• Clayworth v. Pfizer, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    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

  • Greenfield v. Fritz Companies, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2000-07-28
    Court: Cal. Ct. App.
    Judge: POCHI, J., HANLON, P.J., and SEPULVEDA, J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Braun and Marc L. Godino
    for defendant: William F. Alderman

    Case Number: No. A086982

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. This appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered after the trial court sustained a general demurrer without leave t

  • January 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

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    This is the kind of bad review that in-house counsel never want to hear. Although, hey, it's impossible to please everybody right? Waaaaaay back in May 2008, Paul Hastings fired senio

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  • March 9, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Deferred Associates Evaluate Their Experience in Public Interest Jobs

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  • Hamil America, Inc. v. GFI

    Publication Date: 1999-09-29
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 1999-09-29
    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: OAKES, JACOBS, and POOLER, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth R. Schachter
    for defendant: Michael Delikat

    Case Number: Docket Nos. 98-7573, -7615

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. OAKES, Senior Circuit Judge: I. INTRODUCTION Hamil America, Inc. sued GFI (a Division of

  • December 17, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    Companies Fear Outcome of Benefits Suits

    Mention Microsoft and Time Warner to employment lawyers and one thing comes to mind: litigation over misclassified workers. Depending on the outcome of suits filed against the two companies

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  • May 30, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Law Firms See Benefits Hike With Salaries

    Pay hikes to $160,000 for first-year associates no doubt have made those daunting hourly demands at big law firms more tolerable, b

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  • September 20, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Attorney Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(a)

    Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2, the Trustees of the New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection have reported to the Supreme Court the names of those attorneys who have neither made full payment t

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  • Navellier v. Sletten

    Publication Date: 2001-08-29
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2001-08-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: GOULD, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number:

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. GOULD, Circuit Judge: This appeal follows an Investment Company Act of 1940 ("ICA" ) action seeking to impose pers