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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 24th, 2011 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Feds go after oil magnate’s operations
Randeep Grewal has built up a global energy empire — and left millions of dollars in unpaid debts in his wake.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 17th, 2011 / Law & Goverment, Top Stories / Comments Off on CoLAB sues over land rules
A Ventura County agribusiness advocacy group is suing the county over a list of wildlife guidelines it says would add so much time and money to routine projects such as barn building that it would force fertile land out of production. The Ventura County Coalition of Labor, Agriculture and Business, or CoLAB for short, filed Read More →
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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 / Friday, May 6th, 2011 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Software firms trade espionage claims
The two largest property management software firms in the nation are locked in a court battle over alleged corporate espionage.
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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, December 20th, 2010 / Real Estate / Comments Off on Orfalea sues cousin and development partner
Paul Orfalea, the founder of Kinko’s and a major presence on the South Coast business and philanthropic scenes, is suing his cousin over $27.8 million in allegedly unpaid loans to a development company the two co-founded. Orfalea and cousin Gary Safady founded Beverly Hills-based O&S Holdings in 1992. Its projects in the Tri-Counties include Zodo’s Bowling Read More →