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05/27/2026

Ashlee Difuntorum will be leading the Beverly Hills Bar Association program “LGBTQ+ Allyship for Legal Professionals” on Monday, June 1, at 12:30 PM PST via Zoom.

The program will provide foundational insight on how attorneys can practice meaningful allyship in the workplace, including key terminology, real-world examples and concrete tools for building holistically supportive firm cultures.

Attendance is free for BHBA members. Register here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/LGBTQ--Allyship-for-Legal-Professionals.html?soid=1102591689817&aid=TelxkF7LTg0

05/27/2026

Ashlee Difuntorum published a piece in the Los Angeles / San Francisco Daily Journal on how legal professionals can practice more effective allyship with their LGBTQ+ colleagues and foster a more intentionally inclusive workplace.

Ashlee Difuntorum recently published an article entitled “How To Be An Effective LGBTQ+ Ally in the Workplace” in the Los Angeles Daily Journal. The piece offers legal professionals practical guidance on building a supportive work culture and stronger allyship with their LGBTQ+ colleagues. “Ef...

05/20/2026

We are pleased to share that partners Jonathan Steinsapir and Greg Korn were selected for inclusion in The Daily Journal’s 2026 issue honoring the “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers” in California. Each year, this highly selective list profiles the top-performing intellectual property lawyers based on the impact of their work in patent litigation, trademark, and copyright.

To learn more, click here:
https://khiks.com/news/daily-journal-names-jonathan-steinsapir-and-greg-korn-among-californias-2026-top-intellectual-property-lawyers/

05/18/2026

Ray Seilie spoke to IndieWire about SAG-AFTRA’s tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which includes twelve different provisions related to AI.

SAG-AFTRA's tentative contract with the studios closes some key loopholes in the guild's AI protections while leaving the door open for conversation.

05/18/2026

We are pleased to announce that Suann MacIsaac was included on the Los Angeles Business Journal's 2026 list of “Women of Influence: Attorneys,” which honors Los Angeles’ most influential women legal professionals who exhibit exceptional legal skill and exemplary leadership by the highest professional and ethical standards.

Congratulations to Suann on this well-deserved recognition!

To view this year’s full list, click here:https://labusinessjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-WOI-Attorneys_opt.pdf

05/15/2026

Ray Seilie spoke to Law.com about the decision to establish a technical committee to oversee Google’s antitrust remedies, and what this could mean for other major antitrust cases such as New York v. Live Nation. Read the article here (subscription required):

The establishment of an experts committee to oversee antitrust remedies in the U.S. Department of Justice's Google search-monopoly case could potentially be replicated in the remedies phase of the Live Nation antitrust case in Manhattan federal court, according to a former Munger, Tolles & Olson att...

05/07/2026

The firm is pleased to share that Michael Kump recently participated on a panel presentation (remotely) in London on May 7, 2026, on “ADR and Media Disputes” at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London Organized by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the School of International Arbitration, the panel of UK legal experts and practitioners explored the role of arbitration and mediation in media, reputational and privacy disputes and proceedings, with Michael providing the American perspective.

05/06/2026

Ashlee Difuntorum spoke to Wealth Management about what is believed to be the largest sanctions ever imposed for AI-related attorney misconduct in U.S. legal history.

Oregon winery inheritance battle highlights artificial intelligence risks in law.

05/05/2026

UCLA’s CEB tapped Allen Secretov for insight on a recent lawsuit against xAI that claims the technology was used to create explicit images of underage individuals.

UCLA’s Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) recently sought out Allen Secretov for analysis of a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s company xAI after xAI constructed AI chatbot generation tool Grok, which is directly integrated with X, was recently used to produce an estimated amount of three million ...