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07.24.14

Manatt Appellate Co-Chair Discusses Calif. Supreme Court's Regional Diversity

Manatt's Benjamin Shatz, co-chair of the firm's Appellate practice, spoke to the Daily Journal about the lack of regional diversity within the California Supreme Court.As reported by the Daily Journal, Gov. Jerry Brown's appointment of Stanford Law School Professor Mariano-Florentino ...


07.22.14

Daily Journal Quotes Manatt Appellate Co-Chair on Cuellar's Selection for Calif. Supreme Court

The Daily Journal interviewed Manatt's Benjamin Shatz, co-chair of the firm's Appellate Practice, for an article on the selection of Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, who lacks judicial experience, to the California Supreme Court.The Daily Journal reports that the selection marks Gov. Jerry ...


07.01.14

Daily Journal Quotes Manatt Appellate Co-Chair on California Appellate Appointees

The Daily Journal interviewed Manatt's Benjamin Shatz, co-chair of the firm's Appellate practice, for an article on the appointments that California Gov. Jerry Brown recently made to the state courts of appeal.As reported by theDaily Journal, Brown appointed U.S. District Judge Audrey B. ...


04.01.14

Manatt Appellate Co-Chair Quoted on California's Anti-SLAPP Law

Manatt's Benjamin Shatz, co-chair of the firm's Appellate practice, was quoted by California Lawyer on the history of California's anti-SLAPP law and how it is being used today.As reported by California Lawyer, the anti-SLAPP measure was inspired in 1987 by a man who challenged a ...


05.02.13

Liver Transplant Doc Entitled to Insurer’s Defense

The Metropolitan News-Enterprise covered the latest update in a case against the former director of St. Vincent Medical Center’s liver transplant program, reporting that a court of appeal agreed with Dr. Richard Lopez Jr., who is represented by Manatt, that he was entitled to a defense by the ...


08.23.12

Best Lawyers in America Includes 63 Manatt Attorneys for 2013

Best Lawyers named 63 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, attorneys to its 2013 Best Lawyers in America list. The annual list of leading attorneys is based on a rigorous national peer-review survey involving more than 4 million evaluations.Representing a broad spectrum of 35 ...