Bankruptcy Protection
By Columnist
BY JEFFREY A. KREIGER This is the second of two parts. Part I appeared Jan. 26 in CREJ's Commercial Lenders Supplement and can...
Alschuler Managing Partner Wants You
By Liz Valsamis
Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan has tapped partner Bruce Friedman to serve as the firm's managing partner. Friedman, who ...
Firm Relaunching Napster Gets Investment Infusion
By Toni Vranjes
Roxio Inc., the Santa Clara company that relaunched the famous Napster music service, has closed a $22.5 million financing dea...
Legislative Summary
By Linda Rapattoni And Hudson Sangree
During the first year of the 2003-2004 Legislative Session, the Legislature and Governor enacted over 130 bills that affect th...
Santa Monica Mayor's Playhouse Talk Passes Legal Muster
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
A neighbors' tiff over a child's playhouse has landed in an appellate court, with justices finding that a former mayor of San...
Mobile Software Company Raises $10 Million More
By Toni Vranjes
Mobile software company Aligo Inc. has received an infusion of $10.5 million. Peter Cohn, a partner at Orrick, Herrington &...
Lawyer Helps Iconix Make Deals With Industry Giants
By Toni Vranjes
Brian Burr specializes in representing small companies in negotiations with industry titans, and his skills came in handy for ...
New Rules
By Hudson Sangree
Legislative Summary - By Linda Rapattoni and Hudson Sangree - Before voters recalled him last year, former Gov. Gray Davis man...
Irell & Manella Loses Litigation Partner
By Liz Valsamis
Newport Beach's Call, Jensen & Ferrell has lured away Irell & Manella partner Kyhm Penfil. The litigation partner join...
Veteran Corporate Attorney Crosses to Rutan & Tucker
By Draeger Martinez
Saying the move is for the good of his clients, corporate attorney George J. Wall has left Irvine's Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, W...
$95 Million Genomics Building Is Part of Billion-Dollar Construction at Davis
By Olivia Loy
BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer The biggest sign of the University of California, Davis' dramatic growth will be the 210,000-...
Identifying Parties' Goals Eases Mediation Process
By Contributing Writer
Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Laurel Greenspan Kaufer - Many people, even those who use mediation frequently, a...
Looking for Bay Area's Silver Lining
By Chris Tolles
BY BRAD BERTON AND CHRIS TOLLES It looks like the Bay Area region's industrial real estate practitioners will continue seekin...
Skadden Fellows Leap Into Public-Interest Experience
By Draeger Martinez
Many law students aspire to practice public-interest law. But according to this year's new crop of Skadden Fellows, opportunit...
Concerns Abound, But Sacramento Industrial Holds Steady
By Olivia Loy
BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer The New Year nearly started on a bad note for the Sacramento industrial market. Hewlett Packa...
DA's Office Lauds Asian Boyz Prosecutor
By Craiq Anderson
Lane Liroff, the Santa Clara County prosecutor who won convictions against two Asian Boyz gang members, was honored Friday as ...
Tape of Man on Basketball Court Sinks His Case
By Tyler Cunningham
A Solano County jury last month refused a former semipro baseball player the half-million dollars in damages he sought for his...
What Now?
By Amy Spees
The past four months have been a puzzling time for some trial lawyers, who say recent conflicting appellate-court decisions le...
Patent Practice at MoFo Draws Renaissance Man
By Draeger Martinez
Morrison & Foerster added Dr. Gregory Einhorn as a patent law partner in its San Diego office Jan. 21. Einhorn comes to th...
San Diego Boasts a Robust Industrial Outlook
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer America's manufacturing worker might be a vanishing breed, but one never would guess tha...
Gay Students Settle Suit for $1.1 Million
By Stefanie Knapp
Six gay students who say school officials did little to stop the physical abuse and daily harassment they suffered in the Morg...
Judge Reaffirms $6.6 Million Slip-and-Fall Verdict
By Eron Yehuda
A Southern California judge recently denied a defense lawyer's post-trial motions that called a $6.65 million award in a trip-...
Leasing Likely to Return to Orange County
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer While low interest rates have kept the for-sale portion of the Orange County industrial ...
Developers Move East in the Inland Empire
By Laura Coleman
BY LAURA COLEMAN CREJ Staff Writer Experts anticipate that, in 2004, developers in the Inland Empire will continue to look ea...
Busy Bingham Bolsters West Coast Broker-Dealer Practice
By Erik Cummins
Bingham McCutchen has been beefing up its West Coast broker-dealer practice, says practice group head Gerald Rath. With the ad...
Light the Way
By Contributing Writer
Column - Legal Marketing - By Anne Bothwell - The start of a new year is often when lawyers and firms want to upgrade their ma...
L.A. Industrial Still Looking Good
By Chris Tolles
BY CHRIS TOLLES CREJ News Assistant The Los Angeles industrial market has some sexy fundamentals. According to the CB Richard...
Pre-Screening Jeopardizes Nation's Freedom
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Ann Brick - The federal government has confirmed that it plans to take the unprecedented step of conducting ...
Same-Sex-Unions Bill Helps Stabilize Families
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Recently, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled in Goodridge v. Department of Public He...