• March 29, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    High Court Revisits Contingency Fee Taxation Issues

    When a client wins a damage award in court, the portion of the award that goes to the lawyer as a contingentcy fee is taxable income for the lawyer. But a long-simmering issue, now be

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  • February 29, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Circuit Sends $8.5 Bil. BofA Settlement Back to State Court

    Bank of America's $8.5 billion settlement with investors over mortgage-backed securities is returning to state court. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday said the Class Act

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  • March 19, 2007 | Legal Times

    Penalty Box: A 'Target-Rich Environment'

    Civil litigators often go for the jugular on behalf of their clients, but their actions in and out of court triggered more ethics complaints last year than any other practice area in Was

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  • 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.
    Judge:
    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

  • April 14, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Court Eyes FCA Claims Based on Anti-Kickback Law

    Whether anti-kickback statute violations can underpin False Claims Act cases was up for debate at oral arguments in two unrelated cases before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Chief Ju

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  • March 6, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Justices raise the bar on antitrust

    Washington-The Supreme Court last week, ruling in the final two of a trio of antitrust challenges this term, significantly raised the bar for those attempting to prove anti-competitive b

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  • June 26, 2008 | Legal Times

    Supreme Court reduces damages awarded in Exxon case

    A punitive damage award in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case that once amounted to $5 billion was

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  • November 4, 2002 | Legal Times

    David Sentelle's Wry Turn

    It is rare enough for a federal judge to write a riveting and funny, footnote-free book on how he handled a single case. Rarer still that the case led the judge to leave his cour

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  • November 15, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Boeing GC Leads In-House Team in $18 Billion Deal with Emirates Airlines

    UPDATE: 11/18/11, 9:00 a.m., EDT. Boeing has bagged an even bigger airplane order. British firm a tar

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  • December 31, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    People, respondent v. Martin Tankleff, appellant

    Decided Dec. 18, 2007Before Rivera, J.P., Krausman, Florio, Dillon, JJ.APPEAL by the defendant, by permission, from an order of the County Court (Stephen L. Braslow, J.), dated Mar

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