Tenants Win $8 Million Settlement
By Leslie Simmons
BY LESLIE SIMMONS Special to CREJ LOS ANGELES - A Glendale couple reportedly has agreed to pay $8 million to 27 tenants who s...
Judge Tosses Woman's Defamation Suit
By Eron Yehuda
Successful movie producers are outspoken, passionate and aggressive. But a student at The Peter Stark Producing Program at the...
Stroock & Stroock Bankruptcy Pro Becomes Special Counsel
By Staff Writer
Karyn B. Zeldman, who joined Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from Dewey Ballantine in July, has been elevated to special co...
Fish & Richardson Gains Litigator Group
By Liz Valsamis
Boston intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson has acquired a group of intellectual property litigators from Phoenix'...
Troubled Insurer Pays for Bolstering the Bottom Line
By Joan Osterwalder
San Francisco attorney Arnold Levinson scored the largest-ever verdict in Marin County Superior Court last month. Levinson of ...
Trial Lawyers Group Honors Two Bay Area Superior Court Judges
By Stefanie Knapp
Alameda County Superior Court Judge David Hunter and Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Walter Rogers were named outsta...
Recording Academy Selects Litigator for New Legal Post
By Liz Valsamis
The organization behind the Grammy's, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Inc., has chosen Charles Ortner to s...
When Engaging in Discovery, Don't Forget to Meet, Confer
By Columnist
By Cassandra C. Shivers After a complaint is filed and an answer is served, the parties to any lawsuit get down to the real w...
Paul Hastings Names Two to Major Administrative Positions
By Staff Writer
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has filled two key administrative positions, the firm announced Jan. 21. Attorney Peter...
Patient's Advocate Settles Hospital Suit
By John Ryan
The three-year legal battle between Jennifer Merin and Los Angeles' Barlow Respiratory Hospital has been settled, attorneys fo...
Former SEC Official Becomes Partner at Latham & Watkins
By Staff Writer
Latham & Watkins has scored a big hire in its Washington, D.C., office with the addition of partner William R. Baker III....
Leveraging Your Real Estate Career
By Columnist
BY TODD DUNCAN In the real estate business, sharing your goals and dreams with the right people can be the difference between...
Redevelopment Agencies Fight Plans to Siphon Millions From Their Projects
By Wire
BY JIM WASSERMAN Associated Press Writer SACRAMENTO - A powerful segment of the state's growth machine, which specializes in f...
Easy Transition
By Columnist
Corporation Column - By Debra C. Scheufler - California's SB399, which went into effect Jan. 1, allows one business entity to...
Two Litigators Join the Ranks At Townsend and Townsend
By Staff Writer
Intellectual property boutique Townsend and Townsend and Crew has picked up two new attorneys, the firm announced Jan. 27. Ma...
Crash Victim Settles Suit With Caltrans for $1 Million
By Joan Osterwalder
Returning from their fifth anniversary wedding celebration in Laughlin, Nev., three years ago, Rosemary and David Waite were r...
New Hand at Wendel Rosen Helm Sets a Steady Course
By Erik Cummins
When Howard Lind joined Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean in 1978, the Oakland firm had just 17 lawyers. Twenty-five years later...
On the Record
By Contributing Writer
By John J. Buchanan "Ms. Holloway, I have a reporter from USA Today who'd like to speak to you about your client. Can I put h...
Luck of the Draw
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Some guys have all the luck. You'd think closing a 40,000-square-foot, 10-year lea...
Doing the Partner Shuffle
By Staff Writer
As former Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Skjerven Morrill partners scatter to find new homes for themselves and their cl...
Law Aims to Reduce Litigation, But Some Argue It Has Holes
By Erik Cummins
BY ERIK CUMMINS Special to CREJ SAN FRANCISCO - A construction defect litigation fix-it bill that took effect with the new ye...
Intellectual Property Litigator Joins Finnegan Henderson
By Staff Writer
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner has added Patrick J. Coyne to its partnership ranks, the intellectual prop...
Gunslingers vs. Ph.D.s
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor For Noreen R. Sadler, a vice president and senior asset manager for Wells Fargo, th...
Corporate Insolvency Soars to a New High in 2002
By Toni Vranjes
A number of American industry titans collapsed in financial ruin last year, producing a record 12 months in corporate bankrupt...
Ex-Security Guard Takes Casino to Court for Pink Slip
By Joan Osterwalder
Conrad Sabiron's jackpot at the Chumash Casino in Santa Inez allegedly was a pink slip. The former casino security guard filed...
Washington, D.C.'s Shaw Pittman Elects a New Managing Partner
By Staff Writer
Washington, D.C.'s Shaw Pittman has elected Stephen B. Huttler to take over the managing partner position left open when Paul...
Two Skadden Arps Partners Jump Aboard Kirkland & Ellis
By Staff Writer
Kirkland & Ellis has added a pair of experienced capital markets partners to its New York office. Jonathan F. Pedersen an...
Timing is Critical to Good Tax Planning Strategies
By Columnist
Focus Column - Tax Law - By Bruce Givner - There are many ways to reduce, defer and, in a few cases, even eliminate taxes. Est...
City Attorney Draws Praise for His Professional Polish, Politics
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - City Attorney Rockard J. Delgadillo has brought a professional polish to an office where, to hear him tell it, l...
Corporate Insolvency Soars to a New High in 2002
By Tina Spee
By Toni Vranjes A number of American industry titans collapsed in financial ruin last year, producing a record 12 months in c...