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Real Estate/Development


GMAC puts together $20 million in loans

Jan. 2, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

San Francisco - The Northern California office of GMAC Commercial Mortgage completed four deals totaling nearly $20 million i...


Construction


Construction loans

Jan. 2, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

BANKBOSTON NA TRUSTEE $125,000,000 1.27058E+12 WESTERN PACIFIC HOUSING-EAST 300 CONTINENTAL BLVD., 390, EL SEGUNDO, CA 90245 ...


Real Estate/Development


Stan Ross was awarded the 1999 "Spirit of Life Award" by the Los Angeles Real Estate and Construction Industries Council and ...


Construction


California's construction volume for the first 10 months of 1999 was up 11.7 percent from the corresponding period last year,...


Real Estate/Development


People --- North

Jan. 2, 2000
By John Mc Cloud

Commercial Real Estate Women of San Francisco named Ginger Bryant president of the organization in 2000 and Jenifer Altenhoff...


Litigation


In Self Defense

Dec. 31, 1999
By Bobbi Murrayn

^^At Issue^^ In Self Defense Police Officer Michael Long believed he was dismissed favorably from a lawsuit over a shooting, ...


Labor/Employment


Client Challenges Attorney's 45-Percent Fee

Dec. 31, 1999
By Denise Levin

A fired UCLA purchasing agent who won $120,000 in a wrongful termination case is challenging his former lawyer's claim for 45 ...


Although Jonathan Berres Cole's office evidences no obvious caffeine, such as empty coffee mugs or cola cans, his presence has...


Judges and Judiciary


New World, New Ways

Dec. 31, 1999
By Columnist

Box Seats New World, New Ways YEAR IN REVIEW : Times are changing and so is the jury pool. Jurors no longer react according t...


Tax


Luce Forward Tax and Estate Lawyer Dies at 68

Dec. 31, 1999
By Liz Valsamis

SAN DIEGO - Services will be held today for Roelif J. Randerson, a retired estate planner and tax lawyer. Randerson died of l...


Law Practice


Fortune Teller

Dec. 31, 1999
By Columnist

Despite a dismal track record in New Year's predictions, it is nevertheless helpful to attempt to predict what the next millen...


Technology & Science


Around the Office, Around the World

Dec. 31, 1999
By Contributing Writer

Trial Tech Around the Office, Around the World YEAR IN REVIEW : Instead of traditional, desk-top computer displays, 21st cent...


Corporate


New Problems, Solutions

Dec. 31, 1999
By Contributing Writer

Out of Court New Problems, Newer Solutions YEAR IN REVIEW : To succeed in the 21st century, the conflict resolution industry ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Honored by Attorneys' Group

Dec. 31, 1999
By From Staff Reports

Judge Honored by Attorneys' Group Consumer Attorneys of California has presented Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ernest G. W...


Criminal


Man Jailed for E-Mail Threats to Judge

Dec. 31, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Federal, state and local law enforcement authorities are investigating the case of a National City man arrested f...


Government


City May Pay $18M to Injured Nurse

Dec. 31, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

The Los Angeles City Council will consider an $18 million-plus settlement proposal for a nurse who has been in a coma since a ...


Government


ELECTION LAW

Dec. 31, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - A judge Wednesday denounced a lawsuit filed by a supporter of former Orange County District Attorney Mike Capizzi...


Government


Capizzi Supporter Defeated in Suit

Dec. 31, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - A judge Wednesday denounced a lawsuit by supporters of former Orange County District Attorney Mike Capizzi against...


Law Practice


New World Coming in Next Millennium

Dec. 31, 1999
By Chris Ford

IPOs at Bargain Basement Prices! Clearance on Merger Contracts - We Will Not Be Undersold! White-Collar Special: 20-percent R...


Law Office Automation


As the wait turns from days to hours before the Christian calendar, like an old car's odometer, rolls over to reveal a fresh s...


Law Practice


'Trial of the Century' Produces a Lawyer for the Decade

Dec. 31, 1999
By Stephanie Francis Cahill

Soon after his representation of O.J. Simpson, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., well known for his brilliant courtroom tactics and rhym...


Government


It's bunker time in Los Angeles. Again. All around this great county and city, the folks in charge of law and order are going ...


Law Practice


E-Mail Pace of Practice

Dec. 31, 1999
By Chris Ford

Lawyers have made phenomenal progress during the past 10 years in the way they utilize technology, and at the core of this ad...


Litigation


Appellate Court Scolds Low Ball for Settlement

Dec. 31, 1999
By David Kravetz

SAN FRANCISCO - An appellate court has chided a San Francisco law firm for "clandestinely" settling part of a litigant's lawsu...


Family


Benefiting from Open Courts

Dec. 31, 1999
By Cheryl Romo

When there were no chairs, people sat crammed together on the floor or stood propped up against walls for the largest turnout...


Litigation


Reflections

Dec. 30, 1999
By Lisa Milller

^^Viewpoint^^ Around the Courthouse YEAR IN REVIEW :deck by Douglas N. Silverstein As the year, century and millennium come to...


Criminal


CRIMINAL LAW

Dec. 30, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Federal, state and local law enforcement authorities are investigating the case of a National City man arrested fo...


Bankruptcy


Insolvency Era

Dec. 30, 1999
By Columnist

As bankruptcy attorneys enter the 21st Century, thorny jurisdictional issues remain to be resolved. ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The important voice of government lawyers is too often absent from the work of the bar association, and the bar is weaker beca...


Civil Rights


California Law Schools Need Diversity

Dec. 30, 1999
By Columnist

Despite its utility, affirmative action is under severe political and judicial attack, and one questions whether it will survi...