• Cleveland v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2012-10-11
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    Date Filed: 2012-10-11
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hinshaw & Culbertson, Filomena E. Meyer and Desmond J. Hinds for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Reed Smith, Margaret M. Grignon and Anne M. Grignon for Defendant and Appellant Internet Specialties West, Inc. Andrew P. Altholz for Defendant and Appellant Robert V. Johnson.

    Case Number: No. B233762

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 11488KENNETH CLEVELAND et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,v.ROBERT V. JOHNSON et al.,

  • Richey v. AutoNation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-13
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    Date Filed: 2012-11-13
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott O. Cummings for Plaintiff and Appellant Avery Richey.
    for defendant: Snell & Wilmer, Richard A. Derevan and Christopher B. Pinzon, for Defendants and Respondents AutoNation, Inc., Webb Automotive Group, Inc., Rudy Sandoval and Mr. Wheels, Inc.

    Case Number: No. B234711

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 12654AVERY RICHEY, Plaintiff and Appellant,v.AUTONATION, INC. et al., Defendants and R

  • July 17, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Law Firm Not Vicariously Liable for Malpractice by Contract Partner

    A law firm has no vicarious liability for alleged malpractice for work done by a contract partner under a private arrangement with a client, a New Jersey appeals court ruled on Thursday. The

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  • June 18, 2007 |

    A Sea-Change On Consumer Arbitration?

    A majority of the state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the sub-prime lending industry's right to set up loan agreements that force consumers to arbitrate any disputes but allow lenders to init

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  • May 31, 2004 |

    Geographical Inconvenience Is Not Enough For Venue Change

    Allegations of geographical inconvenience are not enough to merit a change in venue under the doctrine of forum non-conveniens, a Cambria County judge has ruled in a case involving the dis

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  • September 15, 2008 |

    Follow the Bouncing Corporate Identity

    ANALYSIS If you're going to take over another company's identity, you must be willing to assume their legal woes as well. That's what a jury, a trial judge

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  • August 20, 2007 |

    News in Brief

    A Superior Court panel has ruled that a common pleas judge in Reading shouldn't have granted the suppression motion sought by an alleged child porn enthusiast whose video collection was spotted by

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  • June 27, 2003 | The Recorder

    Judge Declines, Blasts Bid for Inheritance

    An Oakland judge shot down a legal secretary's claim that she was entitled to inherit as much as $400,000 from her former law firm's client.Alameda County Superior Court Judge William

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  • January 10, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Mortgage Lenders Push To Avert Suspension of Foreclosure Cases

    Mortgage lenders allegedly engaged in widespread "robo-signing" of residential mortgage foreclosure documents are scrambling to comply with a court order to demonstrate that their procedu

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  • Clayworth v. Pfizer, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-12
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Alioto Law Firm, Joseph M. Alioto, Joseph M. Alioto, Jr., Theresa D. Moore, Angelina Alioto-Grace, Thomas P. Pier; Law Offices of John H. Boone, John H. Boone; Foreman & Brasso, Russell F. Brasso; Law Offices of James M. Dombroski, James M. Dombroski; Law Offices of Jeffery K. Perkins, Jeffrey K. Perkins; Gary D. McCallister & Associates, Gary D. McCallister, Thomas A. Kelliher, Eric I. Unrein and Jaime Goldstein for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, Pamela M. Parker; Schubert Jonckheer Kolbe & Kralowec and Kimberly A. Kralowec for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason, Craig C. Corbitt and Henry A. Cirillo for Pharmacists Planning Services, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod, Peter A. Strotz, Paul R. Johnson, William E. Steimle; Davis Polk & Wardwell, Ameila Starr, Arthur F. Golden, William J. Fenrich and Daniel J. Schwartz for Defendant and Respondent AstraZeneca LP. Winston & Strawn, Tyler M. Paetkau, Nicole P. Dogwill, James F. Hurst, Susan A. Pipal, Matthew J. Sullivan; Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg, David M. Stahl, J. Cunyon Gordon and Adam Oyenbanji for Defendant and Respondent Abbott Laboratories. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Jeffrey T. Thomas and James N. Knight for Defendant and Respondent Allergan, Inc. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Mayer Brown, Donald M. Falk, John Nadolenco, Mack Anderson; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Steven O. Kramer, John P. Stigi III; Hogan & Hartson and Joseph H. Young for Defendant and Respondent Amgen, Inc. Covington & Burling, Elizabeth Abigail Brown, Anita F. Stork, Theodore Voorhees, Jr., and Thomas J. Cosgrove for Defendant and Respondent Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Paul J. Riehle, Matthew A. Fischer; Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Evan R. Chesler, Elizabeth L. Grayer, Jessica Buturla and Jeffrey B. Korn for Defendant and Respondent Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Reed Smith, Michael Diane Floyd, Kirsten J. Handelman; Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Gary Hansen, David Graham and Aaron Mills Scott for Defendant and Respondent Eli Lilly & Company. Irell & Manella, Alexander F. Wiles, John C. Keith; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, George S. Cary, Sara D. Schotland and David I. Gelfand for Defendant and Respondent GlaxoSmithKline PLC. Drinker Biddle & Reath, H. Christian L?Orange, Paul H. Saint-Antoine, Mary E. Kohart, David J. Antczak and Joanne C. Lewers for Defendant and Respondent Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Folger Levin & Kahn, Crowell & Moring, Beatrice Bich-Dao Nguyen, Samuel Ray Miller, Tracy E. Reichmuth, Cecilia C. Ogbu, Steven E. Wilson; Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, William Cavanaugh, Jr., and Cecilia B. Loving for Defendants and Respondents Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., Ortho Biotech, Inc., and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Rita M. Haeusler, John M. Townsend, Scott H. Christensen, James A. Graffam; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Robert P. Reznick and David Goldstein for Defendant and Respondent Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. formerly known as Merck & Co., Inc. Kaye Scholer, Aton Arbisser, Bryant S. Delgadillo, Saul P. Morgenstern, Karin E. Garvey; Faegre & Benson, James A. O?Neal and Kim J. Walker for Defendant and Respondent Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Nossaman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott, Nossaman, Scott DeVries, Katrina June Lee; Dickstein Shapiro, Peter J. Kadzik, Bernard Nash, Maria Colsey Heard, Milton Marquis and Andres Colin for Defendant and Respondent Pfizer Inc. Latham & Watkins, Charles H. Samel, Jennifer A. Carmassi, Margaret M. Zwisler, Steven H. Schulman and Belinda S. Lee for Defendant and Respondent Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Arnold & Porter, Ronald C. Redcay, Douglas L. Wald, Mark R. Merley, Daniel R. Waldman, Anne P. Davis and Ryan Z. Watts for Defendant and Respondent Wyeth.

    Case Number: No. S166435

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 87895JAMES CLAYWORTH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PFIZER, INC., et al., Def