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New York - December, 2013

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• 2nd Circ. Raises A Drawbridge To Ch. 15
• Deutsche Bank, FHFA Agree To $1.9B Deal In RMBS Suit
• CIT To Pay $60M To Settle Tyco Tax-Agreement Feud
• Goldman Sachs Exec Pay Suit Gets Heave-Ho Again
• Ex-AIG Exec Says Prosecutor Lied In Court To Prolong Case
• Former Access Head Gets Late 2014 Trial In Kickback Case
• NYC Sees 17.6% Jump In Tax Revenue From Property Sales
• Del. Vs. NY Governing Law — Devil Is In The Details
• SAC Manager Martoma's Request To Delay Trial Denied
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• Meadow Partners Drops $72M On Greenpoint Rental
• Deal Makers Close 2013 With String Of Big Pharma Plays
• Intel Succeeds In Axing Lehman Claims Over $1B Collateral
• NY Dems Oppose Plan For Student Data Sharing
• Fried Frank Aids Lease Extension As Citigroup Mulls HQ Move
• Cuomo 'Green Bank' Set To Open With $210M In 2014
• Quinn Emanuel Seeks 2nd Circ. Input In Temp Atty's OT Suit
• Bloomberg Asks Top Court To Revive Fat-Fighting 'Soda Ban'
• Singapore Airlines Pays $92.4M To Exit Air Cargo Cartel MDL
• Reinsurance Arbitrations May No Longer Be Confidential
• $30M Cut From Attys' Fees In Citigroup Settlement
• ResCap Attys Look Back On A Rollercoaster Bankruptcy
• Royal Health Care To Pay $2M In OT Class Action
• Generic Fosamax Users Must Give More Details In MDL
• Fed's Taper Sends Mixed Message On Economy
• NYC OKs E-Cig Curbs, Possible Foam Food-Packaging Ban
• 2nd Circ. Lets 9/11 Victims Proceed With Saudi Arabia Suit
• 4 Banking Law Trends Foreshadow More Scrutiny In 2014
• Time Warner To Pay $1.9M To Settle FTC Pricing Claims
• Critics Warn NYC Commercial Mediation Pilot Could Backfire
• AmEx To Spend Up To $79M In Surcharge Suit Settlement
• Ex-Broker Admits To Insider Trading On $1.2B IBM Deal
• Cuomo Signs Bill To Curb Fraud In Nonprofits
• Foot Locker Wrongly Changed Pension Terms, 2nd Circ. Told
• NY Put-Back Claims Time-Barred In Deutsche Bank MBS Suit
• MetLife To Pay $250M For Half of Malaysian Insurance Units
• Pandora Can't Play BMI Songs Excluded From New Media
• Gap, Designer's Co. Say Heart Emoticon Can't Be Trademarked
• St. Nixed: Judge Sleighs Challenge To EMI Santa Song Rights
• AstraZeneca Puts Up $4.1B To Take Over Diabetes Drug JV
• $4.75M Ferring, Aventis Antitrust Settlement Earns Approval
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Atty's Time Warner Age Bias Case
• Con Ed, Insurers Urge 2nd Circ. Rehearing In 9/11 Suit
• MLB, A-Rod Fire Shots In Contract Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, KKR, European Commission
• NFL Moves To Sack Photographers' Copyright Suit
• Alleged Steinberg Conspirators Claim Innocence In 2nd Circ.
• Blackstone Passes Indian Drugmaker Stake To Bain
• Latham-Led Darden Answers Activist With Red Lobster Spinoff
• Teva Hit With Securities Class Action Over CEO Resignation
• IP News Agency Sues USTR For Release Of TPP Docs
• Barnes & Noble Hit With Derivative Suit Over SEC Probe
• A Warning On WARN Act Exposure For Equity Investors
• Think Twice About That Liability Disclaimer Carveout
• Deutsche Bank Dropped From $7B MBS Class Action
• Wachtell Lipton Sues CVR, Icahn Over Malpractice Claims
• Suit Over Patton Boggs Fees Belongs In Canada, Judge Says
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Frozen Bank Account Suits
• Ex-JPMorgan VP Gets No Prison, No Fines For Bid-Rigging
• FTC OKs $120M Deal To End Polypore Merger Fight
• Deutsche Bank Says FHFA's $567M RMBS Suit Is Too Late
• A Look Back At The Deals That Defined 2013
• Fund Transfer In $200M UN Plaza Deal Draws Investor Suit
• Faruqi Tries To Cut Ex-Employee's $22M Sex Harassment Suit
• SAC's Steinberg Guilty Of Insider Trading
• Lehman, Kodak Bankruptcy Judges To Retire In 2014
• Lifetime Loses Bid To Escape TCPA Class Action
• Brooklyn Groups Knock $72M In Public Funds For High Rise
• Facebook Can't Shed Investor Suit Over IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Al Jazeera, Warburg Pincus, Sony
• How They Won It: Willkie Fights For Haiti Photog
• Google, Facebook Denied Attys' Fees After Beating IP Suit
• Hunton Attys Needn't Testify In CDO Fight, Judge Says
• Energy Co. Trustee Sues NY Over Fracking Moratorium
• Forstmann Little Reaps $2.3B In Sale Of Talent Agency IMG
• $300M NY Public Library Expansion Moves Forward
• NY City Opera Can't Pay Back Workers, Ticketholders
• Novelis Drops $205M To Expand Aluminum Production
• Activist Clinton Mulling Wet Seal Takeover Play
• Blackstone Puts Up $685M For 3 Texas Gas Plants
• Wachtell Lipton Guides Harland Clarke In $1.84B Valassis Buy
• Jury Convicts Ex-Fund Manager Balboa Of Inflating Assets
• Sherman Act's Int'l Reach — A Hot Issue In 2013 And 2014
• Commodore Brand Owner Gets $1M For Infringement
• SAC Manager Can't Escape Charges Involving Foreign Stocks
• 'Walking Dead' Creator Sues AMC For Unpaid Profits
• Cerberus Freed From Austrian Banking Exec's Refco Suit
• Cantor Fitzgerald, American Airlines Reach $135M 9/11 Deal
• NY Top Court Crushes Out New Brand Of Tort In Tobacco Case
• NY Prosecutors Go After Dirty Pols' Pensions
• Weird Al Drops $5M Digital Royalties Suit Against Sony
• ResCap Strikes Deals Resolving $247M In Borrower Claims
• Calif. Tops 'Judicial Hellhole' List Again In 2013
• SUNY Committee Picks Fortis To Redevelop Brooklyn Hospital
• NYC Panel Landmarks South Village Neighborhood
• Diet Pill Maker, Snooki Face Suit Over Weight Loss Ads
• Artist's Works Not Fair Use Of Photos, Judge Hears
• Colgate Wins Court's Nod For $45.9M ERISA Deal
• Westfield Wins Retail Lease For $1.4B MTA Fulton Center
• NY Real Estate Execs Not Confident In De Blasio, Survey Says
• Seneca Foods Plans $148M Deal For Bankrupt Allens
• Court Exempts Catholic Groups From Contraception Mandate
• Bloomberg's Top Legal Adviser To Return To Proskauer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Comcast, Omnicom
• LightSquared Pulls Plug On Sale To Centerbridge
• SEC Wants $1M In Fines For Ex-Goldman Trader Tourre
• Hedge Fund Again Urges Olive Garden Parent To Reshape Biz
• Activist Says REIT Gave Bill Gates Sweetheart Resort Deal
• Kaye Scholer Wins $4.2M Attys' Fees In GSC Bankruptcy Row
• KKR To Pay $2.6B For Specialty Finance Affiliate
• Ex-Ore. Pol Gets 6 Years For $13M Social Media Stock Fraud
• SAC Manager 'Gladly' Traded On Insider Tips, Feds Say
• Home Rule Allows Fracking Ban, NY Town Tells High Court
• 15 States Offer Best Practices For EPA Power Plant Regs
• Gov't Sees Outlier Among Off-Label Cases Under FCA
• NYC Retail Boom Signals Monster RE Prices In 2014
• NRG, Nat'l Grid Ink $150M Deal To Switch NY Coal Plant To Gas
• Senate Dems To Make Push For Rail Safety Spending
• 2nd Circ. Revives Fired Worker's Retaliation Claims
• Apple Looks To Oust Goodwin Atty As E-Books Monitor
• Spotlight On Intern Hiring Practices
• Dechert Adds Ex-KPMG Tax Atty To NY Office
• NY To End 2013 With $61B From Thriving Tourism Industry
• Atlantic Express Gets OK For 1st Wave Of Asset Sales
• Bond Schoeneck Snaps Up 2 Small Firms In Greater NYC Area
• The Purpose And Character Of Fair Use Post-Cariou
• Sony Nixes Insurance Claim Over PlayStation Data Breach
• Discount Retailer Loehmann's Files For Ch. 11 Protection
• Arms Dealer's Biz Pal Convicted Of Trying To Flout Sanctions
• Supreme Court Snuffs Preemption Attack On NYC Crane Laws
• Aleynikov V. Goldman Sachs Provides Valuable D&O Insight
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Versace, Dexus
• Sony, EMI Allowed To Intervene In Pandora-ASCAP Row
• Dewey Can Subpoena Law Firms In Partner Bonus Disputes
• 2nd Circ. Upholds GPS Tracking Under Good-Faith Exception
• Marriott Unit Loses Bid To Restore Manager Role At Fla. Hotel
• Worker Asks High Court To Review Rift Over Davis-Bacon Act
• UBS Off The Hook For $2.3B In Rogue Trader Losses
• Record Settlement Payments, Record Tax Deductions?
• Japanese Real Estate Firm Enters NY With $210M Property
• Accused Health Providers Settle With Geico Over $3.7M Fraud
• NY Class Action For Sandy Renter Rebates Gets Nixed
• $7.25B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Deal Gets Approval
• FMC Sells Peroxygen Unit For $200M To One Equity Partners
• Cantor Fitzgerald, American Airlines To Settle 9/11 Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Sprint, Icahn
• Prospect Capital Pours $145M Into Rental Home Portfolio
• MetLife, Norges Bank Ink CRE JV, Acquire Boston Tower
• SEC Bars Ex-Daily News Columnist Over Insider Trading Plot
• Microsoft Case Is Great Example Of Emergency Arbitration
• Sarah Palin Says Facebook Post Of 9/11 Photo Was Fair Use
• Katten Muchin Snags Ex-Jones Day Private Equity Pro
• Madoff Employee's Atty Casts Doubt On Gov't Star Witness
• US Can Add Wells Fargo Exec To Insurance Fraud Suit
• Tronox Trust Wins Up To $14B In Kerr-McGee Spinoff Row
• Parker Ibrahim & Berg Expands To Philadelphia
• Tribal Leader Row Not Part Of $250M Bond Suit, Judge Rules
• Insurer Contests Damages Limit In $1.8B Credit Suisse Row
• Unemployment Laws Have New Teeth Under The Integrity Act
• A Restraint On Gov't 'Stream Of Payments' Theory
• Host Hotels Spends $20M To Own Times Square Marriott
• JPMorgan Escapes Whistleblower Suit Over Alleged Fraud
• Conspirators In $3M Fastener's Theft Can't Duck Fraud Suit
• Goldman Sachs May Face Claims Of Probe Interference
• Peebles Closes NYC Agency's Biggest Building Sale At $160M
• Turkish Family Must Drop Spying Charges Against Motorola
• NY Appeals Court Will Hear Thelen, Seyfarth Fee Dispute
• Ex-SAC Trader's Christmas Vacation Gets Judge's Nod
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, Dish, European Commission
• NYC Slams Stop-And-Frisk Reform Order In 2nd Circ.
• Kramer Levin Guides $1.1B Sale Of US Rail Leasing Co.
• SunTrust Nets $265M In RidgeWorth Unit Sale To Lightyear
• 2nd Circ. Removes Barrier To Flood Of Federal TCPA Suits
• BofA Shakes Fraud Suit Over Subprime Mortgage Standards
• NYC OKs $120M Tax Breaks For Hudson Yards, Willets Point
• Ex-Troutman Atty Admits Lying In Nursing Home Buyout Suit
• Rakoff Sets Royalty Rate For Nintendo 3DS Technology
• Hogan Lovells Taps DC Litigator As Its Next CEO
• NY Olive Oil Mislabeling Class Wins Cert. Bid
• Miramax Sues Warner For Profits From 'Hobbit' Sequels
• SAC Cooperator Says He Aided Many Insider-Trading Probes
• 2nd Circ. Says Foreign Cos. Can't Skirt Key Bankruptcy Rule
• Quinn Emanuel Can't Shake Contract Atty's OT Action
• Defendants Can't Escape Liability In FHFA Securities Case
• Credit Suisse Says NY AG's Suit Over RMBS Came Too Late
• Chicago, New York Crowned Kings Of Travel Taxation
• Excel Maritime Gets Go-Ahead To Solicit Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• RBS Pays $100M For Iran, Sudan Transactions
• Gristedes Owner Takes FLSA Liability Fight To High Court
• NYC Council Approves $320 Million Bronx Ice Complex
• NY Bill Would Tax $3B Marijuana Market
• NY Eyes Regs For 20% Of Commercial Cases To Be Mediated
• Why Financial Services Firms Should Prepare For Bitcoin
• ResCap Ends Bankruptcy As Judge Confirms Liquidation Plan
• Greyhound Parent Rebuffs Hedge Fund's Sale Proposal
• Silent Ad Damnum Leaves NY Defendants High And Dry
• Atty For SAC's Steinberg Brands Key Witness A Liar
• SAC's Cohen Says Divorce Accord Bars Ex's Fraud Claims
• Swig Associates Can't Dodge Suit Over NYC Condo Project
• SC Johnson Sues Sotheby's Over Frank Lloyd Wright Goods
• Aetna Misled Investors On Political Donations, Suit Says
• SEC Wins Judgment In Convicted Fund Exec's $13M Fraud
• NY High Court Reopens Door To More Workers' Comp Trials
• Chinese Man Gets 57 Months For Carbon Fiber Export Plot
• Brooklyn Community Aims To Steer Gowanus Canal Project
• NY Judges Still Owed Back Pay After Overdue Raise, Atty Says
• 2nd Circ. Sinks Challenge To $13M Vt. Nuclear Tax
• 2nd Circ. Revives WARN Suit Against Steve & Barry's Parent
• Orrick Adds Kaye Scholer IP Pro To NY Office
• Sony Slams $100M Antitrust Suit Over Beatles Film
• Report Calls For $2B In NY Property, Corporate Tax Cuts
• NY Top Court Shields Reporter From Colo. Massacre Subpoena
• Jay-Z Rips Logo Copyright Claims As 'Bad Faith'
• Latham Pilots Leonard Green's $225M Lucky Brand Jeans Buy
• Justices Rule Federal Courts Can Weigh State Agency Fights
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Siemens, Blackstone
• Elliott Threatens To Block $8.4B Celesio Takeover
• Amazon, Publishers Dodge Bookstores' E-Book Antitrust Suit
• SAC Manager Berated Consultant Over Inside Tips, Atty Says
• Madoff Trustee May Pursue Assigned Customer Claims
• EPA Plea Opens New Front In States' Air Policy War
• NY Precedent Opens Door To 'Revenge Porn' Crim. Jeopardy
• Merck Settles Fosamax Jaw-Injury Claims For $28M
• Enzo Contract Claims Trimmed In Affymetrix Med Testing Row
• Apple's 'Hail Mary' Falls Short In E-Book Suit, States Say
• Quinn Emanuel Escapes DQ In Swaps Rigging Suits
• Verizon Nabs EdgeCast To Boost Video, Web Capabilities
• Skadden Wants Contract Atty's OT Suit Nixed
• Sheppard Mullin Brings In Antitrust Partner For NY Office
• Orchid, MPI Dodge Enzo Biochem's Patent, Contract Claims
• Metro-North, SL Green Ink 20-Year Lease For NYC Offices
• Abercrombie Sticks With CEO Despite Activist's Flak
• US Should Probe Forest City's EB-5 Visa Use, Watchdog Says
• NY Town's Housing Plan Ruled Biased Against Minorities
• HP, Seagate Dodge Supreme Court Fight Over Hard Drive IP
• NY Advisory Council Proposes To Truncate Biz Cases
• Lloyds Lands $147M For RE Loan Portfolio
• 2nd Circ. Rebuffs Feds' Legal Theory In GE Bid-Rigging Case
• Doctors Blast NY Hospital's Dismissal Bid In Tax Dispute
• High Court Won't Hear $22M AXA Art Investor Spat
• AMR-US Airways Merger Takes Effect
• 2nd Circ. Clarifies Scope Of Discovery In Derivative Suits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Occidental, KKR, Freedom Group
• Ex-Vitesse Execs Get Probation For Data Tampering
• Deutsche Bank Sues To Collect $300M Judgment From Investor
• DLA Piper Hit With $80M Suit Over Misappropriated Funds
• GE To Pay $18M To Exit Municipal Bond-Rigging Class Action
• $95M E-Book Price-Fixing Settlements Get Final Approval
• Customers Can't Block AMR-US Airways Merger
• Tainted Hess Oil Class Action Tossed By Judge
• NYC Atty Halted From Securities Work Amid Fraud Probe
• Rogue Goldman Trader Sentenced To 9 Months In Prison
• US Backs Argentina In Appeal Of Bond Row Subpoenas
• Goldman Can't Escape $110M MBS Suit By German Bank
• 2nd Circ. Nixes MF Global Customers' Bid For Ch. 11 Priority
• Purdue, Impax Settle IP Claims In OxyContin Antitrust MDL
• Cole Schotz Adds Young Conaway Bankruptcy Partner In NY
• Feds Order Metro-North To Fix Signal Safety System
• NY Post Settles Ex-Editor's Sex, Race Bias Claims
• NYC Planning Board OKs $53M Coney Island Amphitheater
• NYC Ends Disabilities Suit With Deal To Make Cabs Accessible
• 3 Ex-Locke Lord Attys Open IP Litigation Boutique In NY
• NY Housing Authority Private Leasing Plan Survives Suit
• State AGs And Online Privacy: Trends We Saw In 2013
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chevron, Time Warner, Wing Hang
• Evidence On NY Lawmakers Held Back As Probes Continue
• Lloyds Rakes In $420M For Irish Retail Mortgage Portfolio
• $1M Fine Against BofA May Be Too Low, Judge Says
• Wolf Haldenstein Attys Face Sanctions In AOL Patent Sale Suit
• Challenge To NY Cap-And-Trade Laws Flops On Appeal
• Getty Trustee Hits Former Owners With $6.5M Clawback Suit
• Ex-Dell Manager Dodges Prison In Insider Trading Case
• LightSquared Defends Suit Against Dish Over $1B Debt Buy
• Coller Torpedoed Tech Patent Portfolio Sale, Atty Says
• Lululemon Says Yoga Pants Suit Hasn't Shown Stock Inflation
• Liability May Extend Beyond Metro-North In NY Train Tragedy
• NYC Litigation Boutique Matches Cravath Bonuses
• Liberty Says It Owes No Coverage Over Resort Fallout
• Atari Bankruptcy Plan Wins Court Approval
• Kaufman & Co. Adds IP Atty To Beef Up New NY Office
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Ad Research Firm's Antitrust Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: America Movil, JC Penney, Wilbur Ross
• BRE Investor Urges Sale Amid Report of $5B Offer
• US Accuses Russian Diplomats Of $1.5M Medicaid Scam
• NY Court Clears Lloyd's Of Coverage Duty In Malpractice Suit
• NYC Commuter Tax Could Raise $1.6B, Budget Office Says
• Delos, Satori Nab Coatings Maker California Products
• Discovery Delayed In $450M Goldman Sachs MBS Suit
• Westfield Pays $800M For Remainder Of WTC Retail Space
• How Plaintiffs' Forum Shopping Paid Off In Novartis Case
• Icahn Again Ups Nuance Stake, Stoking Sale Speculation
• BofA To Pay $20M To Exit Muni Bond Bid-Rigging MDL
• Ex-SAC Analyst Stresses Dirty Source In Cross-Examination
• Ex-Prudential Exec Joins Nelson Levine's Regulatory Group
• British Airways Again Looks To Nix Fuel Surcharge Suit
• Lenders In $767M Oppenheimer Suit Say Damages Provable
• Citibank Wins Bid To Keep $73M Fraud Suit In Federal Court
• Goldman Hit With Fraud Suit Over $34M Currency-Trade Loss
• Macy's Customer Loses 'Shop And Frisk' Class Cert. Bid
• Rules Would Curb Questions To Speed NY Commercial Cases
• Global Aviation Plans Stalking Horse Sale To Cerberus Unit
• $130B Verizon-Vodafone Deal Gets Green Light From FCC
• Trump Says NY AG Sought 'Favors' During Investigation
• Customers Lose Bid To Stall AMR, US Airways Merger
• State Judges' Money Conflicts Mostly A Mystery, Report Says
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Negligence Claim In 9/11 Tower Collapse
• Abbott Settles NY False Ad Case Over Children's Drinks
• Deals Rumor Mill: GM, Essex Property, Men's Wearhouse
• Chemtrade Pays $860M To Get General Chemical From PE Firm
• FERC's Rockies Express Order Opens New Doors
• Getty Trustee Sues Greenberg To Reclaim Pre-Ch. 11 Debt
• Ex-Tyco CEO Kozlowski To Be Freed On Parole In Jan.
• ResCap, Bondholders Make Peace Over Ch. 11 Plan
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Too Hot Or Cold For An MDL?
• NYC Real Estate Market Roars, With No End In Sight
• Ex-SAC Analyst Testifies He Was Asked To Mislead FBI
• Madoff Accountant Case May Be Too Old, Defense Atty Says
• Sales of Manhattan Retail Space Bounce Back
• NY Anti-Corruption Report Hints At More Lawmaker Arrests
• AstraZeneca Deserves $76M In Drug Patent Suit, Judge Says
• Legal Work Up For Grabs After High Court 'Amazon Tax' Snub
• Indicted NYPD Officers Denied Paid Leave For Union Work
• Rogue Goldman Trader Should Pay Back $118M, Feds Say
• IHG To Build Even Hotel In Downtown Brooklyn
• 2nd Circ. Says TCPA Class Actions Can Be Brought In NY
• Health Insurer To Pay $3.75M To End NY Overcharging Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Bridgepoint, Toshiba
• NY Payday Loan Probe Expands Into Online Marketers
• PVH Corp. Renews, Expands Warnaco's Manhattan HQ
• Elliott Wants Major Influence Over Buyout Target Celesio
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Hits 5 More Partners With Clawback Suits
• 2nd Circ. May Determine Fate Of Internship Programs
• NY Rule Allows Pro Bono Work For Out-Of-State In-House Attys
• Judge Won't Revisit Partial Toss Of Ex-Troutman Atty Suit
• NY Lawmakers Cozying Up To Cash, Anti-Graft Panel Says
• SAC's Steinberg Demanded Secrecy, Analyst Testifies
• Madoff Lieutenant Says Business Was Long Crooked
• Downtown Manhattan Leads Q3 Office Leasing, Report Says
• $950M In Wind Subsidies Give Taxpayers Shaky Returns: Study
• No Attys' Fees For Now In $10M E&Y Reinsurance Row
• Ex-Hawkins Delafield Partner Hits Firm With Age Bias Suit
• NJ Scores $2M Settlement Over Cleanup From Fuel Additive
• Prosecutors Say Budget Woes Imperil NY Criminal Recoveries
• Vornado Refinances Eleven Penn Plaza For $450M
• DOJ Eyes $1.1M Penalty For Ex-Countrywide Exec
• Following Up On Follow-On Biologics
• $39M Merrill Lynch Deal Won't Stop Sex Bias, Judge Told
• Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk Steer Hilton's $2.3B IPO Plans
• Kleinberg Kaplan Snags Vinson & Elkins Bankruptcy Partner
• Apple Says Goodwin Atty Milking Fees In E-Books Case
• Supreme Court Refuses To Hear 'Amazon Tax' Challenge