Special Reports
Judicial Profile
Judge Alan Honeycutt brings crisis negotiator's mindset to the bench
ADR Profile
Retired judge Eddie Sturgeon emphasizes preparation, listening in mediation practice
Firm Profile
Gray, Duffy, Eisenbaum & Lee wants to be more than an insurance defense firm, but still do insurers' work
From The Archive
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Beyond the warning label: Why "design defect" is the new frontier in social media litigation
Big Tech's "blame the user" defense is collapsing as co...
By Lem GarciaHistoric preservation or constitutional taking? The next frontier in the Marilyn Monroe home dispute
The litigation over Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home cente...
By Zachary D. SchorrWhen cannabis becomes medicine
The DOJ's narrow marijuana rescheduling order may deliver...
By Mehdi Sinaki
Today's News
Education Law
Berkeley law school adopts sweeping restrictions on student AI use
By David Houston
The policy, effective this summer, permits AI use only for limited research purposes unless professors expressly authorize broader use in courses designed to...
Intellectual Property
Google argues jury improperly relied on expert testimony trial judge excluded
By Daniel Schrager
Google urged a federal judge Thursday to overturn a $32.5 million Sonos patent verdict, arguing jurors improperly relied on expert testimony the trial judge ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Federal proposal backed by Uber could dramatically limit lawsuits over driver crashes and assaults
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A late-night House committee vote advanced legislation that would sharply restrict when Uber and other rideshare companies can be held liable for crashes and...
Torts/Personal Injury
Carson odor-crisis plaintiffs fight bid to overturn $8.8 million verdict
By Devon Belcher
Carson residents who won an $8.8 million verdict over a 2021 odor crisis urged a judge to reject defense efforts to overturn the award, while defendants argu...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Newsom AI order puts employers on notice
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The executive order does not create immediate obligations, but attorneys say it could lead to changes in WARN notices, severance rules, and bargaining over A...
Business Law
Jury awards more than $40M in farm sale fraud case after 4-week trial
By David Houston
A Los Angeles County jury returned a verdict in favor of the former owners of a prominent Asian vegetable farming business, finding that Minghong Investment ...
Columns
Trump's Justice Department quietly handed his convicted allies--including Jan. 6 insurrectionists--a $1.776 billion taxpayer-f...
Civil Rights
Josefina Fierro de Bright and the power of advocacy: Lessons from the Sleepy Lagoon case
By William M. Paparian
How one young Mexican-American organizer exposed judicial bias and helped secure justice in wartime Los Angeles.
Tax
When disputing taxes, should you pay first or wait until it is resolved?
By Robert W. Wood
Most people know that if you owe taxes, you'll also owe interest. But fewer consider what happens to that interest while they'...
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Community News
Alan Eisner of Eisner Gorin LLP, Alex J. Hemmelgarn of Lewitt Hackman and Steven J. Horn of Law Offices of Steven J. Horn
“SFVBA Judge of the Year” Valerie F. Salkin and SFVBA President and supervising research attorney of Los Angeles County Superior Court Kyle M. Ellis
Avram Salkin of Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez PC, “SFVBA Judge of the Year” Valerie F. Salkin and Ken Salkin
Alexander S. Kasendorf of Grant Shenon Almaraz APLC and Alexander J. Harwin of FordHarrison
Doctor Pouneh Beizai of Santa Monica, Superior Court Judge Mary Ann Murphy and (Ret.) Judge Jacqueline A. Connor of ADR Services Inc.
Lisa F. Rosenthal of Law Offices of Rosenthal & Associates and Susan R. Jaeger of Woodland Hills
Nicholas A. Medina of Grant Shenon Almaraz APLC, real estate broker Monique Bryher and Sarkis S. Yeretsian of Compass Inc.
SFVBA Past President Amanda M. Moghaddam of Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company and Kira S. Masteller of Lewitt Hackman
“SFVBA Community Impact Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson and Daniel J. Turner of Turner Mediation
Dmitry Gorin of Eisner Gorin LLP, Gerald M. Serlin of Benedon & Serlin LLP and (Ret.) Judge Jacqueline A. Connor of ADR Services Inc.
Superior Court Judges Faye C. Barnouw and Alan K. Schneider, Commissioner Wendy Shapero and “SFVBA Community Impact Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson
Superior Court Judges Sarah J. Ellenberg and Mahin V. Salehi
Superior Court Judge Terrance T. Lewis and SFVBA President and supervising research attorney of Los Angeles County Superior Court Kyle M. Ellis
Superior Court Judges Mahin V. Salehi, Patricia Hunter and Aleen Avanesian
Superior Court Commissioner Kendra Thomas, Judges Dina R. Richman, Emily J. Cole and Michelle S. Short
(Ret.) Judge Martin L. Herscovitz, Judge Diego H. Edber and Dmitry Gorin of Eisner Gorin LLP
SFVBA Secretary David D. Samani of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP and Marshall R. Cole of Nemeck & Cole
Louisa B. Pensanti of Pensanti & Associates, Lisa Grace-Kellogg of Lisa Grace-Kellogg Newspaper Law and Maria H. Skinner of Glendale
Matthew A. Breddan of The Reape-Rickett Law Firm; Karen Sabourin, associate director of business operations at California State University, Northridge and Steven T. Holzer of Lewitt Hackman
Marta A. Alcumbrac of Nemecek & Cole, Superior Court Judges Jessica C. Kronstadt, Emily J. Cole, “SFVBA Community Impact Award” honoree Thomas Rubinson and Wendy Segall
Nemecek & Cole’s Nina M. Niedbalski (SFVBA trustee) and Claudia L. Stone; Jennifer C. Schmuldt of Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company and Kenny C. Brooks of Nemecek & Cole
19 (Ret.) Judge Zaven V. Sinanian of Signature Resolution, Superior Court Judge Marilyn M. Mordetzky, Sarkis S. Yeretsian of Compass Inc. and Luiza Manuelian of Grant Shenon Almaraz APLC
20 Jay Rosenzweig, President & CEO of BirthParentFinder.com and J R Investigations; (Ret.) Judge Stephen P. Pfahler of ADR Services Inc., Woodland Hills’ Jeffrey B. Endler and Susan R. Jaeger; Lisa F. Rosenthal of Law Offices of Rosenthal & Associates
20 Jay Rosenzweig, President & CEO of BirthParentFinder.com and J R Investigations; (Ret.) Judge Stephen P. Pfahler of ADR Services Inc., Woodland Hills’ Jeffrey B. Endler and Susan R. Jaeger; Lisa F. Rosenthal of Law Offices of Rosenthal & Associates
“SFVBA’s Stanley Mosk Legacy of Justice Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Huey P. Cotton and (Ret.) Judge Paul A. Bacigalupo of ADR Services Inc.
Superior Court Judge Kelvin D. Filer, (Ret.) Judge Paul A. Bacigalupo of ADR Services Inc. and “SFVBA’s Stanley Mosk Legacy of Justice Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Huey P. Cotton
Marriage counselor Mary K. Cocharo, life coach Dorit Reichental and Dr. Michel A. Salkin, Chair of the Board of Governors at University of Haifa
ADR Services Inc.’s Founder and President Lucie Barron, and Director of Market Development Chelsea Mangel
(Ret.) Judge Zaven V. Sinanian of Signature Resolution, Suzy S. Marjanian of Koletsky Mancini Feldman LLP and Deputy Public Defender Mary M. Dolmadjian
Joanna M. Sanchez of Sanchez Family Law APC, Superior Court Judge Amanda S. Park and Jeffrey D. Horowitz of The Horowitz Law Firm APC
ADR Services Inc.’s Founder and President Lucie Barron, accepting “SFVBA Judge of the Century Award” on behalf of (Ret.) California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, and SFVBA President and supervising research attorney of Los Angeles County Superior Court Kyle M. Ellis
“SFVBA Community Impact Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson and “Lifetime Achievement Award” recipient Linda Temkin, SFVBA’s director of education and events
30 “SFVBA Community Impact Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson and SFVBA President and supervising research attorney of Los Angeles County Superior Court Kyle M. Ellis
SFVBA’s past President Heather P. Glick-Atalla of Glick Atalla and President-Elect Robert W. Brown, also president of University of West Los Angeles
Luiza Manuelian of Grant Shenon Almaraz APLC; ADR Services Inc.’s mediator (Ret.) Judge Stephen P. Pfahler and Founder and President Lucie Barron; Adam D.H. Grant of Grant Shenon Almaraz APLC
Superior Court Judge Michael R. Amerian, “SFVBA Judge of the Year” Valerie Salkin and Anthony S. Khoury of ARC Alternative Resolution Center
Superior Court Judge Jessica A. Uzcategui, (Ret.) Judges Martin L. Herscovitz and Joseph A. Brandolino
Superior Court Commissioners Wendy Shapero and Michelle Lim
“SFVBA’s Stanley Mosk Legacy of Justice Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Huey P. Cotton and SFVBA President and supervising research attorney of Los Angeles County Superior Court Kyle M. Ellis
During a centennial Judges' Night celebration in Woodland Hills, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association honored judges and legal leaders who shaped the region's legal community while emphasizing the enduring importance of humanity, service, and civic responsibility in the justice system.
Daily Appellate Report
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Bankers Insurance Co.
Where trial court reasonably believed defendant might have sufficient excuse for absence, it retained jurisdiction over bond and later forfeiture after second nonappearance was proper.
Employment Discrimination
Husband v. Target Corp.
Because employee never disclosed his bipolar disorder and his workplace conduct did not make mental disability the only reasonable explanation, employer lacked constructive knowledge of a...
Administrative Agencies
Beale v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles
An electric bicycle is not a motor vehicle, so Vehicle Code license suspension provisions for those arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence did not apply.
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Tyus
Trial court was required to redesignate vacated manslaughter conviction as target offense under the resentencing scheme laid out in Penal Code section 1172.6.
Torts, Government
Hedrington v. U.S.
Untimely Federal Tort Claims Act action did not preclude earlier timely suit asserting similar allegations because California law denies claim-preclusive effect to statute-of-limitations ...