Statutory Tools Help Municipalities Redevelop Troublesome Brownfields
By Columnist
Focus Column - Environmental Law - By Gideon Kracov - Redevelopment of contaminated properties raises the threat of environmen...
Black Robes
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Thelton Henderson recalls being a little taken aback at his introduction to Cecil Poole, the first blac...
Homeless Advocates Sue to Take Back Skid Row
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Homeless advocates have fired back in the war over the gentrification of downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row, where c...
Censorship Of Graduation Speech Found Constitutional
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - School districts may censor graduation speeches, not just to exclude prayers but also to excise any religious...
Case Against Disability Insurer Could be Expanded
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The nation's largest disability insurance company, socked with a $1.5 million verdict for giving the run-arou...
Attorney Can Pursue Suit Against Counsel
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A Century City attorney convicted of trying to blackmail Erin Brockovich can continue with his fraud and breach...
Analyst's Office Faults Davis Budget Plan
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A plan to cuts costs by allowing courts to take competitive bids on security doesn't go far enough, the state Le...
Jury Clears Police in Shooting Death
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A federal jury decided Tuesday that police actions were justified in the 1999 shooting death of Demetrius DuBose,...
County Ban On Gun Show Is Upheld by Circuit Panel
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush White House, the gun lobby, Ivy League scholars and federal judges in New Orleans may think the Seco...
Jewel in Brobeck's Crown Goes to Fenwick
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Fenwick & West has grabbed a prize asset of the failed Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison - the account to h...
Rampart Scandal's Last Chapter Ends
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The last officer accused in the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart scandal pleaded guilty to three felonie...
Privacy Bill Clears a Senate Panel
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - This year's major financial privacy bill cleared its first hurdle Tuesday but is likely to face tougher challeng...
Jurist Served as Presiding Judge Six Times
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place March 1 for retired Santa Monica Municipal Court Judge Joseph W. Chandler, who served ...
Complying With INS Program May Be Risky for Targeted Men
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Focus Column - Immigration Law - By Kathrin Mautino - On Sept. 11, 2002, the Immigration and Naturalization Service began impl...
New Online Threats in Varian Case
By Riley Guerin
SAN JOSE - A Colorado engineer appeared in court Tuesday on charges that he made criminal threats against two former Varian A...
S-h-h-h-h!
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Forum Column - By Gary L. Bostwick - We start with some fundamental propositions. No one who loves order and humanity wants to...
He's Got the Best of Both Worlds
By Donna Domino
SANTA ROSA - For Dennis Beaman, the final straw in his career as a lawyer came when a hard-hearted client wanted to foreclose...
Sheppard Opens First Shop Outside California
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has opened an office in Washington, D.C., its first outside...
Jurist Embraces Mission Of Compton Drug Court
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - It took her several career changes - from a Ma Bell company employee and ring girl for one of Muhammad Ali's fi...
Catching Parents on the Lam
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Authorities attempting to collect child support from parents allegedly dodging their court-ordered payments are u...
No Appeal of Deputy DA's Diversion
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - The criminal case against San Francisco prosecutor Floyd Andrews has concluded quietly. Marin County prosecut...
Undermine the Witness in Strong Cross-Examination
By Contributing Writer
John H. Wigmore was correct when he stated that cross-examination "is the greatest legal engine invented for discovering the t...
Baker & McKenzie Recruits U.S. Attorney for New Group
By Staff Writer
After three years chalking up experience as an assistant U.S. Attorney, Scott Frewing has returned to Baker & McKenzie to...
Density Gets a Lift
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Housing developers may find it easier to build their projects, thanks to new changes...
Reporter's Notebook: Escutia Sends 'Friend of the Court' Letters on 17200
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee recently asked two judges to extend stays in two cases, telling ...
Brobeck's Former Partners Pledge Money
By Tina Spee
SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck Phleger & Harrison has issued an urgent appeal to its former partners to help it avoid being forc...
Time Gap Puts Decisions to Protect Ocean at Risk
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Forum Column - By John J. Lormon - Absent a saving hand being extended by the state Supreme Court, the legal authority of the ...
Insignia, CB Richard Ellis Together Again?
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Two of the industry's largest commercial real estate services firms are at the neg...
Nominee's Fate Remains in Limbo as Senate Adjourns
By David Pike
By David F. Pike Nevada Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Debate on the nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to serve on the U.S. ...
Eastin Deposition in Schools Suit Is OK'd
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs suing the state on behalf of millions of California schoolkids have secured permission to depose f...