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Up on the Roof

May 20, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles found the perfect venue for honoring outstanding women in the legal profession - ...


Can a Mouse Change the World?

May 20, 2003
By Columnist

BY STEPHEN ROULAC E-commerce has profound urban form implications concerning the functioning of properties, the timing and na...



El Capitan's Owner Gets New Chance to Sue MTA

May 20, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

A lawsuit filed by the owner of the historic El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood against the operator of the Los Angeles County su...


Plaintiff's Claims Continue Against Bank

May 20, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Although World Savings Bank escaped a fraud claim brought by a homeowner who purchased one of its properties, the legal mess d...



BY JIM WASSERMAN Associated Press Writer One hundred and forty years after businessmen drove the first spike of the Transcont...


Lyon & Lyon Veteran Moves

May 20, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Two years after joining Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Bill Steffin has left the Cleveland-based firm for Los Angeles' Lewis, ...



Chip maker Zoran Corp. of Santa Clara has agreed to buy Oak Technology Inc. for $358 million in cash and stock. Both companies...


Glimmers of Hope on the Horizon

May 20, 2003
By Michael Gottliebn

BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer For the past two years, Northern California real estate industry leaders have waited...



Client conflicts didn't kill Murphy, Sheneman, Julian & Rogers' merger with Winston & Strawn earlier this year. But th...


Tech Lawyer Hopes Third Firm Is It

May 20, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Kevin Debr is hoping that the third time is the charm. The technology lawyer joined Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Machtinger...



Building Momentum in Simi Valley

May 20, 2003
By Contributing Writer

BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ Families flock to the city because of its relative affordability and reputation for low crime...


Pacific Sunwear Settles With Two Workers

May 20, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

There's more to a title than just the name. Employees in management positions at Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. stores all...



Jury Finds Against McDonald's

May 20, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

McDonald's projects an image of a corporation committed to the well-being of its 2,400 franchisees nationwide. "They are the h...


CHICAGO - Faith in the spending habits of the American consumer helped drive investors toward retail properties in the closin...



LOS ANGELES - The key to developing successful inner city retail and entertainment projects is to work closely with area resi...


A Seat at the Table

May 20, 2003
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor At 4 a.m. on May 7, weary negotiators reached across the table and shook hands to ...



Students & Teachers

May 20, 2003
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Real estate may be an inherently local industry but there is still much to be shar...


Focus Column - Litigation - By David Martinez - Defense practitioners navigating California's state courts are familiar with t...



Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Robert R. Sachs - The fickle economy continues to take its toll on both startups and...


Foster Children Face Educational Obstacles

May 20, 2003
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - Without someone advocating on their behalf, foster children likely will continue leaving the system without a de...



Doctor Hit By Lamp Wins $4 Million

May 20, 2003
By Mark Cromer

SANTA ANA - A unique trial in which defense counsel requested that a jury determine damages before it assigned liability resul...


DA Selects Chief of Cold-Case Homicide Unit

May 20, 2003
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced Friday that Deputy District Attorney Jeff Dusek will lead a new cold-ca...



SANTA ANA - Attorney Melanie Rae Blum and her ex-husband, former attorney Mark Elliot Roseman, pleaded not guilty Friday to fe...


City Goes After President of Building Firm

May 20, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

OAKLAND - Construction magnate Ronald Tutor will become a defendant when San Francisco lawyers file the latest version of the...



LOS ANGELES - Faced with the anguished pleas of his ailing grandmother, Nabil Issa did what any concerned grandson would do. T...


SAN FRANCISCO - Trial courts and the U.S. Congress are increasingly hostile to gun control lawsuits, but dogged California pl...



Three retired judges have found homes with ADR providers following their careers on the bench. JAMS has hired retired San Dieg...


Companies Make a Killing

May 20, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - As the Senate considers President Bush's proposal to cut taxes by hundreds of billions of do...



Employment Column - By Lin M. Meyer - Law firms, like any other employer, are subject to laws that prevent them from discrimin...


Focus Column - Land Use - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr. - In a case of first impression, an appellate court has held that a claim fo...