Britney Spears’ conservator/father has managed to temporarily remove two thorns from his side as Judge Aviva Bobb authorized a three year restraining order against Spears’ former manager Sam Lutfi and attorney Jon Eardley. The two are accused of working to disrupt the conservatorship. Who knows if they are guilty or not, working under Britney’s direction Keep Reading…
Seven years jail for lawyer who stole from client Kate Ferguson/Gary Adshead April 29, 2009 The West Australian http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=138952 South-West lawyer Damien Brennan has been sentenced by the WA Supreme Court to seven and a half years jail for 70 counts of stealing and one of attempted fraud involving millions of dollars from former client Keep Reading…
Damon Runyon’s Dame Problems Alison Leigh Cowan May 1, 2009 The New York Times http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/damon-runyons-dame-problems/?partner=TOPIXNEWS&ei=5099 “Guys and Dolls,’’ which is back on Broadway, is all about guys with dame problems, as they might say over at “Mindy’s,” the play’s mythical hangout. And Damon Runyon, whose odes to Broadway and motley characters inspired the musical, was Keep Reading…
Author Louis Auchincloss doesn’t mince words in slicing up defense Joanna Molloy May 1, 2009 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/05/01/2009-05-01_author_doesnt_mince_words_in_slicing_up_defense.html When Louis Auchincloss speaks, he conjures a gentility that has long since faded from New York. Picture one of those 1930s movies where everyone’s walking around in evening clothes. Carole Lombard trading witticisms with Noel Keep Reading…
Judge Grants Restraining Order Against Sam Lutfi, Attorney Jon Eardley April 28, 2009 Access Hollywood http://omg.yahoo.com/news/judge-grants-restraining-order-against-sam-lutfi-attorney-jon-eardley/21879 LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A judge has granted Britney Spears a three year restraining order against former manager Sam Lutfi and an attorney, Jon Eardley. Judge Aviva Bobb granted the order on Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles Superior Court Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® provides news, analysis and commentary on abusive practices occurring in probate courts and via probate instruments (wills, trusts, guardianships, powers of attorney). We provide original perspective to educate the public regarding this growing threat to both individual freedoms and property rights.An estate lawyer accused of a “wrongful scheme” to steer money to himself from the estates of the late June M. Farrington and her surviving brother will pay back $410,000 as part of a settlement. Estate lawyer Stephen M. Newman also resigned as executor and trustee of all of the estates and trusts he set Keep Reading…
Shannon Price failed to prove that she and Gary Coleman had a common-law marriage after their 2009 divorce. Fourth District Judge James R. Taylor ruled Monday that while Price had lived in the former “Diff’rent Strokes” star’s home after their marriage ended, the relationship failed to meet the state’s standard for a common-law marriage. “There Keep Reading…
Police Detective Jason Takacs has two thick files filled with paperwork supporting charges that a local deli owner bilked three elderly siblings of more than $200,000. Takacs credits cooperation among police, People’s United Bank, the Fairfield Probate Court and a forensic accountant from the chief state’s attorney’s office with the Thursday arrest of Carmella Jamshidian, Keep Reading…
Here’s more big government “smoke and mirrors” from the state of Texas. In watching media postings across the country, it’s highly trendy to decry the need to protect the elderly and the vulnerable. It makes people feel good to think “someone” is out there with an eye on things. Problem comes in that those “someones” Keep Reading…
Two of Don Barden’s siblings have alleged “gross irregularities” in the handling of the late casino mogul’s estate, including a potentially phony trust agreement. “It quite simply appears to be a fraud,” Farmington Hills attorney Steven Cohen charged in court papers last month. He represents Helen Robinson and Douglas Barden, who are challenging the validity Keep Reading…
