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Industry Watch Briefs

Apr. 1, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Real Estate Partner Joins Practice At Reed Smith's Los Angeles Shop Pittsburgh's Reed Smith Crosby Heafey has recruited real e...


Aristos Logic Nets $20 Million

Apr. 1, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Aristos Logic, which develops network storage processors, has raised $20 million from investors in third-round financing. New ...



Frugal Fame

Apr. 1, 2003
By Tanya Rothman

In Closing Column - By Traci Stuart - While TV ads and high-end trinkets are the most touted of law firm marketing tools, the ...


Associates

Apr. 1, 2003
By Staff Writer

Riordan & McKinzie has added a trio of associates. Christina N. Lebedeff has joined the firm's Costa Mesa office, and Step...



Tough Row to Hoe

Apr. 1, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Michael Jackson's shrinking schnoz isn't the only thing that's been reduced drastically ...


Signs of Smart Growth

Apr. 1, 2003
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Few would argue the value of redeveloping the urban marketplace, but convincing th...



Legal Politicking

Apr. 1, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Although the Consumer Attorneys of California was founded in 1961 as an organization dedicated to educating its members, the g...


Tribe Borrows Millions for Casino Plan

Apr. 1, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

A California Native American tribe has borrowed $140 million to finance its ambitious plans for its casino business. The Agua ...



The City Finds Its Center

Apr. 1, 2003
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Washington, D.C., has one. Chicago has one. New York City has one, maybe two. In f...


SANTA ANA (AP) - The school board fired the consulting firm overseeing the Santa Ana Unified School District's $300 million-p...



LOS ANGELES (AP) - The federal government plans to give away half of the 113-acre Los Angeles Air Force Base to private devel...


BY CHRISTIAN CARRIGAN Effective Jan. 1, AB2292 prohibits local land-use agencies from reducing densities on proposed resident...



Bills Target Public Companies

Apr. 1, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

California lawmakers have introduced more bills targeted at scandal-plagued corporate America. Last year, following the scanda...


Tug of War

Apr. 1, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

The scenario is straight out of a Tom Clancy novel. The Hague in Netherlands, center of international justice, prepares to try...



Following the Development

Apr. 1, 2003
By Contributing Writer

MARGOT CARMICHAEL LESTER Special to the CREJ These days, the talk at tony Maple Drive restaurant in Beverly Hills isn't all a...


Start-up Closes First Deal

Apr. 1, 2003
By Contributing Writer

BY BRAD BERTON Special to the CREJ The start-up company teaming veteran Southland retail real estate figure Steve Plenge and ...



Turning the Tide

Apr. 1, 2003
By Columnist

BY PETER M. DOUGLAS The coast is never finally saved. It is always being saved. The recent Court of Appeal decision in Marine...


With an uncertain economy and some law firms struggling to survive, Thomas Igoe Jr. hates to think what would have happened if...



Sydney Lawyer Becomes Interlaw Chair

Apr. 1, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Jim Harrowell, a lawyer from Sydney, Australia, will be the next chairman of Interlaw Ltd., a consortium of 64 law firms locat...


Coastal Panel Dabbles in Absurdity

Apr. 1, 2003
By Columnist

BY PAUL A. JACOBS Re: "Enemies of Coastal Protection et al." Peter M. Douglas, executive director of the California Coastal C...



Court Finds for Insurer in Apple Fee Dispute

Apr. 1, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

"It ain't over till it's over" could be attorney Mark Goodman's motto. The Barger & Wolen lawyer in San Francisco has repr...


Deals

Apr. 1, 2003
By Tina Spee

BANKRUPTCY - Craig Millet (Irvine) of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher represented bankrupt Advanced Tissues Sciences, which filed ...



LOS ANGELES (AP) - A developer filed suit in federal court March 18 against Carson, its mayor, two of its former city council...


CALENDAR - Southern California

Apr. 1, 2003
By Jack Briggs

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31-APRIL 2 GLOBALIZATION MARCHES ON With speakers from business, the federal government, science and ...



Judge Disqualifies Lawyers in SUV Case

Apr. 1, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

A San Bernardino sport utility vehicle rollover suit took a nasty turn last month for the plaintiffs' attorneys when a trial j...


Companies Fend Off E-Commerce Patent Lawsuit

Apr. 1, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

A Silicon Valley company and a Massachusetts firm have won a patent infringement case that could have changed e-commerce had t...



Anti-Development Atmosphere

Apr. 1, 2003
By Andrea Rosas

BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer Just west of the city of Riverside, the unincorporated area of Mira Loma boasts more than 7...


Orrick Attorney Deals Cadence a Victory

Apr. 1, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Jim Brooks and his colleagues at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe faced a trial with the cards stacked against them represen...



Manatt Phelps Bolsters Health Care Group

Apr. 1, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips continues to bulk up its health care expertise with the recent hire of litigation partner Gregor...


Former Unocal Counsel Joins Robins Kaplan

Apr. 1, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Following a few months serving as a consultant for Unocal Corp., a company where he was general counsel until Dec. 4, Dennis P...