Judge Prepares for Bankruptcy Blitz
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Barry Russell, the U.S. Central District's incoming chief bankruptcy judge, is preparing for an onslaught of cas...
Dangers From Within, Without
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - In the hours following the Sept. 11 attacks on America, newspapers began to ask an important, if unpopular, quest...
Sneak Peek
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - Virtually every day there is a story in the media regarding the war on terrorism and the g...
Debtor May Assign Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases
By Columnist
Focus Column - Bankruptcy Law - By Leslie A. Cohen and Craig G. Margulies - The assignability of a contract or lease is a crit...
S.F. Landlord Fined for 'Fire Traps'
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge has hit a lower Nob Hill landlord with a half-million-dollar civil penalty for renting...
DA Fights Effort to Spare Westerfield
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - In response to motions by David A. Westerfield's lawyers to spare him from the death penalty, prosecutors say that...
Jurist Gives People a Chance
By Jenna Bordelon
SAN PEDRO - Commissioner Beverly Mosley remembered Calvin as a respectful, sweet boy. He had been a student in Mosley's sixth-...
As Crosby Merges, Partners Leave
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Three more litigators have left Oakland's Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May as a result of the firm's merger wi...
Aimless Gunfire by Gravity-Challenged Angelenos Bemuses New Chief
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The law of gravity is not well understood in Los Angeles. This sad and embarrassing fact got its annu...
Coastal Commission Loses Crucial Appeal
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Like a judicial tsunami, a state appellate court all but wiped out the California Coastal Commission on Monda...
AB1889 Forbids Use of State Money to Discourage Unions
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Jeffrey A. Berman and Kerry McCoy - 2002 has brought significant developments in the ongoin...
New Law Prohibits Use of State Money to Discourage Unions
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Jeffrey A. Berman and Kerry McCoy - 2002 has brought significant developments in the ongoin...
No Foxes in the Henhouse, Just Two Eager Prosecutors
By Karen Coleman
Reporter's Notebook - By Karen Coleman - The Solano County district attorney's office is adding a pair of prosecutors in Janua...
Seeing Hidden Political Motives
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Harold Johnson - In 2001, when the U.S. Supreme Court was reviewing a challenge to set-aside rules that auto...
Lawyers Rush to File Motions by Year's End
By Joan Osterwalder
LOS ANGELES - Some civil attorneys may be bleary-eyed on New Year's Day, but it won't be from partying. Many defense lawyers p...
High Court's Noncompete Ruling Won't Be Last Word
By Riley Guerin
SAN JOSE - Employment law attorneys waited for months for the California Supreme Court to clear up the controversy about whet...
Three Named to Sacramento Bench
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis on Monday chose his chief deputy legal affairs secretary, Shelleyanne W.L. Chang, for a seat ...
Appeals Court Affirms $5 Fee to Use Forests
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court has upheld a controversial $5 use fee for national forests across the country but said ...
Court Upholds Curfew During School Hours
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A Monrovia law requiring public school children to be off the streets during school hours is constitutional beca...
A Tough Year
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Violent criminals got little sympathy from the California Supreme Court in 2002. Juvenile offenders got stiff...
CRA Approves Downtown Supermarket, Lofts
By Wire
CREJ WIRE REPORT LOS ANGELES - CIM Group won unanimous approval Dec. 19 from the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency t...
O'Melveny Antitrust Expert Jumps to Sheppard Mullin
By Liz Valsamis
By Liz Valsamis With the recruitment of partner David R. Garcia from Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers, Sheppard, Mulli...
SBA 504 Loans Up in Northern California
By Contributing Writer
BY JIM EMERSON Special to the CREJ An increase in property acquisitions in Northern California is occurring in the small busi...
Hearst Ranch Deal Could Save Miles of Calif. Coast
By Wire
BY ERICA WERNER Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - During his lifetime, publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst built a...
San Jose Streamlines Its Recovery
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer San Jose has given area developers and building owners an edge to fill the city's ma...
Only Four More Years to Go
By Wire
CREJ WIRE REPORT Office building sale prices have risen while occupancy rates have fallen. But despite industry buzz that thi...
Emmy Awards Consider Building New Theater
By Wire
BY LYNN ELBER Associated Press Following the Academy Awards' lead in moving to a custom-built theater, Emmy organizers are se...
Best Best Adds to Sacramento Outpost
By Liz Valsamis
By Liz Valsamis Riverside's Best Best & Krieger has added another partner to its year-old Sacramento outpost. Ann Siprell...
Judge Finds Official Liable for Denial of Special Ed
By Joan Osterwalder
A school official is liable for not meeting a boy's needs. Page XX. By Joan Osterwalder Parents of special education children...
Successfully navigating storm water regulations requires a team approach
By Columnist
BY MARGARET STRAND In a time of widespread drought, storm water rules and regulations have not occupied a prominent place on ...