Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is under investigation for allegedly groping a model and a complaint against the high profile Weinstein has been filed, according to reports. Allegations first emerged in the New York Daily News, which identified the model as a 22 year old Italian who alleged she had been groped last Friday in New York. The woman …
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The debacle encircling the BBC over the television “Top Gear” fracas involving Jeremy Clarkson has seen the lawyers enter the fray and Clarkson launching an expletive laden tirade against the corporation for destroying the top-rating show. Clarkson has hired major law firm Olswang and senior partner Mark Devereaux to represeent him at the BBC inquiry, …
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Silicon Valley lawsuits normally involve IP or antitrust issues, not sex discrimination, sexual harassment and other more seedy suits. However the current suit-de-jour in the Valley is the lawsuit by form Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers employee Ellen Pao. Kleiner Perkins’ are the most famous of all Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists and to have a …
When law firms break up it can lead to a level acrimony seldom seen outside the divorce courts. And when the protagonists ARE litigators, as they are in the case of Geoffrey Fieger and Ven Johnson, then they can get bitter, ugly and vicious. And so the tale of the breakup of the two super …
Could Chris Brown wind up back in prison after the tragic shooting at the pre-VMAs party that he hosted at 1OAK on Aug. 23. Brown was released from prison on June 5, after serving time for breaking his probation stemming from his case with Rihanna, however the recent tragedy could mean he’s headed back there, …
Texas Governor Rick Perry has turned himself in. He went to the Travis County courthouse in Austin for booking and fingerprinting, facing felony corruption charges arising from the veto he issued last summer that stopped funding to a prosecutor investigating corruption allegations, leading to calls for his resignation. He is believed to be now charged …
The Rosenberg atomic spy trial happened a long time ago – over 60 years, in fact – but for a 98 year old retired teacher from New Jersey that hasn’t prevented her now taking legal action to have her conviction overturned. (Picture shows Julius (center) and Ethel Rosenberg, executed for espionage in 1953) Miriam Moskowitz …
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There are plenty of problems that can arise during litigation, but whether lawyers handling a client to make an illegal sex video gave rise to an action against them would, some argued, lead to a permit for lawyers to “lie, cheat, steal, rape and kidnap”. Really? All that? It’s like ISIS at the bar. The …
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Family friendly pop star Sir Cliff Richard is the latest high profile entertainer to fall under the attention of the Operation Yewtree police swoop that has ensnared a number of British entertainers in historic sex abuse claims. The star’s Berkshire home was searched by South Yorkshire Police, in connection with an allegation of sexual assault …
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Justin Bieber isn’t going to jail, but he is going to anger management and has made a $50,000 donation to charity in respect of his DUI and misdemeanour charges. The pop star pled guilty to misdemenaour charges that followed his infamous drag racing incident in Miami in January and the result was the charitable donation, …
