Monday, March 28, 2011

Judge rules Michael Jackson's business manager must testify

By Alan Duke, CNN - March 28, 2011

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's former business manager, Tohme Tohme, must testify in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, who is accused in Jackson's death, a judge ruled Monday.

Tohme's attorneys argued their client was not properly served the subpoena, but a process server testified she handed it to Tohme at his home March 3. A used car dealer testified Monday that he was with Tohme at an auto auction at the time.

"I am satisfied there was service in this case," said Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor after hearing both witnesses.

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Monday, March 21, 2011

Forster & Garbus, Others Face FDCPA Review

Monday, March 21, 2011
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Victims of debt collection firms like Forster & Garbus of Farmingdale and Commack will now be able to report violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to a new federal agency created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act enacted last July.

As of July 21 this year, the new federal agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), will have the authority to issue rules under the FDCPA governing debt collection practices.

Both the Federal Trade Commission and the CFPB will have the power to enforce the FDCPA and any rules issued under it.

The CFPB will prepare annual reports to Congress on the administration of the FDCPA.

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Restaurant Owner Summoned Before Judge In Sex Harassment Case

By Lance Hernandez, 7NEWS Reporter - March 13, 2011

Failure To Answer Could Mean Default Judgement For Server

DENVER -- The primary owner of The Original Pancake House in Boulder has been summoned to appear before an Administrative Law Judge on May 31st to determine whether he violated the law before and after he fired a server who alleges that she was subjected to frequent sexual harassment.

In a news release issued Friday, Steven Chavez, Director of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Regulatory Agencies said, “The most important issue here is that despite long-standing laws and public policies against sexual harassment, many employees still endure hostile workplaces based upon gender in Colorado. DORA’s Civil Rights Division is committed to ensuring that all Coloradans may live and work free of such discriminatory treatment.”

Restaurant Owner Summoned Before Judge In Sex Harassment Case

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Instructions for Filing a Small Claims Case in Denver, Colorado

By Maya Simone, eHow Contributor

The city of Denver is located in Denver County. The local, Lindsey-Flanigan county courthouse handles all small claims cases. The court will only hear cases in which the damages being sought is under $7,500. Plaintiffs seeking more damages will need to file a claim with the district court; the claim will no longer be considered a small claims issue. You have the option of hiring an attorney to represent you in small claims court, but it is not necessary or typical.

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Campaign debts dogging Lowden

Campaign debts dogging Lowden

Norm Clarke, Vegas Confidential - Mar. 4, 2011

A month after a process server tracked down Sue Lowden during a Las Vegas deposition, the former Republican front-runner for the 2010 U.S. Senate nomination is claiming in court documents that she can't pay her campaign debts.

She has been paying off campaign bills at a "substantially reduced amount" because she has "limited resources at this time," according to her attorney in Colorado, where she was sued by a GOP media services firm.

The legal battle began last fall when Lowden's lead polling company, Denver-based Vitale & Associates, filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court seeking almost $78,000.

Campaign debts dogging Lowden

Friday, March 4, 2011

He wasn't so hard to find, after all

Scott Rochfort - www.smh.com.au
March 4, 2011

Achilles heel ..."Big Al" Constantinidis doesn't escape notice.

A four-year-old tax bill has finally caught up with the former pig industry and turf farm figure Achilles ''Big Al'' Constantinidis.

The federal magistrate Kenneth Raphael has ordered that a sequestration order be made against Big Al, who he described as a ''large gentleman'' that no one ''would likely forget''.

The order was made after Paul Keating's former business associate was served a bankruptcy notice over a $304,176.51 debt to the taxman.
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The bill stemmed from a court ruling against Constantinidis in December 2006. The Tax Office moved things along in August 2009 by requesting a bankruptcy notice be issued over the bill. That was followed by an extension for the service of the notice that dragged the process well into last year.

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