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When Lenders Play Hardball – Lawyers and Business Executives in the News

After leaving the Santa Barbara City Attorney's Office for private practice, A. Barry Cappello began noticing that few people would bring lawsuits against big banks - particularly when it came to lender liability. Cappello realized it was a potential niche for his firm, Cappello & Noel (https://cappellonoel.com/). "Nobody was suing the banks because they were hiring the biggest lawyers in the world, and I didn't think that was right," Cappello said in an interview.

By |2020-08-28T10:26:12-07:00May 26th, 2005|Firm News, Lender Liability|
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What is Lender Liability? – By A. Barry Cappello

Lender liability, which first gained prominence in the mid-1980s, has gained acceptance as a substantive body of law. Briefly, lender liability law says lenders must treat their borrowers fairly, and when they don't, they can be subject to borrower litigation under a variety of legal claims. The evolution of lender liability has resulted in most cases now involving breach of contract and/or fraud claims.

By |2020-08-28T10:24:33-07:00January 21st, 2005|Lender Liability|
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Boeing Settles With Residents – News Release

In 2005, the firm settled a long-standing dispute against Boeing regarding toxic air contamination in neighborhoods adjacent to Boeing facilities near Simi Valley and in the San Fernando Valley -- both suburbs of Los Angeles. The 8 1/2-year case involved 59 personal injury claims and 117 wrongful death claims by the family members of 37 deceased individuals. The illnesses suffered included numerous forms of cancer, including bladder, brain, kidney, pancreatic, spinal cord, thyroid, Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia and multiple myeloma.

By |2020-08-28T10:26:05-07:00January 1st, 2005|Firm News, Toxic Tort|
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Delta Entertainment and The Harry Fox Agency Reach Settlement – News Release

Delta Entertainment Corporation, an international independent music and video company, and licensing agent The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) reached a settlement in a two-year royalties payment dispute, says A. Barry Cappello, attorney for Delta.

By |2024-06-20T12:39:15-07:00July 21st, 2003|Entertainment Law, Firm News|
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Courtney Love and Universal Music Group Reach Legal Settlement – News Release

Courtney Love and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced they have settled all of their legal disputes. UMG will waive any rights to future recordings from Ms. Love. As part of the settlement, Ms. Love and the other members of the Cobain estate have granted UMG permission to release new Nirvana packages, including a compilation album with a never-before-released track, a box set and rarities album. Separate permissions were obtained from the surviving members of Nirvana.

By |2020-08-28T10:25:56-07:00July 20th, 2003|Entertainment Law, Firm News|
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Marriott Agrees to Pay $1.35 million in Elder Pedestrian Fatality Case – News Release

Host Marriott Corporation and the operators of one of Marriott's Fairfield Inns agreed to pay a surviving family member of a 75-year-old woman $1.35 million after the woman and her daughter were struck and killed by a hotel van operated by Fairfield Inn, a Marriott franchise. The accident occurred at Philadelphia International Airport but the complaint was filed in U.S. District Court, in Los Angeles.

By |2020-08-28T10:22:07-07:00April 17th, 2003|Firm News, Personal Injury|
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Subcontractors Pay More Than $14 Million to El Escorial Owners Association – News Release

After an 11-month trial, a Santa Barbara judge ordered subcontractors to pay $3.7 million to a condominium association because of shoddy workmanship to its Santa Barbara-area complex.

By |2020-08-28T10:21:57-07:00January 1st, 2003|Firm News, Real Estate & Land Use Law|
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The Big-Game Hunter’s Big Gamble – Los Angeles Times

The corporate decor at Universal Music Group is high-tech modern, but here, in the Santa Barbara law offices of A. Barry Cappello, it's the Wild West. To the left is a rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike. To the right is a bronze statue of a bucking bronco. A muffled hysteria unspools as faxes, phones and modems transmit the breaking news about Cappello's high-profile entertainment case against UMG. Overlooking all this is a striking William Koerner painting that depicts a stickup.

By |2024-09-27T05:29:37-07:00January 29th, 2001|Entertainment Law, Firm News|
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Kid’s Stuff – Daily Journal

Convincing the jury that the lead defendant was a villain in Russomano v. Russo, LC031514 (Los Angeles Super. Ct., verdict July 20, 2000) was the least of Santa Barbara business litigator A. Barry Cappello's trial challenges. After all, Gianni Russo had launched his acting career by portraying Talia Shire's abusive husband, Carlo Rizzi, in the 1972 film classic "The Godfather."

By |2020-08-28T10:09:37-07:00July 20th, 2000|Entertainment Law|
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Fired Complainer Awarded $23 million – Daily Journal

Case in Focus: "Litigators' Strategy Successful Appeal Opened the Way for Punitives" Verdict: $23.1 million Case/Number: Nabil Darghous v. Johnson Controls Inc./ BC134624 Court/Date: L.A. Superior Central West/August 28 Judge: F. Ray Bennett, Dept. 308 Disbursement: $4.4 million (retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract and covenant of good faith); $.5 million (slander); $1.2 million (prejudgment interest); $17 million (punitive).

By |2020-08-28T07:59:39-07:00August 21st, 1998|Personal Injury|
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