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Attorneys for Tree Activists: Recuse Judge

Apr. 16, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers representing North Coast activists who were pepper-sprayed during antilogging demonstrations in 1997 ...


Rite Aid Settles With Employees for $67.7 Million

Apr. 15, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

Eight months of negotiations resulted in a $67.7 million settlement for Rite Aid Corp. workers who alleged that their Pennsylv...



Act 2 for Hollywood & Highland

Apr. 15, 2003
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor The buzz was palpable at Hollywood & Highland the week leading up to the March...


Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust, has sold the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for $68 million....



Rent a Change of Scenery

Apr. 15, 2003
By Christine Malamanig

BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Sometimes, those motivational posters just don't have what it takes and pastel lands...


I4 Commerce Raises $23 Million More

Apr. 15, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Baltimore company I4 Commerce Inc. wants to shake up the traditional way of paying for items on the Internet. And it has won t...



Following the closure of the Los Angeles office of New York-based Kelley, Drye & Warren, corporate partner Ronald Husdon h...


BY MICHAEL PAUL THOMAS There can be little question that when it comes to holding those who own or manage property liable for...



Years of Planning Comes to a Head

Apr. 15, 2003
By Riley Guerin

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The harbor revitalization isn't the only development project in the pipeline in Dana Poi...


"Give me a K!" cheerleaders from Los Angeles' James A. Foshay Learning Center joyfully commanded their audience at the Winston...



Dana Point Harbor to Get 'Killer' Facelift

Apr. 15, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Orange County is preparing to embark on a major overhaul of Dana Point Harbor, a 210-acr...


The U.S. District Court seeks public comments regarding the reappointments of Magistrate Judges Charles F. Eick, Arthur Nakaza...



Los Angeles' Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has added two new partners - land-use attorney Timi Anyon Hallem and project financ...


Glen Peterson, executive director of Los Angeles' JobStarts Inc., doesn't have a legal background, and his organization doesn'...



Miami-based Feldman, Gale & Weber became a two-office firm April 1 when it opened an outpost in downtown Los Angeles. The ...


Brokers Can Breathe a Sigh of Relief

Apr. 15, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

Brokers can breathe easier after a San Francisco appellate court made it more difficult in fraud suits to hold brokers liable ...



Change in Leadership, Change in Focus

Apr. 15, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer When Grubb & Ellis ousted its top management last month, including its New York-base...


Litigation Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Cynthia F. Pasternak - Civil lawsuits focus on monetary damages. Certa...



Turning Junkyards, Warehouses Into Art

Apr. 15, 2003
By Christine Malamanig

BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer An old almond warehouse and auto-parts junkyard in North Sacramento is now a piece o...


After 13 Years, Lawyers Finally Free Client

Apr. 15, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Edward Sousa and Gerald Schwartzbach waited at the front gates of San Quentin State Prison March 21. They watched as their cli...



Litigator Moves to Katten Muchin

Apr. 15, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Chicago's Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman hired John Arai "Mitch" Mitchell as a litigation partner. Mitchell, who joined on March...


Brave Hearts

Apr. 15, 2003
By Staff Writer

It's not as if they have nothing else to do. This issue of EXTRA features four of the special lawyers who likely will travel t...



Briefs from The Associated Press

Apr. 15, 2003
By Wire

Kern County to Rewrite Building-Rental Policy BAKERSFIELD - Kern County officials say they will rewrite their rental facility ...


Suit Calls McDonald's PlayLands Unsafe

Apr. 15, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

McDonald's is facing a lawsuit in Los Angeles that questions the safety of the restaurant's playgrounds throughout the country...



Sect. 8 Landlords Caught in Legal Waiting Game

Apr. 15, 2003
By Christine Malamanig

BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Landlords and apartment owners have plenty of new laws to deal with this year, inclu...


CREJ WIRE REPORT BURBANK - California's statewide construction volume for February totaled $5.1 billion, down 0.6 percent fro...



Copycat Blues

Apr. 15, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

To take on Hollywood with its deep pockets, in-house counsel and legions of outside law firms, you need lawyers with a lot of ...


Palo Alto's Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has lost partner Bruce McNamara to the Menlo Park office of Seattle's Perkins...



Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe told Warrington Parker III he could do appeals full time if he joined the firm's new appea...


Video Teaches Teen-agers Trial Fundamentals

Apr. 15, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Students throughout San Diego County have heard the story of Andy Adams and Beth Baker, two kids on trial for scheming to sell...