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Cross-Complainants Win $1.55 Million in Fraud Case

Dec. 10, 2002
By Christina Landers

SANTA ANA - In an unexpected turn of events for the original plaintiffs in the suit, a unanimous Santa Ana jury on Nov. 2 awar...


Another Tough Break for UCLA

Dec. 10, 2002
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor When it comes to college rivalries, few are as storied or impassioned as the crosst...



SACRAMENTO - A Sacramento lawyer reached a $51,000 settlement last month with the city of Benicia, which he accuses of filing ...


Mr. Insolvency

Dec. 10, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

NEWPORT BEACH - Many powerful businessmen have found themselves inside William Lobel's fifth-floor, corner office in Newport B...



Wishing for a Walgreens

Dec. 10, 2002
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor There is one retail tenant with the power to make just about any property owner gr...


LONDON - Bodo Schaar is the newest attorney to join Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's growing European presence. The firm a...



Baby Steps Toward Smart Growth

Dec. 10, 2002
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor With nowhere else to go, the city of Los Angeles continues to look inward to solve...


California Lawyers Clinch $453-Million Deal

Dec. 10, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

SANTA CLARA - California lawyers from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison recently h...



Orrick Helps Impac Make Nasdaq Debut

Dec. 10, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

MOUNTAIN VIEW - Impac Medical Systems Inc. of Mountain View made its well-received debut on the Nasdaq market last month, repr...


ALAMEDA - Gov. Gray Davis has appointed the first Chinese-American woman to the Alameda County Superior Court. Lo-Lynne Q. Lee...



Toxic Mold Is Not the Problem

Dec. 10, 2002
By Columnist

BY MICHAEL D. GEYER AND KENNETH V. LA CONDE Toxic mold has grabbed its share of news headlines in the last few years. Dozens ...


WASHINGTON, D.C. - Gray Cary is upping its bet on battered East Coast technology companies by transplanting partner Margaret H...



Focus Column - Expert Witnesses - By Scott P. DeVries - A complex civil case frequently turns into a battle of the experts. Nu...


Keeping the Faith in San Diego Hospitality

Dec. 10, 2002
By Riley Guerin

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer When FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. launched a major makeover of the 600-room Holiday Inn on t...



CONTRA COSTA - Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Douglas Cunningham is planning a retirement that's not far different f...


Judge Upholds $9 Million Award to Tegic

Dec. 10, 2002
By Christina Landers

SAN FRANCISCO - Tegic Communications Corp. scored another legal victory Nov. 14 when a federal judge in San Francisco denied Z...



SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Alfred Chiantelli has joined the Northern California panel of Action Dispute Resolution Services. Chiant...


Trade-Secrets Case Felt Like 'Star Wars'

Dec. 10, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

SAN FRANCISCO - In 1995, attorney Jeffrey Chanin, a partner at Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco, took on what appeared to...



LOS ANGELES - Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White asked Martha Gooding to join a pro bono case on her first day at the firm. By ...


SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Terence Hallinan should immediately convene a grand jury to investigate three off-duty poli...



Orange County's Top 20 Law Firms

Dec. 10, 2002
By Staff Writer

Law firms in Orange County have found a way to weather the economic storm, with only six firms in this year's Top 20 losing at...


Neighbors' Legal Fight Rages On and On and On

Dec. 10, 2002
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - The whole thing started in a Noe Valley cul-de-sac. A homeowner there wanted to build a new deck. ...



SACRAMENTO - The California Judicial Council knows when to beg and when to be happy with what it has. With state government fa...


Ryder Follows Others' Footsteps

Dec. 10, 2002
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Actress Winona Ryder may be spending the next four months tape-recording Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women," sup...



Electronics Firm Gets New General Counsel

Dec. 10, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

LOS ANGELES - Hughes Electronics Corp. of El Segundo has named Larry D. Hunter as its new general counsel. ...


UC Harassment Rules Deficient, Critics Say

Dec. 10, 2002
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Sexual harassment prevention is largely ignored at law schools such as Boalt Hall because men dominate the fa...



Hard Times Ahead, Davis Says

Dec. 10, 2002
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Trial courts and the state judiciary will share the pain of more than $10 billion in spending cuts being propose...


Lifting Load of Medical Expense

Dec. 10, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Jeff Lowe - Lost in the national debate over Medicare reform and affordable prescription drugs is the tragic...



Focus Column - Business Law - By Clyde M. Hettrick and Steven C. Valerio - Rather than punishing a party to a contract with ex...


Politics Didn't Factor in Contracts, Lawyers Say

Dec. 10, 2002
By Lawrence Kootnikoff

LOS ANGELES - They may not pass some watchdogs' "smell test," but there is nothing wrong with the $1.25-million in Los Angeles...