• Graham-Sult v. Clainos

    Publication Date: 2013-12-27
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    Date Filed: 2013-12-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Claudia Wilken, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Brosnahan (argued) and Kevin A. Calia, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, California; Therese Y. Cannata, Carolyn A. Johnston and Rachel L. Kent, Cannata, Ching & O'Toole, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Nancy L. Tompkins (argued), James M. Wagstaffe and Ivo Labar, Kerr & Wagstaffe, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellee Nicholas P. Clainos. Jerome B. Falk, Jr. (argued) and Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter, San Francisco, California; Ronald E. Mallen and Cassidy E. Chivers, Hinshaw & Culbertson, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Richard L. Greene, Linda McCall, and Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP. Thomas Patrick Lane (argued) and Michael S. Elkin, Winston & Strawn, New York, New York; Erin R. Ranahan and Drew A. Robertson, Winston & Strawn, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees Bill Graham Archives LLC DBA Wolfgang's Vault, Norton LLC, and William Sagan.

    Case Number: No. 11-16779 No. 12-15892

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13973 ALEXANDER GRAHAM-SULT; DAVID GRAHAM, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

  • 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 23, 2013 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    NEW ARRIVALS McGuireWoods: Barbara de Marigny joins the tax practice as partner in the Houston office and will focus on ta

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  • Sander v. State Bar of California

    Publication Date: 2013-12-20
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    Date Filed: 2013-12-19
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, James M. Chadwick, Evgenia N. Fkiaras, David E. Snyder and Guylyn R. Cummins for Plaintiff and Appellant California First Amendment Coalition. Jane Roberta Yakowitz; Bostwick & Jassy, Gary L. Bostwick, Jean-Paul Jassy and Kevin L. Vick for Plaintiffs and Appellants Richard Sander and Joe Hicks.
    for defendant: Kerr & Wagstaffe, James M. Wagstaffe, Michael John Von Loewenfeldt; Starr Babcock, Lawrence C. Yee and Rachel S. Grunberg for Defendants and Respondents. Snell & Wilmer, Mary-Christine Sungaila and Harsh P. Parikh for Multicultural Bar Alliance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents. Reed Smith and Dennis Peter Maio for The Bar Association of San Francisco as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents. Eva Paterson, Allison S. Elgart and Fabián Rentería for Equal Justice Society as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. S194951

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13702 RICHARD SANDER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE BAR

  • December 19, 2013 | The Recorder

    State Bar Loses Bid to Shield Race Data on Bar Exam Takers

    SAN FRANCISCO — A UCLA law professor has won a partial victory in his quest to obtain State Bar data on the racial makeup of bar exam test takers. The California Supreme Cou

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  • December 17, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Brown Rudnick Takes Paris, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Brown Rudnick has opened an in Paris with new partner SEBASTIEN BONNARD from French firm Lacourte Raquin Tatar and two associates. Bonnard will lead the

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  • December 11, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Beasties Fight Back as GoldieBlox Taps Durie Tangri

    We'll say this about GoldieBlox Inc., an upstart toy company that few people had heard of until last month: GoldieBlox's copyright fight with the Beastie Boys is generating a href="

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  • December 10, 2013 | The Recorder

    Reed Smith Takes Tech Transactions Lawyer From Wilson

    SAN FRANCISCO — Reed Smith has added a tech transactions lawyer in its Silicon Valley office. George Willman, who had been of counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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  • December 9, 2013 | The Associated Press

    City Agrees to Boost Number of Wheelchair-Accessible Taxis

    Getting around New York City in a wheelchair has long been an exercise in frustration, but it could become easier after officials announced a legal settlement Friday mandating that at least

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  • December 6, 2013 | The Recorder

    Litigation Departments of the Year

    The Recorder is pleased to introduce the winners and finalists of its first-ever Litigation Department of the Year awards. Editors scored dozens of entrants in the overall category and fiv

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