Lindsay Lohan...enters rehab! Toxic friends shunned! Shapiro to head up defense!

Lindsay's once-healthy glow!

Amid a swirl of speculation, Lindsay Lohan "checked into" a respected rehab facility yesterday afternoon with a copy of "Toxic Friends" tightly grasped in hand.

Uh-huh.

In the old days, insider-druggies were referred to as enablers - but, oh! - how the times have changed.

Now that Ms. Lohan has dumped former legal counsel, celebrity lawyer Shapiro (of O.J. Simpson fame) has stepped up to the plate to try to bat a 100 for the troubled starlet desperately seeking a get-out-of-jail-free card.

Rumors abound that the "Mean Girls" star is pinning her hopes on smooth-talking Shaprio to convince the Judge to forego on the slammer so that LL may continue on at rehab a girl uninterrupted.

I expect Lohan anticipates that Her Honor will have a short memory and won't take the part-ay girl to task in respect to disrespectful scribbled texts (Fu** you) subtly etched on her pampered nails last time before the bench warmer which hinted at her contempt for the court.

Does Shapiro have the chutzpah to pull it off?

The clinic - Pickford Lofts - was set up Shapiro, after his son Brent died of a drug overdose in 2005.

Shapiro will spin legal magic!

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Steve Cooley...responds to my letters! Typical snake in the legal profession...

At long last, Steve Cooley (District Attorney pining for loftier climbs on the political landscape) responded to two letters I fired off by U.S. post weeks ago (one by certified mail obviously got his attention).

Cooley finally got off his fat a** - and the campaign trail - long enough to earn part of the check he draws from the City's coffers each week.

It wasn't until I published an expose on the District Attorney's office that the self-serving DA bothered to give me the courtesy of a reply.

Til now.

Post: 05/03/10

http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2010/05/roman-polanskisallegations-about-steve.html

Maybe all the comments on the post uttered up by his enemies was starting to make Cooley nervous?

Initially, I contacted Mr. Cooley to inform him about incompetent staff at the DA's office, intimidation tactics (employees in the DA's office have been twisting arms to extract money from victims under threat of prosecution), a refusal by staff to correct records when the true facts and evidence are submitted to the DA's office, a conspiracy to cover-up worker miscoduct, etc.

In essence, citizens are being victimized by power-mad lawyers looking to move up in the DA's office..

Mr. Cooley's response was typical of a lawyer in that it was brimming with lies and deceit, vigorous attempts to twist the facts (to his advantage), rife with legal hokus-pokus and distortions of the truth, and shameful posturing calculated to save his own a**.

Typical of these sharks (the attorneys who wear the black hats) Mr. Cooley side-stepped the issues which would have landed him on dangerous ground.

Of course, these issues related to the criminal conduct of his staff.

I guess he didn't want to leave any smoking guns lying around.

Also, he failed to address the issue of his staff ignoring my letters, and engaging in threatening and harassing conduct, which may warrant investigation by the FBI.

Cooley couldn't utter up one word in his staff's defense.

Why?

Because in view of the evidence in my possession, there is no way out for his employees.

The arguments he presented on a couple of other matters demonstrated to me that Mr. Cooley does not have a "head" for Law (or anything else for that matter).

His flimsy excuses - and attempts to wash away the truth - was a ludicrous smoke-and-mirrors trick to scare me off.

As Judge Judy would say:

"Do I have stupid written on my forehead?"

A snake should be tattoed on Mr. Cooley's.

Footnote

On June 7th a response letter was mailed to Cooley by U.S. Post (witnessed by a 3rd party).

I'll keep readers posted on Cooley's continued efforts to protect his staff and corrupt the system.

Polanski was hood-winked by lying cheating DA staff!

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Vioxx Settlement...a fraud perpetrated on the American people!

After a few skirmishes in the courts with litigants over allegations that the intake of VIOXX resulted in life-threatening ailments, the manufacturer - Merck - agreed to a settlement with the claimants.

In the wake of that landmark announcement last year, the pharmaceutical giant proceeded to rehabilitate its image, claimants scrambled to sign the paperwork, and attorneys rubbed their hands with glee over the spoils to come.

In recent days, there have been grumblings from claimants that Merck has not been following through on their promise.

Moreover, as the accountants get ready to divvy up the pie, it appears that - as usual - the sharks (lawyers) will gobble up the lion's share of the settlement money, while needy claimants end up with a few crumbs or - in some cases - nothing at all.

Claimants started to get nervous late in the summer when checks were not forthcoming.

After all, a few months earlier they signed off on the agreement with the understanding that payments would make their way into their hands in August (2008).

Today, some are still twiddling their thumbs, waiting for their checks to arrive.

Are they in the mail?

Heck, no!

Now there is a new twist to the ongoing deception.

Some claimants have received confusing notices from claims administrators (Mr. Brown at BrownGreer with offices back East) and high-powered law firms handling the litigation in the local courts (Khorrami Pollard Abir LLP; Kabateck Brown Kellner) advising them that there is a "deficiency" in their paperwork which must be cured, otherwise their claim(s) will be in jeopardy.

The legally-binding document is deceptive on its face because it is not meant to resolve any deficiency at all, but rather, to trick the claimant into signing a "dismissal" of their lawsuit pending in the U.S. Courts.

A couple of wise old owls figured that one out and have informed Brown (claims office) that they don't intend to dismiss the suit until he produces two things: a release and - the obvious - a draft the sum agreed to.

But, the scurrilous conduct of the lawyers handling the settlements extends further.

Victims of the VIOXX fiasco have also been mailed "lien" documents.

A cover letter urges the addressee (claimant) to sign the paperwork to ensure that no problems arise (or delays occur) in the final stages of the settlement process.

In reality, signing the "lien" documents, guarantees that doctors and/or medical facilities - and lawyers who handled the litigation and subsequent claims - receive their fees upfront before the claimant receives their settlement check!

If anything is left, that is.

Claimants I have spoken to are suspicious and holding back on those signatures.

Frankly, I don't blame them.

Complaints directed to the Judge presiding over the case in Los Angeles (Victoria Chaney) have not triggered any investigation, or appropriate action, whatsoever.

Is it possible that the female Jurist is taking money from Merck under the "bargaining" table or does she have a cushy pact with the heavyweight law firms involved that guarantees her a cut to keep her yap shut?

News at 11!

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