Show Biz Meets the Law
So another “great” law firm goes to the wall, and it just happened. Readers can see it for themselves in most of today’s newspapers. The NY Times goes into detail with the filed document.
This has been an opportunity for me to direct people to this site in their comments sections, to read of the…
Our friend Richard Fine, (ex-Esq.) sat in one of the worst jails, the Men’s Central jail in Los Angeles, alone and ignored for a year and a half. He believed in a cause, the cause of honesty and fair dealing by the exalted arbiters – Judges – who hold sway on the lives and well-being of our citizens.
Continue Reading Richard Fine, Found Guilty of Moral Turpitude?
UPDATE Friday, January 14, 2011
Fine and his daughter Victoria need to get their act together. If his 18 month coercive confinement in solitary is to have any meaning and a good result, we, his supporters, need to be kept informed. The latest information that I had was that he would be in court number 86 down at the Stanley Mosk courthouse at 9:30am, in front of Judge Ann Jones. I went. Nada. Nothing.Continue Reading FINE FINALLY FREED!
Having watched with a certain morbid fascination the fiasco of Sarah Ferguson’s life, and her interview with wannabe prosecuting attorney Oprah Winfrey (Barbara Walters’s usual turf, but she’s OOA), I have this very American advice to give her:
Sue for performance of what was a contract, for the full amount of 500,000 pounds which translates…
It’s my birthday today, which reminds me of another birthday, spent in jail. There was some interest from the press at the time, and I consented to be interviewed.
It was with the respected Los Angeles Times. What they did to me gives the best example of why the press is not to be trusted…
AUGUST 1, 2009
I feel bad that here it is, over 2 years since the previous entry on the subject. The reasons are 2-fold:
1. I have had an extended health problem, heart attack, atrial fibrilation, pace-maker, and the side effects of powerful medication to keep the blood flowing and the ticker ticking. And ever-present…
I don’t know Mr. Marciano, never met him, and I don’t wear Guess jeans. I also have no interest (yet) in his run for governor of California. So why do I bring him up here?
Because, folks, what he’s doing will be of enormous help to pro pers and pro ses everywhere, so pay attention.…
Anthony Pellicano was a very popular guy around Hollywood’s celebrity legal circles for many years, and for his safety remains in prison pending trial, where one is led to believe he is very happy to be.
He and 5 others were indicted for tapping into phone lines and selling information to whomsoever arranged for the…
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Notorious
You pitch an idea to a production company, nothing happens, and later you find your idea being used in a script.
What to do?
It’s long been established that you can copyright a manuscript, but not an idea. But wait!
Legal theory says that if you suspect that your idea has been hijacked, you can…