Gearing Up
By Stefanie Knapp
By Stefanie Knapp Mary Alexander finally can take a deep breath. After spending the last year fighting the medical malpractic...
Law Firms Remain Cautious During Economic Downturn
By John Ryan
By John Ryan Law firms boosted their profits in 2002 but are becoming more cautious about increasing their size through merge...
Rumblings Suggest Industrial Recovery to Come Statewide
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BY MARTIN COYNE AND JONATHAN HILL The Los Angeles Basin and the East Bay portion of the San Francisco Bay Area are poised to ...
Industrial Market Proves Nearly Unflappable
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer The turbulent economic conditions and a looming war with Iraq presaged widespread uncertain...
Contaminated Properties Become New Investment Niche in Tight Real Estate Markets
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BY DANIEL JOHNSON A growing number of California developers are realizing that getting their hands a little dirty can really ...
Black Gold for New Development
By Contributing Writer
BY SPENCER WOLF Special to the CREJ At first glance, Heritage Crossing Industrial Park, a 22-acre parcel entitled for 400,000...
Worker Sues Cintas for Flouting Measure
By Eron Yehuda
By Eron Ben-Yehuda Nelva Hernandez makes $7.10 an hour folding towels at a Bay Area cleaning facility owned by laundry giant ...
Mills Pays $442 Million for Torrance Mall
By Toni Vranjes
By Toni Vranjes Real estate investment trust Mills Corp. has purchased the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, the fourth-lar...
State Secretary Calls Out Practices Of Morgan Stanley
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CORPORATE By Jeffrey Krasner The Boston Globe Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin charged financial services g...
Corporate Counsel Returns To MoFo as Senior Partner
By Joel Rosenblatt
By Joel Rosenblatt Michael C. Phillips rejoined Morrison & Foerster's 200-lawyer corporate group July 2 as a senior partn...
How to Ensure E-Evidence Will Be Admissible in Court
By Contributing Writer
Adviser Column Legal Technology By Anton Litchfield More often than not, evidence that might have been typed on a computer ex...
Judge Sides With Magazine in Clash Over Entrepreneur Name
By Joan Osterwalder
By Joan Osterwalder Anyone can be an entrepreneur, but, according to a court ruling, not everyone can use the word. A federal...
Gray Cary Focuses on Growth Gray Cary Hires Tax Specialist
By Joel Rosenblatt
By Joel Rosenblatt Sang Kim joined Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich's Palo Alto office from KPMG's international corporate se...
Bingham Continues Growth Spurt in Southern California
By John Ryan
By John Ryan Boston's Bingham McCutchen continues to expand in Southern California with the acquisition of two partners for i...
Ginsburg: Collegiality, Moderation, Tradition
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre compares Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to his star shortstop, Der...
Justice Not Funded Is Justice
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Forum Column By James E. Herman California's great legal heritage faces the perfect storm. As middle- and low-income Californ...
'Neo-Flo' Court Blurs Law to Allow Infringement Discovery
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Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Henry C. Su - In May, a magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ord...
L.A. Jurist Orders Efforts to Reunify Family
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Juvenile Court bench officer on Friday ordered family reunification services to continue for Juli...
Gay Man Challenges Deportation
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Gay and lesbian activists turned out Friday outside the downtown Los Angeles immigration court in support of Ma...
Reporter's Notebook: Honor for Jurists Slain in the Troubles
By Erik Cummins
Reporter's Notebook By Erik Cummins SAN FRANCISCO - Martin Blake vividly remembers the 10 days he spent in the early 1970s as...
Church Cases Resume
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Catholic Clergy Cases I & II are back where they were on Jan. .1 - in mediation before Los Angeles Superior ...
Supreme Court Will Step Up With Bases Loaded Next Term
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - All right, baseball fans, it's time to take a sneak peek at next season and a couple of looks back. I'm sure man...
Profile: He Reached Heaven's Gate
By Tyler Cunningham
PLACERVILLE - For a man who wears a Mickey Mouse watch under the sleeve of his judicial robe, El Dorado County Superior Court...
Health Care Crisis Demands Immediate Attention, Change
Forum Column By David A. Lash The health care crisis is being played out in our courtrooms and streets, with two recent event...
ADA Sidewalk Settlement May Stymie Sacramento Redevelopment
By Olivia Loy
BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer For most of the people making their way along Sacramento's sidewalks, objects such as benches...
Bar, Bench Admire Judge Hearing Priest-Abuse Cases
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - No hot lights or sound bites for Marvin Lager. In due time, the discreet and highly regarded Los Angeles trial j...
Diversifying Legal Arena Can Abolish White-Bread Justice
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Forum Column - By Dennis W. Archer - Lawyers have a special responsibility to ensure that our profession encourages people of ...
Coastal Commission Can Issue Findings After Decision Is Made
By Jennifer Orff
Focus Column - Environmental Law - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr. and Cecily T. Talbert - In the recent case of Sierra Club v. Cal...
Equal Citizens
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Forum Column - By David B. Cruz - The U.S. Supreme Court's end-of-term decision in Lawrence v. Texas , 2003 DJDAR 7036 ...