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New York - May, 2012

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• Dewey Trustee Names Creditors, Ex-Partners Committees
• Dynegy Holdings Rips Intervening Investor As 'Nuisance'
• Slimness Of Bloomberg Soda Ban Could Doom Legal Claims
• Paul Hastings Nabs Dewey DOJ Vet As 4 Others Exit Broke Firm
• US To Put Goldman's Blankfein On The Stand In Gupta Trial
• Mets Owners' $162M Madoff Settlement Wins Court OK
• Judge Halts Fox's Calif. IP Suit In Favor Of Dish's NY Case
• Banks Say MBIA's $5B Breakup Will Affect Homeowners
• Freddie Mac Sues Deutsche Bank Arm Over MBS Warranties
• Getty Petroleum Creditors Call For Liquidation
• Investors Duck Fraud Claims In $100M Pa. Real Estate Row
• Madoff Trustee Goes After $212M From Credit Suisse, Others
• Lexington, Tokio Settle $7.4M Suit Over 9/11 Coverage
• Costco, Diamond Pet Foods Sued Over Salmonella Outbreak
• Repaving The Road To Rating Agency Accountability
• NY's Abacus Bank Charged With Mortgage Fraud
• Renew De Beers Diamond Antitrust Judgment, 2nd Circ. Told
• Liberty Ramps Up Sirius Takeover Bid With Stock Conversion
• RLJ Lodging Trust Spends $146.5M To Pick Up NY, DC Hotels
• Harmon Aids SL Green In $135M Manhattan Mixed-Use Deal
• NY's New Regs For Identifying Unclaimed Death Benefits
• Feds Shutter NYC, Philly Discount Bus Network
• Sirius Stamps Out Shareholder Suit Over XM Merger
• Ex-Dewey Attys, New Firms May Regret Shotgun Weddings
• Gupta Defense Looks To Smother Link To Galleon Founder
• HP Overbilled 911 Upgrade By $163M, NYC Comptroller Says
• CIM Makes LA, NYC Sales As It Zeroes In On Tower Financing
• AIG's $350M CDO Suit Against Moore, ICP Will Proceed
• NY Bill Would Make Carriers Disclose Insurance Commissions
• Insurer Must Face $31.6M Madoff Claims In Bankruptcy Court
• Hess To Hand Off Some UK Assets In Deal With Shell
• Publishers Call DOJ's E-Book Price Fixing Claims 'Innuendo'
• NY Rep Calls For End To Force-Placed Insurance 'Kickbacks'
• JPMorgan Sued Over $180M Liquidation Of Bear-Held Assets
• Sonnenschein Sues NY Church, Developer Over Unpaid Fees
• NY Bar Gets Behind Push To Streamline Court System
• Drinker Biddle Cost Ex-Lehman Broker $2.5M, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Streamlining Swaps Litigation
• NY Fed Contractor Cops To Stealing Source Code
• Dewey Atty Optimistic About Bankruptcy's Run
• Rough Road Ahead For Dewey Attys In Cutthroat Job Market
• Whistleblower Takes Home $14.5M In BofA Mortgage Deal
• Extell Revives $1B Office Tower Near NYC's Hudson Yards
• Gupta Lawyer Grills Criminal-Turned-Cooperator In Court
• MoFo Lures Chadbourne Partner To Head PE Practice In NY
• NY Power Plant Regs Stifle Enthusiasm, Developers Say
• Dewey's Fall Leads Attys To Split For Baker, Others
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $77M From Credit Agricole, Others
• Investors Smack Credit Suisse With $340M ETN Suit
• Solow Puts East NYC Development Site Up For Sale
• MBIA Says NY's Review Of Its $5B Breakup Was Rational
• NY Lawmakers Agree To Beef Up Anti-Telemarketing Law
• Haynes And Boone Lures Nixon Peabody IP Pro To NY
• Investors Urge Chevron CEO To Settle $18B Rain Forest Suit
• Split 2nd Circ. Won't Review Amex Antitrust Arbitration Suit
• ResCap Wants Ex-Officers, Affiliates Spared From MBS Suits
• Dump Chesapeake Director Duo, Top NY Moneyman Says
• Teledyne Plans $291M LeCroy Corp. Takeover
• Breaking The 'Mold': NYC Landlords' Exposure Liability
• Vertical Pricing Restraints — State Developments
• Dewey Faces Tough Battle For Creditor Recovery
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• JPMorgan Unit Faces $293M Suit Over MBS Loan Buyback Deal
• Community Bank's Libor Antitrust Suit Targets BofA, Others
• Coudert Ruling Spells Trouble For Firms With Dewey Gains
• Shareholders Drop Suit Against French Utility Giant
• Gupta Likely Source Of P&G Tips, Ex-Galleon Trader Says
• Highland Affiliates Want Out Of UBS' $686M CDO Suit
• Class Says JPMorgan Made Them Buy Excessive Flood Coverage
• E&Y Wants 2nd Circ. To Halt Cert. Bid In Class Waiver Case
• RG Steel Wins Arbitration Order In $125M Severstal Dispute
• SEC Advises High Court To Leave Madoff Investor Suits Alone
• NY Grand Jury Pins Pain Pill Abuse On Drugmakers, Doctors
• AMR Judge Urges Airline, Unions To Cut A Deal
• NY AG Says State's Energy Future Lies Beyond Indian Point
• NY Judge Won't Remand $350M Life Insurance Dispute
• Law Firms Can't Dodge Coudert Unfinished Business Claims
• Repsol Lodges 2nd US Suit Over YPF Nationalization
• 2nd Circ. Keeps Alive UN Wall Collapse Suit Against Namibia
• Judge Pares Chevron's RICO Suit Over $18B Pollution Ruling
• NY Republican Floats Tax Break For Patent Fees
• Weil Reps Lehman On $1.6B Archstone Stake Buy
• BofA Told To Turn Over Even More Docs To MBIA
• Would-Be NYC Condo Owners Head To Ch. 11
• Judge OKs Lehman Ex-Execs' $90M Payout To Investors
• Prosecutors Unveil Key Raj Wiretaps As Gupta Case Builds
• Vegas Developer Fights $5M Boies Schiller Fee
• ACE Objects To Hostess' ADR Plan For Tort Claims
• Engel Pays $290M To Buy Back Senior Housing Portfolio
• Tronox Atty Grills Kerr-McGee Adviser On Spinoff Plans
• MBIA Blasts Banks' 'Chutzpah' For Attacking $5B Breakup
• Ex-Goldberg Weprin Atty Accuses Firm Of Sex Bias
• NYC Landmarks Commission Puts Off Vote On Tribeca Condo
• Foe Says Blackstone's Green Power Line Could Cost Ratepayers
• Judge Refuses To Let Insurer Exit FTC Health Marketing Suit
• NY Legislature Acts To Ease Home Partnerships' Tax Fights
• Frontier Insurance Denied Approval Of Rehabilitation Plan
• Security Firm Says Ex-Exec Helping Rival Nab Army Contract
• Greenberg Brings In Credit Suisse Atty For Korea Practice
• Pilots Can't Appeal AMR Ruling Straight To 2nd Circ.
• Flurry Of Facebook IPO Suits May Stand On Shaky Ground
• AIG Claims Pared In $10.5B Countrywide RMBS Suit
• HSBC, Edge Fund Snap Up Downtown Manhattan Tower
• Gupta Jury Hears Raj Wiretap For First Time
• JPMorgan, Goldman, Others Targeted In $1.8B MBS Suit
• Developer Wants Consultant To Pay For Botched $1B Mall Suit
• 2nd Circ. Sets Music Royalty Rates For Mobile Content
• NYC Rent Laws Trap Landlords In J-51 Program, Atty Says
• Court Must Decide If Sept. 11 Was 'Act Of War': 2nd Circ.
• Crowell & Moring Settles 3 Suits Over Ex-RE Atty's Theft
• Apple Rips DOJ's 'Flawed' E-Book Antitrust Claims
• Citizens Bank Managers Win Class Status In OT Fight
• Sony Ends PSN Data Breach Coverage Fight In Calif.
• Martha Stewart Says Macy's Can't Freeze JC Penney Merch Deal
• US Says Seedco Scammed $8M In NYC Job Assistance Funds
• NY Judge, Cooley Partner To Lead Pro Bono Rules Committee
• ESPN Hit With Libel Suit Over Syracuse Sex Abuse Coverage
• AMR Officer Says Unions Not Alone In Facing Cuts In Ch. 11
• NY Corporate Attys File $1M Suit Over Soured Partnership
• Allen & Overy Adds Haynes RE Finance Partner In NY
• Warburg Pincus Leads $1.1B Investment In Gulf Oil Startup
• Electronic Banking Data Bill OK'd By NY Senate Panel
• NBC Sheds 'Biggest Loser' Copyright Appeal In 2nd Circ.
• Barclays Will Net $5.5B From Discounted BlackRock Sale
• Exxon Tells 2nd Circ. $105M MTBE Verdict Premature
• UK Teddy Bear Co. Sues J&J Unit Over Misleading Zyrtec Ad
• How They Won It: Skadden Reps Fresh Del Monte In Fruit Fight
• Ruskin Moscou Escapes Fortress' Suit Over $50M Dreier Theft
• Networks' Copyright Suit Against TV Streamer Aereo Trimmed
• Judge Shelves $94M Condo Project Loan Fight For Now
• Raj Took Gupta-Linked Call Before Goldman Trade: Ex-Assistant
• Contractor Cut From NYC Subway Cellphone Deal Wants $12M
• MF Global Customer Again Fails To Block $30M Coverage
• Ex-Cozen Atty's Bonus Evidence 'Worthless,' Judge Says
• NY Says Errors Wouldn't Have Stopped $5B MBIA Restructuring
• Investor Trumps Ex-Troutman Atty In $100M Loan Contract Suit
• JPMorgan Sued By Employees Over $2B Trading Loss
• Rakoff Punts On Primary Global Exec's Bid For New Trial
• IP Boutique Firm Sues Unigene Over Unpaid Fees
• US Bank Fights Windsor Intervention In $188M Loan Suit
• FERC Approves Spectra's $1.2B NJ-NY Pipeline
• Fraud Plaintiffs Can Use AIG Docs, Judge Rules
• Madoff Investors Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Class Action
• HSBC Hit With Patent Suit Over Website Mail System
• NY Takes Reins Of Troubled Horse Racing Body
• Kirkland Helps Angelo Gordon With $296M Benihana Buy
• Houghton Mifflin Wins Access To $400M Loan
• New York Life Can't Duck Policyholder's Interest Rate Suit
• 2 NYC Luxury Hotels Check In To Prepack Ch. 11
• Gucci Wins $5M Judgment In Guess Knockoff Suit
• Ex-Yahoo, Ameriprise Employees Admit To Insider Trading
• Akin Gump Snags Hedge Fund Leader From Schulte Roth
• Feds Label Gupta 'Ultimate Corporate Insider' To Begin Trial
• NM Development Guarantor Owes Barclays $47M: Referee
• Corzine Made $8.5M In 2011 Before MF Global Collapsed
• NY Defends 'Extraordinary' Review Of MBIA's $5B Breakup
• FDIC Seeks $77M From Big Banks In 2 RMBS Suits
• Goldman Scoffs At Duty To Reveal SEC's Abacus Warning
• NY Borrowers Overcharged $500M For Insurance, Expert Says
• NYC Settles Challenge To $350M Waterfront Project
• Judge Clears Way For St. Vincent's Ch. 11 Plan Vote
• Feds Say NY Consultant Doesn't Deserve Retrial Over $2M Scam
• SMSC Shareholders Seek To Scuttle $939M Takeover
• Class Action Waivers 'Emasculate' FLSA, 2nd Circ. Told
• High Court Rebuffs Ex-Northwest Worker's Pension Challenge
• Davis Polk Helps Chinese Co. With $2.6B Buy Of AMC
• Supreme Court Nixes $9M Wachovia CDO Arbitration Appeal
• Houghton Mifflin Opens Page To Ch. 11
• Ex-Baker Atty Admits Role In $55M Stock Fraud, Escrow Scam
• NY Fed's $1.7B Maiden Lane Auction Back On Track
• Citigroup Gets NY Real Estate Mogul's Suit Stamped Out
• Key Bank, HSBC Get Adelphia Hockey Loan Claims Nixed
• Gupta Trial Promises To Be Different Ballgame Than Raj
• United Air Lines Can't Ground Cargo Pricing Antitrust Suit
• Dewey Gears Up For Possible Bankruptcy As Partners Dwindle
• AMR Judge Sets Ruling Deadline As Unions Present Case
• JPMorgan Hands $168M In Collateral To MF Global Trustee
• DLA Piper Asks To End $17M Malpractice Suit in Licensing Deal
• NYC Recruiting Co. Lured By $30-Per-SF Office Space
• MBIA's $5B Restructuring Used Illegal Process, Banks Say
• NY Overbilled Medicaid $701M For Special Needs Patients: OIG
• Bloomberg's Fair Use Defense Beats Swatch Analyst Call Suit
• Citigroup Directors Escape CDO Derivative Suit
• Jailed Tax Preparer Ran $35M Ponzi Scheme, NY AG Claims
• Class Appeals JPMorgan's Exit From Hedge Fund Suit
• NY PSC, Verizon Take Heat Over Wireline Service Plan
• PwC Gets Claims It Hid Madoff Warnings Nixed By 2nd Circ.
• NY Times, ACLU Denied FOIA Bids For Patriot Act Report
• Burberry Wins $180M In Damages Against Knockoff Sites
• 'Spider-Man' Producers Must Give Docs To Hurt Stuntman
• 2nd Circ. Lets Citigroup Appeal Time Limits In CDO Suits
• Madoff Trustee Claws Back $29M In Trotanoy Settlement
• De Beers Tells 2nd Circ. Antitrust Suit Is Too Late, Vague
• China North Pushes 2nd Circ. To Kill Investors' Suit
• Robinson & Cole Adds PE, Employment Law Partners
• Tronox Says Ex-Kerr-McGee General Counsel Knew Of Fraud
• Buffett, Blankfein On List Of Possible Gupta Witnesses
• EEOC's Pay Bias Claims Nixed In Port Authority Atty Suit
• NY Did 'Shortcut' Review Of MBIA's $5B Breakup, Banks Say
• NYC Nixes $3B Willets Point Plan For Related, Sterling Deal
• Bayer Pays $15M To Soothe Consumers In Aspirin MDL
• Gibson Dunn Adds Infrastructure Finance Partner In NY
• Textbook Copyrights Vs. Open Educational Resources
• LexisNexis, Westlaw Escape Subclass' Copyright Claims
• Viacom, Time Warner End IPad Streaming Row
• Dewey Rivals Eye New Clients As Firm Implodes
• HBO, Time Warner Shake MTV Star's 'Entourage' Suit
• German Bank Slams Barclays With $133M MBS Suit
• Nonunion AMR Employees Can't Fend Off Wage Change
• Pinnacle Judge Approves $74M DIP Loan From Delta
• Repsol Hits Argentina With US Class Action In YPF Fight
• Gupta Loses Bid To Keep Rajaratnam Wiretap From Jury
• Top NY Judge Wants More Corporate Litigants In State Court
• Cuomo Unveils Plans To Limit NY Contract Spending
• Lloyd's Says It Won't Pay Tab For Allied's Fraud Defense
• Powerful Foes Could Doom Arbitrator Bill In NY Senate
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Legal Chief Rejoins Ranks At Cravath
• Skadden Shakes Former Atty's Sex Discrimination Case
• Hedge Fund Hit With $800M Suit Over Inflated Valuations
• 2nd Circ. Says NYU Properly Denied MBA To Insider Trader
• Schumer Says 'Extra Virgin' Test Bad For NY Olive Oil Biz
• Silver Manipulation May Have Just Been 'Hedging': JPMorgan
• Retailer Sues New School Over Construction Of $353M Project
• Last Dewey Leader Calls It Quits As Partner Exits Continue
• ABN Amro, Other Madoff Funds To Get Review By NY Judge
• Obama Nominates 2 Judges For NY, Calif. Federal Courts
• Ex-Partner Says Troutman Shafted Him Over $20M MetCap Fee
• Tishman Seeks 2nd Circ. Knockout Of 7 WTC Liability Suit
• LightSquared Scores Access To $15M In Cash On 1st Day
• Assured Guaranty Sues GMAC, Ally Over $56M Losses
• Tronox Trial Opens With Tales Of Doomed-To-Fail Co.
• ResCap To Cease Funding $1.7B In Home Equity Credit Lines
• NY Assembly OKs Minimum Wage Hike As GOP Foes Dig In
• Avon Stock Skids After Coty Yanks $10.6B Buyout Bid
• Ex-Deutsche Exec Pushes 2nd Circ. To Revive Bonus Suit
• Apple, Publishers Can't Close Book On Price-Fixing MDL
• IKB Sues BofA Over $250M In Soured RMBS Sales
• SEC, Citi Rip Rakoff In Bid To Restore $285M MBS Settlement
• Paul Weiss Pilots KPS' ThyssenKrupp Foundry Buy
• MBIA's $5B Breakup Based On False Figures, Banks Say
• PBGC Sues Dewey For Control Of 'Underfunded' Pension Plans
• Kelley Drye Grabs SEC Veteran For NY Corporate Practice
• Teamsters Victorious In Hostess Contract Fight
• NY Senate Panel OKs Eminent Domain Reform Proposal
• Gupta Got $4M JV Boost For Tipping Rajaratnam, Feds Say
• NY Retail Family Buys $1B Slice Of Onassis Tower
• LightSquared Ch. 11 Won't Halt Falcone Fraud Claims
• Bret Michaels, CBS Resolve Tony Awards Injury Suit
• UBS' $6B MBS Row With FHFA Gets 2013 Trial Date
• NRDC Pushes To Reopen FDA Suit Over Soap Chemicals
• Goldman Disputes $21M Bayou Arbitration Award In 2nd Circ.
• BofA Urges Judge To Dismiss AIG's $10B RMBS Suit
• Brooklyn Rezoning Stands Despite Group's Enviro Concerns
• Platte River Deals Away Aerospace, Defense Unit
• Judge Trims Chevron's RICO Suit Against Ecuadoreans' Atty
• Ex-CRM Execs Duck Investor Suit Over Deceptive Statements
• NY Pols Push Mobile Anti-Spam Law, Saying Feds Too Lax
• Judge Narrows Focus Of MBIA Restructuring Trial
• LightSquared Seeks Ch. 11 As Lenders Tighten $1.7B Noose
• E&Y Can't Force Arbitration Of OT Suit, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Towers Watson Pays $435M For Leading Medicare Exchange
• BMC Rejects Elliott Sale Proposal With Poison Pill
• Ex-Bronx Sen. Espada Found Guilty Of Stealing From Nonprofit
• Using Federal Antitrust Law To Void Class Action Waivers
• Limiting The Application Of The CFAA And EEA
• US Airways Greets AMR Merger Exploration With Open Arms
• Lothian Oil Creditor Takes Jurisdiction Row To 2nd Circ.
• Publicis Judge Calls Liberal Discovery 'Blackmail,' Plaintiffs Say
• Judge Limits AP's Discovery In Meltwater Copyright Fight
• 3 Ex-GE Execs Found Guilty Of Muni Bond Bid-Rigging
• Dynegy Creditor Loses Bid For Full Access To Report
• UK Atty Helped Hide $10M Family Fortune From IRS, Feds Say
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Revive Oprah 'Own Your Power' IP Suit
• Law Firm Can't Escape Dispute Over Wall St. Lease
• NY Lawmaker Seeks Probe Into VoIP Deregulation Group
• Insurers Deny They Owe Costs For Mining Co.'s Asbestos Feuds
• Judge Sides With Hilton In MSR Property Management Row
• MBIA Breakup Trial To Put NY Regulators On The Defensive
• Steelworkers Object To Pinnacle's $74M DIP Deal With Delta
• NY Extends Blackstone Power Line Debate As Public Tunes In
• GE Must Aid Blowout Preventer Defense, Gas Co. Says
• NY High-Rise Owner Drops Subway Suits, Proposes Compromise
• 17 States Seek To Join E-Book Price-Fixing Suit Against Apple
• Ace Stripped Reinsurance Unit Before $1B Sale, Suit Says
• Stripper's Facebook Messages Aren't All Protected, Judge Says
• Paramount Tells 'Godfather' Estate To Take Book, Leave Profits
• The Latest FCPA Target: Private Fund Advisers
• Allstate Alleges $30M Insurance Fraud, Demands NY Reform
• Wells Fargo Must Repurchase $2.2M In ARS From Investors
• Wyeth Investors Likely To Win Class Cert. In Pristiq Case
• XL Must Keep Covering Legal Fees In $62M Stock Trading Case
• Appeals Court Says Vitro Units Owe Interest On $1B Debt
• NY Court Says Medical Data Protected In Malpractice Suit
• 2nd Circ. Keeps $6.3M Amerex Insurance Row Buried
• Chem Rx Trustee Blames Bankruptcy On $162M LBO
• Reed Smith Wants Other Firms To Pony Up In Trademark Spat
• NY Official Downplays PE Role In Tappan Zee Rebuild
• 2nd Circ. Defends Starbucks' Pro-Union Pin Limiting Policy
• Judge Rules A&P Can Keep NJ Storefront Dark
• Deutsche To Pay $202M In FCA Case Over FHA-Backed Loans
• SEC Hits Biotech Investor With Market Manipulation Suit
• Dewey Faces Suit Over Layoffs As US Absorbs Pension Plan
• Con Ed Hit With $1M Suit Over Fire At Labaton Offices
• ITT Freed From Wyle's Suit Over $235M CAS Sale
• Madoff Feeder Fund Liquidator Seeks $7M In 3 New Suits
• PBGC Urges Teamsters, Hostess To Mind ERISA In Deal
• Judge Delays Wage-Change Ruling For AMR Agents
• Investment Firm Has Pro-Gay Bias, Says Ex-HR Director's Suit
• Mayer Brown Adds Latham CMBS Attorney To NY Office
• CBS Shakes $14B Write-Down Delay Suit In 2nd Circ.
• Where Lies The Liability? Up To Plaintiffs To Prove
• TV Networks Urge Judge To Block Internet Streamer Aereo
• A Post-Morrison Standard For 'Domestic Transactions'
• Coty Boosts Avon Bid Past $10.6B, Sets Deadline
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• MLB, Comcast Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Game Packages
• Ex-Marvell Tech Manager Avoids Prison For Insider Trading
• Workers Can't Claim Retaliation For Internal Probes: 2nd Circ.
• Martha Stewart Share Issuance Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Judge Keeps $80M Refco Trustee Suit In Bankruptcy Court
• NY Tower Developer Wins Approval For Bankruptcy Exit Plan
• Empire State Building Owners Amend $1B IPO Tax Terms
• Notable Biotech Investor Cops To Securities Fraud
• Expeditors Reaches Deal To Exit Freight Price-Fixing Suit
• NY Assembly OKs Bill Allowing Class Actions Against Gov't
• Sidley Austin Invests In Covington Private Equity Atty
• NYC Building's $80M Upgrade Didn't Break Lease, Court Says
• Etsy Brings In $40M To Target Overseas DIYers
• Goldman Sachs Can Collect $3M For Renewing NYC Lease
• Twitter Says 'Occupy' Subpoena Violates User's Privacy
• Kirkland Nabs 4 Kaye Scholer Pharma, Life Science Attys
• McDermott Names New Head Of International Restructurings
• Dynegy Escapes Most Subpoenas In Fight Over Trustee
• Shutterfly Pans Kodak's Request To Resume Patent Suits
• Atty Misconduct Claims Can't Sink $2.5M Affinity OT Deal
• NY Advances Bill Requiring Caterers To Disclose Tip Policies
• McGraw-Hill Says Foreign Royalties Suit Condemns Itself
• SNR Denton Aids Pernod Ricard On Manhattan HQ Lease
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Contractors' Suit Over NYC Labor Pacts
• Anadarko Released From Tronox Fraudulent Transfer Claim
• Simon Property Challenges Betsey Johnson's Liquidation Sales
• Investors Can Peer Into $8.5B BofA Settlement Negotiations
• Starbucks Steamed Over 'Charbucks' Ruling, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Afghan Food Contractor Asks 2nd Circ. To Junk $38M Judgment
• 2nd Circ. Denies Bail For Former Morgan Stanley Exec
• Marco Polo To Liquidate Under Proposed Ch. 11 Plan
• NY Court Won't Let AIG's Greenberg Out Of Securities Suit
• Fendi Should Get $30M In Knockoff Damages, 2nd Circ. Hears
• NY Senate Votes To Keep VoIP Services Unregulated
• Herrick Feinstein Nabs Katten Corporate Partner In NY
• Natixis Withdraws From $5B MBIA Restructuring Case
• Brooklyn Tenants Claim Developer Illegally Hiked Rent
• NY Appeals Court Reopens $1B Meadowlands Loan Suit
• Scotiabank Sued Again Over Chilean Toll Road Bid Advice
• NY Fines Insurers $2.7M For Hiding Mental Health Option
• Judge Links Lawsuits Aimed At $850M In Bad BofA MBS
• Proskauer Adds Ex-DLA Piper REIT Expert To NY Office
• Tempur-Pedic Again Survives Price-Fixing Allegations
• 8 Embassy Suites Can't Dodge US Bank's $188M Loan Suit
• Liberty Media Drops $650M To Grab 45% Stake In Sirius XM
• LexisNexis, Westlaw Scoff At Unregistered Copyright Claims
• Loeb & Loeb Nabs Real Estate Finance Duo From Bryan Cave
• NY Lawmakers Act To Tighten Mortgage Licensing Loophole
• 2nd Circ. Chucks JPMorgan Retirees' Enron Loss Suit
• Gupta Pushes To Exclude Rajaratnam Wiretaps From Trial
• Extending Preservation Obligations Of 3rd Parties
• Ratings Agencies Get SIV Suits Pared Down
• Ex-NY Hospital Network Head Gets 3 Years For Bribes
• $540M Debt Swap Gives Hedge Fund Majority Stake In Barneys
• XL Appeals Coverage Of $26M False Claims Settlement
• Paris Hilton Co. Still On Hook Over Lingerie Contract
• Dorsey Grabs Phillips Nizer Corporate Ace For NY Office
• NYU Seeks State's OK For $1B Medical Pavilion
• Ex-CFO Claims Tyco Owes Him $60M In Promised Payouts
• Nokia Windows Phone Promises Rang False, Investor Says
• Chelsea Hotel Landlord, Tenants Reach Repair Deal
• Perfect 10 Hits Tumblr With IP Suit Over Racy Pics
• Seyfarth Says Thelen Trustee Win Would Make Ex-Attys 'Toxic'
• JPMorgan Can't Escape Syncora's $404M MBS Suit
• NY Ill-Prepared For Possible Fracking Expansion, Enviros Say
• Bankrupt Arcapita Bank Allowed To Pay Workers, Vendors
• $5B Atlantic Yards Development Must Find New Parking Plan
• Pepsi Creator's Heirs Seek Rights To Found Formula Docs
• 15 NY Sens. Craft Bill To Block Blackstone Power Line
• Wives Of Madoff Sons Face $57.5M Unjust Enrichment Claims
• Sycamore Bumps Offer To $215M For Struggling Talbots
• Avis Didn't Disclose E-ZPass Convenience Fee, Suit Says
• Comcast To Dump Part Of $2B A&E Investment
• Count Basie, Others Say UMG Owes Them $6M In Royalties
• Xerox Defends Right To End Benefits Before 2nd Circ.
• An IP Address Is Not A Person, Says Judge In Copyright Case
• Veritas Head, Ex-Partner Call Truce In Row Over Dyncorp IPO
• Rajaratnam Faces Deposition In $5M Tax Shelter Case
• Developer Closes In On $112.5M Stake In NYC Properties
• $237M Fight Over Axed Power Plant Returns To NY State Court
• Westchester Breached $60M Fair Housing Obligation, Judge Says
• Dewey Issues WARN Notice Signaling The End Is Near
• Judge Tells BofA Attys In MBS Suit To 'Grow Up,' Stop Delays
• Hawker Beechcraft Scores Access To $400M DIP Facility
• Magistrate Backs Some Class Status In First Data Suit
• Former NY Sen. Monserrate Cops To Corruption Charges
• Ex-NY Senate Leader Ready For Bribery Retrial, His Atty Says
• EBay Joins NYC Tech Boom With New Midtown Lease
• NY Hospital Pays $11.75M To End Medicare Turbocharge Suit
• UBS Can't Derail Suit Over $6B In Bad Fannie, Freddie MBS
• Ex-Home Mortgage Consultant Hits Wells Fargo With OT Suit
• VLP Law Adds Morrison Cohen Corporate Partner In NY
• Hostess Wins OK To Drop Contracts With Bakers Union
• Investor Targets AOL Over $1B Patent Sale To Microsoft
• BofA Investors Can't Halt $20M Merrill Settlement
• Funeral Home First Penalized By FTC For Withholding Prices
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Subtenant Not Entitled To Relief For Property Fixes: NY Court
• Ex-Sky Capital Broker Gets 5 Years For $140M Stock Fraud
• Top Republican In NY Assembly Rips Minimum Wage Hike Bill
• BayernLB Targets Merrill Lynch Over $324M In Toxic RMBS
• NY Judge Trims CIFG's $275M Suit Against Goldman Sachs
• Former Lehman Execs' $90M Deal With Investors Hits Delay
• Cuomo Eyes Private Tappan Zee Funding After Feds Nix Loan
• NRC Wrongly Eased Entergy Plant Safety Regs, 2nd Circ. Told
• Aircraft Co. Hawker Beechcraft Descends Into Ch. 11
• Sky Capital's Ross Mandell Gets 12 Years For $140M Fraud
• Attys Convince Judge That Size Matters In Gap Trademark Suit
• Epstein Becker Green Can't Shake Broker's Malpractice Suit
• Authors Push For Class Cert. In Google Books Copyright Suit
• JPMorgan's Bad RMBS Sales Hurt Investors, Suit Says
• Pension Funds Get Cert. In $227M Madoff-Related ERISA Suit
• Investor Sues Patterson Belknap For Dad's RE Grab Attempt
• Kodak Wants To Lift Stay In IP Suit Against Shutterfly
• Bristol-Myers Can Seek $11M More In Stolen-Drug Insurance
• Borders Agrees To $44M Unsecured Claim For Penguin
• Stock Promoter To Serve 3 Years For Bribery Scheme
• Haemonetics To Pay $551M For Pall's Blood Business
• NY Bill Would Ban Credit Card Surcharges At Gas Stations
• Madoff Feeder Fund Manager Can't Shake $1.8M Judgment
• Sale Doesn't End Energy Firm's Pension Duty, 2nd Circ. Says
• Bingham Partner Joins Kaye Scholer To Boost Energy Team
• General Maritime Set To Sail Out Of Ch. 11
• Clean Energy Group Slams Proposed NY Project Permit Regs
• DOJ V. GFI Mortgage — The End Of Discretionary Pricing?
• Mutual Funds Hit Morgan Stanley With $122M MBS Suit
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• Dewey Partners May Not Get Paychecks This Week
• Burberry Says Bogart Image Use Flouts No Trademarks
• MF Global Customer Challenges Execs' Defense Coverage Bid
• Troutman Says Ex-Atty's $520M Malpractice Suit Came Too Late
• Pillsbury Nabs China-US M&A Partner From DLA Piper
• Fortress Says Ruskin Moscou Helped Dreier's Misdeeds
• Blackstone-Owned RE Co. Leases 30K SF In Midtown East
• Davidoff Malito Renews Lease On Manhattan Office
• Jackson Lewis Snags Merck's International Labor Chief
• Goodwin Procter Scoops Up Former US Offshore Drilling Head
• Silver Lake Hits Hollywood With Talent Agency Stake
• Domino Sugar Project's $125M Refinancing Wins OK
• Controversial NY Fracking Deal To Be Restructured
• Morgan Stanley Execs Upbraided For Poaching Clients
• Getty Realty Takes Back 787 Gas Stations
• Judge OKs $6M Deal In State Street Mutual Fund Suit
• Designer Tells 2nd Circ. Bratz Dolls Rip Off His Design
• Tishman Raises $190M In 1st All-Chinese Real Estate Fund
• Enviros Blast Cities' Veto Power In NY Power Plant Regs
• Gupta Loses Bid For Financial Info Of SEC Cooperators
• AmEx's $50M Payout In Currency Fee Suit Gets Judge's OK
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