California class action lawyers have turned their sights on a new target: websites that employ “chat bots,” digital assistants that allow companies to communicate with customers without employing live website customer service representatives.

A New York federal court threw out a false advertising class action asserting that Rachael Ray duped consumers by calling her line of dog food “natural,” ruling that the use of the word was not materially misleading to a reasonable consumer.

It now looks as though the Supreme Court is ready to receive, and we think grant, a petition for writ of certiorari in Blair v. Rent-A-Center (and related cases) that could spell doom for California’s McGill rule under which arbitration agreements are enforceable only if they exclude court ...

Affirming a California district court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a debt collector is entitled to collect a lawful, outstanding debt even if the statute of limitations has run, so long as the debt collector does not use means that are deceptive or misleading and ...

Despite the recent advances toward marriage equality, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people continue to face significant hurdles to attaining full equality. LGBT people have often beensubjected to attempts to change their sexual orientation or gender identity. Often promoted or even ...

Defending a class action lawsuit poses great risk and uncertainty for a corporate defendant. A single plaintiff, whose claims may be worth only a pittance standing alone, can represent the claims of every corporate customer over a period of several years. If the court refuses to certify the class, ...

Eleven Manatt attorneys were named to Lawdragon’s 2025 list of the 500 Leading Litigators in America

Eighty-seven Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the nation’s leading lawyers each year based on a nationwide peer-review survey. 

Thirteen Manatt attorneys were named to Lawdragon’s 2024 list of the 500 Leading Litigators in America, which recognizes the trial attorneys who represent some of the most powerful entities in the country and have achieved impressive victories in the courtroom. 

Eighty-two Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the nation’s leading lawyers each year based on a nationwide peer-review survey.