DALLAS, TX — Jason Allen Neff, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to serve a total of 60 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $79,440 in restitution, following his guilty plea in a “swatting” case last summer, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.

Swatting refers to falsely reporting an emergency to a police depar... More...   $0 (01-09-2015 - TX)

The collaboration of local, state and federal law enforcement under the Detroit One program led to convictions of three individuals who were involved in a violent, armed drug gang located in northwest Detroit, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.

Mohamed Faraj, Fouad Faraj, and Mohamed Ayoub, were convicted of a variety of charges after a six-week trial before U.S. Distric... More...   $0 (12-08-2014 - MI)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Cricket Communications, Inc., a wireless telecommunications carrier based in San Diego, California, has agreed to pay the government $2,174,432 to resolve allegations that it overcharged federal law enforcement agencies for the costs of carrying out court-ordered wiretaps and pen registers, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspe... More...   $0 (12-01-2014 - CA)

Defendant, Prime Healthcare Services, Inc., appeals from a December 16, 2013 order denying its petition to compel arbitration and strike class claims. Plaintiff, Maucabrina Willis, cross-appeals from a December 16, 2013 order denying her Code of Civil Procedure section 128.71 sanctions motion. Plaintiff and defendant are subject to both individual and collective bargaining agreements. Defendant ar... More...   $0 (11-15-2014 - CA)

TULSA, OKLAHOMA — Criminal defense lawyer Kevin Adams represented Michael Greenwald who as sentencedby United States District Judge John E. Dowdell to serve 84 months in prison and three years of supervised release for charges related to stealing and selling millions of dollars’ worth of Verizon Communications telecommunications eq... More...   $0 (11-14-2014 - OK)

Defendants DISH Network LLC (DISH), AT&T Corporation (AT&T), and EchoStar Satellite LLC (EchoStar) appeal the judgment and two postjudgment orders in favor of plaintiffs Manuel and Deborah Holguin (the Holguins) following a jury trial on the Holguins' complaint for breach of contract, negligence, and other torts. DISH, AT&T, and EchoStar contend that the trial court erred by denying their motion f... More...   $0 (09-22-2014 - CA)

Defendants DISH Network LLC (DISH), AT&T Corporation (AT&T), and EchoStar Satellite LLC (EchoStar) appeal the judgment and two postjudgment orders in favor of plaintiffs Manuel and Deborah Holguin (the Holguins) following a jury trial on the Holguins' complaint for breach of contract, negligence, and other torts. DISH, AT&T, and EchoStar contend that the trial court erred by denying their motion f... More...   $0 (09-22-2014 - CA)

This case presents a question of
first impression at the federal appellate level: what limitations
period applies to an action for judicial review brought pursuant
to 29 U.S.C. ' 722(c)(5)(J)? The choice is between borrowing state
law (in this instance, the law of Maine) or defaulting to the federal
catch-all statute of limitations, 28 U.S.C. ' 1658(a). The district
court c... More...   $0 (08-11-2014 - ME)

Chris Hogan lost his job with the Utah Telecommunications Open
Infrastructure Agency, or “UTOPIA,” a state agency charged with upgrading
high-speed internet access. Claiming he was fired for revealing a conflict of
interest in contract awards, he threatened to sue the agency for wrongful
termination. Shortly after making this threat, he was subject to several
unflattering m... More...   $0 (08-06-2014 - UT)

This appeal presents three issues on which we have not previously ruled in a precedential opinion. First, whether an employee terminated from a local government position may maintain an action for age discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Second, whether the pleading of exhaustion of administrative remedies, a prerequisite to bringing a lawsuit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“... More...   $0 (06-27-2014 - PA)

CHICAGO — A Tennessee man was arrested and charged with federal computer hacking for allegedly conspiring to launch cyber attacks on two universities and three companies since last summer, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, TIMOTHY JUSTIN FRENCH, is allegedly associated with a group of individuals, known as “NullCrew,” who have claimed responsibility for dozens... More...   $0 (06-16-2014 - IL)

In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, Appellant Packgen, a manufacturer of packaging products, sought to sell oil containment boom to Appellees BP Exploration & Production, Inc. and BP America Production Company (collectively, "BP"). Despite months of negotiations, BP ultimately decided not to purchase any boom from Packgen. Packgen subsequently filed a five-count complaint ... More...   $0 (06-11-2014 - ME)

Edward Sullivan was convicted of violations under
18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a) and 2252(a)(4)(B) for producing and
possessing a sexually explicit video depicting a fourteen year-
old girl. He raises multiple challenges to these
convictions, as well as to the mandatory minimum sentences
imposed under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(e) and 2252(b)(2). The
government cross appeals, arguing that... More...   $0 (05-28-2014 - CA)

The State of Michigan, petitioner, entered into a compact with respondent Bay Mills Indian Community pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). See 25 U. S. C. §2710(d)(1)(C). The compact authorizes Bay Mills to conduct class III gaming activities (i.e., to operate a casino) on Indian lands located within the State’s borders, but prohibits it from doing so outside that territory. Bay ... More...   $0 (05-27-2014 - DC)

Walter Davidson and William Murry, individually and d/b/a All All Worxs and Amtel Communications (collectively, “Amtel”), appeal from the trial court’s final judgment in favor of Tel West Network Services Corporation (“Tel West”). In two issues, Amtel argues that the trial court erred by granting Tel West’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Amtel sells, i... More...   $0 (05-02-2014 - TX)

Defendant, Brian Edward Mitchell, appeals after he was convicted of marijuana cultivation. (Health & Saf. Code,1 § 11358.) In the published portion of this opinion, we discuss defendant’s contention he was entitled to the protections of section 11362.775. Section 11362.775 was adopted pursuant to the Medical Marijuana Program Act.

Defendant entered into two written agreements to grow m... More...   $0 (04-29-2014 - CA)

ZAO Hewlett-Packard A.O. (HP Russia), an international subsidiary of the California technology company Hewlett-Packard Company (HP Co.), has agreed to plead guilty to felony violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and admit its role in bribing Russian government officials to secure a large technology contract with the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.
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We must deal with a case of mistaken identity arising out of the arrest and detention of a person named on a warrant not intended to describe him.

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In July 1985, a Los Angeles Superior Court issued an arrest warrant for “Santiago Rivera.” On June 18, 1989, officers of the Montclair Police Department arrested Santiago

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River... More...   $0 (03-12-2014 - CA)

Following a jury trial, Defendant-Appellant Gloria Porter was convicted of 105 counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, and one count of identity theft. Ms. Porter appeals her convictions, claiming that the district court incorrectly instructed the jury with respect to aggravated identity theft and that the evidence was insufficient to support her convictions for wire fraud and mail fraud. W... More...   $0 (03-07-2014 - NM)

In this uncontested wrongful termination action, the plaintiff, Brian O’Toole, appeals from the trial court’s sua sponte dismissal of his complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly dismissed his complaint because the court had (1) concurrent jurisdiction to decide his claim brought pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq., and (2) subje... More...   $0 (02-24-2014 - CT)

The United States of America charged Thomas L. Jackson, age 26, with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine involving plots to murder a federal witness. The conspiracy involved the distribution of 3.5 to 5 kilograms (7 to 11 pounds) of cocaine in an apartment complex at 61st Street and Peoria Avenue in Tulsa.

Jackson was charged along with Lorell Antonio Battle, age 31, and Gaywone D. Bl... More...   $0 (02-18-2014 - OK)

Plaintiff Nilratan Javery appeals the judgment of the district court in favor of Defendant, Lucent Technologies, Inc. Long Term Disability

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No. 12-3834 Javery v. Lucent Tech., Inc. Long Term Disability Plan Page 2

Plan for Management or LBA Employees (“the Plan”), denying Plaintiff’s claim for disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERI... More...   $0 (02-03-2014 - OH)

The United States of America charged Paris Byron Williams with felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) which provide:

§ 922. Unlawful acts
(a) It shall be unlawful—
(1) for any person—
(A) except a licensed importer, licensed
manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to engage
in the business of importing, manufact... More...   $0 (01-23-2014 - OK)

For the second time in four years, we are confronted with a Federal Communications Commission effort to compel broadband providers to treat all Internet traffic the same regardless of source—or to require, as USCA Case #11-1355 Document #1474943 Filed: 01/14/2014 Page 3 of 81

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it is popularly known, “net neutrality.” In Comcast Corp. v. FCC, 600 F.3d 642 (D.C. Cir. 2010), we h... More...   $0 (01-14-2014 - DC)

Petitioners Council Tree Investors, Inc., a communications investment firm, and Bethel Native Corporation, a small wireless carrier based in Alaska (collectively, “Council Tree”), seek our review of two orders issued by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “the Commission”)—the D Block Waiver Order (the “Waiver Order”) issued in 2007 and the Waiver Reconsideration Orde... More...   $0 (01-03-2014 - CO)