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The latest updates from Keesal, Young & Logan.
Employment Alert: DOL Increases Minimum Salary Thresholds in Newly Released Final Rule
Yesterday, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final overtime rule. The rule, which takes effect on January 1, 2020: Raises the standard salary level from $455 to $684 per week (or $35,568 per year) for the executive, administrative, and...
Employment Alert: California High Court Rules That Underpaid Wages Not Recoverable Under PAGA
On September 12, 2019, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in ZB, N.A., et al. v. Superior Court (Lawson), Supreme Court Docket No. S246711. The decision was expected to resolve a split between the Courts of Appeal regarding the arbitrability...
KYL’s Stacey Myers Garrett Featured in Lawdragon Lawyer Limelight
Stacey Myers Garrett’s practice is focused on banking, securities and privacy laws. She has seen several dozen cases to completion through trials and arbitrations, including a recent $493 million defense win for Citigroup Global Markets and a $22 million defense win...
KYL’s Skip Keesal Named as Top 100 Lawyers’ Attorney of the Year
Keesal, Young & Logan is pleased to report that Samuel (“Skip) Keesal was named as Top 100 Lawyers’ 2019 Attorney of the Year. Mr. Keesal appears on the cover of this year’s Top 100 Registry magazine, which can be viewed here. KYL Shareholder Michael Gless was...
Keesal, Young & Logan Wins Third ILTA Distinguished Peer Award
Keesal, Young & Logan was honored with a third Distinguished Peer Award from the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), this time for Transformation Project of the Year (under 100 attorneys) in recognition of KYL’s successful innovation initiative,...
KYL’s Peter Boutin Honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in the 26th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
Peter Boutin has been named The Best Lawyers in America’s© 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” in Securities/Capital Markets Law in San Francisco. This honor is based on an extensive peer review process. Peter is a partner in Keesal, Young & Logan’s San Francisco office,...
Recent Result: KYL Obtains Prehearing Dismissal of $113 Million Arbitration Claim With Prejudice
On behalf of a broker-dealer, bank, Chief Compliance Officer and Financial Advisor, KYL attorneys Ryan Lean and Bryce Cullinane recently obtained the prehearing dismissal of a $113 million FINRA arbitration claim in its entirety, with prejudice. The claimants, a real...
Ten KYL Shareholders Named to 13 Different Specialties in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers of America©
Keesal, Young & Logan is proud to announce that ten of its shareholders have been recognized as “Best Lawyers®” in the 2020 list of “The Best Lawyers in America©.” The Best Lawyers recognition is based on an extensive peer review process and is aimed at...
KYL’s Role in Preparing Law Students for the Future
This summer, Keesal, Young & Logan is joining with Juniper Networks, NetApp, Walmart, Liberty Mutual, Chronicle (an Alphabet/Google company), LexCheck, and Southern University Law Center to create and provide a first-of-its-kind, online educational experience for...
KYL’s Lisa Bertain Named to “Nation’s 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys” List
Lisa Bertain has been named to the "Nation's 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys" list by Human Resources Executive ("HRE") magazine and Lawdragon. Lisa, a partner in Keesal, Young & Logan's San Francisco office, represents employers in state and federal courts...
Privacy Alert: Equifax Settlement – Paying Up To $700 Million for an Entirely Preventable Breach
On Monday July 22, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico announced a settlement with credit agency Equifax for up to $700 million for its massive data breach in...
KYL Wins Dismissal of California False Claims Act Lawsuit
The plaintiffs, private individuals suing on behalf of the State of California, alleged that multiple municipal bond underwriters defrauded the state by falsely representing that they would underwrite the state’s bonds and obtain the “best price” and “lowest yield” on...
KYL Preserves Major Win on Appeal
On behalf of a major financial institution, KYL attorneys Peter Boutin, Neal Robb and Chris Stecher prevailed on a Petition to Vacate a sizable Arbitration Award rendered by a FINRA Panel in 2017. After the case was arbitrated and the Award was issued, KYL was engaged...
KYL Washington Lawyers Honored as 2019 Rising Stars
Keesal, Young & Logan is pleased to announce that Valerie Holder and Igor Stadnik were named to the 2019 Washington Rising Stars list. The annual Super Lawyers lists, published by Thomson Reuters, are a comprehensive guide to outstanding attorneys. Attorneys from...
KYL Southern California Lawyers Honored as 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Keesal, Young & Logan is pleased to announce that Skip Keesal, Steve Young, Michael Gless, Terry Ross, Neal Robb, and Stacey Garrett were named to the 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list, and Ryan Lean and Kristy Sambor were named to the Southern...
KYL Northern California Lawyers Honored as 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Keesal, Young & Logan is pleased to announce that Peter Boutin, John Giffin, Philip McLeod, Ben Suter, Lisa Bertain, and Julie Taylor were named to the 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list, and Elyse Whitehead was named to the Northern California Rising...
KYL joins Shell, Gap, Ingersoll Rand and our Partner Mitratech for CLOC Co-Innovation Session
Legal Ops 2.0 – How Co-Innovation was a Hit at CLOC 2019 The Mitratech Team At this year’s CLOC Vegas Institute, we had the privilege of not only being a sponsor but also a presenter at a key session, Legal Ops 2.0: How Co-Innovation is Driving the Industry’s Future,...
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dutra Group v. Batterton that a seaman may not recover punitive damages on an unseaworthiness claim, overruling the Ninth Circuit and resolving a split between the Fifth and Ninth Circuits. Plaintiff Christopher Batterton was...
KYL’s Bentley Stansbury Featured in Lawdragon Lawyer Limelight
Bentley Stansbury is a shareholder in the Long Beach office of Keesal, Young & Logan, where his practice centers on financial services litigation. Each year from 2007 to 2015, Stansbury was recognized by Law & Politics Magazine as one of Southern California’s...
Maritime Alert: Supreme Court Rules that State Wage-and-Hour Laws do not Apply to Drilling Workers off the Coast of California
On Monday, the Supreme Court held in Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton that state wage-and-hour laws do not apply to drilling workers off the Coast of California, overruling a Ninth Circuit decision and resolving a split between the Fifth and Ninth...
Employment Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Title VII’s Charge-Filing Requirement Is Not Jurisdictional
On June 3, 2019, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that the charge-filing requirement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, requiring a complainant to first file a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) before...
KYL’s David Piper Featured in Lawdragon Lawyer Limelight
Keesal Young & Logan shareholder David Piper, or “trail boss” as his brothers called him growing up, is a problem-solver by nature. That’s what drew him to Keesal Young. The firm is built on finding practical, business-minded solutions to client matters, and Piper...
Employment Alert: D.C. Court Rules: Large Employers Must Submit Equal Pay Data by September 30, 2019
On April 25, 2019, a United States District Judge in the District of Columbia ruled that large and mid-sized employers will have until September 30, 2019 to inform the EEOC how much they paid workers of different sexes, races and ethnicities in 2018. The Equal...
Daily Journal Article “Social media discovery: 20 commonly asked questions” by KYL’s Peter Boutin and George Croton
The outcomes in litigation increasingly turn on evidence obtained from social media, such as photos, posts or direct messages. As social media technology and privacy rights constantly evolve, so do the practices and procedures for obtaining these non-traditional forms...