New MoFo Land Use Lawyer Helps Daughters of Charity
By Liz Valsamis
SAN FRANCISCO - Thanks to Morrison & Foerster land use attorney Donna Black, the Daughters of Charity Ministries Services ...
U.S. District Judges Select 18 Lawyer Representatives
By Stefanie Knapp
SACRAMENTO - The judges of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California appointed the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...
Riding the Retail Rocket
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor One item that appears to be on just about every real estate investor's holiday sho...
Commuters Drive Home a Point
By Contributing Writer
BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ New statistics show that expensive living conditions in Santa Barbara and western Los Angeles ...
Sacramento Developer Nailed for Cheating Partners
By Eron Yehuda
BY ERON BEN-YEHUDA Special to CREJ Despite winning $7 million in punitive damages earlier this month, veteran Sacramento tria...
Family Value
By John Ryan
ORANGE COUNTY - A name that people recognize is important for a law firm, which makes tinkering with that name a delicate matt...
Civil Justice Association Picks Riddell as Legislative Advocate
By Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The Civil Justice Association of California appointed Laura Borden Riddell as the group's legislative advocate, ...
Court Sides With City in Land-Use Dispute
By Peter Blumberg
BY PETER BLUMBERG Special to CREJ A city does not have to compensate a private-property owner just because a zoning dispute h...
Visionary Thinkers
By Liz Valsamis
NEWPORT BEACH - The story of Nick Yocca shampooing the carpets of his new office is part of legal community folklore - a collo...
Pair to Become Partners at San Francisco's Coblentz Patch
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass has elevated a pair of lawyers to partner status, effective ...
10 Considerations Companies Should Make When Formulating a Real Estate Strategy
By Columnist
BY BERT DEZZUTTI To be successful, companies must be dynamic, constantly evolving and adjusting to ever-changing market condit...
Foreign Acquisitions of U.S. Real Estate Top $44 Billion
By Wire
CREJ WIRE REPORT Foreign investment in U.S. real estate increased to $44 billion in 2001, up from $38 billion in 1997, accord...
Brokerage Firm Staffs Up for Desert Growth
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer A persistent increase in the Coachella Valley's seasonal and year-round population is build...
New Law Will Hit Mom and Pop Buyers
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer A new tax law may take many mom and pop real estate buyers by surprise Jan. 1, when t...
Santa Barbara's Hager & Dowling Elevates Associate Civil Litigator
By Staff Writer
SANTA BARBARA - Santa Barbara's Hager & Dowling, a civil litigation firm, has promoted associate Lisa Franklin to partner ...
U.S. Office Buildings' Cash Flow Down, Vacancies Up
By Wire
BY DEAN STARKMAN Dow Jones Newswires Cash flows from office buildings fell 1.1 percent in the third quarter, as vacancy rates...
'Crazy Drunk' Depicts Celebrity Attorney
By Joan Osterwalder
LOS ANGELES - Even a century ago, Los Angeles had its celebrity lawyers. Back then, Earl Rogers was known as a virtually unbea...
Pan Pacific Plans to Buy Center Trust
By Toni Vranjes
BY TONI VRANJES Special to CREJ Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc. , a real estate investment trust, plans to increase its pr...
Northrop Signs Deal to Discard Automotive Unit
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Nearly five months after agreeing to acquire TRW Inc., defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles ...
Gibson Dunn Ups Eight to Partnership Ranks on Jan. 1
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - The partnership at Los Angeles' Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher will lift two California lawyers and six others to...
State High Court Picks Watai As Judge for Bar Court Review
By Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court appointed for a second time former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Madge Watai as ...
Shaw Pittman L.A. Partner Lands at O'Melveny & Myers
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Washington, D.C.-based Shaw Pittman has lost one of the founding partners of its Los Angeles office to O'Melveny...
Latham Helps Bring Water-Themed Resort to Las Vegas
By Toni Vranjes
LAS VEGAS - Break out your golf clubs, your appetite and your wallet. A new glitzy casino is opening on the Las Vegas Strip. T...
Piper Rudnick Brings in Former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Illinois
By Staff Writer
The trend of U.S. attorneys heading to litigation practices at large firms has caught up with Piper Rudnick. The Washington, ...
Panel OKs Assaulted Soccer Player's Suit
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A man who won a Northridge club soccer game but was assaulted afterward by members of the losing team can sue th...
Newhall Team Takes First in Mock Trial Competition
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - William S. Hart High School's mock trial team took top honors this week in the senior-high division of the Const...
Company Creates New Litigation Resources Provider
By Joan Osterwalder
LOS ANGELES - New York-based Bowne & Co.'s business solutions division has acquired DecisionQuest of Torrance for $31 mill...
Bar Activist Wins Seat on Board of Governors
By Don De Benedictis
LOS ANGELES - A committed bar activist boasting strong support from Bay Area lawyers' groups has defeated a prominent State Ba...
Reinhardt Throws Down Gauntlet on Gun Control
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The most liberal judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals used a challenge to California's ban on assau...