• Harris v. Superior Court (People)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Legal Services
    Date Filed: 2017-08-09
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Miriam T. Lyle, Public Defender, Nelson C. Lu, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent Superior Court.Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez and Kari Ricci Mueller, Deputy Attorneys General for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. C083669

    Order of restitution was "significant adverse collateral consequence" of misdemeanor conviction warranting appointment of appellate counsel (Murray, J.)

  • People v. Financial Casualty and Surety, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Date Filed: 2017-08-08
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Appellant: E. Alan Nunez and John M. Rorabaugh.
    for defendant: Counsel for Respondent: Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, Cheryl Adams, Chief Trial Deputy, Diana Rosenstein, Deputy City Attorney.

    Case Number: No. A147808

    Trial court did not lose jurisdiction over bail bond by not declaring forfeiture at defendant's first nonappearance (Ruvolo, P.J.)

  • Cross v. Facebook, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Internet Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom | Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-08-09
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Punzalan Law, Mark L. Punzalan; Cole Law Group, Todd G. Cole for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Perkins Coie, Michael B. Garfinkel, Eric David Miller, Julie Erin Schwartz, Lauren B. Cohen; Durie Tangri, Sonal Naresh Mehta for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A148623, A149140

    Rap artist's claims that Facebook wrongfully refused to remove negative Facebook posts involved matters of public interest (Richman, Acting P.J.)

  • Parrish v. Latham and Watkins

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Trade Secrets
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Date Filed: 2017-08-10
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eagan Avenatti, Michael J. Avenatti, Scott H. Sims; Panish, Shea & Boyle, Brian J. Panish, Adam K. Shea, Kevin R. Boyle; Esner, Chang & Boyer and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Jeremy S. Smith; McKool Smith Hennigan, J. Michael Hennigan and Michael Swartz for Defendants and Respondents.

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    Denial of defendant's summary judgment motion trigger interim adverse judgment rule despite later finding of plaintiffs' bad faith (Kruger, J.)

  • Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center v. Hospitality Properties Trust

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Class Actions
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Date Filed: 2017-08-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Jon S. Tigar, District Judge, Presiding Before: Andrew J. Kleinfeld and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges, and Brian M. Morris,*District Judge .
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy P. Fox (argued), Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, Denver, Colorado; Bill Lann Lee, Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, Berkeley, California; Julia Campins, Campins Benham-Baker LLP, Lafayette, California; Julie Wilensky, Disability Rights California, Oakland, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: David Raizman (argued), Christopher F. Wong, and Kathleen J. Choi, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart P.C., Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 16-16269

    Personal encounter with barrier not required to establish constitutional standing under ADA (Wardlaw, J.)

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  • Jones v. Royal Administration Services, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Telecommunications | Class Actions
    Industry: Call Centers | Automotive
    Date Filed: 2017-08-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Larry R. Hicks, District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder, D. Michael Fisher,* and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Righetti (argued), John Glugoski, and Michael Righetti, Righetti Glugoski P.C., San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Richard I. Dreitzer (argued) and Donald P. Paradiso, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 15-17328

    Telemarketers acted as independent contractors and not as agents of company whose products they sold (N.R. Smith, J.)

  • Greenway v. Ryan

    Publication Date: 2017-08-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Raner C. Collins, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Therese M. Day (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender; Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Arizona; for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Laura P. Chiasson (argued), Assistant Attorney General; Jeffrey A. Zick and Lacey Stover Gard, Chief Counsel; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Tucson, Arizona; for Respondent-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 14-15309

    Arizona high court properly considered all mitigating evidence (per curiam)

  • Lozano-Arredondo v. Sessions

    Publication Date: 2017-08-09
    Practice Area: Immigration Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: William A. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fisher and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Elena Andrade (argued) and Nathaniel J. Damren, Andrade Legal, Boise, Idaho, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Gregory A. Pennington, Jr. (argued) and Kathryn M. McKinney, Trial Attorneys; Anh-Thu P. Mai-Windle and Kiley Kane, Senior Litigation Counsel; Joyce R. Branda, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. 11-72422

    Agency erred in failing to exercise "expertise and discretion" to interpret ambiguous statutory definition of deportable offense (Fisher, J.)

  • Arnaudo Brothers, L.P. v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board (United Farm Workers of America)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Agriculture
    Date Filed: 2017-08-07
    Court: C.A. 5th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charley M. Stoll, Rachelle O. Tejada and Anne W. Nilsen for Petitioners.
    for defendant: J. Antonio Barbosa, Paul M. Starkey and Todd M. Ratshin for Respondent.Martinez Aguilasocho & Lynch and Mario G. Martinez for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. F072420

    Union's purported disclaimer of interest in representing bargaining unit not clear and unequivocal (Franson, J.)

  • Andres v. Marshall

    Publication Date: 2017-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dana M. Sabraw, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Edward Leavy, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Lamarr Andres, Imperial, California, pro se Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Sylvie P. Snyder, Deputy Attorney General; Neah Huynh, Acting Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; William C. Kwong, Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General; Xavier Becerra, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 15-56057

    Prison officials' failure timely to respond to inmate grievance rendered administrative remedies unavailable (per curiam)