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Jury Hits Wells Fargo Bank With a $3.5 Million Lending Discrimination Class Action Verdict

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.--After a three-month trial, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury returned a $3,520,000 lending discrimination verdict today against Wells Fargo Bank. (Opal Jones, et. al v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, et. al Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. BC337821) The class action lawsuit alleged the bank consistently and knowingly discriminated against borrowers in minority [ More... ]

By |2020-08-28T09:58:18-07:00March 23rd, 2011|Lender Liability, Wells Fargo Lender Discrimination Litigation|
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Lending Discrimination Class Action Trial Against Wells Fargo Bank Begins in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (Nov. 15, 2010)--Jury selection begins this week in Los Angeles Superior Court in a lending discrimination class action against Wells Fargo Bank. Class members are loan customers in minority communities in Los Angeles. Plaintiffs' counsel will be arguing that Wells Fargo consistently and knowingly discriminated against borrowers in minority neighborhoods, resulting in these borrowers paying more for [ More... ]

By |2020-08-28T10:12:25-07:00November 15th, 2010|Lender Liability, Wells Fargo Lender Discrimination Litigation|
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United Studios of Self Defense Sues Former Executives for Attempted Business Takeover

IRVINE, CALIF. (Oct. 11, 2010)--United Studios of Self Defense (USSD) filed a cross-complaint (October 7, 2010) against six former USSD executives and others, as well as their new company, Z-Ultimate Self Defense Studios, charging them with breach of fiduciary duty, constructive fraud, conspiracy, misappropriation of trade secrets, trademark infringement and breach of written contract related to their attempt to take [ More... ]

By |2020-08-28T10:12:37-07:00October 11th, 2010|Complex Business Litigation|
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Cappello & Noël Adds Three Associates – News Release

Cappello & Noël, LLP, one of the country’s foremost complex commercial litigation law firms, has added three associates, according to A. Barry Cappello, managing partner of the Santa Barbara firm. Joining Cappello & Noël are Lawrence J. Conlan, Matthew S. Da Vega and Wendy D. Welkom.

By |2020-08-28T10:13:06-07:00May 12th, 2010|Firm News|
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Lender Liability Revisited – ABA Banking Journal

Barry Cappello’s phone has been ringing off the hook these days, and, for bankers, this should be a wakeup call. Cappello is a veteran plaintiff’s attorney with a major-league specialization in lender liability cases. And chances are more than good that Cappello or one of his fellow borrower attorneys could be talking to your customers.

By |2024-09-27T05:16:34-07:00March 13th, 2010|Lender Liability|
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Cappello & Noël Makes Generous Contribution to Legal Aid – News Releaseca

Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a large, generous cash contribution from Cappello & Noël in the amount of $25,000 toward the Foundation's Annual Year End Appeal for the Campaign for Equal Justice.

By |2020-08-28T10:13:27-07:00December 14th, 2009|Firm News|
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A. Barry Cappello Courtroom at UCLA School of Law

UCLA School of Law officially dedicated the A. Barry Cappello Courtroom to honor its alumni, A. Barry Cappello, a nationally respected trial attorney and managing partner of Santa Barbara's Cappello & Noël, LLP. The Cappello Courtroom, located on the UCLA campus, serves as UCLA Law’s primary courtroom where students compete in mock trials, moot courts and simulated trials and gain experience arguing in a realistic courtroom environment.

By |2020-08-28T10:15:24-07:00October 30th, 2009|Firm News|
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Class Action Suit Accuses Wells Fargo of Discrimination by Neighborhood – The Washington Independent

Just a year ago, the theory that poor and minority borrowers were to blame for the housing crisis took hold with a vengeance, and so did the belief that the government forced lenders to make subprime mortgages to meet affordable housing goals.

By |2020-08-28T10:15:33-07:00September 9th, 2009|Class Actions, Lender Liability, Wells Fargo Lender Discrimination Litigation|
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Judge Certifies Lending Discrimination Case Against Wells Fargo – The Compton Bulletin

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge yesterday certified a lending discrimination class action against Wells Fargo Bank. The class action was brought against the lender on behalf of loan customers in minority communities in Los Angeles.

By |2020-08-28T10:15:48-07:00September 2nd, 2009|Lender Liability, Wells Fargo Lender Discrimination Litigation|
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