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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 3rd, 2011 / Top Stories / Comments Off on $35M verdict stands
Ventura County’s largest ever personal injury verdict stands at $35 million after a judge threw out the defense’s motions for a new trial.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 20th, 2011 / Banking & Finance, Top Stories / Comments Off on Trustees seek $148M from Bryan Cave
A large law firm faces allegations that it knew about potentially illegal activities at defunct Paso Robles-based mortgage lender Estate Financial.
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By Stephen Nellis / Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 / Columns / Comments Off on SLO business and government law firm attracts big-city clients
Since 2004, San Luis Obispo County firm Carmel & Naccasha has expanded from its two founders to nine staff attorneys and five of-counsel attorneys by blending business and government agency law expertise. And perhaps no one is more surprised at the firm’s quick growth than partner Ziyad Naccasha, a San Luis Obispo native who moved Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 29th, 2011 / Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Lawsuits question foreclosure system
A Westlake Village attorney is asking a judge to rip up a homeowner’s mortgage and strike down the legal framework the lending industry uses to foreclose on notes that have been sliced, diced and sold so many times that it’s impossible for borrowers to tell who owns them.
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, August 9th, 2010 / Banking & Finance, Top Stories / Comments Off on Weighing the options for Harbor Freight
By Stephen Nellis Staff Writer Something big was in the works at Harbor Freight Tools, the nationwide discount tool retailer, when a father-son struggle for control of the company broke out in Los Angeles Superior Court on July 14. The closely held private company was in the midst of moving its Camarillo headquarters to Calabasas. Read More →
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