SAN DIEGO - A small Southern California law firm turned out to be a big player in this month's billion-dollar settlement of a...
MULTIFAMILY CORONA - Hammer Ventures purchased The Crossing, a 296-unit apartment complex at 2125 High Point Drive, for $53.9...
Environmental
In Dealing With Climate Change, State May Be Setting a Standard
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The Bush administration refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol to reduce global warming, cla...
Administrative/Regulatory
Daily Journal Fills Pair of Key Editing Posts
By Daily Journal Staff
LOS ANGELES - Two veteran journalists have been named to key editing positions at the Los Angeles Daily Journal. David Houston...
Focus Column - By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer - It has been said that in life nothing is certain othe...
SAN FRANCISCO - Merger activity remained strong in 2005 with 49 completed mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. law firms, ...
LOS ANGELES - The lawyer who won a record-setting jury verdict in a patent case is joining Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver &...
SAN FRANCISCO - Corporate attorney Jacob Schwarz, formerly of Palo Alto's Thoits, Love, Hershberger & McLean, has joined ...
SAN DIEGO - A Sam Diego County Superior Court judge on Friday bound over for trial six former trustees of the beleaguered mun...
Judges and Judiciary
Talking Too Much Disqualifies Judge From False-Arrest Case
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - An Imperial County judge got himself disqualified from a false arrest case by discussing a pending case with ano...
LOS ANGELES - Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, an East Coast-based intellectual property law firm that counts pharmaceutical b...
Natural Resources
Water Battle Recedes With Limited Deal
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
LAKE ARROWHEAD - A fierce legal battle that could have jeopardized the water supply of thousands of people in this resort com...
Judges and Judiciary
Federal Judge Was Towering Figure, Beloved Mentor in L.A.
By Anat Rubinn
LOS ANGELES - Judge Wm. Matthew Byrne Jr., a towering and beloved figure on the Los Angeles federal court who gained national...
LOS ANGELES - There's a special place in Judge Michael T. Sauer's heart for the merry-go-round in Griffith Park. Its 68 hand-c...
LOS ANGELES - Prison is good for you. Not only that, you can turn your prison experience into a merchandising bonanza. So quit...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Cities' Fees for Builders Are in Question Across State
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN FRANCISCO - California cities that routinely overcharge home developers for fees and inspections may soon find they've dug...
Securities
Prosecutor's Objection Stymies Bench Trial for McKesson Exec
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A former corporate executive facing criminal securities fraud charges who wanted his fate decided by the same ...
Law Practice
Searching for Attorneys Online Has Perks as Well as Perils
By Itir Yakarn
SAN FRANCISCO - Although the Internet may be a fast and easy way to find a lawyer, consumer advocates say people should be war...
SAN FRANCISCO - Two California companies, LegalMatch and Casepost, are pioneers in the business of hooking up clients and lawy...
SAN FRANCISCO - A changing of the guard for Stoel Rives' California offices could mean doubling the Portland-based firm's pre...
LOS ANGELES - Brian Davidoff was named managing director of Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff , a 22-attorney firm based in Century ...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Malibu's Land-Use Settlement Erred in Bypassing the Public
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr., Bryan W. Wenter and Brian P. Mulry - In September, the appellate court ordered set asi...
Labor/Employment
Burden of Proof Needn't Stop Employers' Defense in Disability-Bias Suits
By Columnist
Employment - Column By Alison S. Hightower - As we start a new year, employment lawyers await word from the state Supreme Cour...
Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - The year 2005 will go down in history as a year of major highs and major lows. Unfortuna...
LOS ANGELES - Charles Pereyra-Suarez loves a good mix - a mix of ethnicities, places, jobs, languages, names and, especially, ...
LOS ANGELES - A retired lawyer and investor accused of receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks from the class-action power...
Verdicts
Officer Wins $1.6 Million From Riverside Police in Bias Lawsuit
By Peter Zuckerman
RIVERSIDE - A police officer won $1.6 million from the Riverside Police Department in a discrimination lawsuit claiming racist...
SAN FRANCISCO - A property owner's cooperation with a state pollution agency wasn't enough to constitute public notice of a cl...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas K. Herman remembers his early days as a prosecutor in the late 19...
Judges and Judiciary
No Questions About Movies for Court Nominee, A Baseball Fan
By Drew Combs
LOS ANGELES - Though it seemed like they asked him about everything, there was one subject the Judiciary Committee didn't cove...