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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 14th, 2014 / East Ventura County, Law, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Thousand Oaks law seminars focus on big questions in biotech
Organizers promise a steady progression from relatively anodyne topics like 3-D printers and intellectual property to touchier subjects, such as genetically engineered salmon, how animals are treated in biotech research and what ethical and legal obligations biotech researchers have when they appropriate and commercialize molecules traditionally used by indigenous cultures.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, February 28th, 2014 / Central Coast, Law, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Crossroads Center developer sues Best Buy over growth plans
In a suit filed last month in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, developer Santa Maria Associates 101 is suing Best Buy Stores and asking a court to affirm its rights to develop new pads in the center, which is located at Highway 101 and East Betteravia Road.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, February 14th, 2014 / Columns, Law / Comments Off on Precedent-setting attorneys launch surrogacy agency in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara attorneys Robert Walmsley and Marlea Jarrette have opened an agency called Surrogacy International to build on their decades of experience practicing — and sometimes helping establish — the law that applies when a woman agrees to carry a child for another couple.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 31st, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Law, Personal Finance, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Inogen IPO is subject to looser SEC rules
If Goleta-based Inogen goes public this year, it will be the first firm in the region to do so under new securities rules that make it easier for small companies to become listed on the major exchanges but also allow them to reveal less information to investors than their larger counterparts.
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By Christine De La Cruz / Friday, January 17th, 2014 / Central Coast Health Watch, Law, Top Stories / Comments Off on Sierra Vista faces rare punitive damages claim
In a case headed to trial later this month in San Luis Obispo, a jury will decide whether Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and an affiliated surgeon conspired to conceal the true cause of a patient’s death.
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