Horvitz & Levy LLP

About this office:

Horvitz & Levy LLP is the largest firm in the United States specializing in civil appellate litigation. The firm appears regularly in the California and federal appellate courts on behalf of a wide range of commercial, service and manufacturing businesses; insurance carriers; the entertainment industry; public utilities; physicians, hospitals and other health care entities; public entities; private universities; and business and professional trade associations.

Civil Appeals and Related Appellate Practice in the Following Subject Areas:

Anti-SLAPP, Business and Commercial Litigation, California Supreme Court, Class Actions, Entertainment, Environmental, Federal Courts, First Amendment, Healthcare Litigation, including medical malpractice, hospital peer review, elder abuse, medical staff privileges, administrative procedure, and MICRA. Intellectual Property, Insurance Law, Labor and Employment Law, Land Use and Property Law, Pro Bono, Products Liability, including toxic torts and asbestos litigation. Professional Liability, including legal malpractice and medical malpractice. Public Entity Liability, Punitive Damages, Trial Consultation, Unfair Competition Law.

Walmach v. Foster Wheeler: California May Punish for Out-of-State Conduct
Curt Cutting, September 15, 2009
The California Court of Appeal (Second District, Division Three) issued this unpublished opinion today, affirming a $2 million punitive damages award. The court ruled that the trial court did not violate the Due Process Clause by imposing punitive damages for conduct that occurred outside of...

California Supreme Court Enforces Class Action and Injury in Fact Requirements for UCL
Felix Shafir, July 17, 2009
In Arias v. Superior Court (June 29, 2009), the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff who sues a defendant on behalf of himself and others under California's Unfair Competition Law ("the UCL") must satisfy procedural class action requirements.

U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review in ERISA Case Involving Important Issues of Benefit Plan Administration
H. Thomas Watson, James A. Sonne, July 17, 2009
On June 29, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Conkright v. Frommert, No. 08-810. Conkright arises from a decision of the Second Circuit that narrowed the discretion typically given to administrators of employee benefit plans.

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