UCLA School of Law celebrated A. Barry Cappello ’65 as its Donor of the Year at a gala dinner on April 19, honoring him for his achievements as a top litigator and for his support of trial advocacy education at the law school. Cappello is a founding partner of Cappello & Noël in Santa Barbara and one of the pre-eminent [ More... ]
A U.S. District Court judge certified a real property class in a case against Houston, Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline arising out of the May 2015 oil spill that discharged hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the ocean and onto beaches along the California coast. Class members are owners and lessees of residential beachfront properties and residential [ More... ]
A Ventura County judge issued a court order today recommending that Los Angeles County Superior Court be the site for coordinated pretrial proceedings for the 36 currently filed legal actions against Southern California Edison involving the Thomas Fire and the resulting Montecito mudslides. In the ruling, Judge Vincent O'Neill stated that "Oversight by one judge can streamline discovery and ensure [ More... ]
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, and attorneys for both sides [ More... ]
