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February 23, 2015
One of San Diego’s most well-known environmental attorneys has been engaging in real estate transactions experts say are questionable and possibly fraudulent.
February 24, 2015
The wife of lawyer Cory Briggs, who sues local, state and federal government agencies over environmental violations, held a key position in a La Mesa company on the other side of his litigation.
Document links Briggs’ wife to his law business
February 25, 2015
New documents provided Wednesday to inewsource say the wife of a well-known environmental lawyer was vice president of his law firm at the same time she worked on projects for government agencies he was suing.
Cory Briggs responds to inewsource stories
February 25, 2015
San Diego attorney Cory Briggs published an open letter on his law firm’s website Wednesday responding to inewsource stories investigating his business practices, including potential conflicts of interest between him and his wife.
February 26, 2015
High-profile environmental attorney Cory Briggs argued vigorously in court Thursday morning against releasing a document the San Diego City Attorney’s office believes is relevant to a conflict-of-interest investigation of Briggs.
March 3, 2015
In early June 2014, inewsource began an examination of Cory Briggs’ lawsuits, real estate transactions and ties to corporations and limited liability companies.
March 3, 2015
Records confirm Cory Briggs’ wife was vice president of the Briggs Law Corp. for the past “twenty years,” which means she was an officer of the law firm he used to sue the city of San Diego at the same time she worked for a company on contract with the city.
March 3, 2015
The environmental consulting firm that employed the wife of a well-known San Diego lawyer who often sued its government clients said the employee did not disclose her professional relationship with her husband’s law firm and she should have.
March 10, 2015
An inewsource investigation found a close relationship among Helix Environmental Planning, Cory Briggs and Sarichia Cacciatore, who was for many years both a vice president of Briggs’ law firm and a Helix employee.
March 24, 2015
San Diego attorney Cory Briggs and his personal and professional partner, Sarichia Cacciatore, have signed contradictory documents about where they live and their relationship — potential felonies according to a prosecutor and mortgage fraud experts.
March 25, 2015
During the Great Recession, families across the country were losing their homes, reeling from predatory lending in the subprime mortgage crisis. Gonzalo Arteaga, his wife and four children were among them.
March 25, 2015
inewsource has interviewed many experts for our ongoing investigation into Cory Briggs, including professors, authors, politicians, attorneys, developers, ethicists and law enforcement.
March 26, 2015
San Diego attorney Cory Briggs removed a $200,000 lien he had placed on a private home after inewsource raised questions about the appropriateness of the lawyer’s real estate deals.
March 26, 2015
"We are writing to give you notice of our demand, and to make that demand, for correction and retraction of false, inaccurate, and/or misleading reporting that may have been disseminated by KPBS via television or radio on or after March 10, 2015."
April 7, 2015
An environmental consulting company will pay the city of San Diego $143,382 to resolve a claim of potential conflict of interest between one of its former employees and well-known attorney Cory Briggs.
April 9, 2015
For the second time, inewsource has received a retraction demand regarding our Cory Briggs investigation. For the second time, here is a point-by-point response.
April 10, 2015
One of Briggs’ frequent clients, environmental nonprofit San Diegans for Open Government, filed a lawsuit Thursday against inewsource and its executive director.
April 14, 2015
The subpoena asks for information related to an inewsource interview with San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith.
April 17, 2015
The settlement between Sunroad and Briggs called for a $10,000 donation to the city in addition to a second payment based on the value of an appraisal.
April 21, 2015
inewsource has served Cory Briggs with a response to his subpoena, which you can read here.
May 5, 2015
inewsource published a story in April about a lawsuit San Diego environmental attorney Cory Briggs filed against the city of San Diego and Sunroad Enterprises in 2013 alleging a “pay-to-play scheme.”
May 8, 2015
After inewsource's lawyer challenged the subpoena request in court, Briggs withdrew it, saying he has already received all the information he needs from the City Attorney’s Office.
May 28, 2015
For years, San Diego’s well-known environmental attorney has collected attorney fees and settlements on behalf of a network of charitable, nonprofit organizations he helped form that, in many cases, repeatedly and persistently violated state and federal laws.
June 3, 2015
Judge Gregory Pollack said attorney Cory Briggs knew the nonprofit he represented in the litigation had been suspended by the state at the time. “Mr. Briggs may be in a whole heap of trouble,” Pollack said.
June 15, 2015
One of the subjects of inewsource's investigation into San Diego attorney Cory Briggs has requested a retraction of a recent article. Here is our response.
July 2, 2015
Despite repeated requests for answers, some big questions still stand in inewsource‘s investigation into the environmental attorney.
Sept. 4, 2015
A judge heard arguments to dismiss a local nonprofit’s lawsuit contesting the legality of inewsource’s lease agreement with San Diego State University and KPBS.
Sept. 9, 2015
A San Diego judge threw out a lawsuit against inewsource, KPBS and San Diego State University, concluding that it was prompted by the inewsource’s investigative journalism.
Feb. 1, 2016
The city and its Tourism Marketing District failed to persuade a judge to throw out a three-year-old lawsuit challenging a hotel fee used to promote San Diego’s tourism industry.
April 25, 2016
Massive projects are moving ahead along San Diego’s waterfront from Seaport Village through Lane Field and all the way to Harbor Island. Yet these changes are not part of a cohesive plan for the sort of world-class waterfront that distinguishes other cities.
Sept. 22, 2016
The state court of appeal has denied local attorney Cory Briggs more than $258,000 in fees he sought against the city of San Diego, citing “unethical, unprofessional, or even illegal conduct…”
Oct. 10, 2016
Attorney Cory Briggs is asking the state appellate court to reconsider a ruling that accused him of engaging in possible “criminal conduct” in a case against the city of San Diego.
Oct. 19, 2016
The state appellate court on Monday refused to reconsider an earlier ruling denying attorney Cory Briggs $258,629 in fees for a lawsuit he brought against the city of San Diego.
April 14, 2017
An appellate court justice questioned the motive behind a lawsuit against inewsource, saying it “has a bit of aroma about it of trying to retaliate or to prevent free speech.”
May 3, 2017
Appellate court justices ruled in favor of inewsource, rejecting a lawsuit that claimed the nonprofit news organization has conflicts of interest that taint its lease agreement with San Diego State University and KPBS.
Dec. 28, 2017
A state appeals court has affirmed punishing sanctions in a lawsuit involving local environmental attorney Cory Briggs for failing to obey court orders.
Feb. 5, 2018
The Briggs Law Corp. has asked the California Supreme Court to review a ruling that ended a lawsuit filed by local attorney Cory Briggs, drew the attention of the San Diego City Attorney’s Office and established new legal precedent.
Oct. 28, 2019
The California Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging inewsource’s lease with San Diego State University, bringing to a close a four-year legal battle that inewsource’s editor contends was in retaliation for its investigations of attorney Cory Briggs.