Top law enforcement officials and prosecutors joined together today to announce that they are working together to combat criminals with guns in an initiative called Project Safe Neighborhoods. At a press conference in South Los Angeles, participants in Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) committed their resources and expertise to continue to target gun crimes in two […]

InjuryBoard.com, the most-visited personal injury web site, today announced the launch of the first personal injury law firm search engine. The search engine, still in beta, can be found at http://firms.injuryboard.com. By determining and analyzing the information found on law firm web sites, the search engine is designed to help personal injury victims locate firms

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced today the filing of civil and criminal charges, respectively, against Richard Marks, the former President and Chief Operating Officer of Motorcar Parts and Accessories, Inc. Motorcar, a public company based in Torrance, California, remanufactures automotive alternators and

Pillsbury Winthrop LLP reports that the firm has committed to a three-year fundraising campaign designed to benefit Aim High, a San Francisco-based agency that operates summer school programs for disadvantaged youth at seven locations in Oakland and San Francisco. “We learned about this deserving program from one of our clients. The fact that more than

McGregor W. Scott, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento County Sheriff Lou Blanas, on behalf of the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force, Special Agent in Charge Victor Song, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, and Resident Agent in Charge Brady Mills, United States Secret Service, announced today the indictment of

Clifford Chance’s Asian private equity team has recently advised key private equity players on several ground-breaking deals in Asia. Not only did the firm act for CVC Asia Pacific, winner of the “Private Equity Firm of the Year 2003” award at the recent Asian Venture Capital Awards ceremony in November 2003, but they also advised

A 25-year-old California woman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for violating the terms of her supervised release by once again offering her unborn child to at least three prospective adoptive parents. Sateva Seals, now of Livingston (Merced County) but formerly of Lancaster (Los Angeles County), was sentenced for violating the terms

Boxalls, the dynamic and highly regarded Cayman Islands law firm, is combining with Ogier, a leading Channel Islands law firm and provider of administration services, to create a merged group of 370 lawyers and staff. It will be the first transatlantic merger of offshore law firms. The combined Ogier Group will provide unique access to

A confidential investigation by Los Angeles police and child welfare officials concluded earlier this year that allegations Michael Jackson sexually abused a cancer-stricken boy were “unfounded,” according to an internal government memo obtained by The Smoking Gun. The probe’s findings were based, in large part, on interviews with the alleged victim, his two siblings, and

An Inglewood woman pleaded guilty this morning to three felony counts of mail fraud for orchestrating a three-year scheme in which she falsified hundreds of sampling and laboratory reports relating to environmental pollutants. Regina Coleman, 41, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Stephen V. Wilson. From 1998 through 2001, Coleman, who falsely claimed to