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New York - March, 2012

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• BNY Seeks To Duck Suit Over $1B Lyondell-Basell Losses
• Times Square Building Ownership Squabble Thrown Out
• NY Judge Axes HuffPo Bloggers' Pay Suit Against AOL
• BofA Units Misled Buyers Over $980M RMBS, Suits Say
• Weird Al Wants $5M From Sony For Digital Royalties
• SEC Wants Up To $13M In Fraud Case Against West End Exec
• Union Targets Stop & Shop Over Facebook Policy
• Ex-McKinsey Consultant Faces Retrial In Embargo Case
• Consumer Wants High Court Review Of JPMorgan FCRA Row
• White House, 5 States Ink Great Lakes Wind Power Pact
• German Bank Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Goldman Fraud Suit
• Perkins Coie Draws In 4 Corporate Trust Pros From Pryor
• Union, Nuke Operator Say No To $2B Blackstone Power Line
• Arent Fox Welcomes Latest Dewey Defector To NY Office
• Investor Class Certified On Claims Pfizer Masked Drug Risks
• Amerigroup Will Pay $4.5M To Settle Sales Reps' OT Action
• NY Town Latest To Block Fracking Amid Home Rule Fight
• Evacuation Plan Becomes Weapon In Indian Point Debate
• Vector Can't Shed Suit Alleging Breach Of Nondisclosure Deal
• Female Publicis Employees Seek Cert. In $100M Bias Suit
• New E-Discovery Tools In Antitrust Investigations?
• Investors Target Deutsche Bank Again Over $250M MBS Loss
• Dynegy Coal Deal Flak Buried Stock, Investors Claim
• Reserve Can't Dodge SEC Suit Over Fund Deception
• Pfizer Urges JPML To Combine Zoloft Cases In NY
• Landowners Could Sidestep NY Fracking Ban
• Charity Scraps Claims Linking Pryor Cashman To Bloom Ponzi
• Ex-Milberg Attys Can't Duck Fee Battle With Former Firm
• Fried Frank Slips Ex-Secretary's Age Bias Claims
• BofA Triumphs In Suit Over Handling Of $1B In MBS
• Lawmakers Tell Feds To Get Cracking On $1B NJ Bridge
• Court Rules NY Medicaid Boost For Psychiatry Ended In '07
• German News Agency Poised To Buy AP's French Service
• Developers Balk At $74M In Condo Sales For Mogul Swig
• NY Campaign Law's Opponents Take Fight To High Court
• 2nd Circ. OKs $3M Award To Louis Vuitton For Knockoffs
• BNP Paribas Contract Claim Over BoNY Trust Pay Survives
• Shipper TBS Cleared To Set Sail With Ch. 11 Plan
• Nike Blocks Reebok From Selling Tebow Jets Jerseys
• Cerberus Sells Off Asian Job Staffing Cos. To CVC
• Public Interests And 'Neither Admit Nor Deny' Settlements
• Grant Thornton Can't Ditch Claim Over Refco Audits
• Judge Releases $2.2B In Argentine Assets In Default Case
• Ocwen Accused Of Forcing Costly Insurance On Homeowners
• Brokers Say Judge Erred In Approval Of Grubb & Ellis Sale
• Freddie Mac Investors Lose Class Cert. Bid In Fraud Suit
• WTC Plaintiffs' Attys Urge 2nd Circ. To Allow $42.5M Bonus
• Judge Derails Guilty Plea In Online Poker Case
• Macy's Denies Shorting Martha Stewart Merch
• NY Dems Slam GOP For Holding Out Against Health Exchange
• Court Backs MBIA In Countrywide MBS Discovery Row
• Sirius XM Rocks Music Copyright Collective With Antitrust Suit
• NY To Block Attys Facing Review From Fee Dispute Program
• Highland, Barclays Derivatives Battle Lives On
• Allstate Can't Bump JPMorgan MBS Suit To State Court
• Nike Raises Cain Over Reebok's Tebow Jets Apparel
• Swiss Bank Wants Madoff Suit Out Of Bankruptcy Court
• Drilling Into Ambiguities In Oil And Gas Laws
• Must-Have Performance Metrics For Law Departments
• AMR Targets Union Contracts In Bid To Advance Talks
• Dewey Shakes Up Leadership, Refocuses On Key Practices
• XL Units Can't Shake Ciena's Bid For Coverage Of $26M Deal
• Global Re Fails To Keep Equitas Antitrust Suit Alive
• MF Global Hearing Will Hinge On Question Of Intent
• Biotronik Wants $100M Suit Over J&J Stent Recall Reopened
• Judge Reheats Suit Over Canceled Paula Deen Tour
• German Bank Can't Blame UBS In $500M CDO Suit, Court Says
• RE Lawyers See Hotel Market Gaining Steam On The Coasts
• $133B NY Budget To Boost Energy, Infrastructure Projects
• BGC Finally Gets Go-Ahead To Buy Grubb & Ellis Co.
• Credit Suisse Scoffs At Damages Bid In $2B MBS Case
• 2nd Circ. Nails Shut Citigroup ARS Class Action
• T-Mobile Phones Step On Connectivity Patents, Suit Claims
• Highgate To Build 37-Story Hilton In NY Theater District
• NY Fund Prods 15 Big Cos. On Political Disclosure
• Colombian Pair Ran $100M Forex Ponzi Scheme, Investors Say
• Gupta Attys To Grill Blankfein On DOJ Deposition Coaching
• Mayer Brown Must Face Claim It Aided Refco Scam
• Five Star, IStar Can't Quell Feud Over $112M Ritz Carlton Loan
• Judge Quashes Challenge To $7B Picower Deal In Madoff Case
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $33M To End Union Funds' RMBS Suit
• Online Poker Payment Processor Cops To Conspiracy
• Carrols Inks Whopper Of A Deal To Buy 278 Burger Kings
• Judge Puts Vitro Affiliates On Hook For $1B In Debt
• Madoff Fund Backs Off $900M Ernst & Young Negligence Suit
• NYC Certifies Lower East Side Mixed-Use Project Plan
• Entergy To Pay NY $1.2M For 2010 Hudson Oil Spill
• Facebook Says Forged Docs Merit Contract Breach Dismissal
• Sens. Want Feds To Probe Employer Facebook Info Demands
• Judge OKs Beyond Oblivion's $4M Deal With Music Startup
• Case Study: In Re Grumman
• Mets Owners To Pay $6.5M To End Workers' Madoff Losses Suit
• Health Insurance Exchange Not In NY GOP's Senate Budget
• Deloitte & Touche Sued Over Ponzi Scheme At WG Trading
• NYC Housing Official Cops To Taking $2.5M In Bribes
• Lehman Insider Tipster Turned Cooperator Dodges Prison
• Six More Partners Quit Dewey, This Time For Sutherland
• Corzine Gave 'Direct Instructions' To Move $200M, Memo Says
• AXA Fights For Punitive Damages In $1.5B ING Row
• BofA Tests Foreclosure Rental Program
• Carlyle Eyes Tappan Zee Project As NY Mulls Private Cash Law
• Energy Investors Sells Black River Plant To ReEnergy
• Pfizer Can't Shake Fraud Suit Over Risky Arthritis Drugs
• Sony Wants Toto's Digital Royalties Claims Tossed
• Licensors Challenge Failed Online Music Startup's Sale
• False Marking Changes Unconstitutional, Group Says
• Licensing Co.'s Suit Eyes Marilyn Monroe Publicity Rights
• Fox, Other Networks Want Ban On Internet Streamer Aereo
• Judge Sees MBIA-Countrywide Trial Delay Of Up To 9 Months
• FDA Ordered To Target Antibiotics In Animal Feed
• NYC's Pier Sixty Pays $8.5M To Settle Servers' FLSA Action
• Judge Remands NY's Suit Against E&Y Over Lehman Audits
• Wal-Mart Beats $20M Age Bias Suit
• Gov't Opens Book-Cooking Case Against Ex-Vitesse CEO
• Movie Investor Ducks $190M Suit Claiming He Ripped Aramid
• Grubb & Ellis Sale In Limbo After Court Blinks
• NY High Court Says EPA Docs Sent To State Are Public
• Judge Values Defaulted NYC Apartment Building At $91.7M
• Judge Won't Dismiss Individual Plaintiffs' Vivendi Suits
• Madoff Trustee Renews Fight Against UniCredit In $59B Suit
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Alki Hedge Fund's $10M Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Ex-JPMorgan Execs Face Fight Over Jump To Credit Suisse
• NY Court Rejects Shareholder Suit Over Morgan Stanley Payroll
• Manhattan Mogul Drops $120M On Retail Property
• Alarm Funding Co. Sues Siemens Venture Over Scuttled IPO
• AMR Considers Scrapping Labor Deals Amid Stalled Talks
• Baum Firm Settles NY Foreclosure Allegations For $4M
• Mall Co. DDR Says Partner's $500M Suit Barred By Prior Ruling
• Katan Sues CPC Over NYC Domino Sugar Waterfront Project
• Konami Turned 'Def' Ear On Rap Game Royalties, EMI Says
• Arab Bank Ordered To Release Docs In Hamas Terror Suit
• Yanks Say 2nd Circ. Lacks Jurisdiction In Logo IP Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says Stan Lee Co.'s Spider-Man Claims Time-Barred
• UBS, Barclays $1.5B CMBS Shops NY Hotel, Chicago Opera
• Holland & Knight Breaks Ground On NY Land-Use Practice
• Lenders Accuse Marco Polo Of Dragging Feet On New Plan
• NY, Calif. Customers Sue Over Google's Privacy Rules
• RIM Blasts Antitrust Appeal Over Scuttled Keypad Deal
• Pentagon Capital Requests Chop To $77M SEC Penalty
• NY Building Owner Says Ex-Crowell Atty Bungled $16M Sale
• NY Ban On Interest-Tied Broker Pay Gains Steam
• Judge Greenlights Suit Over Goldman's Double-Dealing
• NY Law School Ducks Class Action On Employment Data
• Judge Melds 3 Frito-Lay False Ad Actions In NY
• Grubb & Ellis Auction Nixed After BGC Partners Is Sole Bidder
• Ex-Bear Stearns Workers Land $10M Deal Over MBS Buys
• Mitchell Silberberg Nabs Littler Employment Ace In NYC
• NY Bar Tells Attys To Avoid Foreign, Nonlawyer-Owned Firms
• Skowron To Pay Morgan Stanley $10.2M For Stock Dump
• Tech Co. Didn't Flout Exclusivity In Citigroup Sale, Judge Says
• NYC Seeks Plans For Solar, Wind Power At Landfill Site
• Gap Says NYC Man Can't Trademark 'Lower East Side'
• 15 Ex-Thelen Partners Settle Trustee's Contract Claims
• Suit Against Barclays Over $400M CDO Goes Forward
• Warhol Attys Try To Peel Back Band's Claim On Banana Icon
• Ex-Marsh Exec Urges Judge To OK Spitzer Libel Suit
• New York, Feds Map Hot Spots For Offshore Wind
• Geithner Will Address Creditors Over Lehman Collapse
• Chadbourne Pulls Out Of World Trade Center Lease Talks
• Clear Channel, AE Best Times Square Billboard Idea Suit
• Judge Sinks Securities Class Action Against Transocean
• Riverkeeper Backs Blackstone's $2B Canada-NYC Power Line
• Avon Shareholders Ramp Up FCPA Violation Allegations
• Aereo Fires Back At Fox, PBS, Others In Copyright Battle
• Rising Star: Fried Frank's Brian Lichter
• Retirement Age Bump For NY Judges Takes Step Forward
• Banks Don't Want Jury In $5B MBIA Restructuring Suit
• NY Developer's Mezz Loan Woes Can't Delay Condo Auction
• Shutterfly's $24M Stalking Horse Bid For Kodak Unit OK'd
• Lanexa Consents To Pay Disgorgement Over Galleon Scheme
• Adopting Zubulake Cost-Shifting Procedures In NY
• Morgan & Morgan Adds Milberg Antitrust, Securities Duo
• MF Global Can't Hire Trustee's Firm For Consulting Work
• Kodak Seeks Probe Into Apple's Patent Claims
• 2nd Circ. To Weigh Rakoff's Block Of Citi-SEC Deal In Sept.
• Mercer Consultant Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• AboveNet Goes Private, Lures PE Backers In $2.2B Deal
• Silverstein Plans $578M Refinancing of 7 WTC
• Judge Doubts 'Double Recovery' Idea For WTC Developers
• United Retail Landlords Balk At Proposed Sale
• Convicted NY Hospital Fraud Plotters Say DOJ Hid Witness
• Blackstone To Drop $100M On SocGen RE Loan Portfolio
• Venable Lures FTC Leader Over To NY Office
• Activists Push NY Senate On Health Insurance Exchange
• Beauty Queen Sued Over Pageant Trademark
• How They Won It: Skadden Sinks Madoff Trustee's $59B Suit
• Bahrain's Arcapita Bank Files For Bankruptcy
• CBS Wraps Up Suit Over Photos Of Edwards' Mistress
• Ruby Foo's Owner Sues To Extend Times Square Lease
• BofA Dodges Class Suit Over 2008 MBS Risk Tally
• Ch. 15 Check — Recent Rulings On Foreign Proceedings
• 2 NY Utilities Reject $2B Blackstone Power Line Plan
• US Chases $12M From CityTime Subcontractor Technodyne
• Mets Owners To Pay $162M To Settle With Madoff Trustee
• JPMorgan Pays $150M To Settle Pension Funds' ERISA Claims
• 2nd Circ. Picks Lankler Atty To Rep Rakoff In SEC-Citi Case
• 2nd Circ. Cold On Revival Of Citigroup ARS Action
• Schron Triumphs Over Ex-Troutman Sanders Real Estate Atty
• Gupta Says Wrong Man Is On Trial In Insider Trading Case
• Spectra's $1B NJ-NY Pipeline Passes Enviro Check
• Empire State Building Owners Sued Again Over $1B IPO
• Lender Wants $80M From PE-Backed Buyer Of Jameson Inns
• Cuomo Bid For Sweeping Budget Power Alarms Fracking Foes
• Judge Upholds Saudi Immunity In 9/11 Damages MDL
• Genzyme Targets InvaGen Over Kidney Treatment Generics
• Hedge Fund Manager Admits To $6M Ponzi Scheme
• Sony Venture, Ellington Heirs Settle Royalties Row
• Dynegy Tears Into Examiner Over Coal Transfer Rebuke
• No Smiles In Samsung, RIM Emoticon Infringement Suits
• Rising Star: Shearman's Lisa Brill
• Jones Day Snags JPMorgan Counsel For Banking Practice
• In Re Amex: Law, Economics And A Call For Reform
• Insurer Targets Bear Stearns Over $75M MBS Loss
• Wells Fargo To Pare $30M Secured Claims In Dreier Deal
• NY Court Won't Make Ex-Brill Brokers Arbitrate OT Feud
• Rakoff Takedown Reignites Debate Over Settlement Authority
• Senators Urge MF Global Trustee To Scrap Exec Bonuses
• Fashionista Says Asprey, PE Owner Killed His Handbag Line
• Hotel Williamsburg Sale Sets $520K Per-Key Record
• LA Building Owner Says UBS Owed It First Crack At Loan
• Countrywide's Discovery Push Delays Cases, Insurers Say
• United Retail, Creditors Forge Deal Over Stalking Horse Bid
• NYC, Rudin Reach Deal On Greenwich Village Mixed-Use Project
• Judge Won't Revisit NBC Ruling In 'Biggest Loser' Suit
• Green Groups Demand EPA Do More On Algae Dead Zones
• Consultant Cops To Insider Trading On Carlyle's NBTY Buy
• NY Judges Are Owed $312M In Back Pay, Atty Says
• Budget Cuts Won't Derail Pay Bump For NY Judges
• R&B Singer Ashanti Exits Suit Over 'Capo' Track Rip-Off
• 2nd Circ. Says No Chadbourne Conflict In Reinsurance Row
• Michelman Snags Ex-General Growth GC For New Enviro Group
• NY Tells Con Ed To Return $133.5M In Customer Credits
• Pryor Cashman Can't Dismiss $42M Fraud Malpractice Suit
• BofA Must Seek $18M From Real Estate Mogul In NY Court
• 2nd Circ. Needles Rakoff Over $285M SEC-Citi Deal
• 'Hangover' Studio Says Use Of Knockoff Bag Free Speech
• Nearing Deal, General Maritime Wins Exclusivity Extension
• A Comprehensive ERISA Policy Now, Less Trouble Later
• Fenwick Reps Cisco In $5B Software Buy From News Corp.
• NY Judge To Take On Madoff Trustee's $100M Maxam Suit
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Worker Launches $6M Bias Suit
• Ex-MF Global Trader Accused Of Manipulating Metal Futures
• Burden Of Proof Rests On Mets Owners In Madoff Trial
• Estranged Wife Sues Russian Billionaire Over $88M Penthouse
• Judge Certifies Classes In Madoff-Linked Funds Suits
• Ambac Ch. 11 Plan OK'd With No Shareholder Recovery
• Fans Slap NHL, TV Cos. With Antitrust Suit Over Blackouts
• Tax Evaders Blast $186M Ruling In Flatotel Loan Case
• Former 'Charlie Rose' Intern Sues Over Lack Of Wages
• Berlian Laju Shipping Units Seek Ch. 15 Lifelines
• Chicago Hotel's Owner Faces $125M Loan Default, Fitch Says
• United Retail Creditors Challenge Stalking Horse Bid
• Con Ed Pressured To Return $133.5M To Customers
• FGIC Targets Ally Financial Over $2B In Risky MBS
• Swiss Advisers Accused In $200M Offshore Tax Conspiracy
• Broadband's Kinnucan Pleads Not Guilty To Insider Trading
• $200M MBS Suit Against Citigroup Moved To State Court
• Apollo To Yield Majority In Aluminum Co. With Share Sale
• Lawmaker Urges Expansion Of Nuke Plant Evacuation Radius
• ESM Exec Admits Skirting Import Duties On Military Supplies
• SAIC Will Pay $500M To End CityTime Kickbacks Case
• Grubb & Ellis Creditors Challenge DIP Financing Terms
• Puzo Estate Goes To The Mattresses Against Paramount
• Banks Ink More Mortgage Deals With State AGs
• CIT Execs Pay $75M To End Investor Row Over Subprime Risks
• Kodak Retirees Want Committee In Ch. 11 Case
• Airline Antitrust Preemption Fight Heads To 2nd Circ.
• McGinn Smith Founder's Wife Seeks To Avoid $1M Penalty
• Privacy Bar Too High For 'Occupy' Tweeters To Stop Subpoenas
• Futures Merchant MBF Sued For Violating Account Regs
• Real Estate Moguls Put Manhattan High-Rise On The Market
• Goldman Pushes 2nd Circ. To Ax $21M Bayou Award
• DLA Piper Lures White & Case Global Funds Partner
• 2nd Circ. Says FSIA Limits US Suits Over Foreign Bonds
• CPC, Katan Mull Sale Of $2.2B Brooklyn Housing Development
• NYC Targets Water Quality With $2.4B Green Project Package
• Bid To Discredit Arbiter In $100M Tribeca Real Estate Case Flops
• EPIC Eyes $130M Buy Of Mixed-Use Manhattan Building
• Judge Orders MBIA's CFO, CEO Deposed In Aurelius Suit
• Group Says Banks Should Increase Board Independence
• Chevron Says Patton Boggs Is Dodging NY Judge In $21M Suit
• NY Court Won't Squelch $686M UBS Suit Over Highland CDO
• Ballplayer, Ex-DA Could Testify At Mets Owners' Madoff Trial
• RBS Usurped Control Of Soccer Team, Hedge Fund Says
• Rapper DMX Sued By Spurned Booking Agent
• Apollo Pays $703M For Water Park Owner
• HP Allowed To Contest $9M Freight Price-Fixing Deal
• Bailout Watchdogs Call For The End Of AIG Tax Break
• Fox Accused Of Swiping Ideas For New Kiefer Sutherland Show
• Argo, Hedge Funds Reach Accord Over Hurricane Losses
• Judge Threatens KPMG With 6-Month Discovery Limit In OT Suit
• Dow Jones Gets Online Subscriber Class Suit Tossed
• Aereo Seeks To Shield TV Service From ABC, Others' IP Claims
• UBS Clawback Suit Moved Back To Bankruptcy Court
• Judge Sends Rite Aid OT Dispute To Trial
• Union's Revenue-Sharing Row With Landlord Lives On
• Judge Expands Dynegy Holdings Examiner's Role
• USAA Scoops Up Stake In Real Estate Investor Square Mile
• Savanna, Pantzer Ink $196M Long Island Complex Deal
• IBM Call Center Class Decertified For Lack Of Commonality
• PE Firms, Innkeepers Trustee Settle $84M Claim Dispute
• Paul Hastings Atty To Lead New Perkins Coie SEC Team
• Electricity Retailers Rip Long Island Access Ahead Of Audit
• Atty Says NY Law School Plaintiffs Bitter Over Job Prospects
• Fairfield Funds' Liquidator Files 45 Clawback Suits
• Judge Sends CIT, Tyco Tax Row To 2nd Circ.
• Dubai Fund Seeks $500M In NY Hotel Sale
• Judge Says St. Paul Not Liable For Phone Card Co.'s Defense
• NY Bill To Reveal Cos.' Political Spending Faces Long Odds
• No Fracking Way: Upholding Drilling Bans In NY
• Why Communications Is Key To Merger And Lateral Success
• Cantor Fitzgerald Exploited Relationship With BGC, Suit Says
• Commerzbank Sues To Stop Changes To $520M CBO
• Continental Wants Out Of Policy Tainted By Securities Scheme
• Kodak Shareholders Request Equity Holders Committee
• Mets Owners May Take Stand At $303M Madoff Clawback Trial
• Morgan Lewis Steers Sprouts In Sunflower Merger
• Prospects Dim For $105M HuffPo Bloggers Pay Suit
• Kelley Drye, EEOC In Talks To Resolve Age Bias Suit
• Vitamin C Antitrust MDL Headed For October Trial
• Lehman Tipster Asks To Be Let Off Without Jail Time
• Carlyle Subsidiary Blasts Dynegy Plan's 'Circular Logic'
• NY Regulator Balks At Banks' Subpoenas In MBIA Cases
• $77.5M Ritz-Carlton Offering Heats Up NY Condo Market
• Dynegy Examiner Cries Fraud Over Coal Transfers
• HSBC Targeted In Force-Placed Insurance Class Action
• AMR Seeks More Time As Labor Pains Persist
• Capital One Sued Over $170M In MBS
• Chinese Activist Says Politics Cost Him Morgan Stanley Job
• BofA Atty Says MBIA 'Harassing' CEO In Deposition Push
• Judge Allows Law Firm To Exit $23M Cobalt Fraud Suit
• Insurer Says Ally Financial Cloaked $693M MBS Risk
• Ex-Partner Goes After Troutman In $520M Malpractice Suit
• Atty's Bond Market Antitrust Claims Don't Hold Up, Banks Say
• Winston Nabs Bryan Cave Corporate, Securities Partner
• Kroll Inc. Settles Tech Worker FLSA Suit
• Vornado Seals $325M Refinancing Of Manhattan Mall
• Union Loses CBA Sabotage Suit Against US Airways
• Comic Co. Tries To Snare Spider-Man In Marvel IP Fight
• Failed Music Startup Gets $2.4M Sale Bid Hearing Bumped Up
• Convicted Investment Advisers Try To Block SEC Suit
• NY Court Upholds Insurance Broker Compensation Rule
• Back Pay In FDNY Hiring Bias Suit Calculated At $128M
• Firm Can't Knock Down NY Rule Barring Nonlawyer Investment
• Chadbourne Atty Can't Stop Apartment Roof Garden
• Thompson & Knight Nabs Another Crowell Finance Pro
• Apple Dealt Blow In Kodak IP Row
• Ex-NY State Sen. Bruno Won't Get $2M Legal Fees Yet
• NY Casino Developers Hit With $1.5B Antitrust Suit
• Stahl RE Heirs Lose Sanity Card In Inheritance Fight
• Sony To Pay $8M To Settle ITunes Royalties Suits
• FSB Brings On McCullough Customs Guru For New IT Group
• BofA Denied Homeowners Access To HAMP: Whistleblower
• LG Gets Wi-Lan's V-Chip Patent Suit Knocked Down
• Former AIG Exec, Ex-Husband Cop To Horse Farm Fraud
• Kodak's Promises Don't Clear Up IP Claims, Apple Says
• Martha Stewart Says Macy's Contract Allows JC Penney Deal
• NY Regulator Blasts Out-Of-Network Health Care Costs
• Madoff Fund Investor Wants PwC Fraud Case Reopened
• Icahn Scuttled Federal-Mogul Share Deal, NY Court Hears
• Paula Deen Wins Suit Over Canceled Tour
• NY Senate Votes To Ban Cadmium In Children's Jewelry
• Pfizer, Others Sued By Health Plans Over Copay Coupons
• Age-Related Barb Before Axing Not A Stray Remark: EEOC
• $17M Fraud Suit Against RBS Unit Time-Barred, Judge Says
• DLA Piper Picks Up Winston & Strawn Private Equity Duo
• Madoff Report Calls For Transparency In Trustee Hires
• A New Dimension To What Constitutes 'Design'?
• NYC Board Votes To Curb Upper West Side Retail Space
• Chadbourne Product Liability Pro Leaps to LeClairRyan
• Haynes And Boone Brings Aboard Chadbourne IP Litigator
• Ambac Urges NY Court To Override Ch. 11 Plan Concerns
• Urban Outfitters Can't Dodge Teen's Racy Pics Suit
• Grubb & Ellis Sale Back On Track After Bidding Snag
• US Conducting Criminal Libor-Fixing Probe, DOJ Says
• Promoter Don King Knocks Out Boxer's Contract Suit
• Espada Tax Charges Filed In Wrong District, Judge Says
• Grubb & Ellis, Creditors Can't Agree On BGC Asset Sale
• Ex-TWA Pilots Can't Form Own Committee In AMR Ch. 11
• Investors Accusing AIG Of Fraud Ordered To Reveal Sources
• Oprah Ditches 'Own Your Power' Trademark Suit
• Real Estate Magnates Face Suit Over Iconic NYC Building
• High Line Air Rights May Be Priced Out Of Reach
• Alexander Wang Running Chinatown 'Sweatshop,' Suit Says
• TD Bank Escapes Class Action Over Account Freezes
• Mario Batali Gets Waitstaff Wage Action Off Plate For $5M
• DOJ Presses Judge To OK $5M Morgan Stanley Antitrust Deal
• SEC May Add Claims To Galleon-Linked Insider Trading Case
• Ralph Lauren Loses Attys' Fees Bid After Perfume IP Win
• KKR Unloads Most Of Remaining Legrand Stake For €343M
• Lehman Emerges From Landmark Ch. 11
• New Cole Schotz Hire Expands New York Real Estate Team
• Arsenal Capital To Acquire Evonik's Colorant Business
• Rajaratnam May Testify In $5M Tax Shelter Case
• Lehman Blasts Zell's New $1.5B Archstone Bid
• Complaints Against NY Judges Fall In 2011
• Goldman Sachs Can't Budge Capmark's $147M NY Suit
• Investment Manager Misused $22M For Beach Resort, SEC Says
• Ceglia Enlists Milberg In Facebook Ownership Fight
• Lehman Wins Foreclosure On NYC Building After $338M Default
• Jury Finds Consultant Guilty Of Skimming $1.7M From NYC
• UAE Bank Wants $40M Credit Suisse Valuation Suit Revived
• Ex-Aon Exec Gets Trade Secrets Claims Knocked Down
• Silverstein, Rockrose Drop $370M NYC Office Deal
• 2nd Circ. Sides With Benihana Over $8M Sushi Co. Buy
• HSBC Scores Docs On $1B Settlement From Insurer CIFG
• Goldman Sachs PE Atty Decamps To Vinson & Elkins
• 2nd Circ. Halts Some NY Rules On Atty Ad Disclaimers
• Jenner Adds Ex-Prosecutor To NY White Collar Team
• Anderson Kill Snags International M&A Team
• Monomoy Picks Up Auto Parts Maker From Sun Capital
• Health Info Services Co. Jobson Gets OK On Prepack Ch. 11
• Novo Nordisk Faces $70M Sales Rep OT Action
• Kodak Snaps Back Against Apple's Proposed IP Suits
• Mets Owners Going To Trial In Madoff Clawback Case
• Insurers Can't Heap Madoff Victims' Claims, Judge Says
• Warhol Foundation Backs Artist In 2nd Circ. Fair-Use Battle
• Microsoft Defends Licensing Change In $1B Antitrust Suit
• AIG Dumps $500M Blackstone Stake
• Nightclub Investor Says Partners Danced Away With His Cash
• Shutterfly Offers $24M For Kodak Photo Services
• Kardashians Face False-Advertising Suit Over Diet Product
• NYSE Euronext Beats $161M IRS Beef Over Ex-CEO Pay
• Sunovion Knocks Out 5 Patents In Mylan's Brovana Suit
• Apple Says Class Lacks Proof Of E-Book Price Conspiracy
• Hedge Fund Demands Ford Help Pay Off $85M Judgment
• Bank Group Says Government Portfolio Owes $96.5M Loan
• JPMorgan Nailed With RMBS Suits Claiming $273M Damages
• MetLife Settles Part of Stuyvesant Town Rent Hike Action
• Trump Steps Into MSR Ch. 11 To Grab Resort For $150M
• US Attys Coaching Goldman CEO For Gupta Trial
• Miami Hotel Owners Sue Marriott Over $200M Overhaul
• Ex-Soccer CEO Stiffed Barclays On $8M Loan, Bank Says
• BofA, Goldman, Others Sued Over $239M Worth Of MBS Sales
• McDermott Swipes Transactions Partner From Orrick
• Green Groups Urge 2nd Circ. To Halt $257M Pa. Pipeline
• H&R Block Insurer Denies Liability For Advertising Row
• Swiss Fund Says Drink Co. Reneged On Rating Promise
• Ex-AIG CEO's $25B Suit Warps Bailout, US Says
• Grooveshark Owner Tears Into Record Cos.' Copyright Case
• Entertainment Co. Scores $8M In 'Yu-Gi-Oh' Licensing Row
• Smokers Push 2nd Circ. To Resurrect Philip Morris Suit
• GM Says $367M Hedge Fund Deal Was Signed After Ch. 11
• PBS, Others Target TV Streaming Startup In IP Suit
• Judge Frees Travelers From $500M Asbestos Settlements
• Flagstar, AGM Headed To Trial In MBS Coverage Fight
• 2nd Circ. Sets Morrison Standards For Off-Market Trades
• New NY Bankruptcy Chief Chides Attys In St. Vincent Case
• Investors' Compensation Suit Too Broad, Morgan Stanley Says
• Investors Sue Empire State Building Owners Over IPO
• US Wants Strict Sentence For Ex-Winston Atty In Starr Fraud
• Investor Accuses Aeropostale CEO, Board Of Mismanagement
• Madoff Trustee Can't Add Evidence To $386M Mets Fight
• Deloitte Takes Aim At AMR Trustee's 'Radical' Policy
• NYC Developer Drops Bid To Force Out Building Investor
• Hostess Defends 'Necessary' Ch. 11 Pension Cuts
• Perkins Coie Lures 4 Attys From Chadbourne
• Struggling Fashion Co. Connaught Gets OK To Sell Itself
• ConAgra 'All-Natural' Foods Unit Sued Over Added Chemical
• Goldman Sachs To Take On Ariel Re's Insurance Operations
• Mystery Novelist's Ex-Agent Loses Bid For Cut Of New Book
• Liberty Mutual Settles $8M Suit Over Brooklyn Complex
• NYC Hospital Pays $13M For Medicare Turbocharging
• Morgan Stanley Unit Hit With $142M Loan Investment Suit
• I'll Take One Order Of Liability, To Go
• Deutsche Bank, Loreley Settle $440M CDO Suit