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New York - December, 2011

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• Maywood Trustee Moves To Foreclose NY Properties
• SEC Backs Lehman Trustee In $1.3B Barclays Asset Appeal
• Orrick To Face Coudert Claims In District Court
• Prospect Capital Seeks Judgment For $37M Energy Loan
• Louis Vuitton Sues Over Knockoff Bag In 'The Hangover'
• FCRA Preempts State Law Claims Against Chase: 2nd Circ.
• Shaw, GenOn Trade Judgment Bids In $1B Contract Dispute
• Aon Wins Solicitation Ban Against Ex-Exec, Alliant
• WTC Debris Hauling Bosses Charged With $1M Union Fraud
• Clash Media Worker Wrongly Fired Over Groupon Deal: Suit
• Iran, Terror Groups Found Liable For 9/11
• Madoff's Sons Can't Appeal Picard's $198M Suit: Judge
• MF Global Trustee Reveals Clash Over UK Funds
• An Overview Of Key Changes To Amended NAIC Models
• NY Assemblyman, Chief Of Staff Indicted Over Bribery
• HSBC, Nomura Targeted Over $99M In MBS Trust Losses
• Tyco Prevails In Fight With CIT Over $190M Claim
• Lehman, Merrill Reach Deal In Mortgage Bond Face-Off
• WPIX Loses Bid To Nix Ex-News Director's Age Bias Suit
• Petra Offshore Fund, REIT Unit's Ch. 11 Disclosures OK'd
• Madoff Feeder Funds' Ch. 11 Plan OK'd
• BNY Mellon Shells Out $1.3M To Stave Off Bid-Rigging Probe
• Exporter Can't Fight Bomb Jammer Forfeiture: 2nd Circ.
• Madoff Fraud Claims Against Santander Survive
• Broker Beats Trademark Suit Over 'Selling NY' Furniture
• Some Of AMR's $5B Not Properly Invested: Feds
• BofA, Merrill Settle Senior Specialists' OT Action
• Sanofi, Sun Settlement Ends Plavix Patent Case
• Chartis Units Seek $1.6M For Kaiser Asbestos Claims
• Williams Buys $750M Pa. Pipeline To Chase Marcellus Gas
• Privacy Invasion Suit Over Jimmy Kimmel Sketch Tossed
• NY Court Sets Test For Summary Judgment In Bias Cases
• Zell's $1.3B Bid For Archstone Survives Lehman Challenge
• Lehman Drops $200M Loan Suit Against Bethany
• Merrick Exits $60M Credit Card Data Breach Suit
• E-Trade To Settle Securities Class Actions For $79M
• MF Global Won't Tap Newly Bankrupt Units For Cash
• NYSE To Adopt FINRA Standards On Deceptive Pricing
• US Told To Redo $1B Deutsche Bank Mortgage Suit
• Deutsche Bailed On Madoff Debt Deal: Feeder Funds
• BofA, Servicing Firm Face RICO Claims Over Loan Reports
• 2nd Circ. Backs NY's 'Pay-To-Play' Campaign Donation Rule
• Hagens Berman, Cohen Milstein To Lead E-Books Suit
• Kelley Drye Lands 2 Schiff Hardin IP Partners
• Freddie Adds 3 NY Law Firms To Foreclosure Network
• Primary Global Sales Exec Gets 2.5 Years Over Stock Tips
• French Doctor Gets Time Served For Insider Trading
• Vitro Ordered To Pay Bondholders Interest On $1B Debt
• Soft Drink Co. In Shootout Over 'Wild Bill' Trademark
• Monster Accuses Ex-VP Of Creeping Off With Workers
• Counterfeit Perfume Importer Lands 1-Year Prison Term
• Ex-Players' Suit Says NFL Ignored Head Injury Risks
• Asthma Center Nurse's ADA Suit Time-Barred: 2nd Circ.
• NY Times Wants DOJ To Give Up Docs On Targeted Killing
• JPMorgan Presses To Depose Lehman's European Director
• Israeli Investor Fraud Suit Can Go On: NY Top Court
• Pembrook Sells NY Property To PE Group For $93M
• Delphi Owes Unsecured Creditors $300M: Suit
• Only Noteholders Can Sue Over $24M CDO Sale: REIT Atty
• Airlines Win Access To Victim's Info In NY Crash Suit
• Investors Push 2nd Circ. To Revive Celestica Fraud Suit
• JPML Consolidates 44 Tribune Clawback Suits
• Dechert Snaps Up Covington & Burling Securities Co-Chair
• NY State Senator Resigns, Cops To Bribe Scheme
• Ex-Home Lender To Pay $5.3M For Role In $23M Fraud
• New VC Fund To Invest $75M In Early-Stage Health Cos.
• $500M Sale Of NYC Building Can Go Forward: Judge
• Developer Says Condo Finance Partner Pilfered $6.5M
• NYT Wants HuffPost Banned From Using 'Parentlode' Name
• Lyondell Trustee Goes After Smaller Shareholders
• Rust Joins Bankruptcy Services Space With Omni Buy
• NY Court Nixes Martin Act Defense In $533M JPMorgan Suit
• Ex-Morgan & Finnegan Attys Fight Trustee's Fee Claims
• Absolute Poker Founder Cops To Fraud Charges
• In The Aftermath Of MF Global
• Approved Liquidation Plan Closes Book On Borders
• Vector Breached Nondisclosure Deal In Tidel Buy: Suit
• Hagens Berman Seeks To Represent E-Book Antitrust Class
• 2nd Circ. Revives Goldman Pay Disclosure Suit
• Deal With Noteholders Puts A&P Closer To Ch. 11 Exit
• Tyco Asks 2nd Circ. To Reopen Suit Against Ex-Chief
• NY AG, FHFA Inspector To Share Info In Mortgage Probe
• Hedge Fund Gets Drier Trustee's $137M Suit Pared
• Recurrent Capital Bilked Out Of Share In $40M Deal: Suit
• NY Developer Sues Over Wall Street Tower Conversion
• 2nd Circ. OKs SWIFT Terrorism Financing Probe Disclosures
• Trump OK'd As $150M Stalking Horse For Miami Resort
• Ex-Madoff Controller Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Books
• NYU Sacked Professor Over James Franco's D Grade: Suit
• 2nd Circ. Puts DuPont, Olin On Hook For Superfund Cleanup
• Cablevision, Verizon End Internet Speed Ad Suit
• Cornell, Technion Tapped To Build NYC Tech Campus
• Ex-Deloitte Workers Win Cert. Bid In OT Case
• Buyer Should've Inspected Staten Island Property: Atty
• PPG, Platinum Settle Dispute Over $500M Glass Unit Sale
• White & Case Helps Harvest Partners To Buy Driven Brands
• USBNA Says AMR Debtholders Need More Transparency
• Amaranth, Investors Settle Futures Price Suit For $77M
• Judge Orders Probe Into Dynegy Restructuring
• Lear Says Ch. 11 Case Should Block Bid-Rigging Suits
• Developer's Suit Over One Madison Park Loan Shot Down
• Chrysler Brake Defect Suit Moved To Bankruptcy Court
• Hannaford Yanks Beef In 5 States Amid Salmonella Fears
• Centre Partners Gobbles Up Frozen Food Co.
• PE Firm Catalyst Buys Stake In Wedding Website For $11M
• PE Co. Apollo Unveils Merger, Acquisition Double Deal
• Otis Denied New Trial In Elevator IP Row
• Stanford Yanks Proposal For NY Engineering Campus
• Colo. Exits Antitrust Suit Over Tobacco Master Settlement
• Kushner, Vornado Pour $110M Into Skyscraper Refinancing
• Patriarch Partners Completes $108M Hussey Copper Buy
• Ex-Prudential Broker Beats Market Timing Fraud Claims
• Basel Group Sued Over Tbilisi Property Investment
• Hispanic De Beers VP Claims Racial Bias In CEO Promotion
• Allen Helps CVC Capital Sell Taminco To Apollo For $1.4B
• Madoff Controller To Plead Guilty: US Atty
• Norex Suit Over Oil Co. Takeover Too Late: Attys
• MoFo Reps Lenders In $229M Mercedes House Financing
• Producers Seal Deal Ending $1.5M Rakim Album Dispute
• New Century Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To $5M Scheme
• Citi To Appeal Arbitration Denial In FLSA Dispute
• DOL Can Back McGraw-Hill ERISA Appeal: 2nd Circ.
• Superfund Full Cleanup Rule Gets NY High Court's Nod
• WestLB Can't Close Sale Of Real Estate Arm To Apollo
• NBA Fired Security Officer Over Sex Bias Claims: Suit
• SEC To Appeal Rejection Of $285M Citigroup Deal
• Ex-Janney Supervisor Must Disgorge Ill-Gotten Gains
• Primary Global Sales Exec Deserves Up To 9 Years: US
• Warner Bros., Shirelles End 'Baby It's You!' Mark Feud
• Steve & Barry's Parent Dodges Mass Layoff Suit
• General Maritime, Creditors Reach Deal On $75M DIP Loan
• Case Study: Levi V. Commonwealth
• Borders Gains Creditor Support For Liquidation Plan
• Blackstone, Hotel Chef Cook Up Deal To End OT Action
• Dynegy, PSEG Units Reach Truce Over Plant Leases
• A Tale Of Two Bankruptcies
• NewOak Zaps Laser Weapons Maker Over Stock Offering
• NY Hedge Fund Manager To Pay For Fraud Charges
• Cancer Institute Says Doctor Stole $1B In Research
• Insurers Squabble Over GM Asbestos, Enviro Defense
• DZ Bank Targets BofA, Ally Over $290M In MBS
• Lehman Can Sell $1.5 Billion Neuberger Stake
• New Ch. 11 Plan To Emerge As GSC Ends Creditor Feud
• Madoff Investors Look To Sue Picower Associates In Fla.
• JPML Won't Merge 12 Actions Over Plavix Injuries
• Lyondell Trustee Targets 1,700 Investors In $5.6B Suit
• General Maritime Pushes For $75M DIP Loan
• Bank Pushes For Receivership On Manhattan Building
• Record Label Gets Ja Rule's Royalty Suit Wiped Out
• NY Warehouse Development Fight May Move To Legislature
• Delivery Workers Chew Out Wrigley For Stiffing Them On OT
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Oil Bribery Conviction of Handbag King
• Developers Face Specter Of Permanent Affordable Housing
• EchoStar Can't Nix Verdict In Disney HD Fee Case
• MF Global Can Use Disputed JPMorgan Cash: Judge
• JPMorgan Gets MBS Class Action Pared
• JPMorgan's $214M Market-Timing Coverage Suit Shut Down
• Ironwood Lied To Patent Offices: $500M Suit
• Emirates To Cough Up $8M In Price-Fixing MDL Settlement
• Holland & Knight Bests Ex-Partner's Age Bias Suit
• Defendant Must Stay In CDO Fraud Suit Against ICP: Judge
• Citigroup Reaches Tentative Deal In Subprime Suit
• Santander Ordered To Pay Up In BNY Rate Dispute
• Wall St. Struggles To Fend Off Fannie, Freddie Fraud Suits
• Holland & Knight, Others Escape Legal Malpractice Suit
• SecondMarket Bungled Facebook Share Sale: Atty
• Cooper Settles With WG Trading Receiver For $12M
• Authors Push For Cert. In Google Books IP Action
• Philip Morris Can't Kill Light Cigarettes Suits At MDL Level
• NY Post Pressman Minority Bias Suit Fails In 2nd Circ.
• Credit Suisse Hit Up For $375M In Madoff Funds
• JPMorgan Denies Silver Manipulation Class Action Claims
• Morgan Stanley Forced To Face CDO Fraud Claims In NY
• Mayer Brown Nabs Ex-Venable Investment Expert
• Archstone Nabs $131M NY Building Amid Suitor Battle
• Morgan Stanley To Take $1B Loss In MBIA Settlement
• Ex-Siemens Execs Charged In $100M Argentine Bribe Plot
• Dechert Guides Court Square To Purchase Encompass
• MF Global SIPA Trustee Fights Conflicts Allegations
• Bear Stearns Pushes To Kill Fraud Action In 2nd Circ.
• Norse Energy Exceeded Drilling Budget By Millions: Suit
• General Maritime Creditors Balk At Oaktree Ties
• Judge Won't Boot Kaye Scholer From NY Property Dispute
• Warburg Slashes Stake In Max India For $55M
• Judge Leans Toward Bloomberg Win In Swatch IP Suit
• Kmart Loss Prevention Managers Sue Over OT
• Neuberger PE Fund Scores Stake In Quant Firm CFM
• HSBC Pulls Out Of $5.4B MBIA Restructuring Suit
• High Court Won't Hear ACCI Gambling Investment Appeal
• JPML Tells 6 Discount Club Fraud Suits To Stay Put
• Supreme Court Scraps Madoff Victim Coverage Suit
• Lehman Won't Need Gleacher For Archstone Talks: Trustee
• Valeant Ends Fight With Par Over Generic Antidepressant
• BNY Mellon Can't Quelch Class Action Over Lehman Losses
• JPMorgan Should Be Cut From Refco MDL: Special Master
• Morgan Stanley Loses Bid For TBA Claims In Lehman Case
• Bid-Rigging Trial Can't Wait For Dying Wife: Judge
• DOL Backs Rehearing Bid In McGraw-Hill ERISA Appeal
• Commercial Metals To Review Icahn's $15 Per Share Offer
• Crowell Reimburses Regal For Missing $5.5M Escrow Funds
• Day Traders Put Behind Bars For Insider Trading
• NYPD Detectives Sue City Over Overtime Pay
• Mexican Court Must Decide Fate Of Vitro Debt: Judge
• Ex-Con Ed Manager Gets 70 Months For Kickbacks
• Arcadia Petroleum Pushes To Kill CFTC Manipulation Claims
• HSBC Asks Court To Decide Row Over MF Global Gold Bars
• PE Firm Warburg Pincus Puts $355M In Clean Energy Tech
• MF Global Trustee Reveals Suspicious Transfers
• E-Book Industry Antitrust Suits Joined In NY MDL
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $76M From 2 Swiss Banks
• Regus Grabs Space In Redone W&H Building
• Investor Group Balks At Fairmont $29M Note Acceleration
• The Economics Of RGGI
• Origami Artists Unfold Copyright Suit Against Painter
• Notwithstanding Janus ...
• Port Authority Draws Fire For $2B WTC Spending Plan
• Toll, REIT Join On $134M NYC Development Blockbuster
• Tudor Wins Transfer of $96M Defamation Coverage Row
• Fund Manager Accused Of Fraud Out On $1M Bail
• Goldman Sachs Didn't Shortchange EToys IPO: NY Court
• WaMu, Bear Stearns Knew MBS Risks: Dutch Pension Firm
• Dubai Group Hands Off $1B Portfolio To PE Firm Silverpeak
• Wiz Khalifa Marketer Sues For More Of Record Co.'s Profits
• 'Peter Pan' Composer Says Producers Never, Never Paid
• Seyfarth Shaw Snags Brown Rudnick Finance Partner
• BofA Wants Investor's Suit Over $1B In MBS Tossed
• NY To Fork Over $5.6M For 1,200 Acres Of Catskill Land
• Reinsurer Can't Meddle In Jadis Forfeiture: Magistrate
• Buyer Can't Add Claims Over Staten Island Property Deal
• McGuireWoods Adds Financial Litigator From Mayer Brown
• Attention To Detail Matters In A Merger
• Ex-Employee Hits TradingScreen With Retaliation Claims
• Galleon's Goffer Gives Up $1M In SEC's Insider Trading Suit
• Cravath Helps IBM Nab Cloud-Based DemandTec For $440M
• Label Sues Universal For A Cut Of Fatboy Slim Royalties
• Judge Recused Over Mom's Shares Back On Bench
• Paladin Sues Developers Over $24M Biodiesel Investment
• Holding Co. Principals Not Upholding Bargain: Cayman Fund
• LaBranche Investors Settle Over $192M Cowen Deal
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Norwegian Investors' Citigroup Fraud Suit
• Goldman Sachs Asks Judge To Toss Shareholder Suit
• Judge Trims NY's Antitrust Suit Against Intel
• Lenders Spar Over Foreclosure Of 8 Manhattan Buildings
• MF Global Trustee Told To Disclose JPMorgan, PwC Ties
• 'Jersey Shore' Tan Lotion IP Suit Will Go To NY: Judge
• Former Ahold Exec Gets 4 Years For Accounting Fraud
• Boston REIT Closes $401M Sale Of Manhattan Office Tower
• HealthpointCapital Takes On Surgical Tool Maker Blue Belt
• Reader's Digest Called Out Over Supersized Mag Editions
• Minority NY Post Workers Ask 2nd Circ. To Reopen Bias Suit
• US To Decide On BPA Food Packaging Ban By March
• Ex-BofA Workers Say Bank Mismanaged Retirement Fund
• Temp Agency Adecco Settles Technicians' OT Action
• Small Bone Gets $43M In Credit From New Health Capital
• Beyonce Can't Dance Out Of Video Game Suit: Judge
• Madoff Investors Lose Bid To Appeal $44M Trustee Fees
• Quinn Emanuel Stays Put In AIG's Battle With BofA
• BofA, Fifth Third Escape $70M Concord Loan Scheme Suit
• Willis Group To Settle Sex Bias Suit For $11.6M
• Ex-Marvell Technology Manager Cops To Insider Trading
• Primary Global Sales Exec Can't Shake Fraud Verdict
• Cablevision Sues Verizon Over Internet Speed Ad Claims
• Yahoo Wins $610M In Trademark Suit Over Lottery Hoax
• AmEx Can Arbitrate Discount Club Fraud Claims: Judge
• Morgan Stanley Strikes Back At CDO Fraud Claims
• A&P Lays Groundwork For Ch. 11 Exit With $490M Deal
• Auto Parts Maker Fights Irving Place's $28M Debt Claim
• Reinsurer Must Pay Up In Monsanto Deal: Ex-AIG Affiliate
• Foreign MF Global Units Want Changes To $2B Payout
• WTC Developers Can't Seek Double Recovery: Insurers
• Investor Action Brings Cloud Computing Co. Down To Earth
• Ex-Hospital Workers Fight Tapes In $42M Kickback Trial
• HKW Sheds Furminator To Pet Supply Co. For $140M
• Chinese Bank Teams Up With Permira, TPG, KKR
• Blank Rome Nabs Ex-Sills Cummis Commercial Finance Pro
• Bob Marley's Family Wants Judge Off UMG Royalties Row
• Lehman's Path Out Of Historic Bankruptcy Confirmed
• Getting Ahead In The PACE Funding Race
• Icahn Gets Tough In Commercial Metals Takeover Bid
• Day Pitney Atty Confirmed To NY Federal Bench
• Lehman Board Selected To Complete Liquidation
• TPG, Apax Sued For €268M Over Hellas Notes
• Lehman MDL Plaintiffs Settle With Underwriters For $417M
• Eatoni's Antitrust Suit Against RIM Scuttled
• MF Global Segregated Accounts Should Get Priority: Sapere
• Clear Channel, American Eagle Nicked Billboard Idea: Suit
• SL Green Nabs Anchor Tenant, New Building In NY
• Ex-MF Global Managers Sue Corzine, Directors
• Rajaratnam Begins 11-Year Term At Mass. Prison
• Ethanol Dispute Drives Getty Petroleum Into Ch. 11
• Skadden Clinches Spinoff Of HSBC Private Equity Arm
• Madoff Feeder Fund Sues Ernst & Young For $900M
• Commercial Metals Rebuffs Icahn's Acquisition Bid
• 2nd Circ. Won't Interfere With NY Rental Prohibitions
• Thor Snaps Up 5th Ave. Locations For NY Shopping Center
• Sephora Settles Photog's IP Suit Over Ad Campaign
• Same-Sex Couples, Different Tax Treatment
• KKR Backs China Outfitters IPO With $60M Investment
• MF Global Client Says $50M Account Disappeared
• Prosecutors Bungled Bid-Rigging Probe Of GE Execs: Attys
• Investor Bests Clawback Suit Over $4M Refco Payment
• Dynegy Holdings' Ch. 11 Plan Includes Parent's Wealth
• Real Estate Co. Denies Owing $77M On BofA Tower Loan
• Losing Stuy Town Bidder Rips Condo Plan For NYC Complex
• Pfizer Can't Shake Birth Defect Suit Over Worker's Child
• NY Lender To Pay $1.2M Over Mortgage Fraud Role
• Google Gets All Clear From DOJ For $400M Admeld Buy
• More Rajaratnam Cronies May Be Charged: Prosecutors
• Luxury Clothier Perrin Snags Spot In NY's Carlyle Hotel
• Hedge Fund Bites Off Bigger Portion Of Wendy's Biz
• Jones Day Scoops Up Willkie Farr IP Partner
• Resort Owner Sues Hilton Over Undisclosed Agreements
• Wall Street Groups Sue CFTC Over Position Limit Rule
• PE Firm Great Point Deals Bioscience Co. To Corning
• K&L Gates Helps Organic Foods Co. Launch $100M IPO
• Paul Weiss Aids Harvest In Legal Services Investment
• Davis & Gilbert Botched Dance Film Copyright: $8M Suit
• Wells Fargo Settles Wachovia Securities Suits For $75M
• NY Lawmaker's Chief Of Staff Arrested For Bribery Role
• Comverse Targets Merrill Lynch Over $46M In ARS
• Dreier Trustee's Deals With Hedge Fund, Ex-Wife OK'd
• National Arbitration Forum Exits Cardholder Class Action
• Madoff Trustee Cleared To Appeal JPMorgan Suit Dismissal
• UK Hedge Fund Manager Charged In Stock Fraud Case
• Goldman Says Capmark Is Forum-Shopping In $147M Suit
• Verizon Avoids Antitrust Claims Over Infrastructure Access
• Lehman Inks Deal On Fannie, Freddie Claims
• High-Rise Loan Guarantors Ask For Lowered Payment
• Falconhead Takes Major Stake In Rita's Water Ice
• Lehman Sues Katten Over Bungled Hotel Loan Docs
• Enviros Sue Over FDA Refusal To Provide BPA Docs
• Tenants Can't Have NY Subway Entrance Relocated: Judge
• Unions Accept Wage, Benefits Cuts From Bankrupt A&P
• Big House Awaits Rajaratnam After 2nd Circ. Denies Bail
• NY Pushes 2nd Circ. To Revive Anti-Smoking Warning Rule
• Lloyds Investors Sue Over Shady Bank Acquisition
• Bausch & Lomb Snaps Up Argentinian Contacts Co.