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Probationers Devour Culinary Arts Classes

Jan. 21, 2004
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - It wasn't exactly Martha Stewart. But the culinary arts program offered to teen offenders doing time at Camp Scu...


Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith has joined the ranks of Los Angeles-based law firms to move into the booming Las Vegas l...



Neil Falconer was the seventh lawyer at Steinhart & Falconer when he joined the San Francisco firm as a young associate in...


Company Raises Cool $22 Million

Jan. 21, 2004
By Toni Vranjes

MarkMonitor, a Boise, Idaho-based company that provides software to help companies protect their intellectual property, will d...



Sheriff, Radio Host Take Feud to Court

Jan. 21, 2004
By Eron Yehuda

A long-running feud between a top Santa Cruz law enforcement official and one of his chief critics erupted recently into a fre...


Headwaters' Offering Brings $90 Million

Jan. 21, 2004
By Toni Vranjes

As counsel to Headwaters Inc., San Francisco attorney Linda Williams helped the energy company obtain $175 million in bank fin...



Superior Court judges have elected a former Los Angeles County deputy public defender to be a commissioner. Pennie McLaughlin ...


Judge Tosses Securities-Fraud Suit

Jan. 21, 2004
By Stefanie Knapp

A federal judge in Los Angeles last month dismissed a securities fraud class action brought against Woodland Hills-based Synco...



Red Zone

Jan. 21, 2004
By Columnist

Column - Humor - By Pierce O'Donnell - Larry King is getting a last-minute touch of makeup as his producer whispers in his ear...


Tampa Firm Gains Foothold in San Diego

Jan. 21, 2004
By Liz Valsamis

Cowley & Chidester has teamed up with Holland & Knight, giving the Tampa, Fla.-based law firm its first office in the ...



Wiretap Dance

Jan. 21, 2004
By Contributing Writer

Column - Technology - By Jack Lindauer - Ask any corporate executives or attorneys whether they think their phones might be ta...


IP Litigator Joins McDermott Will

Jan. 21, 2004
By Joel Rosenblatt

Intellectual property litigator David S. Bloch jumped from associate to partner by leaving Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich in...



Paul Plevin Gets Gray Cary Veteran

Jan. 21, 2004
By Draeger Martinez

J. Rod Betts joined San Diego labor boutique Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton as an employment law partner on Jan. 2. ...


S.F. Nursing Home Settles With Patients

Jan. 21, 2004
By Amy Spees

Seven patients of San Francisco's historic Laguna Honda Hospital have decided there's no place like home, and, after three yea...



Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Jennifer Stanley - Licensees seeking ownership of modifications that they make to li...


The U.S. Citizenship Stretch

Jan. 21, 2004
By Columnist

Forum Column - By John C. Eastman - The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to review Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, a case in which...



WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether authorities can imprison indefinitely hundreds of illegal-alien...


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether authorities can imprison indefinitely hundreds of illegal-alien ...



We Hold These Truths

Jan. 21, 2004
By Contributing Writer

The legal landscape is changing. Officials up and down the state are struggling to make up for budget shortfalls and keep cour...


Papers in GM Case Stay in Legal Limbo

Jan. 21, 2004
By Erica Williams

LOS ANGELES - No decision was reached Friday on making public reams of confidential data from General Motors Corp. on vehicle ...



Utility Firm Wins Battle for Reimbursement

Jan. 21, 2004
By Stefanie Knapp

After a decadelong battle with its insurer, a utility holding company robbed by one of its own executives can collect $12.5 mi...


His Words Precede Him

Jan. 21, 2004
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - No one disputes that Joseph O'Flaherty calls them as he sees them. But sometimes - critics, supporters and O'F...



LOS ANGELES - The state will appeal a Los Angeles Superior Court order striking down legislation that lets insurance companies...


Column By Garry Abrams - On Friday, while other Los Angeles lawyers toil over contracts, wills, lawsuits and celebrity felony ...



San Diego Towers Above Rest With New Construction

Jan. 20, 2004
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer This year looks to be pivotal for the San Diego office market. The market's outlook for 2...


Inland Empire Stays in the Sweet Spot

Jan. 20, 2004
By Laura Coleman

BY LAURA COLEMAN CREJ Staff Writer At the close of 2003, something remarkable happened in the Inland Empire office market: Are...



BY BRAD BERTON Special to CREJ Silicon Valley's office landlords were happy to ring out a generally dismal 2003 that saw furth...


BY CHRIS TOLLES CREJ News Assistant From all indications, 2004 will be a profitable year for the hospitality industry. In fact...



Building in State Expected to Rise Marginally in 2004

Jan. 20, 2004
By Contributing Writer

California's construction volume for the first 11 months of 2003 was up 6.4 percent from the corresponding period in 2002, tot...


San Francisco Begins Long Road to Recovery

Jan. 20, 2004
By Chris Tolles

BY CHRIS TOLLES CREJ News Assistant Take your pick on San Francisco's 2004 office-market outlook: more of the same, potential ...