• December 22, 2015 | Daily Business Review

    Class Action Claims BJ's Overcharges on Sales Tax

    BJ's Wholesale Club is facing a Florida class action for allegedly overcharging sales tax on discounted items.

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  • December 21, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Star Clients, Bold Headlines: Litigators' Intriguing Cases

    Celebrity Justice Proskauer Rose successfully represented Lady Gaga and Madonna in copyright infringement cases. A Chicago singer-so

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  • December 21, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Star Clients, Bold Headlines: Litigators' Intriguing Cases

    Celebrity clients and high-profile cases come with the territory when you're one of the nation's top litigation teams. Here are headline-grabbing suits from among 108 contest submissions for our Litigation Department of the Year awards.

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  • People of the State of California ex rel. Kamala D. Harris v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    Publication Date: 2015-12-17
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    Date Filed: 2015-12-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and M. Margaret McKeown and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. McKeon (argued), Judith D. Cassel, Whitney E. Snyder, Hawke McKeon & Sniscak LLP, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, Mark Breckler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Martin Goyette, Senior Assistant Attorney General, San Francisco, California; David M. Gustafson, Deputy Attorney General, Oakland, California, for Petitioner People of the State of California ex rel. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General.
    for defendant: David L. Morenoff, General Counsel, Robert H. Solomon, Solicitor, Lona T. Perry (argued), Deputy Solicitor, Susanna Y. Chu, Attorney, Washington, D.C., for Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

    Case Number: No. 13-71276 No. 13-71487

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 13297 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE IFORNIA, EX REL. KAMALA D. HARRIS, ATTORNEY GENERAL; PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE

  • Javorsky v. Western Athletic Clubs, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-12-14
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    Date Filed: 2015-12-11
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Rosemary M. Rivas, Caitlyn D. Finley; Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, Marc L. Godino for Appellant.
    for defendant: Keker & Van Nest LLP, Susan J. Harriman, Benjamin W. Berkowitz and John C. Bostic for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. A142254

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 13195 DANIEL JAVORSKY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WESTERN ATHLETIC

  • Expressions Hair Design v. Attorney General of the State of New York, 13‐4533

    Publication Date: 2015-12-14
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs‐Appellees: Gary Friedman, Friedman Law Group, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Deepak Gupta, Gupta Beck PLLC, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae The Kroger Company, Safeway Inc., Walgreen Co., Food Lion, LLC, Hy‐Vee Inc., H.E. Butt Grocery Co., The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc., Albertson's LLC, and Rite Aid Corp., in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellees: Linda P. Nussbaum, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Consumer Action, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumers League, and U.S. Public Interest Research Group, in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellees: J. Douglas Richards, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellant Eric T. Schneiderman, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of New York: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Judith Vale, Assistant Attorney General For Defendants‐ Appellants Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in his official capacity as District Attorney of New York County, and Charles J. Hynes, in his official capacity as District Attorney of Kings County: Larry A. Sonnenschein, Ronald E. Sternberg, for Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York. For Amicus Curiae Credit Union Association of New York in support of Defendants‐Appellants: Henry C. Meier, Associate General Counsel.

    Case Number: 13‐4533

    Cite as: Expressions v. Schneiderman, 13‐4533, NYLJ 1202744761352, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 29, 2015) CASE NAME Expressions Hair Design, Linda Fiacco,

  • Great Oaks Water Company v. Santa Clara Valley Water District

    Publication Date: 2015-12-09
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    Date Filed: 2015-12-08
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent, Great Oaks Water District: Silicon Valley Law Group, Jeffrey S. Lawson, Johnson & James, Robert K. Johnson, Omar F. James, Great Oaks Water Company, Timothy S. Guster
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant and Appellant, Santa Clara Valley Water District: Hanson Bridgett, Joseph M. Quinn, Adam Hofmann, Office of District Counsel Santa Clara Valley Water District, Stanly T. Yamamoto

    Case Number: No. H035260

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 13050 GREAT OAKS WATER COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SANTA C

  • December 8, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Potential Legal Implications of the Defend Trade Secrets Act

    The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), currently proposed and considered substantively identical via Senate Bill 1890 and H.R. 3326, respectively, would create a federal civil cause of action

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  • December 7, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Potential Legal Implications of the Defend Trade Secrets Act

    In their Privacy Matters column, Richard Raysman and Peter Brown discuss the Defend Trade Secrets Act (which even in draft form has become hotly contested), and analyze a recent case that confronts the question of whether a suspected server breach by an ex-employee offers the company a cause of action under a federal anti-hacking statute.

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  • Matter of Harris v. Dutchess County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, 50312/2014

    Publication Date: 2015-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court, Dutchess County
    Judge: Justice Paul Marx
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 50312/2014

    Cite as: Matter of Harris v. Dutchess County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, 50312/2014, NYLJ 1202743988371, at *1 (Sup., DU, Decided November 4, 2015) CAS