• In re Alexandria P.

    Publication Date: 2014-08-18
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-15
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Krattli, County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assistant County Counsel, and Kim Nemoy, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Law Offices of Joanne Willis Newton and Joanne Willis Newton, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B252999

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 9618 In re Alexandria P., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTME

  • Laumann v. National Hockey League, 12-cv-1817

    Publication Date: 2014-08-13
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Edward A. Diver, Esq., Howard I. Langer, Esq., Peter E. Leckman, Esq., Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    for defendant: Kevin M. Costello, Esq., Gary E. Klein, Esq., Klein Kavanagh Costello, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Michael Morris Buchman, Esq., John A. Ioannou, Esq., Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY. Alex Schmidt, Esq., Mary Jane Fait, Esq., Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY. Robert LaRocca, Esq., Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. J. Douglas Richards, Esq., Jeffrey Dubner, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, New York, NY. For Defendants Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc., MLB Advanced Media L.P., MLB Advanced Media, Inc., Athletics Investment Group, LLC, The Baseball Club of Seattle, L.L.P., Chicago White Sox, Ltd., Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Ltd., The Phillies, Pittsburgh Baseball, Inc., and San Francisco Baseball Associates, L.P.: Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq., Carl Clyde Forbes, Esq., Helene Debra Jaffe, Esq., Jennifer R. Scullion, Esq., Robert Davis Forbes, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY. Thomas J. Ostertag, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, New York, NY. For Defendants National Hockey League, NHL Enterprises, L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises, LLC, Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc., Comcast-Spectacor, L.P., Hockey Western New York LLC, Lemieux Group, L.P., Lincoln Hockey LLC, New Jersey Devils LLC, New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P. and San Jose Sharks, LLC: Shepard Goldfein, Esq., James A. Keyte, Esq., Paul M. Eckles, Esq., Matthew M. Martino, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Networks, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Net Pittsburgh, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Pittsburgh, DIRECTV Sports Net Rocky Mountain, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Rocky Mountain, and DIRECTV Sports Net Northwest, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Northwest: Andrew E. Paris, Esq., Joann M. Wakana, Esq., Louis A. Karasik, Esq., Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, California. For Defendants Comcast Corporation, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, L.P., Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic L.P., Comcast SportsNet California, LLC, and Comcast SportsNet Chicago, LLC: Arthur J. Burke, Esq., James W. Haldin, Esq., Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY. For Yankees Entertainment and Sports Networks, LLC and New York Yankees Partnership: Jonathan D. Schiller, Esq., Alan Vickery, Esq., Christopher Duffy, Esq., Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants The Madison Square Garden Company and New York Rangers Hockey Club: Stephen R. Neuwirth, Esq., Richard I. Werder, Jr., Esq., Ben M. Harrington, Esq., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver and Sullivan LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

    Cite as: Laumann v. NHL, 12-cv-1817 (SAS), NYLJ 1202666533805, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 4, 2014) 12-cv-1817 (SAS) District Judge Shira A. Sche

  • August 11, 2014 | National Law Journal

    It's a Bird! It's a Plane!

    In the never-ending battle for justice, legal soldiers sometimes need to call on a Justice League of their own — one whose members bring super, even supreme, powers to the fight. W

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  • Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Inc., Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc., Catskill-Delaware Natural Water Alliance, Inc., Federated Sportsmen's Clubs of Ulster County, Inc., Riverkeeper, Inc., Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc., Trout Unlimited, Inc., National Wildlife Federation, Environment America, Environment New Hampshire, Environment Rhode Island, and Environment Florida, Plaintiffs v. United States Environmental Protection Agency and Gina McCarthy, in her Official Capacity as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants, 08-CV-5606

    Publication Date: 2014-08-06
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Kenneth M. Karas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Environmental Plaintiffs: Daniel Eric Estrin, Esq., Karl Stephen Coplan, Esq., Edward Teyber, Conor Walline1, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, White Plains, NY. Counsel for Environmental Plaintiffs: James G. Murphy, Esq., National Wildlife Federation, Montpelier, VT. Counsel for Environmental Plaintiffs: Joseph J. Mann, Esq., National Environmental Law Center, San Francisco, CA. Counsel for State Plaintiffs: David Henry Wrinn, Esq., Connecticut Office of the Attorney General, Hartford, CT. Counsel for State Plaintiffs: Eldon V.C. Greenberg, Esq., Garvey Schubert Barer, Washington, DC. Counsel for State Plaintiffs: Gerald T. Karr, Esq., Illinois Office of Attorney General, Chicago, IL. Counsel for State Plaintiffs: Philip Michael Bein, Esq., Kevin P. Donovan, Esq., New York State Office of the Attorney General, Albany, NY. Counsel for State Plaintiffs: Thomas A. Harnett, Esq., Attorney General of Maine, Augusta, ME. Counsel for State Plaintiffs: David L. Ormond, Jr., Esq., Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE. Counsel for State Plaintiffs: Carla Heyl, Esq., Leah M.P. Hedman, Esq., Minnesota Office of the Attorney General, St. Paul, MN. Counsel for State Plaintiffs: Ronald L. Lavinge, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. Counsel for State Plaintiffs: Sean Peter Manning, Esq., Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, MI. Counsel for State Plaintiffs: John K. McManus, Esq., Donald A. Willoh, Esq., Jennifer S. Frazier, Esq., Jessica Lynn Blome, Esq., Shelly A. Woods, Esq., Missouri Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City, MO. Counsel for Environmental Intervenor-Plaintiffs: Bernardo Roman, III, Esq., Yinet Pino, Esq., Law Offices of Bernardo Roman, P.A., Miami, FL. Counsel for Environmental Intervenor-Plaintiffs: David Guest, Esq., Earthjustice, Tallahassee, FL.
    for defendant: Counsel for EPA Defendants: Daniel Post Filor, Esq., Natalie Nancy Kuehler, Esq., Robert William Yalen, Esq., U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, New York, NY. Counsel for Intervenor-Defendant City of New York: Amy Lynn McCamphill, Esq., Bridget Therse Eichinger, Esq., New York City Law Department, New York, NY. Counsel for Intervenor-Defendant Western Water Providers: Peter David Nichols, Esq., Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP, Boulder, CO. Counsel for State Intervenor-Defendants: Annette Marie Quill, Esq., Colorado Office of The Attorney General, Denver, CO. Counsel for Intervenor-Defendant South Florida Water Management District: James Edward Nutt, Esq., South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL.

    Case Number: 08-CV-5606

    Cite as: Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Inc. v. US Environmental Protection Agency, 08-CV-5606, NYLJ 1202665952602, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 28, 2014)

  • August 4, 2014 | The Recorder

    Judge Rejects Takeda's Tactic in Generics Fight

    SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has cried foul over punches thrown by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in a patent brawl to decide the fate of a planned generic for its acid reflux

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  • State of Hawaii v. HSBC Bank Nevada

    Publication Date: 2014-08-01
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-01
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Leslie E. Kobayashi, District Judge, Presiding Before: William A. Fletcher, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura J. Baughman, J. Burton LeBlanc, IV, and Sherri Ann Saucer (argued), Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, Texas; Richard Golomb and Kenneth J. Grunfeld, Golomb & Honik, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; L. Richard Fried, Jr. and Patrick F. McTernan, Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Michael C. Bird, Summer H.M. Fergerstrom, and Tracey Lynn Kubota, Watanabe Ing LLP, Honolulu, Hawaii; Julia B. Strickland, David W. Moon, and Jason Sung-Hyuk Yoo, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A. and HSBC Card Services, Inc.

    Case Number: No. 13-15611

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8720 STATE OF HAWAII, ex rel. David M. Louie, Attorney General, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.p c

  • August 1, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

    August Deals & Suits

    AT&T DirecTV At least a dozen firms are advising on telecommunications giant AT&T Inc.'s proposed $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV LLC, the nation's larges

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  • Merck Eprova AG v. Gnosis S.P.A., 12-4218-cv(L)

    Publication Date: 2014-07-31
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    Court: U. S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler, Raggi, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Lance Soderstrom, on the brief, Natalie Clayton, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Joseph Cwik, Husch Blackwell LLP, Chicago, IL; William D. Chapman, Cadden & Fuller LLP, Irvine, CA, on the brief, Laurie A. Haynie, Husch Blackwell LLP, Chicago, IL

    Case Number: 12-4218-cv(L)

    Cite as: Merck Eprova AG v. Gnosis S.P.A., 12-4218-cv(L), NYLJ 1202665217540, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 29, 2014) 12-4218-cv(L) Before: Pooler,

  • July 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Offers More 'Clarity' in False Advertising Case

    A district court's award of treble damages and legal fees against a dietary supplement maker that falsely advertised the chemical composition of its product was upheld Tuesday by the U.S

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  • July 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Avoiding Discovery Disputes Over Attorney-Client Privilege

    Companies often wind up in disputes concerning the discovery of reports, memoranda, emails and other documents written by their in-house lawyers in connection with prospective business trans

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