uss August & Kabat lawyers Larry C. Russ and Nathan D. Meyer prevailed in a year-long copyright and trade dress case, obtaining summary judgment rejecting claims of copyright infringement and trade dress infringement against Forever 21. The case involved alleged copying of five garments. This is the first case against Forever 21 regarding alleged copying of garments to proceed to final judgment. Read more.

In a three-way venture, Kennedy Wilson, RECP/Urban Partners and Capri Capital Partners LLC have acquired Serenade, a 400-unit apartment community in Oxnard, Calif. for $81.5 million. The seller was California Urban Investment Partners. Read more.

Russ August & Kabat is proud of Larry C. Russ and Michael S. Brophy who authored the article, “Arbitration: Beware of the Unintended Risks”, published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal. When an arbitrator makes a mistake, even clear errors of law, there is little that can be done to fix the decision.

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Russ August & Kabat Attorneys Michael S. Brophy, Irene Y. Lee, Nathan D. Meyer and Andrew D. Weiss Recognized as 2010 Southern California Rising Stars.

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Russ August & Kabat lawyers Jules L. Kabat and Michael S. Brophy won an appeal to the California Court of Appeal, obtaining an opinion strongly affirming their $14 million plus Los Angeles Superior Court judgment for the firm’s client. The case involved fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract regarding a development project in Malibu.

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Russ August & Kabat is proud of its 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers: Larry Russ, Richard August, Jules Kabat, David Gabor and Marc Fenster.

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