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 mother, Sheila von Weise-Mack, and stuffed her body into a suitcase. Mack is serving a ten year sentence, where the mother-daughter pair were vacationing at a luxury resort at the time of the killing. Stella’s father, Tommy Schaefer, was convicted in the same murder and […]

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 of his neighbors. Both the man and his wife had a longstanding, intimate relationship with the birth mother, according to court documents. The father, identified as Michael M., and his wife, Dawn M., had struggled to become pregnant. Dawn M. had suffered a miscarriage […]

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 $50 million interest in the judgment from the bankruptcy trustee for Magnesium Corporation of America. Thanks to the 2nd Circuit’s MagCorp affirmance, the litigation funder will end up with nearly double its money from a six-month investment. The deal between the MagCorp trustee, Lee Buchwald, […]

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 defendants, including the REIT and the three former executive officers, will be resolved with a settlement payment to the class of $73 million. Rayonier, which, as of Dec 31, 2016, owned or leased around 2.7 million acres of timberlands across the U.S. and New Zealand, is […]

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, and anger management. Restraining orders: Darius McCrary’s wife has filed for divorce (pictured in 2016) Domestic abuse claims: Tammy Brawner alleged she was physically abused by McClary who in one incident had held their daughter Zoey over a pot of boiling water Tammy asked in […]

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 preservation of relevant documents. But implementing a legal hold is sometimes easier said than done. Just ask Volkswagen AG. Its mishandling of a legal hold resulted in the indictment of six current and former employees on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice and to […]

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 relates to historic employer liabilities of the insurer litigants. The settlement does not imply any acceptance of liability on Cape’s behalf. Cape said: “Following the end of the trial on 23 February 2017, the board received an updated opinion from leading counsel which reinforced the […]

‘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 off flights, linked to bar brawls and filmed in an allegedly racist rant with her mum in the months since she shot to fame on US talk show Dr Phil. Danielle Bregoli shot to fame after appearing on a Dr Phil show about troubled teens […]

‘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 off flights, linked to bar brawls and filmed in an allegedly racist rant with her mum in the months since she shot to fame on US talk show Dr Phil. Danielle Bregoli shot to fame after appearing on a Dr Phil show about troubled teens […]

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 their split is the fact that Jeff is gay. But the revelation didnt come overnight. The pair, who are both 39 and live in Baltimore, Maryland, tells PEOPLE that their love for each other led them to keep Jeffs secret for more thana decade. Over […]