Posts from — June 2008

Thanks to Dallas and the whole World crew for all the support. Check the World blog to see which new pieces they picked up and stop by the store to get your own-

World
187 Chrystie St
New York, NY 10002
(212) 677-4296

Artist collaboration Band Aid’s…. now u can have a a trendy bandage to soak up the blood from your cuts. corporate America sucks sometimes.

Within minutes of the Supreme Court ruling overturning the District’s gun ban, leaders of the National Rifle Association began work on legal challenges against gun restrictions in Chicago and San Francisco, while gun-control groups said the decision would only strengthen their efforts.

bluck bluck bluck …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska.

Although it took the company just under two days to bring in $2.5 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2007 - the damages were reduced to 507.5 million.

Jacob the Jeweler was sentenced yesterday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for lying to investigators looking into multistate drug ring. Jacob Arabov, pleaded guilty in October to falsifying records and giving false statements as part of a deal with federal prosecutors, who asked Judge Avern Cohn to impose a minimum sentence of three years and one month.

M1 of Dead Prez came through yesterday to pick up some fresh gear….we have been down with M for years and he is a good dude…..hes rockin the Proof 7 x Redman x Brad digital collab….
holla for that new ish.

Summer 08′

Attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, famous for winning billions of dollars from the big tobacco companies, has pleaded guilty to charges of trying to bribe a Mississippi judge, according to the Associated Press.

Scruggs and two other lawyers in his firm, including his son Zach, had been charged with conspiring to pay a state judge with $40,000 in cash in exchange for a favorable ruling in a case over disputed legal fees.

According to the indictment, Circuit Court Judge Henry Lackey cooperated with FBI agents to help document the bribery scheme. Lackey was presiding over a case in which Scruggs had been sued by another law firm for more than $26.5 million in attorneys fees related to Hurricane Katrina insurance claims.

An article in today’s Wall Street Journal details how Scruggs, despite earning almost $1 billion from tobacco litigation, has tenaciously fought over sharing legal settlements with other law firms.