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The Alien Terrorist Removal Court awakens: secret evidence, due process and a historical first test
After 30 years of dormancy, the Alien Terrorist Removal C...
By William M. PaparianHow California's strict AI rules threaten access to justice for public defenders and low income litigants
California's proposed attorney ethics rules requiring law...
By Joe StephensLes Misérables, Aujourd'hui: Trump immigration policies create the 'scofflaws' they condemn
Trump administration immigration policies are not merely ...
By Lizbeth Iniguez, Sergio A. Perez
Today's News
Insurance
Chevron's $51 million Iran tanker insurance dispute headed to trial
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge indicated she will deny summary judgment in Chevron's $51 million insurance dispute over oil confiscated after Iran seized a chartered tanke...
Consumer Protection Law
Breyer signals fantasy sports suit could support injunction against DraftKings
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge questioned DraftKings' argument that players suffered no economic injury from participating in allegedly illegal daily fantasy sports contest...
Constitutional Law
Angels Landing retaliation suit tests de León's immunity defense
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge took under submission the City of Los Angeles' bid to dismiss or stay a civil rights lawsuit over the stalled Angels Landing project after cl...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Paramount Skydance agrees to delay merger pending court ruling
By Craig Anderson
Paramount Skydance agreed to postpone closing its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery for up to 10 months, or until the court reaches...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Court revives $1.837M elder neglect verdict, rejects MICRA damages cap
By Laurinda Keys
The appellate panel said a nursing home's failures to supervise, assist and care for a resident constituted custodial neglect, not professional negligence, l...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury awards $20.7M to hotel guest struck by falling construction debris
By Alicia Alvarez
A physician assistant who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a metal stud fell from scaffolding during renovations at the San Francisco Marriott Second ...
Columns
Environmental & Energy
Emissions or energy use? The 9th Circuit's fine line in Rinnai
By Molly Calhoon Silva
Rinnai may have saved zero-NOx rules for now, but the future of gas regulation will turn on how governments frame the f...
Existing laws penalize fraud in commerce but provide few consequences for knowingly false claims about elections, prompting ca...
Administrative/Regulatory
ATF must provide more notice about online gun purchases
By William Slomanson
The proposed ATF rule changes that would expand online firearm purchases and allow direct mail delivery raise questions about ...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Consumer Protection | In re: Google Assistant Pri... | $68,000,000 |
| Malpractice | Jane Doe v. Roe Medical Center | $7,420,000 |
| Auto v. Pedestrian | Doe Family v. Roe Driver | $6,000,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Salina Gallegos, individual... | $2,490,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Renato Flores, individually... | $2,250,000 |
| Breach of Contract | Kristen Schertzer, Meagan H... | $2,250,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Laura Abarca v. Skirball Cu... | $2,000,000 |
| Auto v. Truck | Ismael Carbajal v. Los Ange... | $2,000,000 |
| Unfair Competition | The People of the State of ... | $1,600,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Sharise Rogers, individuall... | $1,425,000 |
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Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino PC, Steven Katzman of Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP, Gail Shifman of San Francisco and Richard D. Kaplan of Kaplan Marino PC
J.S. Held’s Senior Vice President Jacqueline Benyamini, Capri Miller of Level Legal and Louise Loeb of New York
Linda Justice, Senior Director of Risk & Compliance at Dow Jones; Jamie Lang of King & Spalding and Lily Chinn of Hogan Lovells LLP
Level Legal’s Joey Seeber and Matt Mahon, and Collin Cate of Kaplan Marino PC
FTI Consulting Inc.’s Senior Managing Director Tracy Wilkinson, Angela Machala of Winston & Strawn LLP and Whitney Bernstein of Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP
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Kaplan Marino PC’s paralegal Samantha Humphrey, Matthew Humphrey of Simplissit LLC and Capri Miller of Level Legal
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KPMG LLP’s Eugenia Miller and Kasey Thomas
Guidepost Solutions LLC’s Lisa Gentilcore and Stephanie Talamantez
Stephanie Yonekura of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader US LLP and Christine M. Adams of Adams Duerk & Kamenstein LLP
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Miller Barondess LLP’s Natalie Schachner and Molly Karlin
FTI Consulting Inc.’s Senior Managing Director Tracy Wilkinson, Andrew S. Cowan of Holmes Athey Cowan & Mermelstein LLP, Christine Adams of Adams Duerk & Kamenstein LLP and Angela Machala of Winston & Strawn LLP
Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino PC, Cassie D. Palmer of Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP and law school student Emma Tehrani
Richard D. Kaplan of Kaplan Marino PC and Andrew S. Cowan of Holmes Athey Cowan & Mermelstein LLP
Moriah S. Rudin of Kaplan Marino PC and Federal Public Defender Rebecca M. Abel
Koren L. Bell of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Cohen Williams LLP’s Alyssa Bell and Atoosa Esmaili
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Cori A. Lable of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jamie Lang of King & Spalding
The Los Angeles chapter of the Women's White Collar Defense Association held its annual Summer Soirée at Kaplan Marino PC, bringing together attorneys and legal professionals from across the country to network and celebrate mentorship within the white-collar defense bar.
Daily Appellate Report
Employment Discrimination
Weiss v. The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
To state a Title VII accommodation claim, an employee need only provide enough information for the employer to understand an actual religious conflict, not prove sincerity.
Utilities, Government
Toy v. City and County of S.F.
In challenging City's change in water rates, compliance with applicable validation statutes was mandatory and jurisdictional, so plaintiffs' failure to abide by them was fatal to their cl...
Insurance
Kumar v. Mid-Century Insurance Co.
Trial court properly granted summary judgment for property insurer, where claims were barred by policy's one-year limitations period.
Immigration
Diaz-Boyzo v. Blanche
Oregon conviction for felony assault was a match for the federal crime of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment under the categorical approach, rendering the defendant removable from the U...
Criminal Law and Procedure
U.S. v. Pereda
Totality of circumstances supported warrantless searches of parolee's trailer and truck.