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Notes de CM pour les deux séances restantes basées sur les polycopiés téléchargeables sur Moodle: https://vimeo.com/82415806 Access Hollywood Explores Britney Spears Conservatorship Access Hollywood featured a segment about the Britney Spears Conservatorship. The show examined how the successful entertainer can headline a new multi-million dollar Las Vegas show and mentor young singers as an X Factor Judge, yet not be deemed competent enough to manage her basic life decisions like food, clothing and shelter. Danielle and Andy Mayoras of Trial & Heirs served as experts for the segment. After watching the segment, what do you think? Does Britney Spears still need the protection of a conservator — almost six years after the legal proceeding started — or is this all about the money?

The legal advantages of a conservatorship for Britney Spears: - She cannot make a police statement/ deposition  she is not mentally competent  she is not responsible [= liable]. - Child custody arrangement  shared custody. Normally, when a person is under conservatorship, she cannot have the legal custody of her/his children. However, B. Spears has a visitation permission  she spends 50% of the time with her children. [it is similar to the advantage of a shared custody].  B. Spears is a willing participant as the conservatorship does not tie her hands. The conservatorship is understood here as a protection, a boundary in case her mental state declines again.

Learn From Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes

These are the top four estate-planning mistakes made by celebs: 1. No will. / 2. Failure to set up a trust. / 3. Neglecting to update estate plans./ 4. Forgetting to plan for disability [=handicap/ infirmité].

Vocabulary: Estate planning  Inheritance:  to inherit # to disinherit  an heir To pass away = to die  he died  he has just died  he is dead. A trustee # a trust. An heir who is entitled to your assets A will is a public document.  without a trust and a trustee, the will can be filed in probate court for all the world to see in case of a dispute over the distribution of the inheritance/ the assets. a negotiation = a settlement  to settle out of court. To update a will = to keep estate documents current. Planning for disability = filing power-of-attorney [=procuration] documents, which will protect you if you become incapacitated.

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Last category: Other types of cases like name changes, elder abuse, civil harassment, and many others. Civil harassment Civil harassment [ a civil trial] # sexual harassment [ a criminal trial] Psychological harassment. I. Vocabulary: To harass: harceler (Sexual) harassment: harcèlement (sexuel) To be fired: être viré/ renvoyé OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder): troubles obsessif-compulsifs II. Sum up the details concerning civil harassment for each episode: * S01E01:

3:14  5 :16

Ally McBeal, attractive recent graduate from Harvard Law School, is harassed at work by a senior associate. When she tells the firm’s partners, the associate is first fired. However, he then claims OCD and files under the Federal Disabilities Act [loi pour les personnes handicapées]. Because the firm’s partners don’t want to take the risk of having to pay for punitive damages, she ends up losing her job (she resigns).  a resignation. * S03E06:

1:00  opening credits/

4:12  6:15

Billy and Cage represent Robin Jones, a sexy, middle-aged woman suing her employees for sexual harassment [ Robin is the claimant = plaintiff]. Robin was Managing Editor and became Editor-in-chief. Robin claims the staff of her magazine held a “sickout,” [workers’ strike: feigning illness= absentéisme organisé sous prétexte de maladie] delaying the May publication because they did not want to work for a “nymph” ( the nickname they gave her). As a consequence, she was fired.  nicknaming someone a “nymph” at work can be considered as sexual harassment. At the origin, Robin was an editorial assistant and she directly became Editor-in-chief when her predecessor died. The defense claims that Robin Jones was unqualified for the job. The claimant’s counsel wants to settle (out of court). The witness is the publisher. Sexual harassment  the person who is accused is normally in a position of power  normally, an employer [Robin] cannot sue an employee [the staff of Robin’s magazine] for sexual harassment, because the employer is more powerful than the employee. Verdict: “we found in favor of the defendant”.  the employees are not liable. * S05E19:

1:05  2:06/

9:30  11:52

Richard’s father is being sued by his former secretary for sexual harassment. He fired her because he was falling in love with her, damaging his 40-year marriage. 2...