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  • Orange County Water District v. SABIC Innovative Plastics US, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-08-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Mining and Resources | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-04
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Connor Fletcher & Hedenkamp, Edmond M. Connor, Douglas Aaron Hedenkamp; Miller & Axline, Duane C. Miller, Michael Dana Axline and Justin Morgan Massey, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Squire Patton Boggs, Adam R. Fox, Helene Huang Yang and Marisol Corral Mork, for Defendants and Respondents Sabic Innovative Plastics US, LLC, and General Electric Company.
    Case Number: No. D070553

    Water district not required to demonstrate liability for remediation costs caused by groundwater pollution in order to bring private cause of action for indemnity under HSAA (Haller, J.)

  • July 20, 2017 |

    Indiana Ins. Co. v. Illuminating Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Expert Legal AnalysisInd. Ins. Co. v. Illuminating Co.United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern DivisionJuly…

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  • July 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    How to Shift Your Litigation Strategies for the New IP Landscape

    Sapna W. Palla and Andrew Bochner if Wiggin and Dana write: The year 2016 and the last few months of 2017 have been characterized by many notable developments, causing sea changes in intellectual property law that shift litigation strategies more than ever. While the changes have been far reaching, this article will focus on those which most impact litigation strategies, such as venue, laches, patent exhaustion, patent damages, and extraterritoriality, and provide practical suggestions for strategies to employ, along with real-world examples of successful approaches to navigate this new landscape.

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  • Lewis v. Superior Court (Medical Board of California)

    Publication Date: 2017-07-17
    Practice Area: Privacy | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-07-17
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fenton Nelson, Fenton Law Group, Henry R. Fenton, Dennis E. Lee and Benjamin J. Fenton for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Edward C. DuMont, State Solicitor General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gloria L. Castro, Assistant Attorney General, Janill L. Richards, Principal Deputy State Solicitor General, Aimee Feinberg, Deputy State Solicitor General, Kathleen Vermazen Radez and Samuel P. Siegel, Associate Deputy State Solicitor General, E.A. Jones III and Edward K. Kim, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number: No. S219811

    Medical Board's accessing of patient prescription records did not violate patient privacy rights (Liu, J.)

  • July 9, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: Skadden Snags Top Spot for First Half M&A

    Despite early uncertainty about market volatility, global M&A activity is up 2 percent compared to last year, totaling $1.6 trillion for the first half of 2017, according to league tables released by Bloomberg LP and Thomson Reuters Corp. Skadden topped league tables when measured by number of deals by value during the first half.

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  • Monster, LLC v. Superior Court (Beats Electronics, LLC)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Electronics
    Date Filed: 2017-06-21
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Joseph W. Cotchett, Philip L. Gregory; Gordon & Reese, Gary J. Lorch and Elizabeth B. Vanalek for Petitioners.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Boies, Schiller & Flexner, William A. Isaacson and Karen L. Dunn for Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number: No. B278289

    Defendant had right to jury trial on plaintiff's claim that breach of contract caused it to incur attorney fees (Zelon, Acting P.J.)

  • Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute v. Acacia Research Group, LLC, 15-CV-3419

    Publication Date: 2017-06-07
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Vernon Broderick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: David G. Ebert, Evan T. Raciti, Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP, New York, NY. Marc J. Schneider, Douglas Q. Hahn, Travis P. Brennan, Stradling, Yocca, Carlson, & Rauth, P.C., Newport Beach, California.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant: Michael L. Lasky, Neal H. Klausner, Davis & Gilbert LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 15-CV-3419

    Research Body Denied Judgment as to Liability On Claim Patents' Licensee Breached Co

  • Al E.. v. Joann E

    Publication Date: 2017-06-05
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    Court: Supreme Court, Kings County, IAS Part 5G
    Judge: Justice Jeffrey Sunshine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff by: Philip L. Kamaras, Kamaras & Joseph, PLLC, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant by: Jenifer J. Foley, Alter, Wolff & Foley LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: [Index Number Redacted by Court]

    Calculating Award of Maintenance Over Cap Is Not Calculated as Child S

  • Orange County Water District v. Alcoa Global Fasteners, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-06-02
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Manufacturing | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-06-01
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Connor, Fletcher & Hedenkamp, Edmond M. Connor, Douglas A. Hedenkamp; Miller & Axline, Duane C. Miller, Michael D. Axline and Justin Massey for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, R. Gaylord Smith, Malissa McKeith, Ernest Slome, Thomas Teschner and Brittany H. Bartold for Defendant and Respondent Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation.
    Case Number: No. D070771

    Water district may be able to recover some of future costs associated with groundwater protection program (Haller, J.)

  • THE COURT ANNOUNCES THE FOLLOW MOTION ORDERS:

    Publication Date: 2017-05-11
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    Court: First Judicial Department, Appellate Division
    Judge: Tom, J.P., Friedman, Sweeny, Jr., Acosta, Renwick, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number:

    M-1712. NAACP NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF BRANCHES, plf-res, v. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION def, MONSTER WORLDWIDE, INC., ZIPRECRUITER, INC., INDEED, INC., Jo