When someone has a rap as exquisite as Rich Chacon's, it's best to step out of the way and listen. "I got one of my guys out ...

BY STEFANIE KNAPP Special to CREJ Sony Pictures Entertainment should be thankful that its recent films, such as "Charlie's An...

By Liz Valsamis Seattle's Davis Wright Tremaine has hired two entertainment lawyers in its Los Angeles office. Jill R. Cohen,...

BY GIDEON KRACOV Redevelopment of contaminated properties raises the threat of environmental liability. Such properties are "...

By Toni Vranjes Microsoft Corp. shocked the business world earlier this month when it announced plans to stop issuing stock o...

By Erik Cummins For years, Nancy Geenen wanted to get more involved in law-firm management. That's why Geenen took two years ...

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor The ability to swim when thrown into the deep end is not just a sign of success in...

By Liz Valsamis Environmental litigation lawyer Kathleen Kenealy has become a deputy attorney general in the natural resource...

By Liz Valsamis Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps bankruptcy partners Christopher Celentino, Mikel R. Bistrow and Katheri...

BY MATTHEW HELLER Special to CREJ Attorney James McKiernan is taking a novel approach in an attempt to obtain compensation fo...

By Toni Vranjes In a bid to expand its presence in the information-storage business, EMC Corp. will acquire Legato Systems In...

BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer Vail Resorts Inc. , the company that purchased the Ritz-Carlton resort in Rancho Mirage in ...

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor With the state's massive budget gap and the spending cuts likely to ensue, the ins...

BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer The state agency that reviews hospital building codes could tie up billions of dollars of c...

By Stefanie Knapp The Association of Trial Lawyers of America received what it views as great news just in time for its annua...

By Liz Valsamis Pittsburgh's Kirkpatrick & Lockhart has lured Richard Crane and Dennis Ehling from Los Angeles' Musick, P...

By Stefanie Knapp Mary Alexander finally can take a deep breath. After spending the last year fighting the medical malpractic...

By John Ryan Law firms boosted their profits in 2002 but are becoming more cautious about increasing their size through merge...

BY MARTIN COYNE AND JONATHAN HILL The Los Angeles Basin and the East Bay portion of the San Francisco Bay Area are poised to ...

BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer The turbulent economic conditions and a looming war with Iraq presaged widespread uncertain...

BY DANIEL JOHNSON A growing number of California developers are realizing that getting their hands a little dirty can really ...

BY SPENCER WOLF Special to the CREJ At first glance, Heritage Crossing Industrial Park, a 22-acre parcel entitled for 400,000...

By Eron Ben-Yehuda Nelva Hernandez makes $7.10 an hour folding towels at a Bay Area cleaning facility owned by laundry giant ...

By Toni Vranjes Real estate investment trust Mills Corp. has purchased the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, the fourth-lar...

CORPORATE By Jeffrey Krasner The Boston Globe Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin charged financial services g...

By Joel Rosenblatt Michael C. Phillips rejoined Morrison & Foerster's 200-lawyer corporate group July 2 as a senior partn...

Adviser Column Legal Technology By Anton Litchfield More often than not, evidence that might have been typed on a computer ex...

By Joan Osterwalder Anyone can be an entrepreneur, but, according to a court ruling, not everyone can use the word. A federal...

By Joel Rosenblatt Sang Kim joined Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich's Palo Alto office from KPMG's international corporate se...

By John Ryan Boston's Bingham McCutchen continues to expand in Southern California with the acquisition of two partners for i...