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  • April 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to NY Law Requiring In-State Office

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied review to a New Jersey lawyer's constitutional challenge to New York's requirement that nonresident members of the New York bar maintain a physical office for

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  • People v. Lua

    Publication Date: 2017-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-14
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, and Eric A. Swenson, Lynne G. McGinnis and Jennifer B. Truong, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Robert F. Somers, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. E064038

    Apparently contradictory verdicts not contradictory (Hollenhorst, Acting P.J.)

  • April 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Will Tech Firms Be Compelled to Produce Overseas Emails?

    International Criminal Law and Enforcement columnists Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson discuss the government's authority to seek warrants under the Stored Communications Act, a hotly co

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  • April 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Court of Appeals' 'Facebook' Decision Leaves Many Questions Open

    Maurice J. Recchia writes: Despite the potential for addressing broad substantive issues of privacy and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, and issues of federalism and the applicability o

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  • Boston v. Kitsap County

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Ronald B. Leighton, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Jr.,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Clarence Otto (argued), Law Office of Anthony C. Otto, Port Orchard, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Marc Rosenberg (argued), Lee Smart P.S. Inc., Seattle, Washington, for Defendants-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 15-35296

    Filing of claim in accordance with state law did not toll statute of limitations on civil rights claim (England, J.)

  • Scholes v. Lambirth Trucking Company

    Publication Date: 2017-04-07
    Practice Area: Damages | Civil Procedure | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-03-07
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent E. Scholes, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Anwyl, Scoffield & Steep, James T. Anwyl and Lynn A. Garcia for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. C070770

    Lack of detail in ordinal complaint precluded application of relation-back doctrine for subsequently filed amendment (Raye, P.J.)

  • California Chamber of Commerce v. State Air Resources Board

    Publication Date: 2017-04-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Regulation
    Industry: Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-04-06
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni, James R. Parrinello, Steven A. Merksamer, Kurt R. Oneto, Christopher E. Skinnell and Eric J. Miethke for Plaintiffs and Appellants California Chamber of Commerce and Larry Dicke.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gavin G. McCabe, Molly K. Mosley, Deputy Attorney General, David A. Zonana, Robert E. Asperger, M. Elaine Meckenstock, and Bryant B. Cannon, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. C075930 No. C075954

    State Air Resources Board's "cap-and-trade" auction program not unlawful tax (Duarte, J.)

  • Stein v. AXIS Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2017-04-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Date Filed: 2017-03-08
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of James N. Fiedler and James N. Fiedler for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Bowman and Brooke, Julian G. Senior and Marion V. Mauch; BatesCarey, Ommid C. Farashahi, Michael T. Skoglund and Tiffany Saltzman-Jones for Defendants and Respondents AXIS Insurance Company and AXIS Capital Holdings Limited.
    Case Number: No. B265069

    Liability policy expressly covered company officer's criminal defense costs on appeal (Chaney, J.)

  • Hoti Enterprises, L.P. v. Rattet, 16 CV 2538

    Publication Date: 2017-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Vincent Briccetti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16 CV 2538

    Debtor's Claims Fell Within Confirmed Plan's Non-Avoidance Causes Assigned to

  • April 5, 2017 | The Recorder

    32 Firms Line Up to Fight 'Unfinished Business' Doctrine at Calif. High Court

    From Akin Gump to Wilson Sonsini, law are protesting the principle that bankruptcy trustees can claw back profits from client matters that partners take with them from defunct

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