• Parrish v. Latham and Watkins

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Trade Secrets
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Date Filed: 2017-08-10
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eagan Avenatti, Michael J. Avenatti, Scott H. Sims; Panish, Shea & Boyle, Brian J. Panish, Adam K. Shea, Kevin R. Boyle; Esner, Chang & Boyer and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Jeremy S. Smith; McKool Smith Hennigan, J. Michael Hennigan and Michael Swartz for Defendants and Respondents.

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    Denial of defendant's summary judgment motion trigger interim adverse judgment rule despite later finding of plaintiffs' bad faith (Kruger, J.)

  • 926 North Ardmore Avenue, LLC v. county of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: FisherBroyles, Goodson Wachtel and Petrulis, Lemoine Skinner III; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Daniel M. Kolkey, Julian W. Poon, Lauren M. Blas and Martie P. Kutscher for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: John F. Krattli, County Counsel, Mary C. Wickham, Interim County Counsel, and Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S222329

    Documentary transfer tax properly applied to transfer of majority interest in legal entity that held title to real property (Corrigan, J.)

  • Association of California Insurance Companies v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2017-01-23
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Date Filed: 2017-01-23
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greenberg Traurig, Gene Livingston , Gregory Sperla, Stephen E. Paffrath; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Vanessa C. Adriance and Jennafer M. Tryck for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Edward C. DuMont, State Solicitor General, Paul D. Gifford and Diane S. Shaw, Assistant Attorneys General, Janill L. Richards and Linda Berg Gándara, Deputy State Solicitors General, W. Dean Freeman, Stephen Lew and Lisa W. Chao, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.

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    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 640 ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMPANIES et al., Plaintiffs and Respondent

  • Quesada v. Herb Thyme Farms, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-12-03
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    Date Filed: 2015-12-03
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kiesel Boucher Larson, Law Office of Raymond P. Boucher, Boucher, Raymond P. Boucher, Maria L. Weitz; Whatley Kallas, Edith M. Kallas, Alan M. Mansfield; Public Justice, Leslie A. Brueckner; Kiesel + Larson, Helen Zukin; Johnson & Johnson and Neville Johnson for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Greenberg Traurig, Mark D. Kemple, Karin L. Bohmholdt and Angela L. Diesch for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No: S216305

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 12821 MICHELLE QUESADA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HERB THYME FARMS

  • Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum)

    Publication Date: 2012-04-12
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke, Johanna R. Shargel; Morrison & Foerster, Karen J. Kubin; Hunton & Williams, Laura M. Franze, M. Brett Burns and Susan J. Sandidge for Petitioners. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Fred W. Alvarez and Michael D. Schlemmer for TechNet as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Yi-Chin Ho, Michael M. Berger, Benjamin G. Shatz and Andrew L. Satenberg for Chinese Daily News, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. William B. Sailer; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul Grossman, Paul W. Crane, Jr., Katherine C. Huibonhoa and Rishi Sharma for California Employment Law Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Kirsten R. Galler, David S. Han, Blaine H. Evanson; National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Robin S. Conrad and Shane Brennan Kawka for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and California Chamber of Commerce as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Law Office of Robin L. Unander and Robin L. Unander for California Automotive Business Coalition as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Lawrence Foust; Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt and Christine T. Hoeffner for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Littler Mendelson, Julie A. Dunne, Lena K. Sims, Matthew S. Dente, Richard R. Rahm and Allan G. King for the National Retail Federation, National Council of Chain Restaurants, Contain-A-Way, Inc., USA Waste of California, Inc., California Building Industry Association, California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors, Western Growers Association, American Staffing Association, California Hotel & Lodging Association and National Association of Manufacturers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for the American Trucking Associations, Inc., and the California Trucking Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Richard J. Simmons, Julie A. Dunne and Guylyn R. Cummins for Employers Group, California Retailers Association, California Hospital Association, California Restaurant Association, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, National Council of Chain Restaurants and National Retail Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Robert R. Roginson for the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Jackson Lewis, Robert M. Pattison, Joel P. Kelly, JoAnna L. Brooks and Timothy C. Travelstead for San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, San Diego Chapter, Sacramento Chapter, Southern California Chapter and Employment and Labor Law Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Cox, Castle & Nicholson, John S. Miller, Jr., and Dwayne P. McKenzie for the Associated General Contractors of California, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, Lee Burdick and John Morris for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Greenberg Traurig, Gregory F. Hurley and Stacey Hertler for National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. S166350

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 3976 BRINKER RESTAURANT CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Res

  • City of Alhambra v. County of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2012-11-19
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    Date Filed: 2012-11-19
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Colantuono & Levin, Michael G. Colantuono and Holly O. Whatley for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson, Benjamin P. Fay and Rick W. Jarvis for League of California Cities as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Greenberg Traurig, Scott D. Bertzyk, Karin L. Bohmholdt; Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., and Andrea Sheridan Ordin, County Counsel, and Thomas M. Tyrrell, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents. Jennifer B. Henning for California State Association of Counties as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. S185457

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 12771CITY OF ALHAMBRA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,v.COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al.