Peter Hudson fought fires for the Highland Park Fire Department for close to thirteen years. During that time, he became a person of faith. For five years, he criticized other firefighters at the station for conduct he thought immoral and harmful to their work, and they responded by criticizing his faith and belittling him in other ways. In 2015, Hudson’s supervisor discovered that he had overrepo

Tulsa, OK - The United States of America charged Dr. Gregory Sinclair Connor, 61, with:

18:1347-Health Care Fraud; 18:982(a)(7), 21:853, 18:982(a)(2)(B), and 18:1028(b)(5)-Health Care Fraud Forfeiture
(1ss)

21:331(c) and 333(a)(2)-Fraud Relating to a Misbranded Drug; 18:982(a)(7), 21:853, 18:982(a)(2)(B), and 18:1028(b)(5)-Health Care Fraud Forfeiture
(2ss)

18:10

We must decide in this case whether portions of the
recently enacted Presidential Tax Transparency and
Accountability Act (Elec. Code, § 6880 et seq.) (the Act) conflict
with article II, section 5, subdivision (c) of the California
Constitution (article II, section 5(c)) and are therefore invalid.
At issue are the Act’s provisions that prohibit the Secretary of
State from p

Alexandria, VA - The United States of American charged Jerry Chun Shing Lee with conspiracy to gather or deliver defense information to aid a foreign government (spying for China).

A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer was sentenced today to 19 years in prison for conspiring to communicate, deliver and transmit national defense information to the People’s Republic of Ch

In this appeal, plaintiffs and appellants Tesoro Refining &
Marketing Company LLC and Tesoro Socal Pipeline Company
LLC (Tesoro) appeal the denial of a writ of mandate seeking to
set aside a cleanup and abatement order (CAO) issued by
defendant and respondent Los Angeles Regional Water Quality
Control Board (Regional Board).1
Tesoro alleges that the trial judge erred in two

November 2015, the Board of Supervisors (Board) of the County of Kern
approved a new zoning ordinance requiring permits for new oil and gas exploration,
drilling and production. The ordinance imposed a wide range of environmental and other
standards on permit applicants. It also adopted two procedural pathways for obtaining
permits when the proposed activity would be conducted on s

Portland, OR - The United States of America charged Jared Elias Case with domestic assault and battery.

Jared Elias Case, 26, of Umatilla, Oregon, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release after repeatedly assaulting his significant other.

According to court documents, on July 19, 2018, Case punched his then-significant other in the face, br

Plaintiff Brigid Ford worked as a
deputy in the Marion County Sheriff’s Office until her hand
was seriously injured in a car accident while on duty. After
assigning Ford to light duty for about a year, the Sheriff’s Office
told Ford that she must either transfer to a permanent position
with a cut in pay or be terminated. After some back and
forth, Ford accepted a civilian j

The body of California law prohibiting usury derives from
a variety of sources, including a constitutional amendment. (Cal
Const.,1 art. XV, § 1.) The amendment sets the maximum
interest rates lenders may charge but exempts specified classes
of lenders from those rate restrictions. The amendment also
authorizes the Legislature to regulate “in any manner” the
compensation th

Tony Sarun had no health insurance in March 2012 when
he received emergency care at Northridge Hospital Medical
Center, then owned and operated by Dignity Health.1 Upon
admission Sarun signed an agreement to pay the hospital’s “full
charges, unless other discounts apply.” “Full charges” were
defined as “the Hospital’s published rates (called the
chargemaster), prior to any

Appellant Prima Donna Development Corporation (Prima Donna) is a California
corporation that develops, builds, and manages hotel properties in California and Oregon.
1 We take these facts primarily from the arbitration award and the parties’ filings
submitted in the trial court in conjunction with Wells Fargo’s motion to compel
arbitration. Although Prima Donna’s briefing in this c

Tulsa, OK - The United States of America charged Hongjin Tan with:

18:1832(a)(1): Theft of Trade Secrets; 18:2323: Trade Secret Forfeiture Allegation
(1)
18:1832(a)(2): Unauthorized Transmission of Trade Secrets; 18:2323: Trade Secret Forfeiture Allegation
(2)
18:1832(a)(3): Unauthorized Possession of Trade Secrets; 18:2323: Trade Secret Forfeiture Allegation
(3)

Washington, DC - The United States of America charged Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar and Majid Ghorbani with:

with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. § 1705, and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 560.

Two Individuals Plead Guilty to Acting as Illegal Agents of the Government of Iran

Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Do

Philadelphia, PA - The United States charged Stamatios "Tom" Kousisi with:

18:1349 - CONSPIRACY
(1)

18:1343 and 1349 - WIRE FRAUD
(2-4)

18:1001 - FALSE STATEMENTS
(9)

18:1001 - FALSE STATEMENTS
(11-16)

Downingtown Man Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison for Defrauding PennDOT Disadvantaged Business Program

Stamatios “Tom” K

On January 15, 2016, a warrant issued for the search of Klugman’s residence and
the office of his dental practice. The warrant authorized law enforcement officers to
seize evidence of “sexual exploitation of a child, in violation of Penal Code
section 311.3, or possession of matter depicting sexual conduct of a person under the age
of 18 years, in violation of Penal Code [section]

On January 15, 2016, a warrant issued for the search of Klugman’s residence and
the office of his dental practice. The warrant authorized law enforcement officers to
seize evidence of “sexual exploitation of a child, in violation of Penal Code
section 311.3, or possession of matter depicting sexual conduct of a person under the age
of 18 years, in violation of Penal Code [section]

Plaintiffs and appellants Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Los Angeles,
Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Asian Law Caucus, and the American Civil
Liberties Union of Northern California (collectively plaintiffs) appeal from a judgment
denying their petition for writ of mandate. Plaintiffs claim defendant and respondent
Alex Padilla, the California Secretary of State, has misinterp