Betting on the House
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer In 1998, when most of the big Nevada gaming companies were lining up to oppose casinos o...
Keeping the Promise Alive
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Many promises were made to rebuild South-Central Los Angeles as the embers of doze...
Marketers' Salaries Match Lawyers' Pay, Sometimes
By Stefanie Knapp
If you've ever pondered trading your billable-hours requirements for a job in legal marketing, there's something you should kn...
Lyon & Lyon Stands Alone at Alter, Again
By Erik Cummins
Instead of a marriage proposal, Los Angeles' Lyon & Lyon got a Dear John letter from San Francisco's Townsend and Townsend...
Hogan & Hartson Opens New Business Satellite in Beijing
By Staff Writer
Add Hogan & Hartson to the list of law firms that are making the move into China. The Washington, D.C.-based law firm wil...
Nordman Cormany Enlists Of-Counsel
By Liz Valsamis
Kenneth Hovet has joined Oxnard's Nordman, Cormany, Hair & Compton as of-counsel. Formerly a sole practitioner based in Ve...
Anatomy of a Deal Maker
By Columnist
BY WILLIAM F. DEVINE JR. Are you a masterful real estate negotiator? You want to answer, "Yes," but by what standard do you a...
Lawyer Rejoins Preston Gates To Help Develop Asia Practice
By Staff Writer
Jim Wu spent much of the past four years in Asia directing legal affairs and developing investment opportunities for the onlin...
Pillsbury Winthrop Treats Staff, Clients to a Day at the Museum
By Staff Writer
Pillsbury Winthrop's San Diego-area staff and clients got a chance to exercise the right side of their brains July 17 with a p...
Chinese Government Approves Sidley Austin's Offices in Asia
By Staff Writer
Not to be outdone in China, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood received government approval to retain its offices in Shanghai and ...
Virtual Lockboxes
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor "The check's in the mail." Perhaps no other phrase can make a landlord cringe more...
Developer Makes Itself at Home in California Market
By Toni Vranjes
Miami-based home builder Lennar Corp. is making further forays into the California market. Lennar has acquired Pacific Century...
Dealing With the Midgame and Endgame
By Columnist
Column by Brian McDonald - Last week, in Part 1, mediator Brian McDonald discussed benefits of putting out the first number, s...
It Takes a Village
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer The Beverly Hills developer who renovated Riverside's historic ironworks building plans to ...
Jumping Ship
By Katherine Gaidos
No lawyer is an island, and behind every law firm partner are associates who work to keep that partner's practice afloat. ...
Five Lawyers From Luce Forward Work to Reorganize Burger Kings
By Toni Vranjes
Five lawyers from Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps helped seven entities that owned and operated 130 Burger King franchis...
Attorney Finds His Passion, Fulfills His Dreams on Stage
By Stefanie Knapp
Al D'Andrea directs one of his actresses to open up to the audience. She keeps turning upstage at a crucial moment in the play...
Frontera Sues to Force Merger
By Toni Vranjes
Earlier this year, Loudcloud Inc. agreed to acquire Santa Monica's Frontera Corp. But Loudcloud has been trying to renegotiate...
Learn Procedural Rules for Chosen Arbitration Process
By Contributing Writer
Column by C. David Serena - Litigators may encounter three basic statutory schemes regulating arbitration proceedings in Calif...
Hoge Fenton Names Three to Partnership at Board Meeting
By Staff Writer
Sane Jose's Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel has added a trio of attorneys to its partnership. At the firm's quarterly board of...
O'Melveny & Myers Taps Prosecutor
By Liz Valsamis
The New York office of Los Angeles' O'Melveny & Myers continues to expand. Following the announcement that it intends to a...
A Trickle of Triple Net
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA Insurance and utility bills are growing. Profit margins are shrinking. But office landlords contemplating ...
Kelley Drye Elects Two Partners in Southern California Office
By Staff Writer
Attorneys Michelle M. La Mar and Robert C. Shenfeld of the Los Angeles office of Kelley, Drye & Warren recently became par...
Growth Costs
By Contributing Writer
Column by Bobbie McMorrow and Ralph Savarese - "Why would you open in Kirkland, Washington, or Austin, Texas?" we asked a mana...
Pop-Up Wars
By Liz Valsamis
For frequent Internet users, pop-up advertisements likely draw a reflex response: Click to close, and then go back to what you...
Consumer Attorneys Stage Annual Vegas Celebration
By Christina Landers
Everyone who's anyone in the Southern California legal community knows the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles' annu...
Five Lawyers From Luce Forward Work to Reorganize Burger Kings
By Staff Writer
Five lawyers from Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps helped seven entities that owned and operated 130 Burger King franchis...
Third Time's the Charm for Logistics Buy
By Stefanie Knapp
After two earlier attempts to secure a buyer in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, Software Logistics was finally purchased by CM...
Post-Mortem Publicity Cases Raise Choice-of-Law Issues
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Anthony T. Falzone - Post-mortem publicity rights are strange creatures compared to other species of intelle...
Group Will Honor Victims of Sept. 11
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES -For the first time in a decade, the National Black Prosecutors Association will hold it's annual meeting in Los A...