By Hans Hansson Business brokers use a simple formula to determine how much a retailer can afford to pay in rent per month: I...

The San Diego office of Baker & McKenzie has elected a new managing partner. Charles H. Dick Jr. succeeds Ali M. M. Mojdeh...

After raiding San Francisco's Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison for most of its 37 Bay Area lawyers, London's Clifford Chance is...

BY JOEL MILLER Much has been written about smart growth, and recent news media editorials urge the state Legislature to approv...

Lightconnect Inc. has 9 million reasons to celebrate, following its latest round of venture financing. The Newark-based compan...

Broadening its presence in the Golden State, Texas-based Guaranty Bank has scooped up seven bank branches. Advised by Manatt, ...

Ken Lemberger has left a 20-year career at Sony Pictures Entertainment to join the Los Angeles office of Kaye Scholer. "He is ...

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Even if they had read the leaves, the Teahouse Gang of the early 1960s probably could not...

In her 79 years on earth, Marjorie W. Day has made quite an impression, but perhaps none more lasting than as one of Orange Co...

Pure entrepreneurial ambition drove Henry Bunsow to leave his cozy home at San Francisco's Keker & Van Nest to help Howrey...

Judge William T. Garner celebrated his 69th birthday and retirement on Sept. 24. He served 12 years on the Municipal Court and...

Following the lead of several other firms with multiple offices in San Diego, Casey, Gerry, Reed & Schenk has opened its s...

BY ALAN NADITZ CREJ Staff Writer Need to renew your real estate license? You might want to get it done before July 1 - or else...

Defense attorneys are fuming over a new law that gives plaintiffs more time to file lawsuits and respond to motions for summar...

Encino's Michelman & Robinson continues its slow and steady growth since its launch four years ago. The latest lateral hir...

The national legal consulting firm Altman Weil Inc. will have a presence in cities across Canada once its merger with Catalyst...

Yet another Lyon & Lyon partner has found a new home. Intellectual property litigator Steven D. Hemminger, who started at ...

"There are some broad differences across the Bay Area that suggest near-term rental outperformance in the East Bay. Both the ...

Harris F. Brotman has closed his one-man intellectual property shop and joined San Diego's Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Sa...

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor The Los Angeles secession debate boils down to a question of certainty. Those lobb...

Paul Webber arrived in Los Angeles 15 years ago in a used Mercury Cougar that his law firm, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe...

BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ How does a 15 percent, 20 percent or even greater return on your investment sound? The Califor...

A longtime Los Angeles Superior Court judge retired in September. On Sept. 10, Robert Letteau left his 20-year job with the co...

George G. Strong Jr. has become general counsel and managing director of Cornerstone Research Inc.'s new Los Angeles office. S...

Landlords beware. Marilyn Kalman may never have attended law school, but she is a dedicated and seemingly successful attorney ...

Australian bank Macquarie Infrastructure Group has acquired a majority stake in a company that is developing a San Diego toll ...

Adviser Column - By Michael Solender - With the Aas decision decreeing that consequential damages to other construction elemen...

A rare lawsuit borne of an embryo mix-up at a San Francisco fertility clinic is about to face its first court challenge, with ...

An ultra-hip West Hollywood club and an upscale, yet trendy, restaurant in San Francisco's Mission District were the meeting p...

Veteran Bay Area lawyers often express surprise when told that San Francisco's Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold is no long...