Software Giant Has Hand in Online Conferencing Market
By Toni Vranjes
Software giant Microsoft Corp. has purchased PlaceWare Inc. of Mountain View, creating a formidable new competitor in the onli...
Piracy-Fighting Record Biz Targets Venture Capitalists
By Toni Vranjes
The record industry already has taken aim at several targets in its fight against online music piracy. Now it has a new target...
Taming the Beast
By Columnist
BY MICHAEL M. BERGER You can't pretend that an 800-pound gorilla just isn't there. Whistling doesn't help, and neither does l...
McDermott Will Boosts Its Trial Department
By Joel Rosenblatt
Daniel E. Alberti has joined the trial department of McDermott, Will & Emery in Palo Alto after 22 years at Ropers, Majesk...
Jurors Expect Attorneys to Answer Six Basic Questions
By Columnist
Column - Trial Strategy - By Noelle C. Nelson - From the jurors' perspective, lawyers must answer six basic questions of a cas...
Up on the Roof
By Stefanie Knapp
The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles found the perfect venue for honoring outstanding women in the legal profession - ...
Can a Mouse Change the World?
By Columnist
BY STEPHEN ROULAC E-commerce has profound urban form implications concerning the functioning of properties, the timing and na...
El Capitan's Owner Gets New Chance to Sue MTA
By Joan Osterwalder
A lawsuit filed by the owner of the historic El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood against the operator of the Los Angeles County su...
Plaintiff's Claims Continue Against Bank
By Stefanie Knapp
Although World Savings Bank escaped a fraud claim brought by a homeowner who purchased one of its properties, the legal mess d...
BY JIM WASSERMAN Associated Press Writer One hundred and forty years after businessmen drove the first spike of the Transcont...
Lyon & Lyon Veteran Moves
By Liz Valsamis
Two years after joining Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Bill Steffin has left the Cleveland-based firm for Los Angeles' Lewis, ...
Chip Makers Join Forces to Better Attack High-Definition TV Market
By Toni Vranjes
Chip maker Zoran Corp. of Santa Clara has agreed to buy Oak Technology Inc. for $358 million in cash and stock. Both companies...
Glimmers of Hope on the Horizon
By Michael Gottliebn
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer For the past two years, Northern California real estate industry leaders have waited...
Partners Break Away to Keep Clients, Prevent Conflicts
By Erik Cummins
Client conflicts didn't kill Murphy, Sheneman, Julian & Rogers' merger with Winston & Strawn earlier this year. But th...
Tech Lawyer Hopes Third Firm Is It
By Liz Valsamis
Kevin Debr is hoping that the third time is the charm. The technology lawyer joined Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Machtinger...
Building Momentum in Simi Valley
By Contributing Writer
BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ Families flock to the city because of its relative affordability and reputation for low crime...
Pacific Sunwear Settles With Two Workers
By Joan Osterwalder
There's more to a title than just the name. Employees in management positions at Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. stores all...
Jury Finds Against McDonald's
By Eron Yehuda
McDonald's projects an image of a corporation committed to the well-being of its 2,400 franchisees nationwide. "They are the h...
Record Retail Rebound Fuels Surge in Commercial Real Estate Market
By Wire
CHICAGO - Faith in the spending habits of the American consumer helped drive investors toward retail properties in the closin...
Developing Successful Inner-City Retail, Entertainment Projects
By Wire
LOS ANGELES - The key to developing successful inner city retail and entertainment projects is to work closely with area resi...
A Seat at the Table
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor At 4 a.m. on May 7, weary negotiators reached across the table and shook hands to ...
Students & Teachers
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Real estate may be an inherently local industry but there is still much to be shar...
Party Must Attack Punitives Proof at Trial or Waives Right to Do It Later
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By David Martinez - Defense practitioners navigating California's state courts are familiar with t...
Failed Companies' Patents Can Be Good Acquisitions
By Columnist
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Robert R. Sachs - The fickle economy continues to take its toll on both startups and...
Foster Children Face Educational Obstacles
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - Without someone advocating on their behalf, foster children likely will continue leaving the system without a de...
Doctor Hit By Lamp Wins $4 Million
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - A unique trial in which defense counsel requested that a jury determine damages before it assigned liability resul...
DA Selects Chief of Cold-Case Homicide Unit
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced Friday that Deputy District Attorney Jeff Dusek will lead a new cold-ca...
Lawyers Deny Charges In Client-Looting Case
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Attorney Melanie Rae Blum and her ex-husband, former attorney Mark Elliot Roseman, pleaded not guilty Friday to fe...
City Goes After President of Building Firm
By Tyler Cunningham
OAKLAND - Construction magnate Ronald Tutor will become a defendant when San Francisco lawyers file the latest version of the...
Engineer and His Family Could Pay Price for Bailing Out Uncle
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Faced with the anguished pleas of his ailing grandmother, Nabil Issa did what any concerned grandson would do. T...