Plano, TX - Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Illegally Export Radiation Hardened Integrated Circuits to Russia and China

Peter Zuccarelli, 62, of Plano, Texas pleaded guilty August 4, 2017 to conspiring to smuggle and illegally export from the U.S., radiation hardened integrated circuits (RHICs) for use in the space programs of China and Russia, in violation of the International E

The Sonoma County Public Conservator (Conservator) petitioned under the
provisions of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000
et seq.)
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for appointment as conservator of the person for appellant K.W. The petition
alleged K.W. was gravely disabled due to a mental disorder, unable to provide for his
basic needs for food, clothing, or shelter, and

Defendant KS Industries, L.P. appeals from an order denying its motion to compel
arbitration of a dispute with a former employee. The employee contends the lawsuit is a
representative action under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA). (Lab.
Code, § 2698 et seq.) He argues the trial court properly applied the rule adopted in
Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LL

¶ 1 Defendant, Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (Mitsubishi), appeals the judgment of
the trial court in favor of plaintiffs, Sara J. Foster, surviving widow of John C. Foster, and
Jacob C. Foster, Nicholas C. Foster, Cody J. Foster, Chad L. Foster, and Ian A. Foster by Sara
J. Foster, their mother and guardian (collectively hereinafter Sara), to enforce an arbitration
award o

¶ 1 This is an action for declaratory judgment. The plaintiff is Pekin Insurance Company
(Pekin), and the two defendants are St. Paul Lutheran Church of Roberts, Illinois (church), and
Hope Farney, the independent administrator of the estate of Kitty Mullins, deceased.
¶ 2 In a case separate from this one—the underlying tort case—Farney is suing the church for
wrongful death, alleg

This is a dispute about whether a State Farm Lloyds homeowners insurance policy provides coverage under the dwelling foundation and water damage endorsements for damages to Charles and Julie Allen’s home that they contend were caused by two plumbing leaks. Through several summary judgments and directed verdicts, the trial court concluded the Allens had not established the damages were covered by t

This appeal presents issues concerning State and local-government enforcement of
the Texas Clean Air Act (TCAA).1 Appellant, the State of Texas, and a number of Texas counties
filed the underlying TCAA-enforcement lawsuits in various counties across Texas against the
German automaker Volkswagen2 after Volkswagen admitted that it had installed emissions “defeat
devices” on certain o

The Immigration and Nationality
Act ("INA") gives the Attorney General discretion to cancel the
removal of a non-permanent resident alien if the alien meets
certain criteria, including ten years of continuous physical
presence in the United States. 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1). Under the
"stop-time" rule, the alien's period of continuous physical
presence ends "when the alien is

Spanish Peaks is a 3000-acre luxury resort in Big Sky Country, Montana, a
development begun in 2002 by Spanish Peaks Holdings II, LLC (Holdings). The
featured residences at Spanish Peaks were to be “high end settlement cabins,” to be
constructed close to a massive lodge, which was to be the centerpiece of the
development, containing restaurants, stores, recreation facilities, and o

Knoxville, TN - District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Tennessee Company and Its CEO to Stop Distribution of Unapproved and Misbranded Drugs

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Crown Laboratories Inc. and the firm’s Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey Bedard, to stop the distribution of unapproved

Tulsa, OK - Rosalee A. Sulak v. State Farm Fire & Casulaty Company, Plumb Genius, LLC, American Home Shield Corporation and American Home Shield of Oklahoma

Issue # 1. Issue: BAD FAITH INSURER LIABILITY (INSURE)
Filed By: SULAK, ROSALEE A.
Filed Date: 05/09/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY Disposed: DISMISSED WITHO

In three cases consolidated in the trial court, the Estuary Owners Association
(EOA) and individual owners of condominiums built on the site of a former bulk fuel
distribution terminal sued successive owners and developers of the property, as well as
contractors involved in constructing the condominiums, over alleged contamination of
the soil and groundwater at the site and imprope

Plaintiff FilmOn.com (FilmOn) is an Internet-based
entertainment media provider. Defendant DoubleVerify, Inc.
(DoubleVerify) provides authentication services to online
advertisers. FilmOn sued DoubleVerify for trade libel, slander,
and other business-related torts, alleging DoubleVerify falsely
classified FilmOn’s websites under the categories “Copyright
Infringement-File S

The Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System
(CURES) is California‟s prescription drug monitoring program. By statute, every
prescription of a Schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance must be logged in
CURES, along with the patient‟s name, address, telephone number, gender, date of
birth, drug name, quantity, number of refills, and information a

This case concerns a trademark that once enjoyed widespread recognition but has since grown considerably weaker. Since the 1950s, Parks Sausage Company has manufactured or licensed sausage under the brand name “PARKS.”1 At one point, PARKS was placed on the Principal Register of trademarks at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), but, sometime in the early 2000s, Parks failed to

Great Falls, MT - Executive Director of Domestic Violence Programs Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling Department of Justice Grant Funds

Toni Louise Plummer-Alvernaz (Plummer) was sentenced to one year in prison, $246,024 in restitution, and a $100 special assessment. The sentencing occurred on July 14, 2017, before U.S. District Chief Judge Dana Christensen, in Great Falls, Montana.
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Pocatello, ID - American Falls Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Child Enticement

Jesus Nieto, 20, of American Falls, Idaho, was sentenced July 12, 2017 in United States District Court to 300 months in prison for enticing and coercing two underage girls, followed by 15 years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Nieto to pay a $5,100 special assessment.

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) appeals a
judgment holding that the rate it charges for transporting water, or “wheeling,” violates
numerous provisions of law and awarding the San Diego County Water Authority (Water
Authority) substantial damages for having charged that rate in breach of a water
exchange agreement between the two agencies. The Wate

Robert N. Green was convicted of simple rape, a violation of La.R.S. 14:43. He was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor, to be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Green appeals the conviction and the sentence. Finding no reversible errors in the jury’s conviction and no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s sentence, we affirm the conviction and sente

In this products liability case, plaintiffs Kawika Demara (Demara) and Sandra
Demara (together, Plaintiffs) appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of
defendants The Raymond Corporation (Raymond) and Raymond Handling Solutions,
Inc. (RHSI) (together, Defendants). As relevant to this appeal, Plaintiffs asserted claims
for strict liability and negligence based on injuries Dem

Under our legal sufficiency review, the blackjack qualified as a deadly weapon if
the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed that it was
capable of causing death or serious bodily injury based on the manner in which Bandy
used or intended to use it. See id.; see also Brooks v. State, 323 S.W.3d 893, 906 (Tex.
Crim. App. 2010) (plurality op.) (

Dallas, TX - McKinney Man Admits His Role in a $6.4 Million Diamond Investment Fraud Scheme

Craig Allen Otteson, 65, of McKinney, appeared July 18, 2017 before U.S. Magistrate Paul D. Stickney and pleaded guilty to his role in a diamond investment scheme that the indictment alleged ran from approximately March 2011 to November 2013.

Specifically, Otteson pleaded guilty to one cou

New York, NY - Queens Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Stolen Artwork From Prominent New York Collection

LEON ZINDER pled guilty to the interstate sale of stolen property in connection with his theft and attempted sale of more than a dozen works of art. ZINDER pled guilty on July 20, 2017 in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn.

Acting U.S. Attorney Jo

¶1 The trial court previously granted attorney fees against Defendant/Appellant/Counter-Appellee Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., (Volkswagen) in an amount exceeding $7 million in this multi-jurisdictional, class action law suit. In an appeal from that award, the Oklahoma Supreme Court concluded the trial court abused its discretion by failing to deduct the entirety of fees claimed in certain "f

Alexandria, VA - Former Credit Suisse Banker Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with U.S. Taxpayers and Other Swiss Bankers to Defraud the United States

A citizen and resident of Switzerland pleaded guilty July 19, 2017 to conspiring to defraud the United States in connection with her work as the head of a team of bankers for Credit Suisse AG.

According to the statement of facts and the