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The latest updates from Keesal, Young & Logan.Defense Judgment on Behalf of Community Bank in 29-day Bench Trial With $22 Million at Stake
Keesal, Young & Logan shareholders Terry Ross and Stacey Garrett obtained a defense judgment on behalf of their client, a community bank, in a 29-day bench trial conducted in the Superior Court of Santa Barbara (Santa Maria). The plaintiffs sought $22 million in...
Maritime Alert: 2018 Requirements for California’s Biofouling Management and Ballast Water Management Regulations
Last week the California State Lands Commission (“SLC”) distributed informative documents which remind vessel owners and operators of their management, record-keeping, and reporting obligations under the SLC’s biofouling and ballast water regulations. The document...
Employment Alert: Protect Your business in 2018 — Prepare for Changes in California Employment Law
It’s the shortest day of the year, but, as usual, there is no shortage of laws impacting California employers scheduled to go into effect in the New Year. As anticipated, new laws and updates to existing laws will expand protections to employees in 2018. We...
Maritime Alert: Emissions Limitations Penalties
Penalties for Violations of California’s Vessel – Generated Air Pollution Regulations Set to Dramatically Increase Next Year Introduction Beginning January 1, 2018 parties who own or operate vessels which sail to California will face significantly steeper penalties...
15 KYL Lawyers and 10 Practice Groups Recognized by “Best Lawyers” and “Best Law Firms” for 2018
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers today announced its 2018 “Best Law Firms” rankings and Keesal, Young & Logan (KYL) has been named to several National and Metropolitan Tier lists. Firms like KYL which are included in the 2018 “Best Law Firms” list are...
Keesal, Young & Logan Obtains Dismissal for Broker-Dealer Upon Close Of Claimant’s Case in Chief in Multi-Million Dollar Arbitration
Keesal, Young & Logan recently obtained a total victory for its broker-dealer client in a multi-million-dollar margin liquidation arbitration. In June 2017, the FINRA arbitration panel granted the broker-dealer’s motion to dismiss upon the close of the claimant’s...
Hong Kong
Keesal, Young & Logan’s Hong Kong office opened on January 1, 1997 to assist the firm’s Far East clients who encounter U.S. legal problems and to provide advice to the firm’s world-wide clients who have problems throughout Asia. The Hong Kong office complements...
Seattle
Keesal, Young & Logan opened its Seattle office in April 1994. Practice areas include maritime, employment, securities, banking, professional liability, insurance defense, insurance coverage, and commercial matters. The office is located in the downtown...
Long Beach
Skip Keesal founded Keesal, Young & Logan in 1970 in Long Beach, California. As home to the firm’s original office, Long Beach has special importance to the firm. The Long Beach office, in the midst of the city’s vibrant downtown and adjacent to its busy port,...
Unfair Business Practices
Keesal, Young & Logan’s attorneys regularly represent and consult with corporate and individual clients regarding the scope and impact of the laws relating to unfair business practices, including the effect of such laws on non-competition and non-solicitation...
Public Law
Keesal, Young & Logan’s municipal law practice specializes in representing public agencies including cities, seaports, and joint powers authorities. We provide consultation, advice, and litigation services. The Cities and Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as...
Products Liability
In addition to other areas of personal injury litigation, Keesal, Young & Logan has extensive experience in the area of strict products liability. Our experience in product defect and failure to warn cases has involved a wide range of products from raw materials to...
Maritime Alert: Should Washington State reconsider its rejection of contractual rate of maintenance?
Has the tide turned on Washington State Supreme Court’s Lundborg v. Keystone Shipping Co. decision on the enforceability of the rate of maintenance in a union contract? A recent Third Circuit ruling regarding the enforceability of maintenance rates in collective...
Securities Alert: It Will Soon Be More Difficult to Obtain Expungements
FINRA is in the process of making substantial changes to the process by which a registered representative can obtain an expungement of customer dispute information from the Central Registration Depository (CRD) system. FINRA has issued Regulatory Notice 17-42...
KYL Keeps You Learning 2017 in Review – A Focus on Data Control and Innovation
2017 was a busy year for KYL's data control and innovation teams. In addition to articles, interviews and starting a new practice group, the firm's technology and legal professionals brought their KYL Keeps You Learning program on the road, giving more than 20...
KYL Recognized with Corporate Partners Award by NAACP Long Beach
On Thursday, November 2, Keesal, Young & Logan was proud to receive the Corporate Partners Award at the Long Beach Branch NAACP 38th Founder's Celebration Dinner and Awards Gala. The honor was received in part to recognize the KYL's 17-year-long support and...
Skip Keesal Honored by Autism Speaks, Southern California
On Saturday, October 21, members of the firm were out in force to support the Southern California Chapter of Autism Speaks. At the event, Skip Keesal was honored with the "Advocate Award," which recognized him for “creating a more civil and just community through a...
McKinley Malbrough III Named KYL 2017 California Bar Foundation Diversity Scholar
On October 20, 2017, McKinley Malbrough III was presented with Keesal, Young & Logan’s 2017 California Bar Foundation Diversity Scholarship. McKinley is the tenth recipient of KYL’s Diversity Scholarship through the California Bar Foundation. These scholarships...
Anchorage
Keesal, Young & Logan’s Anchorage office provides effective and innovative legal services to clients in employment, securities, healthcare, maritime, products liability, oil pollution, environmental liability, professional malpractice, commercial litigation...
San Francisco
Keesal, Young & Logan opened its office in San Francisco in 1984. The San Francisco office has 20 lawyers, 12 of whom are shareholders. Our San Francisco lawyers have been recognized as Northern California Super Lawyers each year since 2004, and two were...
White-Collar Criminal Defense
Businesses in the United States and throughout the world operate in an environment of increasingly aggressive federal and state government prosecutorial oversight. Matters that were previously handled through civil or regulatory processes may now result in criminal...
Securities
Keesal, Young & Logan represents firms and individuals in securities arbitration, litigation and regulatory matters. For over 40 years, we have tried and arbitrated thousands of cases for major brokerage firms, investment banks, regional firms, discount...
Professional Liability
Keesal, Young & Logan has extensive experience representing a wide range of licensed professionals facing high-stakes, reputation-impacting claims in federal and state court and in arbitration proceedings. These claims typically include allegations of...
Mortgage Banking Litigation
Keesal, Young & Logan litigates a wide variety of mortgage disputes for lenders and loan servicers, both for class actions and individual claims. We regularly defend claims of wrongful foreclosure, breach of contract (including short sale/workout agreements),...