• 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

  • JOHN BRUZZESE, ap, v. SYLVIA BRUZZESE, DEFENDANT-res; PETER D. BARLET NONPARTY-res

    Publication Date: 2017-07-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Eng, P.J.; Leventhal, Sgroi and Maltese, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number:

    JOHN BRUZZESE, ap, v. SYLVIA BRUZZESE, DEFENDANT-res; PETER D. BARLET NONPARTY-res — (INDEX NO. 6760/11)Peter D. Barlet, Warwick, NY, nonparty-respondent p

  • United States v. Sierra Pacific Industries, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-07-13
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Mining and Resources | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-07-13
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: William B. Shubb, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judge, and Jon P. McCalla,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Shelledy (argued), Matthew D. Segal, and Kelli L. Taylor, Assistant United States Attorneys; United States Attorney's Office, Sacramento, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: William R. Warne (argued), Meghan M. Baker, Annie S. Amaral, and Michael J. Thomas, Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento, California; Jennifer T. Lias and Richard W. Beckler, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants Sierra Pacific Industries, Inc.

    Case Number: No. 15-15799

    Federal judge's alleged Twitter activity did not warrant recusal (Thomas, C.J.)

  • People v. Webb

    Publication Date: 2017-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-12
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Seth K. Schalit, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Dorian Jung, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Counsel Defendant and Appellant: Alex Green.

    Case Number: No. A147740

    Williamson rule did not bar felony identity theft prosecution for act of providing someone else's driver's license to police officer (Pollak, J.)

  • July 13, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    Judiciary Committee Advances Newsom Nomination to Full Senate

    Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 18-2 Thursday to send Kevin Newsom's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to the full Senate for confirmation.

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  • Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. San Diego Association of Governments

    Publication Date: 2017-07-13
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-07-13
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin P. Bundy; Cory J. Briggs Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Rachel B. Hooper, Amy J. Bricker, Erin B. Chalmers; Daniel P. Selmi; Coast Law Group and Marco Gonzalez for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Julie D. Wiley; Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Michael H. Zischke, Andrew B. Sabey, Linda C. Klein; The Sohagi Law Group, Margaret M. Sohagi and Philip A. Seymour for Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number:

    CEQA did not mandate EIR analysis of transportation plan's consistency with 2005 executive order's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals (Liu, J.)

  • July 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    In Age of Twitter, Do Investors Need Instant Updates?

    Gregg Weiner of Ropes & Gray writes: The U.S. Supreme Court will review a ruling from the Second Circuit in 'Leidos', holding that Item 303 creates a duty to disclose that can subject companies to civil liabilities for securities fraud under §10(b). A ruling by the high court, expected to come in the October 2017 term, could significantly impact the scope of potential liability for nondisclosures under §10(b) and change the disclosure practices of public companies.

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  • Ocean 152 LLC v. Williams, L&T 077682-17

    Publication Date: 2017-07-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Civil Court, Kings County, Housing Part E
    Judge: Judge Bruce E. Scheckowitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Petitioner was represented by Jacob Gelfand, Esq.
    for defendant: Respondent was represented by Barbara Michalska, Esq. of CAMBA Legal Services.

    Case Number: L&T 077682-17

    Tenant Did Not Have Capacity to Knowingly Enter into Stipulation to Surrender T