California Consumer Protection Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Georgina Bribiesca Chavez </h2> </center>
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with participating in a years-long scheme to smuggle exotic reptiles into and out of the United States in violation of the Lacey Act Trafficking, 16 U.S.C. 3372(a)(1) and 16 U.S.C. 3373(d)(1)(B). Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">K... More...
$ (08-25-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. ByteDance, dba TikTok </h2> <center>
San Francisco, California United States District Attorney's Office sued ByteDance, dba TikTok on an invasion of privacy theory claiming that the social media company for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and breaching a 2019 FTC consent order. The Government claimed that TikTok failed to properly screen out underage users and gathering data violating the Children'... More...
$ (08-21-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Olof Kyros Gustafsson aka “El Silencio" </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Olof Kyros Gustafsson, 32, a.k.a. “El Silencio,” was the CEO of Escobar Inc., a corporation registered in Puerto Rico that held ... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Manuel Perez </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, pro se defendant defended himself without the help of a lawyer charged with smuggling goods into the United States. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Jose Manuel Perez, 34, of Oxnard, and other co-conspirators smuggled wildlife into the United States from Mexico and else... More...
$ (05-28-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Sydney Johnson and Brandon Marion </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with illegally importing 27 protected parrots and parakeets in a modified spare tire in the trunk of a car. Reported by Kent Morlan Sydney Johnson, age 27, of Santee and Brandon Marion, age 38, of Temecula tried to sneak 11 orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula canicularis) and 16 white-fronted Amazon parrots ... More...
$ (05-20-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Guramrit Sidhu </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute and to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Export Controlled Substances, and Continuing Criminal Enterprise. From September 13, 2022, to October 24, 2022, Guramrit Sidhu, 62, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, orchestrated the distribution of eight separ... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Daren Li
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Money Laundering. Daren Li, 42, is a fugitive after cutting off his ankle electronic monitoring device and absconding in December 2025. He was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who will determine restitution at a later date. Li pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - CA)United States of America v. David Gilbert Gomez
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Officers with the City of Imperial Police Department were conducting a routine traffic stop when they observed two men standing near an unoccupied vehicle. Upon seeing police presence, both men ran into a nearby residence. Inside the unoccupied vehicle, police observed a semiaut... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - CA)<center. United States of America v. Ryan Wedding
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Ryan Wedding, Olympic snowboarder turned Wedding, who competed for his home country in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, has been accused of running a major drug trafficking network that moved cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. and Canada. Ryan James Wedding, 44,... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - CA)<H2> Gildardo Lugo Cerbantes v. Equifax Information Services, LLC., et al.
Oakland, California, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a U.S. federal law regulating how consumer credit information is collected, used, and shared, promoting accuracy, fairness, and privacy for consumers. It gives consumers rights to access their credit reports, dispute inaccuracies, know ... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Xin Mian Pan (a/k/a “Henry Pan”), Hua Liang Xie (a/k/a “Nolan Xie”), Jinhua Wang (a/k/a “Johnson Wang”), Uni-Tile & Marble, Inc., Uni-Stone & Cabinet, Inc., and Shenzhen Top & Profit International Forwarding Co. Ltd.
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with evading more than $109 million in anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties, and other duties imposed on quartz surface products, wooden cabinets and vanities, and ceramic tiles manufactured in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and imported into the United States. Xin Mian Pan, 63, of San Francis... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Claudia Patricia Alvarez Hernandez
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant accused of drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. Claudia Patricia Alvarez Hernandez, the wife of incarcerated Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Jorge Alberto Valenzuela Valenzuela, was sentenced in federal court today to 14 years in prison for her role in a massive drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. U.S... More...
$ (12-09-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Jonathan Rinderknecht, a.k.a. “Jonathan Rinder,†and “Jon Rinder,†</h1></h1>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with destruction of property by means of fire.<br> <br> A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what eventually became the Palisades Fire of January 2025, one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles his... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - CA)Judah Rosenwald, et al. v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation
San Francisco, California, consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on class action theory.<br> <br> Plaintiffs allege that they purchased Kleenex Germ Removal Wet Wipes. They sued Kimberly-Clark in August<br> 2022, claiming that the wipes' labels misled them into believing that the wipes contained germicides, not just soaps, and would kill germs, not just wipe them away. The district court... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. </h1></h1>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged <br> with publishing private or identifying information about an individual on the internet with malicious intent <br> <br> A Santa Monica man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with doxxing – publishing private or identifying information about an individual on the internet with mal... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Yasmin Cruz, Christin Arnulfo Cruz Yepez, Arturo Gonzalez Aguila, Jesus Horacio Soto-Leyva, Efren Espinoza-Garcia </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Transportation of Illegal Aliens. Attempted Transportation of Illegal Aliens. Deported Alien Found in the United States. Importation of a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Dangerous Weapon by a Restricted Person </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. José Ãngel Del Villar </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on a federal officer, bringing in aliens for financial gain, reentering the U.S. after deportation, and importation of controlled substances. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Latin Music Conglomerate CEO Sentenced to 4 Years in Feder... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - CA)United States of America v. Donavin Dwayne Bradford
Los Angeles, California crminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking.<br> <br> Bradford sex trafficked women and girls, some of whom were minors who came from foster placement or group<br> homes. He collected all the money that these women and girls earned through prostitution while under his control,<br> and, in exchange, he provided them protection and basic nece... More...
$0 (08-07-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Martin Alfaro Arambula, et al. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Importation of a Controlled Substance. bringing in and harboring certain aliens. Assault with a Deadly Weapon, sexual abuse of a child, illegal entry, being found unlawfully in the U.S., participating in an international conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Trafficking in Cocaine, T... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Political Solutions, LLC </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bakersfield, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) by receiving a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> California Lobbying Firm Agrees t... More...
$0 (07-24-2025 - CA)Doctor's Best, Inc. v. Nature's Way Products, LLC
Los Angeles and Glendale, California and Milwaukee, Wisconsin intellectual property lawyers represented the parties in a declaratory judgment and trademark infringement case.<br> <br> Nature's Way owned the U.S. trademark "Nature's<br> Way†for use on its nutritional supplements. Doctor's Best,<br> a competitor, developed a new line of branded supplements,<br> "Nature's Day,†and sough... More...
$0 (07-19-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Lorenzo Arturo Bernabe-Alejo, Luis, Fernando Ramos-Mendez, Refugio Ramos Daniel </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Importation of a Controlled Substance, Bringing in Aliens for Financial Gain and Aiding and Abetting, Deported Alien Found in the U.S. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Filed 95 Border-Related Cases This Week</h2></ce... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - CA)Jacob Scheibe v. Prosupps USA, LLC
San Diego, California consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking class action certification against ProSupps USA under California consumer protection laws for mislabeling a dietary supplement named Hydro BCAA.<br> <br> Plaintiff alleged that Hydro BCAA was mislabeled because his preliminary testing found that the supplement contained more grams of carbohydrates and calories than was lis... More...
$0 (07-08-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Daniel Medina </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal trafficking of protected exotic birds through Ports of Entry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b>Exotic Bird Smuggler Busted at the Border</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> Juan Daniel Medina, the third individual in the past... More...
$0 (06-10-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Elizabeth Janeth Ramirez-Martinez, et al.</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><br> <b><center></i><b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Filed 134 Border-Related Cases This Week</h2></center></b></b> <br> <br> Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 134 border-related cases this week, in... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - CA)Chong Pak v. Claire Dixon
Oakland, California civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a commercial lease dispute.<br> <br> Plaintiff Chong Pak owns a warehouse property at 2825 West Street in Oakland. He filed this action against one James Koch, alleged to be a commercial tenant of the property with a three-year lease. Pak alleged that in violation of the lease and local law, the property was being used for re... More...
$0 (05-19-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Duraid A. Zaia, Kusay Karana </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Obtaining More Than $8 Million in Pandemic Loans by Lying on Applications </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Government Alleges San Diego County Brothers Obtained More Than $8 Million in Pandemic Loans by Lying on Applications</h2></cente... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Tony’s Auto Center </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Auctioning a Servicemember's Car During Deployment </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Chula Vista Towing Company Agrees to Settle Allegations That It Illegally Auctioned a Servicemember's Car During Deployment</h2></center></b><... More...
$0 (04-23-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Barco Uniforms Inc., Kenny Chan, David Chan </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with False Claims Act Violations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> United States Files Complaint Against Barco Uniforms and Its Suppliers, Alleging False Claims Act Violations in Connection with Underpaid Customs Duties</h2></center></b></b... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - CA)State of Ohio v. Tony Thacker
Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Fourteen years ago, a teenage Tony Thacker was adjudicated delinquent for engaging in conduct that, had he been an adult, would have constituted a nonviolent drug felony. From that day forward, Ohio law imposed a legal "disability" upon Thacker, making it a third-degree felony f... More...
$0 (12-13-2024 - CA)Katherien Chabolla, et al. v. Classpass, Inc., et al.
San Francisco, California consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff claiming that uato-renewal subscription violated alifornia's Automatic Renewal Law, Unfair Competition Law, and Consumers Legal<br> Remedies Act.<br> <br> Like many wishful thinkers, Katherine Chabolla started off 2020 by resolving to improve her fitness and wellness.<br> So that January, she went online and purchased a trial... More...
$0 (02-27-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Angel Beltran-Chaidez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Heroin with Intent to Distribute </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Possessing Heroin with Intent to Distribute</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jose Angel B... More...
$0 (02-13-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Carlos Gutierrez a.k.a. “Johnny G†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in Fatal Overdose at Long Beach Drug Rehab Clinic<br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Montebello Man Receives 20 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in Fatal Overdose at Long B... More...
$0 (02-11-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Peter Tripp Akemann </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Culver City Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Recklessly Crashing Drone into Super Scooper Firefighting Aircraft During Palisades Fire</h2></center><... More...
$0 (01-31-2025 - CA)Mark Martinez v. SAI Long Beach B, Inc. </CENTER>
Los Angeles, California civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract dispute.<br> <br> Plaintiffs Mark Martinez and Maria Cabrera filed a complaint alleging various causes of action against defendant SAI Long Beach B, Inc., doing business as Long Beach BMW, when the used car they purchased from defendant developed engine problems and defendant refused to pay for repairs... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Ruben Montes </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Smuggle Pesticides into the United States </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Smuggle Pesticides into the United States</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ruben Montes of C... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - CA)Nicolas C. Smith Washington v. Taxact, Inc.
San Francisco, California consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant of a class action theory.<br> <br> Class counsel seek $4,362,500 in attorneys' fees. This amount, which represents 25% of the $17,450,000 Qualified Settlement Fund, is a 2.25 multiplier on class counsel's calculated lodestar of $2,582,024.05. Class counsel also seeks 25% of the value of any claimed in-... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Raj Matharu </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Allegedly Checking Suitcases at LAX Containing Meth-Caked Clothes </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Northridge Man Indicted for Allegedly Checking Suitcases at LAX Containing Meth-Caked Clothes, Including a Cow Pajama Onesie</h2></center... More...
$0 (11-26-2024 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Jason Toland </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID-19 Fraud Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Yuba County Man Sentenced to 2 Years and 11 Months in Prison for Submitting False Claims Against the United States in Relation to a COVID-19 Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Eddy Reyes </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, CA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping His Wife, Who Was Murdered After Her Abduction </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Federal Employee Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Kidnapping His Wife, Who Was Murdered After Her Abduction</h2></center></b></b> </h2></... More...
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