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  • In re Plant Insulation Co.

    Publication Date: 2013-10-28
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    Date Filed: 2013-10-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Richard Seeborg, District Judge, Presiding Before: John T. Noonan, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert B. Millner, SNR Denton US LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrew T. Frankel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, and Clinton E. Cameron, Troutman Sanders LLP, Chicago, IL, argued the cause for Appellants. Joel T. Muchmore, SNR Denton US LLP, San Francisco, CA, and Clinton E. Cameron filed briefs for the Appellants. With them on the briefs were Paul E. Glad, SNR Denton US LLP, San Francisco, CA, Philip A. O'Connell, Jr., SNR Denton US LLP, Boston, MA, Robert B. Millner and Christopher D. Soper, SNR Denton US LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrew T. Frankel and Mark Thompson, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, Deborah L. Stein, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Valerie A. Moore and Eugenie Gifford Baumann, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Randall J. Peters, R. Jeff Carlisle, and David K. Morrison, Lynberg & Watkins P.C., Los Angeles, CA, Michael S. Davis, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, New York, NY, Ray L. Wong, Philip R. Matthews and Paul J. Killion, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA, Lawrence A. Tabb, Musick Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, CA, Chad Westfall, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, San Francisco, CA, Clinton E. Cameron and Seth M. Erickson, Troutman Sanders LLP, Chicago, IL.
    for defendant: Steven B. Sacks, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for the Debtor-Appellees. With him on the brief was Michael H. Ahrens, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Gary S. Fergus, Fergus, A Law Office, San Francisco, CA, James L. Miller, Snyder, Miller & Orton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Peter Van N. Lockwood, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: No. 12-17466 No. 12-17467

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 11812 IN RE: PLANT INSULATION CO., Debtor, FIREMAN'S FUND ANCE COMPANY; UNITED STATES FIRE

  • October 8, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Herbert Smith Freehills hires a new head of its U.S. investigations and financial services litigation practice; Boies Schiller & Flexner names a managing partner to its London office; and Bracew

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  • October 7, 2013 |

    Contractual Liability Exclusion Dooms Coverage Claim against Judgment Debtor’s Insurer

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a district court’s decision and ruled that an insurer had no liability for a judgment…

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  • July 19, 2013 |

    Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Farmers Insurance on Independent Contractor Issue

    Mr. Kaufman is a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group in the Century City office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. Anna Stancu…

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  • May 21, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Correction, 5/22/2013, 10:05 a.m. EDT: The original version of this story misstated the title Zachary Smith held at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. It was senior couns

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  • Castleman v. Sagaser

    Publication Date: 2013-05-15
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    Date Filed: 2013-04-15
    Court: C.A. 5th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Barry W. Lee, Christopher L. Wanger, and Benjamin G. Shatz, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Griswold, LaSalle, Cobb, Dowd & Gin, Robert M. Dowd, Raymond L. Carlson, and Laura A. Wolfe, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. F064590

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 4844PETER M. CASTLEMAN, et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. HOWARD

  • April 30, 2013 |

    Citing <em>Dukes</em>, court overturns class certification in wage and hour dispute

    A recent 9th Circuit decision demonstrates the power of the landmark 2011 Supreme Court case Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes in employment class actions.

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  • January 29, 2013 | Legaltech News

    LegalTech Sees New Practice Management Companies

    Four practice management companies will be among the first-time exhibitors at LegalTech, starting today at the Hilton New York.The practice management companies aren't startups. Action

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  • January 22, 2013 |

    Cheat Sheet: A quick guide to the new FCPA guidance

    On Nov. 14, 2012, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a guidance on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

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  • January 4, 2013 | The Recorder

    High Court Queues Up Number of Post-'Brinker' Cases

    In addition to taking cases that present key class certification questions left unanswered by Brinker, the California Supreme Court has also sent strong signals that lower courts have misread

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