Pointing Out Bias
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Harold Johnson - Has the University of California developed a sneaky way around Proposition 209, the 1996 Ca...
Growing Business
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Dicta Column - By Sharon Berman - As most attorneys know, pro bono work such as donating your expertise to a nonprofit group o...
New Law Targets Corporate Officers and Accounting Firms
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Focus Column - By Andrew B. Serwin ...
'More Skin' Request of Dancer Isn't Entrapment, Court Rules
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Asking an exotic dancer at a strip club to show "more skin" is not entrapment, a state appellate court has ruled...
DA Wants Death for Child-Slaying Suspect
By Jim Adamekn
SANTA ANA - Orange County prosecutors will seek death for the man accused of killing Samantha Runnion, District Attorney Tony ...
Meditating on Jurors' Whimsical Ways
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Dicta Column - By Donald E. Griffith - Trying to read a jury is a lot like trying to read a crystal ball: You think you see so...
Growing Business
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Dicta Column - By Sharon Berman - As most attorneys know, pro bono work such as donating your expertise to a nonprofit group o...
Meditating on Jurors' Whimsical Ways
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Dicta Column - By Donald E. Griffith - Trying to read a jury is a lot like trying to read a crystal ball: You think you see so...
Orrick Litigator Receives Judicial Nod
By Joel Rosenblatt
For the second time in two years, an Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe litigation partner is headed for the bench. On July 25...
Firm Celebrates Anniversary of Merger With a Pair of Parties
By Erik Cummins
When law firm partners describe successful mergers, they talk about things like synergy, cultural fits and cross-selling. So i...
Akin Gump Expands Land Use Practice
By John Ryan
Dallas-based Akin, Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld continues to build out its project and infrastructure development department...
Born Again
By Contributing Writer
BY ALAN NADITZ CREJ Staff Writer If everything goes according to plan, up-and-coming executives and entrepreneurs will one da...
Southern California Hotels Coming Out of Their Slumber
By Contributing Writer
BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ Where business is strong, hotels are sure to follow. That real estate aphorism holds especial...
Pillsbury Winthrop Severs Ties With Corporate Shop
By Liz Valsamis
San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop has parted ways with its Tysons Corner, Va., corporate practice. Two partners and two assoc...
Starr Focuses on Rehnquist's Court During Bar Speech
By Christina Landers
Former independent counsel and U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth Starr addressed the Federal Bar Association's Orange County chap...
Alschuler Grossman Makes Its Move to Santa Monica Office
By Staff Writer
Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan has finally moved into the Water Garden office complex in Santa Monica. ...
Non-Profit Leases in Aero Park
By Ron Mc Nees
The San Diego Workforce Partnership signed a 36-month, $2.58 million lease for 53,000 square feet of office space from Aero P...
IMPCO Spins Off Its Fuel-Cell Subsidiary
By Toni Vranjes
Alternative fuel company IMPCO Technologies Inc. of Cerritos has spun off its subsidiary Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Wor...
Probe Is No Deal Breaker, Arbitrator Says
By Eron Yehuda
With the government in his corner, this should have been a straightforward case that Los Angeles lawyer Richard Marmaro couldn...
McDermott Will & Emery Adds IP Practice to Munich Outpost
By Staff Writer
Seven months after McDermott, Will & Emery opened a Munich office, the firm has added an intellectual property practice to...
ABA Plans Annual Meeting
By Christina Landers
After September's terrorist attacks united Americans in newfound patriotism, the nation's capital seems the perfect setting to...
U.S. Trustee's Office Signs on Senior Attorney in Los Angeles
By Staff Writer
Bruce Schildkraut joined the Office of the U.S. Trustee in Los Angeles as a senior attorney July 29. Schildkraut had been an a...
Growing Concerns
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BY STEPHEN BLOCK Before starting my landscape design business in Los Angeles, I spent 12 years in commercial real estate putt...
Lawyers Help Symantec With Quartet of Deals
By Toni Vranjes
Creating an avalanche of work for Silicon Valley lawyers, Norton anti-virus maker Symantec Corp. of Cupertino has inked four d...
Bowling, Beer, Trophy Lure Lawyers
By Stefanie Knapp
Walking into the Hollywood Star Lanes on a Friday night, you might expect to see some serious bowlers practicing for league pl...
Antitrust, Patent Expert Moves to Hogan & Hartson
By Liz Valsamis
Minda Schecter has joined the Los Angeles office of Washington, D.C.'s Hogan & Hartson as counsel to the antitrust, compet...
Betting on the House
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer In 1998, when most of the big Nevada gaming companies were lining up to oppose casinos o...
Keeping the Promise Alive
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Many promises were made to rebuild South-Central Los Angeles as the embers of doze...
Marketers' Salaries Match Lawyers' Pay, Sometimes
By Stefanie Knapp
If you've ever pondered trading your billable-hours requirements for a job in legal marketing, there's something you should kn...
Lyon & Lyon Stands Alone at Alter, Again
By Erik Cummins
Instead of a marriage proposal, Los Angeles' Lyon & Lyon got a Dear John letter from San Francisco's Townsend and Townsend...