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Quizno's franchisees do not "get it their way"

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 9 2008

Quizno's operates a chain of fast food restaurants known for their toasted submarine sandwiches

Sheppard Mullin wins major victory in challenge to 12-hour shift pay practices

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 3 2008

On December 5, 2007, the United States District Court, Central District of California, granted Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP's Motion for Summary Judgment filed on behalf of Defendant Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center ("PVHMC") in one of the most significant wage and hour class action lawsuits currently pending before any federal or California state court

"Literally true" statement in a prospectus can still support a federal securities claim if, in context, the statement is materially misleading

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 7 2008

In Miller v. Thane Int’l, Inc., 2007 WL 4147327 (9th Cir. Nov. 26, 2007), the Ninth Circuit held that even “literally true” statements in a prospectus may be actionable under Section 12(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and, for the first time in the Ninth Circuit, held that a representation by a company that it would be listed on NASDAQ is material to investors

Yes, we really do have amnesty

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 9 2008

On November 29, 2007, a federal district court in Philadelphia dismissed an indictment charging Stolt-Nielsen, S.A., two of its subsidiaries and two of its executives with violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act in the parcel tanker shipping industry

California Supreme Court holds Headwaters Agreement Incidental Take Permit and Sustained Yield Plan invalid

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 24 2008

The state Incidental Take Permit (the “ITP”) and the Sustained Yield Plan (the “SYP”) approved under the Headwaters Agreement of 1996, which allowed the Pacific Lumber Company (“PLC”) to log old growth redwood forests in Humboldt County, are invalid, the California Supreme Court ruled last week

Senate passes FISA bill with telecom immunity

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 16 2008

The Senate recently voted 69-28 in favor of a bill (H.R. 6304) that will provide retroactive legal immunity to telephone companies that participated in the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program

State water board imposes moratorium on new construction in Los Angeles Region

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 24 2008

The State Water Resources Control Board (the “State Board”) has effectively imposed a moratorium on new construction within the Los Angeles region, in response to the Orange County Superior Court’s recent ruling in the Arcadia II litigation

EPA releases Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under Clean Air Act

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 24 2008

On July 11, 2008 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s April 2007 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007

International highlights

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 9 2008

On 19 December 2007, the UK's Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") announced that it had charged three UK businessmen with cartel offences under the Enterprise Act 2002

Delaware Chancery Court issues rulings on preliminary injunctions regarding materiality of disclosures in proxy statements

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 21 2008

The Delaware Chancery Court recently decided two different motions for preliminary injunctions, with vastly different results