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In a case brought before the New Motor Vehicle Board in Sacramento, JMBM partners successfully defeated a dealer’s protest against the proposed establishment of a new Volkswagen dealership by the firm’s client Volkswagen of America, approximately 5 miles from the protesting dealership. JMBM then defeated the dealer’s appeal of the Board’s decision, thus winning the […]
JMBM attorneys defended a scrap metal recycling enterprise in administrative hearings concerning water quality, storm water and waste discharge issues before the Regional Water Quality Control Board and the subsequent appeal before the State Water Resources Control Board.
JMBM was able to successfully create and institute a global Proposition 65 settlement of claims against 248 lodging establishments on behalf of California Hotel & Lodging Association members. JMBM has implemented similar programs for dozens of apartment management companies affiliated with the California Apartment Association.
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.
JMBM attorneys successfully won a breach of contract action against the City of Thousand Oaks for breach of a Development Agreement.
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.
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.
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 […]
JMBM attorneys secured the required permits and emission reduction credits (ERCs), including air quality permits and CEC approvals, for several power generating facilities.
The Firm assisted a client with the development of a wind energy facility in California’s Coachella Valley.
