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 →
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 →
Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties have more robust systems than Santa Barbara County for helping poor people who cannot afford legal help find a lawyer willing to take on their case. In both counties, local bar associations oversee systems that take in requests from the poor and, if the issue can’t be resolved, assign Read More →
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[EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was collaboratively adapted from Mission and State, a new nonprofit, public-interest journalism initiative in Santa Barbara. To read the full version, click here. The Business Times will publish a second installment looking at the state of pro bono legal services in Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties in a future issue.] [See Read More →
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 9th, 2013 / Columns, Law & Goverment / Comments Off on Tracking NCHC attorneys as they land new gigs in the region
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