects $13M Payout For La. Superfund Cleanup
• Citing High Court, Freddie Mac Investors Seek Cert.
• Ex-Sky Capital CEO Urged Hard Sell On Secret Tapes
• St. Vincent's, Siemens Settle Contract Claim For $1.2M
• Investors Can't Cash Out Argentine Funds: 2nd Circ.
• Victoria's Secret Pressured Class Members: Plaintiff
• Wilson Elser Settles Ex-Employee's Bias Suit
• Both Sides Want Ex-Dick's Atty's Case Rejoined
• Accused Muni Bond Bid-Riggers Call Charges Outdated
• Baker & McKenzie Scores Banking Ace From Alston
• NY Requires Life Insurers To Check Death Database
• Sidley Snags Ex-McDermott M&A Partner In NY
• Ensuring Insurer Standing In Insured Ch. 11 Cases
• The 2nd Circ. Stance On 'Hot News' Misappropriation
• Q&A With Bingham's Richard Taffet
• Ex-Fund Manager Sues Alger Over Trading Policy
• Mets Owners Score Win In Forum Fight With Madoff Trustee
• MBIA's D&O Policies Cover Probe Costs: 2nd Circ.
• St. Vincent's Lands $34M Starting Bid For Nursing Unit
• Ex-Dewey Atty Fails To Trim SEC Insider Trading Claims
• Loeb & Loeb Adds Patent Litigator From Milbank Tweed
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Sterling Sex Bias Arbitration Award
• Ex-Board Member Says Sky Capital Was 'Complete Mess'
• Chamber Asks 2nd Circ. To Block $18B Chevron Verdict
• Sabre Asks Court To Ground US Airways' Antitrust Suit
• Spoliation Of Documents And Appropriate Sanctions
• Lehman Forges Ch. 11 Pact With Key Creditors
• Navigating The Intersection Of Bankruptcy And Insurance
• NY Fed Halts Sales Of AIG Mortgage-Backed Securities
• Borders Receives $215M Offer From Najafi Unit
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Richard Marooney