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LSI Corporation v. Gunnam et al. (May 22, 2023, H049521, H049523) 2023 WL 3577288 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR secures reversal of anti-SLAPP dismissal on the basis of circumstantial evidence

Foxcroft Productions, Inc. v. Universal City Studios, LLC (2022) 76 Cal.App.5th 1119

On behalf of Columbo creators, GMSR persuades Court of Appeal to reinstate a fraud claim and keep alive a breach of contract claim involving Universal Studios’ failure to pay tens of millions in royalties

3500 Sepulveda, LLC v. Macy’s West Stores, Inc. (9th Cir. 2020) 980 F.3d 1317

In published opinion, Ninth Circuit revives building owners’ easement complaint previously dismissed on summary judgment

Ixchel Pharma, LLC v. Biogen, Inc. (2020) 9 Cal.5th 1130

GMSR wins landmark decision on unfair competition, tortious interference with contract

8451 Melrose Property, LLC v. Akhtarzad (May 28, 2020, B288963) 2020 WL 2765575 [nonpublished opinion]

Plaintiff sued Defendant for breach of a commercial lease.  Defendant argued the lease was unenforceable because it required he occupy an unlawful building and use it for an illegal purpose.  His defense was premised on a theory that a portion of the building’s second story

Millennium-Diamond Road Partners, LLC v. Diamond Bar Country Estates Association (Sept. 25, 2019, B285539) 2019 WL 4635158 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal affirms damages and fee awards in favor of real estate developers and rejects neighboring homeowners association’s million-dollar counterclaim

2019

Etelaei v. First General Bank (June 18, 2019, B287186) 2019 WL 2511405 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR’s client faced loss of her home on account of an unauthorized home equity loan from which she received nothing. Judgment for the lender reversed

Smith v. Farmers Group, Inc. (May 14, 2018, B266242) 2018 WL 2192426 [nonpublished opinion]

Defendants were not collaterally estopped from asserting plaintiff’s independent-contractor status

Eleanor Licensing LLC v. Classic Recreations LLC (2018) 21 Cal.App.5th 599

In a published decision, the Court of Appeal affirms GMSR’s clients’ rights to Eleanor, the star car character of the Gone in 60 Seconds films