Joshua Vasquez and Miguel Cardona are convicted child sex offenders who live in Chicago and are required to register as sex offenders and comply with state restrictions on where they may live. For example, a child sex offender may not knowingly live within 500 feet of
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a school, playground, or child-care center. 720 ILL. COMP. STAT. 5/11-9.3(b-5), (b-10). A few years after Vas... More...   $0 (07-17-2018 - IL)

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Credit Suisse’s Investment Bank in Hong Kong Agrees to Pay $47 Million Criminal Penalty for Corrupt Hiring Scheme that Violated the FCPA

Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited (CSHK), a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (CSAG), a Swiss-based issuer of publicly traded securities in the United States, re... More...   $0 (07-05-2018 - NY)

In May 2013, Abraham Watkins was sworn into the Iowa bar and subsequently opened a solo practice in Keosauqua, Iowa. Watkins operated his law practice out of an office located on the first floor or main level of the two-story home he shared with his family. Watkins and his family mostly lived upstairs. However, the home’s kitchen, laundry room, and one of the two bathrooms are located on the ma... More...   $0 (07-04-2018 - IA)

Latasha Johnson appeals a judgment entered in favor of Kohner Properties, Inc., in a rent-and-possession action. She argues the circuit court erroneously barred her from asserting the implied warranty of habitability as an affirmative defense and counterclaim because she remained in possession of the premises without depositing her unpaid rent to the circuit court in custodia legis, which is “trad... More...   $0 (07-03-2018 - MO)

In two issues, appellant complains the trial court erred by refusing to allow him to question Justin Brown, a State’s witness, about the fact that Brown was on deferred adjudication community supervision, referred to as “probation” by appellant, for offenses committed in the same transaction for which appellant was on trial.1 The record reflects that before opening arguments, the State made an ora... More...   $0 (07-03-2018 - TX)

Philadelphia, PA - Allentown Lawyer Sentenced for His Role in Pay-to-Play Scheme With Allentown Mayor

Scott Allinson, 55, was sentenced on June 29, 2018 to 27 months in federal prison. In March, a federal jury convicted Allinson on conspiracy and bribery charges. Evidence presented at trial showed that Allinson and others engaged in a pay-to-play scheme with Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski... More...   $0 (07-02-2018 - PA)

The underlying facts of this case are set out in State v. McCormick, 305 Kan. 43, 44-46, 378 P.3d 543 (2016). In short, McCormick, who was 19 at the time, had a party in his basement with another 19-year-old man and two 13-year-old girls. Alcohol was free flowing and while one of the girls was incapacitated from her alcohol consumption, McCormick raped her. He subsequently cooperated with police a... More...   $0 (07-02-2018 - KS)

Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency Act (FACT Act) requires clinics that primarily serve pregnant women toprovide certain notices. Cal. Health & Safety Code Ann. §123470 et seq. (West 2018). Licensed clinics must notify women that California provides free or low-cost services, including abortions, and give them a phone number to call.Unlicensed clinics must notify women t... More...   $0 (06-26-2018 - DC)

Prior to trial, Appellant moved to sever .the robbery counts for separate
trials so he would not be required to simultaneously defend against thirty-one
counts of first-degree robbery. He argues on appeal that the trial court's
refusal to do so was an abuse of discretion. "The test for abuse of discretion is
whether the trial judge's decision was arbitrary, unreasonable, unfair... More...   $0 (06-20-2018 - KY)

We must decide whether a high school teacher who was verbally harassed by her students has identified sufficient evidence to support claims for violations of her federal civil rights against the public school system that employed her.
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Patricia Campbell was employed by the Hawaii Department of Education (DOE) from 2000 until she resigned in July 2009. From 2004 through 2007, Campbell taug... More...   $0 (06-19-2018 - HI)

This case involves a labor dispute between Columbia College Chicago (“CCC” or “the College”) and one of its employee unions, the Part-Time Faculty Association at Columbia College Chicago (“PFAC”), over the rep-resentation of full-time staff members who also teach part-time. A Regional Director (“the Director”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) ruled that such
2 No. ... More...   $0 (06-17-2018 - IL)

A jury convicted Heath Allen Umphenour of one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, four counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and two counts of breach of privacy. Four of Umphenour's convictions were off-grid Jessica's Law offenses. For his off-grid Jessica's Law convictions and Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA) grid convictions, t... More...   $0 (06-14-2018 - KS)

Hard as it may try, Chicago has not yet
managed to shake free from the scourge of public corruption.
Gary Solomon, Thomas Vranas, and Barbara Byrd-Bennett
have added another chapter to this inglorious history. As CEO
of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Byrd-Bennett worked behind
the scenes to assure that two companies headed by Sol2
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omon and Vranas would re... More...   $0 (06-05-2018 - IL)

Deever pled guilty to interference with law enforcement, a level 8 nonperson felony, after falsely accusing Officer Rex Vickers of beating and raping her. Deever's criminal history score put her in the presumptive probation box, but the State filed a motion for an upward dispositional departure asserting Deever's conduct during the commission of the offense manifested excessive brutality toward th... More...   $0 (05-27-2018 - KS)

A jury convicted Heath Allen Umphenour of one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, four counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and two counts of breach of privacy. Four of Umphenour's convictions were off-grid Jessica's Law offenses. For his off-grid Jessica's Law convictions and Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA) grid convictions, ... More...   $0 (05-27-2018 - KS)

Tyanne Davenport (“Davenport”) appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Edward Jones & Company, L.P. (“Edward Jones”), on Davenport’s two claims of quid pro quo sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (“Title VII”), and her state law false light invasion of privacy claim. The district court dismissed Davenport’s c... More...   $0 (05-25-2018 - LA)

The Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board sued DISH Network Corp., seeking an injunction against unilateral changes to employee wages during collective bargaining. The district court granted the injunction in part. Both DISH and the Board appealed. We AFFIRM.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
DISH Network Corp. is a satellite television provider with production facilities... More...   $0 (05-25-2018 - TX)

This case arises out of a dispute under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”). Under the IDEA, when parents and school districts dispute a child’s educational placement, a parent may file an administrative due process complaint that can lead to an administrative hearing. At least ten days before the dispute reaches a hearing, the school district can extend a settlement offer to ... More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - PA)

The Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board sued DISH Network Corp., seeking an injunction against unilateral changes to employee wages during collective bargaining. The district court granted the injunction in part. Both DISH and the Board appealed. We AFFIRM.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
DISH Network Corp. is a satellite television provider with production facilities... More...   $0 (05-18-2018 - TX)

In the spring of 2014, when he was 17 years old,1 Howard was charged as
a juvenile delinquent in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile
Division, for conduct that would amount to second-degree-felony robbery if committed by
an adult. The charges arose after it was alleged that Howard took part in a version of
the “knock out game” that had recently been sensation... More...   $0 (05-13-2018 - OH)

After granting a petition for review in this case, the Kansas Supreme Court held that restitution may be ordered against a defendant in a criminal case if the loss to the victim was proximately caused by the crime of conviction. State v. Arnett, 307 Kan. 648, Syl. ¶ 7, 413 P.3d 787 (2018). The court reversed this panel's decision that the State failed to show a sufficient causal connection for res... More...   $0 (05-07-2018 - KS)

Botts was charged with possession of a deadly weapon by
a prohibited person under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1206 (Reissue
2016). Botts’ motion to suppress was denied. Following a jury
trial, Botts was convicted and eventually sentenced to 1 year’s
imprisonment and 1 year of postrelease supervision.
Botts appealed to the Court of Appeals, assigning that the
district court erred i... More...   $0 (05-06-2018 - NE)

Appellant was indicted and charged on multiple counts in each of the three
underlying cases. He ultimately entered a plea agreement with the state and pleaded guilty to the
following charges: in CR-15-598262-A, involuntary manslaughter in violation of R.C. 2903.03
with a three-year firearm specification; in CR-15-598310-A, attempted aggravated robbery in
violation of R.C. 2911... More...   $0 (05-06-2018 - OH)

Lopez-Pastrana was charged in a four-count indictment
with two drug crimes and two weapons crimes. He entered into a
plea agreement in which he agreed to plead guilty to Count III,
possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and Count IV,
possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime,
in exchange for dismissal of the remaining two counts. The ple... More...   $0 (05-05-2018 - MA)