Bien Named to Top 100 List for 14th Time
RBGG’s Michael Bien has once again been recognized by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 100 lawyers in California. Bien has been named to the list 14 times – 2010, 2013, and 2015-2026. The post Bien...
View ArticleCourt Approves Settlement of Contempt Liability of Health Care Provider in...
On July 14, 2026, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of a $2,470,000 settlement of contempt fines against California Medical Group, Inc....
View ArticlePublisher Settles Censorship Claims Against California Department of State...
An RBGG team led by Ernest Galvan, Marc J. Shinn-Krantz, and Hannah Motley Davis, and in-house co-counsel Jonathan Picard, successfully reached a pre-suit settlement for our client, non-profit...
View ArticleFive RBGG Partners Named to Best Lawyers for 2027
RBGG’s Michael Bien, Ernest Galvan, Gay Grunfeld, Lisa Ells, and Jenny Yelin have been included in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers...
View ArticleFederal Court Grants Final Approval of Settlement of San Diego Jails Claim re...
On July 16, 2026, Judge Anthony Battaglia granted the parties’ joint motion for final approval of the comprehensive settlement agreement to resolve Plaintiffs’ Second Claim for Relief in Dunsmore et...
View ArticleRosen and Galvan Author DJ Article on Limits of Inadvertent Disclosure
RBGG’s Sandy Rosen and Ernest Galvan authored an article in the Daily Journal, “The limits of inadvertent disclosure” on July 15, 2026. The article discusses how the Fourth District of the California...
View Article18 RBGG Lawyers Named to Super Lawyers List for 2026
All eight partners at RBGG, Sanford Jay Rosen, Michael Bien, Ernest Galvan, Gay Grunfeld, Lisa Ells, Van Swearingen, Jenny Yelin, and Kara Janssen, along with of counsel Tom Nolan, and senior counsels...
View ArticleDJ Names Jenny Yelin a Top Labor and Employment Lawyer for 2026
RBGG’s Jenny Yelin has been named to the Daily Journal‘s list of Top Labor and Employment Lawyers in California for 2026. A significant focus of Jenny’s practice is individual and class action...
View ArticleFederal Court Grants Preliminary Approval to Settlement Agreement to Resolve...
On June 25, 2026, a federal court in San Diego granted preliminary approval of a comprehensive settlement agreement to resolve Plaintiffs’ First and Sixth Claims for Relief in Dunsmore et al. v. San...
View ArticleRBGG Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of SF Public Defender Manohar Raju in...
On June 10, 2026 RBGG filed an amicus brief in support of Manohar Raju, San Francisco’s elected public defender, who is appealing a trial court order that required him to pay $26,000 in contempt fines...
View ArticleElls and Grunfeld Once Again Named to DJ’s LIst of Top Women Lawyers in...
RBGG’s Lisa Ells and Gay Grunfeld have once again been named to the Daily Journal’s Top Women Lawyers list. The 2026 Top Women award is the fifth for Lisa and the 14th for Gay. The DJ included both...
View ArticleDisability and Patient Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuits in New York and...
For Immediate Release NEW YORK and CHICAGO (June 11, 2026) — In a major expansion of its national campaign, the End Assisted Suicide coalition of disability and patient advocacy organizations today...
View ArticleRBGG’s Lisa Ells Ranked by Chambers USA for Appellate Law
RBGG is proud to announce that Lisa Ells has been ranked in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, one of the most prestigious legal directories in the country. Lisa...
View ArticleACLU Report Co-Authored by RBGG Illustrates Human Toll of ICE’s Unprecedented...
ACLU Alaska – For Immediate Release New ACLU report illustrates human toll of ICE’s unprecedented transfer to Alaska One year after 41 immigration detainees were transferred to the Anchorage...
View ArticleCalifornia Families Sue to Stop Trump Administration from Seizing Children’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2026 Contacts: Lauren Gray, lgray@nclrights.org (917-985-0709) Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@gladlaw.org (617-417-7769) California Families Sue to Stop Trump Administration...
View ArticleSettlement Agreement to Resolve Medical and Dental Care Claims in Class...
For Immediate Release Yesterday, the San Diego Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive settlement agreement to resolve Plaintiffs’ medical and dental Claims for Relief in Dunsmore et al. v. San...
View ArticleFederal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction on Behalf of HRDC in First...
On December 23, 2025, Human Rights Defense Center filed suit in federal court against the County of Riverside, Sheriff Chad Bianco, and other individual defendants to challenge censorship of its...
View ArticleRBGG’s Commercial Litigation Practice Stands Out in 2026 Chambers Spotlight
The commercial litigation practice at Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld has been ranked in Chambers USA California Spotlight Guide 2026. In the guide, Chambers recognizes RBGG as a leading small to...
View ArticleFees Settlement for FCI Dublin Litigation Recognizes Unusual Challenges of Case
On April 9, 2026, Judge Gonzalez Rogers approved the litigation fees settlement for the FCI Dublin litigation, including an significant EAJA rate adjustment for lawyers on the case for RBGG and...
View ArticleRBGG Joins 842 Law Firms Nationwide in Amicus Brief Supporting Law Firms...
RBGG is one of 842 law firms nationwide that signed the Brief of Amici Curiae Law Firms filed on April 2, 2026 in support of Perkins Coie LLP, Jenner & Block LLP, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and...
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