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Sprunk v. Prisma LLC

Publication Date: 2017-08-25
Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Class Actions | Employment Litigation
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
Date Filed: 2017-08-23
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, André E. Jardini, Gwen Freeman and K. L. Myles for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Markun Zusman Freniere & Compton and Daria Dub Carlson for Defendant and Appellant.
Case Number: No. B268755

Defendant's strategic delay in compelling arbitration against named plaintiff resulted in waiver of right to compel arbitration against class members (Lui, J.)

Rubenstein v. The Gap, Inc.

Publication Date: 2017-08-25
Practice Area: Consumer Protection
Industry: Retail
Date Filed: 2017-08-24
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirtland & Packard, Behram V. Parekh and Joshua A. Fields for Plaintiff and Appellant.
for defendant: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Joseph Duffy and Esther K. Ro for Defendant and Respondent.
Case Number: No. B272356

Clothing manufacturer's sale of lesser-quality clothing at factory stores not deceptive (Lui, J.)

Paselk v. Bayview, 06-17-00012-CV (TexApp Dist 08/10/2017)

Publication Date: 2017-08-25
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Date Filed: 2017-08-10
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Sixth Appellate District
Judge: RALPH K. BURGESS JUSTICE
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Case Number: 06-16-00116-CR

Appellee purchased the subject property at a public foreclosure sale. After acquiring a substitute trustee's deed, it sent a notice to appellant and all other occupants requesting they vacate th

Merrill v. The City of N.Y., 155587/2015

Publication Date: 2017-08-25
Practice Area: Personal Injury
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Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Part 5
Judge: Justice W. Franc Perry
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Case Number: 155587/2015

Pedestrian Fails to Establish City, Contractor Created or Caused Alleged Defective Con

Ramirez v. City of Gardena

Publication Date: 2017-08-24
Practice Area: Wrongful Death
Industry: State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-08-23
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Innabi Law Group, Abdalla J. Innabi and Amer Innabi for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
for defendant: Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester, Mildred K. O'Linn, Tony M. Sain and Ladell H. Muhlestein for Defendant and Respondent.
Case Number: No. B279873

City's compliance with statutory vehicular pursuit policy entitled it to immunity for fatality (Lui, J.)

Briggs v. Brown

Publication Date: 2017-08-24
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Election and Political Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-08-24
Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Christina Von der Ahe Rayburn and Lillian Jennifer Mao for Petitioner.
for defendant: Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods, Assistant Attorney General, Marc A. LeForestier and Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondents.
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Prop 66's five-year time limit on resolution of death penalty appeals and habeas petitions must be deemed directive rather than mandatory (Corrigan, Acting C.J.)

Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC, Petitioner v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Basil Seggos, Acting Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, John Ferguson, Chief Permit Administrator, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Respondents, Stop the Pipeline, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Inc., Sierra Club, Riverkeeper, Inc., Intervenors*, 16-1568

Publication Date: 2017-08-24
Practice Area: Environmental Law | Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Kearse, Wesley, and Droney, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Saul Ewing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Utz Witmer, Saul Ewing, Wayne, Pennsylvania; Yvonne E. Hennessey, Barclay Damon, Albany, New York, on the brief, John F. Stoviak, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
for defendant: For Respondents: Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Andrew B. Ayers, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, Frederick A. Brodie, Assistant Solicitor General, Lisa M. Burianek, Deputy Bureau Chief, Albany, New York, on the brief, Brian Lusignan, Assistant Attorney General, Albany, NY. For Intervenor Stop the Pipeline: Karl S. Coplan, Todd D. Ommen, Anne Marie Garti, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc., White Plains, New York, on the brief, Kara E. Paulsen**, White Plains, NY. For Intervenors Catskill Mountainkeeper, Inc., Sierra Club, and Riverkeeper, Inc.: Deborah Goldberg, Christine Ernst, Earthjustice, New York, New York, on the brief, Moneen Nasmith, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National Association of Manufacturers, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, American Chemistry Council, Natural Gas Supply Association, American Forest & Paper Association, and Process Gas Consumers Group, in support of Petitioner: Roger R. Martella, Jr., Ryan C. Morris, Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Washington, D.C.; Linda E. Kelly, Quentin Riegel, Leland P. Frost, Manufacturers' Center For Legal Action, Washington, D.C.; Steven P. Lehotsky, Sheldon B. Gilbert, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Kevin B. Belford, Michael L. Murray, Washington, D.C.; Leslie A. Hulse, Washington, D.C.; Dena E. Wiggins, Washington, D.C.; Andrea J. Chambers, Katie Leesman, Ballard Spahr, Washington, D.C., of counsel, filed a brief Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Water Defense, Waterkeeper Alliance, Earthworks, PennEnvironment, Peconic Baykeeper, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation, in support of Respondents: Albert K. Butzel, New York, New York, of counsel, filed a brief Kimberly Ong, New York, NY.
Case Number: 16-1568

Levco v. Cleveland, 01-15-00620-CV (TexApp Dist 08/10/2017)

Publication Date: 2017-08-24
Practice Area: Contracts
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Date Filed: 2017-08-10
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, First District
Judge: EVELYN V. KEYES, JUSTICE
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Case Number: 01-15-00620-CV

Whole Foods' regional division hired Cleveland Construction, Inc. to build a store in Houston in 2010. Cleveland's bid included a bid by Levco Construction, Inc. as a subcontractor. The proj

Zewde v. Abadi, 14-16-00536-CV (TexApp Dist 08/10/2017)

Publication Date: 2017-08-24
Practice Area: Family Law
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Date Filed: 2017-08-10
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth
Judge: MARTHA HILL JAMISON, JUSTICE
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Case Number: 14-16-00536-CV

Appellant filed an original petition to declare the parties' marriage void asserting that respondent's prior marriage in Eritrea to an Italian citizen was never properly dissolved; thus, ac

In re D.H.

Publication Date: 2017-08-23
Practice Area: Family Law
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Date Filed: 2017-08-22
Court: C.A. 4th
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory P. Priamos, County Counsel, James E. Brown, Guy B. Pittman, and Carole Nunes Fong, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Michelle L. Jarvis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Case Number: No. E066818

Father's rights violated by termination of parental rights without finding of unfitness or detriment (Slough, J.)