Law & Justice
11/30/07 by Mike Paul | Entertainment, Law & Justice | No Comments »
I was interviewed on Wednesday morning on Fox Business Channel’s morning show about the Jackson 5 reunion concert tour which is being planned for 2008. The major questions: Will Michael Jackson’s reputation in crisis affect the tour? Is this a smart business move for the record label and for sponsors?
Let’s begin with a little background on the tour. Michael Jackson is set to rejoin the Jackson 5 for a world tour next year, according to his brother Jermaine through a BBC interview.
The brothers–Tito, Jermaine, Michael, Jackie, Marlon, and Randy–last toured together as a six-piece in 1984 before Michael left, in between his massive-selling Thriller and Bad albums.
Jermaine said: “We feel we have to do it one more time. We owe that to the fans and to the public.” Asked whether Michael would be involved, Jermaine told BBC 6Music: “He has to be, he is a Jackson. He was at the meetings. Michael will be involved.”
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11/15/07 by Mike Paul | Business, Law & Justice | No Comments »
According to Integrity Interactive(R) Corporation, a company that helps leading global corporations build ethical cultures that reduce risk, recently announced the results of a September 2007 survey of 108 Global 2000 companies, which shows corporate ethics and compliance programs and controls do not extend to their global supply chains. The survey found that 78 percent of companies do not include suppliers in their company compliance and ethics programs, and nearly 58 percent were not sure if their company regularly assessed ethics risks in the supply chain, the network of companies that collaborates to deliver a product or service to customers.
Many corporations around the world are unaware of how effective supply chain ethics and compliance programs can help them avoid costly recalls and brand damage that results from a supply chain ethics scandal. Supplier ethics management (SEM) is a relatively new business practice that enables companies to manage their suppliers and supply relationships through strategies, programs and metrics that better align supplier business conduct with purchaser standards. The goal is to reduce a purchasing company’s overall risk of corporate integrity failure in the supply chain by aligning supplier conduct with purchaser standards in three major areas of corporate integrity: compliance, ethics and corporate responsibility.
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10/15/07 by Mike Paul | Entertainment, Law & Justice | No Comments »
In my opinion, Howard K. Stern should lose his legal license to practice law in the State of California. Said another way, he should be Nifonged! I have been saying this now for over six months and I have also said so in several TV news interviews. The State Bar of California’s Disciplinary Committee should have started an investigation months ago into Mr. Stern’s professional misconduct, especially in regarding to having many of Anna Nicole Smith’s prescriptions in his name, personally instructing doctors to use false names and personally ordered the drugs from doctors in this way, not Anna. This is obviously illegal and unethical! As an attorney, he is in bigger trouble than if he was an average citizen doing so. Why? Because he is held to a higher standard regarding his knowledge of the law in California. He knew it was illegal to do so and, in my opinion, he should be punished for his crimes and lose his license to practice law in California.
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09/25/07 by Mike Paul | Law & Justice, Sports | No Comments »
According to CBS News and A.P., Michael Vick’s legal troubles may be far from over. While the disgraced Atlanta Falcons quarterback awaits a Dec. 10 sentencing hearing after pleading guilty to federal dogfighting charges, the prosecutor in the rural county where the enterprise was located has plans to prosecute Vick as well. State charges that could include numerous counts of animal cruelty could wind up subjecting Vick to far more prison time than the federal case will earn him.
Surry County Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerald G. Poindexter was to appear before a grand jury on Tuesday, and he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Monday night he would seek indictments involving dogfighting on Vick’s county property.
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07/27/07 by Mike Paul | Law & Justice, Media, Sports | No Comments »
“I respectfully ask all of you to hold your judgment until all of the facts are shown. Above all, I would like to say to my mom I’m sorry for what she has had to go through in this most trying of times. It has caused pain to my family and I apologize to my family.” Said Michael Vick in a written statement read by Billy Martin, one of Vick’s attorneys.
According to the New York Times, Michael Vick continued his fight to save his National Football League career, pleading not guilty Thursday to federal charges in the dog fighting case against him. A trial date was set for November 26.
With animal rights protestors booing and holding various signs, Vick entered the federal courthouse in downtown Richmond, Va. Police blocked off several streets surrounding the courthouse and a police helicopter circled overhead. At least 25 television trucks were parked behind the building, as more than 100 reporters lined up hours before the afternoon hearing, waiting to be admitted into the courthouse.
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