Love Will Take Executive Officer Post in San Diego Superior Court
By Claude Walbert
Stephen V. Love, former chief deputy director of the California's Administrative Office of the Courts, will become executive o...
Westmont College Gets $22.5 Million
By Toni Vranjes
Westmont College has obtained $22.5 million in tax-exempt financing, which will help spruce up its Santa Barbara campus. ...
Retailers Settle With Saipan Garment Workers for $20 Million
By Joan Osterwalder
Garment workers on a tropical Western Pacific island may feel more like they live in paradise after dozens of major U.S. retai...
IP Litigator Joins Brown Raysman
By Liz Valsamis
When 10-attorney Gabriel & Herman closed its doors last month, name partner Allan Gabriel went looking for a new home. And...
Orange County Trial Lawyers Will Honor Top Gun Winners on Friday
By Stefanie Knapp
The Orange County Trial Lawyers Association will hand out its Top Gun awards Friday at a dinner and silent auction at the Sutt...
Superior Court Judges Play Musical Chairs on Benches
By Leslie Simmons
Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge James Bascue recently ordered the following assignments and reassignments: As of Se...
World of Trouble
By Christina Landers
Passengers aboard a Boeing 747 en route to Europe vanish into thin air. Cars, suddenly lacking drivers, careen out of control....
Lemon-Picking Job Turned Sour, Workers' Suit Claims
By Joan Osterwalder
Ten Mexican lemon pickers claim their experience with a Santa Paula farm labor contractor turned sour. In a lawsuit, the citru...
University of West Los Angeles Provides Pair of Minilaw Classes
By Stefanie Knapp
Those of you wishing to learn a little bit about the laws surrounding special needs children or bankruptcy should check out th...
Homestore Faces Class Action Lawsuit Filed by Shareholders
By Joan Osterwalder
Homestore Inc.'s legal troubles are mounting. Three former Homestore executives have agreed to plead guilty to criminal charge...
Brobeck Guides Software Developer to $12 Million
By Toni Vranjes
Mountain View software developer Green Border Technologies Inc. has secured $12 million in second-round venture financing. ...
Figueroa Plaza Sells for $91.5 Million
By Ron Mc Nees
Insignia/ESG Capital Advisors Group represented W/9 Fig Realty, a venture of Goldman Sachs and Insignia's Co-Investment Group ...
Practitioners Get Chance to Learn About New Civil Jury Instructions
By Stefanie Knapp
The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel will offer a prog...
A Year-Round Destination
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer Once considered a far-off desert haven for golfers and retired folks, the city of Palm Spri...
Meyers Nave Strengthens Its Public Entities Group
By Erik Cummins
One of Northern California's premier public agency practices, Meyers Nave, has added more firepower to its public entities gro...
High Performance
By Columnist
BY ROI JOSSY "Green design" has become one of the more important aspects of building development, construction and operation,...
Architects: Don't Give Away the Store
By Columnist
BY GREG SERRAO Architects habitually sell themselves short. They give away 90 percent of their creative thinking and talent on...
Trial Consulting Firm Promotes Pair of Executive-Suite Members
By Stefanie Knapp
Vinson & Dimitrius, a Los Angeles company specializing in trial consulting and courtroom graphics, elevated two employees ...
Three Lifetimes of Achievement
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor One way to fill a hall for an awards ceremony, according to C. Terry Dooley, senior...
Employment Attorney Will Run Group at Farella Braun
By Erik Cummins
Doug Dexter has been busy lately, really busy. Representing troubled employers like Arthur Andersen and Excite@Home, the San F...
Next Target
By Joel Rosenblatt
As the list of corporate rogues grows, some malpractice lawyers say it's only a matter of time until attorneys join the ranks ...
Liu & Liu's Chief Rejoins MoFo's Los Angeles Office as Of-Counsel
By Staff Writer
David Liu ended a two-year stint at the helm of Los Angeles intellectual property boutique Liu & Liu to return to Morrison...
Koll Sells Namesake
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer No, it's not what a British cockney would call someone named Harris. Arris Builders Inc....
Family-Life Focused Firms Make Working Mother List
By Stefanie Knapp
Two California firms and one Washington, D.C., shop top the list of law firms making family life more accessible for anyone wi...
Western Diversity Dinner Honors General Counsels
By Liz Valsamis
The general counsels of Intel Corp, Hilton Hotels Corp, Wells Fargo & Co. and the Los Angeles office of Lord, Bissell &...
Landlord Sued for Confining Kids in Apartments
By Contributing Writer
BY STEFANIE KNAPP Special to CREJ LOS ANGELES - After a Norwalk apartment manager allegedly forbade children from playing outs...
The Great Land Squeeze
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor What do a bowling alley, a golfer's driving range, an adult mud-wrestling venue and...
Manning & Marder Elevates Four to the Partner Level
By Staff Writer
David A. Peck, James F. Saunders, William W. Webb and Denise Walter, will take on the title partner at Manning & Marder, K...
Cotkin Collins Opens Outpost To Service the Las Vegas Area
By Staff Writer
Twenty-six attorney Cotkin, Collins & Ginsburg is the latest law firm to move into the Las Vegas market, having opened an ...
Key Ingredients for Developing Successful New Town Centers
By Columnist
BY GARY CUSUMANO A new suburban town center is not a combination outdoor mall and cinema complex, called a "lifestyle center,"...