• State ex rel. French v. Card Complaint, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-05-16
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts
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    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Brown, Edward K. Black and Stephen G. MacDonald for the state
    for defendant: Stuart M. Grant, Mary S. Thomas, Laina M. Herbert and Vivek Upadhya for relator French; Stephen E. Jenkins, Catherine A. Gaul, Richard M. Zuckerman, Sean Cenawood, Kiran Patel and Catharine Luo for Card Compliant defendants; Kenneth J. Na-chbar, Michael Houghton, Matthew R. Clark, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Ethan D. Millar, J. Andrew Howard, William R. Mitchel-son, Jr., Jason D. Popp, Colm F. Connolly, Jody C. Barillare, Gregory T. Parks, Courtney McCormick, David S. Eagle, Michael W. Yurkewicz, Martin I. Einstein, David Swetnam-Burland, Stacy O.Stitham, Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin P. Chapple, Mi-chael J. Wynne, David A. Rammelt, Brian E. Farnan, Shawn J. Organ and Joshua M. Feasel for additional defendants.

    Case Number: D68148

    Factual issues prevented summary judgment in this false claims matter, and defendants failed to establish extraordinary circumstances for disregarding the law of the case.

  • Otto Candies, LLC v. KPMG LLP

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Accounting | Energy
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Terry L. Wit, A. William Urquhart and Derek L. Shaffer for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Timothy J. Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, William E. Gamgort, John K. Villa and Ana C. Reyes for KPMG Int'l Coop.; Todd C. Schlitz, Robert A. Scher, Jonathan H. Friedman, Christopher M. Cutler and Lori A. Rubin for KPMG LLP; Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis, Christopher N. Kelly, Jack B. Jacobs, Michael C. Kelley, Jose F. Sanchez and Gregory G. Ballard for KPMG Cárdenas Dosal, S.C.

    Case Number: D68137

    The Court of Chancery had exclusive jurisdiction over negligent misrepresentation claims.

  • Catlin Specialty Ins. Co. v. CBL & Assocs. Props.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily K. Silverstein, Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty & Kelly P.C., Wilmington, DE; Louis H. Kozloff, Goldber Segalla LLP, Philadelphia, PA, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alan E. Popkin, David W. Sobelman, and Melissa Z. Baris, Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis, MO, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: D67918

    Insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify insured under professional negligence liability policy where underlying action only alleged insureds intentional fraudulent conduct.

  • Sierra Club v. Pruitt

    Publication Date: 2017-08-29
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Susan Illston, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, M. Margaret McKeown, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Zachary M. Fabish (argued), Sierra Club Environmental Law Program, Washington, D.C.; Paul R. Cort, Earthjustice, San Francisco, California; Nicholas Morales and David S. Baron, Earthjustice, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiffs-Appellees Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council.
    for defendant: J. David Gunter II (argued) and Martha C. Mann, Attorneys; John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General; Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Michael Thrift, Office of General Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 15-15894

    States' objections to consent decree unavailing (McKeown, J.)

  • City of Pomona v. SQM North America Corporation

    Publication Date: 2017-08-08
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | State and Local Government | Agriculture | Manufacturing
    Date Filed: 2017-08-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Morgan Christen, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susannah Weaver (argued), Donahue & Goldberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Esther L. Klisura, Kathleen S. Kizer, SL Environmental Law Group, San Francisco, California; Robert S. Chapman, Sauer & Wagner, Los Angeles, California; Andrew L. Jared, Assistant City Attorney; Arnold M. Alvarez-Glasman, City Attorney; Office of the City Attorney of the City of Pomona, Pomona, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: R. Gaylord Smith (argued), Lann G. McIntyre, Michael K. Johnson, and Malissa Hathaway McKeith, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 15-56062

    District court erred in denying motion to update expert witness report (Wallace, J.)

  • Melendres v. Maricopa County

    Publication Date: 2016-03-07
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    Date Filed: 2016-03-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: G. Murray Snow, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Susan P. Graber, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Young (argued) and Michelle L. Morin, Covington & Burling LLP, Redwood Shores, California; Cecillia D. Wang, ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, California; Dan Pochoda, ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona; Andre Segura, ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, New York, New York; Anne Lai, Irvine, California; Jorge Martin Castillo, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: Richard K. Walker (argued), Walker & Peskind, PLLC, Scottsdale, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 15-15996

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 2536 MANUEL DE JESUS ORTEGA MELENDRES; JESSICA QUITUGUA RODRIGUEZ; DAVID RODRIGUEZ; VELIA MERAZ; MANUEL NIETO, JR.; SOMOS AMERICA,

  • Haeger v. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

    Publication Date: 2016-02-16
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    Date Filed: 2015-07-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Roslyn O. Silver, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John J. Egbert (argued), Jennings Strouss & Salmon, PLC, Phoenix, Arizona; David L. Kurtz, The Kurtz Law Firm, Scottsdale, Arizona, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: Pierre H. Bergeron (argued), Squire Sanders LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio; George Brandon, Squire Sanders LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Jill G. Okun, Squire Sanders LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendant-Appellant/Defendant The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

    Case Number: No. 12-17718 No. 13-16801 No. 13-16861 No. 13-16862

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 1659 LEROY HAEGER; DONNA HAEGER, husband and wife; BARRY HAEGER; SUZANNE HAEGER, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees,

  • January 26, 2016 | The Recorder

    Vietnam Veterans of America v. Central Intelligence Agency

    9th Cir.; 13-17430 The court of appeals affirmed a district court judgment and injunction in part, reversed in part, and remanded the action for further proceedings. The court h

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  • Vietnam Veterans of America v. Central Intelligence Agency

    Publication Date: 2016-01-26
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    Date Filed: 2015-06-30
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Claudia Wilken, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Mary M. Schroeder, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Patrick Bennett, Eugene G. Illovsky, Benjamin F. Patterson (argued), and Stacey Michelle Sprenkel, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants–Cross-Appellees.
    for defendant: Melinda L. Haag, United States Attorney, Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney General, Charles W. Scarborough (argued), Brigham John Bowen, Anthony Joseph Coppolino, and Mark B. Stern, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees–Cross-Appellants.

    Case Number: Nos. 13-17430, 14-15108

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 953 VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA; SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES, Veterans Rights Organization; TIM MICHAEL JOSEPHS; WILLIAM BLAZINSKI; BRUCE

  • Reza v. Pearce

    Publication Date: 2015-11-19
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    Date Filed: 2015-08-18
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Frederick J. Martone, Senior District Judge Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Montoya (argued), Montoya, Jimenez, and Pastor, P.A., Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Loren R. Ungar (argued), Rose Law Group, PC, Scottsdale, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellee Russell Pearce.

    Case Number: No. 13-15154

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 12300 SALVADOR REZA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RUSSELL PEARCE; JEFF