Family Keeps Control of Media Company
By Toni Vranjes
By Toni Vranjes A team of Los Angeles attorneys represented Freedom Communications Inc. in a deal that will keep control of t...
Buchalter Nemer Partners Ride for Cancer Research
By Tina Spee
By Tina Spee In the early morning hours of Oct. 11, two partners from Los Angeles' Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger str...
Powerbrokers
By Tina Spee
CORPORATE BellSouth and DIRECTV Inc. have signed an agreement to offer BellSouth residential customers DIRECTV digital satell...
Mountain Communities Assess Economic Damage from Wildfires
By Contributing Writer
BY LAURA COLEMAN CREJ Staff Writer As residents returned to the fire-ravaged San Bernardino Mountains to assess the damage, t...
Veteran San Diego Lawyer Creates Brown Law Group
By Erik Cummins
Litigator takes advantage of Vantage's closing. Page XX By Erik Cummins Janice Brown, a veteran San Diego trial lawyer, has f...
Jurist Hands Out $4.3 Million Fee In Viacom Case
By Karen Coleman
By Karen Coleman An Oakland Superior Court judge wrapped up a long-running dispute between Viacom and 650,000 Californians, a...
Aviation-Law Experts Close Firm, Join Holland & Knight
By Erik Cummins
By Erik Cummins Daniel Johnson and Daniel "R.D." Sullivan got plenty of big aviation cases at their three-lawyer Los Angeles ...
Systems Building
By Contributing Writer
BY ROBERT L. NOBLE California's growing population has created an ongoing demand for more classroom and office space. In resp...
Caller Alleges Age Bias Against 'Tom Leykis' Radio Show
By Eron Yehuda
By Eron Ben-Yehuda A novel suit that argues a radio show qualifies as a business establishment under state anti-discriminatio...
Public Art Can Be Fleeting
By Staff Writer
BY LAURA COLEMAN CREJ Staff Writer W ith developers increasingly opting to turn their 1 percent-for-the-arts funding requirem...
Those Who Advise Employees About Family Leave Need Careful Training
By Columnist
Focus Column Employment Law By Helene J. Wasserman The decision in Liu v. Amway Corp. , 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 22320 (9th U.S. ...
Dollars Outweigh Sense
By Robin Davidson
Forum Column By Michael S. Fields Calling the relationship between doctors and attorneys in California adversarial would be a...
Polanco Act Can Be Powerful Tool to Compel Cleanup
By Columnist
Focus Column Environmental Law By William D. Wick A municipal redevelopment agency can sue private parties for injunctive rel...
Fired PD Cites Judge as Witness
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Deputy Public Defender Thomas Spielbauer marshaled his major weapon against a misdemeanor charg...
Protest Buffer Zone Get Judicial Hearing
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge will decide today whether to block enforcement of San Diego County's ordinance that prohibits pro...
Ex-DA Investigator Gets Seven Years
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside Superior Court judge Friday sentenced Daniel L. Riter, formerly a senior investigator with the Rivers...
Actress Suffers Consequences After Accusing Schwarzenegger
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Coming forward to accuse a movie star of sexual harassment is never easy, say lawyers for alleged victims, who ...
Jones Day is likely to be the main beneficiary, which could make it a major player in local IP circles.
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - A breakaway group of partners at intellectual property specialty firm Pennie & Edmonds in New York will j...
Harris Took Money From Hotel Owners
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Candidate Kamala Harris, a deputy city attorney, has accepted hundreds of dollars in contributions from owner...
Contempt Case Ends With 20 Days For Kallins
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - Attorney Maureen Kallins mouthed "I'm OK" to friends and family as sheriffs' deputies handcuffed and led her out of...
Movie Sets Play by Different Rules for Sexual Harassment
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Does Hollywood play by a different set of rules when it comes to sexual harassment? Governor-elect Arnold Schwa...
A Budding Political Dynasty?
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - They may not be the Kennedys of Hyannisport or the Bushes of Kennebunkport - yet. But the Rubalcavas of Los Ange...
DAILY DEALS -- Transactions from San Diego County
By Angela Gottula
CARLSBAD - Shawn Heacock of Marcus & Millichap represented Kamran Saffer in the $2.8 million sale of Saffer's industrial p...
Stock Exchange Takes Sonsini, Others Off Board
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - The Silicon Valley has lost an influential, or at least symbolic, voice on the New York Stock Exchange as Lar...
Many Types of Insurance Offer Coverage for Loss From Fire
By Columnist
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - In the last few weeks, wildfires have devastated vast areas of Southern Cal...
A Step Down
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Recently, 8,000 people lost their homes. A lot of other folks were ecstatic about this: ...
Golden Gate School of Law Names Dean
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Golden Gate University School of Law announced Thursday that it has hired Frederic White, a professor at Clev...
Attention, Lawyers! Only 85 Days to Finish MCLE!
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Deanna Wilkinson - It is nearing year-end, and depending on the firm, the billable year finishes in Nov...
In Two Counties, One Judge Faces Opponent
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - Dennis Kottmeier, who served as district attorney of San Bernardino County from 1981 to 1994, filed papers We...
Big Bear Courthouse Reopens After Fire Closure
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - The San Bernardino County courthouse in Big Bear has reopened after being closed since Oct. 28 because of wil...