Hollister & Brace recovers millions from Ponzi schemes
Hollister & Brace has quietly become one of the top firms at recovering hundreds of millions of dollars for investors Ponzi schemes arising from so-called 1031 Exchanges.
Editorial: New law protects small firms from drive-by suits
A war against California small businesses has ended with a victory for entrepreneurs over shakedown artists.
Santa Barbara attorney works to build water-tight case for Cadiz
Scott Slater might credibly be crowned king of California’s water lawyers.
Retiring Teledyne counsel reflects on a decade of transition
The legal guard is changing at Teledyne Technologies.
Finding cures for the corporate class-action lawsuit epidemic
The plague of class-action lawsuits afflicting corporate America is spreading across the Tri-Counties. A stock-price drop. Bam. A merger announcement. Bam. Trying to take a company private. Bam. For journalists, the announcement of a class-action lawsuit typically comes in the form of a press release that gets wide dissemination on BusinessWire and on Yahoo Finance. Read More →
SLO law firm to change name
San Luis Obispo County’s second-largest law firm is changing names as one of its partners departs. On Feb. 1, Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & McIvor will become Sinsheimer Juhnke McIvor & Stroh. Before the change, the firm ranked ninth-largest in the Tri-Counties with 12 attorneys and the second-largest in San Luis Obispo County. Its website now Read More →
