The newest nine papers filed in the Texas State Court lawsuit that we have access to, are now up. ALL OF THE EMAILS IN ANY OF THE EXHIBITS REQUESTING PRODUCTIONS OF PERSON’S PRIVATE EMAIL HAVE BEEN REDACTED AND THOSE PAGES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE EXHIBITS BEFORE I UPLOADED THEM ALSO MOST OF THE NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN REMOVED OR THE PAGES THEY ARE ON HAVE BEEN REMOVED WHERE WE COULD AND STILL KEEP THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IN TACT. If you see something additionally that should be redacted please email us and we will redact those as well.

Howard K. Stern’s Response to Virgie Arthur’s Opposition has a couple of new and interesting facts alleged.

Virgie Arthur filed a Second Amended Original Petition has been filed with the latest alleged new facts and attempting to add Larry Birkhead as a defendant but the date to join additional parties was December 1. There is no way to predict if the Court will allow additional joiner of parties this late lawsuit.

The rest as you know we cannot comment on because one of the co-owners of Rose Speaks.com is a defendant currently in the lawsuit.

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Now we have that saying, “The lawsuit was settled amicably”, we are pleased with the outcome however, because of a Confidentiality Agreement, and we have nothing more to say. Voila!!!

The only surprise in the Stipulation for Settlement was that part of Don Clark’s deposition regarding this litigation, seven pages, would be unsealed by agreement. Wonder what is in that seven pages and if that is going to be used in one of the other multiple lawsuits involving Howard K. Stern or the Estate of Anna Nicole Smith.

The Florida Court issued its Order today, to Dismiss with Prejudiced, and accepted the Stipulation of Settlement and Order the Clerk of Court to Dismiss and close this lawsuit.

This one is down and how many more involving Stern and or the Estate of Anna Nicole Smith is there to go??

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Why did Howard K. Stern and/or John O’Quinn file a sealed document, unnamed on November 18, to be sure the Court had a copy before the deadline for the Show Cause Order due no later than November 19.

In the filing by O’Quinn’s lawyer on October 31, requesting the Court to release them from all Court Order productions of any future documents the Motion filed by Robert Klein stated in part:

“This matter was fully resolved during a confidential mediation on Thursday, October 30, 2008. Pursuant to the mediation agreement that was executed by and between the parties, a stipulation and order will be submitted to this court, memorializing the agreement, and providing for the retention of jurisdiction by this court for the enforcement of the terms of the settlement. It is anticipated that the draft order will be submitted to the Court at some point toward the middle part of next week.”

On November 4, the Magistrate for the Southern District of Florida issued an Order granting the Motion in part and denying it in part stating the following:

“The Court notes that the parties have ten (10) calendar days from their notice of settlement of October 30, 2008 to file a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice. If that is filed and the Court dismisses the case with prejudice, the parties will be relieved of their discovery duties. Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:

1. Defendants’ Motion to Be Relieved of Obligation to Produce Financial Statements Pursuant to Magistrate’s Order [DE 243] is hereby GRANTED in part;
2. The Magistrate Judge’s October 24, 2008 Order [DE 234] for Defendants to produce financial discovery documentation described in the Order is hereby STAYED until November 10, 2008.”

So what is going on? In the other cases I found on PACER where Lin Wood was the lawyer for defamation cases as well as other defamation cases I pulled to compare, they are all pretty straightforward IF an agreement is reached. They each file a “Stipulation of Settlement”, including providing the retention of the court involved having jurisdiction for the enforcement of the settlement. In the ones I have found, they normally say that a settlement has been reached that the parties are filing the “Stipulation” with the Court, and that the “Stipulation” shows that each side will pay their own legal fees. This is followed up within a few days with a Motion and Order to Dismiss with Prejudice and then PACER will show the case “terminated”.

Why did that not happen in this case as stated in Robert Klein’s filing that such a stipulation was expected to be filed with the Court for approval around November 4 or 5? What is in the “Sealed Document”? Well here is my “GUESS”.

I think some mild problem in the wording of the settlement or something one of the parties thought of after the mediation and wanted that included in the final papers. My guess is the Sealed Document probably outlined for the Court in detail what had been worked out, what they still needed to work out and the date they thought it would be completed. Remember when Robert Klein filed that he had the flu, the court did extend mediation until December 1. My feeling and OPINION, not FACTS but OPINION, is that as long as the parties are working hard; making a good faith effort to resolve any wording on the Stipulation; and has it completed by December 1, then all will be well with the Court. However, did O’Quinn have to turn in his financial statement and information after November 10? On the other hand, was that also addressed in the Sealed Document filed on November 18? We will just have to wait and see won’t we.

One of our members Fifi was kind enough to look at how she perceived Lin Wood’s history of working multiple cases involving the same client(s) and came up with this “long term” plan. Fifi stated she feels based on if she sees the situations applying to a situation of multiple cases in multiple jurisdictions; some over lapping with parties, third person non-party witnesses; and containing some of the same allegations and/or parties. “Lin’s history he usually has a long term plan. There are three basic steps he usually follows, sometimes they overlap, but generally, it’s a slow process. Step 1 - Quell the media storm. Step 2 - Litigate against the most extreme defamers. Step 3 - Rehabilitate the client’s reputation.”

Perhaps Lin Wood decided if there is to be a court fight that New York is the better case to prove the allegations against Howard K. Stern in black and white, pun intended.

I will be taking a detail look at the following writing by Mr. Wood, “Suing the News Media in the Age of Tabloid Journalism: L. Lin Wood and the Battle for Accountability 2006”. We invite you to download this in our document section and share your thoughts with us.

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November 21, 2008
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There has been a lot of discussion forwarded to me from Topix.net and other sites, alleging that they know what Howard K. Stern settled for in Florida. In part, it is being said that L. Lin Wood was the one to “rush to settle with John O’Quinn and The O’Quinn Law Firm. That Wood settled for just his legal fees to be paid. There is to be no apology or acknowledgement to Howard K. Stern for the falsity or wrongful accusations of murdering Anna Nicole Smith or her son Daniel Smith; holding Dannielynn hostage and that Stern did not even recover enough money, after Wood gets his share, to get a pair of shoes”. What is up about a damn pair of shoes all of the time? This must be an inside joke that I am missing but it appears on every discussion blog/forum/board when ever money and Stern are mentioned together. Why is the term “murderer” still floating all over the internet on forums and topic boards when the suit where the allegations originated is now supposed to be settled in principal?

The other thing that is going around Topix.net and other sites is that L. Lin Wood ALWAYS settles out of court because he does not win litigation if it goes to a jury and has a horrible record of losses when he has attempted to try a case to completion. So let’s play the game of What’s My Record (yes a Rose Speaks original game), and then throw in the term I so love, “let Google be your friend”. Remember when playing this game that good lawyers settle at least 80% of lawsuits out of court. If what is being alleged on Topix.net and other sites has a scintilla of truth, does Powell Goldstein LLP or Bryan Cave LLP have any good trial lawyers? If either firm does have good trial litigators would they add them to Stern’s legal team at this point in the “game”?

My challenge for you if you so choose to accept, (yes a take off on “Mission Impossible” wording), research and tell us what percentage if ANY of cases won by Wood if he goes to trial with a case. Does he win none, does he win some, does he win less that 5%, let us know.

On an update, there was no papers filed in the Florida Court on Friday, November 14 of a joint stipulation of settlement and joint Motion to Dismiss, perhaps Stern has decided he wants “one new pair of shoes” since that seems to be the topic of Topix.net and other sites.

Share with us what you find on L. Lin Wood winning in front of a jury if that is available on the world wide net, and I will check PACER and let you know what I find over the years say since 1990 to present tried to a jury verdict and if tried to a jury verdict the percentage appealed.

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On October 31, 2008, John O’Quinn and the O’Quinn Law Firm filed a Motion that requested that they not be made to turn over financial documentation based on the settlement reached on October 30. In that filing to the Florida Court the lawyers for O’Quinn and the O’Quinn law firm stated in part, “[T]hat the matter before the Florida Federal Court was fully resolved during a confidential mediation on Thursday, October 30, 2008. Pursuant to the mediation agreement that was executed by and between the parties, a stipulation and order will be submitted to this court, memorializing the agreement, and providing for the retention of jurisdiction by this court for the enforcement of the terms of the settlement”. The lawyers for O’Quinn and the O’Quinn Law Firm stated in that Motion that they anticipated that a “draft of the Order” would “be submitted to the Court at some point toward the middle part of next week”. That would be an estimate of the formal stipulation would be filed some time between November 4 and November 7.

On November 4, 2008 there was a Court Order from Florida Federal Court that Postponed the Requirement of John O’Quinn and the O’Quinn Law Firm to provide the ordered financials on O’Quinn and the O’Quinn Law Firm until November 10, 2008, which was the “deadline for the two sides to file a Joint Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice”. It appears that has still not been done.

Could there have been a collapse in the finalizing of that “Agreed Settlement”? If so, will the trial go forward on December 29? Since O’Quinn’s lawyers requested more time for the Mediation and was granted that until December 1, will the two sides actually have until that date to meet with each other and the Mediator to work out any part of the stipulation that the two sides have found they cannot agree with?

It appears the Court would like to know those answers as well. On November 12, 2008, the Federal Court for the Southern District of Florida has now ordered Stern to “Show Cause why the Stipulation of Settlement with Joint Motion to Dismiss with prejudice”, was NOT filed within the 10 days that the court set. That would have made them due no later than November 10, if no settlement has been reached it would now appear that the financial statements of O’Quinn is also due. The standard phase of failing to filing a “Show Cause” by Stern could result in dismissal of the case.

I am taking this that the Court would like for Stern to clue them in as to what the hold up is or is it full steam ahead to trial because something broke down during the finalizing of the Mediated Settlement. Could the fact that someone pretending to be Wilma Vicedomine posting on Topix.net less than 24 hours of the agreed settlement that, “Howard K. Stern settled for attorney fees with no money for him to even buy a pair of shoes”, now hurt the settlement? If you don’t remember that see my article dated October 31 about someone being stupid enough to pretend to be Vicedomine with inside information of the settlement. If that was in fact a leak of any of the potential terms of the settlement where will this case go now?

I would bet we know something by the end of this week with a filing by Stern’s lead lawyer, Lin Wood with the Florida Court.

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On November 4, in the Southern District Federal Court in Houston Texas the Court held a Status Hearing and set some dates. Via the Court Minutes on the Docket, we have a glimpse into what is left to do in that suit and the Court set Dates to have that completed.

The parties advised the Court that there were a total of seven depositions to be completed in this case. The Court has stated that all of the depositions in the Virgie Arthur vs. Howard K. Stern and CBS must be complete by January 16, 2009. Arthur’s lawyers was granted the taking depositions of Howard K. Stern and 5 of their choosing, of current or former CBS employees present at the interview that made the basis of this suit. CBS will take an additional two depositions. CBS did not indicate whose deposition they still had to take; wonder if that would be any bloggers? The Court also set the deadline that all Dispositivie Motions (I. E. Motion to Dismiss, Motions for Summary Judgment, etc.) are due in the Virgie Arthur vs. Howard K. Stern and CBS to the Court by February 6, 2009.

It would appear that the Court will set a pretrial conference and the trial date after the Court makes decisions on the multiple Motions to Dismiss for multitude of reasons expected to be filed after the taking of the last seven depositions.

It appears from the Court Docket of the Minutes that all discovery of in the area of subpoenas for records not covered with the above eight depositions are complete.

I have to wonder if we will see mention of the Clark/Vicedomine investigation in this case before all is said and done. It would appear that the “bloggers” internationally and in other states that came forward with records and sworn statements are not going to be used as any basis for this case since the interview was taped in 2006.

The Court also issued on November 5, an Order and Memorandum of Law from the Southern District Federal Court in Houston Texas denying all 3 Motions filed by Jonathan Lee Riches d/b/a Gordon Gekko as frivolous.

You can pick up the All of the documents related to this case opened to All not just members of Rose Speaks.com and then tell us what you think about the deadlines set by the Court; do you think this will ever make it to trial? Also be sure to join us in chat tonight to discuss these latest developments and to just kick back and enjoy the company.

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Stern and other POGO, [Powell Goldstein], clients find themselves facing as some say POGO is about to be gobbled up and gone like the wind. That kind of sounds like Thanksgiving and a great southern novel rolled up into one.

I think all of us paused and wondered if L. Lin Wood would remain at POGO, or if he would leave to become his own boss/maverick again, what about this Merger/Acquisition and more importantly would POGO drop clients like Howard K. Stern and leave them to scramble to find new representation. Let’s face it folks, with the amount of POGO lawyers assigned to Stern’s legal teams in various state and federal jurisdictional lawsuits, until the “undisclosed monetary settlement”, of October 30, with John O’Quinn and the O’Quinn Law Firm, POGO had received very little on it’s return in the last 17+ months. However whether Lin Wood remains with POGO or parts ways, I see that as not affecting his representation of Stern other than Stern making some decisions. Which by the way if I were Stern I would make some anyway. There are several things Stern could do based on a recent interview with L. Lin Wood where Mr. Wood stated, “He’s [Howard K. Stern] a down-to-earth good guy, a smart lawyer.” If needed I bet Stern could take over many of his own cases, slim down the teams, do a lot of his own research and briefs [memorandum of laws], cut costs and still continue to win. Stern could keep M. Krista Barth, remember her from the Florida hearings where at times she was doubled and tripled team by John O’Quinn, Debra Opri and the hoard of lawyers in that court? Stern could also keep Lin Wood; I bet Mr. Wood would not miss seeing the outcome of the New York case and the South Carolina case for anything. Then Howard K. Stern could “interview”, yes, clients do get to work with attorneys they feel are a match for their personalities; select one attorney to be his liaison, with the new and improved POGO and VOILA, you have a trimmer, but just as lethal legal team then the multitude of lawyers from POGO who are on each of Stern’s cases right now.

HOWEVER, that being said, I don’t see that there will probably be a need for that in the Stern camp.

According to Law.com a newsletter for attorneys, “Atlanta-based Powell Goldstein has found a merger partner. On Jan. 1, the firm will become part of Bryan Cave, a 945-lawyer international firm with deep roots in St. Louis.”

James J. McAlpin Jr. says, “This is a transformational event for us, it propels us into a different league.”

The article goes on to state that [POGO], Powell Goldstein’s partnership [yes Lin Wood if a full partner at POGO], voted unanimously to approve the deal Thursday afternoon and the Bryan Cave partners approved it by an overwhelming majority on Friday, following a week of electronic voting from the firm’s 17 law offices.

With Powell Goldstein’s 220 lawyers, Bryan Cave will have 1,165 lawyers, well above the head count [of POGO’s Atlanta competition] at King & Spalding.

W. Scott Sorrels, a 22-year PoGo veteran who’s leading the integration of the two firms on the Atlanta side with other partners believe they’ll be equal partners in the combined firm, even though it’s not a merger of equals”.

Sorrels goes on to say in the article released online late yesterday, October 31, “I am firmly convinced that our people will have a tremendous amount more opportunity on Jan. 1 than they did on Dec. 31. It exceeds our expectations. It’s like winning the Super Bowl and the World Series all in one.”

The article highlights the possible benefits in the merger by pointing out, “The two firms’ revenue per lawyer are commensurate. Bryan Cave’s RPL last year was about $590,000 — just $10,000 more than PoGo’s. McAlpin acknowledged that the Midwestern firm’s average profits per partner last year, at $690,000, were still much higher than PoGo’s $550,000, but did not seem bothered by the disparity. “You might as well play tennis with a better tennis player,” he said.

In another part of the long article, they go on to quote, “Bryan Cave’s chairman, Don G. Lents, said Powell Goldstein is a cultural fit for his firm as well. Our strategic view of the world is based on the fact that we are a relationship-oriented firm, built around … clients with whom we have longstanding relationships and represent in a variety of legal matters, instead of parachuting in on a big transaction or piece of litigation, he said.

Powell Goldstein will give Bryan Cave an entree into the Southeast, where it does not have a presence. Add complementary practices to the mix, a Washington, D.C., office that will double in size, plus a presence in Charlotte and Texas — where Bryan Cave, which has an energy practice, would like to be — and an interesting possibility becomes a deal.

Some Bryan Cave partners, like their partners-to-be from PoGo, prefer to characterize the deal as a combination, not an acquisition — even though their firm will absorb the smaller one.

“It’s a combination, not a slash-and-burn acquisition,” said Kenneth L. Henderson, the Bryan Cave partner who’s overseeing the integration. Henderson was a member of the 170-lawyer New York firm Robinson Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn & Berman that Bryan Cave acquired six years ago in its last major acquisition.

Several PoGo partners said almost all of the Robinson Silverman lawyers still are at Bryan Cave — a major reason they are comfortable with the merger.”

The article specifically mentions L. Lin Wood by saying, “McAlpin made a number of moves to get PoGo back into fighting trim. The firm started to winnow less productive partners to beef up its profits and revenue-per-lawyer, while bringing in several rainmaking lateral partners in 2005 and 2006, including high-profile plaintiffs litigator L. Lin Wood, who was adding companies to his client roster of famous people.”

McAlpin says in one part of the article, “…PoGo was looking for an international firm with as little of a Southeastern presence as possible.”

McAlpin goes on to say, “that he and his partners liked that their St. Louis suitor had a national footprint that included offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles and Phoenix — but no office in the Southeast.

Bryan Cave’s 26-year-old London office, plus additional offices in Europe and Asia also were selling points. The firm has law offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong plus trade outposts in six other Asian locales. As part of Bryan Cave, PoGo’s lawyers would be able to handle their clients’ matters over large parts of the U.S. and the world, without having to engage local counsel.

Three of Powell Goldstein’s lawyers — McAlpin, Robin R. Green and Rick Miller — will join Bryan Cave’s executive committee. McNeill will continue as the Atlanta managing partner — for now for Bryan Cave –.”

The Atlanta office will be called Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein for the next two years before dropping the Powell Goldstein as their clients become comfortable in the move and then the Atlanta office will also be called Bryan Cave LLP with the other 17 multiple national and international offices keeping the Bryan Cave LLP name throughout the merger period.

“Powell Goldstein will mark its 100th birthday when the merger goes into effect in January. At that time, the firm’s Atlanta headquarters will become the largest local office of any of the city’s international firms, including those of Jones Day and Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, currently the largest.

With 158 lawyers and professionals, the Atlanta office will also become Bryan Cave’s second-largest office, in a close tie with its 154-lawyer New York office, according to the firms’ Web sites.”

The article outlines that the new larger multi-office firm will be beefing up its Dallas Texas office with additional staff to give it a further reach in places where currently Bryan Cave wants to enlarge their market and presence.

The article ends with McAlpin saying, “We’ve achieved our goal,” I believe this will do it. It makes us competitive with anyone in this marketplace in terms of product quality, depth and breadth of practice areas and geographic reach.

The Atlanta office will expand; we have the opportunity to recruit people who share our appreciation of collegiality and teamwork, whom we may not have been able to recruit before because of our platform.”

With the “settlement for an undisclosed amount”, with John O’Quinn and the O’Quinn Law Firm last week, my bet is that Wood brought in more than the average revenue per lawyer at POGO of $580,000 per year. That should get him his choice of offices on January 1, to continue the litigation and I hope full public trials in the New York and South Carolina Cases for Stern. In my opinion, it will take a full public trial to begin to clear Howard K. Stern’s tarnished reputation courtesy of O’Quinn and Rita Cosby. I hope Wood adopts that philosophy he some times quotes as quoting, “…[S]unlight is the most powerful of all disinfectants. New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 305 (1964).”

So in your opinion after reading the article, looking at the information and tables provided in the article, will the merger help clients like Howard K. Stern, or will Lin Wood decide to become a one or two man firm in Atlanta once again? With this settlement will O’Quinn now be out of Stern and Wood’s lives on other pending litigation, since O’Quinn is known to just keep coming at you and eating up all resources? I had predicted that the Florida case would be tied up in trial and appeals for at least 10 years, so will O’Quinn now walk away and leave Stern and Wood to fight “bigger fish” in public trials?

On a personal, NO I DON’T BELIEVE IT NOTE. One of the alleged blogging pals of Wilma Vicedomine stated on Topix.net, in a post that was forwarded to me that the settlement reached on October 30, stating that “the only thing that hks got out of Mr. O’Quinn is a new pair of shoes. Zilch on the money “. Now do you believe that Wood and Stern walked away with “zilch money”? Also supposedly Vicedomine is out blogging away with her newest moniker of FYI from Houston, saying things like; “ROSE SAYS: Vicedomine, there is no way to spin this one, one billionaire down in the Lin Wood and Howard K. Stern “team” in this lawsuit and how many left? Well, now I can turn my complete attention to the Texas cases…” and quoting bloggers from Rose Speaks.com with what could be perceived as an alleged threat of: “To Daisy: I believe in justice too - yours are also coming.:-)” There is just no way I am ever going to believe that Wilma Vicedomine would be stupid enough to be out blogging away now that O’Quinn has listed her as an employee of his firm, I am sure she has more control then doing something that stupid. So whoever is pretending to be Vicedomine on Topix.net, stop it, you are giving her probably an unjust bad name. O’Quinn has a tighter control over his employees then to allow those kind of leaks, and statements made about pending litigations.

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November 1, 2008
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