Lawyers from five states and Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel persuaded a First Circuit panel to revive claims that Amgen and two other defendants violated state false claims statutes by paying kickbacks to doctors for prescribing the anemia drug Aranesp.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1038 CA 06-03602 PRESENT: MARTOCHE, J.P., SMITH, PE

As a cultural icon, film director Woody Allen has few modern peers. But is his image, used briefly in ads for the clothing company American Apparel in New York and Los Angeles, worth $10 million? That's the question a jury will be asked to answer in a trial set to begin Monday in Manhattan federal district court. The tabloid-ready case pits Allen against a company best known for its risqu� ads and the alleged sexual escapades of its founder, Dov Charney.

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that a justice on West Virginia's highest court must recuse himself from a case involving coal man Hugh Caperton left Bruce Stanley facing a very different bench on Tuesday in his third time before the court.