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Paris Hilton 'Best Friends' Judge During Trial Testimony Over Box Office Flop
Paris Hilton flirted with a Miami federal judge as she testified Friday in a civil trial involving the box office bomb "Pledge This!" The celebrity heiress's company is being sued by a receiver for Worldwide Entertainment Group for the movie's full production cost of $8.3 million. Worldwide's receiver accused Hilton of failing to fulfill her publicity clause by ignoring eight promotion requests by Worldwide to talk to media in several countries.IRS, FBI, Investors All Want a Piece of Rothstein's Seized Assets
A multimillion-dollar tug of war between the U.S. government and purported investor victims appears to be brewing in the burgeoning federal investigation of alleged Ponzi scheme operator Scott Rothstein, who has lost his law license, his law firm and his personal standing as a philanthropist and a power broker. A key question now is who will get the money seized through forfeiture: Rothstein's victims, who are considered unsecured creditors in the law firm bankruptcy case, or the U.S. government?Kobre & Kim expands to Hong Kong
Kobre & Kim, a trust litigation and government investigations law firm, has expanded its practice to Hong Kong. The firm already has offices in Miami, Washington, New York and London.Kilpatrick works Equifax deal for software firm
KILPATRICK Stockton partners W. Stanley Blackburn and Bruce D. Wanamaker were lead outside counsel to Equifax Inc. on its $1.4 billion acquisition of a St. Louis company that provides payroll and human-resources software and services.In the agreement announced last week, Equifax will acquire Talx Corp. for $1.4 billion in cash, stock and assumed debt.In The Trenches: Southern Center scores more talent
THE SOUTHERN CENTER for Human Rights has hired two new staff attorneys, Lauren D. Sudeall and Brooke M. Sealy. Both started Sept. 4.With last month's addition of Gerald R. Weber Jr., the former legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, the human rights law office has 13 attorneys."It's a big step to bring Gerry Weber on board and then Lauren and Brooke.
The Florida Bar appoints 60 in South Florida to leadership positions
Sixty South Florida attorneys and lay people have been named to leadership positions on Florida Bar committees.The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200
Patton Boggs loses six lawyers to Jackson Lewis and one to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr; Steptoe & Johnson has hired a recently retired International Trade Commission judge; and Greenberg Traurig adds a former federal prosecutor in Las Vegas. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected]Trending Stories
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