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  • September 21, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

    Federal Circuit: No More Loosey-Goosey Rules on Patent Venue

    The decision interpreting the Supreme Court's TC Heartland ruling will be cheered by tech companies and make it harder for patent suits to stick in the Eastern District of Texas.

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  • Roth v. Plikaytis

    Publication Date: 2017-09-14
    Practice Area: Evidence | Litigation | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Date Filed: 2017-09-13
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hamilton & McInnis, Ben-Thomas Hamilton, and Kristine S. Stcynske for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: McMillan Law Firm and Scott A. McMillan for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. D070484

    Trial court erred in refusing to considered previously filed materials incorporated by reference in attorney fee motion (Dato, J.)

  • People v. Hunter

    Publication Date: 2017-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-11
    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, Theodore M. Cropley and Daniel J. Hilton, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Diane E. Berley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Alan Hunter.
    Case Number: No. B275226

    Defendants had no right to victim interview report prepared by codefendant's attorney (Aronson, J.)

  • September 6, 2017 | Litigation Daily

    Shout-Out: Weil's $4 Billion Save

    With $4 billion on the line, a team from Weil, Gotshal & Manges led by litigation department co-chair Jonathan Polkes scored a decisive summary judgment win on behalf of some of the biggest names in finance and real estate, beating back an investor class action that had been headed for trial.

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  • September 5, 2017 |

    Krik v. Exxon Mobil Corp.,

    Click Here  for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Krik v. Exxon Mobil Corp.United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitDecember 6, 2016,…

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  • September 1, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Weil Gotshal Partner Discusses the End of Decade-Long Case That Presaged the Great Recession

    The decision in 'Stender v. Archstone-Smith Operating Trust' by U.S. District Judge William Martinez of the District of Colorado granting summary judgment to dismiss the class action is, on its face, a relatively straightforward contract case. It's only once the full context of the $1 billion action is known that the scope of the litigation becomes appreciable. Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner Jonathan Polkes, co-chair of the firm's global litigation department, appreciates the context.

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  • PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS LLC, ET AL., plf-res, v. MICHAEL A. KRAMER def-ap, DUCERA PARTNERS LLC, def

    Publication Date: 2017-08-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Acosta, P.J., Sweeny, Renwick, Moskowitz, Kahn, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 3852-3853

    3852-3853. PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS LLC, ET AL., plf-res, v. MICHAEL A. KRAMER def-ap, DUCERA PARTNERS LLC, def — MICHAEL A. KRAMER Counte plf-ap, v. PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS LLC Count

  • Okorie v. Los Angeles Unified School District

    Publication Date: 2017-08-17
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Date Filed: 2017-08-16
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Akudinobi & Ikonte, Chijioke O. Ikonte; Law Office of Metu C. Ogike and Metu Chikezie Ogike for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Anthony J. Bejarano, Assistant General Counsel, and Alexander Molina, Chief Labor and Employment Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. B268733

    Teacher's claims of harassment and discrimination arose from school district's protected activity in investigating molestation claim (Johnson, J.)

  • PGA West Residential Association, Inc. v. Hulven International, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-09
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peters & Freedman, David M. Peters and Zachary R. Smith for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Sam Walker for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. E064270

    Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act's seven-year statute of limitations barred lawsuit challenging alleged fraudulent transfer of interest in real estate to sham entity (McKinster, J.)

  • August 7, 2017 | Daily Business Review

    Q&A for the 2017 Top Women in Law: Exploring Their Careers and the Profession

    The 10 honorees were asked to describe their careers and offer some thoughts on the legal professions.

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