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  • August 24, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Ex-Locke Lord Practice Leader Heads to IP Boutique

    Maria Scungio, co-chair of the trademark, copyright and advertising practice at Locke Lord, has left the firm to join Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks in New York. Scungio is the latest former partner at Edwards Wildman Palmer—absorbed by Locke Lord in early 2015—to leave the combined firm.

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  • August 21, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Cosby Gets New Legal Team Led by Michael Jackson's Lawyer

    Bill Cosby has a new lawyer, and he's no rookie to the world of high-profile celebrity criminal trials. Cosby's new lawyers are Tom Mesereau, Kathleen Bliss, and local counsel Sam Silver, spokesman Andrew Wyatt announced Monday. Mesereau, of Los Angeles, is best known for representing Michael Jackson in a 2005 trial over alleged child molestation. Jackson was acquitted of the charges.

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  • August 14, 2017 | Daily Business Review

    Fort Lauderdale Attorneys Win $4.7 Million Against Home Depot, Tricam

    Coffey Trial Law attorneys secured a $4.7 million verdict against Tricam Industries Inc. and Home Depot USA Inc. for a client who fell from a ladder.

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  • August 11, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Job Site Electrical Burns Lead to $1.325M Settlement in Middlesex

    An electrical contractor who suffered burns in an explosion at a job site agreed to a $1.325 million settlement in his Middlesex County suit, Young v. Palin Enterprises, on June 19.

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  • August 10, 2017 | The Recorder

    Court Frees Latham Lawyer From Malicious-Prosecution Case

    The California Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a significant victory to lawyers fighting malicious-prosecution claims, ruling that defeating summary judgment in the underlying case bars future claims that they knowingly pursued meritless lawsuits.

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  • Parrish v. Latham and Watkins

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Trade Secrets
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Date Filed: 2017-08-10
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eagan Avenatti, Michael J. Avenatti, Scott H. Sims; Panish, Shea & Boyle, Brian J. Panish, Adam K. Shea, Kevin R. Boyle; Esner, Chang & Boyer and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Jeremy S. Smith; McKool Smith Hennigan, J. Michael Hennigan and Michael Swartz for Defendants and Respondents.
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    Denial of defendant's summary judgment motion trigger interim adverse judgment rule despite later finding of plaintiffs' bad faith (Kruger, J.)

  • August 8, 2017 | The Recorder

    Ninth Circuit Orders New Trial in SoCal Water Pollution Case

    The Ninth Circuit ordered a new trial in a case brought by the city of Pomona seeking at least $32 million in damages against SQM North America Corp., for allegedly contributing to the contamination of its groundwater.

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  • City of Pomona v. SQM North America Corporation

    Publication Date: 2017-08-08
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | State and Local Government | Agriculture | Manufacturing
    Date Filed: 2017-08-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Morgan Christen, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susannah Weaver (argued), Donahue & Goldberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Esther L. Klisura, Kathleen S. Kizer, SL Environmental Law Group, San Francisco, California; Robert S. Chapman, Sauer & Wagner, Los Angeles, California; Andrew L. Jared, Assistant City Attorney; Arnold M. Alvarez-Glasman, City Attorney; Office of the City Attorney of the City of Pomona, Pomona, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: R. Gaylord Smith (argued), Lann G. McIntyre, Michael K. Johnson, and Malissa Hathaway McKeith, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 15-56062

    District court erred in denying motion to update expert witness report (Wallace, J.)

  • Orange County Water District v. SABIC Innovative Plastics US, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-08-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Mining and Resources | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-04
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Connor Fletcher & Hedenkamp, Edmond M. Connor, Douglas Aaron Hedenkamp; Miller & Axline, Duane C. Miller, Michael Dana Axline and Justin Morgan Massey, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Squire Patton Boggs, Adam R. Fox, Helene Huang Yang and Marisol Corral Mork, for Defendants and Respondents Sabic Innovative Plastics US, LLC, and General Electric Company.
    Case Number: No. D070553

    Water district not required to demonstrate liability for remediation costs caused by groundwater pollution in order to bring private cause of action for indemnity under HSAA (Haller, J.)

  • Demara v. The Raymond Corporation

    Publication Date: 2017-07-19
    Practice Area: Products Liability | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-21
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Christopher Workman, Christopher J. Workman, Aaron M. Sibley, and Margarite M.B. Sullivan for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Anthony E. Sonnett, and Trevor J. Ingold for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. D068533

    Manufacturer failed to show that benefits of forklift design outweighed dangers (Aaron, J.)