Counsel Uses Novel Tactic in Wrongful-Death Suit
By Matthew Heller
SAN LUIS OBISPO - Attorney James McKiernan is taking a novel approach in an attempt to obtain compensation for the death of a ...
Ball Litigant Has Blown Save
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - When the judge's gavel fell last December, it resolved the fight over the ball. When the auctioneer's gavel fe...
Equal Opportunity
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Reid Alan Cox - The U.S. Supreme Court has spoken, and according to a five-justice majority in Grutter v....
Signs of Optimism Might Replace Those Saying 'For-Rent' in Bay Area
By Contributing Writer
BY JIM EMERSON CREJ Staff Writer Cautious optimism is creeping back into the office sector in the San Francisco Bay area, des...
Navigating Turbulent Waters of Historic Preservation
By Columnist
BY MONICA WITT California is running out of available open land to develop. This lack of space has spurred many people to move...
Defending State Supreme Court Puts Pro in Spotlight
By Joan Osterwalder
It's not every day that your client is the California Supreme Court. But Nancy Pritikin of San Francisco's Littler Mendelson r...
Pharmaceutical Firms Will Join Forces
By Toni Vranjes
In another massive biotechnology deal, Biogen Inc. and Idec Pharmaceuticals Corp. have agreed to merge in a multibillion-dolla...
IP Litigator Joins His Friends At L.A.'s Palmer & Lombardi
By Liz Valsamis
Sean Kneafsey has left Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman to get in at the ground level of Los Angeles' Palmer & Lombardi. Kne...
Macquarie $773 Million Deal Paves Way for New Toll Road
By Toni Vranjes
Australian bank Macquarie Infrastructure Group has closed a $773-million financing deal that paves the way for construction to...
No Surprises So Far in 2003
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Predictions of a pending office recovery just around the corner have been circulating fo...
Solano Judge Came a Long Way
By Philip Carrizosa
FAIRFIELD - Solano County Superior Court Judge R. Michael Smith has a knack for details, and he uses it both in the courtroom ...
C of Love
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer It's been a long time since Hermosa Beach's historic Bijou Theater attracted throngs of ...
DAILY DEALS -- San Bernardino County
By Jack Briggs
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - In what is being called one of the largest office leases in the Inland Empire during the past two years, St...
Life Sciences Firms Finish Plan for $70 Million Merger
By Toni Vranjes
Life sciences companies Caliper Technologies Corp. and Zymark Corp. are based on opposite sides of the country, but they're ab...
Baker & McKenzie Builds Global Know-How
By Erik Cummins
Almost every one of Baker & McKenzie's multinational deals lately has included questions about executive compensation, emp...
Lawyer Takes Elevator to Hanson Bridgett
By Erik Cummins
Nancy Newman and Susan O'Neill have known each other for years. They've attended continuing education courses and bar associat...
Telling Stories of Hope, Redemption, Renewal
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - Inside the small suite of offices in a building that housed a number of social-service organizations, the coffee...
Court Rejects L.A. City Center Development
By John Ryan
BY JOHN RYAN Special to CREJ The city of Los Angeles' ambitious efforts to redevelop a large swath of its downtown district w...
Schwartz Semerdjian Forms Firm With Gade & Cauley
By Liz Valsamis
San Diego law firms Schwartz Semerdjian & Haile and Gade & Cauley have joined their practices and changed their name t...
Coming Up
By Jack Briggs
MIDYEAR UPDATE: RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY A look at trends in malls, shopping centers and other retail space, as well as hotels ...
Flashing a Toothsome Smile
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer When Robert L. Wund says he has been up close and personal with sharks, the veteran buil...
Vintage-Car Lover, Judge Retires After 19 Years on Norwalk Bench
By Alice Lee
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James M. Sutton Jr. has retired after 19 years in the Norwalk branch. Gov. George Deuk...
Attorney-Service Firms Go Even Higher-Tech
By Stefanie Knapp
The race to have the newest and best technology invaded most industries years ago, but now even attorney-service companies hav...
Lions Gate Gets $30 Million For Stock Offering
By Toni Vranjes
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. of Canada raised $30 million in a public stock offering last month, generating legal work for s...
IREM Turns 70
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Staff Writer In June 1933, a group of 14 property managers in Chicago formed the Institute of Real E...
Prepare for Corporate Crisis In Product Liability Lawsuits
By Contributing Writer
Column - Media Relations - By Richard S. Levick and Larry Smith - By their nature, major-product cases can generate more media...
Women Live, Learn, Pass the Healing On
By Cheryl Romo
OCEANSIDE - What began eight years ago as a simple act of compassion for women incarcerated in San Diego's jail system has bec...
Gibson Dunn Finds Antitrust Cornucopia
By Erik Cummins
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has seen an explosion of antitrust work in the Bay Area, where it has three senior lawyers focusin...
Gun Battle
By Erik Cummins
On the afternoon of July 1, 1993, Gian Luigi Ferri strode into the offices of Pettit & Martin with a .45 caliber automatic...
New Officers Take Reins Of County Bar Association
By Pat Alston
The Los Angeles County Bar Association has installed Robin Meadow, a partner at Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, as its...