Suitcase murderer Heather Mack’s baby will continue to grow up in an Indonesian prison, at least for now, as a Chicago judge has denied the baby’s paternal grandmother’s petition to bring her to the US. Little Stella Schaefer, almost two years old, lives in a Bali prison with her mother, Heather Mack, who murdered her …
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Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Related content (CNN) – An unconventional family produced a child before becoming tangled in a lengthy custody battle that ended last week when a New York judge awarded shared custody of the boy to his father and two mothers. The boy in the case is the biological child of a man and …
One the big winners last week when the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a $213 million judgment against billionaire Ira Rennert and The Renco Group was the litigation funder Gerchen Keller, now part of Burford Capital. Last summer, before oral arguments in Rennert’s appeal, Gerchen Keller agreed to pay $26.2 million to acquire a …
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Rayonier Inc. (RYN – Free Report) announced that it has reached a settlement in a securities class action litigation. The litigation was pending against the Jacksonville, FL-based timberland real estate investment trust (“REIT”) in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (the “District Court”). With this settlement, all claims against all …
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Darius McCrary’s wife has filed for divorce. Tammy Brawner, who married the former Family Matters star in 2014, has cited irreconcilable differences in her court filing, according to TMZ. Tammy has requested all visitation rights with their one year old daughter be rescinded until the actor provides proof he has undergone treatment for alcohol, drugs, …
If there’s an E-Discovery 101 textbook out there somewhere, then one of the first lessons is probably legal holds. Ever since U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin’s seminal 2003 rulings in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, lawyers have been on notice that, once a party reasonably anticipates litigation, it must implement a litigation hold to ensure the …
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StockMarketWire.com – Cape has settled a number of product liability claims which were first disclosed in the group’s 2015 preliminary results for an upfront payment of £18m, including legal costs, and a deferred payment of up to £34.5m from 2018 to 2023. This litigation was funded by Aviva, RSA Group and Zurich Insurance Group and …
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‘She needs help’ Ira Peskowitz wants to get his daughter Danielle Bregoli the ‘help she desperately needs’, according to a family friend. THE father of “Cash Me Ousside” girl Danielle Bregoli is launching a custody battle against her mum in a desperate bid to tame the wild teen. “Out of control” Danielle, 13 has been kicked …
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‘She needs help’ Ira Peskowitz wants to get his daughter Danielle Bregoli the ‘help she desperately needs’, according to a family friend. THE father of “Cash Me Ousside” girl Danielle Bregoli is launching a custody battle against her mum in a desperate bid to tame the wild teen. “Out of control” Danielle, 13 has been kicked …
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The founder of a popular parenting website made a surprising announcement to her millions of followers this week. Jill Smokler, who started Scary Mommy in 2008, has announced that she and her husband, Jeff Smokler, are divorcing after 17 years of marriage. The couple, who have three kids together, also revealed that the catalyst for …