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ELECTON RESULTS 2002

Nov. 12, 2002
By Michael Gottliebn

The commercial real estate industry saw big wins on election day, including billions of dollars in funds for new school and a...


Many litigators have hired doctors to testify in medical malpractice, product liability, workers' compensation and other lawsu...



CREJ WIRE REPORT Properties underlying commercial mortgage-backed securities continue to diverge, according to Moody's Invest...


Getting Industrious in L.A.

Nov. 12, 2002
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Moving forward with a 100 percent speculative construction project in today's soft ...



Closer Look

Nov. 12, 2002
By Contributing Writer

In Closing Column - By Stephen Greene and Joshua Henderson - California recognizes an exception to the rule of employment at w...


Growth Season

Nov. 12, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

The eighth floor of the Figueroa Plaza in downtown Los Angeles still has the fresh-paint and new-carpet smell to it. Cardboard...



The consulting branch of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips - Manatt Jones Global Strategies - appointed former Costa Rica Presiden...


A Bid for Biotech

Nov. 12, 2002
By Contributing Writer

BY BRAD BERTON Special to the CREJ Unilab Corp., a growing player in one of the prevailing economy's rare growth sectors - bi...



With the 2002 World Series over and Angel fever still running rampant throughout Southern California, it's time for some North...


The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, honored Frederick Schenk with the David K. Kroll Leadershi...



Collecting the Spirit of Giving in a Box

Nov. 12, 2002
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor The most meaningful holiday decoration in your building's lobby won't be a Christma...


Hitting the Center of Southern California

Nov. 12, 2002
By Riley Guerin

By JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Move over, Ontario. In what it called the largest industrial lease in either Orange or L...



Shopping for Centers

Nov. 12, 2002
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Underscoring Southland investors' voracious appetite for shopping centers, two high-prof...


Akin Grew Too Much, Too Fast, Some Say

Nov. 12, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

Sources in the legal industry say that the layoffs at Washington, D.C.'s Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld were probably the ...



San Francisco's Farella Braun + Martel has elevated five litigators and one real estate attorney to the partnership, effectiv...


Hinshaw & Culberson Opens Office

Nov. 12, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

In response to client demand, Chicago's Hinshaw & Culbertson opened a Los Angeles office Oct. 1. The office was establishe...



Car Body Shops Face 'Legal Shakedown'

Nov. 12, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

Attorneys for auto repair shops say their clients are victims of a "legal shakedown" by a Beverly Hills law firm that sues the...


Beg, Borrow and Steal Loans

Nov. 12, 2002
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Attention Southern California real estate people: Borrow every single penny that you can...



Los Angeles lawyer Molly Munger has received a Bringing Up Daughters Differently, or BUDDY, award from the National Organizati...


Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers has expanded its Japanese presence by establishing a new joint enterprise with Watanab...



Starting Jan. 1, six California associates, as well as four others, at Pillsbury Winthrop will assume partner status, thanks ...


Making Lemonade Out of Office Lemons

Nov. 12, 2002
By Contributing Writer

BY JIM EMERSON Special to the CREJ The office market bust could turn into a boon for multifamily housing projects in the San ...



Gas Station Independents Win $71 Million From Giant

Nov. 12, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

Respect the little guy. That's the message that attorneys for a dozen independent Shell gas station operators hope to send to ...


MySmart.com Brings Security To Brazilian Firm

Nov. 12, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

Brazilian company Prosisa Overseas has purchased MySmart.com Inc. of Los Angeles, a developer of technology that allows comput...



TRS Sells Information-Tech Division

Nov. 12, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

TRS Staffing Solutions of Aliso Viejo has sold its information-technology staffing division. TRS is a subsidiary of Fortune 50...


Cooley Godward Continues Trimming

Nov. 12, 2002
By Joel Rosenblatt

Palo Alto's Cooley Godward continues a trend of streamlining its operations, perhaps with an eye toward a merger with a partne...



The Western Law Center for Disability Rights will honor Anna Masters, a partner at Winston & Strawn; Jerry White of Landm...


Can I Get a Room in Your Telecom Hotel?

Nov. 12, 2002
By Columnist

BY ERIC J. SHELBY With much downtown office space vacant across the state, building owners may be thinking about converting t...



Word to Wise

Nov. 12, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Major setbacks with pretrial motions have prompted an appeal by a New York developer seeking billions of dollars from insurers...


For the first time in California, a jury may decide an automobile rollover case in which a Ford Explorer and a Bridgestone/Fir...