• People v. Butcher

    Publication Date: 2016-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-05-09
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr. and Allison H. Chung, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: David W. Scopp, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B261774

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 4856 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RYAN ALLEN BUTCHER, De

  • 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:
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    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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