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 [...]
Niece Pamela Carvel vying for ice cream king’s fortune frozen out by judge
Robert Gearty
August 29, 2010
New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/08/29/2010-08-29_niece_pamela_carvel_vying_for_ice_cream_kings_fortune_frozen_out_by_judge.html
After a long-running battle with as many twists as a soft-serve cone, the legal war over the estate of ice-cream king Tom Carvel may be drawing to a close.
A judge has barred Carvel’s niece from bringing any [...]
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 the trial of the photographer, François-Marie [...]