EDITORIAL: Hollywood trial lawyers’ inside job

Obama judge greenlights legal shakedown

Hollywood’s close ties to the Obama administration are taking root in the judicial branch. Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell, who was named to her spot on the federal bench by President Obama in July, ordered several Internet service providers to hand over the identities of 5,583 unidentified customers being sued as “John Doesâ€