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February 27, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Judge Dismisses MBS Case on Champerty Grounds

A shell company that sought to profit from a failed investment portfolio built on mortgage-backed securities has no standing to sue the investment manager because its motive for suing violat

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February 27, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Judge Dismisses MBS Case on Champerty Grounds

A shell company that sought to profit from a failed investment portfolio built on mortgage-backed securities has no standing to sue the investment manager because its motive for suing violat

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February 24, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

K&L Gates Revenue Up 9.3 Percent, RPL Down 5 Percent

After remaining flat between 2011 and 2012, Pittsburgh-based K&L Gates saw its revenue grow by about 9.3 percent in 2013, a year that saw the firm's financials impacted significantly

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February 24, 2014 | National Law Journal

Movers

LATERALS Brown Rudnick (Boston): Geoffrey Willis joins the firm's environmental and real estate practices in the Irvin

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Centinela Freeman Emergency Medical Associates v. Health Net of California, Inc.

Publication Date: 2014-02-20
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Date Filed: 2014-02-19
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelman & Robinson, Andrew H. Selesnick and Jason O. Cheuk for Plaintiffs and Appellants. California Medical Association, Center for Legal Affairs, Francisco J. Silva, Long X. Do and Michelle Rubalcava as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants, California Medical Association, California Hospital Association, California Orthopaedic Association, California Radiological Society and California Society of Pathologists.
for defendant: Reed Smith, Margaret M. Grignon, Kurt C. Petersen, Kenneth N. Smersfelt and Zareh A. Jaltorossian; Crowell & Moring, William A. Helvestine, Ethan P. Schulman and Damian D. Capozzola; Attorneys for Blue Cross of California dba Anthem Blue Cross; Jennifer S. Romano, Attorney for Pacificare of California dba Secure Horizons Health Plan of America; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Gregory N. Pimstone, Joanna S. McCallum and Jeffrey J. Maurer, Attorneys for California Physicians' Service dba Blue Shield of California; Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP, Don A. Hernandez and Jamie L. Lopez, Attorneys for SCAN Health Plan; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Kirk A. Patrick and Heather L. Richardson, Attorneys for Aetna Health of California; DLA Piper, William P. Donovan, Jr. and Matthew D. Caplan, Attorneys for Cigna HealthCare of California, Inc., Defendants and Respondents.
Case Number: No. B238867

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 1742 CENTINELA FREEMAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES et al.,Plaintiffs and Appellants, v.p

February 14, 2014 | The Recorder

Kennard Leaves Imprint on the Law—and a Seat to Fill

SAN FRANCISCO — When she steps down from the California Supreme Court on April 5, Justice Joyce Kennard will leave behind a legacy defined in large part by absence: the absence of

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Brown & Brown, Inc. v. Johnson, 1109 CA 13-00340

Publication Date: 2014-02-13
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Court: Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Judge: Before: Fahey, J.P., Peradotto, Lindley, Sconiers, and Whalen, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Respondents-Appellants: David S. Warner of Counsel, Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy LLP, Rochester, Littler Mendelson, P.C., New York City.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants-Respondents: Preston L. Zarlock of Counsel, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo.
Case Number: 1109 CA 13-00340

Cite as: Brown & Brown, Inc. v. Johnson, 1109 CA 13-00340, NYLJ 1202642487513, at *1 (App. Div., 4th, Decided February 7, 2014) 1109

February 5, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

Federal Judge Blocks Suit Faulting BofA Subsidiary's Lending Practice

Borrowers claiming predatory lending by a Bank of America subsidiary have been stymied in litigation in federal court in New Jersey. U.S. District Judge Renee Bumb on Jan. 31 granted

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February 4, 2014 |

Disaster and Business Interruption Coverages in the Wake of the Polar Vortex

The “Polar Vortex” created severe cold weather conditions and record low temperatures across most of the United States. Many businesses suffered…

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January 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Minimizing the Potential Risks of Multiparty Arbitration

CLI Editor's Note: This column was originally published in CLI sister publication The Legal Intelligencer on Jan. 29. For a variety of businesses,

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