People in the News: Brockovich takes on asbestos

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The legal crusader portrayed by Julia Roberts in the Oscar-winning film "Erin Brockovich" is now working for aManhattan personal injury law firm that specializes in asbestoscases.
The real Erin Brockovich signed a consulting contract with Weitz & Luxenberg and will beinvolved in soliciting cases and investigating claims. Brockovichtold the New York Post: "I'm hands-on and they're hands-on so itwill be a team effort."
Already the 48-year-old Brockovich has filmed two TV commercialsfor the law firm seeking individuals who may have contracted lungcancer from exposure to asbestos, the Daily News reported.Brockovich also consults with a West Coast law firm, Girardi &Keese.
Roberts won an Oscar for her portrayal of the environmentalactivist in the 2000 movie. American rapper Busta Rhymes won a court order Friday allowing him to perform at a charityconcert in Britain, despite a government attempt to keep him out ofthe country.
High Court Justice Nicholas Stadlen ruled that Rhymes -- whose realname is Trevor George Smith Jr. -- could play at London's Royal Albert Hall. The judge said he didnot want to interfere with the concert, which is being given forvolunteers who earned their tickets by doing four hours ofcommunity service.
Immigration officials stopped Rhymes on Thursday at London CityAirport, with his promoters saying they cited previous legaltrouble in the U.S. In March a New York judge sentenced Rhymes tothree years' probation for assaulting his former driver and a fan.
In Britain, authorities initially detained him in an effort to puthim on a flight to the Netherlands, but the High Court ordered hisrelease and put out an injunction preventing his removal fromBritain.
Stadlen's decision to extend the injunction should allow Rhymes toperform. Orange RockCorps, which organized the concert, saidThursday it had booked Ludacris as a replacement act, but it was not immediately clear whether he,Rhymes, or both would end up playing.
-- P-I news services