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The Recorder

DNA Denial a Win for Lone Heir in Squabble Over Inheritance From Mexican Singer

The survivors of the wildly successful Mexican singer Juan Gabriel scored a court victory when a petition seeking a DNA sample from the late singer's body was denied in a case that has been making lurid headlines in Spanish-language media and has already spawned a defamation suit.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Liberty Fencing Club, LLC v. Fernandez-Prada, PICS Case No. 17-1230 (E.D. Pa. July 14, 2017) Kelly, J. (27 pages).

The court found that it could not determine to a legal certainty that fencing club could not meet the $75,000 amount in controversy requirement in fencing club's breach of contract and unjust enrichment action against fencing coach and club pleaded sufficient facts to form the elements of breach of contract and breach of the noncompete agreement because coach's argument that he had no obligation to schedule any classes at all was an "evasion of the spirit of the bargain." Motion to dismiss denied.
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Litigation Daily

Five Legal Stories to Distract You From Thoughts of Armageddon

Here are five legal stories from around the web to get your mind off whether you should start building a bomb shelter. Hello boob photos, a plaintiffs lawyer having a temper tantrum, disastrous blind dates, celebrities with herpes and poop. See, aren't you feeling better already?
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Daily Report Online

Phish Fans Claim Ticket Site Phished Them for $10K

The couple realized after they bought the tickets in February that they'd been phished away from what they thought was a Ticketmaster website to an unknown vendor's website.
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The Recorder

Cross v. Facebook, Inc.

C.A. 1st; A148623 The First Appellate District affirmed in part and reversed in part a trial court order. The court held that because a performing artist’s…
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The Recorder

Jolie, Pitt Wise to Keep Quiet, Celebrity Family Lawyer Says

As reports surfaced Thursday that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have placed their divorce on hold and are working toward a reconciliation, neither actor/filmmaker issued a statement, but that hasn't kept celebrity media outlets from exulting, hand-wringing, worrying about the kids or doling out blame for everything. So what's behind the flurry of reconciliation reports, and the lack of clarity given the silence of the principals, on the status of the divorce that would end the 12-year marriage of what was Hollywood's highest-profile couple? "I think there are three likely explanations," said Stacy Phillips of Blank Rome, one of the top family law attorneys in the nation, who has worked on cases involving Britney Spears, Axl Rose, Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston, among others.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Another Big Firm Gets Into the Sports Sponsorship Game

A few months after Cozen O'Connor and Reed Smith put their stamp on pro golf, London-based Ashurst has sponsored former England cricket captain Alastair Cook in a deal that will see the Anglo-Australian legal giant's logo featured on his bat for the next 12 months.
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Daily Business Review

Tiger Woods Gets Deal for Diversion Program After Treatment

An attorney for Woods enters a not-guilty plea and announces an agreement to resolve charges after the golf great was found unconscious at the wheel.
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Daily Business Review

Court: Lewis Tein Can't Sue Miccosukee Tribe

The Third District Court of Appeal rules Guy Lewis and Michael Tein cannot sue the Miccosukee tribe for destroying their Miami law firm.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Preet Bharara is Unchained on Social Media—and He's Awesome

The last thing the world needs is another $1,500-an-hour white collar defense lawyer in New York City—which is why it's so refreshing that Preet Bharara has eschewed the lucrative and predictable embrace of a law firm.
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