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Sci-Fi Adventure

Aug. 5, 2003
By Robin Davidson

Daily Journal Extra Feature - The GenRich account for 10 percent of the American population; they all carry synthetic genes - ...


BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The commercial real estate industry has enjoyed several years now with little need for l...



A Garage to Remember

Aug. 5, 2003
By Christine Malamanig

BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG Special to CREJ Parking garages may not be a typical source of civic pride, but Sacramento has reason ...


Riordan Alum Joins Greenberg & Bass

Aug. 5, 2003
By John Ryan

Encino's Greenberg & Bass has added Edwin Duncan, a litigator with a diverse business practice, the firm announced in July...



Motivations in Negotiation Process Influence Outcome

Aug. 5, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Paul W. Taylor - Parties in the middle of a legal dispute often claim, "It's not ...


Litigator Moves to Chadbourne & Parke

Aug. 5, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Clifford Hyatt has moved his securities-litigation practice to the Los Angeles office of Chadbourne & Parke. Hyatt joined ...



Residential Reaches for the Sky in Irvine

Aug. 5, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer A new residential project in Irvine literally reaches for the sky, underscoring the Oran...


The motto for west Riverside County's Norco is "City Living in a Rural Atmosphere." Much of the municipality, with a populatio...



DVI Wins Hotly Contested Lawsuit Against MedCap

Aug. 5, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

DVI Business Credit Inc. has won a $20 million judgment in a hotly contested breach-of-contract case between the Newport Beach...


LOS ANGELES - If Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn's separation from his wife, Monica Hahn, becomes permanent, the divorce likely w...



BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Corporations seem loath to take on additional space in these economically sluggish times...


Several companies went public in the past few weeks, continuing the revival in the initial public offering market. The latest ...



Boogie Night

Aug. 5, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

As The Scene walked into the historic Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, The Scene quickly realized that the $75 admission was a ...


The Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation recognized 14 lawyers who led a rare civil rights verdict against the FBI and ...



PeopleSoft Inc. has closed its $1.8 billion acquisition of J.D. Edwards & Co., but PeopleSoft's hostile suitor Oracle Corp...


Repositioning for Success

Aug. 5, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Working without a safety net. That's how Phil Cyburt and Chris Ludeman describe launchin...



Smooth Operation, Despite Merger

Aug. 5, 2003
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Managing Editor When news of a pending merger between CB Richard Ellis and Insignia Financial Servic...


Howrey Loses Commercial Pair to Orrick

Aug. 5, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Within the last few weeks, four litigation partners parted ways with the Los Angeles offices of Howrey Simon Arnold & Whit...



Focus Column - Litigation - By David Martinez - The so-called "safe harbor" defense to claims brought under the state's unfair...


Struck Down

Aug. 5, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Joshua Spivak - After spending much of its existence in virtual slumber, the recall is emerging as a serious...



Focus Column - Tort Law - By Barry J. Thompson and Kevin G. Lohman - Can mere membership in a trade association or donations t...


LOS ANGELES - Shaw Pittman is parting ways with 12 corporate lawyers who joined the Century City office of the firm in July 20...



Retired S.F. Judge Garcia Joining JAMS

Aug. 5, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge David Garcia, who retired last week, will join JAMS. The private dispute-resolution firm ...


Years as Educator Taught Jurist Patience on Bench

Aug. 5, 2003
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Margaret M. Bernal used to call Gerald N. Mansfield "Mr. Mansfield," but that was when he was her high-school he...



Treatment Complicates Release of Sex Predator

Aug. 5, 2003
By Karen Coleman

MARTINEZ - A drug regimen designed to keep violent sexual behavior in check but which also may be weakening Cary Verse's bones...


SAN FRANCISCO - He's a newsman's newsman, an irrepressible defender of the First Amendment who has become a stone in the shoe ...



Missed Patent Deadline Costs $30 Million

Aug. 5, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - In one of the largest legal malpractice awards ever in California, a San Mateo County judge has hit a prominen...


L.A. Jury Clears Tobacco Giant

Aug. 2, 2003
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court jury Thursday cleared tobacco giant Philip Morris of negligence and misrepresentati...



Employment Column By Deanna M. Wilkinson It's finally August. Summer programs are in their final stages, and within the next ...


Pacific Bell Attacks Copyright Act

Aug. 2, 2003
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Bell Internet Services, flooded with hundreds of subpoenas by the record industry and "bounty hunters...