Burr Oak Cemetery Litigation Update
2009-08-27 22:15:00 A hearing was held yesterday regarding the reopening of Burr Oak Cemetery, where employees were charged with digging up and reselling plots. Attorneys for the cemetery have asked for $500,000 to reopen it and the receiver in charge of the property has already received $50,000 so far. But, yesterday, Judge Martin Agran decided to put off the decision to release the remaining $450,000 to September 22nd. To read more about yesterday's hearing, click here. ----FURTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS MATTER BELOW---- To view a copy of the most recently filed complaint in the LAW division, click here. For a listing of complaints filed against Burr Oak and related defendants in the LAW division, click here. (Copies of complaints are not available...
Lisa Madigan promises progress on Pilgrim Baptist litigation
2009-08-26 20:30:00 Part Four of Four. Attorney General Lisa Madigan, my daugher Dawn Sherman and me, at the Gay Pride Parade in Chicago on Sunday, June 28, 2009. OK ... who's more beautiful, Lisa or Dawn? You're right: It's a tie. Photo by my wife, Celeste Sherman. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and her staff have promised me that progress should be made, soon, regarding my litigation to stop Rod Blagojevich's State grant of one million of your tax dollars to Pilgrim Baptist Church. The grant was promised by Rod to Pilgrim Baptist after incompetent, uninsured, non-union roofers screwed up and burned the church to the ground in January of 2006. The litigation has been on hold for about a year. It should have been settled, long ago....
Gov. Quinn discusses Pilgrim Baptist litigation and Capital Bill state/chur
2009-08-25 23:15:00 Part Three of four. Governor Quinn, at his news conference regarding clean water at the Jim Thompson Center in downtown Chicago, on Sunday, August 23, 2009, along with Doug Scott, Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (far left), Attorney General Lisa Madigan and State Rep Bob Rita (far right). Governor Quinn discussed with me the million dollar Pilgrim Baptist grant at his press conference on transparency in government, last week on Monday, August 17th. Then, two days ago, on Sunday, Auust 23rd, after his press conference on clean water, Quinn discussed with me concerns that State workers have expressed to me about why they should have to take furlough days, if the State has tens of millions of dollars for houses of worship, parochial schools and religious...
Sathya Sai Baba?s Followers Face Alienation In Their Wider Communities
2009-04-04 02:14:00 Among those who defame and libel former devotees who have stood forth (indeed who have done so at considerable personal sacrifice) is the deputy chairman of the Sathya Sai Baba Organization, Dr G. Venkataraman.
Litigation over Second Life is increasing
2008-10-23 00:31:00 We have seen an ever increasing amount over Second Life and virtual worlds in general. Linden Lab and Minsky are currently fighting over trademarks and Linden Lab wants to terminate Minsky’s secondlife account. They are asking for court approval beforehand. By having agreed to Second Life terms of service Minsky will most ...
Chinese Litigation: This Is The Way (Uh Huh) We Like It
2008-08-20 12:27:00 By Steve Dickinson When we draft contracts in China, our foreign company clients usually instruct us to have the contract be governed by foreign law and for any disputes to be decided by arbitration, preferably outside of China. This is often a mistake. One major reason is that when any form of arbitration is required, the plaintiff has no access to the very effective prejudgment remedies available within the Chinese litigation system. A recently completed matter shows how this can work. A very internationally savvy Japanese client came to us for help resolving a difficult foreign trade dispute. A Chinese company owed our Japanese company a substantial sum, but the amount was not documented by a clear contract and the exact sum owed was nowhere clearly specified in writing. We were able to convince the Chinese side to enter into a new agreement where the Chinese company agreed to an exact payment amount and a precise payment date. In our initial drafting of this agreement, ...
By: China Law Blog
And This is Different From any Other City, How?
2008-06-05 19:58:00 Well Time Warner mght want to hold off on turninig off the UseNet servers. They got a bigger fish to fry. The City of LA just slapped TW with a nice fat law suit for bad service and failure to comply with the contract terms that won them the territory. The Los Angeles city attorney’s ...
By: Third Pipe
Buuuuutttt, Your Honors!
2008-05-29 00:26:00 In what is a far reaching non-action by The Supreme Court; they have decided to not hear a case steeming from a class action against T-Mobile and AT&T and rendered by the CA SC. – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dashed a bid by T-Mobile and AT&T to stave off a class-action lawsuit challenging the ...
By: Third Pipe
Spartanburg, SC Real Estate Litigation Nightmare
2008-05-22 05:05:00 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG ) HGM ENTERPRISES, LLC, ) ) C.A. NO.: 2006-CP-42-2998 PLAINTIFF, ) ) VS. ) ) PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM IN DOUGLAS C. BRACKETT, ) SUPPORT OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT DOROTHY M. BRACKETT, ) LINDA D. FINLEY, AND ) WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. ) SUCCESSOR TO FIRST UNION ) HOME EQUITY CORPORTAION ) ) DEFENDANTS. ...
Nortel Litigation Settlement
2008-05-19 11:30:00 For those investors/speculators who purchased Nortel shares between Oct. 24, 2000 and Feb. 15, 2001 or between April 24, 2003 and April 27, 2004 , you may have been eligible for a piece of the Nortel class action lawsuit. I received that letter a few years ago acknowledging the lawsuit so I submitted my ...
?Shall We Play a Game??
2008-05-16 21:57:00 In a turnabout, the judge in the Thomas-RIAA case is indicating a new trial for the case. His cover is that he erred in procedural instructions to the jury. My gut says the judge is having second thoughts having reviewed other cases and assessment of the ‘distribution’ component of Copyright law. – The federal judge who ...
By: Third Pipe
RIAA Loses A Piece of One
2008-05-15 23:26:00 Yes folks were talking the Tanya Anderson case. The one where RIAA accused her of downloading files even though she does not have sharing software loaded and their own expert testified that she had not done so. The outcome is that the RIAA must pay $108,000 in legal fees so far. The class action suit, ...
By: Third Pipe
Can You Hear Me Now!? Verizon?
2008-05-15 00:38:00 There is a little law that is intended to protect consumers from, shall we say less than equitble practicis of merchants and reporting agencies. For the second time now Verizon Wireless has been caught in a suit for failure to correct material misrepresentation on their part. Verizon Wireless has been hit with another Fair Credit ...
By: Third Pipe
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2008-05-14 20:40:00 Want to Work From Home? Maybe You Can This website could hook you up with work-at-home jobs in any of 34 different fields, from advertising to paralegal work to writing and editing., money.cnn.com/2005/11/23/news/e-conomy/annie/fortune_annie11230-5/index.htm Online Paralegal Training Information description,california,work at home,,career,associations,cours-es,accredited,schools, California Paralegals at onlineparalegaltraininghomestud-y.com, onlineparalegaltraininghomestud-y.com West’s Paralegal Today: The Legal Team at Work by Roger LeRoy Miller, Miller, Mary S. Urisko, Mary ...
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NC Lethal Injection Litigation Continues
2008-05-14 16:44:00 News Update 05.14.08 North Carolina The Council of State fired its latest volley this week in the ongoing litigation over North Carolina’s lethal injection protocol. The arguments can be summarized as follows: 1) the inmates cannot appeal the COS’s decision to approve the lethal injection protocol because they are not “persons aggrieved” by the decision; (2) ...
Asbestos Litigation ? Report Speculates It Is A House Of Cards
2008-05-07 15:38:00 The New York based Manhattan Institute think tank today released a report very critical of the Asbestos litigation business. Asbestos litigation is the ?longest running mass tort in US history, and arguably the most unjust? the introduction tells us. Asbestos litigation does seem to have become a sub-genre of the legal profession. And the facts and ...
Commercial Litigation Attorney
2008-05-03 12:49:00 Litigation is a difficult matter for those who do not have proper information and knowledge about the proceedings and hearings held in a law court. Without experience nobody understands the procedure of these proceedings. For those people who are continuously involved in civil litigation should be properly trained for regular proceedings and hearings in ...
McCain-Feingold is Technologically Dead
2008-05-01 20:48:00 The best laid plans of the Pols have yet again been placed asunder. That bipartisan effort to ‘cure’ campaign finance, BCRA, will be totally destroyed by this. BCRA puts a gag order 30 days before an election. It was generally targeted at 527 groups and other financially well healed political groups. SaysMe is where ...
By: Third Pipe
Disorder in the Court; RIAA Freaked
2008-05-01 03:48:00 The RIAA is perplexed. To a certain extent so am I. But a judge has ruled that just because a file is in a Kaazaa directory does not meet the definition of ‘distribution’. The confusing part? This very same judge ruled otherwise in a similar RIAA case against a different party. In most cases, ...
By: Third Pipe
Los Angeles County Litigation Lawyer Should Observe Proper Dress Code
2008-04-22 15:47:00 I just came across this blog entitled ?Courtroom Couture?. It tackled about litigation lawyers observing proper dress codes in the courtroom. The job of a lawyer demands a high degree of professionalism and respect. Wearing proper attire during hearings is one of the ways that lawyers can be respectable.
Patent troll Rebrandt Inc. wants your DTV dollars
2008-04-16 22:55:00 A recent trend that has become a national embarrassment is the formation of companies whose sole purpose is to collect outdated patents and try to apply them to new technology and sue the makers and users of that technology. It’s called a legalized protection racket. They produce nothing, clog the courts, raise the cost of ...
By: Third Pipe
Boy This Sounds Familiar! But of Course?.
2008-04-06 15:38:00 Mr. Malone of the WSJ lays out aspects of societal and business change that the US faces in say the next 50 years. He throws terms out like ‘fat pipe’, ‘process patents’, ‘free internet’, etc. Our loyal Thridpipe readers already know all this because we have this electronic pulpit on high. We have been ...
By: Third Pipe
The Kind of Notice You Never Want from the FCC
2008-04-04 23:41:00 Never ever tick off the Eagle. The federal eagle that is. The FCC has sent one Mr. Adame, esq a notice of suspension of privileges and a motion for disbarment. The charge — willful fraud. notice of your conviction for wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 in connection with your participation in ...
By: Third Pipe
Mesothelioma Litigation Facts
2008-04-04 18:38:00 Mesothelioma litigation is an option for mesothelioma patients. Litigation however is not an easy path to consider. Before you choose to sue, there are a couple of crucial facts that you should be aware of. You have the right to sue. In some cases, your condition may be caused by the negligence of others. Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that results from exposure to asbestos fibers. Like any average individual, you probably wouldn't consider exposing yourself to asbestos of your own free will. You may have been exposed to asbestos due to your work or due to a family member who works with asbestos. So why should you sue if you find out you have mesothelioma? Companies that hire individuals to work on asbestos would typically know that there are certain dangers involved in handling the mineral. Company safety rules should therefore be strictly implemented to prevent asbestos exposure. If you develop mesothelioma, it may be due to a company's inability to protect and warn people aga...
Maine vs the RIAA
2008-04-03 02:02:00 Well Maine is at it again. Or I should save the Univ of Maine School of Law. These hot shots have already won one suit against the RIAA. Now they are after the RIAA in another way — They want to attack the Joe Doe process essentially shutting down how the RIAA does discovery. ...
By: Third Pipe
E-discovery Adds Twist To Litigation
2008-04-02 22:15:00 Here is a topic that seems to be heating up in the press lately. E-discovery is fast becoming an attention grabbing headline. From GCN: New rules for electronic data discovery during litigation, combined with the massive amount of electronic data now available in federal databases, will require closer communication between the legal and information technology departments ...
Next Step in NC Lethal Injection Litigation
2008-04-01 17:06:00 News Update 04.01.08 North Carolina The latest filing in the ongoing Council of State litigation is available here. The inmates - Archie Billings, James Campbell, Jerry Conner, Marcus Robinson, and James Thomas - have asked the Superior Court to reject the State’s Motion to Dismiss and review the Council of State’s November decision to ignore the ...
Litigation Stew at a Roiling Boil
2008-04-01 00:00:00 This reminds me of dealing with Santaland the first in 2005. We were given very specific parameters in terms of what we could and couldn't do, lest we make the laid off workers and their union very angry. I made numerous calls to AFSCME, and not one of ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Server Bites Record Label
2008-03-31 22:37:00 In what is a delicious turn of events Sony/BMG is being accused of software piracy! That’s right while BMG rails against others via the RIAA on music piracy they are caught with their hands in the cookie jar themselves. PointDev – We are not interested in an amicable settlement. It is not just a question ...
By: Third Pipe
Beach Boys Have Good Vibrations! Litigation Ends, Legal Dispute over ?Beach
2008-03-21 17:21:00 Three of the surviving original members of the Beach Boys have reached an out-of-court settlement over how the band name can be used. The agreement ends years of litigation between Al Jardine and his ex-bandmates over the group’s name. Previously Jardine had been touring under names like “Beach Boys Family & Friends”. But in 2000 he was ...
Computer Forensics, Backups and Litigation
2008-03-14 13:00:00 One of my favorite "I forgot to backup" stories. I get a call about 1:00 pm. The customer on the phone is telling me their server computer is down. We tried to reboot it a few time with no results. The customer stated that they had to get payroll completed tomorrow because it was Thursday and if they could not get the payroll out the workers would do bad things to them. I drove for three hours, picked up the server took it to the distributer of the system which was three more hours of driving. BTW the customer told as I am leaving with server that they needed to backup the computer because they had not done so in a month. So if I could handle that for them. What? My major concern with a down hard drive is to get the data off and load on another harddrive and getting the customer back up and running. If the harddrive would not come up or files might have got deleted then would have to figure out how to get the data off. Allot of network professional use compan...
Clueless Big Label Music seeks protection money from ISP?s
2008-03-14 00:37:00 Before I get to the news item, I offer a short history lesson on the big music industry. The industry’s business model has always been about acquiring the rights to material cheaply and reselling the product eternally. They have never been interested in paying the typical artist anything. Sure there are exceptions, usually the most ...
By: Third Pipe
Electronic Discovery Violations and Litigation Misconduct
2008-03-12 06:08:00 In its recent judgment, the court held Qualcomm guilty of withholding a large number of electronically stored documents. Qualcomm never searched the e-mails of certain key witnesses for responsive documents. It held back tens of thousands of e-mails that were decisive?
RIAA Facing the Consequnces of Their Actions?
2008-03-07 17:29:00 We have covered pieces of various suits of RIAA vs Joe Schmuck, evil music downloader. Well one person, Tanya Andersen, who was accused of doing so by the RIAA has gone on the offensive. Things will get very ugly over the next few months for the RIAA, if one disgruntled file sharing lawsuit victim ...
By: Third Pipe
What Goes Around, Comes Around, or Legal Spin the Bottle
2008-03-06 02:41:00 Well if you’re a Telco and think your legal team can be a profit center then guess what? So will other folks as well. Intellect Wireless Inc. has sued T-Mobile USA Inc., U.S. Cellular Corp., Virgin Mobile USA Inc. and Helio Inc. in federal court in Chicago, accusing the companies of infringing wireless image messaging ...
By: Third Pipe
Issues on Patent Reform Litigation
2008-03-05 15:41:00 One of the vital issues which remain unresolved today, pending action of the US Senate, is the controversial patent reform bill. Though an issue with very little publicity, the changes on the bill will expectedly affect how people think and treat intellectual property issues in the future.
Akamai Prevails in Patent Litigation
2008-03-04 20:07:00 Jury finds Limelight Networks infringes key Internet content delivery patent
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By: Shareware
Litigation Legal Secretary ? Salary is DOE
2008-02-25 21:55:00 Reply to: jobs@legalstaff4u.com Litigation Legal Secretary ? Salary is DOE This outstanding midsize firm has an immediate opening for someone with a minimum of 4+ years of stable work history experience to join their team. Candidates must have experience in ability to work independently, a self starter and must be well organized, detail oriented, and multi-tasker who ...
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How Asbestos Litigation Plaintiffs Can Get Mesothelioma Lawsuit Loan In 3 E
2008-02-24 06:53:00 Non-Recourse Lawsuit Funding for Mesothelioma Lawsuit PlaintiffsIf you are suffering from Mesothelioma or a loved one has died of Mesothelioma, and you are a plaintiff involved in a Mesothelioma lawsuit(asbestos lawsuit), and have hired a lawyer to represent your claim then you may qualify for a Mesothelioma lawsuit funding or lawsuit loan against the potential future proceeds you may receive from your lawsuit.This is called as Mesothelioma lawsuit funding, Asbestos lawsuit cash advance, legal funding and litigation funding. It is also called as Asbestos Lawsuit loan. But in true sense, these are not loans because loans are repayable absolutely. But the Mesothelioma or Asbestos lawsuit funding is a non recourse cash advance and it does not have to be paid back unless the case is won or settled. What is Mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is the scientific term used to describe a cancerous tumor that involves the mesothelial cells of a body organ. Mesothelial cells are cells that form a protec...
China's Incremental Revolution. Litigation As Political Force.
2008-02-23 23:45:00 Very interesting post on the Transnational Law Blog on a very interesting Christian Science Monitor article. The post is entitled, "Another Reason to Have Faith in China's Maturing Legal System," and the CSM article is entitled, "How one man in China strengthens the rule of law: Hao Jinsong, a Beijing lawyer, defies authorities with small lawsuits." They are on how a Chinese lawyer uses China's court system to accomplish democratic change that almost certainly could not be accomplished any other way. Great example of how law can create incremental change. As we argued in a previous post entitled, A Reason to Have Faith in China's Legal System, small lawsuits vindicating the rights of the average Chinese citizen will engender within the citizenry a general interest and trust in the legal system, which will perpetuate a rule of law system. Our previous article concerned a small legal aid station in Xi'an that represented migrant construction workers, and this current article ...
By: China Law Blog
Do we need to find a new balance between IP rights and lititgation? Open th
2008-02-20 18:08:00 In the words of George Harrison: You serve me And I’ll serve you Swing your partners, all get screwed Bring your lawyer And I’ll bring mine Get together, and we could have a bad time Is it that difficult for companies to cover in their employment contracts who owns what you create while employed for the purpose of creating? Is it ...
By: Third Pipe
Subprime Litigation 2007 Filings Study - Navigant Consulting Inc.
2008-02-15 15:43:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/-marketsNews/idUKN14450240200802-14?rpc=44 Borrowers, investors and other plaintiffs filed 278 civil lawsuits in federal courts related to subprime lending in 2007, and the trend is expected to continue this year, according to the report released on Thursday. Last year's subprime tally was equal to about half of the 559 legal actions brought over a multiple-year period following the savings and loan crisis, according to the report by Navigant Consulting Inc. The subprime fallout has frequently been compared with that of the S&L crisis, which cost the government more than $100 billion. "The S&L crisis has been a high-water mark in terms of the litigation fallout of a major financial crisis," said Jeff Nielsen, managing director of Navigant, which provides business, regulatory and financial advisory services. "The subprime-related cases appear on their way to eclipsing that benchmark."
By: Executive Fraud
Yahooooo, we?re Pissed!
2008-02-14 23:47:00 Really I can’t improve on this, so I’ll just pass it on. When in doubt about a big pot-o-gold, figure there is a lawsuit pending. Heh! — Lansing (MI) - Several Yahoo shareholders have jointly filed a lawsuit against the online giant after it failed to agree to a nearly $45 billion acquisition offer from ...
By: Third Pipe
From Criminal Action to Civil Litigation
2008-02-14 03:23:00 Did you know that you may still file a course of action after losing from a crime lawsuit? Yes, crime victims may in fact resort to civil litigation in order to attain recovery and redress for their grievances.
VoIP Inc borrows from the Verizon litigation as a profit center playbook
2008-02-13 14:19:00 Did Verizon open Pandora’s box with it’s endless string of VoIP suits? My guess is that enterprising law firms are doing patent searches and pitching the idea wherever a patent exists. Free enterprise has its dark side. To me, these patents look at best to be pretty duious: The patents protect innovations that enable “Pay-Per-Call” advertising and ...
By: Third Pipe
Lawyers for litigation & commercial division
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Google's Response To Patent Infringement Litigation
2008-01-15 11:51:00 During November last year Boston's Northeastern University and technology company Jarg sued Google for patent infringements, see: Northeastern University Takes Google Inc To Court!. Now we have a response from Google, and it's an outright denial of the charges leveled against them. Picture Credits: The US Patent & Trademark Office The patent #5,694,593 attributes the patent to Kenneth P Baclawski who's been professor from the Northeastern University as well as one of the founders of Jarg. The patent is about the search technology wherein a search query is fragmented into smaller chunks and distributed across multiple systems in a network to enhance processing speeds. The allegations follow that Google uses the technology which has been exclusively licensed to Baclawski. Google has responded saying that the patent is invalid which has been rebutted by the other party. It seems it will be a couple of years before the lawsuit is sorted out. Via: Macworld
Litigation Financing
2008-01-01 10:08:00 Imagine you are involved in a lawsuit. A lawsuit that may take months or even years to settle. This lawsuit may affect your job. When your ability to work is affected, the longer your case will last. And when that happens, it becomes more difficult to pay your everyday bills.Here?s where LawMax comes in. LawMax specializes in Litigation Financing. They can help you avoid a financial crisis. This can include prevention of eviction from your rented property and bankruptcy.Their philosophy at LawMax is simple. You do not make a payment till your case is settled! However, if there isn?t a recovery in your lawsuit, they?ll allow your to keep their investment and you?ll owe them nothing.It takes two business working days for LawMax to approve your application. With no credit checks, employment requirements and monthly payments, this is by far the best Litigation Financing I?ve come across so far!
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