Cappello & Noël represents plaintiffs in employment cases including wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment.
The firm obtained a $23 million verdict in a wrongful termination case against a major Fortune 500 company and settled a sexual harassment suit against a public company and its CEO for a multiple seven-figure amount.
Awards & Verdicts | Employment Litigation Sample Cases
Verdict: $3.5 million jury verdict that found Wells Fargo Bank had violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act in a lending discrimination case
Settlement: $7.5 million settlement in a multi-district class action arising out of the defendant’s failure to honor the fixed rate of interest charged on balance transfers
Settlement: $86 million class action settlement involving alleged conspiracy among five major airlines to fix commissions paid to travel agencies
Settlement: $12.5 million settlement in a class action case arising out of the defendants’ alleged securities fraud
Settlement: $13.8 million class action case involving an alleged agreement among five major grocery chains to fix and maintain retail prices of milk sold in Southern California
Settlement: $4 million class action settlement concerning securities fraud
Settlement: Injunctive relief action under California Voting Rights Act to eliminate discriminatory at-large elections for the City of Santa Barbara
Confidential Settlement: Represented 175 cancer victims and their families for injury and wrongful death against Boeing
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION NEWS
Leila Noël Named An Editor’s Choice in PCBT’s Top 50 Women In Business
Leila Noël was recently honored as the Editor’s Choice in Professional Services by the Pacific Coast Business Times in its “Top 50 Women in Business” edition. [ More… ]
SBRPA Files Legal Challenge To Halt Enforcement of Santa Barbara Rent Freeze and Eviction Restriction Ordinances
A lawsuit was filed by four separate apartment property owners as well as the Santa Barbara Rental Property Association (SBRPA) on April 3 in federal district court in Los Angeles seeking an injunction to stop [ More... ]
Appeals Court Affirms Lower Court’s Decision In Favor Of Montecito Country Club Requiring Adjacent Neighbor To Remove Hardscaping and Landscaping Improperly Placed in Easement And To Restore Property To Previous Condition
The Second Appellate District Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court’s decision that property owners adjacent to Montecito Country Club must remove hardscaping and landscaping they installed without permission on an easement owned by the [ More... ]


