Arrest made in South Carolina lawyer shooting... 02:46 Alex Murdaugh, the man accused of trying to arrange his own death earlier this month so his son would receive a $10 million life insurance payment, will turn himself into authorities on Thursday, his attorney told CBS affiliate WSPA-TV. Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina lawyer, allegedly hired a gunman to kill him, but the planned fatal shot only grazed his head, state police said Tuesday. Jim Griffin, Murdaugh's attorney, said a warrant was issued for his arrest Wednesday on a charge of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. The alleged shooter, Curtis Edward Smith, was charged with assisted suicide, insurance fraud and several...
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Dallas-based lawyer Yvette Ostolaza will lead the management committee at Sidley, one of the nation's largest law firms. (Nathan Hunsinger / The Dallas Morning News) Dallas lawyer Yvette Ostolaza is being tapped to lead the management committee at global powerhouse legal firm Sidley, becoming one of the highest-ranking Hispanic women to chair a law firm of that size. Ostolaza, a 56-year-old Miami native and child of Cuban immigrants, will lead one of two groups guiding the sixth-largest firm in the nation by revenue, Sidley announced Monday. The firm has more than 1,900 lawyers. Chicago-based Sidley brought in more than $2.46 billion in revenue last year, counting among its many alumni...
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PORT ALLEN - A Baton Rouge lawyer was arrested Tuesday morning after investigators learned he allegedly tried to smuggle contraband into a jail. Michael Fontenot was picked up by U.S. Marshals at his Riverbend home and booked into the East Baton Rouge jail, accused of criminal conspiracy and trying to bring contraband into a prison. He has since been transferred to the West Baton Rouge Parish jail. As Fontenot walked into jail Tuesday, he denied trying to smuggle drugs inside. "He can claim whatever he wants to claim," Major Zack Simmers with the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said. "The facts that were given to me, there's no way this was a misunderstanding." According to the...
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One day after the attorney for Deshaun Watson ’s accusers said his clients were not interested in settlement negotiations for their claims of sexual misconduct, the lawyer for the Houston Texans quarterback disputed that there had been an attempt at any negotiations. "In a recent interview, Mr. Buzbee stated that ‘a settlement is not happening.’ We certainly agree," Watson's lawyer Rusty Hardin said in a statement obtained by Fox News. On Wednesday, Tony Buzbee, who is representing the women accusing the NFL star, told KRIV, the Fox-owned TV station in Houston, there were no plans to settle any of the 22 lawsuits. But Hardin cast cold water on Buzbee's comments stating that Watson's camp...
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Judge allows Britney Spears to hire her own lawyer in conservatorship case A judge allowed Britney Spears to hire an attorney of her choosing at a hearing Wednesday in which she broke down in tears after describing the “cruelty” of her conservatorship. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny approved Spears hiring former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart, who called on Spears’ father to immediately resign as her conservator. “We will be moving promptly and aggressively for his removal,” Rosengart said outside the courthouse. “The question remains: Why is he involved?” What’s happened since Britney Spears spoke at her conservatorship hearing in June? Lots. Here’s what you should...
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Human rights lawyer files complaints after P.I. hired to tail Manitoba chief justice WINNIPEG -- Complaints have been filed and probes are underway after a private investigator was hired to tail a Manitoba judge. On Monday, Court of Queen’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal revealed he’d been followed from the law courts to his home by a private investigator trying to catch him breaking public health orders. The firm doing the surveillance was hired by the Alberta-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms – the group representing seven Manitoba churches who are challenging the province’s public health orders. Joyal is presiding over the case. Ottawa-based human rights lawyer Richard...
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Britney Spears pushes to end conservatorship 06:48 A Los Angeles judge has allowed Britney Spears to hire her own legal counsel in the fight to remove the conservatorship. Spears, 39, sobbed over the phone at the hearing Wednesday, accusing her father of abuse and saying she intends to press charges against him. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny also approved resignations from her court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham III, and the financial group Bessemer Trust that served as a co-conservator. Mathew Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor, will represent the pop star going forward. The changes follow a hearing last month where Spears demanded the judge end the court-ordered...
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In her attempts to force the termination of the strict legal arrangement controlling her life and career, Britney Spears has enlisted the help of a high-powered Hollywood lawyer. Mathew Rosengart, 58, was confirmed as the singer’s new representative on Wednesday, attending the latest hearing in Los Angeles. He replaces Samuel Ingham, the man appointed by the court in 2008 to serve Spears but who she criticised in June for not doing enough to help her end the conservatorship. Rosengart is expected to step up her attempts to do so and signalled his intentions to file the required paperwork. A former federal prosecutor, his A-list clients include Steven Spielberg, actor Sean Penn and director...
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LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears was granted a request to hire her own attorney Wednesday, a development that could mark a major shift in how her 13-year conservatorship case has been handled. The scheduled court hearing was forced to address the sudden departure of her court-appointed attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, who has handled her case since 2008. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny approved Ingham’s resignation and his replacement with Britney Spears’ chosen attorney, former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart. Britney Spears broke down in tears during Wednesday's hearing, explaining to the judge that she was “extremely scared” of her father, James “Jamie” Spears, and...
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