Caution No Longer Defines L.A. Optimism
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Managing Editor To get a sense of the optimistic outlook for the Los Angeles office market, look no f...
Orange County Back on Top
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Slow and steady wins the race, and that may serve as a good motto for the Orange County o...
Rail Yard Deal Close to Sealed
By Olivia Loy
BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer The Union Pacific Railroad Co. said it's getting "pretty close" to finalizing a deal that coul...
Lawyer Wants Documents Released
By Erica Williams
LOS ANGELES -Plaintiffs' attorney Garo Mardirossian is not just trying to win a case. He wants to reform the auto industry. To...
Document-Release Dispute Reaches End
By Erica Williams
Plaintiffs' attorney Garo Mardirossian is not just trying to win a case. He wants to reform the auto industry. To do that, Ma...
Let Them Eat Lunch or Pay the Consequences
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Lin M. Meyer - Although firms allow their secretaries and other staff to take lunch breaks, they often ...
Attorneys Should Review New State General-Plan Guidelines
By Columnist
Focus Column - Land Use - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr. - In October, the Governor's Office of Planning and Research promulgated the...
Who Are You?
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - How many individuals did the federal government arrest and detain after Sept. 11? How ma...
Ex-Prison Chief May Face Sanctions
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court monitor Thursday recommended criminal contempt of court sanctions for Edward Alameida, the fo...
Orange Bishop Issues an Apology
By Joy Shaw And Dan Evans
LOS ANGELES - In the midst of trying to settle civil litigation in the church sexual abuse scandal, Bishop of Orange Tod Brown...
Accused Batterer Is Rearmed
By John Roemer
SANTA ROSA - Accused batterer Curtis Lubiszewski, a California Highway Patrol officer, is entitled under state law to the retu...
$9M Tobacco Judgment Nearly Derailed
By Peter Blumberg
Notebook - By Peter Blumberg - SAN FRANCISCO - In the case of the incredible shrinking punitive damage award, cancer patient P...
Defendant's Escape Thwarts Groundbreaking Piracy Case
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Johnny Ray Gasca is set to be the first person in the nation to face federal charges of recording theatrical fil...
Angler, History Buff Likes To Research Legal Issues
By Sarah Garveyn
LOS ANGELES - A small statue of an African-American Civil War soldier rests atop Judge John T. Doyle's desk in his Los Angeles...
Arnold Remembered as Careful Lawyer, Great Teacher
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Ernest "Bud" Arnold, the last surviving name partner of San Francisco's Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, ...
'Animal Farm' Meets Sentencing Controversy
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - By striking down part of the 2003 Protect Act, U.S. District Judge Dickran Tevrizian has become the first to plu...
Just the Ticket for Traffic
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - As a young lawyer, Paul Slavit had little sympathy for colleagues who rushed into court late, suit disheveled,...
Foster Child Who Bonded With Parents Loses Estate
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - An orphan who bonded with his San Francisco foster parents as a toddler in the 1950s and later cared for them ...
Report Blisters Prison System, Ex-Chief
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court monitor recommended criminal contempt-of-court sanctions Thursday for Edward Alameida, the for...
Commissioner Paul J. Slavit
Loeb & Loeb Snares Beverly Hills Boutique
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Loeb & Loeb is acquiring Beverly Hills corporate boutique Richman, Mann, Chizever, Phillips & Duboff. Th...
Legal Advocacy Can Make All the Difference for Refugees
By John Roemer
Notebook - By John Roemer - SAN FRANCISCO - A harsh welcome for would-be refugees by U.S. authorities in asylum cases dims Lad...
Reed Smith Absorbs Advertising Boutique Hall Dickler
By Draeger Martinez
LOS ANGELES - Reed Smith Crosby Heafey, noted for its emphasis on life sciences and finance law, will acquire bicoastal advert...
Bill to Reform Grand Jury System Fails
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A lawmaker's proposal to reform the grand jury system, drafted in response to a grand jury investigation of the O...
U.S. Attorney's Office Fails to Cure Itself of Persistent Yagmania
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - A move by the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles to disqualify combative maverick federal civil ri...
Milwaukee Diocese Must Answer California Claims
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Eight former altar boys from Orange County who claim they were molested in the 1970s and '80s got permission W...
Playboy's Infringement Suit Reinstated
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Wednesday reinstated Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s 4-year-old trademark...
MURDER CHARGES
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors Wednesday added two counts of murder to the child abuse case against a Lancaster woman whose two you...
Attorneys Feel Hopeful About Guest Workers
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - While expressing concern that President Bush's proposal to give millions of undocumented workers temporary legal...
Unmasking Regulation Dangers
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeff Kichaven - A consulting group in the State Bar for alternative dispute resolution has undertaken a proj...