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Harris Pledges to Repair Relationship With SFPD

Dec. 24, 2003
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney-elect Kamala Harris said Monday one of her first orders of business would be to repair the o...


Column By Garry Abrams - The New Year is shaping up to be one long California legal nightmare. Let us count the ways. First, t...



Ruthless in Reedley

Dec. 24, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

FRESNO - If you find yourself in Reedley, Calif., appearing in the town's only courtroom, don't say you weren't warned. Signs ...


Judge Approves PG&E's Reorganization

Dec. 24, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali, under pressure from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. attorneys, gave formal ...



Jury Awards Mistreated Indian Immigrant $200,000

Dec. 23, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury has awarded $200,000 to an Indian immigrant whose employer reported him to the INS after he pr...


Four students from the University of Denver College of Law swept Loyola Law School's second annual National Civil Trial Compet...



Pacesetters/Southern People

Dec. 23, 2003
By Angela Gottula

BRE COMMERICAL/NAI BRE Commercial/NAI has added four new employees to its ranks. Mark Swerling, a former senior analyst with H...


Piper Rudnick Draws Corporate Litigator

Dec. 23, 2003
By Draeger Martinez

Bankruptcy and corporate litigator Sara L. Chenetz has departed from Century City boutique Robinson Diamant & Wolkowitz to...



BY LAURA COLEMAN CREJ Staff Writer The lifting of the steel tariffs earlier this month is expected to ease market pressure on...


Carefully Review Lease Clauses

Dec. 23, 2003
By Contributing Writer

BY MICHAEL CARBONE How carefully do you examine the waivers of subrogation, the substitution of one creditor for another, and...



San Francisco-based company Vontu Inc. is on the lookout for "insider security threats," and its vision has proved a hit with ...


Preferential Trial Settings, Summary Judgments Clash

Dec. 23, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column - Trial Strategy - By Kevin Underhill - Defense attorneys in California know that motions for summary judgment or adjud...



Game on Web Site Delivers to Charities

Dec. 23, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Los Angeles' Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif has decided to ditch gift-giving this year and instead give $100,000...


In-House Counsel Leery of Hourly Billing

Dec. 23, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

A recent survey found that cost concerns play a key role in the firing decisions of general counsel and that 59 percent of com...



Building for Burbank's Tight Market

Dec. 23, 2003
By Chris Tolles

By CHRIS TOLLES CREJ News Assistant What Burbank has in movie and television studios, it lacks in industrial space. Burbank h...


Dan Grunfeld touted last month's Public Counsel celebration as one of his organization's most important events. As president o...



California companies NPTest Holding Corp. and Synnex Corp. recently joined a host of other technology companies that have gone...


DAILY DEALS: Transactions for Dec. 22

Dec. 23, 2003
By Angela Gottula

LOS ANGELES COUNTY CARSON - The Watson Industrial Center South, a master-planned industrial community surrounded by Wilmington...



Pacesetters/Northern People

Dec. 23, 2003
By Angela Gottula

1031 EXCHANGE OPTIONS 1031 Exchange Options has designated Tom Velken as replacement property specialist for Marin County. Ve...


Santa Sells the Holiday Spirit

Dec. 23, 2003
By Chris Tolles

By CHRIS TOLLES CREJ News Assistant Jingle bells, Christmas sells, at malls across L.A. Actually, Christmas time at malls thr...



A crowd of 300 lawyers, judges, public officials and child advocates gathered recently to honor Judge Ina Levin Gyemant, a ret...


'Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the land Job growth was stirring, bringing hopes of demand; "For Rent" signs...



The niece of American music legends George and Ira Gershwin claims that a Los Angeles accountant swindled her out of royalties...


An Orange County Superior Court jury tacked $2.25 million in punitive damages onto a $4.3 million compensatory verdict last mo...



Home Warranty

Dec. 23, 2003
By Robin Davidson

Column - Construction Defects - By Bryan C. Jackson - California's new residential construction defect statute, commonly know ...


Luce Forward Elects Managing Partner

Dec. 23, 2003
By Draeger Martinez

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps plans to mark the new year with a changing of the guard: Robert D. Buell will step down ...



Los Angeles Superior Court Judges Nancy M. Brown, who raised eyebrows a few years ago by displaying an artificial marijuana pl...


Saving a Place for Lillian

Dec. 23, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Affordable housing and historic preservation - two goals deemed worthy in society's eyes ...



Get the Lead Out

Dec. 23, 2003
By Staff Writer

BY LAURA COLEMAN CREJ Staff Writer Until 2003 under California law, children were used as gauges to determine whether lead po...


Focus Column - Litigation - By Raymond J. Tittmann - Hot off the press, the decision in 2,002 Ranch v. Superior Court, ...