When you're looking for a lawyer to help with your JUUL®/e-cigarette lawsuit, you want to make sure you end up with the right person for you and your case. And that expectation can work both ways. Just like you want a good lawyer to fight for you, every lawyer wants a "good client." But how much of being a "good client" is actually within your control? Here are some tips on working with your lawyer to ensure the best outcome for your lawsuit over vaping/e-cigarette-related health problems. Be Honest With Your Lawyer During your first meetings with your lawyer, you'll discuss all relevant details of your case (and even some things that you might not necessarily think are relevant),...
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LONDON — Johnny Depp’s high-stakes libel case against a British tabloid that accused him of assaulting ex-wife Amber Heard wrapped up Tuesday in a London court, with the star’s lawyer calling Heard "a compulsive liar" and claiming that Depp was the real victim of abuse in the relationship. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star is suing News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, and the newspaper’s executive editor, Dan Wootton, at the High Court in London over an April 2018 article that called him a "wife-beater." In closing arguments at the three-week trial, Depp's lawyer, David Sherborne, said the actor strongly denied "this reputation-destroying, career-ending allegation." "He has never...
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KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): A lawyer representing the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said today that the forfeiture action filed by the public prosecutor against PetroSaudi International Ltd and its chief executive officer Tarek Obaid was borne from the investigations done by the Special Task Force on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). Lawyer Muhammad Nizamuddin Abdul Hamid (pictured) said the former MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohammad was also part of the task force. “We (the MACC) also gathered assistance from other international agencies, namely the International Anti-Corruption Coordination Center (IACCC) and the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA), in...
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OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is reconsidering a decision in December to keep the federal government out of the approvals process for a major coal-mine expansion in Alberta. The existing Vista mine, which is owned by the U.S. coal giant Cline Group, began shipping coal for export in May 2019 and the company is now looking to double, or possibly even triple, its output. Fraser Thomson is a lawyer for Ecojustice, one of 47 environment, Indigenous, health and faith-based organizations that this week wrote to Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson asking him to take a second look at the expansion. Wilkinson declined in December to order a federal impact assessment of the...
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By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Lawyer to suspended Acting EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu, Mr Tosin Ojaomo on Wednesday night claimed that nothing in incriminating was found in Magu’s house by investigators sent by the Presidential Panel, noting that reports in the media of huge sums of money discovered were mere Fabrications. The Lawyer, however, said it was illegal for Mr. Magu to have been detained at the Force Criminal Investigations Department for 10 days in the first place. He said Mr. Magu does not sign for money or cheques in EFCC and so cannot be seen to be keeping such alleged amount of money at home. Speaking on Channels TV programme, ‘Politics Today’, Ojaomo...
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A top lawyer in the Brooklyn district attorney’s office is jumping into next year’s already-crowded race for Manhattan district attorney. Tali Farhadian Weinstein, who stepped down last week as general counsel to Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez, plans to launch her campaign on Monday, she told POLITICO. “People are obviously crying out for major changes in some of the institutions that deliver on criminal justice and safety,” she said. With doubts swirling about whether DA Cy Vance Jr. will run for reelection at all, Farhadian Weinstein is taking a different approach from the field of challengers who have already entered the race with blistering attacks on Vance. Instead, she channeled Vance’s...
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By Rasheed Sobowale The lawyer representing Ramon Abbas, (a.k.a Hushpuppi) has stated the Instagram big boy is innocent of all charges and that he “was running a legitimate business and a very legitimate Instagram account and did not take part in any scam or fraud.” Hushpuppi is currently held at MCC Chicago Prison. This was confirmed by a search conducted by Vanguard on the US Federal Bureau of Prisons website using the Find an Inmate feature. A press statement on his arrest by the US Department of Justice read; “A Dubai resident who flaunted his extravagant lifestyle on social media has arrived in the United States to face criminal charges alleging he conspired to launder...
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Lawyer: Over 150 Minneapolis officers seeking disability MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than 150 Minneapolis police officers are filing work-related disability claims after the death of George Floyd and ensuing unrest, with about three-quarters citing post-traumatic stress disorder as the reason for their planned departures, according to an attorney representing the officers. Their duty disability claims, which will take months to process, come as the city is seeing an increase in violent crime and while city leaders push a proposal to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new agency that they say would have a more holistic approach. While Floyd's death in May and the unrest that...
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Remains of missing Fort Hood soldier identified according to lawyer Remains found last week buried near Fort Hood belong to Spc. Vanessa Guillén. DALLAS (AP) — Army investigators have identified the body of a soldier who vanished more than two months ago from a base in Texas, according to a lawyer for the soldier’s family. Remains found last week buried near Fort Hood belong to Spc. Vanessa Guillén and Army officials informed her family in Houston Sunday, attorney Natalie Khawam told The Associated Press. Guillén, who had been missing since April, was killed and dismembered by a fellow soldier who took his own life last week, federal and military investigators have said. Human remains were...
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After studying at Greendale Community College for four years to get back to his law career, Jeff Winger wound up becoming a teacher in Community. The character, played by Joel McHale, served as one of the primary characters on Dan Harmon's NBC comedy. Jeff was one of the founding members of the study group, along with Annie, Shirley, Pierce, Troy, Abed, and Britta. Out of all the main figures, though, Jeff had evolved the most by the time the series ended. Jeff was forced to enroll at Greendale after he was disbarred and suspended from his law firm due to faking his law degree. In order to get back to his old life as a defense attorney, Jeff had to get a real education. And while at...
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