Practices
Ninth Circuit holds that “first sale doctrine” does not provide a defense to an infringement action involving foreign-made, nonpiratical copies of a copyrighted work.
Ninth Circuit rules for insurer in dispute over insurance coverage for $1 billion in storm surge flood damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
California Supreme Court affirms $300 million compensatory damages award for underpayment of patent royalties
California Court of Appeal reverses $5 million punitive damages award against Unocal in soil contamination case.
Fax-blasting case settles on favorable terms after Horvitz & Levy petitions the Ninth Circuit for interlocutory appeal of class certification order.
California Supreme Court holds that mobile home park owner is not liabile for gang-related violence and has no duty to profile prospective tenants for possible gang affiliation.
California Supreme Court holds that bonus plan based on overall store profitability does not violate labor laws.
California Court of Appeal affirms trial court's reduction of punitive damages from $8.3 million to $1.5 million in insurance bad faith case.
California Court of Appeal holds that a plaintiff without standing of its own under Proposition 64 may not conduct discovery to find a substitute plaintiff in order to keep a UCL action alive.
California Supreme Court affirms judgment for defendant in dispute over real estate transaction.