Judicial Profile
Judge Julian Recana finds new purpose in civil docket
ADR Profile
Big-picture approach defines Anthony Khoury's mediation style
Firm Profile
Plaintiffs L&E firm scales up with AI-driven platform and business-first approach
MCLE
A new approach to fighting child exploitation
DREAM Court's trauma-informed, collaborative approach bri...
By Maria Blanco, Shelly CaterinoThe treatment-mandated felony
California's new Treatment-Mandated Felony reshapes how r...
By Alex RicciardulliThe 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. Paparian
Today's News
Labor/Employment
State high court clarifies limits on leave cashouts in public pension calculations
By Craig Anderson
The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that public employees cannot increase their pension benefits by counting leave cashouts that exceed annual lim...
Law Practice
Incoming LACBA family law chair champions program to recruit next generation of attorneys
By David Houston
Tigran Palyan says family law has failed to build a pipeline for young lawyers. His answer is a structured summer associate program connecting law students w...
Criminal
Prosecutors drop labor leader's case, raising questions about protest prosecutions
By Skyler Romero
Federal prosecutors have agreed to dismiss the misdemeanor obstruction case against labor leader David Huerta, a move legal experts say reflects the governme...
Immigration
Monitor finds ICE failing to meet court-ordered care standards at facility
By Alicia Alvarez
The findings, filed in the Northern District of California, stem from a class action alleging unconstitutional conditions at the facility and are likely to i...
Torts/Personal Injury
Stadium wins dismissal in Drakeo the Ruler wrongful-death litigation
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Los Angeles County judge ruled LAFC Stadium Co. owed no duty in the fatal stabbing of rapper Drakeo the Ruler at a 2021 music festival, finding the attack ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Lawsuit blames fireworks companies, government agencies for deadly explosion
By Alicia Alvarez
Nearly 30 plaintiffs have sued fireworks manufacturers and California state and local agencies over the 2025 Esparto warehouse explosion that killed seven pe...
Columns
Existing laws penalize fraud in commerce but provide few consequences for knowingly false claims about elections, prompting ca...
The Supreme Court's review of Grand v. City of University Heights will examine the intersection of religious freedom, l...
Civil Procedure
California's new jury selection law changes the rules of the voir dire game
By Allen Felahy
California's new jury selection rules dramatically reshape peremptory challenges, raising the bar for striking prospective jur...
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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Community News
Lisa Gentilcore of Guidepost Solutions LLC, Gail Shifman of San Francisco, Irene Jaroslaw of Elliott Levine Jaroslaw Neils LLP, Jennifer A. Liese of Kaplan Marino PC, A. Carley Palmer of Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg LLP and Federal Public Defender Rebecca M. Abel
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
Steven Katzman of Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP, Gail Shifman of San Francisco and Richard D. Kaplan of Kaplan Marino PC
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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
Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino PC, Kristen M. Frost of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Adam Kamenstein of Adams Duerk & Kamenstein LLP
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
Whitney Bernstein of Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP and Naeun Rim of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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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
Torts
Aud v. RRT Enterprises, LP
Trial court erred in granting defendants' motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, where MICRA did not limit plaintiff's noneconomic damages on her elder abuse claims.
Fees and Costs
The Law Firm of Fox & Fox v. Arteaga
Civil Code section 1717 barred a self-represented law firm from recovering contractual attorney fees despite a retainer provision purporting to waive *Trope v. Katz*.
Tax
Osborne v. Logan
Tax rates should be measured and stated identically on ballot label and in tax rate measure information sent to voters prior to the election.
Civil Procedure
8451 Melrose Property, LLC v. Akhtarzad
Undisclosed partners who controlled litigation through their agent could be added as judgment debtors under Code of Civil Procedure section 187.
Criminal Law and Procedure
U.S. v. Anten
Statute criminalizing transmitting threats in interstate commerce has an objective element, and jury instruction telling jurors to consider communication's context, language used, and rea...