• Kwikset Corporation v. Superior Court (Benson)

    Publication Date: 2011-01-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2011-01-27
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Debra J. La Fetra and Timothy Sandefur for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Arnold & Porter, Trenton H. Norris, Angel A. Garganta, Ronald C. Redcay and James F. Speyer for California Manufacturers & Technology Association, California Bankers Association, American Herbal Products Association, VeriSign, Inc., and BP West Coast Products LLC as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Robie & Matthai, James R. Robie, Kyle Kveton and Steven S. Fleischman for Southern California Defense Counsel and Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Soltan & Associates, Venus Soltan; Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, Timothy G. Blood, Pamela M. Parker, Kevin K. Green; Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, Jonathan W. Cuneo and Michael G. Lenett for Real Parties in Interest. Berman DeValerio, Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., Kevin Shelley, Nicole Lavallee and Matthew D. Pearson for California Teamsters Public Affairs Council, California Nurses Association and Service Employees International Union as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest. Seth E. Mermin, Thomas Bennigson, Colin L. Ward; The Sturdevant Law Firm, James C. Sturdevant and Monique Olivier for Public Good, Public Citizen, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumer Law Center, Consumer Action, Consumer Watchdog, CALPIRG, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety and Consumer Federation of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest. The Arkin Law Firm and Sharon J. Arkin for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest. Blecher & Collins, Maxwell M. Blecher and Jennifer S. Elkayam for Agudath Israel of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest. Michael Wall and Jonathan Wiener for Environment California, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Sierra Club as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest. W. Scott Thorpe for California District Attorneys Association as Amici Curiae.

    Case Number: No. S171845

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 1260KWIKSET CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Orange

  • US v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 09-0539-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2010-09-30
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court Of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Walker and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: THOMAS P. LANE (Michael S. Elkin, Robert C. Turner on the brief), Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for Applicant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Yahoo! Inc. NICHOLAS BAGLEY (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Philip J. Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Scott R. McIntosh, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Catherine G. O'Sullivan, David Seidman, Attorneys, Appellate Section, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC on the brief), Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC for United States.
    for defendant: CATHERINE E. STETSON (Joshua D.Hawley, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, DC, Ira M. Feinberg,Chava Brandriss, Hogan & HartsonLLP, New York, NY, Christopher J. Glancy, I. Fred Koenigsberg, Stefan M. Mentzer, White & Case LLP, New York, NY, Joan M. McGivern, Richard H. Reimer, Christine A. Pepe, ASCAP, New York, NY on the brief), Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, DC for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

    Case Number: 09-0539-cv (L)

    Cite as: US v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 09-0539-cv (L), NYLJ [web_id_#], at *1 (Court, Decided September 28, 2010)Before: Jacobs,

  • United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

    Publication Date: 2010-10-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-09-28
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: John M. Walker, Jr., Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: Docket Nos. 09-0539-cv (L), 09-0542-cv (con), 09-0666-cv (xap), 09-0692-cv (xap) & 09-1572-cv (xap)

    Argued: March 3, 2010Before JACOBS, Chief Judge, WALKER and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.This case presents two distinct questions that arise from the transmittal of musical works over the Interne

  • Adirondack Advertising v. City of Plattsburgh, 8:12-CV-1684

    Publication Date: 2013-10-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District
    Judge: District Judge Lawrence Kahn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 8:12-CV-1684

    Cite as: Adirondack Advertising v. City of Plattsburgh, 8:12-CV-1684, NYLJ 1202621760030, at *1 (NDNY, Decided September 30, 2013) 8:12-CV-1684 Di

  • March 9, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Trial stirring in case between Equal, Splenda

    In a court battle between the makers of the nation's leading sugar substitutes -- Equal and Splenda -- a federal judge has ruled that a jury must decide whether Splenda is misleading consumer

    1 minute read

  • SISG, Inc. v. Rich Gentile

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Richmond County
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number:

    The plaintiff, SISG, Inc., seeks a preliminary injunction against the defendants Rich Gentile and Rosnik Publishing Inc. a/k/a Staten Island Shoppers Guide, based on claims of tortuous interference

  • Zhang v. Superior Court (California Capital Insurance Company)

    Publication Date: 2013-08-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-08-01
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Viau & Kwasniewski, Gary K. Kwasniewski and Jeanette L. Viau for Petitioner. Steven W. Murray for Italian Marble & Tile as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Horvitz & Levy, Peter Abrahams, Mitchell C. Tilner; Grant, Genovese & Baratta, Lance D. Orloff and Aaron J. Mortensen for Real Party in Interest. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith and Raul L. Martinez for American Insurance Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest. Garrett & Tully, Ryan C. Squire and Alexander Levy for California Land Title Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest. Michelman & Robinson and William L. Gausewitz for the Association of California Insurance Companies, the Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies and the Personal Insurance Federation of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent and Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. S178542

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8265 YANTING ZHANG, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNA

  • June 15, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Courts Back Lawyer Advertising Restrictions

    ALBANY ? Sweeping new restrictions on attorney advertising are apparently on the horizon as the four presiding justices of the state's appellate divisions this week agreed on comprehensive ref

    1 minute read

  • June 15, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    New York Courts Back Expansive Lawyer Ad Restrictions

    Sweeping new restrictions on attorney advertising are apparently on the horizon as the four presiding justices of New York's appellate divisions this week agreed on comprehensive reforms of the dis

    1 minute read

  • January 11, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    N.Y. courts OK modified lawyer ad rules

    AFTER DIGESTING MORE than 100 comments and complaints from lawyers, constitutional concerns raised by the Federal Trade Commission and the hovering threat of a First Amendment lawsuit, the pr

    1 minute read