Dr. Barker, 51, of San Francisco, is a physician employed by the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco. In pleading guilty, Dr. Barker admitted that he knowingly and intentionally provided false testimony under oath during the November 2002 trial of Marvin Washington, a felon who was on trial for possessing a firearm

The indictment alleges a conspiracy in which the five defendants schemed to get Carona elected and to corruptly use the office of sheriff to enrich themselves. In addition to the conspiracy, the indictment charges Carona with witness tampering, including his attempt to convince Haidl, as recently as August, to lie to a federal grand jury.

These charges are the result of an investigation the FedRent Initiative launched by the HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to ensure that federal employees receiving housing benefits from HUD properly disclosed their wages and assets to HUD.

Asia Pacific M&A will continue to grow, says survey Clifford Chance/FinanceAsia M&A survey shows continued optimism from advisers and corporates alike, but reveals difficulties in executing deals in the region

Heller Ehrman LLP announced today plans to open an office in Shanghai, China in January 2008. The expansion will allow Heller Ehrman to strengthen its overall presence in the region and extend one of its key core practices – intellectual property (IP) – further into Asia.

a former shop steward and Executive Delegate of Local 157 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (the “Carpenters Union”) -- pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge BARBARA S. JONES to one count of aiding and abetting the embezzlement of monies from employee benefit plans.