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ADR Profile

Trial-Tested

Mark D. Kramer
ADR Services, Inc.

2025-05-22

MCLE

Halftime analysis of NIL in 2025: Key legal developments in college athletics

May 16, 2025

As NIL rights continue to reshape college athletics, from...

By Frank N. Darras

How to advertise your services without running afoul of the ethics rules?

May 7, 2025

To ethically reach out to potential clients during a disa...

By Christine C. Rosskopf

Cf. 9th Cir.: How the Ninth Circuit stands out

May 6, 2025

The Ninth Circuit stands out among the federal courts of...

By Benjamin G. Shatz


Today's News

Civil Procedure, Civil Litigation


Friday was the first day of the Los Angeles County courts' new way of handling Notices of Settlement, to improve efficiency in the face of a 48% increase in ...


Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


State elected officials are preparing to sue after Congress revoked the state's EPA waiver under the Clean Air Act, but legal experts say the case may be ove...


Civil Litigation


Top litigator touts use of AI as time, money saver

May 23, 2025
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

As courts increasingly warn against the misuse of AI in legal filings, high-profile plaintiffs' attorney and Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris is embracing it--p...


Ford Motor Co. sues California lemon law firms, alleging fraudulent billing practices inflating fees over $100 million, while attorneys defend the Song-Bever...


Intellectual Property


A federal judge ordered authors to provide email addresses to Google to verify licensing agreements in a copyright lawsuit over AI models powering Chrome, Gm...


Torts/Personal Injury, Real Estate/Development


Napa property owners sue PG&E, saying they had to sell for $3.5 million less after a fire broke out mid-escrow.


Columns

Administrative/Regulatory

The Supreme Court cast doubt on the Trump administration's legally untested use of executive orders on birthright citizenship ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

A great trial lawyer is part strategist, part storyteller, part student, and always a principled professional--driven not by e...


In California, most low-income litigants are effectively denied the right to appeal because the Legislature prohibits cost-eff...



Verdicts & Settlements

Chamber of Commerce of the ... $822,496 Permanent Injunction
Wage and Hour Taliah Leslie, an individua... $625,000
Auto v. Auto Virginia Olivera Diaz, Eva ... $495,000
Malpractice Gladwin Cedeno v. High Dese... $325,000
Age Discrimination Kelly Zombro v. City of San... $190,000
Gender Discrimination Lilly Raney v. Courier Plus... Dismissal
Conversion Meridian Growers Processing... Dismissal
Edward M. Wolkowitz, solely... Dismissal
Product Liability Carlos Gordoa, Ariani Reyes... Defense
Truck v. Pedestrian Emily Melendes Rubio, et al... $9,000,000

On the Move

Frost Brown Todd

May 16, 2025


Simon Levy joined Frost Brown Todd as a partner in San Francisco. The move was May 12, 2025.

Levy is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on civil litigation matters related to securities, employment, and general business litigation. In his securities practice, he represents broker-dealer firms and other licensed individuals in the securities industry, having personally handled dozens of successful securities arbitrations. He has extensive experience advising employers on compliance with employment laws, rules and regulations, including wage and hour laws, and issues involving employee hiring and discipline.


Details

Frost Brown Todd has 600 attorneys in 18 offices including Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Orange County, San Francisco. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Corporate Law, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Real Estate. The firm’s website is https://frostbrowntodd.com/

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Morrison & Foerster paid tribute to its late partner, Melvin Goldman, with an award recognizing complex litigation special...



Daily Appellate Report

Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Brown

Petitioner, who was sentenced to prison after violating probation, was eligible for Penal Code section 1203.41 relief even though his original sentence did not involve state prison.


Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Mathis

Defendant's failure to raise a section 654 (double punishment) claim during his plea deal resulted in forfeiting the claim.


Employment Law

Modification: Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc.

Plaintiffs' prospective, written waivers of their 30-minute meal period for shifts between five and six hours were valid and enforceable.


Family Law

Modification: Marriage of A.M. and R.Y.

Given the totality of the circumstances, evidence submitted by domestic violence restraining order applicant was legally sufficient to establish abuse.


Criminal Law and Procedure

Kousisis v. U.S.

Inducing a victim to enter a transaction under materially false pretenses was sufficient to support federal wire fraud conviction even where the defendant did not seek to cause economic l...