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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

Kou v. State of Texas, 04-16-00346-CR (4th COA. 08/16/2017)

Publication Date: 2017-09-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-08-16
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Judge: LUZ ELENA D. CHAPA, JUSTICE
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 04-16-00346-CR

Appellant Steve Kou was indicted for continuous sexual abuse of his granddaughter. The granddaughter, shortly before her ninth birthday, told appellant's ex-wife about the abuse and told her mot

In re: Gawker Media LLC, 16-11700

Publication Date: 2017-09-01
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry:
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors: Gregg M. Galardi, Esq., D. Ross Martin, Esq., Peter Walkingshaw, Esq., of Counsel Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY.
for defendant: Counsel for Charles C. Johnson and Got News LLC: Jay M. Wolman, Esq. of Counsel, Randazza Legal Group, PLLC, Hartford, Connecticut.
Case Number: 16-11700

Defamation Was Not Personal Tort With No Physical or Psychic

Aviles-Rodriguez v. Los Angeles Community College District

Publication Date: 2017-08-31
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Education | State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-08-29
Court: C.A. 2nd
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, André E. Jardini, Gwen Freeman, and K.L. Myles for Plaintiff and Appellant.
for defendant: Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman, Stacey F. Blank, and Shannon M. Benbow for Defendant and Respondent.
Case Number: No. B278863

Professor denied tenure has one year from last date of employment to file complaint with DFEH (Manella, J.)

Stone Creek, Inc. v. Omnia Italian Design, Inc.

Publication Date: 2017-08-31
Practice Area: Trademarks
Industry: Manufacturing | Retail
Date Filed: 2017-07-11
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges, and Gordon J. Quist,*District Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua L. Benson (argued) and Cory M. Eschweiler, Glen Lerner Injury Attorneys, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Plaintiff-Appellants.
for defendant: Daniel C. DeCarlo (argued), Brittany H. Bartold, Daniel R. Lewis, and Jeffry A. Miller, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee.
Case Number: No. 15-17418 No. 16-15304

Competitor's use of identical mark on identical goods compelled finding of trademark infringement (McKeown, J.)