• August 1, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Silica case seen as breakthrough

    Lawyers who defend mass torts hope to build on momentum they picked up since a federal judge in Texas confirmed their belief that something is rotten in the state of medical screening in

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  • December 22, 2004 | The Recorder

    Tenet Settles Bogus Heart Surgery Claims

    Tenet Healthcare Corp. has agreed to pay $395 million to settle 769 claims that doctors at its Redding hospital performed unnecessary heart surgeries.The massive settlement -- which mu

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  • December 22, 2004 | The Recorder

    Tenet Healthcare Settles Bogus Heart Surgery Claims for $395 Million

    Tenet Healthcare Corp. has agreed to pay $395 million to settle 769 claims that doctors at its Redding, Calif., hospital performed unnecessary heart surgeries.The massive settlement --

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  • October 21, 2005 | The Recorder

    Study Finds Mixed Bag in Minority Hiring

    In the 15 years since the Bar Association of San Francisco began prodding firms and legal departments to hire and promote more minority lawyers, the percentage of minority hires has more than

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  • Gutierrez v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA

    Publication Date: 2012-12-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-12-26
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: William Alsup, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, M. Margaret McKeown, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Elias, Richard M. Heimann, Roger N. Heller, Michael W. Sobol (argued), and Alison M. Stocking, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, California; Jae K. Kim and Richard D. McCune, McCune & Wright, LLP, Redlands, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: Robert A. Long, Jr. (argued), Mark William Mosier, Keith A. Noreika, and Stuart C. Stock, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C.; David M. Jolley and Sonya D. Winner, Covington & Burling, LLP, San Francisco, California; Emily Johnson Henn, Covington & Burling LLP, Redwood Shores, California for Defendant-Appellant. Julia B. Strickland, Lisa M. Simonetti, and David W. Moon, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae American Bankers Association and California Bankers Association. Nina F. Simon, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Federation of America, California Reinvestment Coalition, and Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.

    Case Number: No. 10-16959 No. 10-17468 No. 10-17689

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 14031VERONICA GUTIERREZ; ERIN WALKER; WILLIAM SMITH, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appe

  • March 23, 1999 | The Recorder

    The Exxon Valdez Spill: 10 Years Later

    Ten years ago today the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground at Prince William Sound, Alaska, leading to the largest punitive damages award in federal court history. But nearly five ye

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  • December 27, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    Poston for the defense

    ON THE DAY Ringgold attorney McCracken "Ken" Poston bailed the operator of the Tri-State Crematory out of jail, he carried a farewell letter to his wife in his pocket, just in case he didn't

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  • July 18, 2012 | Litigation Daily

    Goldman Loses Bid to Shake Proposed Bias Class Action

    When Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to pack the Supreme Court in 1937, his vice-president, John Nance Garner, backed his boss but made his feelings clear by holding his nose and giving a 

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  • April 6, 2012 | The Recorder

    Health Data Breaches Offer New Vein for Plaintiffs Lawyers to Tap

    SAN FRANCISCO — In January, Deanna DeBaeke plugged her name into Google — and was shocked at what she found. Right there online were three reports containing the Sonoma Count

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  • November 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    AetnaCoventryAetna Inc. agreed to pay $5.7 billion in cash and stock for health insurer Coventry Health Care Inc. on August 20. The buyer will also

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