¶1 The dispositive issue presented for our review is whether the letters of special administration of appellant, Wilhelm Murg, Jr., Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Virginia Murg, Deceased, (hereinafter "Murg, Jr.,") properly were issued, or whether his appointment was void ab initio (99,701) (Murg I). Our holding regarding appellant's negligence claim against appellee,

Lexington, KY - Winchester Man Sentenced To 24 Months For Illegally Hacking Into Website And Lying To Federal Agents

A Winchester, Ky., man, who previously admitted to hacking and taking control of a high school sports website, to gain publicity for his online identity and harass and intimidate the website owner and others, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.

U.S.

This is an appeal from an order granting a motion for sanctions filed by appellee AdvoCare International, Inc. against appellants Shereef Kamel, a former independent distributor of AdvoCare products; Kamel’s attorney, W.D. Masterson; and Masterson’s law firm, Kilgore & Kilgore, PLLC. The trial court found that appellants brought baseless claims against AdvoCare and ordered Masterson to pay AdvoCar

San Diego, CA - Former Fedex Driver Who Set up Fake Hedge Fund Sentenced to 33 Months

Joshua Knaup, the founder and chief investment officer of EquityPro Capital, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $556,629 in restitution for stealing over half a million dollars from local investors.

In addressing Knaup, U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo said, “You di

In 2014, Proposition 47 created the new crime of “shoplifting,” defined as
entering an open commercial establishment during regular business hours with the
intent to commit “larceny” of property worth $950 or less. (Pen. Code, § 459.5,
subd. (a).) This provision is related to the general burglary statute, which also
applies to an entry with intent to commit “larceny” or any felony.

Atlanta, GA - Member of CD and DVD Counterfeiting Ring in Atlanta Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison

A Dakar, Senegal, man was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his involvement in a counterfeit DVD and CD ring.

Mamadou Aliou Simakha, 41, was also ordered to pay $70,894 in restitution, jointly and severally with his co-defendants, by U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey Jr. of

A grand jury indicted appellant for committing assault. The indictment
alleged that he had a romantic or dating relationship with the victim, that he had
been previously convicted of assault against a member of his family or
household, and that he had been previously convicted of two felony offenses.
Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, appellant pled guilty, and the trial c

Grand Rapids, MI - Federal Jury Convicts Three Florida Residents In Staged Automobile Accident Fraud Conspiracy In Michigan

The Fraud Ring Operated Three Therapy Clinics in Michigan from 2012 to 2015

Belkis Soca-Fernandez, 47, and David Sosa-Baladron, 41, of Tampa, Florida, and Antonio Ramon Martinez-Lopez, 35, of Port Richey, Florida, were convicted in federal court after a sev

For want of a comma, we have
this case. It arises from a dispute between a Maine dairy
company and its delivery drivers, and it concerns the scope of
an exemption from Maine's overtime law. 26 M.R.S.A. § 664(3).
Specifically, if that exemption used a serial comma to mark off
the last of the activities that it lists, then the exemption
would clearly encompass an activity tha

South Korean Businessman Convicted on Fraud Charges in Scheme to Deceive U.S. Municipalities out of Federal Stimulus Funds

CHICAGO — A jury has convicted a South Korean businessman on multiple fraud charges for deceiving U.S. municipalities into spending federal stimulus money on his company’s foreign-made products.

HEON SEOK LEE, Chief Executive Officer and President of KTURBO

Chicago, IL - South Korean Businessman Convicted on Fraud Charges in Scheme to Deceive U.S. Municipalities out of Federal Stimulus Funds

A jury has convicted a South Korean businessman on multiple fraud charges for deceiving U.S. municipalities into spending federal stimulus money on his company’s foreign-made products.

HEON SEOK LEE, Chief Executive Officer and President of KTUR

Christopher Riegel and various entities affiliated with him––My Three Sons, Ltd., My
Three Sons Management, LLC, Prestonwood OB/GYN Associates, P.A., Christopher Riegel,
M.D., P.A.––appeal the trial court’s dismissal of their lawsuit against appellees for failing to
comply with an order compelling arbitration of the dispute. In five issues, appellants complain
the trial court erred

¶1 We granted certiorari to resolve an apparent conflict between two divisions of the Court of Civil Appeals. The Court of Civil Appeals' opinion in the instant case was in conflict with North American Investment Co. v. Lawson, 1993 OK CIV APP 73, 854 P.2d 384, wherein the Court of Civil Appeals, Division III, found that a Landlord's $2.00 per day late fee vis a vis the $150.00 per month base rent

Atlanta, GA - Woman Admits to Causing the Death of another Person by Injecting her with Liquid Silicone

Deanna Roberts has pleaded guilty to four felony counts of possessing, transporting, and ultimately illegally injecting persons with liquid silicone and four felony counts of introducing into interstate commerce liquid silicone, which was an adulterated device. One of the women the def

Jackson, MS - Iranian Member of an International Cybercrime Conspiracy Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Selling Stolen Credit Card Information Online

An Iranian man was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for access device fraud and 60 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit identity theft and access device fraud, to be served concurrently, in connection with an interna

Milwaukee, WI - Former CEO of Coupon Clearinghouse Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Thomas C. Balsiger (age: 63) of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced in Federal Court in Milwaukee to 10 years in prison to be followed by 3 years’ supervised release. Mr. Balsiger also was ordered to pay over $65 million in restitution.

In December 2016, following a month-long trial, Mr. Balsiger, the fo

This appeal presents two distinct
claims. The first arises from plaintiff Joan Mulvania’s arrest
and detention at the Rock Island County Jail in November
2010. Mulvania claims the jail has a widespread practice of
conducting strip searches with excessive force and without
accommodating people who are experiencing mental distress.
The second claim arises from ten other plain

Defendant Accounting Practice
Sales (APS) terminated its brokerage contract with William
Burford after he failed, in his exclusive territory for APS, to
meet his minimum yearly sales volume for four consecutive
years. Burford sued. APS defended on the grounds that Burford
failed to meet his sales requirement and that his contract
was terminable at will. The case was tried a