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Column by Garry Abrams - The saga of Frode Jensen, the former Pillsbury Winthrop partner who tried to jump ship to Latham &...


9th Circuit Reinstates Critical Doctor's Suit

Oct. 16, 2002
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco doctor's 1998 protest of physician layoffs at San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital may have ...



Sheriff's Laxity is Old News, Civil Rights Bar Says

Oct. 16, 2002
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - Reports that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has failed to investigate more than 800 claims of deput...


Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Christopher T. Micheletti - In Tie Tech Inc. v. Kinedyne Corp., 296 F.3d 778 ...



Juror Turnoffs

Oct. 15, 2002

Column by Noelle C. Nelson - Good cases often are lost by lawyers who unwittingly alienate jurors. Jurors expect attorneys to ...


Another Leader Departs Brobeck

Oct. 15, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

While his departure may not be on par with those of James Elacqua and Tower Snow, Kevin DeBr's decision to leave Brobeck, Phle...



Harvey L. Silbert, a noted businessman, entertainment lawyer and philanthropist, died at his home in Century City on Sept. 28....


Catellus, the Chameleon

Oct. 15, 2002
By Contributing Writer

BY JIM EMERSON Special to the CREJ Like a chameleon, Catellus Development Corp. changes its build-out strategy to match the ec...



Perfumery Gets Whiff of Ex-Couple's Wrath

Oct. 15, 2002
By Christina Landers

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman have reunited but not for the reason their fans wish they would. No, they're not back together ag...


Southern California attorney Michael A. J. Nangano enjoys litigation - perhaps too much. Nangano, 42, sued the law office that...



Katherine A. Bacal is the newest litigation partner in the San Diego office of Baker & McKenzie. The Chicago-based firm an...


The Offering

Oct. 15, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Column by By David A. Gerber - Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 permits a defendant to serve an offer of judgment. Unless th...



Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe continues the steady growth of its 19-attorney London office with the addition of partner J...


Preston Gates & Ellis has added a pair of litigators to the firm's Washington, D.C., office, Preston Gates Ellis & Rou...



Pet Sounds

Oct. 15, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Column by By Linda H. Wyner - The media frenzy over dog attacks and animal rights raised in the Diane Whipple dog-mauling case...


Stephen V. Love, former chief deputy director of the California's Administrative Office of the Courts, will become executive o...



Westmont College Gets $22.5 Million

Oct. 15, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

Westmont College has obtained $22.5 million in tax-exempt financing, which will help spruce up its Santa Barbara campus. ...


Garment workers on a tropical Western Pacific island may feel more like they live in paradise after dozens of major U.S. retai...



IP Litigator Joins Brown Raysman

Oct. 15, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

When 10-attorney Gabriel & Herman closed its doors last month, name partner Allan Gabriel went looking for a new home. And...


The Orange County Trial Lawyers Association will hand out its Top Gun awards Friday at a dinner and silent auction at the Sutt...



Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge James Bascue recently ordered the following assignments and reassignments: As of Se...


World of Trouble

Oct. 15, 2002
By Christina Landers

Passengers aboard a Boeing 747 en route to Europe vanish into thin air. Cars, suddenly lacking drivers, careen out of control....



Lemon-Picking Job Turned Sour, Workers' Suit Claims

Oct. 15, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

Ten Mexican lemon pickers claim their experience with a Santa Paula farm labor contractor turned sour. In a lawsuit, the citru...


Those of you wishing to learn a little bit about the laws surrounding special needs children or bankruptcy should check out th...



Homestore Inc.'s legal troubles are mounting. Three former Homestore executives have agreed to plead guilty to criminal charge...


Mountain View software developer Green Border Technologies Inc. has secured $12 million in second-round venture financing. ...



Figueroa Plaza Sells for $91.5 Million

Oct. 15, 2002
By Ron Mc Nees

Insignia/ESG Capital Advisors Group represented W/9 Fig Realty, a venture of Goldman Sachs and Insignia's Co-Investment Group ...


The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel will offer a prog...



A Year-Round Destination

Oct. 15, 2002
By Andrea Rosas

BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer Once considered a far-off desert haven for golfers and retired folks, the city of Palm Spri...


One of Northern California's premier public agency practices, Meyers Nave, has added more firepower to its public entities gro...