And that’s not the only bad news for the sole Brit amongst the big 4 record companies…
The angry couple began legal action yesterday against News Group Newspapers in the high court…
But you will need a good excuse, like the one provided by this gentleman…
Banks, bonuses and supertaxes are making the festive season a little less festive than they might normally. Goldman Sachs has become the international whipping boy on this issue and that trend doesn’t seem to be falling out of fashion just yet. Reuters reports :
Goldman Sachs Group Inc is being sued by an institutional investor who claims the firm is preparing to pay out improper bonuses.
The lawsuit, filed with the New York Supreme Court by the Security Police and Fire Professionals …
Far from bolstering his CV and chances of getting a decent job, Matthew Uberoi, 24, was found guilty along with his dad of insider dealing during his time as an intern at a City broker.
Herbies may have a problem in Paris. The firm is being targeted for an action before the Paris Criminal Court for allegedly illegally employing an associate reports the Lawyer:
The action is being brought by sole practitioner and member of the Syndicat des Avocats de France (SAF) Avi Bitton on behalf of a former Herbert Smith associate who was dismissed earlier this year.
The associate was hired in 2006 under a self-employment contract, but claims that since she was required to …
We don’t believe that the UK plans for supercasinos were sunk by the idea that that the rich needed to be protected from themselves but given the financial crisis, maybe there’s something in it. And for the anti-supercasino crowd this case will be grist to the mill.
Imagine spending 20 years building up the family business to a size where it could be sold for nine figures. The sort of feat that probably requires some self control and more than …
Bringing some added beauty to the bar – the underdog beautician who kicked some legal behinds…
When Georgina Blackwell, a 23 year old Essex beautician saw off a team of barristers in court, she might just have kickstarted a promising legal career for herself. Lined up against a legal team representing Bellway Homes, she managed to overturn a previous High Court judgment and in the process win her mother £75,000 compensation.
And on the back of that she has won a …
All manner of strange behaviour draws people into our criminal court system but nothing recent has quite compared to the man of God arrested due to his penchant for coke and prostitutes. Last week it was reported that Rabbi Baruch Chalomish was busted with a large quantity of seriously pure coke. The 54 year old rabbi had an excuse however:
He told officers that he had bought the cocaine in bulk so he could guarantee his access to the “good …
Bankers have had a lot of flack over their supposed pillaging of the financial system during the financial crisis. Here’s a reminder that not all of them are just out to extract fees from their clients and pump up their bonuses…
A court in Bonn, Germany heard that a 62-year-old woman, dubbed the ‘Robin Hood Banker’, moved more than £7m in 117 transfers from rich to poor clients. According to the BBC , she allowed overdrafts for customers who would …
We’ve already had a court case of the week this week – see the Krakow pigeon tossers . But, without wanting to steal the thunder of that post, we just had to draw your attention to details of this intriguing case being heard in Manchester Crown Court. The Times reports :
A rabbi set up in business as a drug dealer and lavished his supplies of cocaine on young prostitutes at parties, a jury was told yesterday.
How exactly did …
This was one of those eye catching headlines that summed up the story neatly: "UK pigeon tossers fined in Poland". The BBC reported yesterday that:
Two British men have been fined by a court for tossing pigeons in the air at a market in the Polish city of Krakow.
The two birds were unable to open their wings which were broken when they plummeted to the ground.
The headline would have worked with or without the ‘pigeon’. Now many of the …
One of the more unusual cases to hit the courts recently.
Old Bailey judge Richard Hone QC jailed Edward Erin, ‘Dr Poison’, for six years yesterday. Erin, 44, who laced his lover, Bella Prowse’s, drink with drugs to try to make her miscarry was described by the judge as a ‘liar, a cheat and predator’. He was given six years concurrently for two counts of attempting to administer poison and ordered to pay £30,000 costs. The doctor’s professional record is …
Potential career at the Bar for one stealth lawyer…
Georgina Blackwell, a 23 year old Essex beautician showed the pros how its done in court. Lined up against a legal team representing Bellway Homes, she managed to overturn a previous High Court judgment and in the process win her mother £75,000 compensation. The Mail reports that Mrs Blackwell nearly lost everything in the access dispute which saw their back garden turned into a building site and their business disrupted. In …
Most people have had to put up with the odd disturbance from noisy couples in neighbouring hotel rooms or shared student accomodation. But this is in a different league. Caroline and Steve Cartwright were appealing against an abatement notice, which was imposed in November 2007, and a subsequent Asbo, banning them from making so much noise during sex. Or, as the court put it, preventing the couple from "shouting, screaming or vocalisation at such a level as to be …
On the basis of their product lines alone we’d support the Germans on this one. You won’t find too many fans of the garish rubber shoes in this office.
Footnoted.org (via ATL ) has been digging around in the quarterly reports of various companies following this quarter’s filings. They found this disclosure in the 10-Q (US quarterly report) of Crocs:
On May 11, 2009, Crocs Europe B.V. received a letter from Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche AG (”Porsche”) claiming that the Company’s …
In a recent case in the US, two men sued PepsiCo claiming that the drinks manufacturer violated trade secrets and stole their idea to sell bottled water. They sued the company and two Wisconsin distributors in April but PepsiCo didn’t respond for various reasons, including the fact that a secretary who received letters relating to the case failed to act on them. Yep, they just got filed away.
After no response was forthcoming from the defendant, last month, a judge …
The Central London Employment Tribunal has been getting a dose of sex, bitterness and racism this week. And the gloves are off.
Indian-born Dr Aisha Bijlani, who recently brought a £33million claim for race discrimination alleged that top London chambers Four New Square discriminated against her for 16 years. More details of the case have emerged over the last few days as the Central London Employment Tribunal hears the case. Dr Bijlani alleges that clerks at the firm were racist, …
Earlier this week one of the US’ favorite legal blogs was facing a rather large ($22m) claim brought by disgruntled law professor, Donald Marvin Jones, who was on the receiving end of some of their wit. It emerged yesterday that the claim has been voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff so the excitement is over for the time being. Founder David Minkin, pictured left, is off the hook along with the company and the blog’s editor David Lat. From ATL …
