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Foley Mansfield Partners Angela Sayre, Chair of the Real Estate practice group, and Margaret (“MJ”) Johnson, Chair of the Appellate practice group, teamed up for a second victory on appeal on behalf of Chico’s FAS, Inc. in a case dating back to 2020 involving a commercial lease. In first appeal,…

Los Angeles, CA and St. Louis, MO, 7/2/2025 – Foley Mansfield is pleased to announce that Partner Alexa Newton has been selected as the Office Managing Partner in St. Louis and Mark D. Sayre has been designated as the Office Managing Partner in Los Angeles and Walnut Creek.  “Alexa and Mark…

Foley Mansfield is pleased to announce a significant litigation victory in Hollman v. KSK 786 Inc., et al. (Index No. 516953/2020), where the Supreme Court, Kings County, granted summary judgment in favor of FM’s Client, dismissing all claims against it. The Plaintiff alleged neurological and musculoskeletal injuries due to a…

LOS ANGELES, JUNE 6, 2025 — Foley Mansfield is pleased to report a significant victory in Solano-Claustro v. Dal-Tile, a silica wrongful death case tried in Los Angeles Superior Court. After nearly five months of pre-trial and trial proceedings, our trial team prevailed as the jury returned an 11–1 defense verdict in…

5/22/25, Scott County, MO – Foley Mansfield, PLLP is elated to report that a team from the firm’s St. Louis and Edwardsville offices has obtained summary judgment in favor of a client in a personal injury lawsuit. Following oral arguments, the Circuit Court of Scott County, Missouri dismissed the petition with…

NEW YORK, May 13, 2025 — Foley Mansfield is pleased to announce that a team from the firm’s New York office has obtained summary judgment in favor of a municipality in a personal injury lawsuit. After hearing oral arguments, the Supreme Court of New York dismissed the complaint and all cross-claims…

Chicago, IL – 5/6/2025 – Foley Mansfield is pleased to announce the return of Joe Rejano to the firm in the newly established role of Director of Artificial Intelligence & Innovation.  Joe rejoins Foley Mansfield following nearly 17 years with the firm and a subsequent career dedicated to the development and implementation…

ST. LOUIS, May 6, 2025 — A Foley Mansfield team consisting of Ashleigh Johnson and Nathan Carroll secured a significant trial victory on behalf of Perficient, a St. Louis based provider of technical services. The case involved a complex breach of contract dispute brought by a former contractor and spanned more than a year of…

Across the country, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into everyday life—both in our private lives and across corporate sectors—has accelerated rapidly. In response, state legislatures have introduced a growing body of bills aimed at regulating the multifaceted applications of AI. These legislative efforts cover a variety of key areas…

New York, NY, 4/8/2025 — Foley Mansfield’s prominent New York City-based law office announces the appointment of Carol M. Tempesta and Dennis E. Vega as Co-Managing Partners, effective April 7, 2025. This strategic leadership transition underscores the firm’s continued growth and its commitment to delivering outstanding legal services across complex litigation matters.  Tempesta and Vega…

The Hon. Sabrina Krauss of the Supreme Court, New York County issued a decision and order from the bench after oral arguments that the Firm’s client, a non-party and former representative of the estate of a clergy member who was accused of sexual misconduct occurring decades earlier, should not be…

A federal judge in the Southern District of New York has granted summary judgment in a Jones Act case involving multiple etiologies of Plaintiff’s injuries in favor of an oil shipping defendant.  This ruling stands to have far-reaching impact in lung cancer cases when there are other viable causes of…

LOS ANGELES, February 27, 2025—Foley Mansfield, a national law firm with 13 offices across the U.S., announced today that experienced litigator Noelle Natoli has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a Partner. Noelle Natoli focuses her practice on complex personal injury matters, including general liability, medical malpractice, elder abuse,…

By Dino Haloulos (As published in Law360 on January 31, 2025)   The 1970s red M&Ms controversy, although centered on Red No. 2, foreshadowed the eventual decline of its relative, Red No. 3. For decades, this synthetic dye, known chemically as erythrosine, lent its bright cherry hue to countless products…

Mandated by the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposed rule—yet to be finalized—to establish standardized testing methodologies to detect the presence of asbestos fibers within talc used in cosmetic products. The FDA determined that the current non-regulatory methods…