New Law Will Hit Mom and Pop Buyers
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer A new tax law may take many mom and pop real estate buyers by surprise Jan. 1, when t...
Santa Barbara's Hager & Dowling Elevates Associate Civil Litigator
By Staff Writer
SANTA BARBARA - Santa Barbara's Hager & Dowling, a civil litigation firm, has promoted associate Lisa Franklin to partner ...
U.S. Office Buildings' Cash Flow Down, Vacancies Up
By Wire
BY DEAN STARKMAN Dow Jones Newswires Cash flows from office buildings fell 1.1 percent in the third quarter, as vacancy rates...
'Crazy Drunk' Depicts Celebrity Attorney
By Joan Osterwalder
LOS ANGELES - Even a century ago, Los Angeles had its celebrity lawyers. Back then, Earl Rogers was known as a virtually unbea...
Pan Pacific Plans to Buy Center Trust
By Toni Vranjes
BY TONI VRANJES Special to CREJ Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc. , a real estate investment trust, plans to increase its pr...
Northrop Signs Deal to Discard Automotive Unit
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Nearly five months after agreeing to acquire TRW Inc., defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles ...
Gibson Dunn Ups Eight to Partnership Ranks on Jan. 1
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - The partnership at Los Angeles' Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher will lift two California lawyers and six others to...
State High Court Picks Watai As Judge for Bar Court Review
By Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court appointed for a second time former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Madge Watai as ...
Shaw Pittman L.A. Partner Lands at O'Melveny & Myers
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Washington, D.C.-based Shaw Pittman has lost one of the founding partners of its Los Angeles office to O'Melveny...
Latham Helps Bring Water-Themed Resort to Las Vegas
By Toni Vranjes
LAS VEGAS - Break out your golf clubs, your appetite and your wallet. A new glitzy casino is opening on the Las Vegas Strip. T...
Piper Rudnick Brings in Former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Illinois
By Staff Writer
The trend of U.S. attorneys heading to litigation practices at large firms has caught up with Piper Rudnick. The Washington, ...
Panel OKs Assaulted Soccer Player's Suit
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A man who won a Northridge club soccer game but was assaulted afterward by members of the losing team can sue th...
Newhall Team Takes First in Mock Trial Competition
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - William S. Hart High School's mock trial team took top honors this week in the senior-high division of the Const...
Company Creates New Litigation Resources Provider
By Joan Osterwalder
LOS ANGELES - New York-based Bowne & Co.'s business solutions division has acquired DecisionQuest of Torrance for $31 mill...
Bar Activist Wins Seat on Board of Governors
By Don De Benedictis
LOS ANGELES - A committed bar activist boasting strong support from Bay Area lawyers' groups has defeated a prominent State Ba...
Reinhardt Throws Down Gauntlet on Gun Control
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The most liberal judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals used a challenge to California's ban on assau...
Jurist Denies Marijuana Co-op's Plea
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The operators of Santa Cruz's medical marijuana cooperative will not be getting their pot back. In a ruling filed ...
False Accusations Against Cops Are Banned
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that it is not unconstitutional to punish people for filing false...
'Tis the Season to Stay Put, Improve Your Workplace Conditions
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin - Reviews, bonuses, resolutions - yes, the holiday season is quickly approaching. It's ...
Some Family Law Actions Are Exempt From Five-Year Rule
By Columnist
Focus Column - Family Law - By Jane S. Preece - The determination of which family law cases should be dismissed for exceeding ...
Federal Panel Denies Asylum to Chinese Couple
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Upholding an immigration court's decision, a federal appellate panel Thursday denied a Chinese couple's asylum r...
Costly Burden
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Forum Column - By Daniel L. Siegel - An effort to have the U.S. Supreme Court extend the Fifth Amendment's Just Compensation C...
IP Litigator Leaves Christie Parker
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Laurence Pretty, a nationally prominent intellectual property attorney, has left Christie, Parker & Hale a l...
With a Web Site Like This, You Just Know You'll Love It
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Catch a baseball falling into McCovey Cove, a salmon flung from a Seattle fish market or an orchid floating d...
Justices Signal Opposition to 'Miranda' Suit
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a cool reception to the civil rights damages suit filed by an Oxnard farmwork...
Justice Signal Opposition to 'Miranda' Suit
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a cool reception to the civil rights damages suit filed by an Oxnard farmwork...
Father Has Standing in Pledge Case
By Riley Guerin
SAN FRANCISCO - The federal appeals panel that declared in June the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional ruled Wednesday that...
Liability Extended in Building Suits
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - In a victory for homeowners, the state Supreme Court on Wednesday extended California's doctrine of strict produ...
State Bar Halts Ex-Judge's Practice
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - The State Bar of California has filed charges to stop former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patrick B. Murphy ...