Attorney with Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley
Celebrity attorney with Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley in Los Angeles, California and co-chair of its entertainment group
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Richard Charnley
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FROM Richard Charnley
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Will Borat's Release Forms Prevent a Slew of Lawsuits? A new mock-documentary is making big money, but some of its unwitting co-stars claim they were duped into making fools of themselves for the entertainment of others. Now a court has taken notice of their complaints. Borat , which is on track to earn more than $100 million, stars zany British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen masquerading as a journalist from Kazakhstan who wants to know more about American life. Yesterday, a Los Angeles County Judge viewed a scene featuring two South Carolina fraternity brothers.
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.