SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON, LLP v. J-M MANUFACTURING CO., INC.

No. S232946.

6 Cal.5th 59 (2018)

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON, LLP, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. J-M MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 30, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Kent L. Richland , Barbara W. Ravitz , Robert A. Olson and Jeffrey E. Raskin for Defendant and Appellant.

Steven W. Murray as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Litigation Law Group, Gordon M. Fauth, Jr. , and Rosanne L. Mah for Exponential Interactive, Inc., Halston Operating Company, LLC, Herbalife International of America, Inc., JDI Display America, Inc., Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Leaf Group Ltd., NETGEAR, Inc., Newegg Inc., Turo Inc., Varian Medical Systems, Inc., and VidAngel, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Reuben Raucher & Blum, Stephen L. Raucher , Pokuaa M. Enin ; Karpman & Associates and Diane L. Karpman for Beverly Hills Bar Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Amar D. Sarwal , Mary L. Blatch ; Liang Ly, John K. Ly and Jason L. Liang for Association of Corporate Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Kevin S. Rosen , Theane Evangelis , Bradley J. Hamburger , Andrew G. Pappas , Heather L. Richardson and Jeremy S. Smith for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Spertus, Landes & Umhofer, James W. Spertus and Jennifer E. LaGrange for Amici Legal Scholars as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Holland & Knight, Paul C. Workman , Peter R. Jarvis and Marissa E. Buck for Amici Law Firms as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Samuel Bellicini ; Fishkin & Slatter, Jerome Fishkin ; Rogers Joseph O'Donnell and Merri A. Baldwin for The Association of Discipline Defense Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Sidley Austin, Mark E. Haddad , Joshua E. Anderson and David R. Carpenter for Professional Liability Insurers, AF Beazley Syndicate 623/2623 at Lloyd's, CNA Financial Corporation, Endurance US Holdings Corp., and W.R. Berkley as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

A large law firm agreed to represent a manufacturing company in a federal qui tam action brought on behalf of a number of public entities. During the same time period, the law firm represented one of these public entities in matters unrelated to the qui tam suit. Both...

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