Bryan Cave Taps Managing Partner for Santa Monica
By Liz Valsamis
By Liz Valsamis Bryan Cave appointed Jeffrey W. Morof as the new managing partner of the St. Louis-based firm's Santa Monica ...
Trizec Sells Posh Pasadena Mall
By Toni Vranjes
By Toni Vranjes Trizec Properties Inc., a Chicago-based real estate investment trust, has sold the posh Paseo Colorado shoppi...
Judge Penalizes 'Shantytown' Landlord
By Tyler Cunningham
BY TYLER CUNNINGHAM Special to CREJ SAN FRANCISCO - A judge has hit a Nob Hill landlord with a half-million-dollar civil pena...
Hooters Franchise Escapes Liability in Holiday-Party Injury
By Joan Osterwalder
By Joan Osterwalder A Hooters corporate Christmas party was no joyous celebration for a San Diego security guard. Evan Johnso...
Recipe for Success
By John Ryan
By John Ryan John Quinn was pretty happy with how things were going in 1988. The four-attorney trial shop he founded two year...
Multifamily Heaven in the City of Angels
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor How's this for starting the New Year right? By the end of the month, Lauri Lustig-B...
Levene Neale Guides FAO's Chapter 11
By Toni Vranjes
By Toni Vranjes The parent company of high-end toy retailer FAO Schwarz tapped a Los Angeles bankruptcy boutique to handle it...
National Law Placement Group Welcomes Executive Director
By Staff Writer
The National Association for Law Placement Inc., known through the legal community as NALP, has hired a new executive directo...
Real Estate Practitioner Moves to Piper Rudnick's Chicago Satellite
By Staff Writer
Washington, D.C.'s Piper Rudnick has added real estate attorney Rick Wendy to its Chicago office, the firm announced Jan. 14....
Presiding Justice Steps Down Early
By Stefanie Knapp
Justice Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian stepped down early from her interim post as acting administrative presiding justice of th...
Private Equity Lawyers Flock to Thelen Reid's N.Y. Headquarters
By Staff Writer
Thelen Reid & Priest has added a pair of private equity lawyers to its New York headquarters, the firm announced Jan. 13....
Tax Treatment of Remediation Costs Depends on Many Factors
By Columnist
BY BOYD D. HUDSON AND ROBERT A. YAHIRO The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, alon...
Tech Firm Scores $18 Million in Funding
By Toni Vranjes
By Toni Vranjes Technology company S2io Inc. of Cupertino has raked in $18 million in its second round of financing. New inve...
Pillsbury Winthrop Brings in Trio of Partners for London, New York
By Staff Writer
Pillsbury Winthrop has added three new partners around the globe: Ashley Winton in London and Kenneth W. Taber and Maria T. G...
City Cracks Down on Slumlords in Skid Row
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - The days of crack addicts giving birth on couches, security guards dealing drugs, prostitutes openly selling th...
Guarding Vulnerable Rights
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Margaret C. Crosby - On January 23, 1973, the day after the Roe v. Wade , 410 U.S. 113 (1973), decisi...
Lockyer's 17200 Bid Fails
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - For the second time in a week, a San Francisco appeals court has dinged Attorney General Bill Lockyer for his...
Brobeck Partners Pay Down Chunk of Debt
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - The 160 partners at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison will give up $26 million in personal earnings to retire s...
King's Goal for Just Society Remains Partly Unrealized
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Gary Phillips - As we mark the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrate his life this month, i...
Three-Strikes Defendants' Last Hope May Be State Constitution
By Columnist
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Alex Ricciardulli - Defendants sentenced to life in prison under California's three-strikes l...
Judge Tosses Teacher's $425,000 Verdict
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has tossed out a $425,000 jury award to a former Locke High School art teacher who claimed s...
Lawyer Sails Away From the Corporate Life
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - From her office on the 19th floor of a high-rise, Dana Schwartz occasionally broke from her legal work and watched...
Legal Center Will Help Spanish Speakers
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - The Fresno Superior Court today opened its Self-Help Education and Information Center for Spanish-speaking litig...
Lawyer Helped Shape Chilean Legal Community
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A memorial service is scheduled for Janeen Kerper, a California Western School of Law professor and international...
Oldest Death Row Inmate Wins Reversal
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court panel has reversed the death sentence of the oldest inmate on California's death row, sa...
Shanghai, China's Largest City, Becomes A Magnet for Asian Commerce and Law
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Tom Shoesmith visited Shanghai for the first time in December, touring the city's business and cultural attrac...
Justices Will Hear Access Case
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether municipalities can bar nonresidents from city-owned publi...
Justices Take Trespassing Challenge
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether municipalities can bar nonresidents from city-owned public...
Mediator Refuses to Take 'No Settlement' for Answer
By Eron Yehuda
By Eron Ben-Yehuda Failure loomed large during one of the first cases retired Orange County Superior Court Judge Robert E. Th...
Wrongful-Termination Suits Can Be Eye-Opening
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - Lawyers who sue employers for wrongful termination should have a complete understan...