Who Is Donating To Charlie Crist, And Why?

From the Orlando Sentinel : And a half-dozen attorneys with Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan 's Morgan & Morgan mega-law firm maxed out at a fundraiser that netted $300,000 for Crist in June. Crist's lieutenant governor, Jeff Kottkamp, is a former partner in the Morgan firm. Morgan, a Democrat , is supporting Alex Sink in the governor's race against Republican Bill McCollum . But he said Crist will be the top draw for those willing to open their checkbooks this political season. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 22:32:00

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Real Estate For Sale In Cyprus Draws Byers From Around The World

by Mark Knowles Beautiful Cyprus has drawn visitors for thousands of years. Thanks to 21st century mobility, the third largest island in the Mediterranean welcomes 2. 4 million tourists each year. Many of these visitors fall so in love with the place that they start looking for real estate for sale in Cyprus before they’ve barely unpacked their luggage! Of course, like many Mediterranean cultures, “quickly” can be a fluid concept in Cyprus. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:44:01

How Many Available Options for Repaying Tax Debt Do You Really Know

While it may take the IRS some time to track down someone that owes back taxes, once they do it’s nearly impossible to get away from them. Instead of thinking that you can simply ignore them or sweep the situation under the rug, you need to take the appropriate actions to make sure the debt is paid off as it’s the only way to get the IRS to go away. Chances are if you talk to the IRS, you’ll be able to work out some sort of repayment plan. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 14:36:33

Behind the Gambit in the A.S.C.-Xerox Deal

DealBook’s Andrew Ross Sorkin makes the case that the uptick in the stock market and the slow return of credit are reviving the mergers and acquisitions market. The question, however, is not whether the M.&A. market will revive, but instead whether everyone will simply go back to the old party and its bad practices. The question arises yet again as a result of Darwin Deason’s latest gambit. Mr. Deason is the chairman of Affiliated Computer Services, and owns a near-controlling stake in the company. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 20:26:36

Filing for Bankruptcy Chapter 13

A lot of people end up looking at bankruptcy chapter 13 when they get into financial difficulties out of which they simple can’t find a way out. Most of them choose to file a bankruptcy chapter 13 where the court will take your entire claimed debts and find you a plan for repayment that matches with what you can actually afford. If you are on the verge of bankruptcy, you should first explore the various bankruptcy alternatives available. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 13:17:05

Top Bankruptcy Alternatives You Can Choose

If you are considering filing bankruptcy, you know that it feels like the hardest decision you’ve probably ever made. There are many questions - whether it will really help you get a fresh financial start, what the credit results are after bankruptcy, how bad it will be for your financial future, whether it’s really the right thing to do now. Finding out more about bankruptcy is the only way to determine for yourself whether it’s right for you. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 08:14:19

D-Notice 5

Mark Hollingsworth Investigates The McCann Files Disillusioned with the Portuguese police, Gerry and Kate McCann turned to private detectives to find their missing daughter. Instead the efforts of the private eyes served only to scare off witnesses, waste funds and raise false hopes. Mark Hollingsworth investigates the investigators. by Mark Hollingsworth It was billed as a ‘significant development’ in the exhaustive search for Madeleine McCann. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 11:56:00

The Sun came up 20 years ago…and quickly set

Gone…and largely forgottenTwenty years ago today , a bold — and ultimately foolish — experiment in journalism officially was launched when the St. Louis Sun published its first edition. As the Sun’s local columnist, I had a front-row seat.I also had a front-row seat seven months later when The Sun folded. But I never had as much fun working as I did in those seven months. Maybe if we’d had less fun….ah, never mind.The Sun was the brainchild of Ralph M. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 19:08:04

who asked you ?

http://www.slate.com/id/2229767/?from=rs… Q : More than 10 years ago, when I was a recent college graduate, I stole about $3,000 from my employer…. I lawyered up, and since there was relatively little evidence, the matter was dropped…I still cannot shake the feelings of guilt over this incident. Obviously, I don’t want to go to jail, and an arrest would ruin my current life. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 13:39:27

Good Byes and Handshakes

Part of the supporting cast, I landed this role, but I've never been handed a script. The camera keeps rolling while I make shit up ... of words keep drifting through the mind. Like debt load, financial obligations, credit card, interest ... I'm not getting it? No one has really filled me in on that. Guess it would either mean a lawyer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:45:00

ScamBuste 286

NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract payment. Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 08:54:51

Reinventing America

America faces serious challenges to maintain its storied status quo. Hurdles include a sinking economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rising cost of education, global warming, a crumbling infrastructure and American workers with uncertain futures. Trendwatchers are more acutely aware of these issues than most, but they’re also more hopeful [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:40:59

Learn More About Bankruptcy Credit Cards

by John Steed At the time when a person or organization is incapable or debilitated to reimburse his debtors, ... debtors to proceed without the assistance of an advocate. This is attributed by the mechanism involved ... in court or not. These actions can be reached at through consultations with debt advisors who know how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:30:26

Credit Cards Dealing With Bankruptcy

by John Steed When a person or organization or institution files for bankruptcy, it is not always because they are unable to pay their creditors ... . The commonest of these are the institutions that offer credit card facilities. The advantage of going ... from giving credit. Most of them may have experts who can assess the ability of any debtor to pay [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:27:17

Stopping Foreclosure On A Biz

The Wall Street Journal: What options you have at this point depend largely on the severity of your financial situation and how you’ve tried ... with the bank or lender early — long before you get any warning notices — when you’re unable to repay ... . If a bank thinks it will get more of the money you owe by making it easier for you to repay, it might [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 15:08:57

Wall Street Bonuses: Are Junk Bonds Illegal?

Credit Suisse yesterday announced a bonus plan for 2008 that, depending on whom you ask, is either brilliant, or heartless, or heartlessly brilliant ... loan blows up. Devalued debt is actually an investment opportunity right now–private-equity firms, including that of Nelson Peltz, are investing in distressed debt. Credit Suisse has marked the debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 13:35:00

Ethics Exam

I have often wondered (never having been to business school myself) what happens in the interim between one's MBA ethics classes and the real world execution of fraud, cheating and malfeasance. Does one's conscience (if they ever had one) merely extinguish one day under the incessant pressure of keeping up with the Paul Tudor-Jones', [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:12:00

Banks Supposedly Will Cut Consumer Credit Card Lines by $931 Billion if Reforms Mandated

There is a rather amusing story at the Financial Times tonight, "Credit card reforms ‘to cost banks billions’". Let's look at the particulars ... from customers. But how much more are the credit card issuers making due to the tremendous drop in funding ... . The story is based on a study by law firm Morrison & Forester which concluded that banks [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 01:59:42

Uncle Sam’s 16% Return: How Treasury’s Bank Investments Are Making Money

Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is getting a better return than most fund managers this year. ... yesterday that the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program has had a gain of about $8 billion ... . With this type of stimulus, there will be little, if any, long-term increase in the debt.” TARP [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:37:00

The Bubble Was Bound To Break

WCSH 6 reports from Maine. “2008 was a difficult year for real estate on many fronts ... s now been resolved. But if the problem is your mortgage went up to more than you can afford, (Chapter ... A Manchester woman who owns a courier business got into debt after her gas expenses spiked to $1,500 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:37:16

Personal Decisons When Filing Personal Bankruptcy

by Grace Holt Unemployment has reached a fourteen-year high. Bankruptcies in Florida are no exception ... walking away form debt becomes a moral decision. This is especially true in the Christian community ... citizens to function. Drowning in debt will never produce productive citizens. Is bankruptcy right [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:14:46

Libel tourism Stifles Free Speech

Are English courts stifling free speech around the world? Edward Lucas examined this problem in the Economist, on January 8, 2009 ... by default, leaving their victims humiliated and massively in debt.  There is another side ... as part of an undisclosed settlement. Mr Akhmetov then won another judgment, undefended, against [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 01:46:31

Mondays With Bob Greene: I think that Justine’s comeback is good news for women’s tennis

STARS Albert Montanes won the BCR Open Romania, beating Juan Monaco 7-6 (2) 7-6 (6) in Bucharest, Romania Gael Monfils beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (1) 3-6 6-2 to win the Open de Moselle in Metz, France Kimiko Date - Krumm Kimiko Date Krumm beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-3 to win the Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, Korea Shahar Peer won the Tashkent Open, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3 6-4 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Arantxa Parra-Santonja beat Alexandra Dulgheru [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 17:19:58

Personal Bankruptcy and Tough Decisions

by Grace Holt Deciding to file bankruptcy is not an easy decision for most people. Bankruptcies in Florida are no exception ... . For many walking away form debt becomes a moral decision. This is especially true in the Christian ... productive citizens to function. Drowning in debt will never produce productive citizens [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:54:24

Slavery: Former slaves struggle to adapt and their rights continue to be “neglected at best, trampled at worst.”

Hundreds of former slaves have relocated to a desert plot they named SawapTwo years after more than 100 former slave families left their village in ... serious problems to obtain authorisation to settle where they are now. It is an issue of land rights ... Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdellahi intervened to help settle the families in 2006.Commune member Semette [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:40:00

My Boyfriend’s Mother

Since the BF grew up here in Phoenix, his immediate family (mom, dad, and brother) still live here ... of dollars from the BF and didn’t pay it back until the BF paid a lawyer to send a letter to the brother ... . About a year ago, the BF asked his mom for help.  He had accumulated some credit card debt in grad school [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:05:23

Personal Bankruptcy and Tough Decisions

by Grace Holt Deciding to file bankruptcy is not an easy decision for most people. Bankruptcies in Florida are no exception ... decision for many You have been taught to pay what you owe. For many walking away form debt becomes ... . Drowning in debt will never produce productive citizens. There is no law that says you cannot pay [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 09:21:59

Assessing Your Debt Situation

If your debt problems are behind you and you’re only concerned with cleaning up your credit report, skip ahead to Chapter 4, ... hassled by a collection agency, see Chapter 3, Section D. If you face an emergency, act on it at once ... into rebuilding your credit, take care of any financial emergencies. Then you should tally up your debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:45:55

Wednesday morning links

#fullpost{display:inline;}TOP STORIESGMAC loosens credit to make vehicles easier to buy - APFed to start buying mortgage securities next month - MarketWatchChinese shares end 2008 down 65 percent - APMadoff Will File List of Assets Today, Lawyer Says - BloombergCreative borrowing catches up with California cities - LA TimesJames K. Galbraith [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 14:19:00

Can Wesley Snipes's Evil Genius Lawyers Help You Live the Tax-Evading Hollywood Dream? [Celeb Jurisprudence]

We've heard of (and often tried) a lot of ways to ladder-climb in Hollywood, but "superstar tax-evasion defense attorney" ... a "good-faith" offer to defray his tax debt on three misdemeanor charges — unprecedentedly dropped ... the attorneys up to have their historic cake and eat it, too. And to hear Bernhoft and Barnes tell [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 18:20:07

Loose Lips Daily: Spoiling for Another Gun Fight?

As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. And get LL Daily sent straight to your inbox every morning! IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—”Lottery Contract Vote Liveblog!“; “Fenty’s Council Liaison Leaving in January“; [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 16:21:15

Truthout 1/15

Justice Dept.: Missing White House Emails Found http://www.truthout.org/011509A R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post: "A Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge yesterday that the Bush administration will meet its legal requirement to transfer e-mails to the National Archives after spending more than $10 million to locate 14 million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:33:03

GRENADA FOR SALE! By Sandra C.A. Ferguson

CAVEATThe following Spice Isle-based message is rather intriguing from the point of view in that there are parallels to how Graeme Hall Sanctuary remains closed while the Advocate, CBC, VOB and the Nation remain silent on how the one-year old DLP regime has said nothing about the fate of the potential National Park, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:03:00

Will Thomas Tamm Be Prosecuted?

by Debbie Schlussel Thomas Tamm, a former Bush Justice Department lawyer, says he's the one who leaked to the New York Times and other news media, the existence of the Bush terrorist surveillance program. He's outed himself as some sort of hero to Newsweek. But he's no hero at all. Saboteur is the nicest appropriate word [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 16:22:46

Legal News - LexBlogosphere: 1/15/09

Blogging experts often times talk about keeping one's personal life out of professional writing ... Wrist - Chicago lawyer Patrick J. Lamb of Valorem Law Group at his blog, In Search of Perfect Client ... Releases Guidance Comparing New FMLA Regulations with Connecticut FMLA Rules - Hartford lawyer Daniel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:59:44

Richard John Neuhaus: Catholic Public Intellectual and Pastoral Evangelist

In 1984, when Richard John Neuhaus published The Naked Public Square, people of faith inspired by religious principles were in grave danger of being turned away from the table of public intellectual discourse.  A secularist “hold on mainstream thinking,” as Michael McConnell would later describe it, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:29:04

Laura Axelrod on Debt

I'm certain this blog post will speak to a lot of playwrights, aspiring or otherwise ... reasons I quit theater. I was too ashamed at the time to admit it. It's taboo to talk about debt ... into debt and does become a success, very few of us will be able to pay down the accrued debt without [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:55:00

Exclusive interview with Hedge Fund Chief David Mueller

Hedge Fund Chief David Mueller sat down yesterday with Bureau Chief Juniper Leamington of The Mop and Pail for an intimate, tough, exclusive, hard-nosed interview about his family, his legacy and why he won’t be raising another fund and is retiring from the hedge fund industry. At it’s peak, Mr. Mueller’s firm had $8.7 billion under management. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 03:18:04

Seek The Help Of A Bankruptcy Lawyer

Many people are forced to file bankruptcy each year, often due to no real fault of their own. It is all too easy to go into debt when you are working and making good money, but what happens ... t go into debt just to see what you could buy and then file bankruptcy on all of your creditors, but, through [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:40:05

Focus on reader comments #4

You all know a lot more than I do, and it’s often shown in the quality of your comments. So from time-to-time I like to feature a few of your thoughts, both for the benefit of those who don’t follow the discussions, and as a small thank you. Here’s the fourth in my ‘focus on reader comments’ series. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 10:10:44

13 Years, 16 Lawyers, 10 Judges, No Divorce Settlement

In 2001, a Florida court awarded Marlene Forand a $240,000 divorce settlement, plus $6,000 per month in permanent alimony and attorney’s fees, ... e-mails. She sent one to Haas: “Why should I suffer and have to pay attorney’s fees to make him pay for what was already ordained in the Florida court? I’m still left holding the debt from the marriage [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 12:09:24

Holiday Notes

I'm enjoying a year-end break, trying to relax without to much computer usage-- just doing lots of reading, baking pies, and today, watching it snow! But here's a little update on how the holidays went: First of all, my father was in the hospital the whole time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 00:00:07

The Morning Wrap

BACKING OUT: Altanta-based King & Spalding, reportedly in talks for weeks to acquire a significant portion of Thacher Proffitt & Wood, is no longer pursuing the acquisition, a lawyer familiar with the negotiations tells The American Lawyer. For King & Spalding, the bank debt and lease exposure of an outright acquisition was too [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 13:14:51

Thoughts for a Monday Morning

Smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following an Israeli air strike on Monday.Remember Gaza - One of History's Terror Bombing VictimsHistory's terror bombings. This article reviews some of the most infamous:-- Guernica - 1937;-- the London Blitz - 1940 - 41;-- Dresden - 1945;-- Tokyo - 1945;-- Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 1945;-- North Korea - 1950 - 53; [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:40:00

Will $500,000 earmark for controversial ministry be used to fight voodoo and Satan in Haiti?

NOTE FROM PAM: One of the contributors to Dump Michele Bachmann, Ken Avidor, has been putting together quite an expose on Minnesota Teen Challenge, a ministry of the Assemblies of God that has been tapped to receive a $500K earmark of your tax dollars thanks to Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:11:34

Equal Justice Works Launches Student Debt Relief Podcast

If you are graduating from college soon and worried that your career options are limited due to your staggering student loan burden, ... of Law, Equal Justice Works has launched its first podcast show on the topic of student debt relief ... hurdles for any person entering a public service career is student loan debt – and law school grads may [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 17:53:00

Bush Sold Handshake to “Pardon Guy” Isaac Toussie’s Dad

The White House has been saying Bush didn't know that Robert Toussie, the father of briefly-pardoned real estate scammer Isaac Toussie, was a GOP donor. Unfortunately, the picture of Our Fearless Leader shaking hands with the gentleman now appears to have been taken at the fundraiser Toussie wrote the check for [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:30:42

Is Filing Bankruptcy for you?

The cost of bankruptcy is a very important factor in determining whether or not it is right for you. If you need to declare bankruptcy, the cost to do so is going to be a difficult thing to overcome since you don't want to end up in more debt than you already are, and it can be difficult enough to recover as it already is. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 16:28:19

Learning About The Costs of Bankruptcy

The cost of bankruptcy is a very important factor in determining whether or not it is right for you. If you need to declare bankruptcy, the cost to do so is going to be a difficult thing to overcome since you don't want to end up in more debt than you already are, and it can be difficult enough to recover as it already is. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 16:36:26

Who Knew Personal Finances Could Be So Sexy and Fabulous

Skinnydebtdiet_finances Today, for Finances day on the Skinny Debt Diet, I have dived into the world of the personal finance blogs and wowza, ... months she has managed to eliminate $17k in debt from her shopaholic days. krystalatwork has a size zero debt! Very impressive. She is tracking the building of a retirement portfolio and a travel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:19:51

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