Kidder Mathews Sues Oak Valley Development Over Commissions

Kidder Mathews Sues Oak Valley Development Over Commissions

Kidder Mathews of California, the West Coast arm of the brokerage firm Kidder Mathews, is suing Oak Valley Development for breach of contract over commission fees tied to an industrial project. According... Read more »
Former executive sues Guild over 0,000 in unpaid compensation

Former executive sues Guild over $750,000 in unpaid compensation

Veteran mortgage executive James Seely has sued Guild Mortgage for allegedly failing to pay $750,000 in compensation after terminating his employment for cause by “manufacturing out of whole cloth spurious claims of... Read more »
Former executive sues Guild over 0,000 in unpaid compensation

UWM sues another broker shop over ‘the ultimatum’

Three years into its controversial ultimatum, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) continues to engage in legal battles with its broker partners selling loans to rivals Rocket Mortgage and Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.  UWM on Thursday when filed a lawsuit... Read more »
Onni Group Sues SoulCycle Over .2M in Back Rent

Onni Group Sues SoulCycle Over $1.2M in Back Rent

SoulCycle, the indoor cycling gym where a 45-minute class costs $40 a session, is accused of failing to pay rent on an “abandoned” location in Downtown L.A.  Onni Group, which owns 888... Read more »
Hilton & Hyland Sues Co-Founder Rick Hilton’s New Agency

Hilton & Hyland Sues Co-Founder Rick Hilton’s New Agency

Two companies Rick Hilton founded are engaged in a lawsuit with each other over an office lease in Beverly Hills.  The entrepreneur and husband of reality TV star Kathy Hilton left Hilton... Read more »
YIMBY Sues LA for Denial of Affordable Housing in Winnetka

YIMBY Sues LA for Denial of Affordable Housing in Winnetka

A pro-development group from Northern California wants to force Los Angeles to allow a tall apartment building to loom over a single-family neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. The nonprofit Yes In... Read more »
Staging Firm Vesta Homes sues Nightfall Group for Non-Payment

Staging Firm Vesta Homes sues Nightfall Group for Non-Payment

Legal troubles continue to mount for short-term rental impresario The Nightfall Group and its founder Mokhtar Jabli. Los Angeles-based Vesta Homes, a well-known staging company that prepares the interior of luxury mansions... Read more »
California Sues Shangri-La Industries After Defaults

California Sues Shangri-La Industries After Defaults

The State of California has hit Shangri-La Industries with a sweeping lawsuit, after the developer defaulted on loans tied to seven motels slated for conversion into housing for the homeless under a... Read more »
Former executive sues Guild over 0,000 in unpaid compensation

G-Rate sues NAF over poaching, alleges violation of LO comp rule 

Top-10 mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate has filed a lawsuit against retail rival New American Funding over poaching. But this isn’t your standard poaching lawsuit: G-Rate alleges that NAF has wooed at least... Read more »
Developer Sues “Friends” Over Derailed Coachella Hotel

Developer Sues “Friends” Over Derailed Coachella Hotel

For one developer, a lifetime of friendship did not preclude a legal mess.  Stuart Rubin has filed a countersuit against a group of business partners and lenders, including people he described as... Read more »