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The Quarrel Over Tapes

Feb. 26, 2003
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - For a state normally in the vanguard of new technology, California's courtrooms surprisingly lack the high-tec...


On Road to Ruin?

Feb. 26, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By David Lash and Lauren Saunders - As changes to California's unfair business practices law are considered, th...



SAN JOSE - For the first time in more than a decade, Santa Clara County prosecutors and deputy public defenders face layoffs a...


Keker to Leave Brobeck Suit

Feb. 26, 2003
By John Ryan

LOS ANGELES - Keker & Van Nest is trying to drop Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and two of its former partners as clients...



No Volunteers to Monitor Freed Sexual Predator

Feb. 26, 2003
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - Brian DeVries is poised to become the first convicted child molester to be released after undergoing treatment - in...


County Misused Bonds, Resident's Suit Says

Feb. 26, 2003
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County illegally diverted $16.2 million in community improvement bonds from one portion of suburban...



Column By Garry Abrams - Which is the scariest - the prospect of sealing yourself in a room with duct tape and plastic during ...


WASHINGTON - Taking another look at the reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Supreme Court Monday agreed to consi...



Bingham McCutchen Adds Patent Litigator

Feb. 25, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Two years after Robert Schroeder merged his intellectual property boutique with Christie Parker & Hale, Schroeder has left...


No-See Span

Feb. 25, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Another coverup is making news in Southern California. Happily, the only thing being conc...



Cowboy Lawyers Gather, Elect New Officers, Dance

Feb. 25, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Moseying into the Calamigos Ranch Feb. 8 felt like walking back in time. Men and women decked out in cowboy hats and boots, we...


A Hollywood movie mogul and his glamorous wife could hurt one of the top-selling drugs on the market. Last month, they filed t...



L.A. Cracks Down on Skid Row Slumlords

Feb. 25, 2003
By John Ryan

BY JOHN RYAN Special to CREJ LOS ANGELES - The days of crack addicts giving birth on couches, security guards dealing drugs, p...


The state's wine regions are fermenting over the tactics used by a controversial Oakland disability rights advocate. George Lo...



With Liberty and Tenants for All

Feb. 25, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The U.S. Navy may have sailed on, but its former 550-acre Naval Training Center on Point ...


Brobeck Land Use Partner Alights

Feb. 25, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison land-use partner Linda J. Bozung has joined the Los Angeles office of Piper Rudnick, bringing ...



City Slickers

Feb. 25, 2003
By Staff Writer

Lisa Specht is not a woman who is easy to miss. She is, after all, a glamorous showgirl turned one of L.A. Law's most promine...


BY LAWRENCE RUBENSTEIN It used to be that when I talked with a prospective client about the difficulties of managing resident...



Esquire One Publishing has changed its name to Litigation One. The California law publisher produces California Motions in Li...


Sonnenschein Adds Five Partners

Feb. 25, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

In a move that it hopes will create one of the leading insurance regulatory practices in the state, Sonnenschein Nath & Ro...



Casden Acquires Parcels for High-End Apartments

Feb. 25, 2003
By Contributing Writer

BY BRAD BERTON Special to the CREJ Active Beverly Hills-based apartment developer Casden Properties is looking to rezone two r...


For 39 British tourists, a two-week journey through California and Nevada three years ago ended abruptly with a crash. "The We...



Suits Over Concrete Require Step-by-Step Investigations

Feb. 25, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Construction defect litigation related to concrete often involves issues not always present in typical defect cases. For examp...


The Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada will present its new civil jury instructions seminar Fri...



Rising Above Uncertainty

Feb. 25, 2003
By Riley Guerin

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer California can rise above the pessimism permeating much of the United States. Stan Ross,...


Sitcom Success Doesn't Equal Courtroom Victory

Feb. 25, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

The success that co-creator Michael Moye had with "Married ... With Children," a bawdy TV sitcom about the dysfunctional Bundy...



Environmental Lawyers Debate Land Use

Feb. 25, 2003
By Mark Cromer

BY MARK CROMER Special to CREJ SANTA ANA - As suburban sprawl continues to swallow vast swaths of California, resulting in ev...


BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Man's best friend has just made a bunch of new friends in the commercial real estate...



Sullivan Partner Joins Committee

Feb. 25, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

New York's Sullivan & Cromwell has selected Alison Ressler to become the eighth member of its management committee, effect...


When Mitch Fenton arrived at San Diego State University in 1976 as a transfer student from a small school in Pennsylvania, the...