• December 11, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Beasties Fight Back as GoldieBlox Taps Durie Tangri

    We'll say this about GoldieBlox Inc., an upstart toy company that few people had heard of until last month: GoldieBlox's copyright fight with the Beastie Boys is generating a href="

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  • December 10, 2013 | The Recorder

    Reed Smith Takes Tech Transactions Lawyer From Wilson

    SAN FRANCISCO — Reed Smith has added a tech transactions lawyer in its Silicon Valley office. George Willman, who had been of counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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  • December 9, 2013 | The Associated Press

    City Agrees to Boost Number of Wheelchair-Accessible Taxis

    Getting around New York City in a wheelchair has long been an exercise in frustration, but it could become easier after officials announced a legal settlement Friday mandating that at least

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  • December 6, 2013 | The Recorder

    Litigation Departments of the Year

    The Recorder is pleased to introduce the winners and finalists of its first-ever Litigation Department of the Year awards. Editors scored dozens of entrants in the overall category and fiv

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  • December 6, 2013 | The Recorder

    Litigation Dept. of the Year: Labor & Employment Finalist Sheppard Mullin

    Richard Simmons wrote the book on California employment law—literally. The Los Angeles–based Sheppard Mullin partner and author of the "Wage and Hour Manual f

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  • December 4, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Sirius XM Stuck Fighting Copyright Case in California

    Sirius XM Radio Inc. has lost a bid to streamline a major copyright battle over its rights to broadcast pre-1972 recordings, leaving the company to defend itself on multiple fron

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  • Martinez v. Joe's Crab Shack Holdings

    Publication Date: 2013-12-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-11-12
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Righetti Glugoski, Matthew Righetti and John Glugoski, for Plaintiffs and Appellants, Roberto Martinez, Lisa Saldana, Chanel Rankin-Stephens and Craig Eriksen.
    for defendant: Epstein Becker & Green, Michael S. Kun and Ted A. Gehring, for Defendants and Respondents Crab Addison, Inc. and Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. Law Offices of Mary E. Lynch and Mary E. Lynch; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and Charles F. Barker, for Defendant and Respondent Landry's Restaurants, Inc.

    Case Number: No. B242807

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13059 ROBERTO MARTINEZ et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JOE&#

  • December 3, 2013 | The Recorder

    Judge OKs Antitrust Suit Against RPX

    SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has refused to shield a self-described troll fighter from a legal offensive waged by a descendant of the original patent troll. In a a href=

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  • November 27, 2013 | International

    Sheppard Mullin Acts for Korean Bank on U.S. Trademark Win

    The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Hana Bank, Korea’s fourth-largest bank, in a trademark dispute originally brought by a California company with a similar

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  • November 25, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Orrick Takes on Beastie Boys over GoldieBlox Ad

    As we documented just three weeks ago, the Beastie Boys and their lawyers at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton don't mess ar

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