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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, June 26th, 2015 / Central Coast, Editorials, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Opinion, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Trans Pacific Partnership will benefit Tri-Counties
The Obama Administration racked up one of the biggest wins in decades for global trade when it won approval in the Senate to move forward with the Trans Pacific Partnership. The partnership will open the doors for trade and development with a dozen Asian nations. China is not included but passage of TPP, which is Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, June 26th, 2015 / Columns, Law & Goverment, Small Business / Comments Off on Supreme Court rules for small business owners, not government
Big companies can afford armies of lawyers to keep government regulators at bay. Just look at the big banks’ response to the financial crisis or the clever-but-stupid way Plains All American used the courts to get around state pipeline regulations, then had a nasty oil spill due to negligence or worse. But rare is the Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, June 25th, 2015 / Energy, Latest news, Law & Goverment, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Plains All American Pipeline faces class action lawsuit by property owners over Refugio oil spill
Litigation over the May 19 Plains All American Pipeline spill off the Gaviota Coast gained a powerful combatant on June 24 when former Santa Barbara City Attorney Barry Cappello said he’d filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of 3,000 property owners from Point Conception to the Mexico border. Capello’s lawsuit comes as tar balls Read More →
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, June 12th, 2015 / Columns, Energy, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Opinion, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Oil spill claims process will likely be long, ugly legal battle
Plains All American Pipeline is taking a page straight out of BP’s oil spill response playbook, according to at least one attorney with firsthand experience in oil spill litigation. Thomas Young, a Tampa-based attorney who went to work trying to secure claims for clients in the aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, told the Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, May 29th, 2015 / Law & Goverment, Op/Eds / Comments Off on Moving toward privatizing our courts in California
By Lisa Spiwak California courts have been devastated by deep budget cuts. In California, over 50 courthouses have been shut down and over 250 courtrooms are now closed. Fewer courtrooms and fewer judges mean that it takes longer to get into court and that could be highly relevant to any business seeking legal redress from Read More →