The Firm successfully opposed a power plant proposal slated for the Baldwin Hills community in Los Angeles.
The Firm represented developers of energy, chemical and telecommunications projects in China, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Nepal, Russia, Tunisia, Trinidad & Tobago, Vietnam, the United Kingdom and the United States regarding project transactions and structuring.
JMBM represented Wells Fargo Foothill, part of Wells Fargo & Co., in the arrangement of a new two-year asset-backed credit facility for Silicon Graphics, Inc. Ableco Finance LLC was also involved in the agreement. The new facility increases SGI’s credit line to $100 million, consisting of a $50 million revolving line of credit and a […]
The Firm assisted a client with the development of a wind energy facility in California’s Coachella Valley.
JMBM attorneys secured the required permits and emission reduction credits (ERCs), including air quality permits and CEC approvals, for several power generating facilities.
Represented by JMBM trial lawyers, a jury found in favor of independent film production company Morgan Creek Productions, awarding the company almost $2 million for Franchise Pictures’ breach of good faith and fair dealing on an earlier settlement agreement. The jury also found in favor of Morgan Creek on its claims that Franchise Pictures was […]
Furama Hotel Redevelopment was the first to obtain approvals under the City of Los Angeles’s new Mixed Use Ordinance for the development of 540 apartments and 27,000 square feet of commercial use at Lincoln Boulevard and Manchester Avenue. The firm represented Decron Properties.
For Vulcan Chemical Co., in a multi-party CERCLA cost recovery case regarding an aluminum smelter in Southern California’s Inland Empire, JMBM successfully resolved the case after a successful CERCLA summary motion involving an aluminum smelter in the Inland Empire. The summary motion was followed by favorable resolution of cost recovery litigation.
JMBM has successfully processed and appealed more than 100 applications to the California Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund; JMBM clients have obtained more than $30 million from this public program.
The Firm successfully represented an aggregate mining operator secure federal and local permits for the largest federally-contracted construction aggregate project in the United States.