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By Eileen C. MooreTruth, confidentiality and the case for mediation: What ABA Opinion 518 reminds us
ABA Formal Opinion 518 holds lawyer-mediators to a higher...
By David I. BrownCan implicit bias be countered?
Although California's implicit bias jury instruction enco...
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Special Coverage
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge disqualifies Quinn Emanuel from representing CREXi in CoStar copyright fight
By Skyler Romero
U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall found that the firm violated its duty of loyalty by simultaneously representing CoSta...
Today's News
Class Action
Class action claims Driscoll's misled consumers about PFAS in strawberries
By Alicia Alvarez
A proposed class action filed in Santa Cruz County alleges Driscoll's Inc. falsely marketed its conventional strawberries as safe, premium products while fai...
Business Law
Hearing ordered on Playboy licensee's $1.5B damages claim
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge ordered an evidentiary hearing to determine whether a former Playboy licensee's expert may present a $1.5 billion lost-profits opinion, w...
Intellectual Property
Apple-OpenAI dispute puts hiring practices under trade secrets microscope
By Daniel Schrager
Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI is raising broader questions about where lawful recruiting ends and trade secret misappropriation begins. Legal ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Warehouse fire litigation grows slowly as attorneys sort out complex liability
By Skyler Romero
Nearly a month after a fire at a Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse forced thousands of residents indoors, only three proposed class actions have been file...
FPPC chair Adam Silver on the watchdog's Watergate-era origins, exploring AI to catch campaign money laundering, and why disclosure before an election matter...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
New State Bar judge sets rigorous schedule for sprawling DTLA discipline trial
By Laurinda Keys
New State Bar Court Judge Alison R. Worthington set a 35-day trial schedule and imposed strict case-management procedures Monday in the consolidated discipli...
Columns
Constitutional Law
The troubling implications of the Supreme Court's transgender athlete decision
By Erwin Chemerinsky
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding West Virginia's ban on transgender girls participating in girls' sports continues ...
Consumer Protection Law
Service charges under fire: Navigating a new wave of hospitality litigation
By Amanda K. Monroe
Hospitality businesses are facing growing legal exposure over service charges as courts, regulators and consumers increasingly...
Class Action
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On the Move
Buchalter
Gabriel Green was elected managing partner of Buchalter's Los Angeles office, effective July 9, 2026.
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Richard D. Kaplan of Kaplan Marino PC and Superior Court Judge Wendy Segall
Kaplan Marino PC's founders Nina Marino and Richard D. Kaplan
Koren L. Bell of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Amanda Massucci, Senior Managing Director of Ankura Consulting Group LLC
Kaplan Marino PC’s Moriah S. Rudin and Jennifer A. Lieser; Cameron A. Bell of California’s Department of Justice
Kelly Huang, Senior Manager of Resolution Economics LLC; Joe Yuan Wang of Zhong Lun Law Firm (Shanghai); Eric Chance, Manager of Resolution Economics LLC; and Natalie B. White of Knapp Petersen & Clarke PC
Alexandria M. Faura of Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP and A. Carley Palmer of Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg LLP
J.S. Held’s Senior Vice President Jacqueline Benyamini and Jenny Dominguez, partner at HKA Global Holdings Limited
FTI Consulting Inc.’s Senior Managing Director Tracy Wilkinson, Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino PC and Superior Court Judge Cathy J. Ostiller
Louis Sepe of Los Angeles and Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino PC
Megan A. Maitia of Ruth LLP, Pomona College student Stephanie Diaz-Serrano, Supervising Federal Public Defender Rebecca M. Abel and David L. Menninger of Buchalter
Mark S. Sedlander of Mancini Shenk LLP, Superior Court Judge Cathy J. Ostiller, Richard J. Dreiling of Dreiling Law APC, A. Carley Palmer of Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg LLP and FTI Consulting Inc.’s Senior Managing Director Tracy Wilkinson
FTI Consulting Inc.’s Senior Managing Director Tracy Wilkinson, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Koren L. Bell and Marina A. Torres
Jennifer A. Lieser of Kaplan Marino PC and Danell Raab, Senior Manager at Resolution Economics LLC
Deputy Federal Public Defender Howard J. Shneider, Samira Saha of Samira Saha Law Inc. and Ryan D. Kerns of Kerns LG
Joe Yuan Wang of Zhong Lun Law Firm (Shanghai) and Chong Yu of Shanley Attorneys at Law
Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino PC and A. Carley Palmer of Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg LLP during the Los Angeles County Bar Association Criminal Justice Section's inaugural Fireside Chat
Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino PC and A. Carley Palmer of Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg LLP during the Los Angeles County Bar Association Criminal Justice Section's inaugural Fireside Chat
Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino PC (center) with Resolution Economics LLC’s Eric Chance, Maryellen Sebold, Kelly Huang and Danell Raab
Kaplan Marino PC’s Moriah S. Rudin, Nina Marino, Richard D. Kaplan and Jennifer A. Lieser
Evan J. Davis of Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez PC, U.S. District Court Judge Rozella A. Oliver and Superior Court Judge Cathy J. Ostiller
Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino PC and A. Carley Palmer of Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg LLP
Marina A. Torres of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, A. Carley Palmer of Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg LLP and Cassie D. Palmer of Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP
John D. Rogers of Law Offices of John D. Rogers, Superior Court Judge Wendy Segall and Richard D. Kaplan of Kaplan Marino PC
White-collar defense attorney Nina Marino, the incoming chair of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, said preserving judicial independence, protecting the rule of law and fostering cooperation among prosecutors, defense lawyers and judges will be her top priorities.
Daily Appellate Report
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Yanez
Because gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated can be committed without also committing DUI with injury, the latter is not a necessarily included offense.
Civil Procedure
People v. $379,744 U.S. Currency
Irreconcilably inconsistent special verdicts required retrial in civil forfeiture action.
Attorneys, Fees and Costs
Del Biaggio v. Bansen
Having only a paralegal review to verify AI-generated case citations was inappropriate and sanctionable.
Immigration
Menjivar-Ayala v. Blanche
Board of Immigration Appeals abused its discretion by denying reopening after prior counsel failed to preserve judicial review.
Civil Procedure, Family Law
Marriage of Martinez & Camou
Family Code section 271 sanctions were supported by a party's untimely invocation of the *European Beverage* right to have the same judge hear all credibility-based issues.