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Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Offers You Can’t Refuse May Work in The Godfather, But Threats of Extortion Don’t Belong in Settlement Demands

In Falcon Brands, Inc. v. Mousavi & Lee, LLP (No. G059477 – 1.27.2022), the Fourth Appellate District held that an attorney’s pre-litigation communications containing a settlement demand did not constitute protected activity...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Lawyers for the...

When Aggressive Settlement Tactics Go Too Far: California Appellate Court Holds Counsel's Threat to Reveal Opponent's Alleged...

Cross-Complainants/Appellants, Falcon Brands, Inc. and Coastal Harvest II, LLC (Falcon), claimed that Cross-Defendants/Respondents, attorney Amy Mousavi and her law firm, Mousavi & Lee, LLP (Mousavi), engaged in extortion and...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Law of the Land - Real Estate Litigation Newsletter - November 2021, Volume I, Issue X

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CASES OF NOTE - CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY RESULT OF MUTUAL MISTAKE - Thomas v. Medeiros, 100 Mass. App. Ct. 1106 (2021) - The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently affirmed a determination by the Land Court that a...more

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

Snowballs and Iceballs: Crossing the Line in Settlement Negotiations

Children of northern climes remember the joys of a snowball fight. We also remember the bully who ruined the fun by packing iceballs. (Those from more temperate zones might consider the line between brushback pitches and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Ferrum Ferro Capital Files Motion to Strike Allergan's Complaint Alleging Misuse of IPR Process

In June, Allergan, Inc. and Allergan Sales, LLC filed suit against Ferrum Ferro Capital, LLC and Kevin Barnes ("FFC") in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that FFC attempted to extort...more

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