Of Interest

• Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Plaintiffsâ?? Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs.

• Declaration of Peter P. Meringolo in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs

• SMO successfully opposes Motion to Dismiss on behalf of Plaintiffs in the Palm Desert ERISA Class Action. A copy of the Court's order is here.

• SMO's opposition brief to the motion can be found here.

• SMO files ERISA Class Action against Palm Desert Investments and Palm Desert National Bank, et al, alleging breach of fiduciary duty. 

• SMO tries statute of limitations issue for The Flintkote Company in legal malpractice case against Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Trial Court tentative decision in favor of S&C. 

• Jennifer Shoda elected to partnership as of January 1, 2011. 

• Jennifer Shoda is awarded the 2010 Award of Merit from the Bar Association of San Francisco, the 2010 Diversity Award from the Barristers Club of San Francisco, and the2010 Champion of Unity from the Minority Bar Coalition. Congratulations, Jennifer!

• SMO files Ninth Circuit brief on behalf of Tommy Bahama.

• Phase II trial decision rejecting insurer affirmative defenses in the Plant Insulation Company insurance coverage litigation. 

• SMO wins trademark infringement case for Tommy Bahama. 

• SMO successfully defends Move, Inc. in patent infringement lawsuit.

• SMO wins appeal for Sherwood Partners, Inc. reversing a judgment awarding attorneys fees and costs against Sherwood.

• Order finding that California state court has jurisdiction over Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited in the Flintkote case.

• Order by District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel granting remand, and denying transfer, of the Flintkote case.

• Order by District Judge Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. denying Imperial Tobacco’s motion to transfer Flintkote case to Delaware.

• SMO successfully opposes a petition for writ of mandate to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Brody v. Homestore.

• SMO aids LG Electronics in preventing a conflicted law firm from representing LG Electronics’ adversary in a pending proceeding before the International Commerce Commission.