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Special Reports


2026-05-01

MCLE

From busy to billable: Time management strategies for business-generating lawyers

Apr. 30, 2026

For many lawyers, the tension between billable work and b...

By George Brandon

Criminal relevance fundamentals

Apr. 27, 2026

This article explains how courts determine the relevance ...

By Elia V. Pirozzi

When the bench has a memory: Prosecutors, the RJA and the limits of neutrality

Apr. 22, 2026

A recent California appellate decision confronts a questi...

By K. Chike Odiwe


Special Coverage

Los Angeles Superior Court's Resolve Law LA program, which uses volunteer plaintiff and defense attorneys to conduct virtual s...



Today's News

Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Quinn denied motions to seal sensitive financial documents and rebuked attorneys for failing to comply with directives, compli...


LA Fires


A judge backed a scaled-down, phased bellwether process in the Eaton Fire cases, citing concerns that preparing too many claims at once could derail trial ti...


Torts/Personal Injury


A rare policy-limits settlement highlights how non-economic damages and personal narrative can drive recovery for elderly plaintiffs.


Civil Procedure


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers halted testimony and dismissed the jury after a dispute over attorney-client privilege arose during questioning of...


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles asbestos trial over Walmart's Equate talc products ended a day after opening statements when the parties reached an undisclosed settlement.


Civil Rights


Civil rights groups won fees after challenging a library policy of making certain books without parental consent.


Columns

SB 574 would set specific duties for attorneys who use generative artificial intelligence and would restrict how arbitrators m...


California's SB 243 requires chatbot platforms to maintain suicide prevention protocols and disclose their AI status, but it c...


When AI practices law without a license, who is responsible? That is the question Nippon Life v. OpenAI forces courts t...



Verdicts & Settlements

Consumer Protection United States of America v.... $150,000,000
Breach of Contract Javanni Munguia-Brown, Ange... $43,000,000
ERISA John Baleja, on behalf of h... $21,500,000
Auto v. Bus Sue Thao, by and through hi... $9,550,000
Negligence T.A. v. Los Angeles Unified... $8,000,000
Dangerous Condition of Public Property Monique Alvarez, et al. v. ... $6,000,000
Wage and Hour Kasper Leuzinger, Michael A... $4,050,000
Wage and Hour Telecia B. Harris, on behal... $2,500,000
Product Liability Alberto Salcedo Maldonado v... $2,325,000
Sexual Harassment U.S. Equal Employment Oppor... $1,490,000

On the Move

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

May 1, 2026


Sydne N. Alexander joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Sacramento.

Alexander is an attorney with more than 14 years of experience, focusing on representing employers in workplace law matters, including preventive advice and counseling, and has demonstrated strengths in advocacy, legal writing and research, and client relations.


Dr. Maria-Vittoria Carminati joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Sacramento.

Carminati is a litigation attorney with more than 17 years of experience handling complex commercial and contract disputes in federal and state courts, with experience in large-scale discovery, trial preparation, litigation strategy, and first- and second-chair federal trials, and is admitted in California, New York, Texas, the District of Columbia, Colorado, and Oregon.


Yelitza V. Dunham joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Walnut Creek.

Dunham has more than 20 years of experience advising on insurance coverage matters, including cybersecurity, privacy, and intellectual property risks, and litigating disputes involving D&O, E&O, property, general liability, fiduciary, professional liability, and life insurance in arbitration and state and federal courts, with experience in trials, appeals, and resolving complex disputes, and is admitted in California and the U.S. District Courts for all four California districts.


Whitnee P. Goins joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Sacramento.

Goins is a trial attorney with federal and state court experience representing employers in litigation involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage-and-hour disputes, and is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and state prosecutor with trial and supervisory experience, admitted in California and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.


Jonathan K. Ross joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Sacramento.

Ross is a trial attorney focused on complex federal litigation, including class actions and regulatory disputes, and previously spent more than a decade with the U.S. Department of Justice as senior litigation counsel, with experience in district courts and courts of appeals, and is admitted in North Carolina, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.


Details

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP has 1800 attorneys in 85 offices including Carlsbad, Fresno, Irvine, Los Angeles, Monterey, Ontario, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Ventura County, Walnut Creek. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Commercial Litigation, Construction, Insurance, Product Liability, Employment. The firm’s website is grsm.com

Featured Content


Community News

The retired federal judge and the Gibson Dunn partner were recognized Wednesday for careers spanning civil rights, high-stakes litigation and access to justice. The event raised funds for the Los Angeles County Library.




Daily Appellate Report

Family Law

Marriage of Nishida and Kamoda

Family law court erred in concluding that it did not have jurisdictions over case transferred from civil court.


Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Hsiung

Trial court erred by precluding defendant from presenting mistake of law defense based on necessity because evidence supported reasonable inference his claimed belief was held in good faith.


Consumer Law

Chemical Toxin Working Grp. v. Kroger Co.

Proposition 65 pre-suit notice providing contact information for noticing entity's retained counsel, rather than direct contact information for an individual within the entity, substantia...


Criminal Law and Procedure

Garner v. California Victim Compensation Board

Defendant's vacated murder conviction pursuant to Penal Code section 1172.6 did not constitute an "erroneous conviction" for purposes of victim compensation under section 4900.


Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Mohammed

Trial courts lack inherent jurisdiction to correct unauthorized sentences where judgment is final and execution of sentence has begun.