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A regular compilation about the law and legal news from Glen Ashman, who has been a municipal judge since 1988 and a lawyer since 1980
By Glen Ashman

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Last Entry: March 24, 2011 at 11:49:36

Judge Snorted Cocaine with Stripper

Posted on October 06, 2010
FBI bust top U.S. judge buying drugs for his stripper girlfriend Daily Mail Oct 5, 2010 A top US judge has been caught in an undercover 'sting' operation while allegedly trying to buy drugs for his stripper girlfriend Judge's Gun, Drug Charges Rock Legal Community MyFox Atlanta ATLANTA - Atlanta's Legal community is still reeling over the arrest of US District Court Judge Jack Camp...

MasterCard, Visa Agree to Settle Case

Posted on October 04, 2010
MasterCard, Visa Agree to Settle Antitrust Claims National Law Journal U.S. Justice Department officials said today they had reached a settlement with two major credit card companies and are planning to take a third company to court over the companies' agreements with merchants...

Judge hands out condoms hidden in acorns

Posted on October 02, 2010
Judge hands out condoms hidden in acorns AP ? Wed Sep 29, 9:08 pm ET HARRISBURG, Pa. - Police said a district judge from Intercourse, Pa., hid condoms inside acorns and handed them out to women in the state Capitol complex last week. A summary charge of disorderly conduct was filed Tuesday against Isaac H...

McDonald's sandwich "explodes",burns man

Posted on September 24, 2010
Fla. man settles McDonald's suit over hot sandwich AP ? Thu Sep 23, 3:28 pm ET ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Florida man has settled his $2 million lawsuit against a McDonald's restaurant in southwest Virginia that allegedly served him a chicken sandwich that exploded with hot grease...

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Top lenders forged foreclosure paperwork

Posted on September 23, 2010
Foreclosure fraud - top lender caught forging legal foreclosure documents Washington Post - Some of the nation's largest mortgage companies used a single document processor who said he signed off on foreclosures without having read the paperwork - an admission that may open the door for homeowners across the country to challenge foreclosure proceedings...

Justice Scalie: Women have no rights

Posted on September 22, 2010
Supreme Court Justice Scalia Takes On Women's Rights Time.com Leave it to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to argue that the Constitution does not, in fact, bar sex discrimination. Even though the court has said for decades that the equal-protection clause protects women (and, for that matter, men) from sex discrimination, the outspoken, controversial Scalia claimed late last week that women's equality is entirely up to the political branches...

Deadbeat dad or greedy kids?

Posted on August 26, 2010
Jury: No back child support for billionaire's kids LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A jury on Thursday rejected a claim by billionaire real estate mogul Donald Bren's two adult children for $134 million in retroactive child support. The unusual case was a high-stakes contest between one of the nation's richest men and the children he fathered during a 13-year affair with Jennifer McKay Gold, who brought the lawsuit on behalf of her children when they were minors...

Judge Wants to Sever Man's Spinal Cord

Posted on August 19, 2010
Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment AP ? CAIRO - A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man's spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted of attacking another man with a cleaver and paralyzing him, the brother of the victim said Thursday

Court: Lying is legal

Posted on August 17, 2010
Appeals court: Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional AP ? PASADENA, Calif. - A federal appeals court panel in California says people have a right to lie about receiving military medals

Lawyer Forged Judge's Signature

Posted on August 13, 2010
Lawyer Forged Judge's Signature STOCKBRIDGE, GA -- When does a lawyer need a lawyer? They need a lawyer when they break their vow to uphold the law. That's what the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Stockbridge Attorney Lynn Swank did. Swank, who has been practicing law for 35 years in Georgia, was accused of forging Fulton Superior Court Judge Gail Tusan's signature on adoption papers...

Are banks liable for ATM robberies?

Posted on August 09, 2010
Attorney Holds Banks Up to Liability for ATM RobberiesThe National Law JournalA Georgia attorney is on a mission to hold banks accountable for crimes committed at ATMs and night deposit boxes. He is relying largely on the Bank Protection Act of 1968, which requires banks to establish minimum security guidelines "to discourage robberies, burglaries and robberies...

Pucker Up!

Posted on August 07, 2010
Oregon girl not bitter after lemonade stir AP ? PORTLAND, Ore. ? After a county inspector squeezed out a kid's lemonade business, so many Oregonians puckered up in disgust that the county chairman had to pour on a little sugar. The apology sweetened up some sour feelings and made 7-year-old Julie Murphy eligible to resume selling her Kool-Aid and water concoction for 50 cents a cup...

Lying for sex ? old sin means jail time

Posted on July 28, 2010
Lying for sex ? old sin means jail time in Israel AP ? Wed Jul 28, 7:48 am ET JERUSALEM - Lying for sex. It happens all the time. Yet a married Palestinian man has been ordered jailed for 18 months for having sex with an Israeli woman after giving her the impression he too was Jewish, as well as single and interested in a relationship...

Daughter: Don't vote for my dad as judge

Posted on July 27, 2010
Daughter urges Okla. voters to not vote for father AP ? Mon Jul 26, 9:14 pm ET OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma judicial candidate is fending off a political attack from his daughter, who has taken out a local newspaper ad urging voters: "Do not vote for my dad!" McClain County judicial hopeful John Mantooth's daughter and son-in-law paid for the quarter-page advertisement, which features a picture of the daughter's family, highlights cases in which Mantooth has been sued and lists a website the couple started, http://www...

Lawyer burglarizes client's home

Posted on July 24, 2010
Fla. lawyer accused of vandalizing client's home AP ? Fri Jul 23, 3:15 pm ET LONGWOOD, Fla. - A lawyer was accused of burglarizing the home of a client who filed a complaint against him with the Florida Bar. Albert Ford II was being held on charges of burglary to a structure causing damage, grand theft, criminal mischief and burglary to an occupied dwelling...

Child-identity theft increases

Posted on July 19, 2010
Child-identity theft increases Atlanta Journal-Constitution ? Sat Jul 17, 12:01 pm ET ...For more young adults, plans and hopes are being dashed because they are unwitting victims of identity theft at the hands of someone they know, usually their parents...

The Deadbeat Rich

Posted on July 09, 2010
Report: Rich become big mortgage defaulters AJCThe rich have stopped paying the mortgage at a rate that far exceeds the rest of the population, the New York Times is reporting. More than one in seven homeowners with loans in excess of a million dollars are seriously delinquent, according to data compiled for The New York Times by the real estate firm CoreLogic...

How do cases get won in court?

Posted on July 07, 2010
This one quote from the late Melvin Belli may sum it up well: "A lawyer's performance in the courtroom is responsible for about 25 percent of the outcome; the remaining 75 percent depends on the facts." Melvin Belli

We lawyers are nice guys. Really.

Posted on June 24, 2010
New Head of Trial Lawyers Group Plans Charm OffensiveNew York Law JournalThe incoming president of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association plans to redouble the group's efforts to convince New Yorkers that attorneys representing injured plaintiffs ultimately make life safer for everyone...

Should Retired Justices Be Called Back?

Posted on June 16, 2010
Should Retired Justices Be Called Back to Supreme Court? National Law Journal Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is thinking about proposing legislation that would allow a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice to sit in a case when a current justice has recused ? in what would be a major shift in how the Court operates...

Bra causes headache for lawyer

Posted on June 14, 2010
Bra causes headache for lawyer visiting Miami jail AP ? Sun Jun 13, 8:41 am ET MIAMI - An attorney claims she couldn't visit her client at a South Florida detention center because of the undergarment she was wearing. The attorney said an underwire bra set off a metal detector at the Miami Federal Detention Center earlier this month...

What Not to Do to a Jury Summons

Posted on June 11, 2010
Obscenities-laden jury summons gets man in trouble AP ? Wed Jun 9, 9:06 pm ET YUMA, Ariz. - An Arizona man who bluntly expressed his displeasure about being called to jury duty has landed himself in legal hot water. Timothy Michael Jones was ordered to appear Tuesday in court to explain why he sent back a jury questionnaire with obscenities written in black marker...

U-Haul Conspired to Fix Prices

Posted on June 09, 2010
U-Haul Settles FTC Charges for Trying to Fix Prices National Law Journal U-Haul International Inc. today settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that it tried to fix prices for truck rentals with its closest competitor. U-Haul and its parent company Amerco were charged with violating Section 5 of the FTC Act for inviting Avis Budget Group, Inc...

Woman judge, court clerk shot dead

Posted on June 03, 2010
Woman judge, court clerk shot dead in Brussels BRUSSELS (AFP) - A man shot dead a female magistrate and a court clerk in a Brussels courtroom on Thursday before fleeing the scene, justice minister Stefaan De Clerck announced.

Bumped from your flight?

Posted on May 31, 2010
Govt to hit airlines harder for bumping passengers DALLAS (AP) ? Giving up your airline seat may become a little less painful. Federal officials are expected to announce this week a plan to raise the maximum amount that airlines must pay passengers who get bumped off an oversold flight, currently at $400 or $800 depending on how long a trip is delayed...

CreditOne Rips Off Credit Card Customers

Posted on May 30, 2010
Credit Card Company Charges Man $35 For 34 Cent Mix Up Sat May 29, 12:39 pm ET WSB-TV ATLANTA -- How do you turn 34 cents into 35 bucks? One credit card company did it to an Atlanta man. Credit One...send(s) a paper statement, but still you have the option of doing everything online...

Looks Sway Court Decisions

Posted on May 22, 2010
Looks Sway Court Decisions LiveScience.com ? Fri May 21, 8:20 pm ET Although justice is supposed to be "blind," a new study finds that attractiveness influences conviction and sentence length. Cornell University researchers found that unattractive defendants are 22 percent more likely to be convicted, and tend to get hit with longer, harsher sentences - with an average of 22 months longer in prison recommended by the study's participants...

Damn It, You (Bleep) !

Posted on May 15, 2010
U.S. rights group sues to protect right to swear Reuters ? Fri May 14, 2:36 pm ET PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An American rights group is suing the police in Pennsylvania for issuing tickets, which carry a jail sentence, to people for swearing. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which filed the lawsuits earlier, argues that the right to use profanity is protected by the U...

Should Judges care?

Posted on May 15, 2010
Justice questions way court nominees are grilled AP ? Fri May 14, 3:54 pm ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Justice Anthony Kennedy decried the way some senators question Supreme Court nominees, defended President Barack Obama's pursuit of empathetic judges and rebutted the idea of activist courts in a speech...

Meet the next Supreme Court justice

Posted on May 10, 2010
AP source: Obama chooses Kagan for Supreme Court WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, a person familiar with the president's thinking said Sunday night. ------------------ Kagan had rapid ascent to high court nomination WASHINGTON (AP) ? Solicitor General Elena Kagan would be the first person in 38 years to join the Supreme Court without first serving as a judge...

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