Ms. Janice Brenman is a former prosecutor who was in private practice in Los Angeles from 2001 to 2012 representing nearly 8,000 individuals in over 42 states. She also did 9th Circuit Federal Appeals from 2007 to 2012. She has commented in major legal publications on the subject of legal reform and celebrity influence on the legal system...
Read moreNext Thursday marks the arrival of Thanksgiving in the United States. For some family and friends, it is the one opportunity during the year to break bread. The historical significance of the holiday is often supplanted by usual rituals of ingestion (sometimes indigestion) and merriment. Thanksgiving’s roots during the early colonization of North America are religiously based, primarily modeled on the harvest festivals prevalent in Europe. The traditions revolving around Thanksgiving’s early followers usually commemorate safe passage to Colonial America and Canada, or, sharing the harvest between native and settler. It wasn’t until the outbreak of World War II when FDR signed a bill making Thanksgiving a national holiday. Thank you, Mr. President! Lady Justice would like to wish everyone a safe, happy, and healthy holiday season.
After 13 days of deliberation, the jury returned a verdict in the drug conspiracy trial against defendants Howard K. Stern, Dr. Kristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor. The jury alerted Judge Perry that they reached a decision and read the verdicts yesterday afternoon. The jury first announced the acquittal of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor on all charges. Shortly after, the jury announced that Howard K. Stern had been found guilty on two felony counts of conspiracy – giving false names and acting by fraud to obtain prescriptions. Smith’s psychiatrist Dr. Khristine Eroshevich was convicted of the same two conspiracy charges and was also found guilty on two additional charges of “prescribing and furnishing sedatives and opiates to an addict.” Sentencing for Stern and Eroshevich is scheduled for January 6, 2011. A spokeswoman from the District Attorney’s office indicated that “both defendants are looking at possible maximum of at least three years in state prison.” Stay tuned for more analysis on the case and this interesting verdict!