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  • Duarte v. Pacific Specialty Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2017-07-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-12
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Matthew R. Stall, Felipe R. Parker.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Lee J. Danforth, Kathryn C. Klaus, Coddington, Hicks & Danforth.
    Case Number: No. A143828

    Ambiguity of questions on insurance application precluded finding that applicant knowingly withheld responsive information (Miller, J.)

  • Cinema West, LLC v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2017-07-03
    Practice Area: Labor Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government | Construction | Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-06-30
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peters & Peters, Mark D. Peters for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: California Department of Industrial Relations, Christopher G. Jagard, Gary J. O'Mara, Ken Lau for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. A144265

    City's involvement in construction of movie theater at new civic plaza qualified project as "public work" for purposes of prevailing wage law (Stewart, J.)

  • 926 North Ardmore Avenue, LLC v. county of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: FisherBroyles, Goodson Wachtel and Petrulis, Lemoine Skinner III; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Daniel M. Kolkey, Julian W. Poon, Lauren M. Blas and Martie P. Kutscher for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: John F. Krattli, County Counsel, Mary C. Wickham, Interim County Counsel, and Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. S222329

    Documentary transfer tax properly applied to transfer of majority interest in legal entity that held title to real property (Corrigan, J.)

  • Schep v. Capital One, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2017-06-28
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | Financial Services and Banking
    Date Filed: 2017-06-26
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George E. Omoko for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Doll Amir Eley, Hunter R. Eley and Amy I. Borland for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. B269724

    Trustee's filing of filing of notice of default and related documents could not give rise to cause of action for slander of title (Hoffstadt, J.)

  • The CBM Group, Inc. v. Llamas

    Publication Date: 2017-06-26
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-04-05
    Court: Super. Ct. (App. Div.)
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Lampe, the Law Offices of Michael J. Lampe, attorney for plaintiff/respondent The CMB Group, Inc.
    for defendant: Marcos Segura, Central California Legal Services, Inc., attorney for defendant/appellant Gabriela Llamas.
    Case Number: Sup. Ct. Appeal No. 2599

    Trial court erred in upholding termination of tenancy on grounds for which tenant never received notice (Black, P.J.)

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  • Hupp v. Solera Oak Valley Greens Association

    Publication Date: 2017-06-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-23
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richardson Harman Ober, Kelly G. Richardson, Theodore H. Dokko, Jonathan R. Davis; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Arthur K. Cunningham, Stephanie J. Tanada and Amy Wong for Defendants and Respondents.
    for defendant: Aristea Hupp, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. E065766

    Trial court may dismiss claims benefiting vexatious litigant but may not dismiss jointly filed claims benefiting non-vexatious litigant only (Codrington, J.)

  • Monster, LLC v. Superior Court (Beats Electronics, LLC)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Electronics
    Date Filed: 2017-06-21
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Joseph W. Cotchett, Philip L. Gregory; Gordon & Reese, Gary J. Lorch and Elizabeth B. Vanalek for Petitioners.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Boies, Schiller & Flexner, William A. Isaacson and Karen L. Dunn for Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number: No. B278289

    Defendant had right to jury trial on plaintiff's claim that breach of contract caused it to incur attorney fees (Zelon, Acting P.J.)

  • SJJC Aviation Services, LLC v. City of San Jose (Signature Flight Support Corporation)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-05-24
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Appellant, SJJC Aviation Services, LLC: David P. Lanferman, Ash Pirayou, Peter J. Howell, Alan B. Fenstermacher, Rutan & Tucker.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants and Respondents, City of San Jose, et al.: Richard Doyle, City Attorney, Nora Frimann, Ardell Johnson, Margo Laskowska, Office of the City Attorney.
    Case Number: No. H041035

    Unsuccessful bidder did not show "beneficial interest" required for standing to challenge the bidding result (Eli, J.)

  • Jordan-Benel v. Universal City Studios, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-06-20
    Practice Area: Copyrights | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-06-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Dorothy W. Nelson, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glen Lance Kulik (argued) and Patricia Brum, Kulik Gottesman Siegel & Ware LLP, Sherman Oaks, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Kelli L. Sager (argued), Jason Harrow, and Karen A. Henry, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 15-56045

    Claim for breach of implied-in-fact contract based on unauthorized use of screenplay does not arise from protected free speech activity (Pregerson, J.)

  • Scher v. Burke

    Publication Date: 2017-06-15
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-15
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cunningham & Treadwell, James H. Treadwell, Steven F. Kuehl; Aleshire & Wynder and June S. Ailin for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Law Offices of Robert S. Gerstein, Robert S. Gerstein; Law Offices of Bennett Kerns and Bennett Kerns for Defendants and Appellants John F. Burke, Germaine Burke and Bennett Kerns.
    Case Number:

    Nonrecreational use of property did not give rise to implied dedication (Kruger, J.)