Edwin Romero Zambrano appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (the “BIA”) to affirm an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision to deny his
application for asylum. Romero Zambrano claims that the BIA applied the wrong legal
standard in assessing his asylum eligibility and the wrong standard of review when
evaluating the IJ’s decision. As explained below, we agree that t

Plaintiff Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) sued defendant HART HighVoltage
Apparatus Repair and Testing Co., Inc. (HART) for negligently servicing a large
transformer at a hydroelectric power plant and for damages under Public Utilities Code1
section 7952. PG&E alleged it incurred dirct and indirect costs of approximately $8.1
million.
HART filed a motion for summary adj

Philadelphia, PA - Bar Owner Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison

Michael Hoffner, Sr., 52, of Voorhees, New Jersey, was sentenced December 12, 2017 to 42 months in prison for wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The Honorable Mitchell S. Goldberg also imposed a three year term of supervised release and ordered the defendant to pay $87,060 in restitution and to forfei

Today we stop swimming against the tide of opinion on an important question of maritime law. Following the lead of several of our sister circuits, we now hold that a union contract freely entered by a seafarer – a contract that includes rates of maintenance, cure, and unearned wages – will not be reviewed piecemeal by courts unless there is evidence of
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unfairness in the collective bargai

Atlanta, GA - Former Employee of U.S. Government contractor in Afghanistan sentenced to prison for accepting $250,000 in kickbacks from subcontractor

A former employee of a U.S. government contractor in Afghanistan was sentenced November 29, 2017 to 21 months in prison for accepting over $250,000 in illegal kickbacks from an Afghan subcontractor in return for his assistance in obtaining s

Atlanta, GA - Russian cyber-criminal sentenced to 14 years in prison for role in massive online identity theft and bank fraud conspiracy

Russian cyber-criminal Roman Valeryevich Seleznev was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a $50 million cyberfraud ring and for defrauding banks of $9 million through a hacking scheme.

“Cybercriminals have victimized our citizens fro

Mary Mantiply appeals the district court’s order awarding Richard and Patricia Horne1 the attorneys’ fees and costs that they incurred because of her unsuccessful appeal of the damages award to the Hornes for her violation of the Bankruptcy Code’s automatic stay provision. This case involves an issue of first impression in this Circuit: whether the Bankruptcy Code authorizes payment of attorneys’

The Department of the Interior (“Interior” or “the
Secretary”) oversees the control, storage, and delivery to the
Western states of the waters of the Colorado River. In most
years, each state in the Colorado River Basin receives a fixed
amount of water from the river; in “surplus” and “shortage”
years, that amount changes. In the face of unprecedented
drought and ever-incre

Montanans select their judges through nonpartisan
popular elections. In an effort to keep those elections
nonpartisan, Montana has restricted judicial-campaign
speech. One of those restrictions is before us—a rule that
prohibits candidates from seeking, accepting, or using
political endorsements in their campaigns. Mark French, a
judicial candidate who wishes to seek and us

Houston, TX - Jury Awards Publisher $585,000 In Damages On Copyright Claim

Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. sued Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors on a copy right violation theory claiming that the Defendant wrongfully copied its energy newsletters. It claimed that Defendant shared five subscriptions of "Oil Daily" with others in the investment firm who did not have subscriptions. Thirty-nin

Optional Capital, Inc. (Optional or Plaintiff) sued
various entities and individuals, including DAS Corporation
(DAS) and its counsel—Akin Gump Straus Hauer & Feld
LLP (Akin) and Parker Shumaker Mills LLP, David Parker
and William Mills (collectively, Parker) (collectively with
Akin, Defendants)—for conversion and fraudulent transfer.
Plaintiff sought to recover from Defend

Ruder Calderon-Ramirez, a native and
citizen of Guatemala, filed a petition for U Nonimmigrant
Status on February 5, 2015. Due to a significant backlog,
Ramirez is waiting to be evaluated for the waiting list. On
August 15, 2016, he filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the
Northern District of Illinois requesting that the district court
compel Leon Rodriguez, Director o

Freddy Crisp shot his friend Dale Potter after a day and night of drinking. A
jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. On appeal, Crisp challenges (1) the
sufficiency of the evidence supporting the jury’s finding of guilt, (2) his trial
attorney’s failure to object to an inference-of-malice jury instruction, and (3) the
district court’s denial of his motions for new tria

Our decision in this case is controlled by the 1980 Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“Convention” or “Hague
Convention”), which dictates that a wrongfully removed child must be returned to the country of
habitual residence. Our precedent has demonstrated that where a child lives exclusively in one
country, that country is presumed to be the ch

Plaintiffs and appellants ITV Gurney Holding Inc. (ITV)
and Gurney Productions, LLC (the Company) challenge the
trial court’s grant of a preliminary injunction in favor of
defendants and respondents Scott Gurney and Deirdre Gurney
(the Gurneys), and Little Win, LLC. The Gurneys are the
minority owners of the Company and formerly served as its
chief executive officers (CEO’s

San Antonio, TX - Former U.S. Army Civilian Employee at Brooke Army Medical Center Sentenced to Federal Prison for Pocketing Solicited Funds for Wounded Warriors

Opal Jewel Charles, age 67, of Cibolo, TX, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing money collected for wounded warriors and their families.

In addition to the prison term, United States District Judge

Austin, TX - Vidor, TX, and Houston Area Pharmacists Sentenced to Federal Prison on Bribery and Tax Charges in Connection with Health Care Fraud Scheme

In Austin on December 1, 2017, a federal judge sentenced Brian David Haney, 38-year-old partial owner of Vidor Pharmacy and Kevin Michael Gray, 45-year-old operator of Family Pharmacy, Inc., in the Houston area, each to 28 months in federa

Jacksonville, FL - Former U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown and Two Others Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Scheme Involving Bogus Non-Profit Scholarship Charity

Former U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown was sentenced to five years in prison today in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida for her role in a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a sham scholarship charity.

Acting Assista

On May 29, 2010, Plaintiffs—three United States citizens and one foreign national—set sail aboard
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the U.S.-flagged ship Challenger I as part of the “Gaza Freedom Flotilla.” Compl. ¶ 31. The Flotilla’s stated aim was to “draw international public attention to the situation in the Gaza Strip and the effect of the [Israeli] blockade.” Id. ¶ 24. According to Plaintiffs, when the Challenge

Evansville, IN - Vincennes tax preparer sentenced in fraud scheme

A tax preparation business owner was sentenced in federal court for her preparation of over 350 false tax returns in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Deborah L. Richards, 56, previously pleaded guilty to three counts willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. Richards was sentenced to 48 months (four yea

Pittsburgh, PA - Golf Resort CEO Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Tax Evasion Charges

A resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud and income tax evasion.

Rocco Panucci, 53, of Greensburg, PA, pleaded guilty to two counts before United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab.

According to the informat

Washington, DC - Ahmed Abu Khatallah Found Guilty of Terrorism Charges in September 2012 Attack in Benghazi, Libya - Defendant Faces Possible Life Sentence

Ahmed Abu Khatallah, aka Ahmed Mukatallah, 46, a Libyan national, was found guilty by a jury today of federal terrorism charges and other offenses stemming from the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghaz

Washington, DC - Former Teacher Sentenced to Nearly 8 Years in Prison For Sexually Assaulting Six Students -
Incidents Took Place at Northwest Washington School Between 2014 and 2017

Manuel Fernandez, 36, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced December 1, 2017 to 7 years and 360 days in prison for sexually assaulting six of his students while working as a teacher at the Latin American Mo

On March 21, 2012, the State filed a bill of information charging defendant
with one count of armed robbery with a firearm, in violation of La. R.S. 14:64, one
count of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, in violation of La. R.S.
14:92 E(1), and one count of illegal possession of stolen things, in violation of La.
R.S. 14:69. On March 26, 2012, defendant entered ple

This action is between two groups of the Elem Indian Colony Pomo Tribe (the
Tribe), the “Brown faction” (plaintiffs) and the “Garcia Council” (defendants).
Plaintiffs sued the Garcia Council over allegedly defamatory statements published in a
notification that warned they would be disenrolled if the Tribe’s General Council found
them guilty of specified crimes. The trial court rule