From Stuart Backerman Official Spokesman for Michael Jackson Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Yaffe granted Michael Jackson a court order against the aircraft company XtraJet, which was attempting to sell a surreptitious videotape of Michael and his attorney to the highest media bidder. “The videotaping of my client conferring with me was illegal […]

CMS Cameron McKenna has entered into a joint venture with fellow CMS firms, CMS Strommer Reich-Rohrwig Karasek Hainz and CMS Hasche Sigle, to establish a specialist German-speaking practice to be based at its Prague office. The practice will be led by new partner Andreas Ueltzhoeffer, supported by a team of five legal advisers and three

Nearly 16,000 hours of legal advice have been given free of charge across Greater Manchester in 2003, according to research carried out by LawWorks North and DLA. In a survey of more than 780 legal professionals across the region, 39 per cent of solicitors, barristers and in house legal teams are involved in some sort

Two Southland men were sentenced this morning to federal prison for their convictions on charges related to a scheme in which one embezzled money from his employer and funneled it to members of his softball team. Angel Uribe, 33, of Ontario, was sentenced to 37 months in prison and was ordered to pay $298,000 in

New York, November 25, 2003 – Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, advised Ormat Nevada, Inc.’s subsidiaries in a successful auction bid for all the geothermal assets of Covanta Energy Corporation. Covanta Energy Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2002. Ormat’s bid for $214M was declared the “highest

Francesca Morris, associate in the New York office of Holland & Knight, will be awarded the prestigious John K. Geiger Award at inMotion’s 5th Annual Commitment to Justice Awards. The ceremony will be held on December 1st, at Fordham University School of Law from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Ms. Morris has helped survivors of domestic

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it succeeded in obtaining full immunity for its client, Chisso Corporation, in respect of a European Commission (EC) cartel investigation in the sorbates industry. As a result of its successful immunity application, Chisso Corporation did not receive a fine. The fines imposed on the other cartel participants totalled €138.4

Mallesons Stephen Jaques has won the Communication Award at the annual Legal IT Awards, held recently during the Legal IT Forum in Scotland. The international Legal IT Awards attract representatives from leading UK, US and Australian law firms, as well as in-house legal departments and chambers. The Awards have become firmly established as the benchmark

Michael S. Greco and R. Charles Miller, partners with the national law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (“K&L”), have been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI). With a membership limited to about 3,500, lawyers are selected to join the prestigious Institute on the basis of professional achievement and demonstrated interest in law improvement.

Pillsbury Winthrop LLP today announced the promotion of ten attorneys to partnership within the firm effective January 1, 2004. The new partners and their respective office locations are: Caroline D. Dennison, (Northern Virginia), Wesley C.J. Ehlers, (Sacramento), Bruce J. Graham, (Los Angeles/Century City), Alice K. M. Hayashi, (San Francisco), Kevin T. Kramer, (Northern Virginia), David