• July 17, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    Federal Bench Nominee William Ray Hailed for Fairness, 'Farm-Boy Work Ethic'

    While any federal judge nominee may expect a rough time in today's hyperpartisan atmosphere, Georgia Court of Appeals Judge William "Billy" Ray II—tapped last week by President Donald Trump for the U.S. District Court for Georgia's Northern District—will come to the Senate with a reputation for working across the aisle.

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  • July 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    How to Shift Your Litigation Strategies for the New IP Landscape

    Sapna W. Palla and Andrew Bochner if Wiggin and Dana write: The year 2016 and the last few months of 2017 have been characterized by many notable developments, causing sea changes in intellectual property law that shift litigation strategies more than ever. While the changes have been far reaching, this article will focus on those which most impact litigation strategies, such as venue, laches, patent exhaustion, patent damages, and extraterritoriality, and provide practical suggestions for strategies to employ, along with real-world examples of successful approaches to navigate this new landscape.

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  • Swigart v. Bruno

    Publication Date: 2017-07-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-06-22
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Law Office of John Derrick and John Derrick for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Selman Breitman, Elaine K. Fresch, Rachel E. Hobbs and Melanie M. Smith for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D071072

    Accident resulting from contact between horses inherent risk of endurance riding (Aaron, J.)

  • Lewis v. Superior Court (Medical Board of California)

    Publication Date: 2017-07-17
    Practice Area: Privacy | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-07-17
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fenton Nelson, Fenton Law Group, Henry R. Fenton, Dennis E. Lee and Benjamin J. Fenton for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Edward C. DuMont, State Solicitor General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gloria L. Castro, Assistant Attorney General, Janill L. Richards, Principal Deputy State Solicitor General, Aimee Feinberg, Deputy State Solicitor General, Kathleen Vermazen Radez and Samuel P. Siegel, Associate Deputy State Solicitor General, E.A. Jones III and Edward K. Kim, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. S219811

    Medical Board's accessing of patient prescription records did not violate patient privacy rights (Liu, J.)

  • Instant consolidated proceedings, Estate of: JOSE ALAYON (00/80/B), et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-07-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, Kings County
    Judge: Surrogate Lopez Torres
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 98/656

    In the instant consolidated proceedings, Louis R. Rosenthal, Esq. (Rosenthal) moves by Order to Show Cause for an order of the court i) vacating this court's order, dated February 4, 2015 (the 201

  • US v. Sheldon Silver, 16-1615-cr

    Publication Date: 2017-07-17
    Practice Area: White Collar Crime
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Cabranes, Wesley, C.JJ., and Sessions, J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Howard S. Master, James McDonald, Karl Metzner, on the brief, Andrew D. Goldstein, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellant: Robert K. Kry, Justin V. Shur, MoloLamken LLP, Joel Cohen, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, on the brief, Steven F. Molo, MoloLamken LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-1615-cr

    Silver Corruption Conviction Overturned by Second C

  • In re TCR Sports Broadcasting Holding, LLP, Petitioner-Appellant-Respondent, v. WN Partner, LLC, et al., respondents, Washington Nationals Baseball Club, LLC, et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-07-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Acosta P.J., Richter, Andrias, Kahn, Gesmer, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 3595-3596

    3595-3596. In re TCR Sports Broadcasting Holding, LLP, Petitioner-Appellant-Respondent, v. WN Partner, LLC, et al., respondents, Washington Nationals Baseball Club, LLC, et al., respondents-Responde

  • Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Pyle

    Publication Date: 2017-07-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-07-13
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Parker Ibrahim & Berg, John M. Sorich, Bryant Delgadillo and Mariel Gerlt-Ferraro for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.
    for defendant: Hennelly & Grossfeld and Ronald K. Giller for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. D071079

    Void default judgment did not grant quiet title relief so as to validate subsequent transfer to purported bona fide purchasers (Nares, J.)

  • Alfaro v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2017-07-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-14
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding Before: JAY S. BYBEE, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and MORGAN CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael David Weinstein (argued) and Celeste Bacchi, Deputy Federal Public Defenders; Hilary Potashner, Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California; for Petitioner-Appellee.
    for defendant: Robin Helene Urbanski (argued), Deputy Attorney General; James William Bilderback II, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Michael J. Mongan, Deputy Solicitor General; Julie L. Garland, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Edward C. DuMont, Solicitor General; United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, California; for Respondent-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 15-55337

    California's alleged systemic delay in administration of death penalty did not excuse habeas petitioner's failure to exhaust state remedies (M.D. Smith, J.)

  • The court announces the following Motion Orders:

    Publication Date: 2017-07-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: JULY 13, 2017, First Judicial Department, Appellate Division
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number:

    M-3113. Greater Building Services, LLC, plf-res, v. Lev Properties LLC, def-ap — An appeal having been taken from an order of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered on or about November 2