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The latest updates from Keesal, Young & Logan.
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,...
Nine 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 nine 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 shareholders 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 to file the successful Petition. The...
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, and Stacey Garrett were named to the 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list, and Ryan Lean and Kristy Sambor were named to the Southern California Rising...
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...
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...
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...
KYL’s Paralegal and CEDS Jennifer Clamme Contributing Author for New TAR Guidelines
KYL eDiscovery Specialist, Jennifer Clamme, honored to serve as a contributing author of the Duke Law-EDRM Technology Assisted Review (TAR) Standards Project. As a contributing author, Jennifer, along with other legal experts and the EDRM Team, developed TAR...
KYL receives a defense award in a whistleblower retaliation claim in which the Claimant requested over $7 million
In a recent FINRA Arbitration, KYL obtained a complete defense award related to a former financial advisor’s claim for wrongful termination, whistleblower retaliation, defamation, and related claims. The former employee of our financial services client sought over $7...
KYL’s Julie Taylor Featured in Lawdragon Lawyer Limelight
Julie Taylor thrives in the “emotion-based practice” that is employment litigation, a specialty she developed after a period focused on securities litigation. Taylor represents a wide range of employers as a San Francisco-based shareholder at Keesal Young & Logan,...
Lenders and Servicers Beware – You Are at Risk of Having to Pay Attorneys’ Fees to Borrowers Who Obtain TROs to Hold Up Trustee’s Sales
Hardie v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC is a significant decision out of the Fifth District Court of Appeal holding that a plaintiff/borrower may obtain attorney’s fees under CC 2294.12(h) after prevailing at a TRO hearing. It relies heavily upon the Third District’s prior...
KYL Shareholder Julie Taylor has been invited to speak at the 2019 SIFMA Compliance and Legal Society Annual Seminar
Keesal, Young & Logan Shareholder Julie Taylor has been invited to speak at the 2019 Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Compliance and Legal Society Annual Seminar. Julie will be participating in the "Avoiding Pitfalls in the Recruitment...