Cross-Complainants Win $1.55 Million in Fraud Case
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
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor When it comes to college rivalries, few are as storied or impassioned as the crosst...
Attorney Settles Anti-SLAPP Suit For $51,000 Fee
By Eron Yehuda
SACRAMENTO - A Sacramento lawyer reached a $51,000 settlement last month with the city of Benicia, which he accuses of filing ...
Mr. Insolvency
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
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...
Orrick Herrington Adds Attorney to Growing European Presence
By Staff Writer
LONDON - Bodo Schaar is the newest attorney to join Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's growing European presence. The firm a...
Baby Steps Toward Smart Growth
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
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
By Toni Vranjes
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Impac Medical Systems Inc. of Mountain View made its well-received debut on the Nasdaq market last month, repr...
Davis Names to Alameda Court First Chinese-American Woman
By Staff Writer
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
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 ...
Hard Times Don't Dissuade Gray Cary From Washington
By Joel Rosenblatt
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Gray Cary is upping its bet on battered East Coast technology companies by transplanting partner Margaret H...
Your Case Can Turn on Putting Right Pro on the Witness Stand
By Columnist
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
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 Judge Plans Semi-Retirement in January
By Staff Writer
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
By Christina Landers
SAN FRANCISCO - Tegic Communications Corp. scored another legal victory Nov. 14 when a federal judge in San Francisco denied Z...
Bench Officer Takes Position On Dispute Resolution Panel
By Stefanie Knapp
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Alfred Chiantelli has joined the Northern California panel of Action Dispute Resolution Services. Chiant...
Trade-Secrets Case Felt Like 'Star Wars'
By Joan Osterwalder
SAN FRANCISCO - In 1995, attorney Jeffrey Chanin, a partner at Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco, took on what appeared to...
Howrey Simon Attorneys Are Partners at Work and Home
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White asked Martha Gooding to join a pro bono case on her first day at the firm. By ...
Police Probe Merits Calling A Grand Jury, Experts Urge
By Robert Selna
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
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
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. ...
Judicial Council Reins In Expectations for New Year
By Linda Rapattoni
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
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
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
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
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
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeff Lowe - Lost in the national debate over Medicare reform and affordable prescription drugs is the tragic...
Scope of Manager's Privilege Hinges on Subjective Intent of the Advisor
By Columnist
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
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...