A man who deliberately shredded a massive backlog of federal documents at an Immigration and Naturalization Service facilility in Laguna Niguel has been convicted on two counts of wilfully destroying government documents. Leonel Salazar, 35, of Laguna Niguel, was found guilty late Wednesday by a federal jury in Santa Ana. The jury deliberated for one […]

“Our new partners have not only demonstrated an unstinting commitment to client satisfaction but have shown themselves to possess some of the keenest minds in the legal profession,” said Jerry Biederman, NGE Managing Partner. “This year has been one of tremendous growth and prosperity for NGE, with the addition and expansion of several of our

Baker & McKenzie today announced the recruitment of entertainment lawyer Jose Maria Mendez as a new partner in Spain. Mr. Mendez joins Baker & McKenzie following a 3 year stint with Squire Sanders where he undertook numerous significant projects, including representing a Spanish broadcaster in its negotiation of television rights to the World Football Cup

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