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...
Lockyer Sends Subpoenas to Plaintiffs in Prop. 65 Suits
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer has launched a wide-ranging investigation into the use of money from public int...
Counsel Can Use Invalidating Prior Art to Avoid Patent Suit
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Focus Column Intellectual Property By Michael Plimier Attorneys use prior art references to prove that claims of a patent bei...
Priest's Jilted Lover Finds Little Consolation in 1st DCA
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A pastor thinking about sexually seducing an adult parishioner might want to consult a lawyer first. A three-...
Prison Has Bright Side for Four Former SLA Radicals
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The sentencing of four former Symbionese Liberation Army radicals in Sacramento Friday for the 1975 m...
Dolphin Diplomacy
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Secretary of State Colin Powell took a break from charting the course of a nation seemingly headed toward war...
Music Retailer Wherehouse Plans to Shutter 120 Stores
By Tina Spee
By Toni Vranjes Illegal downloading of songs and intense competition from discount retailers haven't been music to the ears o...
Lawyer-Felon Wins Judgment, Vows to Fight to Keep All of It
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Convicted felon and suspended lawyer Rex DeGeorge won a civil jury verdict last week against an insurance compa...
Nominee's Fate Remains in Limbo as Senate Adjourns
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Debate on the nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of C...
Turning the Tide
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Peter M. Douglas - The coast is never finally saved. It is always being saved. The recent Court of Appeal de...
Zap It to Me: E-mailing Your Rsum the Fail-Proof Way
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Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - The advent of e-mail as a business tool has revolutionized recruiting, just as it...
Pioneer Became Group's First Female President
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - Marjorie W. Day, the first woman in 41 years to win the American Board of Trial Advocates' Trial Lawyer of the Y...
Southwest Justice Center Opens
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
MURRIETA - Judge James Warren has a long list of reasons to be thrilled that Southwest Justice Center is finally open. Warren ...
Lawyer Led Efforts to Integrate Schools
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Saturday for George C. Bond, retired vice president and general counsel of Unocal Corp....
Lawyers Oppose Coordinating Abuse Lawsuits Against Priests
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for alleged victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests are beginning to line up in opposition t...
Brobeck Quintet Goes to Litigation Boutique
By Melissa Onstad And Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - With San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison closing its doors today, the firm's lawyers continue to...
Lawyer Fights His Insurers, Again
By Susan Mcraen
LOS ANGELES - Eight months after Rex K. DeGeorge went to prison on a fraud and perjury conviction for sinking his luxury yacht...
Economic Divide
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Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - When President George W. Bush recently unveiled his tax cut proposals, critics charged ...
Veteran Fought Vigorously for Legal Principles
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - A memorial service will take place Saturday in Riverside for Eugene Robert Thomas, a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
County Settles Gun Show Suit for $1.6 Million
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County officials have agreed to pay the promoter of the nation's largest gun show $1.6 million to se...
Surfer Judge Has Decisive Manner, Peaceful Zen Style
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Robert P. O'Neill prosecuted some mighty bad characters in his decade as a deputy district attorney, including t...
New Certification Regulations Present Challenges for Issuers
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Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Terence McCormick - On Aug. 29, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued final ru...
Advocate Takes Show on the Road
By Karen Coleman
BERKELEY - Judge Jeffrey Tauber has played to all kinds of crowds during his 30-year career. Tauber has appeared before congre...
War Against Terrorism Has '1984' Written All Over It
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Forum Column - By David L. Brandon - In "1984," George Orwell described one of the most frightening worlds ever conceived in l...