• Stephan v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America

    Publication Date: 2012-09-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-09-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Marilyn H. Patel, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Robert E. Cowen,* and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. DeBofsky, Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant, Chicago, Illinois; Terrence J. Coleman and Brian H. Kim, Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP, San Francisco, California, for the appellant.
    for defendant: Anna M. Martin and Kevin G. Gill, Rimac Martin, P.C., San Francisco, California, for the respondent.

    Case Number: No. 10-16840

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10544 MARK STEPHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA,

  • Anthem Ins. Companies, Inc. v. Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-15
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2000-06-08
    Court: Ind. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: SHEPARD, C.J., RUCKER, J., and DICKSON, J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Stayton and Nancy G. Tinsley
    for defendant: Susan Williams and Ethan M. Posner

    Case Number: No. 10S01-9909-C

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. An Indiana insurance company sued the parent corporation of a chain of psychiatric hospitals alleging fraud in submitt

  • Neighborhood Enterprises, Inc.; Sanctuary In the Ordinary; Jim Roos v. City of St. Louis; St. Louis Board of Adjustment

    Publication Date: 2011-07-15
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2011-07-13
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Smith, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10-1937

    Submitted: February 16, 2011Before SMITH, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.Neighborhood Enterprises, Inc. ("Neighborhood"), Sanctuary In The Ordinary (SITO), and Jim Roos (collectively

  • A.V. v. iParadigms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2009-04-22
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-16
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Traxler, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellants-cross-appellees: Robert Arthur Vanderhye, McLean, Va.
    for defendant: Attorney for appellee-cross-appellant: James Rittinger, Satterlee, Stephens, Burke and Burke, New York.

    Case Number: Nos. 08-1424 & 08-1480

    PUBLISHEDArgued: December 4, 2008Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Traxler wrote the opinion, in

  • Reed v. United Teachers Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2012-08-13
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-10
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morrison & Foerster, Miriam A. Vogel, Jack Londen, Sean Gates, Hailly T.N. Korman; ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Mark D. Rosenbaum, David Sapp, Brooks M. Allen; Public Counsel Law Center, Catherine E. Lhamon, Maureen Carroll, Laura Faer and Hernan Vera, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Holguin, Garfield, Martinez & Quiñonez, Jesús E. Quiñonez; Altshuler Berzon, Stephen P. Berzon, Jeffrey B. Demain, Eileen B. Goldsmith, Danielle E. Leonard, and P. Casey Pitts, for Defendant and Appellant. California Department of Education, Amy Bisson Holloway and Edmundo Aguilar for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. David R. Holmquist, Alexander A. Molina, Marcos F. Hernandez, Aram Kouyoumdjian; Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Mary L. Dowell and Meredith G. Karasch, for Defendant and Respondent Los Angeles Unified School District. Kirkland & Ellis, Diana M. Torres and Elisa L. Miller, for Defendant and Respondent Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Horvitz & Levy, Robert H. Wright, Jeremy B. Rosen and Josephine K. Mason for Senator Bob Huff, Senator Gloria Romero (Ret.), Democrats for Education Reform, Communities for Teaching Excellence, Families in Schools, Lanai Road Education Action Committee, Reverend Eric P. Lee, Southern Christian Leadership Conference — Los Angeles, Rabbi Ron Stern, Members of the Public Education Advocacy Group of Stephen S. Wise Temple, Adam Kuppersmith, Karen Sykes-Orpe, Matthew J. Orique, and Lindi Williams as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents. Peter B. Morrison, George C. Fatheree III and Winston P. Hsiao for Certain Individual Members of United Teachers Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

    Case Number: No. B230817

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9196 SHARAIL REED et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES,

  • September 22, 2006 |

    Tort Reform in the Courts: A Defense Attorney Challenges Outdated Legal Precedents

    In 1789 and afterwards, when colonies became states, most state legislatures passed "reception statutes." These often-forgotten parts of state law history "received" the common law of England as of

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  • Robert Porzio v. Overseas Shipholding Group

    Publication Date: 2013-05-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 12 Civ. 7948

    Cite as: Robert Porzio v. Overseas Shipholding Group, 12 Civ. 7948, NYLJ 1202600853633, at *1 (SDNY, Decided February 1, 2013)12 Civ. 7948District

  • Alexander Catalano LLC v. Cahill, 5:07-CV-117

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2007-07-20
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District
    Judge: Frederick Scullin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number:

    District Judge Frederick J. Scullin U.S. DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Public Citizen Litigation Group

  • Pine Street Associates, L.P., Plaintiff v. Stephen M. Hicks, Defendant, 651440-2011

    Publication Date: 2012-06-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, IAS Part 60
    Judge: Justice Bernard Fried
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff by: Lance Gotthoffer, Esq., John L. Scott, Jr., Esq., Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant by: Steven R. Popofsky, Esq., Jason Canales, Esq., Moses & Singer LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 651440-2011

    Cite as: Pine Street Associates, L.P. v. Hicks, 651440-2011, NYLJ 1202560693274, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided May 24, 2012)Justice Bernard Friedp class="

  • Robert Porzio, Individually and on Behalf of all others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff v. Overseas Shipholding Group, et al., Defendants, 12 Civ. 7948

    Publication Date: 2013-05-16
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff Robert Porzio: Giti Baghban, Esq., Lawrenceville, NJ. Gregory M. Nespole, Esq., Malcolm T. Brown, Esq., Lawrence P. Kolker, Esq., Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY. Jason M. Leviton, Esq., Berman DeValerio, Boston, MA. Jeffrey C. Block, Esq., Block & Leviton LLP, New York, NY. Joseph P. Guglielmo, Esq., Scott Scott, L.L.P., New York, NY. Steven P. Harte, Esq., Jones Day, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Plaintiff Bruce Myatt and Indiana Treasurer of State: Samuel H. Rudman, Esq., David A. Rosenfeld, Esq., Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY. For Movant Lee McClennahan: Curtis Victor Trinko, Esq., Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP, New York, NY. For Movant OSG Investor Group: Lawrence Paul Kolker, Esq., Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY. For Movant Overseas Investor Group: Phillip C. Kim, Esq., The Rosen Law Firm P.A., New York, NY. For Movants Barrie Woolard and Steven Hyman: Kenneth Mark Rehns, Esq., Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll P.L.L.C., New York, NY. For Movant the Riley Group: Thomas James McKenna, Esq., Gainey & McKenna, LLP, New York, NY. For Movant Paul Otto Koether IRA Rollover: John Christopher Browne, Esq., Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY. For Movant the DSM Group: David Avi Rosenfeld, Esq., Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY. For Movant Irving Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund: Pro Se For Defendant Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.: Lewis J. Liman, Esq., Elizabeth Vicens, Esq., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant Morten Arntzen: Scott B. Schreiber, Esq., Craig A. Stewart, Esq., Arnold & Porter Thurman Arnold Building, Washington, DC. For Defendant Myles R. Itkin: David H. Kistenbroker, Esq., Joni S. Jacobsen, Esq., Ashley J. Burden, Esq., Dechert LLP, Chicago, IL.

    Case Number: 12 Civ. 7948

    Cite as: Porzio v. Overseas Shipholding Group, 12 Civ. 7948, NYLJ span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Gen