Concord, NH - Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Defraud State of New Hampshire in Connection with Untaxed Tobacco Products

Imtiaz Shaikh, 46, of Manchester pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the State of New Hampshire.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Shaikh’s scheme involved the purchas

Plaintiffs‐appellants John Copeland, Pedro Perez, and Native Leather, Ltd.
(collectively, “plaintiffs”) appeal from a judgment against them following a
bench trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York (Forrest, J.). Plaintiffs claim that New York’s ban on gravity knives is void
for vagueness under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth A

7 Plaintiffs‐Appellants Muhammad Tanvir, Jameel Algibah, and Naveed
8 Shinwari (“Plaintiffs”) appeal from a February 17, 2016 final judgment of the
9 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Abrams, J.),
10 dismissing their complaint against senior federal law enforcement officials and
11 25 named and unnamed federal law enforcement officers. As rel

This case concerns the
enforceability of an arbitration clause contained in an online
contract. Plaintiffs-Appellants Rachel Cullinane, Jacqueline
Núñez, Elizabeth Schaul, and Ross McDonagh, (collectively,
"Plaintiffs"), filed this putative class action in Massachusetts
Superior Court on behalf of themselves and other users of a ridesharing
service in the Boston area agains

In the early evening of October 1, 2015, Smith left the Colerain
apartment of his girlfriend, Kirby Wynn. He traveled to the Evanston neighborhood
of Cincinnati. He visited Jackson at his apartment located at 3306 Fairfield Avenue.
Owens often shared Jackson’s apartment. Later that evening, Jackson’s daughter
entered the apartment and found Owens’ clothed, lifeless body lyin

Atria Las Posas (Atria) appeals from an order
denying its petition to compel arbitration. The trial court denied
the petition because of an integration clause in an agreement the
parties signed. It determined that the clause precluded Atria
from relying on a separate agreement containing an arbitration
clause. We reverse the order because the integration clause does
not pre

Denver, CO - Jamshid Muhtorov and Bakhtiyor Jumaev Guilty of Providing Material Support to a Terrorist Organization

A jury in U.S. District Court in Denver on June 21, 2018 found Jamshid Muhtorov guilty on three counts involving material support to a terrorist organization. The guilty verdicts come after a 19-day trial before Senior U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane. The defendant

In a two-count indictment, the State charged Franklin with the offenses of capital murder
and felony murder for the shooting death of Deandre Thompson, which occurred during a home
invasion-robbery in the early-morning hours of October 22, 2014. The State presented the jury
with testimony from nineteen witnesses, and Franklin presented testimony from two witnesses.
The jury f

Jake’s Fireworks, Inc. (“Jake’s”), a fireworks importer and distributor, assigned
two employees to clean out its old facility. A fire broke out, injuring one employee and
killing the other. After an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”)
inspection, the Secretary of Labor (the “Secretary”) cited Jake’s for violating OSHA
safety and health standards. Jake’s contested

In this action brought under the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), Plaintiff Martin Vogel
timely appeals the district court’s award of $600 in attorney’s
fees following the entry of a default judgment. Defendant
Harbor Plaza Center, LLC, originally filed an answer and
took other actions but, before trial, failed to appear. The
district court eventually struck

The novel federal question in this appeal is whether lists
of names with addresses are copyrightable when they are the
product of a sophisticated process to ensure accuracy and
utility. In other words, whether such lists are more like a
telephone book, that the Supreme Court has held lacks any
creative spark, or more like Joyce’s Ulysses that changed the
course of 20th cent

Los Angeles, CA - Plaintiff Wins $6 Million Verdict In Wrongful Termination & Emotional Distress Case

Maria Martinez sued Rite Aid Corporation on a wrongful termination theory.

Martinez began her employment with Rite Aid in 1983 at the age of 17. After starting as an ice cream scooper, Martinez was promoted to pharmacy clerk, and later became a licensed pharmacy technician. In

In this appeal from appellant’s conviction for grand theft, appellant contends that the prosecutor’s closing argument merits reversal on multiple grounds. After the prosecutor implied to the jury in closing argument that mere presence at the scene of a crime was sufficient to support a conviction, the court refused to give appellant’s requested instruction on “mere presence.” The trial court err

St. Louis, MO - AAA Storage Holdings, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company
doing business as AAA Storage St. Charles, sued Aspen American Insurance Company on a breach of insurance contract theory.

Minneapolis, MN - Federal Jury Convicts Former Oil Company President For Orchestrating $30 Million Stock Manipulation Scheme

RYAN RANDALL GILBERTSON, 42, founder of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc., and DOUGLAS VAUGHN HOSKINS, 50, for orchestrating a complex stock manipulation scheme that triggered more than $30 million dollars in fraudulent bonus payments. Following a 10-day trial before U.S

San Francisco, CA - Second Executive Pleads Guilty to Participating in Capacitors Price-Fixing Conspiracy

Tokuo Tatai, an executive of Japan-based capacitor manufacturer Elna Co. Ltd., pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for electrolytic capacitors sold to customers in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.

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In June of 2011, a Coffee County Grand Jury indicted Defendant for attempted first degree murder in Count One, “aggravated domestic assault” in Count Two, and especially aggravated kidnapping in Count Three. A jury trial commenced on October 1, 2013. On the first day of trial, the trial court sought clarification on Count Two of the indictment. Count Two of the indictment stated:
THE GRAND

The Petitioner’s guilty pleas were the result of different offenses committed between June 2012 and November 2014. According to the prosecutor’s recitation of facts at the plea colloquy, on July 18, 2012, the sister of fifteen-year-old Victim 1 discovered Victim 1 and the twenty-six-year-old Petitioner, both shirtless, in a bed together. Victim 1 disclosed that she and the Petitioner had sexual

Anthony Oliver sued his employer, Joint Logistics Managers, Inc., under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, alleging that it discriminated against him when it laid him off and when it hired another applicant to fill an open position. He also alleges that his employer retaliated against him after he filed a charge with the EEOC. The district court granted sum-mary judgment in favor of Oliver’s employer. Because Oliv

Henry Fiorentini is the owner and president of Panatech, Inc., a small technology company. When cancer treatment left him unable to perform his job, he received total disability benefits under a policy he held with the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company. Five years later, after Fiorentini was back at work and exercising full control of the company, Paul Revere notified him that he no longer
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Plaintiff Daryl Sutula‐Johnson
sued her former employer, alleging that its changes to her
compensation for selling office furniture breached its contract
with her and violated the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection
Act. The district court granted summary judgment for the
employer. We affirm summary judgment for the employer on
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the claims for

T.B. was born to Beaver and Kristina Beaver (“Kristina”) in 2012. Doc.
60. Kristina and Beaver divorced in 2015. Ex. 15. Following this divorce, Beaver
had visitation with T.B. every other weekend. Trial Tr. 427. On April 24, 2016,
after one of these weekend visits, Beaver drove T.B. to the designated drop off
location where Kristina was waiting in her car. Id. at 409, 4

Adrian Durden’s first trial for murder resulted in a hung jury. He was tried a second time for murder along with eight drug-related charges. Just under two hours after the jury had begun its deliberations, one of the jurors—Juror 12—sent a note to the court requesting to be excused from service because she “[could] not agree quickl[y] on the charges [or] come to a decision on the charges.” Appella

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, foreignnationals seeking entry into the United States undergo a vetting process to ensure that they satisfy the numerous requirements for admission. The Act also vests the President with authority to restrict the entry of aliens whenever he finds that their entry “would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.” 8 U. S. C. §1182(f). Relying on

Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency Act (FACT Act) requires clinics that primarily serve pregnant women toprovide certain notices. Cal. Health & Safety Code Ann. §123470 et seq. (West 2018). Licensed clinics must notify women that California provides free or low-cost services, including abortions, and give them a phone number to call.Unlicensed clinics must notify women t