Posts Tagged ‘property rights’

Disbarred Port Richey attorney pleads guilty to stealing from clients
Molly Moorhead
March 13, 2010
St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/pasco-ex-attorney-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-from-clients/1079383
NEW PORT RICHEY — Facing a trial in which prosecutors vowed to show that her clients’ money paid for steak dinners, happy hours and resort vacations, disbarred attorney Jessica Miller avoided the spectacle and pleaded guilty Friday to grand theft charges [...]

Boxing champ Arturo Gatti’s death remains a mystery as second autopsy results still on hold
Mitch Abramson
March 13, 2010
New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2010/03/13/2010-03-13_boxing_champ_gattis_death_remains_a_mystery.html?r=sports&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nydnrss%2Fsports+%28Sports%29
Nearly a year after Arturo Gatti was found dead at a posh resort in Brazil, the circumstances surrounding the boxer’s death remain a mystery.
While authorities in Brazil initially ruled Gatti’s death a homicide, further study [...]

It’s amazing in how many news stories are about estate abuse and probate corruption while others have interesting ties or illustrate patterns of behavior.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown says actor Corey Haim’s death was linked to a “massive illegal prescription drug ring.” Having confirmed his run for governor (again), Brown is in campaign mode and [...]

2 NM woman indicted in fraud, abuse case
Associated Press
March 12, 2010
kvia.com
http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=12133762
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico authorities say two Valencia County women have been indicted on charges including Medicaid fraud and elder abuse and neglect.
Investigations by state Attorney General Gary King’s Medicaid Fraud and Elder Abuse Division led to the indictments.
Authorities say 60-year-old Sherry Hoff [...]

Litigation resumes in dealings with fortune of late Max Farash
Steve Orr
March 12, 2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100312/NEWS01/3120335/1002/NEWS/Litigation-resumes-in-dealings-with-fortune-of-late-Max-Farash
Nearly two weeks after the death of Rochester real estate tycoon Max M. Farash, the mourning period has ended and the litigation period has resumed.
In recent days, new lawyers have joined the case, requests have been made to delay some [...]