LOS ANGELES - Hughes Electronics Corp. of El Segundo has named Larry D. Hunter as its new general counsel. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Sexual harassment prevention is largely ignored at law schools such as Boalt Hall because men dominate the fa...

SACRAMENTO - Trial courts and the state judiciary will share the pain of more than $10 billion in spending cuts being propose...

Forum Column - By Jeff Lowe - Lost in the national debate over Medicare reform and affordable prescription drugs is the tragic...

Focus Column - Business Law - By Clyde M. Hettrick and Steven C. Valerio - Rather than punishing a party to a contract with ex...

LOS ANGELES - They may not pass some watchdogs' "smell test," but there is nothing wrong with the $1.25-million in Los Angeles...

LOS ANGELES - UCLA law professor Susan Prager is one of five finalists to become president of Florida State University, accord...

WASHINGTON - A lot of changes have occurred in the 11 years since Justice Clarence Thomas succeeded Justice Thurgood Marshall ...

LOS ANGELES - University of Southern California Law School Associate Dean Karen Lash is leaving the post she founded to join W...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court has published its ruling that cities are free to deny taxpayer subsidies to groups th...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate ruling threatening dozens of oil leases off the California coast hands the companies invo...

Focus Column - Tax Law - By David Brent Jones - For the successful employer with 15 or fewer employees who wants to make maxim...

SAN FRANCISCO - When voters revamped the state Commission on Judicial Performance in 1994, they clearly wanted a major change...

BY JIM EMERSON Special to the CREJ Restoration work of the historic Montgomery Hotel in San Jose resumed recently and its com...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Washington, D.C., federal appellate court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday in a class action o...

Focus Column - Public Relations - By David Silver - Like a relentless avalanche, one corporate scandal after another has tumbl...

MILWAUKEE - Litigation partner Stephen McFeely practiced at Oakland's Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May for more than 30 years b...

SAN FRANCISCO - Thanks to Morrison & Foerster land use attorney Donna Black, the Daughters of Charity Ministries Services ...

SACRAMENTO - The judges of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California appointed the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor One item that appears to be on just about every real estate investor's holiday sho...

BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ New statistics show that expensive living conditions in Santa Barbara and western Los Angeles ...

BY ERON BEN-YEHUDA Special to CREJ Despite winning $7 million in punitive damages earlier this month, veteran Sacramento tria...

ORANGE COUNTY - A name that people recognize is important for a law firm, which makes tinkering with that name a delicate matt...

LOS ANGELES - The Civil Justice Association of California appointed Laura Borden Riddell as the group's legislative advocate, ...

BY PETER BLUMBERG Special to CREJ A city does not have to compensate a private-property owner just because a zoning dispute h...

NEWPORT BEACH - The story of Nick Yocca shampooing the carpets of his new office is part of legal community folklore - a collo...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass has elevated a pair of lawyers to partner status, effective ...

BY BERT DEZZUTTI To be successful, companies must be dynamic, constantly evolving and adjusting to ever-changing market condit...

CREJ WIRE REPORT Foreign investment in U.S. real estate increased to $44 billion in 2001, up from $38 billion in 1997, accord...

BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer A persistent increase in the Coachella Valley's seasonal and year-round population is build...