BY MARGARET STRAND In a time of widespread drought, storm water rules and regulations have not occupied a prominent place on ...

By Liz Valsamis Former vice chair of Walt Disney Co. Sanford "Sandy" Litvack has left Dewey Ballantine a year after joining t...

BY RALPH VASQUEZ A new wave of federal storm water regulations -12 years in the making - is coming to a town near you. And wi...

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Another wick has been lit in San Diego's effort to revitalize its historic Gaslamp Quart...

By Toni Vranjes Newport Beach attorney Shiv Grewal was born in India, and the corporate and securities partner still has a sp...

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Given the mixed signals that the economy seems to be giving off, this may not seem like ...

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The demand for new housing continues to explode in California. The Sacramento Bee report...

BY JIM EMERSON Special to the CREJ Recent lending activity to small business owners suggests more women entrepreneurs are cho...

By Liz Valsamis All Stuart Liner's clients have to do is press a button and he'll dance for as long as they want him to. And,...

Siding maker prevails in suit brought by homeowners. Page XX By Joan Osterwalder In the first case against Dryvit Systems Inc...

SAN FRANCISCO - A construction defect litigation fix-it bill that takes effect with the new year promises sweeping changes fo...

SAN FRANCISCO - Richard Best didn't start out intending to become the resident tech-head of the San Francisco Superior Court. ...

LOS ANGELES - Expanding its insurance, reinsurance and insolvency practices, Santa Monica's Alschuler Grossman Stein & Ka...

PASADENA - The years have slipped by quickly for this son of working-class Mexican immigrants, who rose by personal determinat...

SAN FRANCISCO - Muslim inmates at Vacaville State Prison have won an important court battle that allows them to continue atte...

MARTINEZ - Judge Laurel Brady will have both joyous and onerous tasks ahead of her Thursday when she assumes the office of pr...

SACRAMENTO - A state trial judge violated a man's due process rights when he refused to issue a jury instruction on entrapmen...

RIVERSIDE - Bryan Mason felt something "pop" in his lower back last year as he lifted 625 pounds in a high-school weight-train...

SAN FRANCISCO - Dreaming up worst-case scenarios and coming up with ways to get out of them is not an area of expertise many ...

Focus Column Corporate Law By Daniel L. McConaughy and Chad C. Coombs Your client is going through a bankruptcy restructuring...

So it is the end of the year - yawn. It is not that I wish to denigrate 2002, nor speculate about what to expect or dread in 2...

LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has thrown out a malicious prosecution lawsuit brought by one set of attorneys against a...

Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Daniel L. McConaughy and Chad C. Coombs - Real options include nonfinancial attributes and b...

The late Justice Mildred Lillie has achieved immortality not only through her well-written opinions, but also through her pers...

LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis has appointed three new judges for Orange and San Diego counties. Kerry Wells, a deputy district...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif has recruited securities, health care and commerc...

BASS LAKE - Being the judge in a one-judge town like Bass Lake, population 400, might not sound as exciting as prosecuting hig...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner gets some of the most horrific cases in the county in her cou...

Responding to the increased judicial emphasis on alternatives to litigation, California state and federal courts will introduc...

Forum Column - By Joseph Herman, Peter K. Stris and Jason H. Wilson - On Jan. 1, 2003, SB1156 and AB2596 will take effect. The...