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Real Estate/Development


Lisabeth D. Rothman

Apr. 28, 2011
By Anna Scott

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP Los Angeles Notable Clients: Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market, San Diego County Water...


Real Estate/Development


Sonia J. Ransom

Apr. 28, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP San Francisco Notable Clients: Google Inc., Chadmar Group, Essex Property...


Real Estate/Development


George J. Mihlsten

Apr. 28, 2011
By Carla Pinedan

Latham & Watkins LLP Los Angeles Notable Clients: Loyola Marymount, World Oil Corp., NBCUniversal Media LLC, Majestic Re...


Real Estate/Development


Robert I. McMurray

Apr. 28, 2011
By Anna Scott

Gilchrist & Rutter PC Santa Monica Notable Clients: Lennar Communities, Hanjin International Corp., Mountains Recreation...


Real Estate/Development


Amrit Kulkarni

Apr. 28, 2011
By Pat Broderick

Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson Oakland Notable Clients: Port of Los Angeles, University of California Regents, city ...


Real Estate/Development


Charles S. Krolikowski

Apr. 28, 2011
By Don Debenedictisn

Newmeyer & Dillion LLP Newport Beach Notable Clients: Scalzo Family Trust, R&H Wildomar 1 LLC 1,000 units of reside...


Real Estate/Development


Susan Hori

Apr. 28, 2011
By Emma Gallegosn

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Orange County Notable Clients: Newport Banning Ranch LLC, Lytle Development Company, Shea ...


Education


Schools Struggle to Handle Consequences of Technology

Apr. 28, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

Schools struggle to provide a safe learning environment as technology evolves. By Gretchen Shipley and Namita Brown of Fagen F...


Litigation


Misunderstanding the collateral source rule can be fatal to your client's case. By Will Jay Pirkey of the Los Angeles city att...


Real Estate/Development


Patricia Curtin

Apr. 28, 2011
By Pat Broderick

Morgan Miller Blair Walnut Creek Notable clients: Blackhawk, Leona Quarry, Syers Properties, City of Hercules 100,000 acres...


Real Estate/Development


Ed Casey

Apr. 28, 2011
By Anna Scott

Alston & Bird LLP Los Angeles Notable Clients: Playa Vista, Westfield, Southern California Edison, Pacific Theaters, Hom...


Judges and Judiciary


Courts Bill Bounced Around

Apr. 28, 2011
By Emily Green

The controversial Trial Court Rights Act is jumping between committees like a sack of hot potatoes. The bill will be heard onl...


Perspective


Digital Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions

Apr. 28, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

Thorough investigation of a target company's electronic data will help avoid post-integration costs and blunders. By Daniel B....


Entertainment & Sports


Profits Case Over The Exorcist Proceeds

Apr. 28, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

A federal judge in the Central District has given the green light to a profit participation dispute between Warner Bros. Enter...


Real Estate/Development


Ellen Berkowitz

Apr. 28, 2011
By Emma Gallegosn

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Los Angeles Notable clients: Ryder Integrated Systems Inc., GMAC Residential Funding Compa...


Technology & Science


$2.3 Billion Awarded in Trade Secrets Case

Apr. 28, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn

A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury awarded $2.3 billion to medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical for misappropria...


Law Practice


The Law School Admission Council has agreed to make its online application process more easily accessible to the blind as part...


Perspective


The Risks and Benefits of Electronic Service

Apr. 28, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

To fully capitalize on its benefits, practitioners should need to commit to using electronic service. By Martin H. Nguyen of K...


Real Estate/Development


Transaction Volume Continues to Increase

Apr. 28, 2011
By Carla Pinedan

First quarter 2011 transactional volume up by two-thirds from a year ago. ...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court Rules on Tribes' Claims

Apr. 28, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Native American Tribes can't sue in federal court and simultaneously pursue remedies...


Real Estate/Development


Eliminating agencies could put the brakes on some transit-oriented development projects. ...


Perspective


The Cooperation Clause

Apr. 28, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

Insurers who claim to be excused from their duties because their insureds failed to cooperate are taking a gamble. By Kirk Pas...


Litigation


Cinemark to Add Closed Captioning

Apr. 28, 2011
By Amy Yarbroughn

Cinemark Holdings Inc., one of the nation's largest movie chains, will begin offering closed captioning at all of its Californ...


Real Estate/Development


The Anschutz Entertainment Group's plan to build a National Football League stadium in Los Angeles, though still in the earlie...


Real Estate/Development


Developers Face a Transformed Land-Use Landscape

Apr. 28, 2011
By Jason W. Armstrong

Dramatic financial, market and regulatory changes bring major new challenges to the future of California construction. ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Contamination Claims Against Shell Tossed

Apr. 28, 2011
By Anna Scott

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed a high-profile contamination lawsuit against Shell Oil Co. and developer, citing ...


Real Estate/Development


Land-Use Leaders

Apr. 28, 2011
By Riley Guerin

Our inaugural list of the top 25 land-use attorneys. ...


Litigation


D.A.’s Case Against Toyota Stalls

Apr. 28, 2011
By Evan George

Toyota Motor Corp. will likely not face-off with the Orange County District Attorney in the first California trial over allega...


Government


High Court Mulls Data-Mining Laws

Apr. 28, 2011
By Robert Iafolla

In a case with implications for privacy and commerce in the information age, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical about a s...


Securities


American Apparel Taps Unlikely Lawyer

Apr. 28, 2011
By Gabe Friedmann

American Apparel has engaged well-known civil rights lawyer Peter Schey as its outside counsel, despite his relative inexperie...