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

Loeb & Loeb LLP announced that it is serving as special pro bono counsel to The Children’s Aid Society, working with the Office of Public Policy & Client Advocacy on projects related to housing, special education and other issues. The first project involves assisting East Harlem residents fighting slumlords who refuse to make habitable their

Skadden is representing EMC Corporation in its acquisition of Documentum, Inc. The deal is reportedly valued at approximately $1.7 billion.

George S. Frazza of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, was inducted on Nov. 21 into the National Center for State Courts’ Warren E. Burger Society. The Burger Society honors individuals who have demonstrated the highest commitment to improving the administration of justice through extraordinary contributions of service and support to the National Center for State