Below is a Reuter’s article about the first Bear Stearns High Grade Fund arbitration case won by an investor. John Rich and Ross Intelisano of Rich & Intelisano, LLP were lead trial counsel and Jake Zamansky and Ted Glenn of Zamansky & Associates were co-counsel. "Investor in Defunct Bear Fund Win ...

Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles and has assembled a team of lawyers for his defense.  Leading the defense team is Ed Chernoff, who will be joined by his partners Matthew Alford and William Stradley, of the Houston ...

The Dykas case finally comes to an end, an appellate argument on sentencing comes a cropper, and we learn valuable lessons about no contest pleas.  All that, and a sidenote on the intricacies of insufficient evidence claims and affirmative defenses, represent the courts body of work for the week. Om ...

Michael Pelly in The Australian Legal Affairs on Friday took some comfort from England soccer (now former) captain John Terry's failure in court to stop publication of an affair with a team mate's ex, suggesting the decision of High Court Justice Tugendhat would have Australian media lawyers smiling ...

Donald A. Stample, a motorcyclist from St. Petersburg, man remained in critical condition Monday, a day after his motorcycle collided with a minivan on the Pinellas Bayway yesterday. Police said a 2005 Chrysler minivan was stopped at a red light in the Bayway's westbound lane. Dona ...

What's Happening and When in 2010 Last year brought many changes in labor and employment law. Expect more of the same in 2010. Join our experienced attorneys for an informative breakfast discussing all of the hot topics that will affect you and your employees:My head hurts... the new laws in effec ...

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP announced the election of 29 associates to the partnership last week. Among them: Jeanne Bawa and Matthew Walker are based in the San Bernardino office. Ms. Bawa specializes in the defense of workers' compensation...

Source: LexisNexis, February 7-8, 2010. Lexis ID and Password Required for Online Access:   1. The Associated Press State & Local Wire, February 8, 2010 Monday 4:10 AM GMT, , STATE AND REGIONAL, 488 words, Obama hasn't ruled out NY trial for 9/11 planner,  ...

Obtaining Social Security Disability benefits is hard enough even when you are suffering from a clearly debilitating disorder. Imagine having horrible pain throughout your entire body and no doctor can find the source. Those suffering with Fibromyalgia or CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) know exac ...

Frank Bajak, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries were charged with kidnapping Thursday for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti to a hastily arranged refuge just as officials were trying to protect children from predators in the chaos of a great eart ...