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New York - November, 2014

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• NY Firm Sues Ex-Partner For Stealing Client Files, Chairs
• 2 Years On, FCA Battles Test Caronia Ruling's Reach
• Ex-Dewey Atty Facing $13M Clawback Suit Files For Ch. 7
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Gibson Dunn, Holland & Knight, Irell
• DOJ Knocks Apple's 6th Circ. Nod In E-Books Appeal
• Comcast, NHL Fight TV Viewers' Antitrust Class Cert. Bid
• Wachtell Rips Counterclaim By Icahn's CVR In Legal Mal Row
• Top NY Court Clears Way For Rent-Overcharge Class Actions
• Olshan Guides Investor In $1.35B SF's Parkmerced Deal
• Dewey Trustee Sues Morgan Stanley, 8 Others For Unpaid Fees
• Bond Buyers Won't Copy Argentina Holdouts, S&P Says
• GM Must Submit Ex-CEO's Performance Review In Defect Case
• Momentive Wants $9M In Bondholder Atty Fees Canceled
• Judge OKs $1.6M Settlement In Chinese E-Retailer IPO Row
• Lowey, Grant & Eisenhofer To Helm Silver Fixing Cases
• Pfizer On Sidelines As AstraZeneca Offer Window Opens
• Upper Manhattan Sees Retail Leasing Rent Jump
• 3 Takeaways From Post-Octane Fitness Cases
• Goldman Hit With More Metal-Rigging Claims
• Samsung Can't Put Microsoft Royalty Row On Hold For Appeal
• RE Rumor Mill: York Downs, BCB Property, Wharton Realty
• NY Judge Says $18M Venable Overcharge Suit Belongs In DC
• KeySpan Prevails In NY Plant Cleanup Coverage Battle
• 2nd Circ. Says Chesapeake $1.3B Bond Buyback Too Late
• State AGs Urge FTC To Strengthen Telemarketing Sales Rule
• Ampal CEO's Suit Says Bondholder Defamation Sunk Company
• Judge Recommends $5.7M Penalty In Corporate Hijacking Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says Taxpayer Can't Appeal $13M Deficiency Win
• Lockheed, MTA Trade Post-Trial Barbs In $300M Contract Row
• Samsung Hit With TM Suit Over 'Milk' Streaming Music Service
• Blank Rome Snags Clifford Chance Restructuring Partner
• Allstate Liable For 1 Limit In Lead Paint Suits: Top NY Court
• Vornado Drops $142M On Long Island City Office Building
• Deutsche Trust Wins Time To Refute Quicken In Bad Loan Suit
• NY Judge 'Troubled' By Proposed China Valves Settlement
• Remembering Doar: Justice As A 4-Letter Word
• Algonquin Grabs Stake In Kinder Morgan Pipeline Project
• BofA Escapes $56M Mortgage Bond Suit In 2nd Circ.
• IRS Disregards Own Revenue Ruling In Barnes Decision
• States Still Fighting Bad-Faith Patent Infringement Claims
• GM Can't Keep Calif. Ignition Switch Suit Out Of State Court
• NII Floats Ch. 11 Deal With Aurelius-Led Bondholders
• MF Global Execs Seek To Tap $7.5M More In E&O Coverage
• RE Rumor Mill: Maxxam Enterprises, Extell, Oxford Capital
• FEMA, Insurers Want Discovery Order Trimmed In Sandy Suits
• Fairfield Tries To Preserve Challenge Of $230M Madoff Sale
• Ex-Longtop Exec Faces $5M Penalty After Trial Loss, Atty Says
• Met Opera Loses Worker Injury Coverage Suit In NY Court
• Seven Indicted In $5M Brooklyn Pharmacy Medicaid Scam
• UnitedHealth OT Fight Tees Up Murphy Oil For 2nd Circ.
• CVR, Icahn Fight Wachtell Bid To Upend Malpractice Row
• Momentive Creditors Slam Mootness Claims In Ch. 11 Appeal
• Aereo Plans To Shop Infringing Streaming IP In Ch. 11
• Aluminum MDL Plaintiffs May Refer To Critical Senate Report
• Saks Fifth Ave. Valued At $3.7B After Loan Deal
• What If States Opt Out Of EPA's Existing Source Rule?
• Ex-Thelen Attys Lose Bid To Keep Partner Draws
• Aereo's Gone, But Internet TV Is Here To Stay
• RE Rumor Mill: BofA, TIAA-CREF, Carlyle
• Bondholders Assert Appeal Rights In Libor Fixing Case
• Con Ed On Hook For Part Of $24M Gas Plant Cleanup Suit
• Senate Votes To Confirm Five Federal Judges
• Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Bigwig's Wife Wants To Keep Cash
• GM Wants To Limit Discovery In Defect Cover-Up Suit
• Pandora Isn't Guaranteed Access To BMI's Songs, Judge Says
• Baker McKenzie, Fried Frank Guide Hugo Boss' NY Lease
• Perkins Coie Snags Tech-Loving IP Pro For NY Office
• NYPD Can't Dodge Suit Seeking Muslim Surveillance Docs
• Obama's Immigration Action Is Cause For Celebration
• Kelso, Estancia Pick Up American Beacon From TPG, Pharos
• Apple's $450M E-Books Settlement OK'd
• Warren Tells NY Fed Chief To Fix Enforcement Or Move On
• Ex-Longtop Exec Found Liable In Rare Class Action Trial
• SoulCycle Ban On Ex-Worker's Atty Unlawful, Suit Says
• SEC Says It Can Pursue Wyly Widow In $261M Judgment
• Dewey Insurer Balks At Execs' Fees As Firm Tab Tops $35M
• Rakoff Continues Crusade Against SEC Admin Courts
• Aereo Files For Ch. 11 In Bid To Dodge Copyright Suits
• Kenneth Cole's $279M Going-Private Deal Survives NY Appeal
• Detroit Ch. 9 Empowers Cities To Tackle Soaring Pensions
• Ex-PetroTiger Counsel Disbarred For Role In Bribery Scheme
• News Corp. Fights Class Cert. Bid In Ad Monopoly Fight
• Atty Must Face Ex-Client's Claim He Botched Surgery Suit
• Reinsurer's Liability Capped In Utica Asbestos Claims Suit
• Top NY Court Shoots Down Ch. 7 Bid To Sell Widow's Lease
• Estate Lawyers Have No Ethical Duty To Beneficiaries: NY Bar
• PE Managing Director Accused Of Rape In New York Court
• Top NY Court Takes Closer Look At Commerzbank Fraud Claim
• SEC Suspends Trading In 4 Stocks, Citing Ebola Fraud Fears
• J&J, Guidant Trade Barbs In Trial Over Failed $21B Merger
• RE Rumor Mill: Ivanhoe, Land & Houses, Verizon
• BGC Extends $675M Hostile Bid For Brokerage Servicer GFI
• NY High Court To Mull NYC Bid To Limit Atty Debt Collection
• Does Dodd-Frank Protect Foreign Whistleblowers?
• Novartis FCA Case Reaffirms Importance Of Company Policies
• Goldman, JPMorgan Overwhelmed Oil, Metals Markets: Report
• NY Judges Freed To Follow Emily Post And Send Thank-Yous
• NY Lawyer Gets 9 Years For $2M Debt Relief Scam
• NTSB Blames Crashes On Metro-North Safety Lapses
• Juice Co. Sues Ex-COO For Poaching Workers For Startup
• Madoff Trustee Told To Tweak Mass Repleading Bid
• RE Rumor Mill: Sam Chang, Penthouse Tax, Spy Museum
• Sephora Sued For Deactivating Asian Customers' Accounts
• NYC Nabs Most Expensive Retail Market Title From Hong Kong
• Bill Would Make NY Fed Chief Subject To Senate Confirmation
• Rare Investor Class Action Trial Begins Over Longtop Fraud
• Ex-Jefferies Trader Files Opening Salvo In 2nd Circ. Appeal
• DLA Piper, Greenberg Suits Open Door For More Deceit Cases
• AP Says The Hartford Must Defend Personal Injury Suit
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Tax Shelter Fraud Suit Against NatWest
• Sirius Drops Weil, Adds O'Melveny For Pre-'72 Cases
• Web Editor Suing Davis Polk Must Cough Up Job Search Info
• TIAA-CREF Picks Up 2 Midtown Manhattan Properties
• Has NYC Added A 4th Test For Determining Combined Group?
• Don't Be Shocked By NY's 'Surprise Bills' Law
• Gucci Tagged With Latest NY Unpaid Intern Class Action
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms
• Barclays Says It's Too Late To Sue Over $981M In Toxic RMBS
• Madoff Fund Reaches $95M Settlement With Picard
• Wells Fargo, Feds Call Off Talks In $189M Loan Fraud Suit
• Gibson Dunn, Szenberg Guide $85M NY Real Estate Financing
• Forest City Buys Skanska Out Of Embattled Brooklyn Project
• PE-Backed Nine West Faces Another Exec Pay Suit In NY
• Theater's Apartment Housing Is Tax Exempt: NY High Court
• SEC Asks To Jail AWOL Atty Who Skipped Out On $3M Fine
• Judge Warns Ex-Cravath Staffer On 'Visions Of Sugarplums'
• 5 Tips For Employers Navigating The Social Media Minefield
• Judge OKs Guilty Plea In IBM Insider Trading Case
• Midtown Manhattan Office Attracts 2 Law Firm Leases
• No-Show Puda Coal Found Liable In Investors' Bogus-IPO Suit
• Madoff Trustee, Investor Fight To Halt Class Actions
• $2.25B Deal Struck For Blackstone-Owned Manhattan Tower
• NYC Injects $140M To Renovate Brooklyn Navy Yard Building
• Wiley Rein Fights Atty's DQ Bid In Continental Policy Suit
• Wyly Family Members Decry Asset Freeze In 2nd Circ.
• Debt Collectors Posed As 'Warrant Squad,' Feds Say
• Dewey Partner Clawback Ruling May Hurt New York Law Firms
• Scalia's Deference Argument Could Have Dramatic Effects
• Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Owes $315M For Sanction Violations
• Why Can't We Be (Facebook) Friends? You Be The Judge
• HSH, Citi Blast Nautilus Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• Nelson Brown Loses Another NY Partner To Gallo Vitucci
• T-Mobile Settles With Visa, Mastercard in Swipe Fee MDL
• EDMC Lenders Say Grudge Brought Restructuring To A Halt
• Suntech Beats Solyndra On NY Venue, Ch. 15 Approval
• Leading SEC Trial Atty To Leave Agency
• Deals Rumor Mill: Onex, Bain Capital, Sequential Brands
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Ordered To Begin 9-Year Sentence
• Madoff Investors To Get Nearly $500M In Feeder Fund Deal
• Fox Rothschild, Tarter Needn't Disgorge Pay In Ch. 7 Row
• Top NY Court Doubts NYC Over $21M High-Rise Transfer Tax
• Cozen O'Connor Fraud Suit To Stay In Bankruptcy Court
• GM To Extend Ignition Switch Fund Deadline By A Month
• NY Revises Moving Co. Sales Tax Exemption Rule On Storage
• RE Rumor Mill: Barry Diller, TD Bank, Coney Realty Group
• $10.9M Awarded To NY Exotic Dancers In Wage Suit
• SAC's Cohen To Face Wide-Ranging Deposition In Divorce Suit
• Storied New York Bankruptcy Judge Gerber To Retire
• Citigroup Gets Suit Over $832M In MBS Trimmed
• Steakhouse Chain Co. Can't Skirt Customer's FACTA Suit
• FCA Case Will Likely Set Standard On ACA Overpayments
• Samsung Loses Arbitration Bid In Microsoft IP Licensing Row
• AriZona Tea Must Pay $125M As Part Of Co-Founder Buyout
• Sirius Can't Shake Turtles' $100M Royalties Suit In NY
• Lien Dispute Over Iran-Owned Building Grows
• SEC Wants $602M SAC Settlement To Go To Victims
• Convicted Goldman Director Appeals 2 Cases To High Court
• Epstein Becker & Green Expands DC, NYC Offices
• Google Freelancer Worked, Not Paid Like Employee, Suit Says
• Falcone Won't Give Up On LightSquared Equity Play
• Gordon Rees Row Over A-Rod Fees May Be 'Strikeout:' Judge
• NY Appeals EPA's Loan Rejection For Tappan Zee Bridge
• Judge Rips 'Disaster' Lockheed-MTA Contract In $300M Trial
• 2nd Circ. Says Pension Fund Claims Unavailable Under ERISA
• Michael Lewis Dodges 'Big Short' Libel Charges In 2nd Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Agrees Motorola Can't Collect From Foreign Banks
• Zurich Says Atty Side Deals Kill Firm's Malpractice Policy
• Swiss Banker Indicted In New York Tax-Evasion Sting
• Judge Can't Hear Infringement In Jay-Z's 'Run This Town'
• Fairway Derivative Suit Belongs In Delaware, NY Judge Says
• Tory Burch 'Counterfeiters' Faked Docs In TM Suit
• NYC Opera Suitor Rips Slow Reorg Process, Demands Auction
• Goldman Foe Wants Review Of Order Trimming RMBS Suit
• Feds Slam Mt. Sinai's Bid To Dodge Medicaid Repayment Row
• States Back EPA In Murray's DC Circ. Challenge To Plant Rule
• Ex-Wilson Sonsini Employee Cops To Insider Trading
• NYC Developers Eye Condo-Hotel Concept Again
• Rangel Urges DC Circ. To Nix House Censure
• NY Power Producers Rip Schumer Plan To Stop Capacity Zone
• Conde Nast Agrees To Settle Intern Class Action For $5.85M
• New York Funds $206M For Green Energy Projects Upstate
• 2nd Circ. Keeps Crane Co. Asbestos Suit In Federal Court
• BCRE Snaps Up Manhattan Property For $106M
• Takata Hit With Grand Jury Subpoena Over Air Bag Defects
• Former Dewey Partners Seek Appeal Of Clawback Ruling
• Ex-Sky Capital Exec Gets 2.5 Years For Aid In $140M Fraud
• Martoma And Litvak: Prison Can Wait ... Sometimes
• NY DA Wins Stay Of Securities Suit Against Ex-Dewey Exec
• Small Firms Give BigLaw Run For Its Money With Pay Tactics
• $27M MF Global Metals Market Settlement Gets Initial OK
• Senate May Push Attorney General Hearings To 2015
• Damon Dash Can't Be Defamed, Lee Daniels' Co-Producer Says
• Morgan Stanley, Investors Settle Dispute Over 'Rigged' Notes
• RE Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bank, Invesco, Laxmi Management
• SEC Official Tabs Wylys' Trading Gains At $329M
• NYC Ferry Agrees To Pay Couple $5M For Injuries
• Deals Rumor Mill: Clear Channel, Etihad, Pershing Square
• NY Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To $4.8M Ponzi Scheme
• Momentive Says Appeals Of Ch. 11 Plan Now Moot
• The Meaningful Return Of Shareholder Access
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Denied Bail In 2nd Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Orders Beefed-Up Sentence For Asbestos Fraudster
• 2 Years In, Sandy Suits Target Flood Exclusions, Deductibles
• Circuit Courts Split In 9/11 CERCLA Case, High Court Told
• FCPA In 2014: A Review Of Q3 Enforcement — Part 2
• Record $5B Anadarko Cleanup Deal Clears Final Hurdle
• NCUA Sues Deutsche Over Handling Of $140B In RMBS Trusts
• Attorney General Nominee Boasts Private Practice Chops
• $3.7B Petters' Ponzi Suit Against JPMorgan Stays Federal
• RE Rumor Mill: Colony Capital, IPsoft, Jenel Management
• Keith Haring Foundation Seeks Sanctions In Defamation Row
• Ex-GOP Leader Says He Wasn't A True Dewey Partner
• GM Asked Supplier For 'Urgent' Ignition Switch Order In 2013
• OneWest Sues Lehman Bros. To Keep Loan Info Confidential
• Small-Biz Lender On Deck Capital Plans $150M IPO
• Home Depot, Rust-Oleum Sued Over Defective Deck Coating
• Lowenstein Nabs Ex-Proskauer Employee Benefits, PE Pro
• Banks Processed Funds For Iran-Backed Attacks In Iraq: Suit
• SEC's White Eyes New Executive Compensation Rules
• LME Still Doesn't Belong In Antitrust MDL, Judge Says
• Pandora Says Publishers Used BMI Withdrawal To 'Extort'
• Jefferies Drug Testing Plan Poses Big Risks For Copycats
• Scalia, Thomas Seek Case Challenging SEC Power
• Atty With Unpaid $3M SEC Fine Threatened With Contempt
• Barnes & Noble Managers Seek Cert. In OT Class Action
• NYC Comptroller Blasts DOB Over Lag In Safety Measures
• Obama Nominates Brooklyn US Atty Lynch As AG
• Lilly Defeats Cymbalta Label Suit As Possible MDL Looms
• Class In Smucker 'All Natural' Suit Guns For Cert.
• Ex-NYC Police Commish Says $300M Lockheed Security Failed
• Former Chief Counsel To Gov. Cuomo Joins Gibson Dunn
• Attys Tend To 'Buy Themselves Off' In Class Deals, Judge Says
• Argentina Faces $4.7B In Claims In New Bond Suits
• Plaintiffs Clear Class Hurdle In Sirius XM Wage Suit
• Hunton & Williams Guides World-Wide In $231M Property Sale
• Ceresney Rebuts Rakoff's Critique Of SEC Admin. Actions
• BofA, US Bancorp Pay $69M To Settle MBS Investor Action
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Anne Vladeck
• Paramount Group Sets Terms For Mega $2.3B REIT IPO
• Ex-CFO Is Latest SpongeTech Exec To Avoid Prison For Fraud
• NY Home Health Care Co. Pays $35M To Settle FCA Suit
• RE Rumor Mill: Thor Equities, Jeff Greene, Dulles Metro
• Dewey Brass Can't Dodge Criminal Trial
• Ambac Ruling Raises New Questions For RMBS Litigators
• The Importance Of Unambiguous Intercreditor Agreements
• NY Court Puts The Brakes On Overreaching Creditors
• BofA Sets Aside $400M Amid Forex Investigations
• Investors Want Another Go At UBS Over $331M In CDO Losses
• Judge Defers Ruling On Broker's Plea To IBM Insider Trading
• Ex-Navy SEAL Slams Attys Over Advice On Bin Laden Book
• Antonelli Terry Rips Bid To Double $8M Malpractice Verdict
• Leucadia To Pay $70M To End Jefferies Investor Suits
• SEC May Question Journalist In Onyx Insider Trading Probe
• HomeGoods Accused Of Ripping Off Palm-Tree Glass Design
• Silk Road 2.0's Alleged Founder Arrested In San Francisco
• Lehman Unit's Trustee Mulls Ending Curacao Bankruptcy
• NY Nissan Dealership Says Tower Is Ducking Sandy Coverage
• 'Aggressive' 2016 Date Set For GM Ignition Injury Trials
• Virtual Bank Founder Arrested Over $5M Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
• RE Rumor Mill: KSL, BlackRock, Carnegie House
• AstraZeneca CEO Says Inversion Rules Undercut Pfizer Bid
• 5 Ways To Uncover Bias During Jury Selection
• What Momentive Teaches Us About Rule 3018 Vote Changing
• Broker Pleads Guilty After SEC BigLaw Tipster Case
• GM Says Bankruptcy Bars Defect Claims Over Resale Value
• Prosecutors Refused DLA Piper Docs In Facebook Scam Suit
• Dozens Of Cos. Settle In Visa, Mastercard Swipe Fee MDL
• 2nd Circ. Probes Reach Of Bankruptcy Safe Harbors
• CFPB Taking Privacy Cue From FTC, Official Says
• Glenwood Scores $260M Loan For NYC Residential Tower
• Attys Win $48M Fees For RBS-Pension Fund MBS Settlement
• Goldman Says Media Reports Doom Bank's $103M CDO Suit
• 'Rambling' Inventor Can't Shake Cowan Liebowitz Sanctions
• Software Firms Kill Deal Amid DOJ Antitrust Concerns
• Darden Cops To Impersonating Father In $8M Maxim Mag Scam
• Families Say $2.7B Iran Claim Trumps Rival Property Lien
• How Senate Without Filibuster-Proof Majority Avoids Gridlock
• Downtown NYC Retail Lease Negotiations Heat Up
• WG Trading Exec Won't Pull Guilty Plea For $554M Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Barnes Tax Penalty For Foreign Transfer
• Ex-NIR Analyst Avoids Prison As Judge Presses For Recovery
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Debo Adegbile
• RE Rumor Mill: Orion, Blackstone, Hyatt And Polsinelli
• Rakoff Blasts SEC's Growing Reliance On In-House Court
• Scientific Games To Offer $2.9B Debt To Help Fund Bally Buy
• Wachtell Advises Sterling In $539M Hudson Valley Merger
• Record $2.4B BofA Settlement Wins 2nd Circ.'s Blessing
• TiVo Sanctioned For Bad Grammar In Patent Fight
• Ex-SAC Trader Stays Free Amid 2nd Circ. Emergency Bail Bid
• BMI Tells Pandora Publishers Won't Pull Song Rights Soon
• Katten Lures White & Case Corporate M&A Pro In New York
• Fed Was Wary Of AIG Ownership, Davis Polk Bailout Atty Says
• CBS Must Turn Over Ad Revenue Info In Dish Ad-Skip Row
• Jury Orders B&N To Pay $1.3M In Nook Patent Row
• J&J Wins Dismissal Of Listerine False Labeling Suit
• NY Judge Won't Rehear Antitrust Row Over $750M Resort
• Jay-Z, Kanye Ripped Off 'Made In America,' Suit Says
• Live Nation, Cox Latest To Settle In Swipe Fee Antitrust MDL
• Charles Schwab Consultants' $4M OT Deal Gets Green Light
• 2nd Circ. Cracks Door After Foreign Madoff Fund Sale Ruling
• Manufacturer May Dispute Order To Unlock Cellphone
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $186M Yukos Capital Award In Oil Loan Row
• $140M Suit Over Collapsed RBC Fund Gets Shut Down
• Houghton Mifflin Wants Junk Fax Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Norton Rose Fulbright Snags 2 Cybersecurity, Privacy Pros
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Acadia, Sumitomo
• Exchanges Say SEC OK'd Their Part In High-Frequency Trading
• Argentina Appeals Contempt Finding For Debt Bypass Plan
• NY's Separate Entity Rule Is Alive, But Questions Remain
• Discretion Needed On Libor MDL, Ex-Judges Tell High Court
• Ergen Deal Could Be LightSquared's Ticket Out Of Ch. 11
• SEC Granted Broad Freeze On Wyly Family Assets
• Ex-Dick's Atty Urges High Court To Toss Mail Fraud Verdict
• Lehman Judge Wipes Out Workers' $348M Stock Claims
• High Court Lets Stand Ex-Dorsey & Whitney Atty's 7-Year Ban
• Samsung Says Microsoft's Nokia Buy Flouted Licensing Deal
• 2nd Circ. Denies Union Intervention In Stop-And-Frisk Suits
• Visa Sues Sears To Block Interchange Fee Claims
• DOJ Sues To Block $375M Movie Theater Advertising Merger
• Inside Pryor Cashman's New York Office
• UBS Says Madoff Trustee Seeks Again To Erode Confidentiality
• J&J Heir Wants Proskauer Documents In Tax Shelter Suit
• RE Rumor Mill: Samsung, Massey Knakal, Rockrose
• Skadden Competition Pro Is Latest To Decamp To Kirkland
• Vornado Sells $605M NY Office To Support Hotel Retail Buy
• Waldorf Astoria Deal Is Likely Headed For CFIUS Review
• Comity Is King: Chapter 15 Lessons From Rede And Vitro