Special Reports
Judicial Profile
Judge Damaris Diaz says fairness 'isn't automatic--it takes attention'
From The Archive
MCLE
The hidden danger in fine print liability releases
Courts disfavor contracts that excuse future wrongdoing, ...
By Reza Torkzadeh, Allen P. WilkinsonMoral rights and the Vaillancourt Fountain
Fifty years after its completion, San Francisco's massive...
By Simon J. FrankelWhen plaintiffs sell their legal claims, who pays taxes and when?
As more plaintiffs look to sell their legal claims, the q...
By Robert W. WoodToday's News
Criminal, Constitutional Law
Memo says US judges may compel unpaid defense work amid shutdown
By Skyler Romero
A U.S. Attorney's Office memo says federal judges can compel unpaid lawyers to represent indigent defendants during Criminal Justice Act funding lapses, spar...
California Supreme Court
State high court upholds law banning willful misgendering in long-term care
By Craig Anderson
The justices reversed an appellate ruling that found the law violated the First Amendment. The court held that the restriction regulates discriminatory condu...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Athletes challenge $2.8B NCAA settlement as unfair to women in non-revenue sports
By Craig Anderson
An attorney representing three female college athletes and a Liberty University student told an Oakland federal judge the NCAA's $2.8 billion settlement over...
Criminal, Constitutional Law
Memo says US judges may compel unpaid defense work amid shutdown
By Skyler Romero
A U.S. Attorney's Office memo says federal judges can compel unpaid lawyers to represent indigent defendants during Criminal Justice Act funding lapses, spar...
Sara K. Radin, one of California's pioneering women judges and later a leading mediator, helped break barriers on the Los Angeles Superior Court and champion...
Criminal
Attorney tells judge he can order private attorneys to defend criminal defendants
By James Twomey
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman questioned was told he can order private attorneys to represent indigent defendants amid an alleged shortage...
Columns
How trial lawyers win: Turning the courtroom into a theater of truth
By Baruch C. Cohen
Every trial is a battle of stories, and the one that makes jurors feel the facts -- not just hear them -- is the one that wins.
Labor/Employment
HR mockery over off-site harassment sparks employer liability
By C. Randolph Sullivan, Michael A. Pearlson
The Kruitbosch decision underscores that employers may still face liability for off-site harassment -- depending not o...
Intellectual Property
Expert testimony in patent cases now harder to admit
By Dariush Adli
A recent en banc decision by the Federal Circuit in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC (2025) -- left standing by the U.S. ...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Dangerous Condition of Public Property | Kathleen White, individuall... | $19,000,000 |
| Malpractice | A.A. v. Roe Medical Center,... | $13,500,000 |
| Auto v. Auto | Frank Valles v. Terrence An... | $7,250,000 |
| Discrimination | Kristen Wheldon, Psy.D. v. ... | $5,750,000 |
| Bus Incident | Izumi Streller v. City of S... | $3,500,000 |
| Encampment Closures | Coalition on Homelessness; ... | $2,828,000 |
| Malpractice | Bosco Tran v. The Regents o... | $1,750,000 |
| Malpractice | Sade Mitchell v. The Regent... | $1,000,000 |
| 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 | Michelle Rizalla, et al. v.... | $900,000 |
| Malpractice | John Doe v. Roe Physician, ... | $875,000 |
On the Move
Procel Levine LLP
Brian Procel forms Procel Levine LLP in Santa Monica.
Jeremiah Levine forms Procel Levine LLP in Santa Monica.
Details
Procel Levine LLP has 2 attorneys in Santa Monica. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Commercial Litigation, Government Investigations Defense, Financial Services Disputes, Real Estate, White-Collar Criminal Defense. The firm’s website is www.procellevine.com
Address
401 Wilshire Blvd, Fl 12 , Santa Monica CA 90401 USA
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(424) 788-4538
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Community News
Attorneys from both sides of the courtroom came together in downtown Los Angeles for the debut of The 30/30 Bar, an invitation-only event designed to promote civility, connection, and professional unity among plaintiff and defense lawyers.
Podcasts
In the second episode of In the Counsel's Chair, Daralyn Durie discusses the highs and lows of establishing a boutique law firm.
Daily Appellate Report
Constitutional Law
Taking Offense v. State of California
By regulating discriminatory conduct rather than suppressing protected expression, the statute safeguarding long-term care residents from repeated misgendering survived constitutional cha...
Anti-SLAPP
Willis v. The Walt Disney Company
Disney's alleged "booking ban" of The Village People fell within the scope of conduct protected by the catchall provision of California's anti-SLAPP statute.
Criminal Law and Procedure
Modification: People v. Melgoza
Modified jury instruction defining "force" for forcible rape and forcible oral copulation as including movement or positioning of the victim's body misstated the law and constituted preju...
Environmental Law, Civil Procedure
Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation v. Naples Restaurant Group, LLC
Citizen suit under the Clean Water Act was mooted by defendant obtaining and continuing to pay annual fee for general discharge permit, making the violative conduct unlikely to recur.
Workers' Compensation
Modification: Atlanta Falcons v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Bd.
Atlanta Falcons NFL team was exempted from former football player's workers' compensation claim under Labor Code sections 3600.5(c) and (d).
