Ruling Rains on
By Columnist
Forum Column By John C. Eastman On Dec. 16, by an equally divided court, the Supreme Court affirmed a decision by the 9th U.S...
Private Eye's Recent Woes Hint That Everyone's Guilty of Something
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Monday, two days before Christmas, Anthony Pellicano, the private eye to the stars, made a holiday wi...
Court Lets Bar Seize Lawyer's Business Assets
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - For the first time, the State Bar of California will seize an attorney's business assets to repay bar funds that...
Boalt Assault Scandal Takes a Spiteful Turn on the Web
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Reaction to the Boalt Hall dustup has inflamed passions on the Internet, as posters to Web forums choose ideo...
Ruling Rains on Rights
By Columnist
Forum Column - By John C. Eastman - On Dec. 16, by an equally divided court, the Supreme Court affirmed a decision by the 9th ...
Santa Clara Prosecutor Retires
By Riley Guerin
SAN JOSE - David Davies, who has run the Santa Clara County district attorney's office homicide and sexual assault unit since...
Davis Selects Three for Appellate Court Posts
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis on Monday appointed two Southland Superior Court judges and a San Diego federal magistrate judge...
Judge Disputes Gov. Davis' Parole Powers
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis' sweeping victory on denying parole to murderers didn't last long. Just three days after the ...
The Crisis, Year 2
By Dennis Pfaff
The nation's largest utility bankruptcy enters 2003 with the fate of competing plans for the resurrection or dismantling of Pa...
Judge Sets Professional Tone
By Sandra Corrales
LOS ANGELES - When newly appointed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos walked into her courtroom for the fir...
SEC Release Clarifies Issue of Offering or Solicitation on Web
By Columnist
Focus Column International Law By Corinna M. Wong Information posted on Web sites concerning securities and investments is re...
Unusual and Gratifying Holidays
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - David Tan will have the thrill of his life Friday, as he works as a spotter for the radio broadcast of Arizona...
Jurist Won't Halt Immigration Plan
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has refused to intervene on behalf of 10 Iranians to halt a government homeland security program...
SEC Release Clarifies Issue of Offering or Solicitation on Web
By Columnist
Focus Column - International Law - By Corinna M. Wong - Information posted on Web sites concerning securities and investments ...
Gartner & Young Joins Baker & Hostetler
By Liz Valsamis
By Liz Valsamis Giving in to client demand, the partners at Los Angeles employment law boutique Gartner & Young have merg...
Divergent Paths Lead to Nixon Peabody
By Erik Cummins
By Erik Cummins Nixon Peabody's newest partners took different routes to come to the firm's San Francisco office. The first, ...
Greenberg Traurig Opens Shops In Switzerland and Netherlands
By Staff Writer
Greenberg Traurig has joined the growing number of U.S. law firms to enter the European legal market, thanks to new offices i...
In Hard Times, Sale-Leaseback Deals Gain Popularity
By Wire
BY JOY C. SHAW Dow Jones Newswires In an environment where corporate financing has been hard to get, especially for smaller, c...
Clifford Chance Announces New Partnership With Singapore Firm
By Staff Writer
Clifford Chance has joined Singapore firm WongPartnership in a joint law venture there, the London-based firm announced early...
Lawyer Helps Create Chinese Theme Park
By Toni Vranjes
CORPORATE By Toni Vranjes Los Angeles attorney Michael Gisser is used to working on cross-border deals, but his latest one is...
Seagate Raises $870 Million in Initial Offering
By Toni Vranjes
FINANCING By Toni Vranjes Seagate Technology Holdings launched an initial public offering earlier this month, which was greet...
Only Two More Shopping Days Left
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor The evergreens sprouting recently in Los Angeles amid dustings of snow and ice-cov...
Property Owners Weigh Cost of Terror Insurance
By Wire
BY CHRISTOPHER OSTER AND DEAN STARKMAN Dow Jones Newswires Even with the new federal terrorism-insurance program, coverage for...
New Statutes Show Legislature Has Embraced 'Smart Growth'
By Columnist
BY DANIEL J. CURTIN JR., CECILY T. TALBERT AND CHARLES J. HIGLEY The term "smart growth" has been buzzing in planning and envi...
Coblentz Patch Finds New Slip In Ferry Building
By Erik Cummins
By Erik Cummins What spelled the doom of one law firm will soon welcome another. The San Francisco Ferry Building, one of the...
Top Firms Keep Recruiting As If There's No Tomorrow
By Wire
Law firms fire with one hand, hire with the other. Page XX By Justin Pope Associated Press At Palo Alto's Cooley Godward, wor...
New Ways to Serve Tenants, Owners
By Wire
BY TODD RICHARDSON The property management business is undergoing dramatic change. New technology, pressure to increase revenu...
Adding Layers to Sacramento's City Core
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Retail is far from down and out in downtown Sacramento. It's taken years to build dow...
Expense, Pain of Public Stage Take Toll
By Toni Vranjes
CORPORATE By Toni Vranjes After taking a beating in the stock market for the past few years, some businesses have decided eno...
Gregg Development, Glendale Settle Suits
By Joseph Sorrentino
BY JOSEPH SORRENTINO CREJ Contributing Writer GLENDALE - Glendale City Council formally approved a settlement Dec. 10 in whic...