Todd Spitzer says district attorney fired him Rachanee Srisavasdi/Deepa Bharath August 29, 2010 The Orange County Register http://www.ocregister.com/news/spitzer-264143-rackauckas-county.html Todd Spitzer, who aspires to be Orange County’s next top prosecutor and was viewed as the likely successor of District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, said he was fired from the law-enforcement agency. Susan Kang Schroeder, chief of staff Keep Reading…
Bettencourt Drops Defendant From Will David Gauthier-Villars August 30, 2010 The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704342504575459840364302892.html?mod=googlenews_wsj PARIS—Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress to the L’Oréal SA cosmetics empire, has written out of her will a photographer friend accused of having abused her trust, Ms. Bettencourt’s spokeswoman said over the weekend. The move by France’s richest woman could affect Keep Reading…
Law Firms Paul Weiss, Lowenstein Sandler Sanctioned in Perelman Case David Voreacos August 27, 2010 Bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-27/law-firms-paul-weiss-lowenstein-sandler-sanctioned-in-perelman-case.html A New Jersey judge ordered two law firms to pay $1.96 million in legal fees after sanctioning them for filing frivolous litigation they pursued on behalf of billionaire Ronald Perelman. Superior Court Judge Ellen Koblitz imposed the fees Keep Reading…
Public Guardian Steps In When Loved Ones Can’t San Diego County Health & Human Services August 28, 2010 East County Magazine http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/4097 August 28, 2010(San Diego) — It’s a Wednesday morning and Alejandrina Martin knocks on the door of a 67-year-old man’s apartment in a low-income complex in the Lake Murray area. Martin is one Keep Reading…
104-year-old heiress gave lawyer ‘millions’ in gifts Dan Mangan August 30, 2010 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/fortune_ate_att_it48Wqycw4kkG7qXKyW1CO A 104-year-old heiress lavished “millions” of dollars in gifts on the family of her lawyer, who is now under investigation for his handling of her finances as she lives out her days in a Manhattan hospital, an ex-employee told 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.Newnan accountant Mayo Royal Jr. was sentenced to serve five years in prison and a total of 15 years on probation after pleading guilty Monday to seven counts of theft by taking and one count of false swearing in connection with Royal’s mismanagement of the estate of the late Edgar B. Hollis. The terms of Keep Reading…
We are glad to see the egregious legal case of fellow Texan Jeff Baron get new exposure from a reputable national media outlet. Barbara Hollingworth of The Washington Examiner reports: When Jeff Baron came to Washington this month, he was wearing a borrowed suit. Once upon a time, the Internet pioneer — who taught himself Keep Reading…
Is Joey Dauben Being Railroaded in Corsicana? is the question recently asked by D Magazine Editor in Chief/Founder Wick Allison. It’s also a question deservedly, legitimately asked. Here’s Allison’s post: Dauben, the iconoclastic publisher we profiled last March, has been sitting in the Navarro County lockup since he was arrested on molestation charges in December. He Keep Reading…
This is difficult to imagine, but it is true. An aging parent begins to decline. She needs care. She comes to depend on her adult child. Polly is 97 and has only one daughter, Vicky. Vicky moved in with her mother to become Polly’s caregiver about a year ago. Recently, Vicky apparently decided that her Keep Reading…
NEWARK, N.J. — The mother of late boxer Arturo Gatti’s daughter can’t sue his widow for wrongful death in New Jersey, a judge ruled in dismissing the lawsuit Friday. Erika Rivera, a central New Jersey resident, filed the lawsuit last fall on behalf of then-5-year-old Sofia Bella Gatti. The suit blames Gatti’s widow, Amanda Rodrigues Keep Reading…
