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

Samuel H. Pond, Esq., partner in the law firm of Martin, Banks, Pond, Lehocky & Wilson has been appointed to the Pennsylvania Federation of Injured Workers (PFIW) Board of Directors. Samuel H. Pond has been practicing in the area of workers’ compensation since 1986. Mr. Pond has successfully tried a broad spectrum of workers’ compensation

International law firm DLA announced today that it will integrate with DLA Group member SchutGrosheide, as part of its continued drive to become a top five European law firm by 2005. With effect from 1 January 2004, SchutGrosheide, which is currently part of the DLA Group (an international association of leading law firms), will become

A 25-year veteran of the Los Angeles Unified School District was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison for his conviction on federal charges of distributing child pornography via the Internet. Albert Pinedo, 60, of Alhambra, was sentenced to 64 months in prison by United States District Judge Stephen V. Wilson. In

Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised BNP Paribas (“BNPP”) on the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in International Bank of Paris and Shanghai (a joint venture bank between BNPP and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (“ICBC”), from ICBC. This is the first deal that results in the conversion of a Sino-foreign joint

American Lawyer Media, Inc. (ALM), the nation’s leading legal journalism and information company and publisher of The Legal Intelligencer(R), Pennsylvania Law Weekly(R) and Delaware Law Weekly(R), today announced the launch of GC Mid-Atlantic(TM), a new magazine for chief legal officers and in-house attorneys in the region. GC Mid-Atlantic’s first issue, featuring a cover story on