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Group of Partners Exit Ropers to Form New Firm
Four senior partners have quit Redwood City's Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley to open their own shop, and another two partners have announced they intend to depart the firm as well.Cite as: Greenfield v. Giambalvo, 3029/11, NYLJ 1202564199104, at *1 (Sup., KI, Decided July 3, 2012)Justice Carolyn E. DemarestDec
Defamation lawsuit brought against law firm
Soon after filing a class action against the maker of the dietary supplement Procera AVH, Thomas Clarke Jr., a partner in the San Francisco office of Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley uploaded a video on YouTube about the lawsuit and talked to a television reporter for a story about the litigation.Lawyer Sued Over YouTube Video Can't Fight Back With Anti-SLAPP Law
It's the medium, not the message, that did in Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley partner Thomas Clarke Jr. By posting on YouTube a video in which he solicited plaintiffs for a class action, the California 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that he'd opened himself up to a defamation suit and can't use the state's anti-SLAPP law to ward it off.How Pac-Man Got Ahead of IP Pack
Pac-Man may be just a distant childhood memory for many. Not for Neil Smith, partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley in San Jose, who represents Namco, owner of the Pac-Man games.This Counterfeit Caper Smells Fishy
When Martin Majestic was hired to break up a counterfeit fish sauce operation, he had no trouble getting volunteers. Majestic, a partner at Finnegan, Henderson's Palo Alto office, was hired by Rufina & Co. to get counterfeit versions of its fish sauce off grocery store shelves in the Bay Area. Last month, he won a lengthy battle when U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel issued a permanent injunction against a supermarket chain and a distributor, prohibiting them from selling phony versionsJudge OKs Suit Against Firm for YouTube Video
With little case law to guide him, an S.F. judge says Ropers, Majeski and one of its partners can be sued over a YouTube video aimed at potential plaintiffs for litigation over a dietary supplement.SLAPP Fight Over YouTube Video: Judge OKs Drug Maker's Suit Against Firm
San Francisco judge rules that Ropers, Majeski and partner Tom Clarke's allegedly defamatory comments about the maker of a memory drug on YouTube aren't protected by California's anti-SLAPP law.Trending Stories
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