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From Cosby to Sheen: The Lawyer At The Center of the Celebrity Sex Scandals

LawStars / November 23, 2015

Celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred is being consulted by various girlfriends of Charlie Sheen in what could be the precursor to lawsuits against the HIV-positive actor. Sheen’s admission about his infection has lead to wide publicity and claims of potential lawsuits. And Ms Allred might be just the woman for such claims, representing several women who […]

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The Halle Berry Divorce Sees Divorce Law Stars Align

LawStars, Lawyers / November 4, 2015

The divorce of Halle Berry and Oliveri Martinez has brought together two of Hollywood’s most powerful – not actors! – but lawyers. The divorce is to be “amicable” (aren’t they all?) but the couple have high profile, high powered lawyers in their respective corners. In Ms Berry’s corner is Stephen Kolodny, who has counted Mel

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The New Hollywood Lawyers

LawStars, Lawyers / November 1, 2015

Variety magazine has put out its list of some of the top entertainment lawyers practising in the business. The image (above) shows the top contenders including Ken Deutsch, 37 (second from left) who has done work for DreamWorks, MGM, Miramax, Univision, revolution studios and others. He left his former firm of O’Melveny and Myers to start

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Mrs Clooney’s Going to Need Her Own Lawyers At This Rate

Featured, LawStars / September 28, 2015

Mrs George Clooney, otherwise known as Amal Alamuddin, the London human rights barrister, is creating a furore with neighbours over the restoration – is that the right word for what is happening? – to the house she and George are ‘working on’ in the Berkshire countryside. The home is having a home cinema, as you

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Getting Over Amal . . Can We? Really?

Featured, LawStars, UK Law / September 7, 2015

Amal Clooney has become the focus of almost as much attention as the much-papped British royalty – and indeed she is indeed royalty if you count husband George as one of the most desirable men in the galaxy, as many appear to. And so British law blog Legal Cheek’s Jonathan Ames attempted to place all

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Claims That The Lawyer Attacking Climate Change Scientists is Paid For By Big Coal

LawStars, Lawyers / August 29, 2015

Harassing scientists over climate change issues is something that a lawyer who is alleged paid for by major coal companies has been doing on US television and elsewhere, according to recent reports. Attorney Christopher Horner is a regular guest on Fox News and CNN where he has derided scientists on climate change issues, calling them

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Could Amal Clooney Be Trump’s “Apprentice” Replacement?

LawStars / August 11, 2015

Could Amal Alamuddin, Mrs George Clooney, be the one to replace Donald Trump on “The Apprentice?” Newspaper reports indicate that NBC has Mrs Clooney in their sights as Trump’s replacement, given ‘The Donald’s’ new role as GOP contender for the US president. One presumes that even someone of Donald Trump’s endless self-belief could not contemplate

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Harper Lee’s Sale of the Atticus Finch Law Office

LawStars / August 9, 2015

Author Harper Lee’s father, an Alabama lawyer, was the inspiration behind her character Atticus Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Now his former law office, itself a former bank, is up for sale. Harper Lee’s latest novel “Go Set a Watchman” has created a major fuss that has both delighted and angered critics. Her fans

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Why One Toddler Loves This Personal Injury Lawyer’s TV Ad

LawStars, Lawyers / August 3, 2015

What sort of personal injury attorney’s TV commercial would appeal to – say – a kid. Like a kid of two? Two-year-olds are not exactly the target audience even for most personal injury lawyers, notwithstanding the vast array of human activity that group cover. But for Louisiana personal injury attorney Morris Bart, it is his

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Another Kardashian Becomes Divorce Queen’s Client

Featured, LawStars / July 28, 2015

High profile Hollywood divorce lawyer Laura Wasser has been retained by Kourtney Kardashian to seek custody of the Kardashian children following the split with Scott Disick. Kardashian and Disick had three children although they were never married. There is currently no formal custody arrangement regarding the children. For Laura Wasser the Kourtney case is kind

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