'Masters of Craft' Will Highlight Annual Gathering
By Stefanie Knapp
More than 1,200 Los Angeles-area plaintiffs' attorneys will converge on Las Vegas this weekend for the Consumer Attorneys Asso...
Models in Ad Campaign Sue Buca di Beppo for Identity Theft
By Eron Yehuda
Trying to attract more couples as dinner guests, an Italian restaurant chain came out with tongue-in-cheek ads that showed a m...
Morrison & Foerster Aids Biotech Firm in First Round
By Toni Vranjes
San Diego-based Kemia Inc. has completed its first round of financing, bolstering the biotechnology company's ability to move ...
Thelen Reid Taps New S.F. Head
By Erik Cummins
A number of partners could have led Thelen, Reid & Priest's San Francisco office, according to Mark Weitzel, vice chairman...
Life's a Beach for Doghouse Dwellers
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Wags might say that Ralph Capo's life has gone to the dogs, thanks to a lovable stray na...
Land-Grant Gumshoes Take On History Heirs
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The past is still present for Los Angeles attorney Dean Dennis. Many of the cases Dennis...
Dangerous Times
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Managing Editor With Gov. Gray Davis' signature at the bottom of the new state budget, the commercia...
Attorney Successfully Defends Elderly Driver in Injury Case
By Joan Osterwalder
San Francisco attorney Debra F. Bogaards successfully defended a car accident case seemingly against all odds. Her client was ...
Shared Client Spurs Lawyer's Pick
By Liz Valsamis
John R. Tate has joined the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine as of-counsel. Tate, a partner with Arter & Hadden...
Attorneys Running in Recall Have Big Plans
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - One wants to legalize marijuana. Another has the same name as a fitness guru but wants to slim down California's...
Consumer Attorneys Travel To Convention in Las Vegas
By Stefanie Knapp
When attendees of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles enter the Mandalay Bay Resort and Hotel this weekend for t...
Fulbright Welcomes Trademark Expert
By Liz Valsamis
Fulbright & Jaworski has hired trademark lawyer John "Rocky" C. Rawls III from Jones Day. Rawls, who was with the Los Ange...
Prepare for the Worst
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BY DANIEL J. VILLALPANDO Recently, Assemblywoman Loni Hancock introduced a split-roll property tax measure that could affect ...
Using Trademark Clearance Process Will Protect Client
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Column - Intellectual Property - By Miriam Beezy and Herb Williams - Many in business believe that developing a catchy name or...
Saban Pays $600 Million For Stake in German Television
By Toni Vranjes
Lured by overseas opportunities, a subsidiary of Los Angeles investment firm Saban Capital Group has bought a controlling inte...
New Questioning Techniques Orient Jurors, Uncover Biases
By Tanya Rothman
Column - Voir Dire - By Andrea Mosmann - California's one-day, one-trial jury service system has led to increased juror turnou...
Courts Split on Lawyer Liability For Continuing Meritless Case
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Focus Column - Legal Malpractice - By Alec H. Boyd - A split of opinion has developed between two divisions of the 2nd Distric...
Stock Drop
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Forum Column - By Christopher P. O'Connell - Lost in the cacophony created by Enron, WorldCom and other crises is a state Supr...
Judge Rejects Medical Marijuana Injunction
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - In a victory for the federal government in its continuing battle to enforce laws against medical marijuana, a fede...
Peer Pressure Influences Judges, Study Shows
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Judges are susceptible to peer pressure just like the rest of us. So says a new study that examines the voting b...
Tenant Activists Challenge Evictions
By Karen Coleman
Reporter's Notebook - By Karen Coleman - Renters usually end up in court only because their landlords have forced them there. ...
Patience and Compassion Come Easy to a Lover of Nature
By Linda Rapattoni
VALLEJO - A grizzly bear and big-horned sheep peer out from large faded photos hung for too many years on the chamber walls of...
Appeals Court Revives Sexual Harassment Suit
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has reinstated the claims of "extremely obscene" sexual harassment by two women workin...
Patel Rules Pot Is Off-Limits to the Feds
By Pam Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - For the first time, a federal judge has made it clear that local sheriffs can't run to federal court to circum...
'Unusual, Disruptive, Messy' Does Not a Constitutional Crisis Make
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Last week, I had a crisis over whether the California recall election constitutes, or could somehow c...
Judges to Pay Membership Dues to Save Courts Funds
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Citing three years of unprecedented budget cuts, the state Judicial Council approved a range of cost-saving me...
Deputy General Counsel Succeeds Sobel at Yahoo!
By Joel Rosenblatt
Jon Sobel is leaving Yahoo! Inc., where he has worked as the Internet search company's top lawyer since March 2001, to return ...
Roseville Shows Sign of Maturity
By Olivia Loy
BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer The flood of 1 million square feet of new office space being planned or built in the city of ...
'Dastar' Imperils Lanham Act Claims Involving Film Credits
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Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Harrison J. Dossick and Katherine L. McDaniel - In Hollywood, they often say that "c...
Judges Dread Amicus-Brief Overkill
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Forum Column - By Deborah J. La Fetra - Do judges need friends? The usefulness of friend-of-the-court briefs is a recurring qu...