BY RAY A. SMITH Dow Jones Newswires Although some companies are pulling out of controversial so-called synthetic leases, many...

A lump of coal is a precious commodity, as two newly merged Utah companies can attest. The companies, which extract value from...

BY STATHI MARCOPULOS Failing to periodically update title insurance checklists and standard coverage requirements could be a ...

Lord, Bissell & Brook has hired finance and real estate partner Cherie Raidy away from the Los Angeles office of New York'...

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Thanks to one of the latest challenges to beset the real estate industry, many developer...

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Richard Close, the chairman of Valley VOTE, the organization that asks Angelenos on Nov....

Snow White, the Seven Dwarfs, the Wicked Queen and the Mirror made an appearance at Esperanza Elementary School in Los Angeles...

BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ You don't have to be a rocket scientist to make money in commercial real estate, but understa...

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The Santa Ana Unified School District will pay $6.2 million to the owners of one of Sant...

Column by Karl J. Schulze - Business litigation today rarely progresses without the use of a variety of experts, whether as a ...

NetIQ Corp. of San Jose has agreed to buy a privately held computer security company in a deal valued at $255 million in cash ...

Joseph Johnston is the latest judge to join JAMS, a private alternative dispute resolution provider. Johnston, 68, brings with...

BY DEAN STARKMAN Dow Jones Newswires The nation's office-vacancy rate continued to climb in the third quarter, hitting almost...

Customers frequenting the dozens of Rent-A-Center stores in California should notice more female employees helping them, after...

BY MOTOKO RICH Dow Jones Newswires The news coming out of the commercial real estate market is bleak: Office vacancy rates ar...

The attorneys at Morrison & Foerster probably can't stand on the balance beam without risking bodily injury, and it's not ...

Eddie Rodriguez has left the San Diego office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and accepted an offer to establish a corporat...

In Closing Column - By Pamela J. Voich & Michele C.S. Lange - In October 2001, the California Legislature passed amendment...

Cord Blood Registry, which stores stem cells from newborns for use in case of a future medical emergency, has secured $18 mill...

Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta's role in bringing a new family court services building to Contra Costa County was so exce...

John Russo, Oakland's first elected city attorney, recently became the first person in that position to take the top spot at t...

Thanks to a donation from the San Pedro office of Wilkes & McHugh, students at Loyola Law School can learn about elder abu...

By John Ryan San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has added a product liability strength to its West Coast liti...

LOS ANGELES - Alex Dang throws open the door to the room where his co-counsel, Estaban Morales, is rehearsing opening statemen...

After a year of virulent charges and countercharges in the race for San Diego County district attorney, the most inflammatory ...

LOS ANGELES - The Winona Ryder shoplifting trial got off to a rocky start last week with the media and the judge tussling over...

LOS ANGELES - Four hours into opening trial statements, Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who claim...

Some jurists might have felt uncomfortable casting the lone vote in favor of letting victims of gun violence sue firearms manu...

Nicholas Trainer's constant blurred vision reminds him of the day he claims two bullies harassed him at school and one shot a ...

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego police detective testified Friday that Kristin M. Rossum begged her to destroy methamphetamine and dru...