Relevant Group, LLC et al v. Nourmand et al

  1. September 05, 2024

    LA Developer Beats RICO Suit Over CEQA Fight At 9th Circ.

    The Ninth Circuit affirmed Thursday a decision tossing a Hollywood hotel developer's $100 million racketeering suit against  rival hotel developers, rejecting the plaintiff developer's allegations that its competitors had pursued "objectively baseless" sham California Environmental Quality Act litigation to extort the firm.

  2. May 19, 2020

    Akin Gump Escapes Sanctions Bid In Hotel Developer Fight

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has dodged a sanctions bid over its representation of a hotel developer alleging that a rival brought sham suits against competitors to extort multimillion-dollar ransoms, after a California federal judge ruled that the developer has made legitimate claims at this point in the proceedings.

  3. November 05, 2019

    Akin Gump, Hotel Developer Slam $180K Sanctions Bid

    Los Angeles hotel developer Relevant Group and its Akin Gump attorneys should not face $180,000 in sanctions because the racketeering suit they filed against a Relevant rival has a solid legal basis, they told a California federal court.

  4. October 22, 2019

    Calif. Developer, Akin Gump Filed 'Baseless' Suit, Rival Says

    Los Angeles hotel developer Relevant Group filed a sham suit to "bully" a rival developer, the competitor said in seeking sanctions against Relevant and its Akin Gump attorneys.

  5. June 10, 2019

    LA Developer Accuses Rival Of Using CEQA For Extortion

    A Los Angeles hotel developer filed a RICO suit in California federal court Monday alleging a rival property developer brought sham California Environmental Quality Act suits to extort multimillion-dollar ransoms, noting that the rival once said, "You know the drill. It's going to take a check to make this go away."

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