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

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 »
Title giant Stewart sues Qualia over software licensing agreement dispute

Title giant Stewart sues Qualia over software licensing agreement dispute

Big Four title firm Stewart Title has filed a lawsuit against closing and title production software provider Qualia over a contractual dispute. In a lawsuit filed in early November in District County... Read more »
Movement sues Summit, former veteran sales executives for poaching

Movement sues Summit, former veteran sales executives for poaching

A spokesperson for Movement said the company had no comment. L. Scott Bruggemann, senior vice president and general counsel at Summit, said the company continues to compete for talented individuals “fairly” and... Read more »