The scenario is straight out of a Tom Clancy novel. The Hague in Netherlands, center of international justice, prepares to try...

MARGOT CARMICHAEL LESTER Special to the CREJ These days, the talk at tony Maple Drive restaurant in Beverly Hills isn't all a...

BY BRAD BERTON Special to the CREJ The start-up company teaming veteran Southland retail real estate figure Steve Plenge and ...

BY PETER M. DOUGLAS The coast is never finally saved. It is always being saved. The recent Court of Appeal decision in Marine...

With an uncertain economy and some law firms struggling to survive, Thomas Igoe Jr. hates to think what would have happened if...

Jim Harrowell, a lawyer from Sydney, Australia, will be the next chairman of Interlaw Ltd., a consortium of 64 law firms locat...

BY PAUL A. JACOBS Re: "Enemies of Coastal Protection et al." Peter M. Douglas, executive director of the California Coastal C...

"It ain't over till it's over" could be attorney Mark Goodman's motto. The Barger & Wolen lawyer in San Francisco has repr...

BANKRUPTCY - Craig Millet (Irvine) of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher represented bankrupt Advanced Tissues Sciences, which filed ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A developer filed suit in federal court March 18 against Carson, its mayor, two of its former city council...

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31-APRIL 2 GLOBALIZATION MARCHES ON With speakers from business, the federal government, science and ...

A San Bernardino sport utility vehicle rollover suit took a nasty turn last month for the plaintiffs' attorneys when a trial j...

A Silicon Valley company and a Massachusetts firm have won a patent infringement case that could have changed e-commerce had t...

BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer Just west of the city of Riverside, the unincorporated area of Mira Loma boasts more than 7...

Jim Brooks and his colleagues at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe faced a trial with the cards stacked against them represen...

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips continues to bulk up its health care expertise with the recent hire of litigation partner Gregor...

Following a few months serving as a consultant for Unocal Corp., a company where he was general counsel until Dec. 4, Dennis P...

Apparently you can take the lawyer out of Pillsbury but you can't take the Pillsbury out of the lawyer. Sixteen former Pillsbu...

BY BARBARA SCHULTZ Skid Row has been discovered by loft dwellers, redevelopment boosters and, most recently, by the L.A. city...

CREJ WIRE REPORT NEW YORK - This decade will see a gradual rebound in apartment occupancy and rents, with returns to investor...

BY ARTHUR J. LETTENMAIER Property owners and managers have become more mindful of exposure for claims under the Americans wit...

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor "We're back!" That's the promise, or threat, depending on your point of view, bein...

Papers about the Consumer Attorneys of California and the group's upcoming convention lay scattered all over my desk. I had to...

From updates on insurance bad-faith law to tips on maximizing damages for plaintiffs, this year's convention for the Consumer ...

The Parisian theme for the 7th Annual Silver Tongue Competition to benefit San Diego's McAllister Institute was set many month...

Focus Column - Law Practice - By Ted Roth and Charles Rosenblatt - Over lunch, three lawyers agree to merge their practices an...

Forum Column - Business Law - By John W. Brooks and Mark Webber - Manufacturers of goods often engage independent sales agents...

Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Mara G. Daz - What would child protective services or the district attorney's office do if...

SAN FRANCISCO - Ronald Sacco, who was sentenced to prison a decade ago as the biggest sports bookmaker in the United States, h...

LOSE ANGELES -Some people might have used $1 million in California lottery winnings to buy a Ferrari or tour the world. But Ra...