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  • December 29, 2015 | Daily Business Review

    Court Revives Former Metlife Executive's Age Bias Claim

    When fe fired a 49-year-old executive and promoted his 42-year-old underling, the executive filed an age discrimination lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled for

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  • December 28, 2015 | Daily Business Review

    Court Revives Former Metlife Executive's Age Bias Claim

    When MetLife fired a 49-year-old executive and promoted his 42-year-old underling, the executive filed an age discrimination lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled for MetLife. On Dec. 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed Middlebrooks. The court revived the case brought by Robert Liebman, former managing director of MetLife's West Palm Beach and Boca Raton offices.

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  • People of the State of California ex rel. Kamala D. Harris v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    Publication Date: 2015-12-17
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    Date Filed: 2015-12-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and M. Margaret McKeown and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. McKeon (argued), Judith D. Cassel, Whitney E. Snyder, Hawke McKeon & Sniscak LLP, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, Mark Breckler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Martin Goyette, Senior Assistant Attorney General, San Francisco, California; David M. Gustafson, Deputy Attorney General, Oakland, California, for Petitioner People of the State of California ex rel. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General.
    for defendant: David L. Morenoff, General Counsel, Robert H. Solomon, Solicitor, Lona T. Perry (argued), Deputy Solicitor, Susanna Y. Chu, Attorney, Washington, D.C., for Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    Case Number: No. 13-71276 No. 13-71487

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 13297 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE IFORNIA, EX REL. KAMALA D. HARRIS, ATTORNEY GENERAL; PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE

  • Espinoza v. Dimon, 14-1754

    Publication Date: 2015-12-10
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch.J., Pooler and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Jay N. Razzouk, on the brief, George C. Aguilar, Robbins Arroyo LLP, San Diego, California; Thomas G. Amon, Law Offices of Thomas G. Amon, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees James Dimon, Douglas L. Braunstein, Michael J. Cavanagh, Ina R. Drew, and Nominal Defendant-Appellee JPMorgan Chase & Co.: Daryl A. Libow, Christopher Michael Viapiano, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Richard C. Pepperman, II, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York. For Defendants-Appellees Ellen V. Futter, James S. Crown, David M. Cote, Laban P. Jackson, Jr., Crandall C. Bowles, James A. Bell, Lee R. Raymond, Stephen B. Burke, William C. Weldon, and David C. Novak.: Jonathan C. Dickey, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 14-1754

    Cite as: Espinoza v. Dimon, 14-1754, NYLJ 1202744383056, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided December 3, 2015) CASENAME Ernesto Espinoza, Derivatively on Behalf of JPMorga

  • The Corps Group v. Afterburner Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean McMahan Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, William Nelson, Jordana Rubel, and J. Kevin Fee Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, for The Corps Group. Stephen Bauer BakerHostetler LLP, and Jeffrey Baxter Dentons US LLP, Atlanta, for Lohrenz. Stephen Dorvee, Theresa Kananen, and Lauren Gregory Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, for Afterburner Inc..
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A15A1276; A15A1277

    The trial court erred in denying the defendants' motions for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to the plaintiff's trademark and trade dress infringement claims under

  • Dole Food Company, Inc. v. Superior Court (Shell Oil Company)

    Publication Date: 2015-12-02
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    Date Filed: 2015-12-01
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Andrea E. Neuman, Thomas A. Manakides and William E. Thomson for Petitioners.
    for defendant: Frederick Bennett for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. B262044

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 12752 DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COUR

  • November 30, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    United States v. Crédit Agricole Facing alleged sanctions violations for doing business with entities in Sudan and other blacklisted countries, Crédit Agric

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  • November 30, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    United States v. Credit Agricole; Quadrant Structured Products v. Vertin; Chickasaw Nation v. U.S. Department of the Interior; Bard v. Gore

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  • November 24, 2015 |

    O'Connor v. Uber Techs., Inc.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert AnalysisO'Connorv.Uber Techs., Inc.82 F.Supp.3d 1133United States District Court,N.D. California.Douglas O'CONNOR,…

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  • Ex parte Barnaby, WR-80, 099-01 (Tex.Crim.App. 11/04/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-11-17
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-04
    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
    Judge: PER CURIAM.
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    for defendant:
    Case Number: WR-80, 099-01

    ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 09-04-04192-CR IN THE 221ST DISTRICT COURT FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY OPINION Major