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Civil Litigation

Jun. 21, 2024

Punitive damages struck from dispute involving two brothers and an iconic SF retail property

The company at the center of the dispute, Bonds Land Investment Co. LTD or "Bonds USA," is equally owned by brothers Johnson Chan and Anson Chan and carries a "substantial portfolio" of subsidiary companies.

A San Francisco judge on Tuesday struck punitive damages from a cross-complaint against a prominent New York attorney and his law firm accused of being party to the misappropriation of “millions” of dollars from a commercial real estate business that is at the center of an ownership feud between two brothers.

J. Vincent Reppert and his law firm Reppert, Kelly & Vytell, LLC, who act as legal counsel for one of the brothers, are accused ...

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