Close Up
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Richard Close, the chairman of Valley VOTE, the organization that asks Angelenos on Nov....
Fifth-Graders Participate in Mock Trial Hosted by Holland & Knight
By Staff Writer
Snow White, the Seven Dwarfs, the Wicked Queen and the Mirror made an appearance at Esperanza Elementary School in Los Angeles...
Numbers Crunching
By Contributing Writer
BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ You don't have to be a rocket scientist to make money in commercial real estate, but understa...
School Fight
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The Santa Ana Unified School District will pay $6.2 million to the owners of one of Sant...
Using Damages Experts More Effectively
By Contributing Writer
Column by Karl J. Schulze - Business litigation today rarely progresses without the use of a variety of experts, whether as a ...
San Jose's NetIQ Will Buy PentaSafe for $255 Million
By Toni Vranjes
NetIQ Corp. of San Jose has agreed to buy a privately held computer security company in a deal valued at $255 million in cash ...
Judge Joins JAMS After 35 Years Of Experience on Bench and Bar
By Staff Writer
Joseph Johnston is the latest judge to join JAMS, a private alternative dispute resolution provider. Johnston, 68, brings with...
U.S. Office Vacancy Rate Increased to Almost 16 Percent in Third Quarter
By Wire
BY DEAN STARKMAN Dow Jones Newswires The nation's office-vacancy rate continued to climb in the third quarter, hitting almost...
Settlement Will Increase Stores' Female Workers
By Eron Yehuda
Customers frequenting the dozens of Rent-A-Center stores in California should notice more female employees helping them, after...
Office Buyers Ignore Vacancies
By Wire
BY MOTOKO RICH Dow Jones Newswires The news coming out of the commercial real estate market is bleak: Office vacancy rates ar...
Beijing Chooses MoFo for 2008 Olympics Agent
By Liz Valsamis
The attorneys at Morrison & Foerster probably can't stand on the balance beam without risking bodily injury, and it's not ...
Ex-Brobeck Partner Jumps at Opportunity
By Liz Valsamis
Eddie Rodriguez has left the San Diego office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and accepted an offer to establish a corporat...
Sign of Times
By Contributing Writer
In Closing Column - By Pamela J. Voich & Michele C.S. Lange - In October 2001, the California Legislature passed amendment...
Registry Firm Finds Funds For Storage of Stem Cells
By Toni Vranjes
Cord Blood Registry, which stores stem cells from newborns for use in case of a future medical emergency, has secured $18 mill...
County Defies Rules, Names New Court Building After Sitting Judge
By Karen Coleman
Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta's role in bringing a new family court services building to Contra Costa County was so exce...
Oakland Attorney to Head League
By Karen Coleman
John Russo, Oakland's first elected city attorney, recently became the first person in that position to take the top spot at t...
Firm Sponsors Loyola Law Class In Litigation About Elder Abuse
By Staff Writer
Thanks to a donation from the San Pedro office of Wilkes & McHugh, students at Loyola Law School can learn about elder abu...
Orrick Herrington Bolsters Product Liability Practice
By John Ryan
By John Ryan San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has added a product liability strength to its West Coast liti...
Tensions Mount as Students Prep for Battle
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Alex Dang throws open the door to the room where his co-counsel, Estaban Morales, is rehearsing opening statemen...
Charged Up
By Claude Walbert
After a year of virulent charges and countercharges in the race for San Diego County district attorney, the most inflammatory ...
Court Lockout in Ryder Case Irks Media
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - The Winona Ryder shoplifting trial got off to a rocky start last week with the media and the judge tussling over...
Trial Ends as Toyota Settles Seat-Belt Case
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Four hours into opening trial statements, Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who claim...
And They're Off
By David Houston
Some jurists might have felt uncomfortable casting the lone vote in favor of letting victims of gun violence sue firearms manu...
Spitwad-Assault Victim Sues Brothers
By Joan Osterwalder
Nicholas Trainer's constant blurred vision reminds him of the day he claims two bullies harassed him at school and one shot a ...
Rossum Begged for Help, Detective Says
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego police detective testified Friday that Kristin M. Rossum begged her to destroy methamphetamine and dru...
San Diego Judicial Race Gets Downright Personal
By Claude Walbert
In San Diego County's only campaign against a sitting judge, Richard S. Whitney says voters see one overriding issue in his ef...
Ballot Boxes
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - A March primary filled with mixed results for Northern California's incumbent judges and district attorneys ha...
Dream Team Veteran May Land Spot on MTV
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - MTV Networks is the television home of Ozzy Osbourne, an occasional music video, masochistic pranksters - and no...
Title IX Entitlement
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Nearly everyone agrees that Title IX, a federal statute banning sex discrimination in schools, has dramatically e...
Lawyers Can Be Both Blonde and Brilliant
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The worlds of Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon and California Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar ar...