• 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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  • Perez v. Nidek Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-25
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    Date Filed: 2013-03-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Barry T. Moskowitz, District Judge, Presiding Before: Stephen S. Trott, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Richard Patterson, Patterson Law Group, APC, San Diego, California; Duane A. Admire, Admire & Associates, Del Mar, California; Alisa Ann Martin, Harrison Patterson & O'Connor LLP, San Diego, California; Gene Joseph Stonebarger, Stonebarger Law, Folsom, California; and Jon R. Williams, Boudreau Williams, LLP; San Diego, California, for Plaintiff-Appellants.
    for defendant: Thomas S. Arthur and Thomas M. Robins, III, Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee Nidek, Inc. James J. Wallace, II, La Follette Johnson De Haas Fesler & Ames, APC, San Diego, California, for Defendants-Appellees Manjov V. Motwani, M.D., and Keith Liang, M.D. Lisa W. Cooney, Rita R. Kanno, and John Takashi Tsumura, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellee Gary M. Kawesch, M.D.

    Case Number: No. 10-55577

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3286ROBERT PEREZ; NANCY ART; BRETT HARBACH, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,p cl

  • July 21, 2010 | The Recorder

    Alameda Jury Sides With Nurse in Whistle-blower Case

    SAN FRANCISCO — An Alameda County jury on Tuesday awarded $340,000 in economic and punitive damages to a nurse who accused her hospital of retaliating against her when she complained about pat

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  • September 25, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    ON THE MOVE: Legal Community Creates Mutual Support Email Network

    The State Bar of Georgia has created a new email networking program, SOLACE, to help anyone in the legal community facing a sudden, catastrophic event such as illness, injury or

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  • May 14, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    VerdictSearch

    To submit your verdict or settlement to Texas Lawyer, fill out this

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  • Rayii v. Gatica

    Publication Date: 2013-08-21
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    Date Filed: 2013-07-24
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Rex Parris Law Firm, R. Rex Parris and James P. Fowler; Liddy Law Firm and Donald G. Liddy for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Murchison & Cumming, Edmund G. Farrell III; Hunter, Molloy & Salcido and Richard Salcido for Defendant and Respondent Melvin Ovido Gatica. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Roy G. Weatherup, Lane J. Ashley, Caroline E. Chan; Kramer & Kramer and Mark D. Kramer for Defendant and Respondent Carlos Seciada. Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad, Daniel J. Gonzalez; and J. Dean Rice for Defendant and Respondent Gateway Insulation, Inc.

    Case Number: No. B236626

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 9106 NADJA RAYII, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MELVIN OVIDIO GATICA

  • November 7, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Coudert Brothers dies a slow death

    COUDERT BROTHERS may be dead, but its problems only seem to be getting worse. The firm, which closed up shop in August 2005, is awash in debt, has declared bankruptcy, and was recentl

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