Fruitful Donation
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Charity comes in all forms - even a barn. On May 17, the city of Sunnyvale dedicat...
Bill Clarifies Gender Equality for Tenants
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer The concept of gender may be changing, but laws preserving the rights of all people,...
Leader, Partnership Lure Lawyer to Carroll Burdick
By Erik Cummins
Natalie Pierce first met Angela Bradstreet last year when Bradstreet, a partner at Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, spoke at ...
Kohl's Liable for Back Pay
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer The Department of Industrial Relations has ruled that workers who built the Kohl's distribut...
Co-Managing Partners Take On a Pair of Coudert Offices
By Erik Cummins
Realizing the job of running its Northern California offices was too big for any one partner, Coudert Brothers Chairman David ...
Brewer Outsources Information Technology
By Toni Vranjes
Milwaukee beer maker Miller Brewing Co. has signed a $143 million agreement to outsource its information technology to Affilia...
Maisnik Joins Jeffer Mangels
By Liz Valsamis
Guy Maisnik, formerly of Los Angeles' Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, has joined the real estate department of Jeffer, ...
Keeping the Reins on 'Free' Rent
By Columnist
BY STEVEN HELLER A landlord that uses care in giving a tenant "free rent" will avoid giving away the store and may retain cer...
Casino Gambles on Growth
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer There's little San Bernardino residents can do to halt the casino expansion plans of the Sa...
Hospice of Marin Expands by Acquisition
By Toni Vranjes
In an effort to broaden the scope of their charitable activities, Hospice of Marin and Hospice By The Bay have united. Hospice...
Milberg Weiss Decides Smaller Is Better
By John Ryan
Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, known for its class-action securities suits on behalf of shareholders, shook up the ...
Medical Exams of Plaintiffs Require Lawyers' Wariness
By Contributing Writer
Column - Trial Strategy - By Martin Blake - The recent decision in Golfland Entertainment Centers Inc. v. Superior Court of...
Judge Disqualifies Firm in Wrongful-Termination Case
By Eron Yehuda
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton firm withdrew last month from defending a wrongful-termination suit after a judge rule...
Attorneys Write Survival Guide for Film Producers
By Tina Spee
Armed with little more than artistic vision, independent film producers sometimes flounder through the legal complications of ...
Bricks and Mortar Rule
By Erik Cummins
BY ERIK CUMMINS Special to CREJ Tony Ratner reached behind a door in a 28th-floor corner office in San Francisco's historic R...
Investigation Must Respect Attorney-Client Privilege
By Columnist
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Laurie L. Levenson - Prosecutors have powerful tools, such as wiretaps and search warrants, t...
Los Angeles Looks at Big Picture of Industrial Land Recycling
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor With no raw land left for development, the city of Los Angeles is trying to figure ...
Jurist Fancies Himself a Bandleader
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Donald S. Mitchell is interested in nearly everything. A 90-minute conversation with him moves from Nort...
Man Need Not Tell Clients of Checkered Past
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Randall Britt runs a credit repair business for debt-plagued clients who trust him with their most personal f...
Police Need to Know About Crimes Committed at School
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Robert DeKoven - School officials have lamented for years that they have to put up with many "discipline" pr...
Torture Tactics
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Constitutional rights have little meaning if they are not enforceable. The U.S. Supreme ...
Be Prepared to Investigate Workplace Misconduct
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Kevin Lilly - In the past, managers arrived at a workplace investigation like a coroner at a crime scen...
SF Law Library Closing Temporarily
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Patrons of the San Francisco Law Library's downtown branch will have to trek to the library's two Civic Center...
Latino Officer Named to CJP By Gov. Davis
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis has appointed Jose Miramontes, president of the National Latino Peace Officers Association, to...
Scope of Electronic Discovery Turns on Accessibility of Data
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By Julie Locke - In the past several months, courts around the country have issued landmark ruling...
Police Arrest Two Former Priests
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Two former Roman Catholic priests were arrested Thursday on suspicion of child molestation, the same day that a ...
Criminal Past Doesn't Necessarily Limit One's Job Options
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Randall Britt runs a credit repair business for debt-plagued clients who trust him with their most personal fi...
DA Seeks Media Help With Possible Suit by L.A. Times
By Jim Adamekn
LOS ANGELES - In a bizarre new twist to allegations that Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has routinely blocked...
Kuhl Nomincation
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Senate Judiciary Chairman Orin Hatch says he will push forward with the controversial nomination of Los Angeles ...
Bench Officer Grants Bail for Accused Chinese Double Agent
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES -Accused Chinese double agent Katrina Leung smiled and hugged her attorneys Thursday after U.S. District Judge Flo...