Robert Holland – Sidley Austin, LLP

This article published in the February 2009 edition of Privacy & Data Security Law Journal explores the background of California’s limits on the disclosure of grand jury evidence, a recent decision by the California Supreme…more

This article discusses the California Court of Appeal’s decision in People v. Roscoe, Case No. C055801 (3d Dist., December 26, 2008), which underscores two basic but often-violated principles of appellate practice. First, an…more

This article discusses the California Court of Appeal's decision in Larner v. Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Associates, L.P., Case No. B202085 (2d Dist, 1st Div., December 8, 2008), which clarifies that a named plaintiff's…more

This article discusses the California Court of Appeal's decision in Huschke v. Slater, Case No. A117114 (1st Dist., 2d Div., December 2, 2008). Huschke clarifies that the Court is authorized and willing to impose sanctions…more

This article discusses the California Court of Appeal's decision in Pratt v. Union Pac. R.R Co., Case No. C055656 (3d Dist., November 12, 2008). The Court held that the federal Railroad Labor Act (“RLA”) does not preempt the…more

This article discusses the California Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Hoopes v. Dolan, Case No. A117892 (1st Dist., 4th Div., November 12, 2008). Hoopes is a reminder to litigants that, in a civil action involving a…more

This article discusses the California Court of Appeal's recent decision in Payne v. Rader, C055242 (3d Dist., November 4, 2008). Payne underscores the importance of party using the statutorily proper type of motion to seek…more

This is the Federal Circuit's published opinion affirming the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of my client Dreamworks, LLC in a patent infringement action related to the integration of users' audio signals or…more

This is the Brief of Defendant-Appellee that I co-prepared in the Federal Circuit appeal of the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of my client Dreamworks, LLC in a patent infringement action related to the…more

This is a reply memorandum in support of Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss RICO and tortious interference claims brought against a subsidiary of my client BankAtlantic by disappointed competing bidders at annual Cook County,…more

This is a memorandum of law in support of a Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss RICO and tortious interference claims brought against a subsidiary of my client BankAtlantic by disappointed competing bidders at annual Cook…more

This is the California Court of Appeal's published opinion affirming the Superior Court's dismissal with prejudice of a purported qui tam action against my client AT&T Corporation and other defendants based on the alleged…more

This is the Federal Circuit's Judgment affirming the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of my client Movielink, LLC in a patent infringement action related to video-on-demand technology (followed by the District…more

This is the Brief of Defendant-Appellee that I co-prepared in the Federal Circuit appeal of the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of my client Movielink, LLC in a patent infringement action related to…more

This is a short article that I co-authored for the Los Angeles Daily Journal regarding the expected impact of Proposition 64's amendments to California's Unfair Competition Law…more