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  • June 15, 2015 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    Entertainment litigation rainmaker Marvin Putnam will join Latham & Watkins in Century City. He departs O'Melveny & Myers, following a six-partner entertainment tra

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  • June 15, 2015 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    New hires, promotions, appointments and awards in-house, at firms, and in government and academia.

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  • David v. Medtronic, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-15
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    Date Filed: 2015-06-12
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Miller Firm and Curtis G. Hoke for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Kirkland & Ellis, Luke L. Dauchot, Nimalka R. Wickramasekera, Sharre Lotfollahi and Sierra Elizabeth for Defendant and Respondent Gary K. Michelson, M.D.
    Case Number: No. B254914

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 6087 BRANDON R. DAVID et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MEDTRONI

  • Tuohy v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2015-06-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Kessler Martenson Hasbrouck Simon LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Y. Soo Jo, Kristi Matthews, and Robert Godfrey City of Atlanta Law Department, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A14A2148

    The plaintiff failed to show that the City's reasons for terminating his employment were pretextual in his suit alleging that he was terminated in retaliation in violation of the Georgia Whistleblowe

  • Smith v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Andrew Childers Childers, Schlueter Smith LLC, and Jonathan Johnson, Atlanta, for Smith. John Strauss, Covington, for Chupp. Lee Gillis and Duke Groover James Bates Brannan Groover, Macon, for Farm Bureau.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A14A1824; A14A1825

    The lead-based paint injuries in the underlying personal injury lawsuit were not excluded from coverage under the landlord's insurance policy's "pollution exclusion," since lead-based paint was not

  • June 9, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

    3 Jurisdiction Arguments to Undermine 'Bauman'

    Until recently, defendants rarely challenged a court’s exercise of general personal jurisdiction, because doing “substantial business” in a state was widely held sufficient

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  • June 8, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

    3 Jurisdiction Arguments to Undermine 'Bauman'

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year in "Daimler AG v. Bauman" said that doing "substantial business" is no longer sufficient to confer general jurisdiction. But there are ways around this.

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  • Siskiyou County Farm Bureau v. Department Of Fish And Wildlife

    Publication Date: 2015-06-05
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    Date Filed: 2015-06-04
    Court: C.A. 3rd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Briscoe Ivester & Bazel and David Ivester; Law Office of Darrin W. Mercier and Darrin W. Mercier for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Randy L. Barrow, Deputy Attorney General, Gary Alexander, Ali A. Karaouni, and Deborah L. Barnes, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. C073735

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 5632 SISKIYOU COUNTY FARM BUREAU, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DEPAR

  • June 3, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Third Circuit Greenlights Thalidomide Client Interviews

    The Third Circuit has refused Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro's request to stop court interviews of 31 firm clients inquiring whether they are willingly dismissing their thalidomide claims a

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  • June 2, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Third Circuit Greenlights Thalidomide Client Interviews

    The Third Circuit has refused Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro's request to stop court interviews of 31 firm clients inquiring whether they are willingly dismissing their thalidomide claims against GlaxoSmithKline and others.

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