California Independent Contractor Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alma Patricia Contreras Villafana </h2> </center>
Los Angeles,, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendants charged with five counts of wire fraud, one count of use of a false and forged certificate of naturalization, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of false claim to United States citizens. Alma Patricia Contreras Villafana, 54, of South Los Angeles, secured r employment at a South Bay aerospace manufac... More...
$ (09-20-2026 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Phillp Flores
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bribery. Philip Flores, the owner, president, and chief executive of Intellipeak Solutions, Inc., a former defense contractor based out of Fredericksburg, Virginia, admitted that he participated in a bribery scheme with former Naval Information Warfare Center employee James Soriano. U.S. District Judge Todd... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - CA)John Woolard, et al. v. Tony Thurmond, et al.
Sacramento, California, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by parents and guardians of students enrolled in independent study programs at two California charter schools who alleged First Amendment violations when the schools rejected their requests to purchase and permit the use of sectarian curricular materials for instruction in the schools' p... More...
$0 (09-18-2025 - CA)United States of America v. Kenneth Orlando Sparks, aka Kenneth Sparks
San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child portnography.<br> <br> Kenneth Orlando Sparks was charged with production of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), and sex<br> trafficking of a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)(1).<br> <br> The Fourth Amendment protects against the unreasonable "[t]emporary... More...
$0 (09-08-2025 - CA)United States of America v. Rami Ghanem
Laguna Niguel and San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with exporting military equipment from the United States to Lybia including acquiring, transporting, and use of surface-to-air missiles in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2332g.<br> <br> After undercover federal agents conducted a sting<br> operation in which Defendant Rami Ghanem sought to<br> export mi... More...
$0 (07-17-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Ishmael Joshua Guerrero-Trevino
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the terms of his probation by committing another offense.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Legal issue Can a suspended prison sentence be executed following a probation violation due to new criminal conduct?<br> Headnote<br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. PROBATION VIOLATION. The case involves an appeal from a judgment c... More...
$0 (05-28-2025 - CA)Julie Park, et al. v. Bradford Construction, Inc.
San Francisco, California civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract theory.<br> <br> Julie Park and Tom McDonald (plaintiffs) filed the underlying action against Bradford Construction, Inc. (defendant) for violating the Contractors State License Law (CSLL). (Bus. &Prof. Code, §§ 7000 et seq.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Legal issue Can a corporation rely on the sub... More...
$0 (05-28-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Southern California Edison </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with the 2020 Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Southern California Edison Agrees to Pay United States $82.5 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Stemming from 2020 Bobcat Fire</h2></center></b></b> </h... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - CA)The People of California v. Pedro Alexxander Aviles
Monterey, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child.<br> <br> In January 2023, police in Tulare County investigated a report of sexual abuse made by a 10-year-old girl, Jane Doe. Doe told the police that Aviles began sexually abusing her when she was six years old, and the last incident of sexual abuse occurred in King City (Monterey County) ... More...
$0 (05-19-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Smuggling Baby Spider Monkeys </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wildlife Trafficker Sentenced for Smuggling Baby Spider Monkeys</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston, Texas was sentenced in f... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - CA)The People of the States of California v. Salvador Patino Sanchez
Riverside, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple sex crimes.<br> <br> In March 2023, the People filed an information charging Sanchez with 12 counts of aggravated sexual assault by force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury upon a child under the age of 14 and more than seven years younger than himself (Pen. Code, �... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Vamsikrishna Naganathanahalli </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oakland, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Damaging Former Employer's Computers </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Dublin Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Federal Prison For Damaging Former Employer's Computers </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Dublin resident Vams... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Douglas J. Chrismas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzling Bankruptcy Estate of Miracle Mile and Beverly Hills Art Gallery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Art Dealer Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Embezzling Bankruptcy Estate of Miracle Mile and Beverly Hills Art Galle... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Douglas J. Chrismas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzling Bankruptcy Estate of Miracle Mile and Beverly Hills Art Gallery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Art Dealer Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Embezzling Bankruptcy Estate of Miracle Mile and Beverly Hills Art Gallery... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - CA)State of California v. Sean Eric Toner
<h2><br> Ventura, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a sexually violent preditor.<br> </h2><br> <br> Sean Eric Toner was ordered committed to the State Department of State Hospitals as a sexually violent predator (SVP) within the meaning of the Sexually Violent Predators Act. (Welf. &Inst. Code § 6600 et seq.)<br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. SEXUALLY VIOLENT ... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Cambridge International Systems, Inc. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bribery Conspiracy </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Virginia-Based Defense Contractor To Pay $2.25 Million Fine for Bribery Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Cambridge International Systems, Inc., a defens... More...
$0 (09-24-2024 - CA)United States of America v. Robert Hunter Biden
<h2><br> Los Angeles, California tax evasion criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Robert Hunter Biden, age 54, was charged with tax evasion.<br> <br> 202<br> <br> Aug 16, 2024<br> <br> TEXT ONLY ENTRY (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER RE: DISCLOSURES by Judge Mark C. Scarsi, as to Defendant Robert Hunter Biden. The Court notes that the parties have exchanged completed disclosur... More...
$0 (09-05-2024 - CA)Anton A. Ewing v. Freedom Forever, LLC and Brett Douchy
<h2><br> Los Angeles, California breach of contract lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> Defendant filed a counterclaims.<br> <P><br> Plaintiff moved to dismiss the counterclaim.<br> <P><br> <br> Federal district courts are courts of limited jurisdiction that 'may not grant relief absent a constitutional or valid statutory grant of jurisdiction' and are 'presumed to lack jurisdiction in... More...
$0 (08-23-2024 - CA)United States of America v. Geoffrey Palermo
<h2><br> San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a kickback scheme, fraudulently obtaining SBA and PPP loans for his care repair shop business, and failing to pay over taxes withheld from employee paychecks.<br> </h2><br> <br> Palermo, 60, of Novato, Calif., pleaded guilty on March 11, 2024, to one count of conspiracy to commit wire frau... More...
$0 (07-12-2024 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Ernesto Saldivar </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Almost $600,000 Worth of Computer Equipment from the U.S. Navy </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Shipyard Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Almost $600,000 Worth of Computer Equipment from the U.S. Navy </h2></center... More...
$0 (07-10-2024 - CA)Armida Ruelas, et al. v. County of Alameda
<h2><br> Oakland, California civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant claiming that they were wrongfully not paid for work performed by them for working in the kitchen preparing meals for the county jail population and staff under and agreement between the county and a private contractor.<br> </h2><br> <br> nmates at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County work<br> in t... More...
$0 (04-22-2024 - CA)Jennifer Garnier and Angela Toft v. American Reliable Insurance Company, et al.
San Bernardino, California insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> According to the complaint filed by the Plaintiffs, rain water from a large storm on Feb. 15, 2019, flooded the home of Garnier and Toft, who are sisters. The damage rendered their property uninhabitable. The Plaintiffs gave notice and submitted a claim b... More...
$0 (05-08-2024 - CA)<h1> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AHMED ALAHMEDALABDALOKLAH</h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a conspiracy that targeted U.S. military personnel and property in Iraq.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the <br> conviction, after a jury t... More...
$0 (02-28-2024 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Eduard Gasparyan, </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID Jobless Benefits Scam and for Stealing Title to Dozens of Cars.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> <br> A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison for using stolen ident... More...
$0 (02-09-2024 - CA)Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al. v. Google, LLC
In 2015, ISIS terrorists unleashed a set of coordinated attacks across Paris, France, killing 130 victims, including <br> Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old U. S. citizen.1 Gonzalez's parents and brothers then sued Google, LLC, under 18<br> U. S. C. §§2333(a) and (d)(2), alleging that Google was both directly and secondarily liable for the terrorist attack that killed Gonzalez.2 For their secon... More...
$0 (05-18-2023 - CA)Fanny Saby v. Lycee Francais De San Francisco
San Francisco, California employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued her former employer for wrongful termination.<br> <br> Lycée Français de San Francisco is an independent, French immersion, international school for students in preschool through Grade 12.<br> <br> Defendant sought a stay pending the outcome of arbitration.<br> <br> An arbitration clause is a provision in an emplo... More...
$0 (05-16-2023 - CA)Brian Whitaker v. 2004 Capitol Investments, LLC
Sacramento, California civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <br> 42 U.S.C. §12101. Findings and purpose<br> (a) Findings<br> <br> The Congress found that—<br> <br> (1) physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with ... More...
$1 (03-29-2023 - CA)United States of America v. Long Ngoc Tran
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for his role in the operation of dozens of illegal gambling dens that fostered drug trafficking, violent crime, and gang activity within a small San Diego neighborhood.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="200" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/San_Diego_CA-Fed.jpg" alt="Federal... More...
$0 (02-14-2023 - CA)United States of America v. Lisa Kay Camp and Berry Lee Biddle
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants charged with engaging in a scheme that defrauded more than 4,000 job seekers by tricking them into paying fees in exchange for employment opportunities that turned out to be nonexistent. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Los_Angeles_CA_Fed.pn... More...
$0 (02-09-2023 - CA)<H2> Elson Marcelo, et al. v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al. </H2>
San Francisco, California employment law lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standard Act violation theory.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/california/news/sanfrancisco/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For San Francisco</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> Sixteen Plaintiff from Cali... More...
$0 (01-27-2023 - CA)In re Joel Alcox, On Habeas Corpus. The People v. Joel Alcox
<br> This case serves as a textbook example of a court impermissibly "second-guessing" criminal defense counsel's tactical decisions in derogation of United States and California Supreme Court precedent. We reverse and conclude, on the merits, that Joel Alcox (defendant) received the effective assistance of counsel at his murder trial almost 20 years ago.<br> <br> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â T... More...
$0 (03-10-2006 - CA)United States of America v. Shapour Moinian
San Diego, California criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with acting as an agent of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and accepting thousands of dollars from representatives of the Chinese government to provide aviation-related information from his defense-contractor employers.<br> <br> Shapour Moinian, age 27, from San Diego served in the U.S. Army in the Unit... More...
$0 (11-07-2022 - CA)United States of America v. Sutter Health
San Francisco, California civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729, which provides:<br> <br> (a) Liability for Certain Acts.—<br> <br> (1) In general.—Subject to paragraph (2), any person who—<br> <br> (A) knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval;<br> <br... More...
$13000000 (10-17-2022 - CA)United States of America v. Dennis Plasabas
San Diego, California criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with <br> Environmental Crimes.<br> <br> Oily Bilge Water Discharge Offense.In pleading guilty, New Trade and Plasabas admitted that oily bilge water was illegally dumped from the Longshore directly into the ocean without being properly processed through required pollution prevention equipment. Oily bilge water typically contains ... More...
$0 (09-09-2022 - CA)United States of America v. Victor Makras
making false statements to a bank and of bank fraud tied to fraudulent representations made in a mortgage refinance loan application.<br> <br> Victor Makras, 64, of San Francisco, was charged in a superseding indictment filed on May 31, 2022. The four criminal counts related to a mortgage refinance loan obtained by an associate of Makras and the associate's wife. Those four counts charged Makras w... More...
$0 (08-27-2022 - CA)City and County of San Francisco et al v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al.
<br> The opioid epidemic has plagued San Francisco for over twenty years. The number of individuals who die annually from opioid overdoses continues to climb. Thousands of city residents, from all walks of life, struggle with addiction. Widespread opioid use has strained the city's hospitals. It has forced streets, parks, and public spaces to close. It has exacerbated crime and homelessness. Every... More...
$0 (08-10-2022 - CA)Deborah Whiting v. City of San Jose, et al.
San Jose, California civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants claiming injury as a result of the use of excessive force by Office Jenni Byrd.<br> <br> <br> On July 10, 2019, Ms. Whiting attended a Paul McCartney concert at the SAP Center in San Jose, where defendant Officer Byrd was working security. Dkt. No. 41-1 ¶¶ 2-3, Exs. A (Byrd Depo. at 61:10-14) & B (Whiting Depo. a... More...
$0 (07-13-2022 - CA)United States of America v. David Newland, James Dolan, David Lausman and Mario Herrera
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with accepting bribes.<br> <br> Former U.S. Navy Captains David Newland, James Dolan and David Lausman and former Commander Mario Herrera – all of whom once served in the Navy's Seventh Fleet - were convicted on all counts by a federal jury today of accepting bribes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Francis... More...
$0 (06-30-2022 - CA)United States of America v. Shapour Moinian
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China and accepted thousands of dollars from representatives of the Chinese government to provide aviation-related information from his defense-contractor employers. He also pleaded guilty to making related false statements during national security background checks.<br> <br> Shapour... More...
$0 (06-23-2022 - ca)United States of America v. Steven Carrillo
San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with use of a firearm in conjunction with the commission of a crime of violence resulting in death and attempted murder of a person assisting an officer or employee of the United States Government.<br> <br> Steven Carrillo was sentenced to 41 years in prison for murder and attempted murder in connection with the May 29... More...
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