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I'm not sure what you call it when a psychic commits fraud. Some would say that all "psychics" are frauds. Sylvia Browne is supposedly one of the world's best psychics, but this story by CNN from January shows differently.

... must present definite, competent evidence in rebuttal." Butts v. Aurora Health Care, Inc., 387 F.3d 921, 924 (7th Cir. 2004). The party with the burden of ... from LaPorte Police Officer Paul Brettin, who indicated he had questioned Mr. Brown about his activities at Stone Lake and believed that because of the continued police presence ... also directed staff at the gatehouse entrance to Washington Park to keep a log of Mr. Brown's visits to the park. Washington Park staff informed Michigan City police ...

... to work in-house at corporate clients such as United Airlines parent UAL Corp. and Kraft Foods Inc. But there is a catch: The associates' pay is reduced to $60,000 plus benefits, from about $160,000, and the ... Brands Inc., Baxter International Inc. and W.W. Grainger Inc. according to the Tribune. "The vast majority took the job offer," said Paul Crimmins, a Mayer Brown partner who coordinated the program. "I really think it's a good situation for the associates because the job market is so tough ...

... Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, on behalf of "all persons employed by First Student, Inc. as drivers and/or dispatchers at its terminal in Little Rock, Arkansas at any time from August ... lawsuit filed on behalf of bus drivers and dispatchers employed by First Student, Inc., which describes itself on its website as "North America's leading school bus ... C. Christopher Brown of Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, states, "The conduct we have seen in these cases and across First Student, Inc.'s ...

... v. L'Oreal USA, Inc. 406 F.3d 905 (7th Cir.2005), which -- like the trial court in the James Brown case -- was the second decision on ... preempted. A later decision by the Ninth Circuit in Laws v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., 448 F.3d 1134 (9th Cir. 2006), reached the opposite conclusion ... , constitute fixed work on the Internet in that the "licenses" result in a tangible photograph to the end user. Brown distinguishes Laws, noting that there, the plaintiff had contractually released control and ...

... v. L'Oreal USA, Inc. 406 F.3d 905 (7th Cir.2005), which -- like the trial court in the James Brown case -- was the second decision on ... preempted. A later decision by the Ninth Circuit in Laws v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., 448 F.3d 1134 (9th Cir. 2006), reached the opposite conclusion ... , constitute fixed work on the Internet in that the "licenses" result in a tangible photograph to the end user. Brown distinguishes Laws, noting that there, the plaintiff had contractually released control and ...

... The Delaware Law Weekly, at which time I will also post it on these pages. I also just saw Professor's Brown list of 5 cases from 2008 that he uses to support his unabashedly unflattering views of Delaware law. Here is ... or so), but until someone else picks up the baton, I offer the following cases to counterbalance the list offered by Professor Brown. I invite others to suggest other cases that they would rather see in my "top 5 list". In Cargill, Inc. v. JWH Special Circumstance, LLC, (Del. Ch ...

... insurance recovery practice. The purported merger talks are surprising from one standpoint: Mayer Brown was significantly more profitable than Heller last year, with $1.3 million ... charges in connection with his representation of the failed commodities and derivatives firm Refco Inc. The firm was not charged, and Mr. Collins has said he is innocent ... large law firms," William Brennan, a law-firm consultant with Altman Weil, Inc., told the Law Blog. "By the end of the year, we expect some mega mergers ...

... 's lesser known lacrosse talents and his induction into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Also, the lawsuit claims that Brown's acting prowess, literary skills, and social activism, make him a widely recognized public ... competition in violation of Bus. & Prof. Code §17200. The case is James "Jim" Brown v. Electronic Arts, Inc., CV 09-1598 MMM (C.D. Cal. 2009). PRACTICE NOTE: It appears that in July of 2008, Jim Brown filed a similar lawsuit in New York state court. Although I have not been able to ...

... my article's theory, but here is one. In March, Collins and Mayer Brown were dismissed form the shareholder lawsuit for securities fraud in the Southern District of New York. ... 78u-4(b)) and Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., 552 U.S. __, 128 S. Ct. 761 (2008). After Central ... that because these statements were not attributed directly to Collins and Mayer Brown, these defendants were as remote to the investors as the defendants in Stoneridge. Even though these documents ...