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
To the Point
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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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
Left, Right & Center
How was the trip? President Trump's travels got less fun as he went from the Middle East to Europe.
To the Point
Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
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Who's to blame for the opioid crisis? Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.