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Refugio Oil Spill Victims Ask for Their Day in Court

Santa Barbara Independent - By Jean Yamamura, Feb 22, 2020. The trials continue of Plains All American Pipeline, the Texas-based company that was found guilty in 2018 of releasing 3,400 barrels of oil into the Pacific Ocean near Refugio Beach in May 2015. Most recently in Judge James Herman’s courtroom, Plains brought a motion to [ More... ]

By |2020-02-24T08:44:53-08:00February 24th, 2020|Class Actions, Firm News, News|Comments Off on Refugio Oil Spill Victims Ask for Their Day in Court

Delay In Public’s Access to Hollister Ranch Beaches

A recent ruling by a Santa Barbara Superior Court judge will mean less public access to Hollister Ranch beaches for at least three to five years as litigation in the land use dispute continues, says A. Barry Cappello, lead counsel representing the Hollister Ranch Owners Association. "Judge Colleen Sterne’s decision to invalidate a 2017 settlement, [ More... ]

By |2019-12-26T14:26:21-08:00December 26th, 2019|Firm News, News, Real Estate & Land Use Law|Comments Off on Delay In Public’s Access to Hollister Ranch Beaches

UCLA LAW | New Heights for Trial Advocacy Program

Scoring big in prestigious tournaments and earning a No. 3 national ranking, UCLA School of Law’s trial advocacy team enjoyed unprecedented success in 2018-19. Under the direction of veteran litigator and legal educator Justin Bernstein — who joined UCLA Law in 2018 to direct the trial advocacy program — the trial team won three tournaments [ More... ]

By |2020-08-18T13:24:25-07:00November 26th, 2019|Firm News|Comments Off on UCLA LAW | New Heights for Trial Advocacy Program

Barry Cappello Featured In UCLA Law’s 70th Anniversary Magazine

Seventy UCLA Law alumni, including Barry Cappello, were featured in the school’s Fall 2019 magazine that celebrated UCLA Law’s 70th Anniversary. Cappello was singled out as one of the school’s five “Top Trial Lawyers” in its 70-year history.

By |2020-08-18T12:58:58-07:00November 22nd, 2019|Firm News, News|Comments Off on Barry Cappello Featured In UCLA Law’s 70th Anniversary Magazine

U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Official Reverses Camp 4 Trust Decision

By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully | April 10, 2019 | 10:01 p.m. The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs leader has withdrawn a decision to take 1,400 acres into trust for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, saying more environmental analysis is needed. The March 29 reversal by Assistant Secretary of [ More... ]

By |2020-09-02T10:15:36-07:00April 11th, 2019|Environmental Law, Firm News, News|0 Comments

50 Years Later: Why Are We Still Fighting This Battle?

Fifty years ago, an oil drilling company failed to put proper safety measures in place causing one of its oil platforms to rupture off the Santa Barbara coast. The result was 3 million gallons of crude oil spewing into 800 miles of the Pacific Ocean and onto 35 miles of Santa Barbara beaches. Thousands of [ More... ]

Summary Jdg. Against US Government Reverses Camp 4 Trust Decision

On February 13, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson found that the 2017 decision to take the land known as “Camp 4” into trust for the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians (the Band”) was unlawful. Crawford-Hall et al. v. United States of America et al., 2:17-cv-01616-SVW-AFM (U.S. District Court, C.D. Cal.) Camp 4 [ More... ]

By |2020-09-02T10:07:39-07:00February 13th, 2019|News|4 Comments

SB Independent: Plains All American Trial Begins

Thursday, April 12, 2018, Santa Barbara Independent,  By Nick Welsh The criminal trial against Plains All American Pipeline — the Texas-based company whose pipeline ruptured in 2015, allowing 142,000 gallons of oil to spill into the ocean near Gaviota — began this Thursday in the courtroom of Judge James Herman. Opening arguments remain weeks away, [ More... ]

Thomas Fire – Montecito Mudslides Southern California Edison Class Action

On January 24, 2018, a class action lawsuit was filed by Cappello & Noël LLP and co-counsel against Southern California Edison alleging the company knowingly and continually violated safety procedures, which lead to the devastating Thomas Fire that began December 4, 2017 and then the deadly Montecito mudslides. Jump to the class action contact [ More... ]

By |2022-08-31T20:39:11-07:00January 29th, 2018|Comments Off on Thomas Fire – Montecito Mudslides Southern California Edison Class Action

Shift in offshore drilling policy is a step back

When will America learn that offshore oil drilling in the waters off our coast is a disaster certain to happen again? It seemed our nation was coming to its senses about the pristine nature of our coastal waters; just as the world was beginning to reduce its dependence on oil; we take two giant steps back.

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