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  • August 26, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

    Overhauling the Law Firm Model: Think Big, Act Small

    Back in 1997, when Polly McNeill decided to quit Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe to help launch Summit Law Group, it didn't seem like the smartest bet. Leaving Heller, after all, mea

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  • August 18, 2014 | The Recorder

    Ninth Circuit Spurns 'Browsewrap' Arbitration Agreement

    SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has refused to enforce a so-called "browsewrap" arbitration agreement incorporated into the website of Bar

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  • August 18, 2014 | The Recorder

    Ninth Circuit Spurns Web 'Browsewrap' Agreement

    SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has refused to enforce a so-called "browsewrap" arbitration agreement incorporated into the website of Bar

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  • People v. Shazier

    Publication Date: 2014-08-18
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-18
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Seth K. Schalit, Laurence K. Sullivan and Bridget Billeter, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Jill A. Fordyce, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. S208398

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 9530 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DARIEL SHAZIER, Defend

  • Nguyen v. Barnes & Noble, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2014-08-18
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-18
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Josephine L. Staton, District Judge, Presiding Before: John T. Noonan and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges, and Roslyn O. Silver, Senior District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gretchen Carpenter (argued), and Brian R. Strange, Strange & Carpenter, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Michelle C. Doolin (argued), Leo P. Norton, and Erin E. Goodsell, Cooley LLP, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 12-56628

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 9479 KEVIN KHOA NGUYEN, an individual, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee,p class

  • Steen v. Superior Court (The People)

    Publication Date: 2014-08-11
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-11
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Judge and Ronald L. Brown, Public Defenders, Ilya Alekseyeff and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Frederick R: Bennett; Reed Smith, Paul D. Fogel and Dennis Peter Maio for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. S174773

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 9072 JEWERELENE STEEN, Petitioner, v. APPELLATE DIVISION, SUPERIOR C

  • August 8, 2014 | The Recorder

    Yelp's Critics Chip Away at Legal Defenses

    SAN FRANCISCO — Yelp has suffered some poor reviews in court this year. For a company used to getting its way with judges, that could be a bad sign. Despite persistent compl

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  • People v. Shapiro

    Publication Date: 2014-07-24
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    Date Filed: 2014-07-23
    Court: C.A. 4th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Peter Quon, Jr., and Raquel M. Gonzalez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Richard Power, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. G048132

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8361 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARK IRVING SH

  • July 18, 2014 | The Recorder

    Donato Touches Patent Hot Spot in Sex-Toy Case

    SAN FRANCISCO — Patent litigators are getting good vibes from one of the Northern District of California's newest federal judges. Ruling in a dispute between manufacture

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  • In re Greenshields

    Publication Date: 2014-07-15
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    Date Filed: 2014-07-14
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jean Matulis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Petitioner Sean Alen Greenshields.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Kathleen Kenealy, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie Weng-Gutierrez, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer M. Kim, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Marie Leggon Wrighten, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent Department of State Hospitals.
    Case Number: 2d Civil No. B252222

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 7958 In re SEAN ALEN GREENSHIELDS, 
on Habeas Corpus. 2d Civil No. B252222