UCLA School of Law is the recipient of a $1.25 million gift from alumnus A. Barry Cappello (Class of 1965) and his wife Lori. The gift will create an endowment to support UCLA Law's teaching and research related to its trial practice and civil litigation programs.
The attorneys for the family of a 4-year-old boy who drowned last year at a Goleta athletic club are urging the state attorney general to launch a criminal investigation, saying earlier probes by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department and District Attorney's Office, finding no criminal wrongdoing, were deeply flawed.
Investors soon may feel the effects of a cooling real estate market through subtle and not-so-subtle shifts in the way lenders view commercial real estate loans. The industry experienced strong surface growth last year: National overall vacancy rates fell to 14.7 percent at the end of the year and rents experienced the highest percentage increase in five years, according to Reis.com.
Loan negotiation is a critical component that, properly carried out, protects the borrower and the lender as well as helps ensure a good relationship. To give developers some tips on how to avoid construction loan legal problems and how to deal with them when they occur,
Barry Cappello, the father of lender liability, takes on the nation's banks and irritates Santa Barbara's legal community. Standing in the back of a Los Angeles courtroom during a recess in his most recent case against a big bank, A. Barry Cappello was sounding downright modest about what he had accomplished in his day-long summation.
On a boulevard lined with palm trees in Santa Barbara is a small firm that strikes fear in the boardrooms of large banks. A trailblazer in the field of lender liability, A. Barry Cappello and his firm represent small businesses that have been wronged by lenders.
Boeing Co. has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit brought by neighbors of its Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Ventura County, ending an eight-year legal battle over the effect on public health from radioactive and chemical contamination at the lab. Terms of the settlement were reached in September but were not immediately disclosed. They included a confidentiality agreement between Boeing and the remaining 133 plaintiffs in the case.
The father of a 4-year-old boy who drowned three months ago while attending an unlicensed child care program at the Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club is urging the Santa Barbara County district attorney to investigate whether criminal negligence killed his son.
Two months after a 4-year-old boy drowned at Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club, officials from the state's Community Care Licensing Division determined that the private facility broke the law by operating without a child care license and ordered it to shut down its kids' Activity Camp.
Wells Fargo loan customers in minority communities in Los Angeles filed a class action lawsuit against the lender on Friday, August 5, charging Wells Fargo with discriminatory loan practices. The complaint says Wells Fargo consistently and knowingly discriminated against borrowers in minority neighborhoods resulting in borrowers paying more for their loans than borrowers in other parts of Los Angeles County.
