• USA v. Weaver, 16-3861-cr

    Publication Date: 2017-06-30
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    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Newman, Cabranes, and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Scott R. McIntosh and William E. Havemann, Appellate Staff, on the brief, Douglas Letter, for Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: C. Harker Rhodes IV and Michael D. Lieberman, on the brief, George W. Hicks, Jr., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 16-3861-cr

    Contractual Disclaimers of Reliance Do Not Render Oral Misrepresentations Imma

  • June 29, 2017 | The Recorder

    K.R. v. Superior Court (People)

    Cal.Sup.Ct.; S231709 The California Supreme Court reversed a court of appeal decision. The court held that a juvenile offender who entered into a plea…

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  • June 29, 2017 | The Recorder

    Sato v. Orange County Department of Education

    9th Cir.; 15-56402 The court of appeals affirmed a district court judgment. The court held that the passage of Assembly Bill 97 did not deprive California…

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  • June 29, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Controversial Retired Judge to Lead UK Fire Disaster Inquiry

    A retired court of appeal judge who was once accused of "social cleansing" has been appointed to lead the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

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  • K.R. v. Superior Court (People)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paulino G. Duran, Public Defender, Arthur L. Bowie, Patricia Beza Contreras and David Lynch, Assistant Public Defenders, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Jesse Witt, Rachelle A. Newcomb, Michael A. Canzoneri and Eric L. Christoffersen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. S231709

    No factual showing needed to demand that same judge preside over both plea and disposition hearings (Werdegar, J.)

  • 926 North Ardmore Avenue, LLC v. county of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: FisherBroyles, Goodson Wachtel and Petrulis, Lemoine Skinner III; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Daniel M. Kolkey, Julian W. Poon, Lauren M. Blas and Martie P. Kutscher for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: John F. Krattli, County Counsel, Mary C. Wickham, Interim County Counsel, and Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S222329

    Documentary transfer tax properly applied to transfer of majority interest in legal entity that held title to real property (Corrigan, J.)

  • Sato v. Orange County Department of Education

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Education Law | Government | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government | Education
    Date Filed: 2017-06-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Josephine L. Staton, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Stephen Joseph Murphy III,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas A. Ames (argued), Ames Law Office, Fountain Valley, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey P. Thompson (argued) and Gregory A. Wille, Declues Burkett & Thompson APC, Huntington Beach, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 15-56402

    Assembly Bill 97 did not deprive California school districts of Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit (Tallman, J.)

  • De la Cruz v. Kailer, 05-16-00239-CV (TexApp Dist 06/16/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-16
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth
    Judge: DAVID J. SCHENCK JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-16-00239-CV

    Appellant Jose De La Cruz invested $2 million in two condominiums that he converted to an ownership stake in start-up company Steel Hawk. During the condominium purchase, appellant retained Alan Ka

  • City of Pasadena v. Superior Court (Jauregui)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-06-26
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Foley & Mansfeld, Keith M. Ameele, Joseph V. Macha, M. Amadea Groseclose, Margaret I. Johnson; Office of the Pasadena City Attorney, Michele Beal Bagneris, City Attorney, and John Nam, Deputy City Attorney, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood, Joseph Satterley, Denyse F. Clancy, and Ian A. Rivamonte, for Real Parties in Interest.

    Case Number: No. B280805

    Claimants' cause of action for asbestos injury accrued upon date of discovery (Manella, J.)

  • Hardie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

    Publication Date: 2017-06-28
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-06-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Gonzalo P. Curiel, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and David A. Faber,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Sigel (argued) and Jack W. Londen, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California; Brian R. Matsui, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jon Greenbaum, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey M. David, Call & Jensen, Newport Beach, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Seth P. Waxman (argued), Ari Holtzblatt, David M. Lehn, and Daniel S. Volchok, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 15-55576

    NCAA policy restricting coaching by persons with felony convictions not shown to violate Title II (Tallman, J.)