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By Emma Cueto, Law360 Staff Writer, Friday, October 26, 2018 – Law360 – A former Napoli Bern Ripka & Associates partner has won a California federal court’s sign-off on a $4 million award he won in arbitration over referral fees he claimed the now-defunct plaintiffs firm owed him. The court on Wednesday awarded Marc I. Willick...
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By Brian Melley, LA Times Reporter, Contributions by Christopher Weber, Associated Press – Thursday, August 9, 2018 – A Southern California utility reached a nearly $120 million settlement over a massive blowout at a natural gas storage field that became the nation’s largest known release of climate-changing methane and forced thousands to flee their Los...
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By Nina Agrawal, LA Times Staff Writer, Thursday, June 7, 2018 – Los Angeles County and its former top lawyer have settled a series of lawsuits over the lawyer’s removal in 2015, ending an acrimonious public feud, a lawyer for the county said Thursday. Mark J. Saladino, who served as county counsel for less than...
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Top Plaintiffs’ Verdict by Impact: Coyle v. Regents of the University of California By Joshua Sebold, Daily Journal – February 21, 2018 – “As a woman of color I hope this case sends a strong message not only to universities but to employers across the country. Working women have been silent for too long.” –...
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By Melissa Etehad, LA Times Staff Reporter, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 – A judge has dismissed a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the former top attorney for Los Angeles County, who alleged that the Board of Supervisors removed him in retaliation for him raising concerns about alleged illegal activity committed by the board. L.A. County Superior Court...
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The Firm obtained a judgment for $46.7 million following a two-month jury trial where the Firm represented California affiliates of Taiwanese-based Pou Chen Corporation.  Pou Chen Corporation is one of the world’s largest companies with over 400,000 employees and facilities located in Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States.  Through its various operations,...
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We recently won summary judgment defending a large Bank against a borrower who sued for breach of contract and fraud involving $4.5 million in loans for a condominium project.  When the Bank refused to extend the loans on terms dictated by the borrower, the borrower sued the Bank claiming that he was defrauded and that...
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The Firm represented real estate developer SunCal in a multi-billion dollar dispute arising from the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.  The Firm was litigation counsel for the entities that owned 20 major real estate projects caught in the recession whose constituencies were several hundred million dollars of unsecured creditors.  Lehman agreed to fund, then stiffed, the...
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The Firm recently defended East West Bank against a sophisticated commercial real estate developer seeking more than $50 million in damages.  The borrower received a multi-million dollar construction loan from the Bank to develop the infrastructure of his property.  When the project failed midway through construction, the borrower sued the Bank, alleging, among other things,...
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By Andy Serbe, Daily Journal Staff Writer, Wednesday, August 9, 2017 – Los Angeles – A state appellate court reversed two probate court decisions that disqualified Miller Barondess LLP from handling a case concerning a dispute over the line of succession for a $300 million trust established by the founder of Herbalife Inc. and barred...
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