San Diego DA Makes Changes In Leadership
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO -District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis on Monday began putting her stamp on the department she wrested from Paul Pfingst...
Justices Ponder Officer's Liability for Defective Warrant
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether law enforcement officers can be held liable for damages if...
Deadline Arrives to Introduce Legislative Proposals
By Columnist
BY REX HIME To date, nearly 2000 bills have been introduced. Legislation of interest to CBPA members just introduced include: ...
Local Chief Wants Legal Marketers' Day in the Sun
By Stefanie Knapp
Teachers expect juicy red apples on Teacher Appreciation Day. Secretaries get special attention - probably a large vase of flo...
Johnson & Johnson Will Buy Biotech Firm
By Toni Vranjes
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to buy Sunnyvale's Scios Inc. for $2.4 billion in cash to enhance its biotechnology arsenal. ...
Small-Town Sale Inspires Another Internet Auction
By Wire
ASSOCIATED PRESS CARLOTTA - Taking a cue from Bridgeville, the small Northern California town sold on the Internet auction blo...
Fee Hike Could Jeopardize Apartment Construction in Goleta
By Wire
ASSOCIATED PRESS GOLETA - Builders say there's a chill in Goleta. Higher development fees for bigger roads, bike routes and m...
Sales Talk
By Stefanie Knapp
Milton Stewart decided early last year that his firm needed to do a better job developing new business. The economy was in the...
Market Mavens
By Toni Vranjes
It's not the stuff of "Joe Millionaire," "Survivor" or the myriad other reality shows flooding America's television sets, but ...
Employment Boutique Nabs Brobeck Phleger Attorneys
By Liz Valsamis
As law firms scrambled to hire Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison attorneys, a Greenville, S.C.-based labor an employment law bou...
Pair of Patent Lawyers Heads to Cooley Godward's Palo Alto Shop
By Staff Writer
Cooley Godward picked up a pair of patent attorneys last month. Roberta Robins and Dahna Pasternak both joined the firm as pa...
Gray Cary Helps Jack in the Box Purchase Chain
By Toni Vranjes
San Diego-based Jack in the Box Inc. has acquired Qdoba Restaurant Corp., making it the latest fast-food chain to expand into ...
Event Recognizes Special Master of Fund for Victims
By Stefanie Knapp
With a room full of 400 mediation and arbitration professionals, you can bet the stories of who's settled the toughest cases w...
Boston Properties Completes Leasing Deal With O'Melveny
By Staff Writer
Boston Properties Inc. has executed a lease at Times Square Tower with Los Angeles' O'Melveny & Myers, the office buildin...
Veteran San Diego Jurist Puts in His Papers to Become a Lobbyist
By Claude Walbert
Longtime San Diego County Superior Court Judge Lawrence W. Stirling is leaving the bench to become a lobbyist, he announced j...
Nixon Eyes Energy Market, Grows West Coast Presence
By Erik Cummins
Energy and environmental law practices are slow these days, but that hasn't prevented Nixon Peabody from building its West Coa...
Jury Finds for Dentist in Disability Lawsuit
By Joan Osterwalder
A disability rights lawsuit against a dentist was a case both sides felt had teeth. The plaintiff, John Taylor, a quadriplegic...
Pressing On
By Contributing Writer
In Closing - Public Relations - By Elizabeth Lampert and Lori Greenspoon - Once a media and marketing industry standard, the p...
Merger Strengthens Firm
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer A.W. Arendsee , a boutique commercial brokerage firm specializing in the representation ...
Looking for Financial Clarity
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The dense fog lingering around the windows of the Pacific Club in Newport Beach somehow ...
Aging in Place
By Columnist
BY DAVID W. STOLTE Exciting trends are coming to senior housing, reflecting a growing understanding of the importance of makin...
Uncommon Opportunity
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor The rise of 1031 exchanges increased competition and sales prices for investment r...
Irvine Co. Acquiring Symphony Towers
By Julie Nakashima
SAN DIEGO - The Irvine Co. of Newport Beach is acquiring Symphony Towers, a 34-story Class A office highrise located at 750 B ...
New Hope for Mall in Limbo
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer The doors of a mall located for a long time in downtown Sunnyvale are open for busine...
Harassed Bus Driver Wins $1.13 Million
By Eron Yehuda
Hoping to advance her career, Parquette Hamilton accepted a promotion from bus driver to manager-in-training at the Compton fa...
Proposed Lab Could Become West Coast Center for Homeland Security Research
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer The University of California recently submitted a proposal to tap federal and state f...
Southland Cities Stand Firm Against Controversial Stormwater Rules
By Wire
CREJ WIRE REPORT SIGNAL HILL - Southland cities re-affirmed their commitment to a lawsuit challenging costly, environmentally...
Calix Networks Announces $50 Million in New Funding
By Toni Vranjes
Telecom equipment company Calix Networks has kept out of the spotlight since its founding, but it suddenly has taken center st...
Bankruptcy Boutique Adds Partner to Its Letterhead
By Staff Writer
Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young & Jones, the ber-bankruptcy boutique with offices in California, New York and Delaware, ha...
Real Estate Stock Outshines Home Ownership, According to NAREIT Study
By Wire
CREJ WIRE REPORT WASHINGTON - A new report prepared for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts concludes t...