Palmdale Plans for 170-Bed Hospital
By Contributing Writer
BY KATIE CORBETT Special to CREJ PALMDALE --- The city of Palmdale is moving ahead with plans for the 170-bed Palmdale Hospit...
CREJ WIRE REPORT WASHINGTON - Investors who have given up after three years of down markets are likely to suffer even more lo...
San Diego Builder on a Roll
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer One of San Diego's leading hometown general contractors, Roel Construction Co. , has acq...
Manatt Names First Chief Operating Officer
By Liz Valsamis
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips appointed William T. Quicksilver as its first chief operating officer and deputy managing partne...
Smoking Neighbor Chokes on Lawsuit
By Eron Yehuda
A Palm Springs condominium owner's suit against a next-door neighbor for smoking on his patio survived a demurrer last month. ...
City of Riverside Approves Transportation Mitigation Fee
By Wire
ASSOCIATED PRESS RIVERSIDE - The City Council approved a growth fee that forces developers to pay extra if they want to build...
New Urbanism Moves to Suburbs
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROJAS CREJ Staff Writer As a young and burgeoning region, the Inland Empire once was characterized as a suburban or ...
Practical Tips for Crafting Development Agreements
By Columnist
BY RONALD I. SILVERMAN, LISA M. DITTMAN AND AREN E. KAMIENOWICZ Municipalities and real estate developers have become increasi...
Software Buyers Want to See Licensing Rules Before Purchase
By Joan Osterwalder
A pastry chef in San Rafael has dished out a class action against computer software makers and retailers. Cathy Baker alleges ...
Southwest Justice Center Opens
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
BY JASON W. ARMSTRONG Special to CREJ MURRIETA - Judge James Warren has a long list of reasons to be thrilled that Southwest ...
Boutique Sees Opportunities In Closures of Other Firms
By Erik Cummins
A slight rephrasing of the aphorism "One man's loss is another man's gain" seems to apply to Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathi...
Coudert Loses Lawyer to Sheppard Mullin
By Erik Cummins
Coudert Brothers and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton appear to be going in opposite directions, with the larger Couder...
Lawmaker Is Back for More
By Philip Carrizosa
SACRAMENTO - Some kids are raised on cartoons and frosted flakes. Ellen Corbett was raised on political slogans and envelope ...
It'll Be Hallinan v. Fazio in Police Scandal
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - With a November election looming, San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan - not known for a stellar ...
Judges Trade Barbs Over Review Denial In Pledge Case
By Riley Guerin
SAN FRANCISCO - The use of "under God" in teacher-led recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance remains banned, but not without ...
This Is Nothing, Budget Analyst Says
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - While courts statewide already are feeling the pinch brought on by California's ongoing budget crisis, a pote...
Proposed Ending of Double Taxation Of Dividends Aims to Help Economy
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Focus Column - Tax Law - By Dean Weiner - On Jan. 7, President Bush proposed an economic stimulus package. On Jan. 21, the Tre...
BASF Picks New Leader
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Martha Whetstone, a former regional head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a leading Democratic ...
Jurist May Cite Actor's Counsel For Disparaging His Colleague
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A judge Friday indicated he may sanction criminal defense attorney Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. for calling a civil la...
Pepperdine Law Dean Hears Call of Classroom
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Pepperdine University School of Law Dean Richard Lynn is returning to the classroom after six years as dean and...
Fees Top $88 Million In PG&E Bankruptcy
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Big paydays should always be so easy. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali took less than 10 minutes Friday to...
Claudia Leed Joins Oakland Business Firm
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Oakland Deputy City Attorney Claudia Leed, who headed the massive police misconduct suit recently settled by t...
Oakland Riders Defendants to Make Their Case
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - After six months of testimony from police, victims and experts on behalf of the prosecution, lawyers for the three ...
Referee Denies Access to Records on Death of Girl
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Juvenile Court referee turned down requests Friday made by two newspapers seeking access to infor...
Brockovich Attacks Pacific Gas at Hearing
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - Erin Brockovich charged Friday that the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. improperly influenced a key scientific s...
Top Studio Counsel Joins Howrey Simon
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Washington, D.C.-based Howrey Simon Arnold & White has hired Jay S. Handlin, former executive counsel to th...
Alcohol Warning Isn't Necessary, Court Says
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Twenty-three makers of liquid herbal extracts and supplements do not have to warn consumers that their products...
Panel Dumps Fitness Star's Claim Against Manager
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - If fitness star Billy Blanks wanted to sue his talent manager for violating the state Talent Agencies Act, he fi...
Tabloids Taint Case, Lawyer Says
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Robert Blake's defense attorney contends the investigation into the murder charges against his client has been ...
Spewing Spam
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Bennet G. Kelley - There is almost universal agreement that something must be done about spam e-mails. Once ...