Congratulations to our Las Vegas office for obtaining a defense verdict in a premises liability lawsuit brought against a Fortune 500 retailer. The plaintiff alleged negligence after a pallet being pulled by a store associate allegedly hit her. The arbitrator found plaintiff was walking backwards at the time of the incident, did not look behind…
Associate Daniel Joslyn obtained a defense verdict in a property damage case in the Henderson Justice Court in Clark County, Nevada. After a bench trial, the Court ruled that the defendant, an international retailer, was not responsible for $10,000 in damages claimed to plaintiff’s car following an oil change, accepting Mr. Joslyn’s arguments that intervening…
Robert K. Phillips recovered a large six-figure sum for Gap, Inc. from a vendor after successfully litigating the contractual indemnity provisions and prosecuting a jury trial to determine fault for the underlying accident. Mr. Phillips and San Francisco associate Mana Ettefagh also successfully obtained affirmation of the award from the California Court of Appeal.
Partner Elisa R. Marcaletti successfully moved to compel arbitration in a nationally-recognized case on behalf of the firm’s client, a wedding photography/videography company based in Chicago, Illinois, that does business in over twenty states. Plaintiff, a San Francisco bride whose wedding video was leaked online by a third party unbeknownst to the firm’s client, appealed…
Robert K. Phillips, Katherine Munter and Jessica Pliner brought an action against a Mexican manufacturer in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of their biopharmaceutical client. Defendant had misappropriated our client’s confidential information, which is used in a number of medical and scientific applications. The Court entered a…
Robert K. Phillips, Katherine Munter and Jessica Pliner brought an intellectual property case in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of their biopharmaceutical client against a Japanese manufacturer. The defendant had misappropriated confidential information related to our client’s technology which is used in a number of medical, therapeutic…
