| JMBM SUCCESSES | JMBM Represents Team-One Employment Specialists in Reclaiming Domain Names | | For WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, LLC: JMBM Represents Client in Acquisition of Automatic Apartment Laundries, Inc. | | JMBM Announces 2010 M&A and Financing Transactions | | For NAXOS Capital Partners: JMBM Negotiates Growth Equity Financing of BioAmber Inc. | | JMBM served as lead transaction counsel for SC Hockey Franchise Corp., in its acquisition of the Stockton Thunder | | For Night Optics USA: JMBM serves as transaction counsel in sale to Bushnell, Inc. | | Selected Patent Litigation Experience | | For Forest Lawn Memorial Parks & Mortuaries: Land Use Litigation to Develop a Cemetery and Mortuary Facility | | For Accelerated Revenue Management Inc: JMBM Negotiates Sale of Stock to Strategic Purchaser | | For Magparts: JMBM Negotiates Stock Sale to Strategic Buyer | | For Anchor Brewers & Distillers LLC: JMBM Client Acquires Iconic Brewery | | Santa Clara Jury returns multi-million dollar verdict in favor of JMBM client TAT Capital Partners, Ltd. | | Stan Gibson - Representative Patent and Technology Cases | | For Arnold Engineering: JMBM Assists in Recapitalization by Private Equity Firm | | California Court rules for JMBM Client in Fabric Design Copyright Case | | For Western Aggregates, Inc: JMBM Client Prevails in First-Ever Vested Rights Hearing | | Writ of Certiorari denied – Cosmos Jewelry Ltd. Prevails in Trade Dress Infringement Case | | Appellate Court affirms $2.3 million judgment for JMBM client Cosmos Jewelry Ltd. in trade dress infringement case | | Schlage Lock Site Named Best Land Deal of the Year in San Francisco | | For Target Corp.: JMBM negotiated EPA Region 9's first CERCLA Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Agreement in connection with proposed development of a store in Davis, CA. | | For Trancas Property Owners Association: JMBM achieved a favorable resolution in a Coastal Act case | | For Vulcan Chemical Co.: JMBM successfully resolved a multi-party CERCLA cost recovery case | | For American Golf: JMBM completed environmental due diligence on a $1.1 billion transaction involving 250 sites, within 3 months | | For CEMEX, Inc.: JMBM scored a significant victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for a mine project, which involved the relationship of the federal Endangered Species Act to state law | | ATTENEX Success Story: Facing a search of nearly 50 million pages of documents—along with mastering multiple contracts and patents, and tracking dozens of pleadings—JMBM sought the help of high-powered discovery technology. | | Another Major League Baseball Salary Arbitration Victory Scored by the JMBM National Sports Law Group | | For ORIX Capital Markets, LLC: JMBM successfully confirmed a Creditor's Plan of Reorganization and defeated Debtor's Plan of Reorganization in a Chapter 11 case filed by a hotel located in the Monterey Peninsula | | California Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund: JMBM has successfully processed and appealed more than 100 applications | | E. Pierce Marshall Prevails Against Claims Made by Estate of Anna Nicole Smith | | Federal Circuit affirmed decision granting JMBM's client a preliminary injunction enjoining patent infringement | | Federal Court Rules in Favor of JMBM Client, Manley Toys, in 'Wham-O' Trademark Cancellation Case | | For 24 Hour Fitness USA Inc.: JMBM helped settle, during trial, a multimillion dollar securities fraud and unfair business practices case | | For a property owner in Orange County: JMBM prosecuted CERCLA, RCRA and common law claims | | For a public property owner in Huntington Beach, CA: JMBM prosecuted CERCLA, RCRA and common law claims | | For a regional auto dismantling firm: JMBM negotiated federal consent decrees resolving alleged violations of the Clean Water Act | | For a regional gasoline retailer:JMBM beneficially resolved administrative and litigation claims in an MTBE contamination case | | For a scrap metal recycler: JMBM successfully defended the enterprise concerning water quality, stormwater and waste water discharge issues | | For a securitized lender: JMBM managed the negotiation and sale of a $60 million mortgage loan to a third party | | For Aera Energy, JMBM effectively represented the client against claims related to the alleged theft of a large quantity of RECLAIM Trading Credits by an agent. The agent is under criminal indictment. | | For Arden Realty: JMBM Closes 5.9 Million-Square-Foot Real Estate Purchase | | For California State Automobile Association's San Francisco Headquarters: JMBM attorneys negotiate sale and leaseback | | For Candy & Candy (CPC Ltd.): JMBM provided land use due diligence and pursued project approvals for a 252-unit luxury high rise condominium and retail project in Beverly Hills | | For CEMEX, Inc.: JMBM successfully litigated award of attorneys' fees for bad faith environmental litigation | | For CMR Commercial Mortgage Fund LLC: JMBM closes $25.5 million debtor-in-possession loan on mixed-use property in Las Vegas | | For Decron Properties: JMBM successfully obtained approval under Los Angeles' Mixed Use Ordinance for a large development project | | For Eagle Materials subsidiary Mathews Readymix LLC: JMBM represented construction materials company in stormwater discharge litigation | | For Forest City Development and Westfield: Obtained approvals for the construction of a 1.5 million square foot retail and entertainment complex | | For Formosa International Hotels Corporations: JMBM Client Acquires Regent Hotel Business | | For G.H. Palmer: JMBM completed litigation resulting in the demolition and reconstruction of a 1,000-unit Los Angeles apartment structure | | For Grammy award-winning duo Gnarls Barkley, JMBM Won a Disputed Domain Name | | For iStar Financial Inc.: JMBM Secures Land Use Entitlements and Regulatory Approvals | | For Key Brand Entertainment: JMBM Client Will Acquire Ticketing Division of Hollywood Media Corp. | | For NAXOS Capital Partners: Series C Financing of Renewable Sciences Company | | For Target Corp.: JMBM represented the company in a significant Brownfields redevelopment project | | For the California Hotel & Lodging Association and California Apartment Association (separately): JMBM successfully designed and implemented global Proposition 65 claims settlements | | For the California Mining Association: JMBM achieved a high wind exemption critical to large construction projects throughout Southern California | | For The Clarett Group and Prudential Real Estate: JMBM handled the development entitlement approvals for a major mixed-use project in Hollywood | | For the Martin Group and AMC Movie Theaters: Obtained approvals for a mixed-use complex | | For Universal Paragon: Obtained approvals for the $500 million mixed-use project on 20 acres of brownfield in the Bay Area | | For Volkswagen of America, Inc.: JMBM defeats class action lawsuit | | Global Hospitality Group® Gallery of Hotel Transactions | | GLUEE Development Projects, Land Use Litigation, and CEQA Experience | | JMBM Regains Domain Name for Client | | JMBM Announces 2009 M&A and Financing Transactions | | JMBM assists CMR Mortgage Fund LLC in closing a nearly $100 million loan to out-of-possession debtor in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy | | JMBM Distressed Dealer Task Force | | JMBM effectively represented a major oil and gas producer on claims related to the alleged criminal activity of an agent | | JMBM got the required permits and emission reduction credits for several power generating facilities | | JMBM helped an aggregate mining operator secure federal and local permits | | JMBM helped to successfully challenge school impact fees in court | | JMBM helps EZ Lube in recapitalization | | JMBM helps retailer successfully defeat application for restraining order | | JMBM led precedent-breaking litigation to reach an agreement between a mining operation and the city of Irwindale, California to extend the life of the Irwindale quarries | | JMBM negotiated the sales of $150 million in assets in 20 states for a family-owned company | | JMBM negotiated the successful completion of a $100 million credit facility increase | | JMBM Obtains a Summary Judgment Trademark Infringement Case | | JMBM prosecuted the inverse condemnation action against the City of San Diego | | JMBM represented a client in the development of a wind energy facility in California | | JMBM represented a construction materials company in a court challenge to mining rights | | JMBM represented the developers of energy, chemical and telecommunications projects in both in the United States and abroad | | JMBM represented the Los Angeles Angels in the successful arbitration against All Star pitcher Francisco Rodriguez in 2008 | | JMBM represented the Los Angeles Dodgers in the successful arbitration case against Cy Young Award winning pitcher Eric Gagne in 2004 | | JMBM served as lead transaction counsel for Web Service Company, LLC and its majority owner in its sale to Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC (CHS). | | JMBM served as legal counsel to Intravenous Therapy Services in the sale of the company to BioScrip Inc. | | JMBM successfully completed an arbitration between two national clothing and accessories brands concerning monies owed | | JMBM successfully defeated a dealer's statutory protest of proposed new Volkswagen dealership in the Fresno, California area | | JMBM successfully defended a Los Angeles newspaper against a libel lawsuit | | JMBM successfully defended a scrap metal recycling company before governmental agencies | | JMBM successfully defends a lender against a borrower/guarantor seeking to set aside guarantees and deeds of trust on real property securing commercial loans | | JMBM successfully opposed a power plant proposal in Los Angeles | | JMBM successfully prosecuted a breach of contract action against Thousand Oaks | | JMBM uses sophisticated e-discovery technology in case with big jury win. The JMBM team representing Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon Dr. Gary K. Michelson won a jury trial verdict of $570 million (including $400 million in punitive damages). | | JMBM Wins a Major Patent Infringement Trial: Jury verdict of $570 million | | JMBM Wins First Density Bonus Case Against the City of Los Angeles Under SB 1818 | | JMBM won a jury verdict for a major motion picture company in a breach of good faith and fair dealing case | | JMBM, in a pro bono case, assisted an El Salvadoran man seeking political asylum in the United States | | JMBM’s entertainment lawyers negotiated financing for an $85 million independent motion picture | | Judgment upheld for Phoenix American Incorporated: JMBM achieved success in a two-week trial involving claims of successor-in-interest | | Members of JMBM’s Discovery Technology Group™ were the first lawyers to author a guide to electronic records retention for BNA, a leading national publisher of information and analysis products for professionals | | Representative List of Distressed Assets and Real Estate Matters | | San Francisco Chronicle: Barneys Fighting City Seizure of Basement Space | | Selected CEQA Litigation Experience | | Selected Development Projects and Clients | | Selected Land Use Litigation Cases |
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