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...doesn't make sense to get too good a deal. You get too good a deal, somebody is going to come back and beat you up about it, so we always wanted to get a deal that Firestone could defend to anyone," argues Gerald Padmore, a Denver-based lawyer originally from Liberia who negotiated for Firestone in both deals. Padmore concedes that it would have been better to wait until a new government was elected before concluding the 2005 contract but says getting "clarity and stability" about Firestone's tax position was urgent if the company was expected to commit...
...when Rowe hinted that she was going to seek custody of all three of Jackson's children shortly after his sudden passing on June 25, her intentions were viewed with suspicion. While her lawyer clarified public comments Rowe made on the matter - saying she was still undecided on the matter - some were wary of her motives. Friends at the time said Rowe was acting out of concern for the children in the changed parenting landscape...
...York Post wrote in mid-July that Rowe had accepted a $4 million payout from the Jackson family to drop her custody pursuit. Rowe's lawyer Eric George vehemently denied the story, and attorneys on both sides of the custody arrangement took pains to point out that money was not part of the latest agreement. "Debbie never sought a dime in these proceedings," George told TIME July 30, declining to elaborate further...
...Whalen said that she had not planned on making public statements about the incident, but changed her mind after the media contacted her mother. Whalen's lawyer and spokeswoman, Wendy Murphy, told reporters at the press conference that Whalen would not be giving any one-on-one interviews and asked the media to "leave her alone" and respect her privacy...
...five boys born to Thornton Boyd, a U.S. Marine, and his wife, Patricia. The pair divorced in 1977. His mother later re-married a Washington lawyer and American Muslim named William Saddler. Though Boyd was raised in the Episcopalian faith, he converted to Islam shortly after graduating from T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia...