Posts Tagged ‘entitlement’

Bettencourt former accountant ‘helped daughter in fight for fortune’
Henry Samuel in Paris
September 3, 2010
Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7980066/Bettencourt-former-accountant-helped-daughter-in-fight-for-fortune.html
Claire Thibout, an accountant for Liliane Bettencourt for 10 years, received a letter from Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers dated 11 July 2007 promising to “help” her should she be fired for speaking out about her mother’s allegedly rapacious and manipulative entourage – in particular [...]

Slay suspect Narcy Novack seeks public defender
Jonathan Bandler
September 2, 2010
LoHud.com
http://m.lohud.com/detail.jsp?key=392688&rc=lu&full=1
Narcy Novack, the Florida woman accused of plotting her husband’s slaying at a Rye Brook hotel to get at his millions, claims she no longer can afford to pay for her legal defense and will ask a judge for a court-appointed lawyer.
The widow’s intention was revealed [...]

Appeals court sets hearing in Jackson estate case
Anthony McCartney, Associated Press
September 3, 2010
The Centre Daily Times
http://www.centredaily.com/2010/09/02/2186291/appeals-court-sets-hearing-in.html
An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son’s multimillion dollar estate.
The Second District Court of Appeal said Thursday the appeal by [...]

Regarding the legal industry and its “never waste a good crisis” mentality, James R. Copland from the Manhattan Institute has a good column out today entitled Litigating over the environment makes big bucks for trial lawyers.
The story of a California bank teller who stole money from two accounts poses a thought-provoking question for those in [...]

Hello,
This all takes place in Northern California. Our mother has had an incredible scheme run on her estate by 2 very sick and unscrupulous people - her boyfriend and his daughter who is a professional at IRA and their lawyer from San Jose has a reputation for doing anything to make a buck. Not a [...]