John A. Case, Jr. is a Los Angeles business lawyer and an active member of the State Bar of California since 1986. He is a graduate of Columbia University, Stanford Law School, and the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. After practicing with major law firms such as O'Melveny & Myers and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, he opened his own law office in 1996 and never looked back. Among his other specialties, Mr. Case has been actively involved in the rapidly changing field of Internet law since 1995.
In 2006, Mr. Case celebrated 20 years as a practicing lawyer in the State of California!
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PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS
LOVE'S BBQ: In November 2007, Mr. Case settled the last of numerous cases involving the beloved Southern California restaurant chain, Love's Wood-Pit Barbecue. Unfortunately, the last Love's BBQ restaurant in California has closed for good. On the bright side, the Love's BBQ sauces and products can be purchased on the company's website, www.LovesBBQ.com.
EVEREST v. McNEIL - TRIAL and APPEAL: On April 16, 2007, the California Court of Appeal affirmed (on all grounds except one minor issue) the judgment in Everest Investors 8 v. McNeil Partners, entered after a 3-1/2 week bench trial conducted in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2005. In that trial, the court entered a $4.5 million judgment in favor of Mr. Case's clients and against defendants, including punitive damages of $2.5 million against the controlling individual, involving a general partner's breach of fiduciary duty to the limited partners in a merger transaction. Previously, in 2003, the California Court of Appeal held that limited partners had standing to pursue individual claims against the general partner and were not barred by any alleged failure to bring a "derivative" lawsuit on behalf of limited partnerships. Please see the Links page (left menu) for a copy of these appellate decisions.
Supplement: The California Supreme Court denied defendants' petition for review, and the California Court of Appeal denied defendants' petition for rehearing. This judgment is final.
eUNIVERSE: On October 16, 2006, the U.S. District Court dismissed with prejudice all claims asserted against Mr. Case's client, a corporate financial officer, wrongly accused of fraud and misrepresentation involving the audited financial statements of eUniverse, Inc. That company, now known as Intermix Media, Inc., is the operator of MySpace.com. This case was the last in a series of shareholder lawsuits pending against the client and other officers and directors for 3-1/2 years. All cases were resolved successfully, by dismissal or settlement, in the client's favor.
U.S. NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS:
In Kenna v. United States District Court, 435 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 2006), the first federal appeal court decision under the U.S. Crime Victims' Rights Act, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court's denial of a crime victim's right to speak at the sentencing of a perpetrator of a massive $95 million financial fraud. Please see the Links page (left menu) for a copy of that decision.
A Comment About The Newsletter: This website now features an Intellectual Property Newsletter with dynamic content powered by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Case does not review the content in the Newsletter and does not vouch for its accuracy.
The Newsletter addresses topics of general interest such as copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and the Internet. Although it may also talk about patents, Mr. Case is not a patent lawyer and does not give legal advice regarding patents, patent prosecution, or patent litigation.
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