GMSR partners Kent Richland and Robin Meadow will serve as faculty for the Pincus Professional Education Third Annual Appellate Conference. They will teach several topics at the DoubleTree Downtown L.A. on February 2, 2018. GMSR partner Laurie Hepler presented “Appellate Strategy for Repeat Commercial and
GMSR’s Laurie Hepler will present “Use It Or Lose It: Pre-Judgment Appeal and Writ Deadlines,” at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada. This session will teach trial lawyers which adverse orders trigger do-or-die deadlines to seek
GMSR San Francisco partner Laurie Hepler will present “Appellate Strategy for Repeat Commercial and Institutional Litigants,” at the Pincus Professional Education Third Annual Appellate Conference, at the Hotel Nikko on January 26, 2018. GMSR Los Angeles partners Kent Richland and Robin Meadow will teach several
The Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure permit federal district courts to extend the deadline for filing a notice of appeal. But what happens when the court grants a longer extension than the rules allow? Alana Rotter discusses the United States Supreme Court’s recent answer in
GMSR partner Robert Olson will speak at this year’s Claims and Litigation Management (CLM) Conference and discuss special coverage issues presented by the so-called Bermuda Form of combined occurrence/claims-made coverage. He will join other experienced claims professionals and outside counsel who will explain why the
GMSR partner Robin Meadow is the Best Lawyers® Appellate Practice ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in Los Angeles for the second time, having also been recognized in 2013. He’s also featured in an article in the latest issue of Best Lawyers®, where he notes the value
Litigators are used to seeing anti-SLAPP motions in civil cases. But a new California Court of Appeal decision highlights that anti-SLAPP motions are also an option in the probate context, to challenge a petition to enforce a will or trust’s no-contest clause. Alana Rotter discusses
Elder abuse claims have proliferated. In the Summer 2017 ABTL Report, Marc Poster discusses new legislation that presents potential traps for the unwary appellant when the trial court denies a motion to compel arbitration of an elder abuse case that has been granted a trial
GMSR is proud to be a sponsor of this year’s Appellate Judges Education Institute (AJEI) Summit in Long Beach, California. The annual summit brings together appellate judges and lawyers from across the country for four days of practical, cutting-edge programming and networking. Summit organizers expect
GMSR Partner Alison Turner will discuss recent developments in California law regarding attorney-client privilege at the Institute on Entertainment Law and Business. Hosted by USC Gould School of Law and the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Institute on Entertainment Law and Business brings together entertainment
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