ADR Profile
Retired Judge Kenneth Medel mixes an easygoing style with preparation, persistence and a willingness to get firm
MCLE
The state of college sports: When passion transitions to business
With NIL valuations and endorsements influencing every st...
By Frank N. DarrasIs an algorithmic feed 'speech'? Courts are about to decide
As courts grapple with whether algorithmically generated ...
By Krista L. BaughmanBias is implicit in all AI, even legal AI
Attorneys who use AI must do so with their eyes wide open...
By Susan L. Greenberg
Special Coverage
Abir sees AI reshaping law firms as industry consolidation accelerates
By Diana Bosetti
Danny Abir predicts that attorney shortages, growing competition and rapid advances in artificial intelligence will accelerate...
Today's News
Judge Jeffrey S. Ross is weighing how to wind down the 2017 wildfire JCCP while preserving access to records needed to resolve remaining claims involving Dav...
Insurance
Insurers face mounting pressure over clergy sex abuse claims
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A $30 million Minnesota settlement comes as recent California rulings complicate insurers' efforts to limit liability for decades-old clergy abuse claims.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge clears State Bar access to DTLA records in $4B abuse settlement probe
By Devon Belcher
Judge Lawrence P. Riff authorized Los Angeles County to turn over confidential client records sought in the State Bar's investigation of Downtown L.A. Law G...
Civil Rights
Federal judge upholds $6.6M LAPD detention verdict, awards $1.7M in fees
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong on Aug. 26 left the December award largely intact while striking one negligent supervision claim over a flawe...
Civil Procedure
Uber must face questions over timing of expanded driver background checks
By Daniel Schrager
Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that plaintiffs in the passenger sexual assault MDL can question Uber witnesses about whether its new 99-year background checks...
Consumer Protection Law
Judge tosses privacy claims against Adobe over online tracking
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Noël Wise ruled that internet users generally cannot rely on a reasonable expectation of privacy and gave plaintiffs 21 days to amend the...
Columns
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Self-funded ERISA liens: The plans hold strong cards, not all of them
By John J. Rice
Self-funded ERISA liens may look unbeatable, but knowledgeable plaintiff attorneys can often turn the law's limits into powerf...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Protecting consumers and maintaining the integrity of the legal profession
By Casey R. Johnson
AB 931 strengthens protections for California consumers by restricting attorney fee sharing with nonlawyers and imposing new d...
AI watermarks will make the profession's comfortable script--AI for research, brainstorming and editing, but never drafting--u...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Breach of Contract | Pomona Valley Hospital Medi... | $66,100,000 |
| Proposition 218 tax overcharge | Scott Simpson, Dvonne Pitru... | $40,854,300 |
| Premises Liability | Vanessa Sousa Oliveira v. M... | $20,700,000 |
| Unfair Competition | The People of the State of ... | $15,000,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Steve McKinney, Michelle Ly... | $12,500,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Daniel Gonzalez, John Frye ... | $9,500,000 |
| Consumers Legal Remedies Act | Lance Dutcher, individually... | $7,500,000 |
| Retaliation | Adolfo Beltran v. Roe Hospital | $6,664,000 |
| Dangerous Condition of Public Property | Jennifer Lynn Ryan v. City ... | $5,000,000 |
| Product Liability | Daniel A. Fung, Jasia Hu v.... | $3,682,590 |
On the Move
Ogletree Deakins
Frank Olah joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in Los Angeles. The move was Aug. 24, 2026.
Alexander Harwin joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in Los Angeles.
Details
Ogletree Deakins has 1100 attorneys in 60 offices including Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Torrance, Fresno . Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Traditional labor and employment, workplace safety, employee benefits, and business immigration. The firm’s website is http://www.ogletree.com/
Address
400 South Hope Street, Suite 1200 , Los Angeles California 90071 United States
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(404) 260-1493
Featured Content
Insurance defense attorneys have long been on the front lines for their clients. Now they're facing a new threat: the carriers...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
JAMS neutrals examine how evolving PAGA reforms, shifting case law and data-driven claims are reshaping mediation strategies i...
Community News
Slideshow, Community News
Women's white collar defense association hosts annual LA summer soirée
By Ricardo Pineda
The Los Angeles chapter of the Women's White Collar Defense Association held its annual Summer Soirée at Kaplan Marino PC, bri...
Daily Appellate Report
Civil Procedure, Torts
Godshall v. Peterson
Summary judgment was inappropriate because at what point the limitations period began to run on medical malpractice claim based on unsuccessful surgery and latent injury was a triable iss...
Juveniles
In re J.C.
Murder suspect who was 15 when the crimes occurred and 19 when indicted could not be transferred from juvenile to criminal court.
Environmental Law
Comite Civico del Valle v. County of Imperial
Under the California Environmental Quality Act, a 50-year geothermal and lithium project cannot rely on a water supply supported by evidence covering only 30 years.
Civil Procedure
Modification: Buchheim v. Anaya
Unexplained, self-serving deposition testimony cannot create a triable issue of fact where undisputed records contradict the testimony.
Health Care
Stallion Springs Medical Services v. Superior Court (Hundal)
Hospital staffing company did not need to provide a common law fair procedure hearing where removing a physician did not significantly impair his ability to practice medicine.