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National Real Estate Investor February 18, 2004 Parke Chapman	CB Richard Ellis Registers for IPO Real estate services firm CB Richard Ellis filed papers Tuesday with the SEC to raise $150 million through an IPO. The initial filing did not denote the number or price of the shares the firm plans to offer.
Registered Rep. January 4, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Former Morgan Stanley Exec Sues for Age Discrimination Morgan Stanley is facing a discrimination lawsuit by a former managing director who claims he was fired because of his age.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 Parke Chapman	Breaking Away Last month, top-grossing CB Richard Ellis sales broker Bill Palmer officially left the company, closing a stellar 18-year run with the Sacramento, Calif., office of CBRE. The move underscores the challenge of retaining top brokerage talent in one of the hottest investment sales markets in history.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2006 Elizabeth Feigin Befus	New Sexual Harassment Prevention Measures Many real estate firms report that they are increasingly concerned about their liability in the area of employment discrimination, especially sexual harassment.
ifeminists April 13, 2009 Wendy McElroy	Understanding Sexual Harassment With all the "guidance" offered by lawsuits, feminist theorists, government agencies, and privately drafted policies, a question about sexual harassment still remains: what is it?
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Kerry Capell	Sex-Bias Suits: The Fight Gets Ugly Europeans - and Americans - who think sex-discrimination and harassment suits are a purely U.S. phenomenon had better think again. Cases are piling up in Britain, and new EU rules next year may spread them around the Continent.
Registered Rep. March 16, 2007 Halah Touryalai	900 Down, Only a Handful to Go--Merrill Pays One More Female Broker; Separately, Thousands of Female Morgan Stanley Reps May Settle One of the last claimants from the 1997 class-action discrimination lawsuit against Merrill Lynch collected her reward late last month. Separately, Morgan Stanley has confirmed that it settled with over 3,000 claimants but would not comment further.
Fast Company Samantha Cole	Facebook Sued For Gender Discrimination Former Facebook employee Chia Hong is taking the social network to court for alleged gender discrimination, racial discrimination, and sex harassment, in a lawsuit filed Monday.
Entrepreneur April 2005 Chris Penttila	Lead Buzz 04/05 New California law covers sexual harassment training... Workers receptive to biometric employee tracking... etc.
National Real Estate Investor January 7, 2004	Two CBRE Brokers Move to Cushman & Wakefield and JRT Two CB Richard Ellis brokers have moved to rival firms. Steven Strati, formerly a senior vice president and leasing broker at CBRE, is now a senior director at Cushman & Wakefield's Midtown Manhattan office. Meanwhile, CBRE broker Melissa Bazar has left the firm to join JRT.
AskMen.com John Peabody	Sexual Harassment 101 It is important to know what constitutes sexual harassment, some of the finer points of inter-office diplomacy, and what to do in case the unthinkable happens.
BusinessWeek March 26, 2007 Gene G. Marcial	Why CB Richard Ellis Could Be A Good Bet Global real estate services outfit CB Richard Ellis Group is a top choice.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2007	Correction: Correction to the reported amounted of space that CB Richard Ellis manages globally.
Job Journal March 27, 2005 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Stopping Sexual Harassment Sexual harassment training is now the law, at least for management.
National Real Estate Investor July 23, 2003 Parke Chapman	New York's Strategic Value A Cornerstone of CBRE/Insignia Merger With the merger between CB Richard Ellis and Insignia finalized, a new brokerage kingdom now rules New York City.
Reason January 2003 Cathy Young	Man Trouble What does male-on-male sexual harassment mean for discrimination law?
National Real Estate Investor February 24, 2004 Parke Chapman	NREI Exclusive: High-Level Investment Sales Team Moves from Cushman & Wakefield to CBRE A quartet of top-producing real estate sales brokers has left Cushman & Wakefield to join rival brokerage firm CB Richard Ellis.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2006 Kristen French	Class Act Securities class-action lawsuit filings were at their lowest level in a decade in the first half of this year, according to a recent report.
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman	Full-Service Giants Bulk Up Within the past two decades, the nation's largest real estate brokerages have formed a variety of new service lines that include asset management, appraisal, consulting and mortgage financing.
National Real Estate Investor July 23, 2003 Parke Chapman	CBRE CEO Wirta on Merger: Size Brings Competitive Advantage Effective today, Ray Wirta is CEO of a bolstered real estate services juggernaut as the official merger between CB Richard Ellis and Insignia/ESG was formalized this morning. For Wirta, who is based in CBRE's Los Angeles headquarters, the merger is clearly a strategic victory.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2007 Ben Johnson	Something to Crow About Cal Frese, as president of CB Richard Ellis' Americas unit, has a big job on his hands, not only to integrate Trammell Crow's 6,000-plus employees and culture into CBRE's, but also to harness Crow's legendary corporate connections to expand its service scope and grow market share.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2009 Ben Johnson	Service Providers Capitalize on Distress Brokerages announce new programs to aid clients with distressed real estate.
AskMen.com May 13, 2003 Jordan Stein	Sexual Harassment & Men Women alone decide what constitutes sexual harassment. If an advance evokes flattery, it's not sexual harassment. If it induces nausea, it is. Here the stench of hypocrisy is overpowering.
AskMen.com October 30, 2003 Ian Harrison	Sexual Harassment In The Workplace Nobody wants to work in an oppressive and frosty environment, but by the same token, nobody wants to work on the set of a porn movie, either. Where to draw the line on sexual harrassment policy?
ifeminists October 27, 2004 Wendy McElroy	The Sad Evolution of Sexual Harassment The politically correct approach to sexual harassment means that those who claim victimhood are almost automatically believed. Sexual harassment must be rolled back for the same reason it arose as an issue: fairness.
Entrepreneur August 2005 Jane Easter Bahls	Action Sacked A new law aims to protect you from class-action suits. Under the new law, all class-action lawsuits with plaintiffs from more than one state will have to be filed in federal courts, which tend to be less sympathetic than state courts to these suits.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2003 Parke Chapman	Today the World, Tomorrow New York The storm came from the south, but the seismic force in commercial real estate came from the west. On Feb. 18, LA-based CB Richard Ellis announced a deal to buy Gotham's top brokerage, Insignia Financial Group, for $415 million.
ifeminists February 15, 2006 Wendy McElroy	Sexual Harassment Policies Need Reform At best, the American Association of University Women reports are interesting sociological surveys of how students view their environment. Realistically, they are biased and self-administered reports from students, who are often children. They should never be a basis for law or policy.
Information Today January 2007 George H. Pike	Legal Update: Where the Lawsuits Are Updates on lengthy search-related lawsuits involving Google and Microsoft.
National Real Estate Investor February 7, 2003 Parke Chapman	Insignia confirms talks of merger with CBRE Insignia Financial Group (parent company of brokerage Insignia/ESG) has issued a statement today acknowledging that it has held merger discussions with CB Richard Ellis. However, the statement emphasized that there is "no assurance that the current discussions will result in a transaction."
National Real Estate Investor September 30, 2003 Parke Chapman	Key CBRE Brokers Defect To Cushman & Wakefield Two of CB Richard Ellis' strongest sales brokers have jumped ship to Cushman & Wakefield only days after another key CBRE broker, Woody Heller, defected to tenant rep firm Studley.
Inc. August 2003 Anne Marie Borrego	Fairer Class Action Small-business lobbies are hailing a bill that will make it harder to win a class-action lawsuit.
Managed Care July 2002 Philip H. Lebowitz	Provider Association Litigation: Better Choice for Dispute Resolution? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has validated what may be a new avenue for provider-vs.-MCO dispute resolution that is preferable to the risks of traditional individual and class-action litigation.
Job Journal September 11, 2005	Jobwire for the Week of September 11, 2005 A Shorter Search for Employment... Sexual Favors Create Hostile Environment... Employed & Annoyed... On the Job Front... etc.
ifeminists September 6, 2006 Carey Roberts	Harassment Hysteria Threatens Military Morale In practice, the military's zero-tolerance stance on sexual harassment becomes the basis for ramping up the penalties for an offense that no one can define, and abolishing due process protections for an allegation that no person can ever hope to refute.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2007 Matt Valley	Yes, Brokerage Firms Can Thrive on Wall Street It's hard to ignore the success these two firms have had at proving the critics wrong. Both CB Richard Ellis and Jones Lang LaSalle are flourishing as publicly traded real estate services firms with global platforms.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman	Empire Building CB Richard Ellis was already an 800-pound gorilla before it unveiled plans to acquire Trammell Crow Co., a diversified real estate services firm widely recognized as having one of the strongest corporate real estate arms in the nation and an active development pipeline. Investors, take note.
Entrepreneur August 2005 Jane Easter Bahls	Fault Lines If you have a misogynistic manager at your company, is the manager himself liable for harassment or is the company on the hook?
Entrepreneur October 2006 Jane Easter Bahls	Zero Tolerance Employers should know they have a legal responsibility to protect their employees from sexual harassment and to act on any complaints, including those against independent contractors, vendors and anyone else who frequents the workplace.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2003 Matt Valley	Questions Linger Over Merger What should we make of the announced merger between CB Richard Ellis and Insignia Financial Group? The widely publicized deal, valued at $415 million, leaves many questions unanswered.
National Real Estate Investor May 30, 2003 Parke Chapman	CB Richard Ellis, Insignia Unload $44M of Assets Insignia Financial Group and CB Richard Ellis have sold $44 million worth of Insignia-owned real estate assets to a fund controlled by Insignia Financial chairman Andrew Farkas.
Entrepreneur March 2005 Jane Easter Bahls	Lay Down the Law Business owners afraid of losing big in a lawsuit should feel safer: A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in September takes aim at nuisance lawsuits and class-action suits.
National Real Estate Investor July 23, 2003	On the Merger, Off The Record Several Manhattan-based real estate executives were queried on the impact of the now finalized merger between CB Richard Ellis and Insignia/ESG. None of the sources, save one, were anxious to go on the record. Here are some of their comments.
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2004 Parke Chapman	Boutique -vs- Behemoth When CB Richard Ellis acquired Insignia Financial Group last summer, the heavily publicized deal brought together two of the nation's largest commercial brokerages under one roof
The Motley Fool December 5, 2005 Richard Moore	Don't Give Up on Real Estate The commercial real estate market still looks good. Investors: CB Richard Ellis, Jones Lang LaSalle, Trammell Crow, are all worth taking a look at.
ifeminists May 11, 2008 Wendy McElroy	A Feminist Defense of Men's Rights Women are individuals and anything that weakens individual rights based on a shared humanity harms women as much as men.
National Real Estate Investor February 19, 2003	CB Richard Ellis to acquire Insignia Financial Group CB Richard Ellis has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Insignia Financial Group Inc. for $11 per share of common stock in cash, plus the potential for incremental consideration.
ifeminists September 30, 2003 Wendy McElroy	Families Pay Price for Government Spending The authors of a controversial new book, "The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke," omit a major reason why families are struggling: the increased size of government and governmental spending.
Job Journal October 8, 2006 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Free Online Corporate Training Any organization can now provide workplace-issues training for free.