Archive for February 1st, 2010

Wealthy businessman’s heirs fight wife over will
Five dispute how philanthropist Mason Rudd’s estate was divided
Andrew Wolfson
February 1, 2010
Louisville Courier-Journal
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100201/NEWS01/2010329/Businessman+s+heirs+fight+wife+over+will
Super salesman Mason C. Rudd made millions of dollars from the heavy-equipment company that bore his name and gave millions away as an equally committed philanthropist.
When he died last July at age 90, after a battle [...]

Old lady goes to federal court (and now she has company)
Laurie Roberts
January 30, 2010
The Arizona Republic
http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/LaurieRoberts/72790
The old lady who lost all her money while being “protected” by Maricopa County’s probate court is now pleading her case to another court — and she isn’t the only one.
Three federal racketeering lawsuits were filed this week, accusing a [...]

The $100b answer
Patsy Moy
February 2, 2010
The Standard
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=93973&sid=26913547&con_type=3&d_str=20100202
And the HK$100 billion goes to …
The answer will be announced in the High Court today when Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon delivers his ruling in the “Battle of the Wills” - a drama that gripped Hong Kong last year with claims of secret sex plus a staggering sum of [...]

Badri Patarkatsishvili’s family lawyer makes a statement on Joseph Kay’s assets
February 1, 2010
The Messenger Online
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2034_february_1_2010/2034_announcement.html
Recently, several European courts have dealt with the dispute between the Estate of Badri Patarkatsishvili and his step cousin Joseph Kay. The High Court in England recently ruled that Joseph Kay is an unfit character to manage or have any [...]

Nashville at law: Eddy Arnold paternity claim raised again
E. Thomas Wood
February 1, 2010
Nashvillepost.com
http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2010/2/1/nashville_at_law_eddy_arnold_paternity_claim_raised_again
Aided by new lawyers and a new strategy, the California man who claims to be love child of the late country crooner Eddy Arnold is once again asking a Nashville court for a share of Arnold’s estate.
Christopher Tanner says Arnold fathered him [...]