Under the Guns
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - The bankruptcy of Costa Mesa gunmaker Bryco Arms would seem to vindicate the gun industry advocates who say l...
Ruling Bars Malpractice for Lost Punitives
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Clients suing lawyers for malpractice cannot recover for punitive damages lost because of the lawyer's allege...
Anti-SLAPP Suit Statute: Who Is SLAPPing Whom?
By Columnist
BY JOHN L. FITZGERALD The state anti-SLAPP statute has been on the books for more than 10 years, but recent judicial decision...
No Picnic
By Contributing Writer
Adviser Column - Employment Law - By Andrew Peterson - Imagine that you are general counsel for a large California corporation...
Wildlife Refuge Sues County to Allow Media on Property
By Stefanie Knapp
A Los Angeles refuge for wild and exotic animals filed a lawsuit May 19 claiming First Amendment violations. The Wildlife WayS...
Meyers Nave Lures Two to Expand Sacramento Office
By Erik Cummins
Oakland's Meyers Nave represents 100 Northern California cities, counties and public agencies, many of them in the Bay Area. ...
Dumped Law Partner Wins $700,000 Arbitration Award
By Joan Osterwalder
Attorney Esteban Gallegos claimed greedy partners ousted him from a Los Angeles law firm two years ago so they could get a hig...
Foreclosing Beneficiaries Run Risks When Bidding on Property
By Columnist
BY WILLIAM J. BERNFELD Noting that the state is burdened by a multibillion-dollar deficit, a poor job market, a weak technolo...
Latham Helps Amgen Gain Stake in Biotech Company
By Toni Vranjes
Amgen Inc. of Thousand Oaks has bought a minority stake in biotechnology company Tularik Inc. in connection with a new agreeme...
Mountain View Firm GCA Brings in Three Attorneys
By Joel Rosenblatt
GCA Law Partners, the Mountain View firm that offers clients lower prices by employing no associates, has hired two of-counsel...
Trio Starts Entertainment Boutique in Santa Monica
By Liz Valsamis
Joseph P. Costa, Alan Abrams and Charles M. Coate have formed Costa, Abrams & Coate. The Santa Monica-based entertainment ...
Nonverbal Cues Show Bias Jurors May Hide in Voir Dire
By Contributing Writer
Adviser Column - Jury Selection - By Andrea Mosmann - During voir dire, a juror must speak in front of a large group of strang...
Lawyer's Probe Uncovers Charity Fraud
By Joan Osterwalder
Attorney Anthony Pacheco suspected he was on to something when people started hanging up on him. He was making calls to ask ab...
Roxio Will Marry Pressplay With Napster
By Toni Vranjes
The recording industry finally has come to accept Napster - or at least, the Napster brand name. Software maker Roxio Inc. of ...
Off the Page
By Robin Davidson
In Closing Column - Legal Technology - By Sabina Bhalla and Sharon Jackson - Paperless litigation is slowly being accepted in ...
Cooley Godward Guides Vivace in Sale to Tellabs
By Toni Vranjes
Expanding into a lucrative market, Tellabs Inc. has agreed to buy San Jose network switch maker Vivace Networks Inc. Illinois-...
Tejon Ranch to Preserve One-Third of Property
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer Developers of Tejon Ranch have agreed to sell 100,000 acres of the sprawling ranch to a lan...
Oppenheimer Pulls Plug on Bay Area, Southland Shops
By Staff Writer
Following a year of constant scrutiny and rumors about its dedication to its California offices, Minneapolis' Oppenheimer Wolf...
Linen Retailer Strouds Holds Going-Out-of-Business Sale
By Toni Vranjes
Facing tough competition from national chains, regional linen retailer Strouds is going out of business. Strouds Acquisition C...
Freeway Expansion Blocked
By Contributing Writer
BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ Concerned real estate owners fearful of losing their homes and businesses were among those wh...
City Goes After President of Building Firm
By Ron Mc Nees
BY TYLER CUNNINGHAM Special to CREJ OAKLAND - Construction magnate Ronald Tutor will become a defendant when San Francisco la...
Pinch-Hitter in Family Court
By Dennis Pfaff
REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo Superior Court Judge Rosemary Pfeiffer has an unusual passion: Family law. While many members of the ...
Mailblocks Slaps Suits on Earthlink, Other Companies
By Eron Yehuda
The scourge of spam is reaching epic proportions, according to some estimates. By next month, spam, unsolicited computer-gener...
Getting Breaks
By Contributing Writer
By Tony R. Skogen California courts are experiencing a rapid growth in the number of administrative claims, individual lawsui...
Music Publisher Says Oldies Are Goodies With Purchase
By Toni Vranjes
In a deal reportedly worth a whopping $60 million, renowned songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller have sold music catalogs...
Despite Bad Rap, Many Say Unfair-Competition Law Helps People
By Joan Osterwalder
California's unfair-competition law has gotten a bad rap in recent months because of the highly publicized accounts of alleged...
N.Y. Firm Expands Immigration Unit
By Toni Vranjes
Expanding its reach even farther around the world, New York law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy has acquired a Pri...
It's Time to Shorten Multifamily Approvals
By Columnist
BY MARK H. CASSIDY California developers often won't consider building apartment projects on sites not already zoned for mult...
DAILY DEALS -- San Bernadino County
By Jack Briggs
FONTANA - Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp. leased a 102,100-square-foot industrial building at 10846 Commerce Way from Irvine-base...
Media Star Goes In-House at Disney
By Liz Valsamis
Karen Frederiksen, formerly a media partner with Seattle's Davis Wright Tremaine, has joined the Walt Disney Co. as a litigato...