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Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP attorneys are often quoted in the media as thought-leaders who provide comments and background on various legal issues involving business litigation, class actions, disaster litigation, insurance bad faith and personal injury.

MEDIA MENTIONS

January 2012

Daily Journal :: Public-Private Partnerships: Why It's a Win-Win Situation (January 30, 2012)
Daily Journal :: Lawyers, Labor and Business Leaders Take to Streets (January 19, 2012)
Daily Journal :: Looking Ahead to 2012: Making Court Funding A Priority (January 17, 2012)
Daily Journal :: Landlords... You Should Have 'Seen' It Coming (January 4, 2012)
Daily Journal :: Unfinished Legislative Business For Consumers in 2012 (January 3, 2012)

December 2011

Daily Journal :: Plaintiffs' Bar Targets Arbitration Law (December 28, 2011)
Daily Journal :: Protecting Privacy, Now More Important Than Ever (December 14, 2011)
Daily Journal :: Privacy Laws Could Trip Up Health Data Companies (December 13, 2011)
Daily Journal :: Fixture on LA Civil Bench to Retire (December 9, 2011)

November 2011

Daily Journal :: Lawyers Divided Over Bar's Possible Involvement In Online Case Management System (November 23, 2011)
Daily Journal :: With Realignment Under Way, AG Stays on the Sidelines (November 15, 2011)
Daily Journal :: The Alien Tort Statute: A Powerful Weapon Against Corporations Involved in War Crimes (November 8, 2011)
Daily Journal :: Four New Laws Make Our Civil System More Open and Fair (November 4, 2011)

October 2011

Daily Journal :: Equal Access Axed: Brown Limits Viability of Small Discrimination Claims (October 18, 2011)
Los Angeles Business Journal :: Pain at the Pump (October 17, 2011)
WestLaw Journal - Toxic Torts :: What Now? Commonality After Dukes (October 5, 2011)

September 2011

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: L.A. Settlement Guru To Retire from the Bench (September 13, 2011)

August 2011

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Insurance Rate Bill Clears Senate Committee (August 26, 2011)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Hiding Behind the Mask of the Attorney Client Privilege (August 16, 2011)
State Bar of California - Small Firm Survival Guide :: Earn More Now -- Transition Your Practice... (August 2011)

July 2011

Reuters/TheWrap :: News Corp. Faces Legal Battles in the U.S. Over Phone-Hacking Scandal (July 14, 2011)

June 2011

SuperLawyers :: The Problem Solver (June 2011)

May 2011

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: BP Faces Second Suit By Stations (May 5, 2011)
Associated Press :: California Gas Station Owners Sue BP Subsidiary (May 5, 2011)
Wall Street Journal :: BP Franchisees Sue Over Gasoline Prices (May 4, 2011)
Reuters :: BP/ARCO Franchisees Sue Over Payment Flaws (May 4, 2011)
Bloomberg News :: BP U.S. Filling Station Owners Sue Over Sales Software (May 4, 2011)

April 2011

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Interpretation by Example (April 14, 2011)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Lawyers Go After Businesses For Clients (April 12, 2011)

March 2011

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Profile of Judge Emilie Elias (March 29, 2011)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: When Does the Five-Year Clock Stop Ticking? (March 22, 2011)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Auto Design Safety: Regulation by the People (March 17, 2011)

February 2011

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Finding New Alternatives to Litigation Financing (February 28, 2011)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Illusory Coverage: California's Insurance Qui Tam (February 11, 2011)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Federal Pre-Emption and Generic Drug Labeling (February 2, 2011)

January 2011

San Francisco Daily Journal :: Online Privacy: Can the Law Deal with History Sniffing? (January 26, 2011)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Kamala Harris: Tackling Consumer Abuse Through Tough Times (January 14, 2011)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Another Chapter in the Battle of Federal v. State Supremacy (January 4, 2011)
Associated Press :: Insurers Take on Toyota in Acceleration Lawsuits (January 4, 2011)
The Advocate :: The Future of Class Action Litigation: An Exploration of Three Critical Cases (January 2011)

December 2010

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: From Warren to Roberts, A Changing Court (December 30, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: The Future of Class Actions (December 28, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: What's Next in Dukes? (December 15, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: States Can Recognize Armenian Genocide (December 13, 2010)
San Francisco Chronicle :: Armenian Genocide Suit Revived by Court Reversal (December 12, 2010)
Los Angeles Times :: Armenian Genocide Victims' Descendants May Sue, Court Rules (December 11, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Tech Industry is a Target as Plaintiffs' Firms Continue Migration from Texas (December 10, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Plaintiff's Waiting for Settlement Case (December 10, 2010)
Associated Press :: Appeals Court Reverses Itself Over Armenian Suit (December 10, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Californians Can Say Goodbye to a Portion of Proposition 103 (December 8, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Tech Industry is a Target as Plaintiffs' Firms Continue Migration from Texas (December 7, 2010)

November 2010

Westlaw Journal - Class Action :: Will Perdue v. Kenny Have Any Impact on Common-Fund... (November 17, 2010)
London Daily Mail :: Prince Charles Charity Chief Pays Out Millions to Settle Wrangle Over... (November 13, 2010)
E-Commerce Times :: A Lot Hinges on SC's Ruling in $30 Cellphone Sales Tax Case (November 10, 2010)

October 2010

Law360 :: Defense Attorneys Take Offense in Class Certification Battles (October 11, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Recovering Stolen Art Years After the Fact (October 5, 2010)
National Law Journal :: Equal Tax Treatment - The IRS Should Treat the Litigation Costs of... (October 4, 2010)

September 2010

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Brian Kabateck - One of California's Top 100 Lawyers (September 22, 2010)
Riverside Press Enterprise :: Lawsuit Alleges Negligence in 2008 Slayings of Teens... (September 17, 2010)

August 2010

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: The Importance of Complex Courts (August 26, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Arbitration Clauses Handcuff Heirs (August 24, 2010)
Los Angeles Business Journal :: Home Movie (August 23, 2010)
Associated Press :: Suit Claims Farmers Group Hasn't Paid Policyholders for Station Fire Damages... (August 17, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: The Internet, Indispensible for Providing Class Action Notice (August 16, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Recovering Economic Damages and Collateral Source Rule (August 6, 2010)
The California Courier :: Armenians Seek Billions of Dollars in Lawsuit Against Turkey (August 5, 2010)

July 2010

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Armenians Sue Turkey Over Genocide (July 30, 2010)
Wall Street Journal :: Events in Turkey From 1915 Find Way to Los Angeles Federal Court (July 30, 2010)
Atlanta Journal Constitution :: Armenian-Americans Sue for Century-Old Losses (July 30, 2010)
Associated Press:: Armenian-Americans sue for century-old losses (July 29, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Financial Reform: The Shifting Pendulum of Preemption (July 23, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Is the Supreme Court Ready To Validate Class Action Waivers? (July 20, 2010)
National Law Journal :: Predatory Lending Settlement Proves the NAACP is "Still Relevant" (July 14, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: The Rise of "Professional Objectors" in the Class Action Settlements (July 8, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: A Closer Look at the Benefits of Multidistrict Litigation (July 2, 2010)

June 2010

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Bill Aims to Ease Lawsuits v. Foreigners (June 25, 2010)

May 2010

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: The End of Consumer Class Action Arbitrations (May 14, 2010)
The Recorder :: Know the Rules for Technology - Based Evidence (May 11, 2010)

April 2010

The New York Times :: Mortgage Bias Accord as Harbinger (April 21, 2010)
National Law Journal :: NAACP Resolves Dispute with Wells Fargo Over Lending Practices (April 9, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Quoted in Article on NAACP Lending Dispute (April 9, 2010)
Los Angeles Times :: Agrees to Work With NAACP, Settling Accusations of Lending Bias (April 8, 2010)
Wall Street Journal :: NAACP Will Drop Lawsuit Against Wells Fargo (April 7, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Federal Law Trumps State Class Action Rules (April 7, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Creating Confusion Where None Existed (April 2, 2010)

March 2010

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Cy Pres Myths and Misconceptions (March 29, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: First Comes Fire, Then Comes Rain (March 19, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Class Actions, It's All About Strategy (March 1, 2010)

February 2010

Century City Lawyer :: Are Your Clients Violating State or Federal Wiretapping Laws? (February 2010)
NBC-7 (San Diego) :: The San Diego Affiliate of NBC News Reports on a New Round of Firestorm Cases (February 25, 2010)
American Public Media/Marketplace :: Foreclosure on the Slopes (February 17, 2010)
National Law Journal :: Olympics Venue Owners Sued in Los Angeles (February 17, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Insurer Sued Over 2008 Fire Claims (February 17, 2010)

January 2010

Los Angeles Business Journal :: Brian Kabateck Named to Inner City Law Center Board (January 11, 2010)
Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Brian Kabateck Comments About First Pellicano Settlement (January 4, 2010)

November 2009

Mediapost.com :: Judge Green - Lights Class - Action Against City Search (November 18, 2009)

October 2009

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: NAACP Enters the Foreclosure Fray (October 30, 2009)

September 2009

Los Angeles Daily Journal :: Brian Kabateck Makes Daily Journal's Top 100 List (September 23, 2009)

June 2009

Findlaw :: LA Fitness Sued Over Early Termination (June 24, 2009)

April 2009

DomainNameNews :: Network Solutions Settles in "Front-Running" Class Action (April 29, 2009)
VentureBeat :: Microsoft Extends Warranty for XBOX 360 (April 14, 2009)

November 2008

Wired :: Classmates.com Sued Over Deceptive Advertising (November 12, 2008)

September 2008

Los Angeles Times :: Firms That Employed Metrolink Engineer Had Other Troubles (September 29, 2008)

August 2008

Los Angeles Times :: Attorney, Pellicano Guilty of Snooping (August 30, 2008)
Network World :: Samsung Stained By Ink Cartridge Suit (August 28, 2008)

July 2008

Los Angeles Times :: More For Your Money; Seeking Luxury? Join The Club (July 25, 2008)
Minneapolis Star Tribune :: Student Loan Firm Sued Over End to 'Repayment Bonus' Program (July 16, 2008)
The Baltimore Sun :: Bias Seen In Mortgages; NAACP Accuses Lenders, Blames Rise in Foreclosures (July 3, 2008)

May 2008

Los Angeles Times :: Attorneys Kabateck and Geragos Aim to Do Justice to Fine Arts Building (May 27, 2008)
Los Angeles Times :: Pellicano Trial Redials an Old Number that Many Fear -- wiretaps (May 26, 2008)
Daily Variety :: Pellicano Convicted of Racketeering (May 15, 2008)

April 2008

Associated Press :: Google Accused of Deception in AdSense Sales (April 22, 2008)
Lawyers and Settlements :: Attorney Brian S. Kabateck On Technology Litigation and Righting Old Wrongs (April 20, 2008)
Los Angeles Times :: Boater Sues Over Ethanol-laced Gasoline's Effect on Fiberglass Fuel Tank (April 15, 2008)
The Guardian :: Apple Sued Over Missing Millions of Colours It Claims for New iMac (April 2, 2008)

March 2008

Fortune :: Apple iMac: ‘New and Inferior,’ Lawsuit Says (March 31, 2008)
New York Times :: A Second Act for Destination Clubs (March 14, 2008)
BBC News :: Jackson Lawyer Wins $18m Damages (March 4, 2008)
Los Angeles Times :: Jet Service Owner to Pay Millions in Jackson Taping (March 4, 2008)

February 2008

The Wall Street Journal :: Network Solutions Is Sued Over Sale Of Domain Names (February 26, 2008)

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