Pasadena Bar Group Celebrates 9th U.S. Circuit Justice at Dinner
By Staff Writer
The Pasadena Bar Association honored Justice Dorothy Nelson of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals with the Judge of the Yea...
Covering One's Assets
By Contributing Writer
BY JIM EMERSON Special to the CREJ It's a myth that you can't get terrorism coverage for your commercial property. But skyroc...
State Needs Prop. 46
By Columnist
BY MICHAEL J. NOVOGRADAC California voters will be asked Nov. 5 to decide whether to authorize $2.1 billion in bonds for a va...
Moody's Downgrades CMBS on Lack of Terrorism Insurance
By Wire
BY DEAN STARKMAN Dow Jones Newswires Moody's Investors Service , following through on an earlier warning, downgraded $4.5 bil...
Slow-Growth Initiatives SOAR
By Contributing Writer
BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ Ventura County, the birthplace of the Southern California slow-growth movement, finds itself ...
Crosby Heafey Joins Reed Smith In Trendy Cross-Country Merger
By Erik Cummins
The combination of Oakland's Crosby Heafey Roach & May with Pittsburgh's Reed Smith is the latest law firm merger with a b...
Due on Encumbrance
By Columnist
BY WILLIAM J. BERNFELD Imagine this scenario: It's 1995 and a commercial property owner has a $6 million first trust deed loa...
Firms Await Ruling on Use of Synthetic Leases
By Wire
BY RAY A. SMITH Dow Jones Newswires Although some companies are pulling out of controversial so-called synthetic leases, many...
Merger Unites Two Sides of Coal Industry
By Toni Vranjes
A lump of coal is a precious commodity, as two newly merged Utah companies can attest. The companies, which extract value from...
Title Update
By Columnist
BY STATHI MARCOPULOS Failing to periodically update title insurance checklists and standard coverage requirements could be a ...
Lord Bissell Snares a New Partner
By Liz Valsamis
Lord, Bissell & Brook has hired finance and real estate partner Cherie Raidy away from the Los Angeles office of New York'...
Battling Ballot-Box Planning
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Thanks to one of the latest challenges to beset the real estate industry, many developer...
Close Up
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Richard Close, the chairman of Valley VOTE, the organization that asks Angelenos on Nov....
Fifth-Graders Participate in Mock Trial Hosted by Holland & Knight
By Staff Writer
Snow White, the Seven Dwarfs, the Wicked Queen and the Mirror made an appearance at Esperanza Elementary School in Los Angeles...
Numbers Crunching
By Contributing Writer
BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ You don't have to be a rocket scientist to make money in commercial real estate, but understa...
School Fight
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The Santa Ana Unified School District will pay $6.2 million to the owners of one of Sant...
Using Damages Experts More Effectively
By Contributing Writer
Column by Karl J. Schulze - Business litigation today rarely progresses without the use of a variety of experts, whether as a ...
San Jose's NetIQ Will Buy PentaSafe for $255 Million
By Toni Vranjes
NetIQ Corp. of San Jose has agreed to buy a privately held computer security company in a deal valued at $255 million in cash ...
Judge Joins JAMS After 35 Years Of Experience on Bench and Bar
By Staff Writer
Joseph Johnston is the latest judge to join JAMS, a private alternative dispute resolution provider. Johnston, 68, brings with...
U.S. Office Vacancy Rate Increased to Almost 16 Percent in Third Quarter
By Wire
BY DEAN STARKMAN Dow Jones Newswires The nation's office-vacancy rate continued to climb in the third quarter, hitting almost...
Settlement Will Increase Stores' Female Workers
By Eron Yehuda
Customers frequenting the dozens of Rent-A-Center stores in California should notice more female employees helping them, after...
Office Buyers Ignore Vacancies
By Wire
BY MOTOKO RICH Dow Jones Newswires The news coming out of the commercial real estate market is bleak: Office vacancy rates ar...
Beijing Chooses MoFo for 2008 Olympics Agent
By Liz Valsamis
The attorneys at Morrison & Foerster probably can't stand on the balance beam without risking bodily injury, and it's not ...
Ex-Brobeck Partner Jumps at Opportunity
By Liz Valsamis
Eddie Rodriguez has left the San Diego office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and accepted an offer to establish a corporat...
Sign of Times
By Contributing Writer
In Closing Column - By Pamela J. Voich & Michele C.S. Lange - In October 2001, the California Legislature passed amendment...
Registry Firm Finds Funds For Storage of Stem Cells
By Toni Vranjes
Cord Blood Registry, which stores stem cells from newborns for use in case of a future medical emergency, has secured $18 mill...
County Defies Rules, Names New Court Building After Sitting Judge
By Karen Coleman
Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta's role in bringing a new family court services building to Contra Costa County was so exce...
Oakland Attorney to Head League
By Karen Coleman
John Russo, Oakland's first elected city attorney, recently became the first person in that position to take the top spot at t...
Firm Sponsors Loyola Law Class In Litigation About Elder Abuse
By Staff Writer
Thanks to a donation from the San Pedro office of Wilkes & McHugh, students at Loyola Law School can learn about elder abu...
Orrick Herrington Bolsters Product Liability Practice
By John Ryan
By John Ryan San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has added a product liability strength to its West Coast liti...