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Labor/Employment

Oct. 22, 2015

Judge will let arbitrator decide Playboy negligence suit against Sheppard Mullin

A Superior Court Judge has granted Sheppard Mullin's motion to bring Playboy's professional negligence claim against them to an arbitrator.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Playboy Enterprises Inc. and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's high-stakes feud will now play out in private.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie H. Bowick granted last week Sheppard Mullin's motion to compel arbitration in a professional negligence lawsuit Playboy filed against its former go-to firm on labor and employment matters. Bowick's ruling also puts before an arb...

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