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City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (Anderson-Barker)

Publication Date: 2017-03-03
Practice Area: Discovery | Government
Industry: State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-03-02
Court: C.A. 2nd
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Feuer, City Attorney, Carlos De La Guerra, Managing Assistant City Attorney, Debra L. Gonzales, Assistant City Attorney, Blithe Smith Bock and Gabriel L. Ruha, Deputy City Attorneys for Petitioner.
for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Donald Cook for Real Party in Interest.
Case Number: No. B269525

Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 1996 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES C

March 1, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Joint Employment Tests Are All Wrong, Says Federal Appeals Court

Are 59 years of joint employment rulings all wrong? Yes, says a federal appeals court in a landmark Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) decision issued in late January. Relying on a 1958 Depa

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Melamed v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Publication Date: 2017-02-28
Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Health Care Law
Industry: Health Care
Date Filed: 2017-02-27
Court: C.A. 2nd
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greene, Broillet & Wheeler, Mark T. Quigley, Christian T.F. Nickerson; Esner, Chang & Boyer and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiff and Appellant.
for defendant: Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro, Patricia L. Glaser, Joel N. Klevens; Nossman, Mitchell J. Green; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robin Meadow and Jeffrey W. Raskin for Defendants and Respondents.
Case Number: No. B263095

Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 1796 HOOMAN MELAMED, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL

Perry v. Bakewell Hawthorne, LLC

Publication Date: 2017-02-23
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-02-23
Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Posner; Bral & Associates and S. Sean Bral for Plaintiff and Appellant.
for defendant: Schumann | Rosenberg, Kim Schumann and Jeffrey P. Cunningham for Defendant and Respondent.
Case Number:

Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 1641 WILSON DANTE PERRY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BAKEWELL HAWTHORNE

February 22, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Supreme Court Limits Patent Liability for Component Makers in Global Supply Chain

In a decision that should please American manufacturers that feed into the global supply chain, the U.S. Supreme Court has narrowly interpreted a 33-year-old law that imposes patent liabil

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February 22, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Equivocal Effects of Florida Supreme Court's Unequivocal Rejection of Daubert

Almost four years ago, the Florida Legislature replaced the Frye standard, which governed the admissibility of expert testimony in Florida for decades, with the Daubert standard, which gove

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Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM Radio, 15-1164-cv

Publication Date: 2017-02-21
Practice Area: Copyrights
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Calabresi, Chin, and Carney, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Henry Gradstein, Maryann R. Marzano, on the brief, Harvey Geller, Gradstein & Marzano, P.C., Los Angeles, CA.; Evan S. Cohen, on the brief, Los Angeles, CA.; Michael Gervais, Arun S. Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY.; Robert Rimberg, Goldberg Rimberg & Weg PLLC.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Cassandra L. Seto, on the brief, Daniel M. Petrocelli, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA.; Johnathan D. Hacker, on the brief, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Law Professors Gary Pulsinelli, Julie Ross, and Peter Jaszi, in support of Defendant-Appellant: Brandon Butler, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Howard Abrams, Brandon Butler, Michael Carrier, Michael Carroll, Ralph Clifford, Brian Frye, William Gallagher, Eric Goldman, James Grimmelmann, Yvette Liebesman, Brian Love, Tyler Ochoa, David Olson, David Post, Michael Risch, Matthew Sag, Rebecca Tushnet, and David Welkowitz, in support of Defendant-Appellant: Eugene Volokh, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA. For Amicus Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Defendant-Appellant: Mitchell Stoltz, Vera Ranieri, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA. For Amicus Curiae Pandora Media, Inc., in support of Defendant-Appellant: R. Bruce Rich, Benjamin E. Marks, Gregory Silbert, Todd Larson, Kami Lizarraga, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Public Knowledge, in support of Defendant-Appellant: Sherwin Siy, John Bergmayer, Raza Panjwani, Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae National Association of Broadcasters, in support of Defendant-Appellant: Stephen B. Kinnaird, Paul Hastings LLP, Washington, D.C.; Rick Kaplan, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae New York State Broadcasters Association, Inc., in support of Defendant-Appellant: Adam R. Bialek, Stephen J. Barrett, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York, NY.; David L. Donovan, New York State Broadcasters Association, Inc., Albany, NY.
Case Number: 15-1164-cv

Cite as: Flo &Eddie v. Sirius, 15-1164-cv, NYLJ 1202779535509, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 16, 2017) CASE NAME Flo & Eddie, Inc., a California Corpor

February 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Two Big Firms Advise on Scuttled Unilever-Kraft Heinz Merger

Linklaters and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison landed lead roles on a since aborted $143 billion takeover bid for London-based Unilever plc by Pittsburgh-based Kraft Heinz Foods

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February 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

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February 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

'Spokeo' Requirement Has Real Teeth in Narrowing, Defeating Consumer Class Actions

Two recent decisions by the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Seventh Circuits provide further clarity as to the type of alleged injury that is—and is not— concrete

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