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Attorney Is Disbarred After Conviction for Stealing a Vacuum Cleaner

A longtime Washington state lawyer has been disbarred after failing to defend a disciplinary hearing that resulted from his theft of a vacuum cleaner from a department store. Paul Ryals was admitted in 1988. He was convicted of second-degree theft in a Snohomish County bench trial earlier this year, reports…

Aug 3, 2011 10:15 PM CDT

In ‘Bargain’ for Linda Evangelista’s Ex, Model Seeks a Mere $46K Monthly in Child Support

In what could be a bargain for the father of Linda Evangelista’s 4-year-old son, the supermodel is asking Francois Henri-Pinault for a mere $46,000 a month in child support. While that might seem to the uninitiated like a lot to spend on a child who isn’t old enough to attend…

Aug 3, 2011 9:44 PM CDT

Psych Facility Supervisor Charged with Negligent Homicide in Death of Restrained Patient

A supervisor at a New York psychiatric facility has been indicted for criminally negligent homicide in the death of a restrained 27-year-old patient. Erik Stanley, 37, said he used appropriate procedures in attempting to subdue 27-year-old Jawara Henry, an autistic patient who died Dec. 4 at the South Beach Psychiatric…

Aug 3, 2011 8:08 PM CDT

Attorney Married to Hef’s Daughter to Pay $168K to Settle SEC Insider-Trading Case re Playboy Stock

Warned by his wife and the company’s general counsel not to trade in shares of Playboy stock, attorney William Marovitz, who has been married since 1995 to Christie Hefner, a former Playboy Enterprises Inc. CEO and the daughter of company founder Hugh Hefner, did so anyway. The result was a…

Aug 3, 2011 7:34 PM CDT

FDIC Sues Law Firm, Says Security Deed Errors in $2.8M Loan Closing Bar Foreclosure

A Georgia law firm and one of its partners has been sued for malpractice by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over a bad $2.8 million loan. Because a security deed prepared by Jampol, Schleicher, Jacobs & Papadakis for a 2005 loan closing to an investment company was defective, the FDIC…

Aug 3, 2011 6:36 PM CDT

Suit Claims Actress Faye Dunaway Doesn’t Live in Rent-Stabilized Apartment

Does Faye Dunaway live in a New York apartment building with a green linoleum hallway, chipped walls and pink marble stairs? The landlord who rents to Dunaway claims in a lawsuit that the actress doesn’t actually live in the building and is not eligible for stabilized rent of $1,049 a…

Aug 3, 2011 6:26 PM CDT

Federal Judge Says Zediva’s Rent-a-DVD-and-Player Online Business Infringes, OKs Injunction

A creative concept for providing instant access to movies as soon as they are available on DVD, by renting both a DVD and a player to a single customer via the Internet, arguably complied with copyright law. But a federal judge in central California agreed with movie studios that it…

Aug 3, 2011 6:02 PM CDT

‘Battlestar Galactica’ ‘Revenge, Payback’ Facebook Post Gets Ex-Sheriff Deputy’s Bail Upped by $200K

A former San Bernardino County, Calif., sheriff’s deputy got slapped with a $200,000 increase in his bail on teen-sex charges after allegedly putting a “revenge, payback” post on Facebook. Nathan James Gastineau, 31, whose bail is now $350,000, said during a hearing in San Bernardino County Circuit Court yesterday that…

Aug 3, 2011 5:10 PM CDT

Homeless Man Is a Frequent Plaintiff, Collecting Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

It can be costly to arrest Richard Kreimer, or to throw him out of your business. Richard Kreimer is homeless, but not exactly penniless, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. Over the years he has filed nearly 20 lawsuits alleging violation of his First Amendment or civil rights, bringing “a good…

Aug 3, 2011 3:59 PM CDT

Judge Refuses to Hold CIA in Contempt for Destroying Interrogation Videotapes

A Manhattan federal judge won’t hold the Central Intelligence Agency in contempt for destroying videotapes chronicling harsh interrogations of two al-Qaida detainees. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ordered the CIA to pay to pay legal costs of the American Civil Liberties Union for pursuing the case, but said he didn’t…

Aug 3, 2011 3:05 PM CDT

Frank McCourt Says His Legal Malpractice Claim Could Be Worth Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Dodgers owner Frank McCourt contends in court filings that he could be entitled to “hundreds of millions of dollars” as a result of alleged malpractice by the law firm that drafted a prenup for him. McCourt made the claim as he battles Bingham McCutchen, which filed suit in April seeking…

Aug 3, 2011 1:01 PM CDT

Seven Years After His Murder Acquittal, Vt. Man Confesses to Police

A Vermont man acquitted seven years ago in a 2002 murder outside a pizza restaurant has called police and confessed to the crime. The acquitted defendant, Isaac Turnbaugh, called police last month in Randolph, Vt., and confessed to killing his co-worker outside the restaurant, report the Burlington Free Press and…

Aug 3, 2011 12:23 PM CDT

Police Charge Classmate in Murder of Mercer Law Grad Lauren Giddings

A classmate has been charged with the murder of Mercer University law graduate Lauren Giddings, 27, whose dismembered body was discovered in the trash outside her apartment building on June 30. Police charged Stephen Mark McDaniel, formerly identified as a person of interest in the case, report the Macon Telegraph…

Aug 3, 2011 11:28 AM CDT

Assistant State’s Attorney Starting Pay May Jump from $40K to $53K in One Chicago Burb

Government entities are belt-tightening throughout the country, but there’s good news for young lawyers in one suburban Chicago location. Saying that he’s tired of seeing seasoned prosecutors move to other collar counties with higher pay and lower caseloads, the Kane County State’s Attorney is proposing to raise starting salaries in…

Aug 2, 2011 11:36 PM CDT

New Law Makes Buffy-the-Wormslayer Legal, Lets Attorney Show Off $1,200 Coop with Auto Door-Opener

Only a year ago, Attila-the-Hen, Buffy-the-Wormslayer and Motherclucker could have been roosting on the wrong side of the law in a palatial $1,200 coop in the back yard of Jody Noble-Choder, a Pittsburgh corporate attorney. But, in response to growing interest among residents in urban farming, city officials earlier this…

Aug 2, 2011 10:04 PM CDT

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