SAN JOSE GROUP LOBBIES FOR RAPID-TRANSIT FUNDS
By Stefanie Knapp
Gail Hashimoto, partner at San Jose's Hopkins & Carley, and the other 19 members of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce trave...
PHARMACEUTICAL MAKER GOES ON FUNDING ODYSSEY
By Stefanie Knapp
Odyssey Pharmaceuticals Inc. nabbed $15 million in its second round of funding, the San Ramon company announced June 24. HBM P...
Spinning Their Way to Rocky Mountain High
By Stefanie Knapp
Each year, 2,000 bicyclists ride through the Colorado Rocky Mountains, braving a grueling seven-day trip which expands 489 mil...
Real Estate Services Firms to Announce Deals
By Ron Mc Nees
BY MOTOKO RICH Dow Jones Newswires In a sign that companies are increasingly consolidating their real estate needs with one f...
HEALTH CARE PROPERTY BRINGS IN $250 MILLION
By Stefanie Knapp
Health Care Property Investors Inc. brought in $250 million from its senior unsecured note offering announced June 20. Merrill...
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER NABS GOLDEN STATE DEGREE
By Stefanie Knapp
Golden State University School of Law gave Angela Bradstreet, partner at San Francisco's Carroll Burdick & McDonough, an h...
Seeking Shelter
By Wire
BY RAY A. SMITH Dow Jones Newswire With accounting scandals, weak earnings and an uncertain economy roiling the stock market,...
BAKER & MCKENZIE NAILS HABITAT DAY IN SERVICE
By Stefanie Knapp
Baker & McKenzie started a new tradition June 8 with its first Habitat for Humanity Day in Service event. Volunteers from ...
The ADA Pinch
By Columnist
BY LESLIE E. CRISWELL AND CATHERINE ROWLETT Access claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act are the new rage among pla...
GOLDEN GATE CAPITAL BUYS ONLINE CATALOG SERVICES
By Stefanie Knapp
Golden Gate Capital has agreed to acquire Peregrine Systems Inc.'s supply chain enablement business. The deal was announced Ju...
Steptoe & Johnson: FOLEY PARTNER BRINGS HEALTH CARE PRACTICE
By Staff Writer
Business litigator and health care partner Darryl Cordero has defected from Foley & Lardner to join the downtown Los Angel...
AvalonBay Buys Luxury Burbank Apartments for $70.3 Million
By Ron Mc Nees
AvalonBay Communities Inc. purchased The Promenade, a 400-unit luxury apartment home community located at 350 S. San Fernando ...
Mucho Dinero
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer Statistics say it all: The Latino community needs to be taken seriously by retailers. The Hi...
Still Out Standing in His Field
By Contributing Writer
BY ALAN NADITZ CREJ Staff Writer Once upon a time, Lane Menezes couldn't picture himself standing in anything but a field ful...
Coblentz Patch: SAN FRANCISCO SHOP HIRES CROSBY HEAFEY ATTORNEY
By Staff Writer
After nearly 10 years at Crosby Heafey Roach & May , commercial litigator and bankruptcy lawyer Gregg M. Ficks has left to...
Hollywood Rewrite
By Katherine Gaidos
Sean Hayes, one of the stars of NBC sitcom "Will & Grace," had a manager before he found fame as "Jack," the flamboyant ga...
OXNARD ATTORNEY JOINS ESTATE PLANNING GROUP
By Stefanie Knapp
California's Continuing Education of the Bar named Janet Reese, partner at Oxnard's Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton, to its...
S.F. ETHICS COMMISSION SELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN
By Stefanie Knapp
The San Francisco Ethics Commission elected Paul Melbostad as its chair June 10. Melbostad, partner in San Francisco's Goldste...
The Ultra High End
By Contributing Writer
BY ALAN NADITZ CREJ Staff Writer Some people think Ronald Meer is crazy for planning an ultraexpensive apartment complex in N...
LEGAL ASSOCIATION NAMES NEW DIRECTOR FOR REGION 6
By Stefanie Knapp
The Association of Legal Administrators named Erica Tamblyn, director of administration for the Los Angeles office of Milbank ...
LEGAL AID SOCIETY HONORS PRISON PRO BONO EFFORTS
By Stefanie Knapp
Legal Aid Society of San Francisco honored Caroline Mitchell, of-counsel at San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop, with the Roll...
Masters of the Cite
By Liz Valsamis
To win work from lawyers, law firm librarians have worked hard to master the various electronic databases, such as LexisNexis,...
ATTORNEY'S WRITING HITS HOME WITH COMMONERS
By Stefanie Knapp
The Burton Foundation celebrates lawyers who write for the common people. On June 18 at the New York Palace Hotel, in New York...
A Kinder, Gentler Recession
By Columnist
BY GEORGE PAPPADOPOULOS A number of commercial property markets have been feeling the sting of the current downturn for quite...
Finding a Way
By Columnist
By Arpy Hatzikian The requirements for disabled access to public accommodations and commercial buildings in California are set...
Terror Relief
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Taking risks is what creates opportunity in commercial real estate, but in the mon...
Masters of Planning
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer "Infill urban development is not for the faint of heart or short of cash." Kenneth W. Ag...
COMMUNITY SERVICE PAYS OFF FOR WALNUT CREEK FIRM
By Stefanie Knapp
The Contra Costa Council awarded Walnut Creek's Archer Norris the Contra Costa Medal on June 13. This award is presented each ...
BOTOX MAKER SPINS OFF CONTACT LENS PRODUCTS
By Stefanie Knapp
Advanced Medical Optics Inc. closed a $200 million bond offering June 20 and a $135 million credit facility June 21, in prepar...
FINANCING REVS THE ENGINES AT SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS
By Stefanie Knapp
Business Engine announced June 21 that it has raised $22 million in its recent round of financing. Oak Investment Partners led...