SFTLA's Sullivan To Join S.F. Bench
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Donald J. Sullivan, a former president of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and former trial counsel...
Justices Deny Review of Fetus-Killing Case, 2,000 Others
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court handed a defeat Monday to women's-rights and medical-professionals groups who had urged it to r...
Senate Confirms Two Judges for San Diego
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The federal district court in San Diego will be adding two more judges with the recent Senate confirmation of nom...
Many Prepare To Smooth Out Election Kinks
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Electoral watchdogs and lawyers planned to fan out to polling places across the state today to smooth the kinks ...
Anything's-Possible Political Atmosphere Has Californians Gasping
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Fellow Californians, on this recall election day we are on the brink of big changes. We could wake up...
Cable Providers Have to Share, 9th Says
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The cable television industry will have to give Internet service providers open access to their high-speed cab...
Leak Brings Party Role-Reversal
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - "You know, a single allegation can be most worthy of a special prosecutor." Given the myriad calls from Democrati...
Mentally Ill Inmate Faces Drugging, Execution
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court removed a barrier Monday to the execution of a death-row inmate who must take antipsychotic dru...
No Longer an Orphan
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Managing Editor Don't tell a man who makes his living with numbers what is cost effective unless you...
Court Won't Remove Children, Despite Aunt's Past Child Abuse
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has denied a petition by Los Angeles County authorities to remove three children from th...
McGrane Greenfield Lands At Renovated Ferry Building
By Erik Cummins
McGrane, Greenfield, Hannon & Harrington is the latest law firm to move into the newly renovated Ferry Building. The six-l...
Group Sues to Protect Habitat of Birds
By Eron Yehuda
Santa Barbara County's alleged poor oversight of a 600-acre park is threatening the safety of federally protected birds, accor...
Racial Disparity in Admissions Increases
By Stefanie Knapp
A study released by the San Francisco-based Equal Justice Society found that racial disparity in law-school admissions is grow...
JAMS Shores Up Offices on Two Coasts With New Neutrals
By Eron Yehuda
Irvine-based JAMS is shoring up two coasts with newly acquired neutrals. The alternative dispute resolution provider group rec...
The Magician
By David Houston
Victor Sherman bumped against the criminal justice system for the first time in 1964, when he was charged with inciting a riot...
Musician's Heir Sues Rapper Over Royalties
By Toni Vranjes
Eminem catapulted into the limelight when his album "The Slim Shady LP" was released in 1999. Now, one of the songs from that ...
Work Begins on First Piece of 200-Acre Sacramento Redevelopment Plan
By Olivia Loy
BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer A new urban scene has sprouted up around Sacramento's state university campus, offering devel...
Redevelopment Regains Its Balance
By Olivia Loy
BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer One less downtown residential project here. Another brownfield converted to retail center the...
Ecoterrorists Should Learn Before They Burn
By Columnist
BY JEROME STOCKS Memo to the FBI agents investigating the recent ecoterrorism in University City: These arsonists either live...
Criminal Law Event Lauds Bench, Bar
By Toni Vranjes
The Century City Bar Association honored six members of the legal profession in September during its 12th annual Criminal Law ...
Bryan Cave Pays Swindler-Client's Bankruptcy Estate
By Toni Vranjes
Bryan Cave has agreed to settle claims of negligence over its representation of swindler Reed Slatkin. The firm will pay $650,...
Vote Would Create Billions in New Projects
By Olivia Loy
BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer California voters will have the final say on the fate of billions of state dollars that could...
Eight Rules Can Simplify Discovery-Motion Process
By Contributing Writer
Column - Litigation Strategy - By Steven S. Kaufhold - Discovery can seem deceptively simple and straightforward: You send out...
Media, Technology Lawyer Joins Sheppard Mullin Trio
By Erik Cummins
Craig Cardon thinks Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton is one of the state's go-to firms for entertainment and media law....
Renting the American Dream
By Contributing Writer
BY LAURA COLEMAN CREJ Staff Writer In a way, the Inland Empire is the child of Los Angeles and Orange County finally coming o...
DAILY DEALS -- A transaction from San Bernardino County
By Jack Briggs
SAN BERNARDINO - CCI Club SB LLC purchased the 212,000-square-foot Club Center retail and industrial center at 243-269 E. Car...
Power Points
By Columnist
Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Jeff Kichaven and Deborah Rothman - Question : What should the defense bar unders...
Public Defenders Start Their Own Firm
By Susan Mc Rae
Three veteran trial attorneys are leaving Los Angeles' federal public-defender's office to open a private partnership concentr...
Same-Sex Couples' Real Estate Disputes Provide Niche
By Eron Yehuda
When increasing numbers of gay couples started splitting up in the early 1990s, Oakland attorney Frederick Hertz found a uniqu...
Recall Sets State's Agenda
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Arnold Schwarzenegger may get the nod to pump up California or Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante ...