Star Litigator
By Erik Cummins
Rachel Krevans was afraid the law school she applied to in 1983 would ask her why she wanted to be a lawyer. "I had no idea," ...
First-Quarter Building Rises 10.5% in State
By Wire
BURBANK - With first-quarter figures in for 2003, statewide construction volume totaled $15.68 billion, up 10.5 percent from t...
Legislators Take Sledgehammer to Minor Problem
By Columnist
BY JOEL B. MILLER Recently, Assemblywoman Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, proposed legislation that would prohibit devel...
Has the Market Gone Stupid?
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTIEB CREJ Assignment Editor The large amount of capital pursuing investment deals in strong markets such as Sout...
Group Sues to Stop Use of Kangaroo Skin
By Eron Yehuda
An animal-rights group dedicated to protecting kangaroos is hopping mad with Adidas for its use of the marsupial's skin to mak...
D. Eagleson, High Court Justice, 77
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Retired California Associate Justice David Eagleson, who helped usher in a new era of conservatism on the Supr...
Nationwide Correspondent Network Targets State's Multifamily Market
By Contributing Writer
BY JIM EMERSON Special to the CREJ San Diego's Cornerstone Realty Finance is the latest correspondent lender to join a growing...
ABA Panel Rethinks Confidentiality Rules
By Toni Vranjes
Lawyers view themselves as trusted counselors to their clients, with the communication between them protected by the sacred at...
School District, Church Battle Over Land
By Stefanie Knapp
A Los Angeles judge soon will decide the fate of a parcel of land in Koreatown that is owned by a church but has been taken ov...
Orrick Herrington's Loss Is Morrison & Foerster's Gain
By Erik Cummins
It isn't often a job like this comes around. Morrison & Foerster had lost its key ERISA partner, Irvine's Ellen Marshall, ...
Hotel Taxes
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer It's no secret that hotels are offering all sorts of amenities these days, from special e...
Tomlinson Zisko's IP Group Appeals to Special Counsel
By Joel Rosenblatt
Tomlinson Zisko added Heather Meeker, 43, as special counsel to the firm's intellectual property protection and licensing grou...
The Other Side
By Erik Cummins
Conjure an image of Oakland, and you're bound to think of an industrial port, a high crime rate, maybe even raucous Raiders fa...
Alschuler Grossman Adds Partner
By Liz Valsamis
Ramsey Hanna has left Palo Alto's Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to become a partner with Los Angeles' Alschuler Grossma...
Morgan Lewis Attracts Managing Partner
By Joel Rosenblatt
Thomas W. Kellerman, formerly managing partner of the European joint venture of Brobeck Hale and Dorr in London, has joined Mo...
A Tax for Growth
By Michael Gottliebn
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Many San Jose hotel owners and managers are willing to pay more taxes if they bring o...
MoFo Litigator Goes Small at Michelman
By Liz Valsamis
After 15 years with the Irvine office of Morrison & Foerster, William Grenner has joined the Santa Ana office of Michelman...
Corporate Star Returns From Web Wars
By Joel Rosenblatt
Fenwick & West Chairman Gordon K. Davidson has high expectations for Mark C. Stevens, who is returning to the firm's corpo...
Natural Barrier to Development
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer Nestled between two of the fastest growing counties in Southern California lies one of the s...
CalPERS Partners With Macerich for Stake in Marin County Mall
By Contributing Writer
BY BRAD BERTON Special to the CREJ California Public Employees' Retirement System, the $130 billion state-employee pension fun...
City Living
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Legacy Partners hopes to bring an urban edge to several Northern California cities wh...
Eye-Catcher
By Contributing Writer
In Closing Column - Litigation Technology - By David Hunter - The age of courtroom technology is here to stay, and it's changi...
Sony Casts Litigation Executive
By Liz Valsamis
Leonard Venger has joined Sony Pictures Entertainment as executive vice president of litigation. Venger was a partner with Los...
Act Now; Don't Wait
By Columnist
BY MICHAEL E. DI GERONIMO When a ground lessee does not need financing to construct its initial improvements on a leased premi...
Reservoir Serves as Economic Engine to Region
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer When planning began on Diamond Valley Lake in the mid-1980s, Southern California Metropolita...
Trial Lawyer Skips to Akin Gump
By Liz Valsamis
In the hustle and bustle of the days that followed his firm's collapse, Steven Kaufhold followed a group of 50 Brobeck, Phlege...
Adviser Column - Foreign Entities - By Debra C. Scheufler - Many foreign business entities, both corporations and limited liab...
Fee Disputes Raise Thorny Questions About Charges
By Columnist
Adviser Column - ADR - By Alexander S. Polsky - You are a hardworking attorney. Suddenly you receive notice that you are in a ...
Purchase Forms Huge Asian-American Bank
By Toni Vranjes
Two Los Angeles banks are combining to create the largest Asian-American bank in the United States. Cathay Bancorp Inc. plans ...
Attorneys Praise Judge's Legendary Patience
By Xenia Kobylarz
MODESTO - Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Roger M. Beauchesne is widely considered the most patient judge on the local ...