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  • City of Los Angeles v. County of Kern

    Publication Date: 2013-03-13
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    Date Filed: 2013-02-13
    Court: C.A. 5th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmen A. Trutanich, City Attorney, Valerie Flores, Managing Assistant City Attorney, Edward M. Jordan, Assistant City Attorney; Beveridge & Diamond, Gary J. Smith, Zachary M. Norris, James B. Slaughter, for Plaintiffs and Respondents City of Los Angeles, Responsible Biosolids Management, Inc., R&G Fanucchi, Inc., and Sierra Transport, Inc. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Daniel V. Hyde and Paul J. Beck for Plaintiff and Respondent County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles County. Woodruff Spradlin & Smart, Bradley R. Hogin for Plaintiff and Respondent Orange County Sanitation District. Law Offices of Michael J. Lampe, Michael J. Lampe for Plaintiffs and Respondents Shaen Magan, Honey Bucket Farms, Tule Ranch/Magan Farms, and Western Express, Inc. Somach Simmons & Dunn, Robert L. Larson for Plaintiff and Respondent California Association of Sanitation Agencies. Freeman Freeman Smiley, Christopher M. Westhoff; National Association of Clean Water Agencies, Nathan Gardner-Andrews for National Association of Clean Water Agencies as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents. Barg Coffin Lewis & Trap, Marc A. Zeppetello for Water Environment Federation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Arnold & Porter, Jerome B. Falk, Steven L. Mayer, Sara J. Eisenberg; Theresa A. Goldner, County Counsel, Mark L. Nations, Deputy County Counsel; Hogan Guiney Dick, Michael M. Hogan; Hogan Law, Michael M. Hogan, for Defendants and Appellants.
    Case Number: No. F063381

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 2697CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,v.COUNTY OF KERN et al., De

  • May 22, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Med-mal litigation increases with outpatient shift

    More surgeries are shifting from hospitals to outpatient surgical centers, a trend that is starting to generate more medical malpractice litigation, attorneys are noting. "Things happe

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  • April 16, 2007 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCOReed Smith has named Raymond Cardozo head of the its firmwide appellate group. Cardozo's practice includes unfair competition and other business torts

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  • Alameda County Flood Control, etc. v. Department Of Water Resources

    Publication Date: 2013-02-19
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    Date Filed: 2013-02-15
    Court: C.A. 3rd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, John S. Poulos, Amy L. Pierce, Darcy L. Muilenburg; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Greg L. Johnson; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard and Edward J. Tiedemann, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District Zone 7, Alameda County Water District, City of Yuba City, County of Butte, County of Kings, Empire West Side Irrigation District, Kern County Water Agency, Napa County Flood Control & Water Conservation District, Oak Flat Water District, Plumas County Flood Control & Water Conservation District, Santa Clara Valley Water District, Solano County Water Agency, and Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District. Amelia T. Minaberrigarai, for Plaintiff and Appellant Kern County Water Agency.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, Denise Ferkich Hoffman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Matthew J. Goldman and Vera Sandronsky, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent, State of California, Department of Water Resources. Bingham McCutchen LLP, James J. Dragna, Colin C. West and Thomas S. Hixson, for Defendants, Interveners and Appellants Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency, Castaic Lake Water Agency, Central Coast Water Authority, Coachella Valley Water District, Crestline-Lake Arrowhead Water Agency, Desert Water Agency, Littlerock Creek Irrigation District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Mojave Water Agency, Palmdale Water District, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency, and United Water Conservation District. Best Best & Krieger LLP and Robert M. Sawyer, for Defendant, Intervener and Appellant, Ventura County Watershed Protection District. Marcia L. Scully, John Schlotterbeck, Heather C. Beatty and Karen L. Tachiki for Defendant, Intervener and Appellant, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
    Case Number: No. C065522

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 1904ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, ETC. et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,v.DEPARTMENT

  • Filbin v. Fitzgerald

    Publication Date: 2012-11-20
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    Date Filed: 2012-11-20
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiffs and Appellants: William Keith Brewer; Law Offices of Daral B. Mazzarella and David B. Mazzarella; Boudreau Williams and Jon R. Williams.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant and Respondent: Hayes, Scott, Bonino, Ellington & McLay, Mark G. Bonino, Miya S. Peard, and Stephen A. Scott; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Peter Dixon and Alexander A. Graft.
    Case Number: No. A128544

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 12833JAMES FILBIN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,v.HERMAN H. FITZGERALD et al., Def

  • May 16, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    California State University: Going 4.0

    Best Legal Departments 2013The headquarters of the largest four-year university system in the

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  • January 8, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Declines to Hold Firm Liable for Client's Financing

    A law firm has won dismissal of a legal malpractice suit brought by a Brooklyn man who received only $111 from a $150,000 settlement after litigation financing companies received th

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  • Zhang v. Superior Court (California Capital Insurance Company)

    Publication Date: 2013-08-01
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-01
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Viau & Kwasniewski, Gary K. Kwasniewski and Jeanette L. Viau for Petitioner. Steven W. Murray for Italian Marble & Tile as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Horvitz & Levy, Peter Abrahams, Mitchell C. Tilner; Grant, Genovese & Baratta, Lance D. Orloff and Aaron J. Mortensen for Real Party in Interest. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith and Raul L. Martinez for American Insurance Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest. Garrett & Tully, Ryan C. Squire and Alexander Levy for California Land Title Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest. Michelman & Robinson and William L. Gausewitz for the Association of California Insurance Companies, the Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies and the Personal Insurance Federation of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent and Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number: No. S178542

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8265 YANTING ZHANG, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNA

  • September 15, 2009 | Daily Report Online

    Discovery woes trip up plaintiffs again

    A Fulton County judge last week became the third jurist in 18 months to blast the way an Alpharetta businessman and his web of companies have been responding to discovery requests, and this t

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  • March 19, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Correction, 3/21/2012, 12:00 p.m. EDT: The original version of this story incorrectly described Rita Weeks's status at Fulbright & Jaworski. She is a senior

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