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Class Action Lawsuit Filed By Volkswagen Owners in Wake of Company Admitting to Deceiving Public Over Pollutant Emissions

A class action lawsuit was filed against Volkswagen Group of America by six California Volkswagen diesel owners who say they now face loss of vehicle value, decreased resale opportunities and degradation of vehicle performance after Volkswagen recently admitted that since 2009 it circumvented emission test procedures to produce misleading pollution test results. (Peter Park, et al vs. Volkswagen Group of [ More... ]

By |2020-08-28T08:11:07-07:00September 21st, 2015|Class Actions, Firm News, News|
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Santa Barbara Oil Spill Class Action Legal Counsel Agree to Consolidate; Cappello & Noël and A. Barry Cappello Named Lead Trial Counsel, Lieff Cabraser and Keller Rohrback, Co-Lead Counsel

Five law firms representing the six class action cases currently filed against Plains All American Pipeline stemming from the May 19, 2015 oil pipeline rupture near Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County have agreed to consolidate their efforts in a September 15, 2015 motion made to the United States District Court in Los Angeles. The five firms, acting as [ More... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:29:29-07:00September 18th, 2015|Class Actions, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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Class Action Filed Against Plains All American Pipeline By Oil Industry Workers Affected By Santa Barbara Oil Spill

A class action lawsuit against Plains All American Pipeline was filed September 4 on behalf of oil industry workers who were laid off as a result of the company’s May 19, 2015 oil pipeline rupture near Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County. (Richard Lilygren v. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., et al, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, [ More... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:29:29-07:00September 14th, 2015|Class Actions, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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Oceanfront Real Property Owners Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Plains All American Pipeline Over Santa Barbara Oil Spill

A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday against Houston, Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline arising out of  the May 19, 2015 oil pipeline spill that discharged over 100,000 gallons of toxic crude oil onto beaches and into the ocean along the Santa Barbara County coastline. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of over 3,000 beachfront property owners from Point Conception [ More... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:29:29-07:00June 24th, 2015|Class Actions, Firm News, News|
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Barry Cappello Heads Successful UCLA School of Law National Reunion Challenge

A. Barry Cappello, a 1965 graduate of UCLA School of Law, was the chair for the school’s National Reunion Challenge that helped raise more than $550,000 to support scholarships for incoming students. The yearlong effort culminated in a weekend of events on the UCLA campus attended by alumni from the class of 1965 and every class year going forward ending [ More... ]

By |2020-08-28T09:10:25-07:00June 10th, 2015|Firm News, News|
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Santa Barbara Boys & Girls Clubs Receive $10,000 Donation from Cappello & Noël

On June 5, 2015, the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara and the United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County each received a $5,000 donation from the Santa Barbara law firm of Cappello & Noël LLP.

By |2021-07-21T13:59:08-07:00June 5th, 2015|Firm News, News|
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Sharing Decades of Trial Experience

Each semester, Barry Cappello speaks at UCLA Law in what is known as “The Cappello Courtroom Series: The Art of the Trial.” This is an educational series where Barry talks to students about the practical aspects of trials—techniques they may not necessarily learn in class. Sometimes, the topic is about a specific trial and he brings in the opposing counsel. [ More... ]

By |2020-08-28T09:10:47-07:00April 17th, 2015|Firm News, News|
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Noozhawk: 11 Things You Need to Know About Santa Barbara’s City Council District Elections

By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk News Editor | @magnoli | Published on 03.29.2015 After lengthy deliberations over how to divide city, council to pick final map Monday as required by settlement of California Voting Rights Act lawsuit Barry Cappello, lawyer for the plaintiffs in a California Voting Rights Act lawsuit against the City of Santa Barbara, leads City Council members [ More... ]

By |2020-08-28T09:11:22-07:00March 30th, 2015|Advice, District Elections Lawsuit, News|
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Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Asks for Public Input on Drawing Inaugural Election District Maps

By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk News Editor | @magnoli | Published on 02.28.2015 12:26 p.m. Lawsuit settlement requires six separate City Council districts, two of which must have a majority of Latino eligible voters Now that the City of Santa Barbara has settled a lawsuit and agreed to start using district elections beginning in November, the City Council wants input on [ More... ]

By |2020-08-28T09:11:32-07:00March 4th, 2015|District Elections Lawsuit, News|
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Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Agrees to Settle District Elections Lawsuit

Santa Barbara City Council members unanimously voted in closed session Tuesday afternoon to approve the partial settlement of a lawsuit that alleged the city was violating the California Voting Rights Act by holding at-large City Council elections.

By |2022-08-31T20:34:37-07:00March 1st, 2015|District Elections Lawsuit, News|
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