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Success Stories

Land Use Getting Results – A multi-state review

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 […]

Land Use Getting Results – Securing approval and building support

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 […]

Labor & Employment Getting Results – Affirming a hospitality industry employer’s rights

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. […]

Intellectual Property Getting Results – Procuring and enforcing patents

We represented a consumer products company in procuring patents for a commercially successful electrical bag sealing device and enforcing those patents. In one case, we obtained a preliminary injunction enjoining the distribution of infringing products. We also argued the case before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals which affirmed the grant of the injunction.

Intellectual Property Getting Results – First the trademark, then the infringement win

The JMBM partner who secured a trademark on a unique jewelry design used that insight to win a multi-million dollar court victory against an infringer. Our client, Hawaii-based Denny Wong Designs, is a small family-run business that makes the distinctive Tropical Memories® Plumeria flower jewelry. We originally obtained a federal trademark registration for the three-dimensional […]

Intellectual Property and Litigation Getting Results – Winning a dispute over complex technology

We represented one of the two largest manufacturers of telescopes in a dispute with its main competitor. The controversy involved complex software technology patents for telescope operation, and our client was the defendant in a patent infringement action. JMBM defeated the plaintiff’s request for a preliminary injunction and obtained summary judgment for our client. We […]

Insurance Recovery Getting Results – Recovery of business interruption coverage after hurricane

JMBM represented the owner of a major resort property in Hawaii which was badly damaged by a hurricane. We were involved in wide ranging recovery issues including real estate, construction, labor and employment law, and insurance recovery. Negotiations with insurance carriers included coverage for vast property damage and business interruption. JMBM’s labor lawyers represented the […]