Matt Ostman

Johnson Fistel accepted a challenge from the CFO at Feeding San Diego today to help fight summer hunger throughout San Diego County. This week, Feeding San Diego and the local legal community kicked off registration for the 2018 Food from the Bar campaign. Law firms, in-house counsel, legal departments, and law students can register and…

October 2, 2017, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in a series of consolidated cases that will impact the ability of millions of employees to come together and bring class action lawsuits to enforce their workplace rights. These cases, known collectively as Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, present the important question of whether…

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly and pop superstar Mariah Carey are among the latest high-profile figures to be accused in what feels like an ominous deluge of sexual harassment allegations from men and women around the country. The October “#MeToo” movement, where social media users tagged their profiles to signal that…

[googlepdf url=”http://www.johnsonfistel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Firm-Name-Change.6.pdf”] Dear clients, friends, and colleagues, Johnson &Weaver, LLP, a complex business litigation firm with offices in California, New York, and Georgia, changed its name to Johnson Fistel, LLP, with Michael I. Fistel, Jr. being elevated to named partner. Since joining us in 2014, Michael has been a key member of the firm in…

Many of the hard working people in today’s labor force have money and benefits taken from them in the workplace—by their own company. Misclassification of workers as independent contractors and improper application of overtime exemptions are ways that businesses attempt to unlawfully reduce labor-related expenses. Companies save thousands (and millions) of dollars each year by…

On March 20, 2017, an Oregon federal judge denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss in a case challenging the 2016 acquisition of Blount International, Inc. by a group consisting of investment firms American Securities and P2 Capital Partners. The judge’s opinion held that the plaintiffs have stated viable claims on behalf of a proposed class…