Denver, CO - The Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency and State of Colorado Reach Agreement With PDC Energy, Inc. to Resolve Litigation and Reduce Air Pollution

The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the State of Colorado today announced a settlement with Denver-based PDC Energy, Inc. resolving Clean Air Act violations alleged in a ci... More...   $0 (10-31-2017 - CO)

Great Falls, MT - Great Falls Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

A Great Falls, Montana man was sentenced for possession of child pornography. United States District Judge Brian M. Morris sentenced Manuel David Orozco, 42, to 120 months in prison, 10 years of supervised release, and a $5,100 special assessment. When he was arrested, Orozco was a Tier I sex offen... More...   $0 (10-18-2017 - MT)

Boston, MA Massachusetts Man Convicted of Supporting ISIS and Conspiring to Murder U.S. Citizens

David Daoud Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq, 28, of Everett, Massachusetts, was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization; conspiracy to commit acts of te... More...   $0 (10-18-2017 - MA)

David and Linda Hovannisian purchased property from Wells Fargo Bank (Wells
Fargo) at a foreclosure sale. Several months later they discovered there was a first
priority deed of trust on the property that had not been extinguished by the foreclosure.
The Hovannisians sued Wells Fargo for intentional and negligent misrepresentation based
2.
on a statement in Wells Fargo‟s... More...   $0 (09-17-2017 - CA)

Oxford, MS - Sex Trafficking Defendants Plea Guilty in Federal Court

Rickey Robertson a.k.a. “Slick Rick” and Ladarius Jackson, a.k.a. “Dee Don” entered pleas of guilty on August 16, 2017 on sex trafficking charges before Chief U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Robertson entered a guilty plea on Count One of the Indictment – Sex Trafficking Conspiracy – in viola... More...   $0 (09-05-2017 - MS)

San Juan, PR - Owner of Arecibo Aquarium Business Pleads Guilty to Two Federal Lacey Act Felonies for Illicit Trafficking of Protected Corals

Aristides Sanchez, a resident of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty on August 23, 2017 to two felony violations of the federal Lacey Act for collecting, purchasing, falsely labeling, and shipping protected marine invertebrate species as part of a... More...   $0 (08-24-2017 - PR)

Respondent James P. Baldwin (Baldwin), a prominent real estate developer,
is no stranger to the complicated world of business entity structuring. Over the course of
his lifetime, he has formed and held interest in hundreds of corporations, partnerships and
limited liability companies. This appeal concerns one of those limited liability
companies, JPB Investments LLC (JPBI).
App... More...   $0 (08-13-2017 - CA)

Petitioners-Appellants, BC Ranch I, L.P. (“BCR I”), and B.C. Ranch II, L.P. (“BCR II”), (collectively the “BCR Partnerships” or “Appellants”), claim that Respondent-Appellee, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (the “Commissioner”), wrongfully disallowed their charitable deductions for two conservation easements. Appellants contend that in ruling for the Commission, the Tax Court wrongfully class... More...   $0 (08-11-2017 - TX)

Joanne Cote worked for Derby Insurance Agency from 1998 until 2014. In
2014, she sued the agency and Kevin Dorn (collectively, Derby),1 alleging sexual
discrimination based on a hostile work environment, as well as the torts of
intentional infliction of emotional distress and assault. On interlocutory appeal,
Derby challenges the district court’s denial of its motion for summary ju... More...   $0 (08-02-2017 - IA)

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... More...   $0 (07-20-2017 - VA)

“In 2008, oil and gas companies descended on east Texas . . . seeking to acquire leases to exploit the Haynesville Shale formation, which they viewed as having enormous potential.”1 During this frenzied period, Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P. (Chesapeake), entered into a letter agreement with Buffco Production, Inc. (Buffco), and Twin Resources, L.L.C. (Twin), to purchase three-year term assignments in... More...   $0 (07-07-2017 - TX)

Tacoma, WA - Snoqualmie Washington Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Defrauding Government Programs of More than $646,000 - Invented Injuries from Rocket Attack to Falsely Claim Medals, Disability Payments and Other Benefits

A former Captain of the Idaho and Washington National Guard was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to three years in prison, three years of supervis... More...   $0 (06-05-2017 - WA)

After Governor Brown announced his intention to dissolve redevelopment
agencies, but before the legislation passed, City of Galt entered into an agreement (the
Cooperative Agreement) with its former redevelopment agency under which the former
redevelopment agency agreed to finance several parts of the redevelopment plan, totaling
more than $22,000,000. To obtain money for the finan... More...   $0 (06-05-2017 - CA)

In history and literature, the name “Draco” has been associated with some notorious characters. Draco of ancient Greece is perhaps best known for the harsh legal code he composed, which inspired the word “draconian.” Antonios Loizides, Draco’s Law Code, ANCIENT HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA http://www.ancient.eu/ Dracos_Law_Code/ (last visited May 12, 2017). Draco Lucius Malfoy, of course, is Harry Potter’... More...   $0 (05-24-2017 - )

Minneapolis, MN - Leader Of A Multi-State Heroin Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 300 Months In Prison

Omar Beasley and his co-conspirators trafficked heroin and other drugs to the Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservations from Detroit, Chicago, and Minneapolis

Omar Sharif Beasley, 39, for leading a multi-state heroin trafficking conspiracy. BEASLEY, who was charged alo... More...   $0 (05-10-2017 - MN)

Atlanta, GA - Fourth Defendant Convicted for Role in Atlanta-Based Mexican Sex Trafficking Ring

Severiano Martinez-Rojas, also known as “Negro” and “Gato,” of Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico, has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of sex trafficking and admitted his participation in the sex trafficking of three victims.

“This defendant’s guilty plea represents another succ... More...   $0 (04-25-2017 - GA)

Appellant met the victim at a party thrown by Appellant’s niece, the victim’s friend at the time. When the offenses allegedly occurred, the victim was fourteen years old and Appellant was thirty-nine. Following the party at which they met, Appellant text-messaged and called the victim often. Eventually, per the State, their relationship grew sexual.

The victim testified that she and ... More...   $0 (04-23-2017 - FL)

This case presents two issues: (1) Is a trial court ruling denying a request
for a jury trial in a civil action subject to review prior to trial by a petition for an
extraordinary writ or may such a ruling be reviewed only by appeal after trial?
and (2) Is there a right to a jury trial in a health care facility whistleblower action
for retaliatory termination brought pursuant to He... More...   $0 (04-13-2017 - )

Greeneville, TN - Johnson City Resident Sentenced to Serve Over Eight Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine and Firearms Offenses

Joey Edward Holmes, 39, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge, to serve 100 months in federal prison. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for ... More...   $0 (04-06-2017 - TN)

Medical residencies are a vital component of American medical education. McKeesport Hosp. v. ACGME, 24 F.3d 519, 525 (3d Cir. 1994). They provide new doctors a supervised transition between the pure academics of medical school and the realities of practice. Generally they do so successfully: Our nation’s residency programs reliably produce some of the “finest physicians and medical researchers in ... More...   $0 (03-13-2017 - PA)

Plaintiff James Kingsbury, acting as the personal representative of his mother’s estate, brought the underlying action against the Defendants in their capacities as partners of the limited partnership that owned the nursing home where Mr. Kingsbury’s mother resided at the time of her death. The general partner appeals the judgment entered against it by the district court on the ground that the a... More...   $0 (01-01-2017 - OK)

Greenville, TN - Newport Resident Sentenced to Serve 188 Months in Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Firearms

Freddie Coufax Swaggerty, 52, of Newport, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 188 months in federal prison. Swaggerty was also ordered to remain under supervised release by the U.S. Probation Office for five years after he is r... More...   $0 (10-27-2016 - TN)

Seattle, WA - Ship’s Owner and Operator Ordered to Pay $1.3 Million Fine and $200,000 Community Service Payment for Violating Pollution Laws, Falsifying Records and Scheming to Defraud

Ship Discharged Oily Waste on Voyage from China to Seattle; False Log Books given to Coast Guard Inspectors

The companies that own and operate a Greek shipping vessel were sentenced today in U.S. D... More...   $1300000 (10-23-2016 - WA)

All facts are stated as of the time of trial. Varel International and Varel Europe
manufacture oilfield and mining drill bit products. James Nixon is the “president and CEO” of
Varel International, which has its “corporate headquarters” in Carrolton, Texas. In August 2006,
PetroDrillBits and Varel International entered into a Sales Technical Service Representation
Agreement ... More...   $0 (10-04-2016 - TX)