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A JMBM team representing Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon Dr. Gary K. Michelson won a major IP litigation case. We obtained a jury verdict of $570 million (including $400 million in punitive damages), one of the largest in the country during 2004, against Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. in a dispute over contract claims and patent rights […]
In U.S. Tax Court and in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, JMBM successfully represented against the IRS the two California founders of a women’s apparel business. The IRS attempted to disallow our clients’ deduction of business losses from their charter jet operation, saying that the business was not being run with the intent of […]
JMBM tax lawyers played a key role as members of our lead counsel team for client Frederick’s of Hollywood in its merger with Movie Star Inc. The complex transaction involved significant tax issues related to a $20 million rights offering and a one-for-two reverse stock split, and we structured the tax and financial terms to […]
These are examples of sophisticated trust and foundation work by JMBM, in which we: Implemented a $45 million installment sale to an intentionally defective grantor trust Implemented a $50 million transfer to a charitable lead trust and structured the sale of the lead trust remainder to a dynasty trust for generation-skipping tax purposes Coordinated trust […]
Our firm successfully worked to secure air quality permits, a U.S. EPA Administrative Order on consent and other approvals, including California Energy Commission Certification, all enabling our client to construct, build and operate two power plant facilities in the greater Los Angeles Basin. JMBM lawyers also obtained all entitlements and permits from multiple interstate, state […]
On behalf of a developer client, we obtained the first successful approval under the new Los Angeles Mixed Use Ordinance for a large development project that included 540 apartments and 27,000 square feet of commercial use.
Working in collaboration with JMBM real estate and environmental lawyers, our land use team performed a comprehensive land use and environmental due diligence review and analysis on behalf of an investment firm. The client sought to acquire an interest in a land portfolio valued at nearly $4 billion and encompassing approximately 30 residential communities in […]
Our lawyers successfully completed all zoning and land use entitlements for what is considered to be the most ambitious mixed-use development in the revitalization of the historic Hollywood district in Los Angeles. We advised The Clarett Group, one of New York’s finest real estate developers, on the $300 million, seven-acre BLVD6200 project that includes more […]
Our client The Hotel Group (THG) wished to hire the workforce of their choice following the renovation of their recently purchased Connecticut property, rather than rehire the unionized workers who worked at the property prior to its purchase and renovation. The union filed a complaint with the NLRB, charging our client with unfair labor practices. […]
We represented a food products company in connection with ongoing counterfeiting of its brand. As a result of working with a local law enforcement agency in a raid, we were able to obtain significant judgments against the counterfeiters and settlements with import brokers. In addition, one of the persons arrested in connection with the raid […]
