http://www.lawyerscompete.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:30:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Man who acted as lawyer for US missionaries in Haiti detained on migrant-trafficking charges. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32752.html A top city lawyer accused of keeping the public, two judges and the City Council in the dark about former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's text messages lost her copy of the agreement and forgot it existed, her attorney told a lawyers' panel Friday. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32750.html A fugitive who once acted as the lawyer for a group of U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children was arrested on human-trafficking charges, authorities said Friday. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32751.html A federal judge has ruled that an in-house lawyer for Camden County, N.J., can't be held personally liable to the county's insurers for a $19 million judgment in a case she allegedly botched. Insurers allege that Assistant County Counsel Donna Whiteside failed to hire outside counsel and missed an expert-report ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32748.html A fugitive who acted as the lawyer for 10 Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children has been arrested on human-trafficking charges, authorities said Friday. Jorge Puello was detained at the United States' request as he left a McDonald's in the Dominican capital Thursday, a National Drug Control Agency ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32749.html KUALA LUMPUR: A senior lawyer, disbarred by the Bar Council a few years ago, successfully appealed for jail sentences related to his conviction on two criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges to be served concurrently, instead of consecutively. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32747.html Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co., a Chinese drywall manufacturer, should pay to restore a Louisiana house to its original condition, before corrosive gases from the product “shattered the dreams” of the family that lived in it, their lawyer said. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32745.html A suburban Chicago lawyer has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman who is tied to a case he is handling in Cook County Circuit Court. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32746.html Whitney Houston 's lawyer slammed the National Enquirer report claiming that the singer is headed to rehab, according to Us Weekly magazine. Whitney Houston: Bobby Brown spit in my face "Whitney is not headed to rehab. She is headed to Read More Other Links From TVGuide.com Whitney Houston ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32744.html An lawyer from suburban Palos Heights was charged after he allegedly assaulted a woman who is tied to a domestic relations case he is handling at the Markham Courthouse. Dan Florey, 48, was charged with misdemeanor battery in connection with the incident that happened about 11:30 a.m. Thursday outside courtroom No. 202, which hears ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32743.html An attorney for the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene filed a sealed motion today, claiming a city lawyer threatened him and should be removed from the case. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32741.html A fugitive who once acted as the lawyer for a group of U.S. Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children has been arrested in the Dominican Republic on human-trafficking charges. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32742.html A man who acted as a lawyer for U.S. missionaries who were detained in Haiti has now been arrested in the Dominican Republic on migrant-trafficking charges. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32740.html Dominican police have arrested a fugitive who acted as the lawyer for U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32738.html The self-proclaimed "lawyer" for 10 Americans arrested in Haiti has been arrested himself in the Dominican Republic, and he is expected to come to the United States to face justice, Fox News has learned exclusively. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32735.html Detroit City Attorney Valerie Colbert-Osamuede's lawyer argued today that the text messages in the 2008 scandal are "the key to my client's innocence." Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32739.html Kevin J. Love, a former lawyer with longstanding drinking and cocaine problems, was told today he faces a prison term of up to four years after admitting that he violated terms of probation he received months ago. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32737.html The Securities & Exchange Commission has charged South Carolina lawyer M. Mark McAdams and a cohort with bilking about 35 investors out of $3.5 million. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32736.html The media is to blame for death threats against hip hop artist Jub Jub, insists his lawyer. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32734.html A pre-eminent fishing industry lawyer and fierce critic of NOAA law enforcement yesterday praised the legal reforms outlined yesterday by Jane Lubchenco, who heads the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32732.html By Richard Lu I am not about to judge Jack Neo. I too do not know the man. Jack is a comedian and one whom I would treat with tepidness. But this Lim Biow Chuan fella is a different kettle of fish altogether. He is a MP; “Christian leader” and ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32733.html KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — A senior lawyer, disbarred by the Bar Council a few years ago, successfully appealed for jail sentences related to his conviction on two criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges to be served concurrently, instead of consecutively. Originally, Kow Chee Kang, 54, was jailed five years ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32730.html The lawyer who defended political consultant Sam Riddle in the federal bribery trial that ended in a hung jury asked Thursday to withdraw from representing Riddle in a separate criminal case involving a Southfield pawnshop. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32731.html While crooked lawyer Marc Dreier cools his heels in the slammer, his ex-wife can tool around town in his sports car. Prosecutors agreed to hand over the fraudster's 1997 Mercedes-Benz SL500 Roadster after Elisa Dreier claimed ownership based on her ex-hubby's failure to live up to the terms Link to ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32729.html By JASON GEARY THE LEDGER TAMPA | A Lakeland man accused of having the largest collection of illegal steroids in Polk's history got a new lawyer Thursday morning. Magistrate Judge Anthony E. Porcelli appointed the federal public defender to represent Richard "Andy" Thomas. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32728.html Melissa Mahler, a former Nixon Peabody lawyer, has reached a financial settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve the federal insider trading case filed against her last year. Under the terms of the settlement, Mahler does not have to admit or deny the allegations lodged against her in ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32724.html The Securities and Exchange Commission issued charges Thursday against a Myrtle Beach lawyer accused of defrauding dozens of investors of $3.5 million in a high-yield Ponzi scheme. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32727.html Mill Valley attorney Robert J. Nelson was for a second time named a 2010 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) in recognition of his work on a landmark whistleblower case against the for-profit University of Phoenix. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32726.html A lawyer representing MICHAEL JACKSON's ex-wife DEBBIE ROWE has become the latest in a long line of creditors demanding cash from the King of Pop's estate.Eric George Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32725.html The difficulty in finding the right Florida personal injury lawyer often lies on the lack of research. Like every endeavor, you should know what you are dealing with before you can take it head on, and searching for a lawyer is not different. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32723.html A grand jury has declined to indict Houston criminal defense lawyer Lloyd Oliver after he was accused of working with a homeless man to solicit defendants as they left the Harris County Jail. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32722.html LOS ANGELES, March 18 (UPI) -- Whitney Houston's lawyer is denying a tabloid report claiming the U.S. pop star has suffered a relapse in her sobriety and is heading back to rehab. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32721.html The lawyer for an accused Calgary killer argues there is reasonable doubt to prevent a conviction on first-degree murder. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32719.html Time is on confessed Calgary rapist and killer Christopher Watcheston's side, his lawyer said Thursday. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32720.html March 18 (Bloomberg) -- New York art dealer Lawrence B. Salander plans to plead guilty this afternoon to grand larceny and a scheme to defraud, his lawyer, Charles Ross, said in an interview. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32718.html A wealthy Manhattan investment banker who was once a top fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other big-name Democrats intends to plead guilty in a federal bank fraud case, his lawyer said Thursday. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32716.html NEW YORK - A wealthy Manhattan investment banker who was once a top fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and other big-name Democrats intends to plead guilty in a federal bank fraud case, his lawyer said Thursday. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32717.html A defense lawyer says a former top fundraiser for Hillary Clinton intends to plead guilty in a federal bank fraud case. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32715.html The lawyer for one of the six people charged with helping cop-killer Maurice Clemmons or his alleged getaway driver contends prosecutors unfairly piled on charges against his client. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32713.html BEIJING: The lawyer for one of the accused Rio Tinto employees says he is ready to fight for his client in court on Monday, despite widespread scepticism about China's judicial system. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32711.html WAGMATCOOK, N.S. - The lawyer for the Wagmatcook First Nation says a Halifax police report that cleared an RCMP officer of any criminal wrongdoing in a fatal shooting failed to make logical conclusions based on the facts it uncovered. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32712.html The ex-husband of a homicide victim has submitted a DNA sample to police, his lawyer said this morning. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32714.html The lawyer for a man whose ex-wife was found slain in Madison two weeks ago says his client has given DNA and hair samples to police to comply with a search warrant. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32709.html A man was being questioned today about the murder of a human rights lawyer found stabbed at his home. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32708.html A lawyer sought the inhibition of a retired Supreme Court justice from deliberations of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) in choosing nominees for the next Chief Justice. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32707.html MANILA, Philippines - A lawyer said Thursday that there should be no rush to cancel the passport of Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson, who is wanted for the November 2000 murders of publicist Salvador "Bubby" Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32706.html An appeal against the court verdict to seize 46.3 billion baht of the frozen assets of former prime minsiter Thaksin Shinawatra and his family will be filed next week, lawyer Chatchai Tanthaprapas said on Thursday. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32705.html A Thunder Bay lawyer has been reprimanded for not promptly responding to communications from the province‘s law society. Roy Karlstedt received a reprimand from the Law Society of Upper Canada after a Feb. 12 hearing, which will remain on his permanent record. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32702.html HARRISBURG (AP) — The man who was the top-ranking Democrat in the state House of Representatives until a little more than a year ago will not be testifying in the Harrisburg public-corruption trial, his lawyer said Tuesday. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32704.html KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/17 March) -- The lawyer of suspended ARMM Governor Datu Zaldy Ampatuan said his Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32703.html Gov. Paterson's attorney, known as a defense lawyer's defense lawyer, has filed a formal response to charges the governor improperly took free Yankee World Series tickets and may have committed perjury when questioned by the ethics commission. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32710.html The attorney representing a jogger accused of yelling at police and citizens during his runs through Portsmouth, New Hampshire said an order barring his client from the city while he is free on bail is unconstitutional. New Hampshire - United States - Portsmouth New Hampshire - Lawyer - Police Read more ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32700.html VANCOUVER, B.C. - Charges against the navigating officer of a ferry that sank off the coast of British Columbia four years ago won't affect a class-action lawsuit by survivors, their lawyer said Wednesday. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32699.html A defense lawyer says a Harvard Law School graduate accused of setting a fire at a New York City chapel that temporarily housed the remains of Sept. 11 victims was so drunk he barely remembers being there. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32698.html Detainees handed over to Afghan authorities by Canadian soldiers still face a substantial risk of torture, a civil rights lawyer has told MPs. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32701.html ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defence lawyer said. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32697.html A Phoenix judge on Wednesday refused to fire the lawyer defending the mother of an Arizona baby who has been missing for nearly three months. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32696.html A West Sacramento lawyer has been indicted on federal charges of tax evasion from 1994 through 2003, the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento says. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32695.html In a letter obtained by the Daily News, the governor's lawyer says e-mails prove David Paterson was invited to the World Series three weeks before the game. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32694.html Laguna Niguel lawyer Orly Taitz has been dealt another legal loss in her battle to prove President Barack Obama is not qualified to be president, as a federal appeals court in Atlanta has upheld a judge’s $20,000 sanction of Taitz. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32693.html March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Johnson & Johnson ’s LifeScan unit agreed to turn over profits it earned in Canada from sales of meters used to test blood-sugar levels to the Canadian Diabetes Association to settle a class-action lawsuit, a lawyer said. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32691.html When it comes to qualifying for a court-appointed lawyer, it doesn't necessarily matter to whom you're married. That's what Monica Conyers, wife of Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., demonstrated this week when a federal judge declared her indigent and assigned her a tax-funded public defender to appeal a three-year prison ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32692.html Efrain González Jr. accused his former lawyer of pressuring him into pleading guilty in a corruption case. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32690.html A forthcoming WTO ruling on a US complaint against European Union subsidies to Airbus is likely to have a broader impact on aerospace markets, a lawyer acting for Airbus' US rival Boeing predicted Wednesday. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32687.html The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended the law license of a West Chester lawyer as a result of his criminal convictions. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32688.html Suspended Broward school board member Gallagher to plead guilty, lawyer says Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32689.html KUALA LUMPUR: Senior lawyer Datuk N. Sivananthan achieved another first for the legal profession in the country when he was elected vice-president for the Asia-Pacific region of the International Criminal Bar (ICB). Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32686.html (Bernama) -- A lawyer's suit against Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin over alleged defamatory articles published against him in 2008, was set for further case management on June 1. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32684.html KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Senior lawyer Datuk N. Sivananthan achieved another first for the legal profession in the country when he was elected vice-president responsible for the Asia-Pacific region of the International Criminal Bar (ICB). Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32685.html BIRMINGHAM -- A body pulled from a pond on a golf course has been identified as that of a missing Mountain Brook lawyer whose late father was the longtime head of Golden Flake Snack Foods Inc., authori­ties said. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32683.html Republican lawyer Martha Dean announced her candidacy for state attorney general Tuesday with a broadly conservative agenda that she said will restore Connecticut's competitive advantage by freeing individuals and businesses from government interference. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32681.html March 17 (Bloomberg) -- David Coleman Headley , a Chicago man accused of helping plot the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and a never-executed assault on a Danish newspaper, will enter a guilty plea before a U.S. judge, his lawyer said. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32680.html A lawyer representing Ruffin Poole, a onetime aide to former Gov. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32682.html The 11th Circuit has affirmed a $20,000 sanction that a federal judge in Georgia levied against Orly Taitz, the California dentist-lawyer who has filed suits across the country challenging the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency, claiming he was born in Kenya. The judge sanctioned Taitz for filing frivolous litigation with ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32678.html A lawyer who was fired from a temporary legal staffing company has filed a defamation suit against Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. James Zhang was working at Wilmer's D.C. office as a lawyer with Special Counsel when one of Wilmer's attorneys asked him if he was downloading firm documents ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32677.html In a letter, Gov. David Paterson's lawyer fights back against accusations regarding Yankees World Series tickets. He says the accusations are half-baked, and he has the emails to prove the governor was invited to the World Series. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32679.html Gov. David Paterson's lawyer says e-mails blow holes in a state ethics board's probe that accuses the Democrat of violating a gift ban by seeking and obtaining World Series tickets last year from the Yankees. Attorney Theodore V. Wells Jr. is dismissing the accusations by the state Public Click here ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32674.html SOUTH AUSTRALIAN hit-run lawyer Eugene McGee and his brother Craig have been acquitted of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by a District Court judge. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32675.html A lawyer for a North Carolina man exonerated of a prostitute's murder in a groundbreaking innocence hearing says police now want to test the clothing her client was wearing for the victim's DNA. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32673.html ATLANTA - A lawyer for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says the two-time Super Bowl winner has yet to meet with Georgia authorities who are investigating a sexual assault allegation made against him by a 20-year-old college student. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32676.html Former Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers is relying on a court-appointed lawyer to pursue an appeal of her prison sentence for corruption. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32671.html March 16 (Bloomberg) -- David Coleman Headley , a Chicago man accused of helping plot the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and a never-executed assault on a Danish newspaper, will enter a guilty plea before a U.S. judge, his lawyer said. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32672.html March 16 (Bloomberg) -- AstraZeneca Plc ’s antipsychotic drug Seroquel helped cause a Vietnam veteran to develop diabetes, a lawyer for the man argued in the first case to go to trial over the medicine. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32670.html A lawyer for a North Carolina man exonerated of a prostitute's murder in a groundbreaking innocence hearing says police now want to test her client's clothing for the victim's DNA. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32666.html WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - The former Lehman Brothers executive who flagged a questionable accounting practice known as Repo 105 was "vindicated" by the bankruptcy examiner's scathing report on the collapse of the firm, his lawyer said on Tuesday. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32667.html SALT LAKE CITY — A federal magistrate judge ordered a Salt Lake lawyer Tuesday to remain in prison after he took an More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32668.html Chris Kahui's lawyer is confident strict rules requiring the 25-year-old to be constantly supervised while around his young daughter will soon be lifted. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32669.html MIAMI, March 16 (UPI) -- A Miami lawyer who orchestrated a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme helped federal agents nab a reputed Italian mafia figure living in Florida, authorities said. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32663.html The Monroe City Council approved a three-year contract with a prominent labor lawyer Monday night, much to the disapproval of city employee bargaining groups. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32665.html Much of the opposition to a planned quarry at Seadown was a case of "not in my back yard" Rooney's lawyer says. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32664.html BEIJING, March 16 (UPI) -- A human rights lawyer who vanished more than a year ago has been sentenced for plotting against the Chinese government, China's foreign minister said. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32661.html A Barrie judge said he is considering laying contempt charges against a legal aid lawyer who has left a string of clients stranded over the past several months because he doesn't show up for court.[ ] Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32662.html LINDEN, Texas—An Atlanta, Texas, man accused of bludgeoning his stepfather to death with a sledgehammer was appointed a new lawyer Monday because of communication issues with his first attorney. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32659.html A LAWYER asked one of his clients if he could borrow £350,000 to retrieve a stolen painting, a trial has been told. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32658.html Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has confirmed that missing lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sentenced to prison on subversion charges. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32660.html A City lawyer who had claimed a record £19 million in compensation over workplace bullying has settled for an undisclosed multi-million-pound sum. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32656.html Comments by China's foreign minister shed no light on the location of missing human rights lawyer Gao Xhisheng. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32655.html Comments by China's foreign minister shed no light on the location of missing human rights lawyer Gao Xhisheng. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32657.html Missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sentenced to prison on subversion charges, the country's foreign minister has confirmed. 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