This dispute concerns the personal papers and photographs of Coretta Scot King who died in 2006. Two of the children of the late Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta are refusing to provide a biographer with those materials saying their mother did not want author Barbara Reynolds to write a biography about her. The third sibling, Dexter King who is the executor of his fathers estate says his siblings, the Rev. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III and his mother signed control of their intellectual property over to their father’s estate.

Attorneys for both sides say money is the main dispute but they differ on who is to blame for the problems.

For the full story, read the New York Times recent article concerning the controversy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/books/14bio.htmlколи под наем

As of the date of publication of this article, another client of Wood’s, Howard K. Stern had tentatively settled his defamation lawsuit against Houston Texas Attorney John O’Quinn. O’Quinn suggested on nation television that Stern was responsible for the deaths of Anna Nicole Smith and her son Daniel Smith. However no settlement papers have been filed in the Florida Southern District Federal court.

Presiding Judge Dimitrouleas filed an order for Stern to file a joint stipulation for dismissal or show cause why a joint stipulation has not been filed on or before November 19th, 2008 leaving onlookers of the case to speculate as to why Stern has not followed through on the declared settlement.

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Link http://www.ustream.tv/channel/murt-on-the-road

Ill add more to this as time goes on.

There was a bag found with bones in it. Also toys were found. The scene has been cordoned off as a crime scene.

An article from Florida television news site: http://www.wftv.com/news/17972452/detail.html#-

3:29 PM est: CNN is now reporting that nothing of any evidentiary value has been found. I guess we wait.

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Conditional Transfer Order: 111208_Cave_Class_Action.pdf

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Also, the latest two douments from Florida

There must be some type of disagreement about either the settlement, the language or both. The judge has filed an “order to show cause”.

“Plaintiff shall file a joint stipulation for dismissal or show cause why a joint stipulation has not been filed on or before November 19th, 2008. Failure to respond may result in dismissal of this case”.

110408_Stern_vs_OQuinn_244.pdf
111208_Stern_vs_OQuinn_245.pdf

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There has been a protective order issued by Judge Lee H Rosenthal in the case, just as there has been in all the other cases that have arisen out of the tragic death of Anna Nicole Smith and her son Daniel.

One of the sections of the order says “confidential information shall not be used for purposes other than in connection with this case”. However, we saw Rita Cosby in New York who is also being sued by Howard K. Stern, freely hand over her deposition as well as those of investigators Don Clark and Wilma Vice to the Florida case.

Howard K. Stern was the only person who objected to having his deposition used from the Cosby case and he is the Plaintiff in both cases. Not too long after, the Florida case is tentatively settled. Could the same happen here?

Protective order: 110408_Arthur_vs_Stern_CBS_100.pdf

In the same case, Federal Correctional Institution inmate Jonathan Riches was denied a request to join in Mrs. Arthurs suit: 110508_Arthur_vs_Stern_CBS_98.pdf

And here is a copy of the docket for this case: Arthur_vs_Stern_et_al_Federal_Docket.html

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I relied on the site www.justia.com on the amount that Cave and company is being sued for. First of all, being tired when I wrote the article, I printed “Trillion” instead of “Billion”. Here is the link to “Justia” who on their site says the Plaintiffs are asking for five billion dollars.  http://dockets.justia.com/

The actual lawsuit document does not list a specific amount of money they are asking for. It does however say they are asking for “more than 5 million dollars”.

When Bryan Cave files their answer to the lawsuit, I will make sure that I publish and write about it. Judging by the number of huge companies such as AIG who are involved in this suit, Justia’s estimate just may be correct if the Plaintiffs previal. However, both sides of the story should be heard. And they will be. I apologize for the confusion.

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A Class Action lawsuit filed against the giant law firm of Bryan Cave is asking for 5 Billion Dollars.
Plaintiffs are charging Cave and his partner with fraud and conspiracy  by misrepresenting to employers an illegal scheme to fund pension plans.

These plans which started selling in the late 1990’s are deemed to be abusive tax shelters. Cave is charged with telling potential buyers the IRS would have no trouble with the structure of the pension plans.

Here is a list of the insurance companies who are in the class action suit in addition to many individuals and companies.
*  Indianapolis Life Insurance Company,
* Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company,
* Pacific Life Insurance Company, and
* American General Life Insurance Company.

Its no wonder this country is going the dogs with things like this going on.

http://annanicoleandhowardkstern.com/Bryan_Cave_Class_Action.pdf

*Correction, thats Billion and not Trillion…lol!

Berry et al v. Bryan Cave, LLP et al

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So far the details are confidential and are not expected to be published. The question around the internet is which party wanted to settle? Readers remember that the lead attorney for John O’Quinn in this case, Richard Klein, was forced to file a motion to reschedule the customary mediation hearing due to a bad case of the flu. Howard K. Stern’s co-counsel, Krista Barth was asked for the courtesy of extending the mediation and she refused, forcing Klein to file the motion. The extension was granted by Magistrate Judge Robin Rosenbaum.

As I was reading the chatter about this case on a Topix forum, I came to a post by an alert blogger stating that Lin Wood’s firm Powell Goldstein LLP who represents Howard K. Stern is being sold. This link to the Atlanta Business Chronicle was given. “Powell Goldstein to Sell to St. Louis Firm”.

Everyone will draw their own conclusions concerning the urgency to settle and the willingness of O’Quinn’s reps to attend a mediation that was already rescheduled by the judge. With the announcement of the sale of  POGO Law under dire circumstances, I know what I think about it. And it makes me wonder who got the short end of the stick in this deal.

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Motion requesting court for relief of obligation to produce defendants financial records and proposed order.

103108_Stern_vs_OQuinn_243-2.pdf
103108_Stern_vs_OQuinn_243.pdf

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103008_Stern_vs_OQuinn_242.pdf

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In Howard K. Stern vs Rita Cosby and Hatchette books, investigators Don Clark and Wilma Vicedomine gave depositions. Counsel for Stern in the Florida case of Stern vs O’Quinn requested to use not only those depositions but that of California Private Investigator Jack Harding who says he spoke to Anna Nicole’s son Daniel before his death. Harding says Daniel expressed fear and mistrust of Howard K. Stern’s involvement with his mother. When Daniel died unexpected and tragically in the Bahamas visiting his mother and meeting his newborn sister, Harding’s business card was found in Daniel’s pocket.

O’Quinn offered no objection to the use of those depositions which are protected from public view but Georgia defamation attorney Lin Wood for Stern would not allow Stern’s deposition to be used. Counsel for Rita Cosby also allowed her deposition to be used in Stern vs O’Quinn. Don Clark gave a deposition in Stern vs O’Quinn as well for a total of two that will be looked at in the Florida case.

A customary mediation hearing in Stern vs O’Quinn scheduled for today had to be postponed due to Florida attorney Robert Klein suffering from the flu. A call was made to Sterns counsel Lin Wood that went unanswered so Klein asked co-counsel Krista Barth to reschedule the hearing. She refused to reschedule but an emergency motion to Judge Rosenbaum resulted in the hearing being postponed.

103008_Stern_vs_OQuinn_241.pdf

103008_Stern_vs_OQuinn_240.pdf

November 4th at 4:00pm there will be a status conference in the US District Court case in Houston, Texas of Virgie Arthur vs Howard K. Stern and CBS Studios

And last but not least, a little comic relief in Arthur vs Stern and CBS Studios.

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