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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 19th, 2011 / Law, Top Stories / Comments Off on Court rulings shake up Santa Barbara media world
The two biggest print news organizations in Santa Barbara could change for years to come as a result of legal decisions in early August.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 19th, 2011 / Features, Law / Comments Off on Fire remnants smolder: Tea, Jesusita litigation flares anew
The attorneys trying to recover millions of dollars in damages for the Tea and Jesusita fires are focusing their litigation on defendants with the resources to pay.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, July 22nd, 2011 / Law, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Software firm asks court to let it sue China
A Santa Barbara firm’s case that determine whether U.S. firms can sue the Chinese government and its contractors.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, July 22nd, 2011 / Law, Top Stories / Comments Off on Bryan Cave case could land in L.A. court
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could decide whether Bryan Cave’s case is heard in federal court.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, July 1st, 2011 / Columns, Law / Comments Off on Wage and hour ruling puts California employers in a sticky spot
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, July 1st, 2011 / Law, Top Stories / Comments Off on $22M verdict tossed
The state Supreme Court has overturned a personal injury verdict in a ruling that will affect any California business that hires drivers.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 17th, 2011 / Law, Top Stories / Comments Off on CoLAB sues over land rules
A Ventura County agribusiness advocacy group is suing the county over a list of wildlife guidelines it says would add so much time and money to routine projects such as barn building that it would force fertile land out of production. The Ventura County Coalition of Labor, Agriculture and Business, or CoLAB for short, filed Read More →
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