Miscellaneous

• Former UCLA Willed Body Program Director Henry Reid Pleads Guilty to Selling Gifted Bodies to Pharmaceutical Companies

  Paul Kiesel | October 17, 2008 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Henry Reid: On October 17, 2008, Judge Rappe of the Superior Court of Los Angeles presided over the case of The People of the State of California v. Henry Reid and Ernest Nelson. Henry Reid was...

• Bush Administration Strongly Opposed Mandatory Positive Train Controls, Boxer-Feinstein Bill Addresses Metrolink's Negligence

  Paul Kiesel | September 18, 2008 9:02 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Just last year, the head of Metrolink warned Congress that any proposals to require updated safety devices on trains, like positive train controls, would involve "substantial cost" and that...

• Housing Bill Pros and Cons, Bush to Sign It After Senate Vote

  Paul Kiesel | July 25, 2008 8:20 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA

  Whether people agree or disagree with the Housing Bill that was passed by the House on Wednesday, and is expected to be passed by the Senate next week, every homeowner, including homeowners barely...

• Japanese Gangsters, Illegitimate Liver Transplants, Unauthorized Bank Accounts and UCLA

  Paul Kiesel | June 23, 2009 8:02 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA

  First, the unauthorized bank account referred to in the title of this blog stems from the UCLA Willed Body fiasco that took place from 1999-2003. Henry Reid, the former Willed Body Program director...

• Why Cardinal Mahony is Wrong About the Catholic Church Being Safer Today for Children

  Paul Kiesel | April 24, 2009 8:32 PM | 4 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From The Times: by Tom Perry There is a common reaction from people whenever I talk about the sexual abuse that I and other pupils suffered at the hands of teachers at Caldicott boarding school in...

• AP: Catholic Hierarchy was Aware of Pedophile Priest Problem in the 1950s

  Paul Kiesel | March 30, 2009 8:10 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From The Associated Press: The founder of a religious order that treats Roman Catholic priests who molest children concluded in the 1950s that offenders were unlikely to change and should not be...

• Cardinal Mahony's Effort to Block Iraq War Veteran's Sexual Abuse Claim

  Paul Kiesel | February 27, 2009 7:49 PM | 20 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Below is a story that details Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony acting in typical Cardinal Mahony fashion: As a suppresser of truth and a promoter of impostures and mistruths. From Los Angeles...

• Ford's ESOP Problems are Beginning to Look a lot like the Tribune Co.'s ESOP Problems

  Paul Kiesel | January 06, 2009 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Just before the end of last year, Ford Motor Company moved to dismiss a case brought by participants of Ford's employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) on the ground that participants failed to state a...

• UC Regents Ordered to Pay Refunds to Professional Students for Improper Tuition Hikes

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | January 29, 2008 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  California's Supreme Court has denied the University of California's appeal in Kashmiri v. Regents of University of California, awarding thousands of professional students $40 million enrolled in UC programs whose tuition fees were increased during the 2002-2003 school year, despite the Regents' promise to hold fees steady.The class action lawsuit was filed in San Francisco July of 2003, when...

• JPMorgan Chase: 90 Day Foreclosure Moratorium

  Paul Kiesel | November 03, 2008 8:10 PM | 2 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  JPMorgan Chase will not be putting any more homes into foreclosure over the next 90 days, as it comes up with a loan modification plan geared towards keeping borrowers in their homes. In a press...