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Special Reports


2026-03-13

MCLE

What law firm associates should know about their ethical obligations

Mar. 11, 2026

Junior lawyers must mind ethics, supervise staff, avoid c...

By Alanna G. Clair, Shari L. Klevens

Facts, not findings: What practitioners get wrong about stipulations under Family Code § 3044

Mar. 6, 2026

Stipulations can streamline custody cases, even in domest...

By Jackson Lucky

Heppner case shows client AI interactions can break attorney client privilege

Mar. 6, 2026

The February 2026 Heppner decision marks the firs...

By William Slomanson


Special Coverage

The Daily Journal livestreamed from the 2026 California International Arbitration Week. Catch up on all of the videos here.



Today's News

A federal judge signaled approval of Grubhub's $24.75 million settlement with California delivery drivers in a long-running misclassification lawsuit, pendin...


A federal judge granted Amazon a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity's Comet AI agents from accessing Amazon systems and ordered the startup to destro...


Intellectual Property


Epidemic Sound, a Swedish music production and licensing company, sued Meta in 2022 alleging the tech giant copied and distributed its music without a licens...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A strike by Solano County public defenders refusing new cases may soon halt criminal hearings, as critics warn too few private attorneys exist to represent i...


Elon Musk told a federal jury his tweet pausing the $44 billion Twitter deal was literal and not meant to move markets, as investors claim it was part of a s...


U.S. Magistrate Judge Steve Kim ordered an in-person deposition and warned of "zero tolerance" for delays while partially granting Patagonia's sanctions moti...


Columns

Labor/Employment

Knowledge is power: An employer's guide to California's Know Your Rights Act

Mar. 13, 2026
By Matthew T. Drenan, Pouch C. Liang

California's Workplace Know Your Rights Act consolidates existing workplace notice requirements and adds new obligations, cont...


Insurance, Consumer Protection Law

The Make It FAIR Act: A sustainable solution or compounding problems?

Mar. 13, 2026
By Adam M. Weg, Caitlin Oswald

Assembly Bill 1680 proposes expanding the California FAIR Plan to offer more comprehensive homeowners coverage, but the econom...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

California civility rule meets its match in First Amendment

Mar. 13, 2026
By Erin M. Joyce, Ben Gharagozli

California Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4.1 was designed to prevent attorney discrimination and harassment, but First Amendm...



Verdicts & Settlements

Whistleblower Retaliation Joseph Williams, Jesus Lope... $52,460,862
Auto v. Auto Tracey Fleming v. David Soi... $30,560,000
Consumers Legal Remedies Act Susan Costa, an individual,... $6,500,000
Invasion of Privacy Nathan Colombo, individuall... $6,022,500
Wage and Hour Jared Deaver, as an individ... $5,093,537
Wage and Hour Paola Uribe, individually, ... $2,195,000
Unfair Competition The People of the State of ... $2,102,000
Age Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Oppor... $2,000,000
Breach of Fiduciary Duty Bloomage Beverly Hills Inve... $1,999,376
Wage and Hour Mark Cohen, Mitchell McKinn... $1,600,000

On the Move

Shook Hardy & Bacon

Mar. 6, 2026


Nalani L. Crisologo was promoted to partner of Shook Hardy & Bacon in Los Angeles.

Crisologo focuses her practice on product liability matters of all types, including warranty, product injury, product defect and marketing class actions, and appeals. She also manages defense efforts in parallel class action opt out cases. Crisologo specializes in developing and advancing creative arguments to limit class action and opt out litigation exposure. For example, she crafted and argued a novel motion to limit class action tolling in parallel class action opt out cases. She has also pioneered arguments to allow automakers to enforce arbitration clauses contained in California automotive sales contracts.


Karyn L. Ihara was promoted to partner of Shook Hardy & Bacon in Los Angeles.

Ihara's practice has consisted primarily of defending automotive companies in consumer actions in federal and state courts, as well as arbitration. She has won a jury trial, a bench trial and two arbitration hearings. Her experience includes providing strategic advice to clients, defending complex discovery matters, as well as significant motion work. As part of her practice, she has regularly attended court hearings, conducts and defends depositions, attends vehicle inspections, participates in mediations and settlement conferences and negotiates settlements.


Jimmy Y. Park was promoted to partner of Shook Hardy & Bacon in Los Angeles.

Park represents business clients in commercial litigation matters. His experience includes representing major Global 500 companies in product liability and consumer warranty litigation. He has represented some of the world's best-known automotive manufacturers and distributors, and has experience representing his clients in multidistrict litigation and coordinated proceedings in California and nationwide. Park's experience includes a secondment with a major automotive distributor managing product liability cases.


Shane B. Kolding was promoted to partner of Shook Hardy & Bacon in San Francisco.

Kolding focuses his practice on product liability litigation. He has experience in all aspects of civil litigation, in both federal and state court. He served one year after law school as a legal research attorney at the San Francisco Superior Court, where he conducted research and ex parte hearings for judges.


Melina Manetti was promoted to partner of Shook Hardy & Bacon in San Francisco.

Manetti focuses her practice on defending companies in class actions and product liability litigation. She represents manufacturers of a wide variety of products, including automotives, medical devices, personal care products, consumer goods and chemicals. Manetti also represents clients facing complex commercial litigation issues and high-stakes business disputes in financial services, insurance, commercial real estate and other industries. In addition, Manetti has partnered with clients to defend against labeling and advertising claims and claims under California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop 65). Her experience spans all stages of litigation, from initial filing, through discovery and motion practice, to trial and appeal.


Details

Shook Hardy & Bacon has 554 attorneys in 18 offices including Los Angeles; San Francisco, Orange County. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Litigation, employment, trusts & estates, real estate, corporate. The firm’s website is shb.com

Featured Content


Community News

Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II and Supervising Civil Judge Lawrence P. Riff addressed the gathering, discussing the court's growing civil caseload and changes underway to manage it.



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Daily Appellate Report

Evidence

Yan v. City of Diamond Bar

Admitting evidence of prior similar incidents of tree branches falling from same species of tree in same neighborhood solely to prove the City's notice of dangerous condition was not error.


Habeas Corpus

Combs v. Broomfield

Federal habeas relief denial was affirmed where record showed counsel's performance was not deficient and petitioner failed to show prejudice from the alleged failure to prepare expert wi...


Constitutional Law

NetChoice LLC v. Bonta

District court erred in preliminarily enjoining California's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act's coverage provision based on tech companies' facial First Amendment challenge because plainti...


Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Valencia

Trial court committed sentencing errors in calculating defendant's consecutive determinate sentences by failing to apply Penal Code section 1170.1's one-third middle-term rule.