Architects: Don't Give Away the Store
By Columnist
BY GREG SERRAO Architects habitually sell themselves short. They give away 90 percent of their creative thinking and talent on...
Trial Consulting Firm Promotes Pair of Executive-Suite Members
By Stefanie Knapp
Vinson & Dimitrius, a Los Angeles company specializing in trial consulting and courtroom graphics, elevated two employees ...
Three Lifetimes of Achievement
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor One way to fill a hall for an awards ceremony, according to C. Terry Dooley, senior...
Employment Attorney Will Run Group at Farella Braun
By Erik Cummins
Doug Dexter has been busy lately, really busy. Representing troubled employers like Arthur Andersen and Excite@Home, the San F...
Next Target
By Joel Rosenblatt
As the list of corporate rogues grows, some malpractice lawyers say it's only a matter of time until attorneys join the ranks ...
Liu & Liu's Chief Rejoins MoFo's Los Angeles Office as Of-Counsel
By Staff Writer
David Liu ended a two-year stint at the helm of Los Angeles intellectual property boutique Liu & Liu to return to Morrison...
Koll Sells Namesake
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer No, it's not what a British cockney would call someone named Harris. Arris Builders Inc....
Family-Life Focused Firms Make Working Mother List
By Stefanie Knapp
Two California firms and one Washington, D.C., shop top the list of law firms making family life more accessible for anyone wi...
Western Diversity Dinner Honors General Counsels
By Liz Valsamis
The general counsels of Intel Corp, Hilton Hotels Corp, Wells Fargo & Co. and the Los Angeles office of Lord, Bissell &...
Landlord Sued for Confining Kids in Apartments
By Contributing Writer
BY STEFANIE KNAPP Special to CREJ LOS ANGELES - After a Norwalk apartment manager allegedly forbade children from playing outs...
The Great Land Squeeze
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor What do a bowling alley, a golfer's driving range, an adult mud-wrestling venue and...
Manning & Marder Elevates Four to the Partner Level
By Staff Writer
David A. Peck, James F. Saunders, William W. Webb and Denise Walter, will take on the title partner at Manning & Marder, K...
Cotkin Collins Opens Outpost To Service the Las Vegas Area
By Staff Writer
Twenty-six attorney Cotkin, Collins & Ginsburg is the latest law firm to move into the Las Vegas market, having opened an ...
Key Ingredients for Developing Successful New Town Centers
By Columnist
BY GARY CUSUMANO A new suburban town center is not a combination outdoor mall and cinema complex, called a "lifestyle center,"...
Housing Project in Barstow Could Attract New Businesses, Stimulate Local Economy
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer Sleepy Barstow may soon see its first housing development in more than 13 years and give a ...
Sign of Success
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Befitting its location on the Sunset Strip, Sunset View Plaza, a new mixed-use project i...
State To Take Over Ownership, Management of 451 Courthouses from Counties
By Contributing Writer
BY DONNA DOMINO Special to CREJ Landmark legislation transferring ownership and management of California's 451 courthouses fr...
Ventura DA Leaves Early To Join Weston Benshoof
By Liz Valsamis
Ventura County District Attorney Michael D. Bradbury has elected to leave office two months early and postpone his planned ret...
Insurer's Duty to Accept Reasonable Settlement Often Gets Overlooked
By Columnist
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Gregory King -Policyholders often must battle their insurers for benefits owed to them under...
Southland Judge Gets Central District Nod
By Martin Bergn
WASHINGTON - President Bush has nominated an Orange County Superior Court judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central Di...
Court Allows Man's Lawsuit Against Airline
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles federal judge has paved the way for an American of Middle Eastern descent to go forward with his l...
Mixed Verdict for Viet Woman
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Vietnamese-Americans let out cheers and loud applause at the reading of the jury's first "not guilty" verdict ...
After the Fact, Court Thinks Twice About Ex Post Facto
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - School children may not be the only ones who learned a lesson about ex post facto while watching last week's t...
A Foot in Both Camps
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - After four years as California's attorney general and running for reelection in November, Democrat Bill Lockyer h...
Court Denies Elderly Man Right to Sue L.A.
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - An elderly man mistaken for a burglary suspect, forced from his car by police at gunpoint, then handcuffed and t...
Circuit Panel Sympathetic To Immunity For States
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The attorney for California's prison officials had a panel of federal appeals court judges on her side last we...
Ancient Church Law Remains Relevant
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Roman Catholic canon law may seem archaic, but it continues to color the legal debate swirling around priest mol...
Insurer's Duty to Accept Reasonable Settlement Often Can Be Overlooked
By Columnist
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Gregory King - Policyholders often must battle their insurers for benefits owed to them und...
L.A. Nuisance Abatement Unit Offers New Solutions
By Columnist
Focus Column - Land Use - By Peter M. Weil and Elizabeth J. Giffin - What do you do when your client calls complaining about a...
Post-Enron Era Affects Lawyers' Advice
By Toni Vranjes
In the era of Enron and WorldCom, Tyco and Global Crossing, companies are making sure they're prepared if securities regulator...