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Investors have pumped $10 million into Arzoon Inc., a manufacturer of trade and transportation software. New investors Redrock...


Belting Out the Hits

May 6, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Employees of ADCS Inc., a high-technology company in Poway, don't have to sing for their...



Former Prosecutors Open Private Firm

May 6, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Daniel Nixon still is getting used to the view from the 39th floor of his Bunker Hill office building. From his perch, Nixon c...


In a recent trial in Los Angeles, jurors literally fell asleep until the defense presented a spectacular multimedia demonstrat...



A seven-decade water rights dispute may have reached an end with a tentative settlement between three Southern California wate...


Bob Dobalina broke up with his girlfriend, Alison Smithers, recently at a local high school. Smithers was quite crushed, but D...



It's a tough time to be an in-house lawyer. A new survey has found that strict new corporate-reform laws and the high costs of...


BY BRYAN C. JACKSON A company's rise or fall may depend on its ability to cope with the "shock and awe" of disaster. Most com...



BY MICHAEL F. ROSS Everyone throughout the state is watching our state budget crumble. Gov. Gray Davis is grappling with bala...


Existing Buildings: a 'Green' Goldmine

May 6, 2003
By Columnist

BY GREGORY SHANK This year, hundreds of newly constructed buildings in the United States are being considered for certificati...



Making the Ancient Modern

May 6, 2003
By Christine Malamanig

BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer The "master-builder" concept is catching on, particularly with Sutter Health and the ...


Last Spot By the Bay

May 6, 2003
By Contributing Writer

BY JIM EMERSON Special to the CREJ Pacific Coast Capital LLC recently formed a new joint venture with SRM Associates to build...



Lawyer's Move Puts Silicon Valley in Reach

May 6, 2003
By Erik Cummins

Eduardo Roy says the motivation for leaving Arter & Hadden as a partner after 2 1/2 years was the need for a Palo Alto off...


Taking Control

May 6, 2003
By Columnist

Who controls the arbitration process? By ceding control to the arbitrator, counsel relinquishes a valuable benefit conferred b...



Representing security and alarm companies is becoming an increasingly national practice as smaller, regional companies merge, ...


Models by Night

May 6, 2003
By Tina Spee

The Los Angeles Women's Foundation has found the perfect fund-raising platform: the catwalk. Take champagne, roses and a black...



Growth Spurt

May 6, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

After swelling from five lawyers to 31 since 2001, Piper Rudnick's Los Angeles office has bigger goals in mind for the coming ...


BY STEVEN C. MYNSBERGE Embarking on a major renovation in a critical care health care environment, if not well thought out, co...



Office Icon No Longer

May 6, 2003
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor LOS ANGELES - Transamerica Center Tower, a symbol of past expectations unfulfilled ...


Cautious Optimism Expressed for OC

May 6, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The economy of Orange County continues to outpace that of the rest of the nation, boding...



Bay Area Lawyers Take Enron Cases

May 6, 2003
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - The prosecutions of former Enron Corp. executives in Houston has developed a decidedly Bay Area flavor. Local...


Focus Column - Franchise Law - By Mitchell S. Shapiro - The issue of the ability of a franchisor to obtain damages equivalent ...



People have complained. My column is late once again. But what do you expect after my last column, which appeared in March? Yo...


A Local Angle to Enron Litigation

May 6, 2003
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco meets Houston as an Enron prosecutor with Bay Area ties confronts local criminal defense lawyers...



Ruling Hurts NASD Stance In Arbitration

May 6, 2003
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda County Superior Court judge, in a recent dispute between an Oakland man and his broker over investm...


LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Sunday for Bruce E. Goldberg, a Los Angeles civil litigator. Goldberg died Thursday at ...



Counsel Pays Price for Stealing From Clients

May 6, 2003
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - After 83-year-old Lucille Jones' home was sold, her attorney, Bruce A. Nahin, deposited $179,913 of the proceeds...


Reginald Denny's Beater Faces Time

May 6, 2003
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - For the second time in 10 years, the central figure in the beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los...



Jury Convicts Attorney for Embezzlement

May 6, 2003
By Mark Cromer

BREA - Attorney Steven Paul Coleman has been convicted of embezzling $184,000 from the Orange County law firm where he once wo...


Old Tricks

May 6, 2003
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - A sweet lady, described as a "doll" by a social worker, was 80 years old when her neighbor sold her two deferred ...