City of Hope v. Bryan Cave, L.L.P.

Full title: CITY OF HOPE et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. BRYAN CAVE, L.L.P., et…

Court: California Court of Appeals, Second District, Seventh Division

Date published: Nov 13, 2002

No. B155411 (Cal. Ct. App. Nov. 13, 2002)

Opinion

Page 643c

103 Cal.App.4th 643c ___Cal.Rptr.2d___ CITY OF HOPE et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. BRYAN CAVE, L.L.P., et al., Defendants and Appellants. CITY OF HOPE et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES et al., Defendants and Appellants. B155411 California Court of Appeal, Second District, Seventh Division November 13, 2002

[Modification of opinion (102 Cal.App.4th 1356; 126 Cal.Rptr.2d 283).]

OPINION

THE COURT. ^*

* Before Johnson, Acting P .J., Perluss, J., and Munoz, J.†

It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on October 21, 2002, and certified for publication, be modified as follows:

On page 2, first paragraph [102 Cal.App.4th 1358, advance report], line 1, replace "respondents" with "appellants."

On page 4, third paragraph [102 Cal.App.4th 1360, advance report, 4th par.], first sentence should read: City of Hope alleged that, in July 1995, Fairfax had been hired to act as an independent confidential monitor to investigate compliance with applicable laws and to develop internal policies relating to compliance.

On page 5, first paragraph, line 5 [102 Cal.App.4th 1361, advance report, 1st par., line 7] should read: (3) that the true purpose of his agreeing to serve as a compliance monitor was to assist the Former Officers in their scheme to discredit City of Hope.

On page 11, third paragraph [102 Cal.App.4th 1366, advance report, 2d par.], lines 1 and 2 should read: About 87 days after Shapero's departure, and at a time when Leeka knew City of Hope's Chairman of the Board of Directors was out of the country, Leeka disclosed his golden parachute contract to another Board member.

On page 12, third paragraph, line 6 [102 Cal.App.4th 1367, advance report, 2d par., line 7], delete the wording: but not Fairfax,

On page 12, fourth paragraph, line 3 [102 Cal.App.4th 1367, advance report, 3d par.], after the sentence "This appeal followed," add new footnote 6: "The Fairfax defendants have not yet appealed."

†Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.