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New York - December, 2016

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• 6 Key Commercial Litigation Finance Trends For 2017
• 2016 Environmental Case Law Highlights: Part 1
• 2016 Kept Employers On Their Toes, Expect The Same In 2017
• 5 Ways To Fight Costlier Legal Malpractice Claims In 2017
• NJ Judge Again Sinks Special Prosecutor Bid In GWB Case
• GM Owners Ask Ch. 11 Court To Allow Late Class Claims
• PPG Can't Pursue $110M Claim Against Midland, Court Affirms
• SunEdison CEO Opposes Unsecured Creditors' Litigation Bid
• Tax Court Says Amended Info Can't Back $64.5M Deduction
• NY Judge Halts Anti-Suit Orders In MF Global Insurer Fight
• Juror Skin Color Matters For Challenges, NY High Court Says
• Royal Park Pushes for Class Cert. in $6.7B RMBS Suit
• Bronx Hospital Escapes Negligence Claim Over Broken Hip
• CFTC, DRW Spar Post-Trial Over Futures Manipulation Case
• IDNYC Data Dump Delayed By Judge, Pending Hearing
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Skadden, Ropes
• SEC Gets Win In $9.3M PE Firm Investor Theft Suit
• Patient Gets New Trial In Kidney Removal Negligence Row
• Enviros Blast Challenge To NY Nuclear Plant Subsidies
• US Sues Barclays Over Pre-Crisis Mortgage Securities
• Real Estate Rumors: Jared Kushner, Codina, Fortuna
• Designer Says Cher Copied Typeface For Album Cover
• Louis Vuitton TM Suit Over Parody Bags Axed By 2nd Circ.
• Barclays $120M 'Ice-Breaker' Libor Class Deal Clears Hurdle
• Reseller Denied Fees From Wiley After High Court Remand
• American Eagle To Pay $14.5M To End Spam Text Dispute
• FBI Leak Prompts Dismissal Bid In Insider Trading Case
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2016
• BigLaw Partners On Short List For NY High Court Vacancy
• Why Odebrecht Handed Prosecutors A Record FCPA Deal
• 3 Charged In 'Pay-To-Play' NY Retirement Fund Scheme
• Patient Denied New Appeal In 6-Year Dental Malpractice Row
• Celebrex Judge OKs $468M Settlement, $130M In Fees
• Banks, Insurers Get More Time For NY Cybersecurity Rule
• 2nd Circ. Won't Nix $8M Malpractice Verdict Against Law Firm
• Diet Pill Co., Snooki Ask To End Buyers' Zantrex False Ad Suit
• Fed Fines BBVA $27M For Blowing Securities Revenue Limits
• Carlyle Group Sells $88M Brooklyn Hotel Stake
• Real Estate Rumors: Carl Icahn, Emerald Equity, AIG
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Smoke Alarm False Labeling Suit
• Customers Seek Tullett Prebon Docs In Libor Suit
• UK Ride-Hailing App Karhoo Seeks Ch. 15 Protection In NY
• State AGs May Turn Up Enforcement Under Trump
• Odebrecht, Braskem To Pay $3.6B In Record FCPA Case
• Building Momentum For The Pay Equity Movement In BigLaw
• Are You Prepared For A 'Post-Fact' Jury?
• NPE, Gutride Safier Ordered To Pay Up In 'Frivolous' Suit
• NYC Enviro Agency Escapes Bias Suit At 2nd Circ.
• Luv N' Care Counters Shiboleth's $1M Sanction Bid
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Rethink Giving Casino Land To NY Tribe
• Industry, Enviros Lock Horns Over Cooling Water Rule
• AGs' Climate Probe A Biased Fishing Expedition, Exxon Says
• Clinton Atty Blasts FBI Email Warrant As Docs Are Unsealed
• Cooley Nabs 3 Chadbourne International Arbitration Pros
• Zurich Forces Arbitration In Row Over Damaged Adidas Goods
• Vance Calls For Reform After Paltry Fine For Worker Death
• 2nd Circ. Partially Revives GameStop Loyalty Program Suit
• The Top 10 Trademark Rulings Of 2016
• Citibank Renews Bid To Dodge $2.3B RMBS Class Action
• Bondholders Dismissed From Bank Libor Conspiracy MDL
• Bankrupt Oil Co. Gives Preferred-Share Action The Slip
• Atty Must Declare Income He Used For Firm, Tax Court Says
• Jury Awards US Airways $15M In Sabre Antitrust Trial
• Cravath Told To Give Shell Docs To Kiobel For Dutch Lawsuit
• ACLU Loses Final Drone Strike FOIA Round At 2nd Circ.
• Disney, Other Retailers To Stop On-Call Shifts, NY AG Says
• There Goes My Case: Forum Non Conveniens In The 2nd Circ.
• NY High Court Axes Pre-1972 Song Case Against Sirius
• Teva, Actavis, Sandoz Hit With Skin Cream Price-Fixing Suit
• Thompson Hine Adds Nixon Peabody Litigator To NY Office
• Late-Campaign Warrant For Clinton Emails To Be Unsealed
• Ace Owes Coverage For Facebook IPO Deal, 2nd Circ. Told
• 'Real Housewives' Maker Pays $411K To End Wages Probe
• Platinum Partners Execs Charged With $1B Securities Fraud
• Law Schools, Bar Exam Co. Want $50M Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Shkreli's Ex-Atty Can't Get More Details On Fraud Charges
• Investor Says Card Co. Knew Sales Trends Were Down Pre-IPO
• Kohlberg & Co. Closes On $2.2B Investment Fund
• Kanye West Must Fight $2.5M IP Suit In NY, Court Told
• 4 Trends That Point To Increased Use Of TAR In 2017
• Fraudster's Prison Term Needs Another Look, 2nd Circ. Says
• Keeping Pro Se Litigants At Bay
• Nordstrom Escapes Credit Fee Disclosure Suit
• Diageo Says Sazerac Ripped Off Its Bourbon Bottle TMs
• Oilpro Founder Admits To Hacking Rival Website
• Chadbourne Pay Row Counterclaims Are Revenge, Attys Say
• Moody's Must Face Captive Insurance Tax-Avoidance Claims
• Feds Say Man Can't Bring $160M IRS Fine Suit Before Paying
• Statoil Unit Wins Offshore Wind Lease Auction With $42M Bid
• Energy Future Asks 3rd Circ. To Rethink Make-Whole Fight
• EPA Reaches Deal With States On Cross-State Pollution
• Goldman Pays $56.5M To Exit ISDAfix Rate-Rigging Suit
• Time Warner Cable Says Calls Weren't Automated In TCPA Suit
• NY Atty Fined For Falsely Calling Defense Counsel Racist
• Health Hires: McCarter & English, Arent Fox, Nossaman
• Real Estate Rumors: Durst, IMC Equity, Raizada Vaid
• The Panama Papers: The Story So Far, And What Comes Next
• The Biggest Sports Cases Of 2016
• Recent InsurTech Obstacles And Their Potential Solutions
• A Trademark Year In Wine And Beer 2016: Part 5
• HSBC Account-Fee Action Wrongly Dismissed, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Are Courts In The Discovery Driver's Seat?
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $37M In Dark Pools Deals
• Madoff Feeder Funds' Cross-Claims Against HSBC Tossed
• NY Presses Case At FCC For $170.4M Broadband Funding
• New Info Gets DLA Piper Attys Out Of Sanctions, Contempt
• Exxon's Discovery Put On Ice In NY, Mass. Climate Fight
• Port Authority Can't Toss World Trade Center TM Suit
• Suspect In JPMorgan Hack Left Russia Voluntarily, Atty Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Gemini, Related, Morgan Stanley
• NY Fines Italian Bank $235M For Money Laundering Failings
• Seward & Kissel Bungled Sale Of Lighting Co., Suit Says
• Kirkland-Aided Warburg Pincus Clinches $2B China Fund
• Insurer Beats $100M Hail Damage Coverage Suit
• Dylan Chan Law Firm Guides $101M Queens Deal
• HSBC Beats Former Exec's Retaliation Claims At Trial
• 20 States Sue Generic-Drug Companies Over Collusion
• Overturning NLRB Unit Determination Standards At 2nd Circ.
• Live Birth Bars Mom's Emotional Harm Claim, NY Judges Say
• Tronox Judge Clarifies Tort Claim Process
• Milbank Nabs Top Federal Securities Fraud Prosecutor
• HSBC Retaliation Trial Jury Eyes Ex-Exec's Job Performance
• GM Employee Stock Info Bid Nixed In Ignition Switch MDL
• 'Scary' For US Air To Ditch Sabre, Jury Hears In Closings
• NYC To Create $100M Life Sciences Campus
• 2nd Circ. Judge Worried Icahn Trade Tactic Reaps 'Zillions'
• NY Judge Scolds SEC Over 'Cryptic' ConvergEx Complaint
• Power Co. Wants DC Circ. To Force Action On NY Pipeline
• Port Authority Police Officers Skipped Patrols, Agency Says
• Ashley Madison Inks $1.6M Data Breach Pact With FTC, States
• Uber Slams Rakoff's Arbitration Views In Price-Fix Ruling
• S. African Retailer Edcon Seeks Ch. 15 Protection In NY
• Kirkland Ellis' Conflict Issues Deepen In Turkish Trader Case
• Burford's $160M GKC Buy Creates Litigation Funding Giant
• A Blockbuster Year For Net Energy Metering Policy
• CDS Class Hits Back At Natixis Bid For More Of $1.86B Deal
• Cove Property, Baupost Nab NY Office Building In $330M Deal
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2016: Part 1
• NYSE To Buy National Stock Exchange
• Barclays Must Turn Over Docs For Shipowner's Arbitration
• Colgate-Using Judge Can Stay On False Ad Suit, Co. Says
• Six Charged In $50M Scheme To Fake NY Fed Partnership
• Real Estate Rumors: Uniqlo, Market Street, TotalBank
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 9, Light My Fire
• Guinea's Ex-Mines Minister Arrested In Bribery Case
• Bon Secours Delayed FCA Suit In Bad Faith, Fired VP Says
• CORRECTED: Deutsche Seeks Revival Of Morgan Stanley RMBS Suits
• 2nd Circ. Won't Reconsider DMCA Repeat-Infringer Decision
• Fox Harassment Culture Spread To Local Units, Reporter Says
• NY Court Affirms Toss Of Med Mal Suit Against Hospital
• Justices Won't Hear AIG Exec's Appeal Over NY Fraud Case
• Family Loses Round In $107M EMI Forfeiture Spat
• Gawker's Liquidation Plan, $31M Hogan Deal Get Court's OK
• Salman Reinforces Galleon Informant's Conviction, Say Feds
• 2nd. Circ. Lifts Injunction In Conn. Clean Energy Fight
• J. Walter Thompson, Ex-CEO Can't Escape Sex Bias Suit
• LifeLock Seeks To Revive Suit To Cover Defense Costs
• GM Asks Supreme Court To Review Bankruptcy Shield Ruling
• NY AG's $11.2B Credit Suisse Suit Not Time-Barred
• Investors, Exchanges Both Claim SEC's Favor At 2nd Circ.
• Gupta Says High Court Ruling Doesn't Save His Conviction
• Alston & Bird Adds Litigators From Winston & Strawn
• The Path To The California Bench
• Travelers Says Fensterstock Lied To Get $3M Liability Policy
• Real Estate Rumors: Topgolf, TheaterMania, Dan Kodsi
• Argentine Marketing Co. Pays DOJ $113M In FIFA Bribery Deal
• The Attorney-Client Privilege Post-Merger
• 3 Tips To Avoid Being On The Outs With In-House Counsel
• Alstom Exec Tells 2nd Circ. To Maintain FCPA Limitations
• In About-Face, Texas Judge Scraps Mass. AG Deposition
• Feds Accuse Man Of Selling Tribal Art Stolen From Employer
• 2nd Circ. Asks How Salman Applies To SAC Trader's Case
• DHS, USCIS Sued Over Delay In EB-5 Processing Times
• Muscle Milk Maker Gets 'Slack-Fill' Claims Permanently Nixed
• A Trademark Year In Wine And Beer 2016: Part 1
• As Fintech Looks For A Home, 3 Main Contenders Emerge
• Akerman Boosts Fla., NY Offices With Employment, M&A Attys
• HSBC Trial Juror Gets Heave-Ho After Security-Line Incident
• Nestle Hit With Labeling Suit Over Lean Cuisines Preservative
• Facebook Tells 2nd Circ. Offset In IPO Deal Needs Addressing
• 2nd Circ. Hands DOI Another Win On Oneida Trust Land
• US Says High Court Shouldn't Review 2nd Circ. Libor Case
• NY Regulators Say Nuclear Plant Subsidies Are Sound
• Real Estate Rumors: Sterling Bay, Urban American, Duke
• ExxonMobil Wants To Arbitrate $25M MTBE Coverage Spat
• Natixis Asks Court To Reconsider $481B Of CDS Deals
• High Court Denies Foundry Exec's Insider Trading Challenge
• GM Lenders Can't Seal Investor Info, Bankruptcy Judge Finds
• Restoring Some Certainty Post-Marblegate
• Express Scripts Says Stockholder Suit Lacks Fraud Proof
• Galleon Informant Says Petition Unaffected By Salman Ruling
• Time Warner Cable Can't Escape Modem Fee Suit
• Vegas Golden Knights Trademark Refusal May Miss The Mark
• Fed Releases Report On Blockchain Concerns
• Och-Ziff Contractor Cops To Bribing African Officials
• Columbia Graduate Workers Vote In Favor Of Union
• Trading Co. Can't Ditch $1.7M Arbitration Award
• Former Boss Tells Jury Fired HSBC Exec Was Bad At His Job
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Wilson, Freshfields
• Alstom Says Brazilian Insurer Is Defying Court, Arbitrators
• NY Gallery Owner Sanctioned $500 A Day In Cropped Art Suit
• NY Nursing Home Co. To Pay $2M In Back Wages
• 2nd Circ. Poised To Clear Conn. For Clean Power Contracting
• The Horrible Conflict Between Biology And Women Attorneys
• Sprint Says Tax Charge Consumer Crying Wolf In Sanction Bid
• Axis Gets Win In University Construction Coverage Suit
• 2nd Circ. Needs Religion Test For Title VII Cases, Court Told
• Deutsche Bank Gets Nod For $60M Gold Price-Fixing Accord
• Real Estate Rumors: Thor Equities, JBL, Ares Management
• Squire Patton Boggs, Shearman Lead $85M Loan For NY Hotel
• Seeing Loss Of Fishing Area, Anglers Try To Stop Wind Farm
• Petco, Groomers Reach Deal In Clipped Wages Suit
• 21st-Century Fox Offers To Buy The Rest Of Sky PLC For $14B
• UBS Dodges Fraud Suit In NY Over $500M Chinese Investment
• GM Says Drivers From 8 States Can't Seek Economic Loss
• Silver Investors Seek To Add 4 Banks To Price-Fixing MDL
• Chinese Billionaire Denied Separate Trial In UN Bribe Case
• Ex-Owner Of TGI Friday's Knocks Notice Motion In Wage Suit
• Forexware Can't Duck Former Exec's Breach Of Contract Suit
• FERC Greenlights Exelon's $110M NY Nuke Plant Buy
• Gillette, Schick-Maker Settle Mach3 Razor False Ad, IP Row
• Calif., Texas, NY Received Most Refugees In 2016: Report
• Bristol-Myers Squibb To Pay $19.5M Over Abilify Marketing
• Chevron, Patton Boggs Fend Off Atty's Bid To Challenge Deal
• NY Court Affirms $6M Med Mal Verdict Over Leg Amputation
• 2nd Circ. Asks NY High Court To Weigh Reinsurer Liability Cap
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive ERISA Suit Over Madoff Profits
• Feds Say Ex-JPMorgan Employee Stole $5M To Cover Debts
• Ex-Furniture Co. Exec Gets 2 Years For $17M Bank Loan Fraud
• Rule 2004 Obligations And Risks For 3rd-Party Witnesses
• Former NYC Financial Adviser Pleads To $1.6M Trust Theft
• Pryor Cashman Malpractice Claim Revived By Appeals Court
• Gold Investors Shouldn't Get Another Shot In MDL, UBS Says
• NHL HQ Heads To Brookfield Tower On Manhattan's West Side
• Inside The 2nd Circ. Ruling In Abbott V. Adelphia
• Managing Intergenerational Differences Within Your Law Firm
• Real Estate Rumors: BlackRock, Acore Capital, AutoNation
• Exxon Says Mass. AG Can't Cancel Deposition During Appeal
• NYC Parking Charges Must Stay, Ticket-Fighting Service Says
• Ex-Nicaraguan Soccer Head Pleads Guilty To Racketeering
• Sabre Didn't Force US Air To Sign Contract, Jury Hears
• Judge Skeptical Of CFTC's 'Circular' Logic In DRW Trial
• Patient Hits NY Dentist With Negligence Action
• Man Who Posed As Gov't Official Gets 5 Years For $26M Fraud
• Thomson Reuters Drops Bid To Enforce Noncompete
• New York To Sue EPA Over Long Island Sound Dredging Plan
• Romania Investors Say 2nd Circ. Ruling OKs $250M Award
• UBS, Banco Popular Unit See $5M Investor Suit Pared
• Pipeline Co. Wants Appeals Court To Force Project Decision
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 8, Too Perfect
• 2nd Circ. Judge Ready To Laugh Louis Vuitton Out Of Court
• NY Court Allows Senior Care Co. To Escape Assault Suit
• Japanese Ship Owner Says Fla. Co.'s Silence Merits Default
• Real Estate Rumors: MasterCard, Chetrit, Gold Capital
• Atalaya Capital Secures $525M For Latest Fund
• Philip Hirschkop: Quietly Making Noise For 50 Years
• RLJ Lodging Trust Gets $286M For Pair Of Manhattan Hotels
• Weil Hires Ex-Simpson Thacher Antitrust Head In New York
• Ex-HSBC Exec Disparaged Former Bank Analyst, Jury Hears
• SunEdison, Creditors To Seek D&O Mediation Plan Approval
• Law Profs Back Uber Driver In 2nd Circ. Price-Fixing Spat
• US Calls Claims Of Wrongdoing 'Baseless' In FIFA Case
• 2nd Circ. Take On Spokeo Invoked In Consumer Reports Row
• FedEx Ground Must Face NY Drivers' Misclassification Suit
• Skadden Says Del Monte 'Intimidated' Witness, Rips Sanctions
• Gawker Plan Sees Writers' Support, Accuser's Protest
• Latham Reps Acore On $188M NYC Loan To Chetrit
• Investors Say PSG Case Should Continue Against Ex-Execs
• Schneiderman Says Exxon's Bias Case Belongs In NY Court
• Hacker Who Targeted Celebs, Stole Scripts Gets 5 Years
• Jones Day, Davis Polk Steer $3.6B Verizon-Equinix Deal
• Judicial Treatment Of Interrelated Acts: Part 2
• Real Estate Rumors: KFH Capital, Crossix, Wells Fargo
• Using Payroll Cards To Pay Employees' Wages
• 'As Seen On TV' Marketers Sue Amazon For TM Infringement
• NY Reps Seek To Curb Hedge Funds' Use Of AIA Reviews
• Del Monte Wants Skadden To Pay 'Hide-The-Witness' Costs
• Investor Libor Antitrust Arguments Fail, JPMorgan Says
• Shell MTBE Pollution Row Seems Like Rerun To 2nd Circ.
• Judicial Treatment Of Interrelated Acts: Part 1
• Activist Again Urges Special Prosecutor For GWB Suit
• Investment Manager Charged In KIT Digital Fraud
• Simpson, Troutman Steer Blackstone's $480M Loan
• NY Judge Sends $2.4B Suit Against Citigroup To State Court
• Firms' Bid To Increase IndyMac Fee Falls Flat In 2nd Circ.
• CVS Wants Quick End To Anti-Theft Workers' Profiling Claims
• High Court Arbitration Issue Put To Bed, Raymours Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Bklyn Commons, TLC, Guardian
• Honeywell Hits RR Donnelley With $7.6M Superfund Suit
• Justices Won't Hear Case Over FBI Use Of Old Digital Files
• Citigroup Ducks Pensioners' ERISA Suit At Supreme Court
• Can A Yankees Fan Get A Fair Trial In New England?
• Consumers Say $125 Anti-Aging Cream Was Marketed As Drug
• B&G Pays $70M For Pasta, Sauce Maker Victoria Fine Foods
• Newman's Own Faces Suit Over 'Natural' Pasta Sauce Claims
• Judge Knocks Wilson's 'Sketchy' Memory In CFTC Trial
• 3 Ways To Advance Your In-House Career
• Lender Urges 2nd Shot At Proving KPMG Aided $525M Fraud
• Deutsche Bank Settles For $60M In Gold Price-Fixing MDL
• Garvey Schubert Pays 50 Cent $14M To End Malpractice Suit
• NY Judge Approves Barrick Gold's $140M Class Settlement
• NY Couple Awarded $47K After Post-Ch. 7 Discharge Pursuit
• Mass. AG Says Court Can't Order Exxon Deposition
• United Reaches $2.4M SEC Deal In Airline Bribery Scheme
• Price-Hike Demand May Sink Anderson Antitrust Appeal
• Urgent Care, Car Service Settle With NY Over Paid Reviews
• Gov't Ordered To Detail Allegedly Illegal Dean Foods Trades
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of 'Big Short' Adviser's SEC Protest
• $1.6M Diamond Row Paused In US Until Israeli Litigation Ends
• EQT Sells Software Unit To CA Technologies For €600M
• Real Estate Rumors: David Berley, Related Midwest, Bomnin
• Rakoff Addresses Tippee Liability In SEC V. Payton
• NJ Judge Denies Special Prosecutor Bid In Christie GWB Case
• 5 Insights From Airbus Group's Joshua Walker
• McDonnell Doesn't Help Magnate In UN Bribery Suit, Feds Say
• Judge Questions Firm's Trading Strategy In $20M CFTC Trial
• Wu-Tang Clan Hit With $2.5M Royalty Suit By Member U-God
• DoCoMo Says $1.2B Tata Arbitration Tiff Can Be Heard In NY
• Rite Aid Can't Demand Union Remove Staff, Judge Says
• Real Estate Rumors: A&E, Allegra, Deutsche
• EEOC Waived Right To Docs In Sex Bias Case, Sterling Says
• Calif., NY Back Conn.'s Renewable Certificate Program
• DOJ Wants SEC To Yield To Criminal Hedge Fund Fraud Case
• Pro Racer, Atty Deny Fresh Charges Alleging $2B Loan Scam
• Engineer In Metro-North Derailment Sues For Negligence
• $7B Visa-MasterCard Fee Deal Hits Supreme Court
• Baseball Analyst Seeks Review For Gawker Defamation Claim
• SocGen Defends Arbitral Win In Anti-American Job Bias Row
• Wells Fargo Sues Over Faulty Air Conditioning Unit
• Consumers Say L'Oréal Hair Fixer Can't Fix Hair
• Energy Policy In The Trump Era: Part 1
• Former Cuomo Aide, Ex-SUNY Prez Deny Graft Charges
• Kelley Drye And Texas Firm Known For Enviro Practice Merge