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Fluid and Spontaneous

Arnold R. Levinson
Signature Resolution

2025-06-24

MCLE

When confidentiality meets crime, California lawyers face a fine line

Jun. 23, 2025

The American Bar Association's guidance about reporting c...

By Joanna L. Storey Mishler

Don't let an adverse party commit to producing 'relevant' documents

Jun. 19, 2025

While responses to Requests for Production that promise t...

By Ian Pike

State Supreme Court takes on compelled arbitration and elder abuse

Jun. 17, 2025

The California Supreme Court is poised to clarify when ar...

By Mike Arias, Destiny D. Hooper, Uri H. Niv


Today's News

Environmental & Energy


The U.S. Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling in Diamond v. EPA affirmed that oil companies may challenge California's emissions program, sparking fears among environm...


LA Fires


City can test wildfire debris being dumped in landfill

Jun. 24, 2025
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

A Los Angeles County judge allows Calabasas to test wildfire debris dumped in its landfill for hazardous materials, despite opposition from the county sanita...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The ruling breathes new life into the Los Angeles commercial real estate company's counterclaims under the Sherman and Cartwright Acts, even as a copyright i...


Intellectual Property


U.S. District Judge James V. Selna upheld a jury's finding that Western Digital infringed a hardware encryption patent but sharply reduced the $550 million d...


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles judge sanctioned Mayweather Boxing + Fitness defendants for discovery violations, citing inconsistent record explanations. Another case allows ...


The ruling marks the first time a federal appellate court has affirmed a customs-based FCA trial verdict, reinforcing the government's power--and private whi...


Columns

Military Law, Constitutional Law

The Constitution is quiet while the missiles fly

Jun. 23, 2025
By Allan Lee Dollison

As tensions escalate between Israel and Iran, the United States faces renewed pressure to weigh military involvement -- raisin...


Letters

When judicial silence serves no one

Jun. 24, 2025
By Louis A. Lipofsky

Legal institutions must condemn intimidation of judges and actions that undermine the judicial system.


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

DOJ reevaluates corporate monitorships: What antitrust counsel need to know

Jun. 24, 2025
By Nana Wilberforce, John W. O'Toole

The DOJ's growing skepticism of corporate monitorships may signal a shift for the Antitrust Division -- companies should seize...



Verdicts & Settlements

Fraud Whatsapp Inc., Facebook Inc... $168,000,000
Auto v. Pedestrian Jathan Quiroz, a minor v. C... $28,163,528
Retaliation Ana Cantu v. Google LLC, Li... $28,000,000
Unfair Business Practices District Council #16 Northe... $11,000,000
Auto v. Auto Angelo Pizarro, Arcelio Gar... $3,573,286
Wage and Hour Ismail Alammari, individual... $2,875,000
Wage and Hour Frank Degourville, individu... $1,650,000
Wage and Hour Juan David Arreola Carrillo... $1,257,979
Wrongful Death Jane Doe v. Roe Nursing Home $950,000
Auto v. Auto Hyojin Choi v. Michael Chen $250,000

On the Move

Wesierski & Zurek, LLP

Jun. 20, 2025


Valerie R. Chrissakis joined Wesierski & Zurek, LLP as counsel in Lake Forest

Chrissakis served as a Kings County Superior Court judge from 2017 until February. During her judicial tenure, Chrissakis held leadership roles as both assistant presiding judge and presiding judge of the Family Law Division. She presided over a diverse range of civil and criminal calendars throughout her service. Chrissakis has contributed to the broader judicial community as an appointed member of the California Judges' Association Civil Law & Procedure Committee and the California Judicial Council Unlawful Detainer, Small Claims, & Civil Advisory Committee. Before her judicial appointment, she was a staff attorney with the Kings County Superior Court and worked as a temporary judge for the same court from 2009 to 2017. From 1997 to 2006, Chrissakis was an associate at civil litigation firms in Visalia and San Mateo.


Details

Wesierski & Zurek, LLP has 35 attorneys in 2 offices including Lake Forest and Pasadena. Among the law firm's key practice areas are Auto Defense, Bad Faith, Business Litigation, Employment Law, and General Civil Litigation. The firm’s website is wzllp.com

Address

29 Orchard Road , Lake Forest, CA 92630 United States of America
T: (949) 975-1000
F: (949) 756-0517

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Community News

Immigration, Community News


Legal advocates warn that increased enforcement and a lack of legal representation are placing vulnerable immigrants in a bind...



Daily Appellate Report

Corporations

Norman v. Strateman

Trial court erred in granting motion to enforce derivative lawsuit settlement when it failed to appropriately review and evaluate the settlement.


Anti-SLAPP, Civil Procedure

Wong v. Dong

Interlocutory appeal was unavailable from order denying special motion to strike malicious prosecution claim subsequently filed by original target of a strategic lawsuit against public pa...


Family Law, Immigration

Marriage of Adeyeye and Faramaye

The income of a sponsored immigrant should be considered in calculating the sponsor-spouse's support obligation under an I-864 affidavit.


Consumer Law

Scheibe v. ProSupps USA LLC

State-law mislabeling claim was not preempted where the complaint alleged single-sample testing, allowing a court to reasonably infer supplement may have been misbranded under the Food, D...