• Lefkowitz v. Westreich, 16-CV-6845

    Publication Date: 2017-09-06
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge John Koeltl
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16-CV-6845

    Statutes of Limitation Not Tolled; Plaintiff's Threat of Litigation Was A

  • September 5, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Three Am Law 100 Firms Lift Off With Big Houston Rockets Sale

    Baker Botts, DLA Piper and White & Case are advising on the record-setting $2.2 billion sale of the National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets from former lawyer Leslie Alexander to casino and hospitality billionaire Tilman Fertitta.

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  • September 5, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

    Federal Judge Rules on the Overtime Salary Rule

    Editor's Note: Judge Mazzant issued a final ruling striking down the overtime rule. The Texas Federal Judge used essentially the same reasoning on which he based his temporary injunction ruling. In light of this final decision, the appeal of his temporary injunction likely becomes moot.

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  • People v. Iraheta

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., and Stacy S. Schwartz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Marilee Marshall, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B261606

    Gang expert's reliance on field identification cards prepared by non-testifying officers violated confrontation clause (Aldrich, J.)

  • Stoetzl v. State of California

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs and Appellants: Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP, Jack T. Friedman, Jonathan D. Yank, Laurie J. Hepler, and David M. Rice; Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP, Gregg McLean Adam; and Goyette and Associates, Inc., Gary G. Goyette.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants and Respondents: Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, David W. Tyra and Kristianne T. Seargeant; California Department of Human Resources, Joan A. Markoff, Chief Counsel, Frolan R. Aguiling, Deputy Chief Counsel, Christopher E. Thomas, Labor Relations Counsel, and David D. King, Labor Relations Counsel.

    Case Number: No. A142832

    State correctional officers' MOUs dictated that federal and not state law determined issue of compensable hours (Rivera, J.)

  • In re DBSI, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Tax | Government
    Industry: Federal Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Marsha J. Pechman, District Judge, Presiding Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Ronald M. Gould, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer A. Hradil (argued), Mark B. Conlan, Michael F. Quinn, and Brett S. Theisen, Gibbons P.C., Newark, New Jersey, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Ivan Clay Dale (argued), Thomas J. Clark, and Gilbert S. Rothenberg, Attorneys; Diana L. Erbsen, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Caroline D. Ciraolo, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 16-35597

    Sovereign immunity no bar to bankruptcy trustee's action to avoid debtor's fraudulent federal tax payments (Paez, J.)

  • Jackson v. Fong

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Charles R. Breyer, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judge, and Jon P. McCalla,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory S. Bok (argued), Carolyn S. Small, Jessica R. Culpepper, Daniel R. Adler, and Blaine H. Evanson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Alicia A. Bower (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Jonathan L. Wolff, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 15-15547

    Former inmate not subject to PLRA exhaustion requirements (Murguia, J.)

  • September 1, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

    Rising Star: K. Knox Nunnally

    Moving from U.S. Marine Corps captain, to prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorney's Office, to trial lawyer at international law firm McGuireWoods, K. Knox "Lighthorse" Nunnally has consistently strived to help those in need and honor the people who have shaped him.

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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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  • Jane Doe, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck, Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp, Defendants-Appellants, United States of America, Defendant, 15-1890-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-09-01
    Practice Area: Litigation | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee for Jane Doe: Rebecca Ojserkis, Jonas Wang, Erin Baldwin, Kathryn Wynbrandt, Bethany Li, Michael J. Wishnie, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Jerome M. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants for Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck and Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp.: Christopher Connolly, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Amici Curiae for Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Constitutional Law Professors, in support of Jane Doe.: Caitlin J. Halligan, Joel M. Cohen, Casey K. Lee, Kathryn M. Cherry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae University Administrators, in support of Jane Doe.: Paul W. Hughes, Travis Crum, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Military Officers, in support of Jane Doe.: Penelope A. Preovolos, Ben Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program, Protect Our Defenders, Service Women's Action Network, in support of Jane Doe.: John D. Niles, James Anglin Flynn, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, Human Rights Watch, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Women's Law Center, in support of Jane Doe.: Sandra S. Park, Steven Watt, Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1890-cv

    Former West Point Cadet's Sexual Assault Liability Suit Stymied by Second C