• Hughes v. The Cornerstone Inspection Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-05-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Schlanger Law Office of HP Schlanger, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip Savrin and Michael Wolak Freeman Mathis Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A2264

    The trial court erred in dismissing the pl f's negligent inspection action for failure to state a claim, because there conceivably could have been evidence to sustain a grant of relief to the p

  • Gimenez v. Ochoa

    Publication Date: 2016-05-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-05-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Sandra S. Ikuta and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George L. Schraer (argued), San Diego, California, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Vienna (argued), Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Julie L. Garland, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, San Diego, California, for Respondents-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 14-55681

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 4805 ALAN G. GIMENEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.T. OCHOA, Warden;

  • Rishor v. Ferguson

    Publication Date: 2016-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-05-06
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Marsha J. Pechman, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Michael Daly Hawkins and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges and Joan Humphrey Lefkow,*Senior District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Maybrown, Allen, Hansen & Maybrown, Seattle, Washington, for Petitioner-Appellee.
    for defendant: Alex Kostin (argued), Assistant Attorney General; Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General, Olympia, Washington, for Respondent-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 14-36071

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 4777 KIRK RISHOR, Petitioner-Appellee, v. BOB FERGUSON, Attorney Ge

  • May 5, 2016 | The Recorder

    Allen v. Boeing Company

    9th Cir.; 16-35175 The court of appeals affirmed a district court order remanding an action to state court. The court held that class action plaintiffs in a suit alleging enviro

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  • Allen v. Boeing Company

    Publication Date: 2016-05-05
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Class Actions
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-05-05
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Ricardo S. Martinez, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Ronald Lee Gilman,* Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Rogers and Elizabeth J. Donaldson, Law Offices of James S. Rogers, Seattle, Washington; Thomas V. Girardi, David N. Bigelow (argued), and Robert W. Finnerty, Girardi/Keese, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: Michael Sylvain Paisner (argued), The Boeing Company, Renton, Washington; Jeffrey M. Hanson, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington; Kevin T. Van Wart, P.C., and Bradley H. Weidenhammer, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 16-35175

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 4720 JOCELYN ALLEN; LAWRENCE J. ALLEN; VIVIAN LYNN ALLEN; CAREN BARNES; EMERY BLESSING; HORACE BLINER; ROBERT A. BLINER; JASON BOG

  • May 4, 2016 | Litigation Daily

    When Law Firm Puffery Crosses the Line

    As a longtime consumer, even connoisseur, of law firm press releases, I can appreciate how tempting it is for firms to make much of their courtroom wins. img alt="" src="http://www.l

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  • United States v. Ornelas

    Publication Date: 2016-05-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-05-04
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: John A. Houston, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Timothy M. Tymkovich*, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet A. Cabral (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Peter Ko, Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division; Laura E. Duffy, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: David A. Schlesinger (argued), Jacobs & Schlesinger LLP, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 14-50533

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 4693 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ISRAEL ORNEL

  • Weaver v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Phillips, Public Defender, and Kenneth Kondritzer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A2044

    The trial judge did not violate the defendant's right to be present when she responded to a note indicating that one of the jurors wanted to speak with the court about possible juror misconduct, si

  • May 3, 2016 | The Recorder

    Court OKs Law Firm's PR Puffery

    A divided Second District Court of Appeal panel is giving law firms some literary license when it comes to spinning their victories in press releases. The Los Angeles-based appellate

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  • J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. v. Phillips and Cohen LLP

    Publication Date: 2016-05-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-05-02
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glassman, Browning, Saltsman & Jacobs, Anthony Michael Glassman, and Rebecca Nell Kaufman for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Kendall Brill & Klieger, Richard B. Kendall, Laura W. Brill, and Nicholas F. Daum for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B256927

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 4655 J-M MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. P