NetScreen Will Buy OneSecure For $40 Million
By Toni Vranjes
Most problems have solutions - and the potential for lots of money to be made along the way. Case in point: Sunnyvale's OneSec...
Ballot Box Planning
By Columnist
BY RONALD A. ZUMBRUN One of the major issues of the day relates to how to maintain our quality of life while still allowing fo...
Looser Lips
By Joel Rosenblatt
Meet Courtney Weber, the new voice of traditionally tight-lipped Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. If history is any indic...
On the Rise
By Staff Writer
BY ALAN NADITZ CREJ Staff Writer The last time condominiums were a big deal in Sacramento, "That '70s Show" was a reality. Now...
Casey Gerry Partner Will Become Trial Lawyers President in 2003
By Stefanie Knapp
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America named David S. Casey Jr., partner at San Diego's Casey Gerry Reed & Schenk, pr...
Think Regionally
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer Katherine Perez has a dream for her three young children. She wants them to live with her i...
Workshop Will Focus on Employing Technology in Dispute Resolution
By Stefanie Knapp
The Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service and the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Services will...
Anti-Business, Anti-Development Legislation Goes to Governor
By Columnist
BY REX HIME As anticipated, during the last days of session, the Senate and the Assembly have been approving anti-business an...
Haight Brown Duo Goes to Boutique
By Liz Valsamis
Gary Ottoson has left Haight, Brown & Bonesteel for the Los Angeles office of Bacalski, Byrne, Koska & Ottoson. The Sa...
Judge Retires After Two Decades Of Service in Los Angeles Courts
By Leslie Simmons
After 20 years on the bench, Judge Alban Niles will retire Oct. 4. Niles, 69, has been sitting as a Superior Court judge since...
Toxic Fungus is Spreading Among Us
By Columnist
BY CHRISTINE SPAGNOLI Mold fear is gripping homeowners, spreading as quickly as the toxic spores themselves. And insurance ca...
New Assignments
By Leslie Simmons
Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge James Bascue recently issued the following assignment orders: As of Monday, crimina...
Apartments Built Using Federal Tax Credits Boast Low Foreclosure Rate, High Returns
By Wire
CREJ WIRE REPORT A new study of the performance of the federal low-income housing tax credit program has reaffirmed the progr...
Start the Presses
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer A Canadian company, often identified as the world's largest commercial printer, will leave ...
Housing Affordability Improves Little in Past Decade
By Wire
CREJ WIRE REPORT Affordable housing remains a problem for low-income Americans in many, if not most, housing markets in the co...
Lawsuit Sends Schools a Message
By Joan Osterwalder
If you bash, you pay. That's the message Derek Henkle and his lawyers want to send to school districts nationwide after settli...
This Won't Hurt A Bit
By Matthew Heller
To Shawn Khorrami, they are victims of an insidious poison implanted in the mouths of millions of Americans. One is a Newport ...
Bar Presentation Will Address Litigating in Global Economy
By Stefanie Knapp
If you're planning to take your case around the world, check out the Bar Association of San Francisco's "One Dispute, Two (or ...
Cypress, Church Pray for Accord Over 18-Acre Parcel
By Eron Yehuda
Religion teaches tolerance, a sentiment that may help resolve by the end of the month a land use dispute between an Orange Cou...
Firms Take Many Approaches To Commemorating Attacks
By Joel Rosenblatt
As Sept. 11 approaches, most eyes will turn to New York and Washington, D.C., in remembrance of lives lost one year ago in ter...
Muslim Settles Claim Against Proselytizing Christian Boss
By Joan Osterwalder
Claims by a Muslim engineer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power that he was harassed for years by his boss, a pro...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
By Riley Guerin
The article from your July 15 publication ["Realty Stocks Sink on Business, Terrorism Concerns"] erroneously reports that Che...
Gay Student's Suit Changes District Policy
By Joan Osterwalder
If gay and lesbian high school students find a Central Valley school district more tolerant these days, they might have George...
MailFrontier Fights Spam With Software
By Toni Vranjes
MailFrontier Inc. is fed up with junk e-mail, and a Silicon Valley law firm is helping the company fight the spammers. The com...
Filling Outhouse Holes Prepares Attorney for Job
By Stefanie Knapp
Curious to see how far some of California's biggest attorneys have come in their careers, EXTRA did a little digging. Not ever...
Contractor Wins Near-Record Suit Against Homeowners Association
By Contributing Writer
BY ERON BEN-YEHUDA Special to CREJ To have a homeowners' association sued by a general contractor is odd enough. Typically, i...
Newspaper Prevails in Libel Case
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - French Resistance fighter Michel Thomas has lost his defamation battle against the Los Angeles Times, which c...
Was Bonds' 73rd Actually Caught?
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - "I think I know what a catch is," Superior Court Judge James J. McBride announced during a hearing to determin...
Backpedaling in Suit Against State Judiciary
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - In a major development in the bitter fight against California's tough, new ethical standards for arbitrators, ...
Panel Will Consider Whether Ballot Designation Misleads
By Leslie Simmons
The Court of Appeal will hear arguments on Sept. 10 as to whether Los Angeles Superior Court candidate Paul Bacigalupo can use...