• Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum)

    Publication Date: 2012-04-12
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke, Johanna R. Shargel; Morrison & Foerster, Karen J. Kubin; Hunton & Williams, Laura M. Franze, M. Brett Burns and Susan J. Sandidge for Petitioners. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Fred W. Alvarez and Michael D. Schlemmer for TechNet as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Yi-Chin Ho, Michael M. Berger, Benjamin G. Shatz and Andrew L. Satenberg for Chinese Daily News, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. William B. Sailer; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul Grossman, Paul W. Crane, Jr., Katherine C. Huibonhoa and Rishi Sharma for California Employment Law Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Kirsten R. Galler, David S. Han, Blaine H. Evanson; National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Robin S. Conrad and Shane Brennan Kawka for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and California Chamber of Commerce as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Law Office of Robin L. Unander and Robin L. Unander for California Automotive Business Coalition as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Lawrence Foust; Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt and Christine T. Hoeffner for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Littler Mendelson, Julie A. Dunne, Lena K. Sims, Matthew S. Dente, Richard R. Rahm and Allan G. King for the National Retail Federation, National Council of Chain Restaurants, Contain-A-Way, Inc., USA Waste of California, Inc., California Building Industry Association, California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors, Western Growers Association, American Staffing Association, California Hotel & Lodging Association and National Association of Manufacturers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for the American Trucking Associations, Inc., and the California Trucking Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Richard J. Simmons, Julie A. Dunne and Guylyn R. Cummins for Employers Group, California Retailers Association, California Hospital Association, California Restaurant Association, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, National Council of Chain Restaurants and National Retail Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Robert R. Roginson for the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Jackson Lewis, Robert M. Pattison, Joel P. Kelly, JoAnna L. Brooks and Timothy C. Travelstead for San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, San Diego Chapter, Sacramento Chapter, Southern California Chapter and Employment and Labor Law Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Cox, Castle & Nicholson, John S. Miller, Jr., and Dwayne P. McKenzie for the Associated General Contractors of California, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, Lee Burdick and John Morris for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Greenberg Traurig, Gregory F. Hurley and Stacey Hertler for National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. S166350

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 3976 BRINKER RESTAURANT CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Res

  • Victor Zavala; Eunice Gomez v. Wal Mart Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-08-13
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-09
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Smith, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 11-2381

    PRECEDENTIALArgued March 26, 2012Before: FUENTES, SMITH, and JORDAN, Circuit JudgesOPINIONI.IntroductionThis suit was brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Je

  • October 11, 2007 | The Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin

    Exploring the Option of Product Recall Insurance

    In recent months, it has seemed that barely a week has gone by without the announcement of a major product recall, whether it be of pet food (tainted with a wheat gluten additive), toothpaste (cont

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  • August 3, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Tax Certiorari and Condemnation

    All too often as tax certiorari and condemnation attorneys we have been called upon to remedy or, at least alleviate, the failure of purchasers and their attorneys to fully perform due diligen

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  • California Correctional Peace Officers Association v. Schwarzenegger

    Publication Date: 2008-06-04
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-04
    Court: C.A. 3rd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul E. Harris III and Anne M. Giese for Plaintiff and Respondent Service Employees International Union, Local 1000.
    for defendant: Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor, Steven A. Merksamer, Richard D. Martland and Kurt R. Oneto for George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: C055327

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 6779CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,v.ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, as Governor, etc., et al., Defendants an

  • October 20, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Brownfields Development Area Initiative Is an Idea in the Making

    The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recently announced the Brownfields Development Area (BDA) Initiative, which is intended to promote the cleanup and redevelopment of brownf

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  • September 6, 2013 | The Recorder

    Coming up With Rules for the Driverless Road

    SACRAMENTO — When Governor Jerry Brown and Sergey Brin rolled up to Google headquarters in a driverless Prius last year, it seemed like a scene ripped from a California Chamber pr

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  • November 8, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    U.S. Seeks to Limit City Defense of Ferry Official

    Federal prosecutors and the New York City Law Department are engaged in an increasingly tense squabble over the city's role in defending Patrick Ryan, the director of Staten Island Ferry opera

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  • Matter of Yellow Book of New York Inc. v. Comm'r of Taxation and Finance, 506697

    Publication Date: 2010-07-28
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-22
    Court: Appellate Division, 3rd Dept
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 506697

    Before: Peters, J.P., Rose, Lahtinen, McCarthy and Egan Jr., JJ. APPELLATE DIVISION THIRD DEPARTMENT Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, L.L.P., New York City (Scot

  • March 8, 2004 | Legal Times

    The Road Not Taken

    Sometime in the next month, the Supreme Court will decide whether to grant review in two related cases challenging the federal government's use of preferences based on race, ethnicity, a

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