Plaintiff and respondent U.S. Bank National Association1 brought an action to enforce a Guaranty and Indemnity Agreement (Guaranty) that defendants and appellants Massoud Yashouafar and Solyman Yashouafar signed in favor of plaintiff’s predecessor-in-interest for the outstanding obligations owed by the borrowers on a promissory note (Note). The trial court granted plaintiff’s motion for summar... More...   $0 (12-17-2014 - CA)

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. sued Mary A. Alexander Mohler, Kendall Lew Mohler, First Mortgage Corp. and Holland Point Homeowners Association, Inc. on a breach of contract and foreclosure theories.

Mary A. Alexander Mohler counterclaimed on breach of contract and emotion distress theories.

Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment stated, in part, as follows:
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1. On or a... More...   $0 (12-13-2014 - OK)

Jackson, MS – William Marshall Wolfe, 45, of Ridgeland, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to the fraudulent transfer of approximately $1.5 million in real property from the bankruptcy estate of Steadivest, LLC, announced U. S. Attorney, Gregory K. Davis, Acting U. S. Trustee Henry G. Hobbs, Jr. of Region 5, FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent... More...   $0 (12-08-2014 - MS)

COMES NOW Plaintiff, and for his cause of action, states as follows:
1. Plaintiff, David Jones, is the Surviving Spouse of Renee Jones, deceased, and the Personal Representative of the estate of Renee Jones. Defendants are healthcare providers doing business in Oklahoma. The actions giving rise to this litigation occurred in Cleveland County. Defendant Hospital may claim it is a political subd... More...   $0 (12-01-2014 - OK)

Fort Smith, AR - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Randall Bee “Randy” Blythe, age 58, of Fort Smith, was found guilty of three counts of bankruptcy fraud and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm after a four day jury trial in Fort Smith. The jury heard from a total of 19 witnesses and was presented with 65 exhib... More...   $0 (12-01-2014 - )

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, and Chris Koster, Missouri Attorney General, announced that a Bethany, Mo., attorney pleaded guilty today in federal court for stealing more than $540,000 from his elderly client.

Richard F. Turner, 39, of Bethany, pleaded guilty to U.S. District Judge David G. Kays to an information chargin... More...   $0 (11-26-2014 - MO)

The question before us is whether the attorney-client privilege applies to intrafirm communications between attorneys concerning disputes with a current client, when that client later sues the firm for malpractice. We conclude that when an attorney representing a current client seeks legal advice from an in-house attorney concerning a dispute with the client, the attorney-client privilege may appl... More...   $0 (11-25-2014 - CA)

DALLAS — A federal grand jury returned four unrelated indictments this week, each charging an individual from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with a federal felony offense stemming from their theft of Social Security benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.

Each of the below-listed defendants is charged with at least one count of theft of go... More...   $0 (11-21-2014 - TX)

New York, NY - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL LEVITIS, the owner of MISSION SETTLEMENT AGENCY (“MISSION”), was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 108 months in prison in connection with a multimillion-dollar scheme that victimized more than 1,200 financially struggling people across the country. MISSION was also sent... More...   $0 (11-19-2014 - MA)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Michael Eisner, 32, of Mastic, New York, was sentenced today to 72 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conducting a variety of fraud schemes, including stealing cash from his clients and fraudulently abusing credit cards in the name of his mother and wife. Eisner also was ordered to pay over $1.1 million in restitution to his victims, and he wa... More...   $0 (10-31-2014 - VA)

Tulsa, OK - Randall A. Cobb, personal representative of the Estate of Alfred A. Cobb, Jr. deceased and Katherine S. Cobb, surviving spouse and Next of Kin of Alfred A. Cobb, Jr. sued Clever Brooks, fka Aqua-Chem, Afton Pumps, Aurora Pump Company, A.W. Chesteron Company, Bondex International, Inc. Capco Pipe Co., Inc. CBS Corporation, fka Viacom, Inc., fka Westinghouse Electric Corproation, Certain... More...   $0 (10-31-2014 - OK)

Doug and Karen Crownover contracted with Arrow Development, Inc. (“Arrow”) to construct a house for them. Arrow performed defective work and then failed promptly to correct the work. The Crownovers spent a significant amount of money paying to correct the work themselves. An arbitrator found Arrow liable to the Crownovers for breaching its express warranty to repair non-conforming work and awa... More...   $0 (10-29-2014 - TX)

Paramjeet and Sunita Malhotra, a married couple, filed
this qui tam action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C.
§§ 3729–3733. The district court held that it lacked subject
matter jurisdiction because the Act’s “public disclosure” bar
applies. We are asked to decide whether a deposition taken
by the Office of the United States Trustee triggered the bar
and, if so... More...   $0 (10-29-2014 - WA)

Fort Smith, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Brandon Lynn Barber, age 38, of New York, New York, was sentenced today to 65 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and money laundering. The Honorable P. K. Holmes, III presided over t... More...   $0 (10-28-2014 - )

Tulsa, OK - Richard Holman sued RV Rental Country d/b/a Rent-A-RV Now Nationwide d/b/a RV Rentals of Oklahoma, Rent A RV and Mike Williams on breach of contract theories.

02-01-2010 TEXT 1 73588170 Feb 1 2010 4:20:09:120PM - $ 0.00
CIVIL RELIEF MORE THAN $10,000 INITIAL FILING.
02-01-2010 CONTRACT - 73588172 Feb 1 2010 4:20:09:150PM Realized $ 0.00
BREACH OF A... More...   $0 (10-24-2014 - OK)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to a nearly $3 million fraud scheme that forced her employer out of business.

Irene Marie Brooner, 52, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to bank fraud.

Brooner,... More...   $0 (10-22-2014 - MO)

¶1 Judgment Debtor E. Allen Cowen II appeals the trial court's September 13, 2013, order denying his motion for the release of a judgment lien held on his property by Judgment Creditor El Reno Housing Associates Limited Partnership. Judgment Debtor alleged Judgment Creditor had failed to timely file a renewal of judgment lien within five years of obtaining the judgment. The trial court found the ... More...   $0 (10-15-2014 - OK)

Pursuant to an order of a bankruptcy court, Leonard K. Hoskins, Colonel Clifton Hoskins, and Hoskins, Inc. (the “Company”) were all parties to an arbitration proceeding. After a final arbitration award was entered with regard to Leonard’s claims against Clifton and the Company, Leonard filed a motion to vacate the arbitration award, while Clifton and the Company filed a motion to confirm the... More...   $0 (10-15-2014 - TX)

Plaintiffs Beverly Ann Hollis-Arrington and Crystal
Monique Lightfoot appeal the district court’s judgment
dismissing their claims against the Federal National Mortgage
Association (“Fannie Mae”). They argue that the district
court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over their claims. We
disagree. Under the rule announced in American National
Red Cross v. S.G., 505 U.... More...   $0 (10-02-2014 - CA)

MISSOULA, MT - Following a two-day trial for concealing a 1957 Thunderbird and another vehicle from a bankruptcy trustee, Timothy James Pulliam, 65, of La Mesa, California, was convicted by a Montana jury of concealing property and making false statements under oath related to his bankruptcy proceeding. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy presided over the trial. Pulliam now faces a maximum five yea... More...   $0 (09-30-2014 - MT)

SAN DIEGO - Grant McCollough, a real estate investor and owner of Tycoon Investments, and his wife, Marisa McCollough, pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to defraud mortgage lenders and impede the Internal Revenue Service.

As part of their conspiracy, the McColloughs recruited investors to act as “straw” buyers and arranged for false information to be submitted to m... More...   $0 (09-30-2014 - CA)

Washington, D.C. - Starr International Company, Inc. sued the United States of America on a taking without just compensation under the Fifth Amendment claiming that the Government's bailout of AIG in 2008 was so punitive that it amounted a taking without just compensation of Starr's ownership interest in AIG. Starr seeks $40 billion in damages.

The Government asserted that AIG entered int... More...   $0 (09-29-2014 - DC)

A man who concealed assets from the bankruptcy court and then lied about his assets under oath before a bankruptcy judge was sentenced today to eighteen months in federal prison.

Jay Freese, from Montour, Iowa, received the prison term after a February 18, 2014 guilty plea to one count of concealing assets in a bankruptcy case.

At the guilty plea hearing, Freese admitted he filed... More...   $0 (09-19-2014 - IA)

appeal arises out of an asset purchase agreement contemplating the sale of a car dealership’s assets. After the sale failed to close, the dealership sued the prospective buyer, alleging breach of contract and several other causes of action. The trial court granted the prospective buyer’s no-evidence and traditional motions for summary judgment, and denied the dealership’s traditional motion ... More...   $0 (09-18-2014 - )

This is a judicial estoppel case, which is controlled by two principles: our
reluctance to impose the harsh remedy of judicial estoppel, and the failure by the party
asserting judicial estoppel to bear its burden to point to clearly inconsistent statements in
support of its arguments.
The case involves statements made by plaintiff Vehicle Market Research, Inc.
(VMR) in a breach... More...   $0 (09-17-2014 - KS)