• November 25, 2014 | Supreme Court Brief

    Justices Return to Consider Facebook Threats, Pregnancy Discrimination

    The U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench December 1 to begin hearing arguments in 12 cases and to hand down some decisions, finally. The court has issued four unsigned per curiam o

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  • April 15, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Family Can Keep Apartment Despite Error, Panel Finds

    New York City's Department of Housing Preservation and Development cannot reconsider its decision to give a four-bedroom subsidized co-op to a family of five, against its normal rules, b

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  • Lexin v. City of San Diego

    Publication Date: 2013-12-23
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    Date Filed: 2013-12-23
    Court: C.A. 4th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Nicola T. Hanna for Plaintiff and Respondent Cathy Lexin. Coughlan Semmer Fitch & Pott and Raymond J. Coughlan, Jr. for Plaintiff and Respondent Ronald L. Saathoff. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Robert D. Rose, Karin D. Vogel; Polek Law Group and Frank J. Polek for Plaintiff and Respondent John A. Torres. David A. Hahn for Plaintiff and Respondent Mary Vattimo. Law Offices of Frank T. Vecchione and Frank T. Vecchione for Plaintiff and Respondent Terri A. Webster. Damiani Law Group and Lisa J. Damiani for Plaintiff and Respondent Sharon K. Wilkinson.
    for defendant: Jan I. Goldsmith, City Attorney, and David J. Karlin, Deputy City Attorney for Defendant and Appellant. Goldfarb & Lipman and James T. Diamond, Jr. for League of California Cities as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D062970

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13824 CATHY LEXIN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF S

  • December 6, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Ex-FINRA Senior Counsel Joins Sheppard Mullin Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton said on Friday it had hired a former senior regional counsel from the Financial Indus

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  • Avery v. Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-24
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    Date Filed: 2013-06-27
    Court: C.A. 4th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Niall P. McCarthy, Justin T. Berger, Eric J. Buescher; Coughlin Law Firm, Frank J. Coughlin, Kim-Thao T. Le; Jerry K. Cimmet; Law Offices of John M. Kelson, John M. Kelson; and Gerald M. Werksman for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Richard J. Simmons, Derek R. Havel and Daniel J. McQueen for Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. G046202

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 7812 ALEXANDRA AVERY et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. INTEGR

  • February 17, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Agency Says Judge Should Be Admonished Over Campaign The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended that a Rensselaer County judge who made improper c

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  • December 7, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Drug Dealer Convicted of Murder in Death Penalty Case A jury yesterday convicted Martin Aguilar, 33, in a murder-for-hire plot that could lead to a death sentence. Prosecutors a

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