Cappello & Noel

A collapse of the commercial real estate sector will be catastrophic to financial institutions and the economy so lenders must act now to avoid such a financial debacle, says A. Barry Cappello, an attorney specializing in lender liability law.

Leila J. Noël named one of the "Top 75 Women Lawyers" in California by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals. Noël was the only attorney selected from Santa Barbara, Ventura or San Luis Obispo Counties.

MGA Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based toymaker best known for its Bratz product line, filed a lawsuit against large European banks over their alleged concealment of accounting fraud at French toymaker Smoby prior to MGA's purchase of the company.

After a three-month trial, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury returned a $3,520,000 lending discrimination verdict today against Wells Fargo Bank.

Jury selection begins this week in Los Angeles Superior Court in a lending discrimination class action against Wells Fargo Bank. Class members are loan customers in minority communities in Los Angeles.