• Nautilus, Inc. v. Yang

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Creditors
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thompson Coburn and Samuel R. Watkins for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant, and Appellant.
    for defendant: No appearance for Defendants, Cross-defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. G051956

    Inquiry notice insufficient to defeat transferee's good faith defense to claim of fraudulent conveyance (Fybel, J.)

  • In re Kirchner

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-24
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randy Mize, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Abbey J. Noel and Troy Anthony Britt, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner Kristopher Kirchner.
    for defendant: Bonnie M. Dumanis, District Attorney, James E. Atkins, Jennifer Kaplan and Craig E. Fisher, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent the People.

    Case Number:

    Juvenile offender's statutory right to petition for recall and resentencing after serving 15 years of LWOP sentence does not satisfy Eighth Amendment (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • Weeden v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: James K. Singleton, District Judge, Presiding Before: Consuelo M. Callahan and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges, and Donald W. Molloy,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Bonneau, Jr. (argued), Sacramento, California, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Christina Hitomi Simpson (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Eric L. Christoffersen, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, California; for Respondent-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 14-17366

    Trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to obtain psychological evaluation of 14-year old accused of murder (Hurwitz, J.)

  • April 24, 2017 | National Law Journal

    9 Firms Drop Off DC Circuit's Pro Bono Leaders List

    Of the record-breaking 33 firms that made the Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit's list of pro bono leaders in 2015, 24 are back on the list this year for their work in 2016. Bu

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  • April 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Notice of Surveillance to Non-Target, Non-Defendant Interceptees

    In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco addresses an interesting yet rarely litigated legal issue: whether individuals whose communications are intercepted, but are non-targets and never prosecut

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  • Gunn v. Hamilton, 309154/2016

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term Part 44
    Judge: Justice Frank Nervo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 309154/2016

    Woman Cannot Assert Custody Rights Over Child Adopted by Ex-Partner, Judge

  • April 24, 2017 |

    THE STIMAC FAMILY TRUST, BY MARK STIMAC, V. WISCONSIN POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AQUIRE CONTRACTING AND RESTORATION INC. N/K/A/ AQUIRE RESTORATION INC.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis The Stimac Family Trustv.Wisconsin Power and Light Co. 2017 WL 1401004NOTICE: FINAL PUBLICATION DECISION…

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  • April 24, 2017 |

    Ludwick v. Harbinger Grp., Inc.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Ludwickv.Harbinger Group, Inc.2017 WL 1359477Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.United…

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  • People v. Wismer

    Publication Date: 2017-04-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-20
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Peter Quon, Jr., and Anthony Da Silva, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Law Offices of Scott M. Schlegel and Scott M. Schlegel for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D068743

    "Controlled experiment" in jury room constituted juror misconduct (Dato, J.)

  • People v. Superior Court (Rodas)

    Publication Date: 2017-04-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-13
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Catherine Chatman and R. Todd Marshall, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, Larenda R. Delaini and Nicholas M. Fogg, Deputy Attorneys General for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Tracie Olson, Public Defender, Ronald Johnson, Deputy Public Defender for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. C082363

    Probationer had no right to withdraw eight-year old no contest plea or to take advantage of intervening change in law (Hull, Acting P.J.)