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Special Reports

Top 40 Under 40 2025

Oct. 22, 2025

ADR Profile

To Sum It Up

Richard M. Segal
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Firm Profile

Driven to Win

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MCLE

When plaintiffs sell their legal claims, who pays taxes and when?

Oct. 23, 2025

As more plaintiffs look to sell their legal claims, the q...

By Robert W. Wood

Ethics of preparing legal opinions for third parties

Oct. 20, 2025

Lawyers asked to prepare evaluations for third-party use ...

By Alanna G. Clair, Shari L. Klevens

When heirs span borders mistakes can cost executors dearly

Oct. 15, 2025

California personal representatives must conduct diligen...

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Today's News

Technology, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Author Tasha Alexander alleges Apple trained its 'Apple Intelligence' model using her books without permission.


Technology, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Author Tasha Alexander alleges Apple trained its 'Apple Intelligence' model using her books without permission.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Justices instead approved only installment-payment clarifications, adopted (with modifications) cross-state license recognition for military personnel and sp...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


A preliminary California Department of Human Resources calculation shows no judicial pay increase for the 2025-26 fiscal year, marking the first freeze since...


Technology, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Author Tasha Alexander alleges Apple trained its 'Apple Intelligence' model using her books without permission.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Several liberal judges issue sharp dissents as the appeals court lets stand a stay of a San Francisco judge's order stopping the use of federalized National ...


Columns

Letters

Make family court mediation accessible to everyone

Oct. 24, 2025
By Eugene M. Hyman

Mediation works - if you can afford a lawyer. Most Californians can't.


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Regret and reimagination in art and mediation

Oct. 24, 2025
By Greg Derin

Sargent's Portrait of Madame X shows how revision reveals growth -- a reminder that, in mediation as in art, change ca...


In California, cross-cultural couples -- particularly those with Iranian or Muslim heritage -- can honor both an Islamic Mahr ...



Verdicts & Settlements

Breach of Contract Shashikant Jogani v. Haresh... $10,000,000,000
Premises Liability Victor Angelo Hipolito, a m... $30,000,000
Dangerous Condition of Public Property Jean Yuna Horihata, Mark Ra... $9,500,000
Excessive Force Maritza Padilla, individual... $3,060,000
Intentional Concealment DJCBP Corporation dba Tier ... $1,829,000
Auto v. Pedestrian John Doe v. Jane Roe, Roe M... $1,515,000
Negligent Care Jane Doe v. Roe Nursing Fac... $975,000
Mortuary Negligence Sheila Esfahani Goe, et al.... $950,000
Auto v. Auto John Doe and Jane Doe v. Un... $520,000
Premises Liability Wanda Rudison, Ryan Pennell... $400,000

On the Move

Much Shelist, P.C.

Oct. 21, 2025


Much Shelist, P.C. welcomes Benjamin J. Fenton as a principal.

Fenton is an experienced health care attorney who represents clients in a broad range of litigation, regulatory, and compliance matters. He has substantial experience litigating disputes involving health care business operations, employment issues, and contractual matters.


Much Shelist, P.C. welcomes Nick D. Jurkowitz as a principal.

Co-Chair of Much's Health Care group, Jurkowitz represents health care providers in transactional, litigation, and regulatory matters. His clients include large medical groups, management services organizations (MSOs), health care facilities, substance abuse treatment centers, clinics, and individual physicians and practitioners. Clients turn to Jurkowitz for his deep industry insight when it comes to the formation of businesses and the corporate practice of medicine as well as the complex web of regulatory issues in the health care space.


Much Shelist, P.C. welcomes Henry R. Fenton as a counsel.

An accomplished attorney, Fenton draws on his decades of experience to guide health care professionals and entities through complex regulatory, administrative, and litigation matters. In his counseling practice, Fenton helps clients minimize legal risk while ensuring compliance with the complex federal and state regulations that govern the health care industry. In his litigation practice, Fenton has represented clients in a broad range of civil disputes, including health care, labor and employment, and antitrust cases. He has successfully defended hundreds of physicians and other medical professionals facing investigations or disciplinary actions before the Medical Board of California.


Much Shelist, P.C. welcomes Herbert L. Weinberg as a counsel.

Weinberg is a seasoned attorney and licensed pharmacist with more than 40 years of experience advising on complex health care matters. Pharmacists and pharmacies call on him for everything from maintaining regulatory compliance to responding to audits conducted by third-party payers. Weinberg has also presided over and documented the purchases and sales of more than 200 pharmacies, bringing deep industry insight to each transaction.


Much Shelist, P.C. welcomes Anne Schneider as an associate.

Schneider represents health care providers and entities on litigation, transactional, licensing, administrative, and regulatory matters. She draws on her multifaceted experience to guide clients through residency disputes, unlawful termination and employment discrimination matters, business disputes, and whistleblower cases across the health care spectrum. Schneider also works on medical staff, peer review, and insurance matters.


Much Shelist, P.C. welcomes Nishka S. Khanna as an associate.

Khanna is a health care attorney who focuses her practice on guiding clients through regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters. She works with physicians, medical groups, and other health care providers, offering proactive strategies to help them navigate the complexities of the health care industry.


Details

Much Shelist, P.C. has 103 attorneys in 3 offices including Los Angeles and Newport Beach. Among the law firm's key practice areas are Health Care, Construction, Real Estate, PE/M&A, Corporate & Finance. The firm’s website is muchlaw.com

Address

1990 S. Bundy Drive, Suite 777 , Los Angeles California 90025 USA

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Daily Appellate Report

Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Feise

Trial court did not err by imposing a five-year enhancement on DUI defendant for causing victim paralysis, as a jury could reasonably reach the paralysis enhancement without expert medica...


Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Guzman

When an objection to a peremptory challenge under CCP section 231.7 is erroneously sustained, the "deemed prejudicial" standard, which requires reversal and a new trial, does not apply.


Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Lara

Defendant entitled to youthful offender parole hearing was not serving the functional equivalent of life without parole and was ineligible for resentencing relief under Penal Code section...


Civil Procedure

SuperTECH Inc. v. My Choice Software LLC

California-based corporation was subject to Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth's jurisdiction because it conducted business in the Commonwealth, with its dispute arising from that acti...


Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Riddle

After defendant's planned residential treatment fell through, trial court acted within its discretion in terminating mental health diversion and refusing to compel public payment for priv...