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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 13th, 2013 / Law, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Sientra court win sets stage for new products
Breast implant firm Sientra has prevailed in a lawsuit brought by competitor Mentor Worldwide over allegations that Sientra engaged in unfair business tactics by hiring more than a dozen of Mentor’s sales staff shortly after Sientra’s implants were approved in 2012. The suit stems from a heated race among implant makers to bring new teardrop-shaped Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 6th, 2013 / Law, Top Stories / Comments Off on Mobile park sale sparks $9.8M suit for Nordman Cormany
After defeat in a dispute over the price of mobile home lots in Oxnard, a branch of one of Ventura County’s most prominent land-owning families is suing its longtime law firm on allegations of malpractice the family claims cost it $9.8 million. Terry McGrath Aggler and J.D. McGrath Farms LLC are among the plaintiffs suing Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 6th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Small-business groups can match banks, borrowers
Business is as much about who you know as what you know.
Long-time art gallery owner Sylvia White came to realize that as she struggled to get financing to purchase a building in downtown Ventura. She had purchased the gallery space with owner financing several years earlier. But now the five-year period on that high-interest loan was coming up, and White needed a bank to take over. She was turned down by lenders again and again.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 30th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Onyx buy sets dealmaking era for Amgen
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, August 30th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on 30 regional firms rank among fast-growth U.S companies
Thirty tri-county firms ranked on the Inc 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. this year. The national rankings include area firms in the software, employee benefits, hardware and moving and storage industries, to name a few. The Business Times chatted with two Inc 5000 CEOs to get their take on what’s Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 30th, 2013 / Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Clash over Chumash plan kicks off legal fight
With its 3-2 vote against “government-to-government” talks with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors may have narrowly avoided handing the tribe one of the three key components needed to clear the way for a casino on a 1,400-acre tract of agricultural land. The conflict over the development Read More →
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By Patrick Kulp / Friday, August 23rd, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on SB County last in regional pension performance
Thanks to rising U.S. and foreign stock markets, major public pension plans in the Tri-Counties exceeded expected investment return rates for the last fiscal year. But Santa Barbara County’s performance lagged far behind its peers. Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association and San Luis Obispo County Pension and Trust saw net returns of 12.8 and 12.9 Read More →
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