• Marinelarena v. Sessions

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Immigration Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Barry G. Silverman, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Knapp (argued), Supervising Attorney; Laura Free (argued), Isis Miranda (argued), Lilit Arabyan, and Eric M. Sowatsky, Certified Law Students; Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, California; for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Tim Ramnitz (argued), Attorney; Jennifer P. Levings, Senior Litigation Counsel; Shelley R. Goad, Assistant Director; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. 14-72003

    Supreme court's decision in Moncrieffe did not abrogate Ninth Circuit's holding in Young (Graber, J.)

  • DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaft Bank v. Meyer

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Date Filed: 2017-08-24
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: James L. Robart, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Ronald M. Gould, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Alexander Darcy (argued) and Michael W. Debre III, Askounis & Darcy PC, Chicago, Illinois, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Marc S. Stern (argued), Seattle, Washington; for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 15-35086

    Creditor entitled to recover full amount it would have recovered from closely held corporation to which debtor transferred his assets (Paez, J.)

  • Bracken v. Okura

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Leslie E. Kobayashi, District Judge, Presiding Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles S. Lotsof (argued), Honolulu, Hawaii, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Sarah T. Casken (argued) and Curtis E. Sherwood, Deputies Corporation Counsel; Donna Y.L. Leong, Corporation Counsel; Department of the Corporation Counsel, Honolulu, Hawaii; for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 14-16886

    Off-duty police officer not entitled to qualified immunity for actions taken as private security guard (Fisher, 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.)

  • Sprunk v. Prisma LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-08-25
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Class Actions | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, André E. Jardini, Gwen Freeman and K. L. Myles for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Markun Zusman Freniere & Compton and Daria Dub Carlson for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B268755

    Defendant's strategic delay in compelling arbitration against named plaintiff resulted in waiver of right to compel arbitration against class members (Lui, J.)

  • Rubenstein v. The Gap, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-25
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Retail
    Date Filed: 2017-08-24
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirtland & Packard, Behram V. Parekh and Joshua A. Fields for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Joseph Duffy and Esther K. Ro for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B272356

    Clothing manufacturer's sale of lesser-quality clothing at factory stores not deceptive (Lui, J.)

  • Riddell, Inc. v. Superior Court (Ace American Insurance Company)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-25
    Practice Area: Discovery | Products Liability
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing | Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Covington & Burling, David B. Goodwin, Gretchen A. Hoff Varner, Reynold L. Siemens and Jeffrey A. Kiburtz for Petitioners.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.Duane Morris, Ray L. Wong, Amanda Graham; Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan, Sara M. Thorpe, Jeffrey N. Labovitch; Duplicki Keller, George J. Keller and Jeffrey E. Duplicki for Real Parties in Interest.

    Case Number: No. B275482

    Insurers improperly sought to use declaratory relief action to obtain discovery pertinent to insureds' liability in underlying third party actions (Menetrez, J.)

  • People v. Ledesma

    Publication Date: 2017-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Peter Quon, Jr. and Stacy Tyler, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Anthony J. Dain, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellate.

    Case Number: No. D070755

    Aggravated kidnapping's asportation requirement not unconstitutionally vague (Huffman, J.)

  • Ramirez v. City of Gardena

    Publication Date: 2017-08-24
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Innabi Law Group, Abdalla J. Innabi and Amer Innabi for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester, Mildred K. O'Linn, Tony M. Sain and Ladell H. Muhlestein for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B279873

    City's compliance with statutory vehicular pursuit policy entitled it to immunity for fatality (Lui, J.)

  • 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.)