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July 7, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Corporate Actors May Be Held Liable Personally Under Consumer Fraud Act

A corporation's principals and employees can be held personally liable under the Consumer Fraud Act for actions they take through the corporate entity, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Indi

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February 18, 2011 | Daily Business Review

11th Circuit questions power to overrule Georgia's high court

The full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is wrestling with the constitutionality of Georgia's death penalty, with several judges questioning the court's power to effectively overrule a Georgia S

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June 7, 2002 | The Recorder

California Justices Look to Cinch Rule on Stun Belts

While testifying in a 1997 trial, probation violator James Allen Mar fretted about being forced to wear a stun belt designed to deliver a disabling eight-second jolt of 50,000 vo

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February 3, 2003 |

Eleven Who May Seek High Court Berth

Here are brief biographical sketches of 11 judges and lawyers who have either: confirmed they are running, received ratings from the state bar association's Judicial Evaluation Commission,

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October 15, 2010 | The Recorder

Calif. Appeals Court Says Fee Arbitrator Should Have Disclosed Clientele

A California appeal court backed a woman fighting her former law firm over unpaid fees on Tuesday, ruling that the lawyer who acted as chief arbitrator should have disclosed that he regularly repre

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Pinnacle Museum Tower Association v. Pinnacle Market Development (US), LLC

Publication Date: 2012-08-16
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Date Filed: 2012-08-16
Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Feinberg Grant Mayfield Kaneda & Litt, Fenton Grant Mayfield Kaneda & Litt,Daniel H. Clifford, Joseph Kaneda, Charles Fenton and Bruce Mayfield for Plaintiff and Respondent. Berding & Weil, Matt J. Malone, Tyler P. Berding; Epstein Grinnell & Howell, Anne L. Rauch, Jon Epstein, Douglas Grinnell; Niddrie Fish & Addams and David A. Niddrie for Executive Council of Homeowners and Consumer Attorneys of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman, Daniel A. Berman, Sheila E. Fix, R. Gregory Amundson, Nicholas M. Gedo; Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley, Jerold H. Goldberg, Richard A. Schulman, Gregory S. Markow and Amanda A. Allen for Defendants and Appellants. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Kathleen F. Carpenter for California Building Industry Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
Case Number: No. S186149

Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9387 PINNACLE MUSEUM TOWER ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PINNACLE MARKET D

November 20, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

Employers Must Be Careful With the Timing of Discharge Decisions

Most supervisors, human resource employees and employment lawyers think that they know when an employee has abandoned their job. If, in Woody Allen's view, "eighty percent of success is ju

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October 13, 2010 | The Recorder

First District Says Fee Arbitrator Should Have Disclosed Clientele

SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeal court backed a woman fighting her former law firm over unpaid fees on Tuesday, ruling that the lawyer who acted as chief arbitrator should have disclos

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November 16, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

High Court to Mull More Resort Waiver Issues

The state Supreme Court has granted allocatur to determine whether a ski resort's exculpatory agreement should release it and its employee from liability for reckless or intentional conduct. p

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August 19, 2010 | The Recorder

Moore v. Superior Court (People)

Cal.Sup.Ct. S174633 The California Supreme Court reversed a decision of the court of appeal. The court held that there is no due process right to a competency determination prior to tri

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