New Developer Laws in 2004
By Contributing Writer
BY DEBRA L. CARLTON The following laws, signed by the governor at the end of the 2003 California legislative session, will im...
Village Roadshow Fights Off Award of $30.5 Million
By Stefanie Knapp
The interest continues to pile up as Village Roadshow Pictures Inc. fights a 2002 arbitration award in a suit stemming from a ...
'It's Worth Every Second,' Elated Coach Says
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Downey Deputy Public Defender Anthony J. Cavalluzzi nervously looked on as his wife gripped his arm. At the fron...
Assessing Quality of Valuable Patent Assets Is Good Business
By Columnist
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Amir H. Raubvogel - Business decisions often depend on accurately determining an ass...
Challenging Domestic-Partner Act Will Fan Bigotry
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Kevin Michael Notre - Ira L. Shafiroff finds AB205, the state's Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities...
What About Jackson's Children?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Gloria Allred - Should entertainer Michael Jackson's own children be immediately removed from his care and c...
Traffic Court Could Be Driven From Hall
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court officials hope to ease crowding at the Hall of Justice by moving the court's two traffic commis...
Far-Right Groups End Latest Fight
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - An appellate court has upheld an order against Liberty Lobby Inc., ending another chapter in the long, drawn-out...
Rosales to Join Meyers Nave
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Mara Rosales, who as general counsel to San Francisco International Airport oversaw the facility's 10-year, $3...
Judge Fines Lawyer $15,450 For False Claim
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles federal judge has sanctioned civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman $15,450 in connection with erroneo...
Steady Under Fire
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Hansen didn't really want to become presiding judge. Although he was...
Prisons Chief Leaves System in Disarray
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The abrupt resignation of Edward Alameida Jr. as head of California's prison system may not put an end to the ...
Debating Politics of Public Planning
By Chris Tolles
BY CHRIS TOLLES CREJ News Assistant "The public has given up on romantic politics," Peter Gordon, a professor at the Universi...
DAILY DEALS: Transactions for Dec. 12
By Angela Gottula
KERN COUNTY BAKERSFIELD - Joseph No, represented by DeLonne Valens of NAI Capital Commercial, purchased a 25,000-square-foot o...
Wildfire Victims May Sue for Fire-Protection-Related Defects
By Columnist
Focus Column - Construction Law - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - The wildfires that recently ravaged Southern California destroyed t...
Plan Diligently to Measure Up During Performance Reviews
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - Performance reviews need not be an ordeal. With the proper preparation and attitu...
L.A. Firm Will Merge With French Group
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has agreed in principle to merge with Paris' Moquet Borde, Greg Nitzkowsk...
New Dean Plans to Transform Boalt Into Civil Rights Leader
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Christopher Edley, Boalt Hall's newly appointed dean, hopes to transform the Berkeley law school into a natio...
Lockheed Counsel Was Knowledgeable, Witty
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - John Edward Cavanagh, a retired Los Angeles government-contract attorney and former counsel for Lockheed Corp., ...
Daily Journal Managing Editor Wins Award
By Don De Benedictis
LOS ANGELES - California's criminal defense lawyers will honor Los Angeles Daily Journal Managing Editor Martin Berg for his j...
Federal Corruption Case Inches Closer to Trial
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Federal prosecutors' corruption case against three City Council members moved a step closer to trial Thursday as l...
Lawyers See Potential Of Asia at Conference
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - The appetite for anything Asian was palpable at the Asia America Multitechnology Association's annual conferen...
Man's Suit Says Nun Molested Him
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego lawyer filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that he was sexually molested 60 years ago by a nun, an abuse...
Defendant Embraces Conflict
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A murder defendant facing a death penalty trial in Santa Clara County Superior Court wants to keep his attorney, de...
Pellicano Seeks Dismissal
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano will seek dismissal of one of two federal weapons charges he pleaded guilty t...
Campaign-Overhaul Case Has Some Idiosyncrasies
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's eagerly awaited verdict on the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 200...
Lawyers' Quarrel Puts Bias Suit on Back Burner
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Harold Archuleta is waiting for his day in court. Actually, Archuleta was in court Thursday, but it was not what...
Edley Says He'll Make Boalt 'Powerful'
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Christopher Edley Jr., Boalt Hall's newly appointed dean, hopes to transform the Berkeley law school into a na...
L.A. Firm Will Merge With French Group
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has agreed in principle to merge with Paris' Moquet Borde, Greg Nitzkowski...
Justice Delayed
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - My one-year-old son's grandfather, my dad, served in World War II on a U.S. destroyer i...