• Attard v. Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County

    Publication Date: 2017-08-31
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-29
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Appellant: Law Offices of David J. Bowie, David J. Bowie.
    for defendant: Counsel for Respondents: County Counsel, Sharon L. Anderson, Deputy County Counsel, Linda Wilcox, Gordon, Watrous, Ryan, Langley, Bruno & Paltenghi, Timothy J. Ryan.

    Case Number: No. A138702

    Illegality of proposed sewer connection barred property owners' claims arising from revocation of construction permits (Reardon, Acting P.J.)

  • Mavrix Photographs, LLC v. LiveJournal, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-31
    Practice Area: Internet Law | Copyrights
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Date Filed: 2017-04-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Richard A. Paez, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Afrasiabi (argued), Christopher W. Arledge, and John Tehranian, One LLP, Newport Beach, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne Mitchell Barsky (argued), Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Blaine H. Evanson and Brandon J. Stoker, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 14-56596

    Agency law applied to determining whether website's moderators acted as its agents in permitting users to post copyrighted material (Paez, J.)

  • Save Laurel Way v. City of Redwood City (Laurel Way Joint Venture)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-30
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government | Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-29
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, Winter King, Peter J. Broderick, for Plaintiff and Respondent Save Laurel Way.
    for defendant: City Attorney of Redwood City, Pamela Alison; Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson, LLP, Rick Jarvis; Burke, Williams & Sorensen LLP, Michelle Kenyon, for Defendant and Respondent City of Redwood City.

    Case Number: No. A147942

    Subdivision Map Act not implicated by infrastructure improvements (Dondero, J.)

  • Berezovsky v. Moniz

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Real Estate | Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Gloria M. Navarro, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Marsha S. Berzon and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges, and Kimberly J. Mueller,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luis A. Ayon (argued), Maier Gutierrez Ayon, Las Vegas, Nevada; Michael V. Infuso and Keith W. Barlow, Green Infuso LLP, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant.
    for defendant: Michael A.F. Johnson (argued), Matthew J. Oster, Elliott C. Mogul, Dirk C. Phillips, Asim Varma, and Howard N. Cayne, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Leslie Bryan Hart and John D. Tennert, Fennemore Craig P.C., Reno, Nevada; Darren T. Brenner, Akerman LLP, Las Vegas, Nevada; Marc James Ayers and R. Aaron Chastain, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, Alabama; for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 16-15066

    Federal Foreclosure Bar preempts Nevada's "superpriority lien" (Mueller, J.)

  • Retzloff v. Moulton Parkway Residents Association, No. One

    Publication Date: 2017-08-25
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Smart Law, Dean E. Smart and Adam C. Cramer for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Swedelsongottlieb, David C. Swedelson and Joan Elizabeth Lewis-Heard for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. G053164

    Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act does not authorize award of attorney fees to prevailing association (Moore, J.)

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  • People v. Romero

    Publication Date: 2017-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Victoria B. Wilson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Kathy S. Pomerantz, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Valerie G. Wass, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B277631

    Trial court erred in allowing rape victim's high school teacher to remain on jury (Johnson, J.)

  • Mahan v. Charles W. Chan Insurance Agency, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-24
    Practice Area: Elder Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Majors & Fox and Frank J. Fox; Law Offices of Mary A. Lehman and Mary A. Lehman for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: David M. Zeff, Samuel G. Ware, and Sara B. Allman for Defendants and Respondents Charles W. Chan Insurance Agency, Inc., Chung Wing Chan, Jr. and Omar Kaddoura.

    Case Number: No. A147236

    Insurance agents' scheme to undermine elderly couple's estate plan properly alleged to be elder abuse (Streeter, J.)

  • Skulason v. California Bureau of Real Estate

    Publication Date: 2017-08-17
    Practice Area: Privacy | Criminal Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-16
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Diane S. Shaw, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Lisa W. Chao, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Stephen Lew, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Nhan T. Vu, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Appellant: Kelly A. Woodruff, Farella Braun + Martel LLP, Aviva J. Gilbert, Farella Braun + Martel LLP.

    Case Number: No. A147047, A147814

    Bureau of Real Estate had no mandatory duty to remove from website publicly available information about licensee's dismissed misdemeanor convictions (Humes, P.J.)

  • Okorie v. Los Angeles Unified School District

    Publication Date: 2017-08-17
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Date Filed: 2017-08-16
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Akudinobi & Ikonte, Chijioke O. Ikonte; Law Office of Metu C. Ogike and Metu Chikezie Ogike for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Anthony J. Bejarano, Assistant General Counsel, and Alexander Molina, Chief Labor and Employment Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. B268733

    Teacher's claims of harassment and discrimination arose from school district's protected activity in investigating molestation claim (Johnson, J.)

  • Bank of New York Mellon v. Watt

    Publication Date: 2017-08-16
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Appeals | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Date Filed: 2017-08-16
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Ann L. Aiken, District Judge, Presiding Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Paul J. Watford, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Crystal S. Chase (argued) and Oren B. Haker, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, Oregon, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Michael D. O'Brien, Jr. (argued) and Theodore J. Piteo, Michael D. O'Brien & Associates P.C., Portland, Oregon, for Debtors-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 15-35484

    District court order vacating confirmation of Chapter 13 plan not appealable order (Berzon, J.)