Losing and Locating Insurance
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Many in the rental housing industry are finding it increasingly difficult to get ins...
Time for PM Realty
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer PM Realty Group , one of the nation's leading third-party management firms, announced it...
Tapping the Reservoir
By Staff Writer
Here's Our Formula for Success: Take 50,000 lawyers younger than 40, throw in remarkable accomplishments throughout the early...
Milk The System?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jonathan R. Macey - The U.S. Supreme Court's majority opinion in State Farm v. Campbell , 123 S.Ct. 1...
Agency Guidance Offers Landowners Little Certainty
By Columnist
Focus Column - Environmental Law - By William D. Wick - You can't blame the Environmental Protection Agency for the failure of...
Jurist Delays Counsel's Sentencing
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A judge has postponed sentencing for Sam Birenbaum after hearing that the suspended Malibu lawyer is claiming he...
Banks Sue Over Privacy Laws
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Bank of America and Wells Fargo have filed suit in federal court against four Bay Area cities and counties to...
Securities Expert Will Be Buried at Arlington
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - Retired Sylmar attorney and former U.S. Naval Reserve Capt. Roger J. Nichols will be buried at Arlington Nationa...
Former Priest Faces Arraignment Today
By Mark Cromer
FULLERTON - Former priest John Peter Lenihan is scheduled to be arraigned today on 10 counts of molesting a teen-age girl more...
Secrecy Over Investments Leads to Fine
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The state's political watchdog agency has fined a retired Los Angeles judge $4,000 for failing to publicly discl...
Judge Affirms Copyright Ruling in Pooh Litigation
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Friday affirmed her tentative ruling that the granddaughter of British children's author A.A....
VLG, Orrick In Merger Talks
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Venture Law Group, the small transactional law firm founded as an alternative to big-firm practices, is in pr...
Lawyers Argue About Evidence In Ex-Judge's Child Porn Case
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for a former judge accused of possessing child pornography argued Friday that prosecutors should not be ...
Saving The Family Farms
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Steve Hackett faced crushing debts and the loss of his livelihood when a 1990 timber harvest moratorium cripp...
Liner Yankelevitz Grows by Adding Four New Attorneys
By Stefanie Knapp
Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif is beefing up its San Francisco and Los Angeles offices with the addition of four...
Reed Smith Takes Steps to Build on West Coast Group
By Erik Cummins
Pittsburgh's Reed Smith has represented some of the East Coast's biggest financial institutions throughout its 125-year histor...
Milk The System?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Daniel U. Smith - State Farm v. Campbell , 123 S.Ct. 1513 (2003), struck down a $145 million punitive...
Justice Is No Stranger to High-Profile L.A. Cases
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Charles S. Vogel tries to cut attorneys some slack. Vogel is administrative presiding justice of the 2nd Distric...
Modesto Bar Praises Jurist's Patience
By Xenia Kobylarz
MODESTO - Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Roger M. Beauchesne is widely considered the most patient judge on the local...
Campaigning Groups Must Name Donors
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Handing a partial defeat to an anti-abortion group, a federal appeals court held Thursday that groups advocat...
Moralist's Gambling Pastime Makes Cynicism a Safe Bet
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Forum Column - By Pierce O'Donnell - "The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by thei...
Learning Lay of Land Will Help Newcomers Adjust
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Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - Integrating into a new work environment is as important to your success as choosi...
Fiscal Facade
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Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - On April 30, California legislative leaders approved a plan to sell $1.85 billion in bo...
'State Farm' Will Affect Many Businesses Sued for Punitives
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Focus Column - Litigation - By Gregg A. Farley and Kimberly H. Clancy - Insurance companies, cigarette makers and car manufact...
Champion of Small Firms Opens Own
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Two years ago, San Francisco trial lawyer Paul Gutierrez closed his four-lawyer law firm, Gutierrez & Ass...
Pepper-Spray Retrial On Hold
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporary blocked the retrial of a police brutality lawsuit...
Elder-Abuse Forensic Center Opens
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - As Orange County introduces on Monday what officials are hailing as the nation's first forensic center dedicated t...
Does OSHA Reach Your Home?
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court seemed skittish Thursday about holding homeowners responsible for enforcing stat...
ELECTORAL LAW
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Handing a partial defeat to an anti-abortion group, a federal appeals court held Thursday that groups advocat...
Section 17200 Bill Sheared Of Clause on Disgorgement
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The chairwoman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee removed a key provision from a bill Thursday that seeks modes...