New York, NY - The United States of America charged Purdue Pharma, L.P. on civil and criminal theories relating to the manufacture and sale of opoids by the Sackler family.

“The abuse and diversion of prescription opioids has contributed to a national tragedy of addiction and deaths, in addition to those caused by illicit street opioids,” said Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen. “... More...   $0 (10-21-2020 - NY)

The Town of Pembroke, New
Hampshire, bans the use of electronic signs in all of its zoning
districts except its commercial district (C1) and certain nearby
areas. In April 2015, Hillside Baptist Church -- located outside
of these areas -- applied for a permit to install an electronic
sign on its property, which would transmit messages provided by
Signs for Jesus, a nonprofi... More...   $0 (10-21-2020 - NH)

Washington, DC - The United States of America sued Google on an anti-trust violation theory claiming that it is unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising markets and to remedy the competitive harms. The participating state Attorneys General offices represent Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mi... More...   $0 (10-20-2020 - DC)

Sioux Falls, South Dakota felony firearm possession criminal defense lawyer represented Matthew John Sweeney, age 36, who was charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.

Sweeney was indicted by a federal grand jury on December 9, 2019. He pled guilty on July 30, 2020.

The conviction stemmed from an incident on or about September 7, 2019, when the Mitchell Police... More...   $0 (10-20-2020 - SD)

Wichita, Kansas drug trafficking criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

Miguel Angel Ramirez, 30, was charged with one count of interstate travel in furtherance of drug trafficking and one count of using a telephone in furtherance of drug trafficking.

In his plea, Ramirez admitted he was stopped by the Kansas Highway Patrol on Highway 54 in Liberal, Kan. Troopers found 40... More...   $0 (10-18-2020 - KS)

Eugene, Oregon violation of the Clean Water Act crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the Clean Water Act.

A Myrtle Point, Oregon Corporation was charged with repeatedly discharging milk and other pollutants into the public water treatment facility which caused waste water with elevated E Coli bacteria to enter the South Fork of the Coquille River resu... More...   $0 (10-17-2020 - OR)

Sacramento, California arson crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, who was charged by the United States with setting fires on federal land.

Eric Michael Smith, 38, of Redding, was charged with setting fire to lands owned by the United States.

According to court documents, between June 23, and July 29, 2020, Smith allegedly set four wildland fires on the Shasta-Trin... More...   $0 (10-17-2020 - CA)

Sherman, Texas mail and bank fraud and money laundering charge criminal defense lawyer represented Babatope Joseph Aderinoye.

Babatope Joseph Aderinoye was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering; wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and mail fraud.

“We are committed to protecting East Texas victims—and especially ou... More...   $0 (10-15-2020 - TX)

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to commit cyberstalking.

Stephanie Popp, 32, of San Jose, Calif., eBay’s former Senior Manager of Global Intelligence, and Veronica Zea, 26, of San Jose, Calif., a former eBay contractor who worked as an intelligence analyst in eBay’s Global Intelligence Center (GIC), pleaded guilty to conspirac... More...   $0 (10-12-2020 - MA)

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with assaulting a border guard.

Michael Scaduto, 33, of Littleton, Massachusetts, charged with assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol Agent.


Scaduto admitted that, after a U.S. Border Patrol Agent had pulled Scaduto over on Route 105 in the vicinity of Richford, Vermont, Scaduto got out of his vehicle and a... More...   $0 (10-11-2020 - VT)

Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with making threats against schools and conveying false information.

Levi Calhoun, III, a 29-year-old man from Georgetown, Georgia, was charted making threats against schools and conveying false information.

Calhoun had previously pleaded guilty to the charges and admitted that, on November 7, ... More...   $0 (10-11-2020 - AL)

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charge with money laundering.

Husband and wife Mehulkumar Manubhai Patel and Chaitali Dave pleaded guilty to laundering over $500,000 on behalf of India-based phone scammers.

Dave and Patel helped criminal India-based call centers prey on and steal from vulnerable people. While posing as federal agents or tech sup... More...   $0 (10-11-2020 - GA)

Orlando, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony firearm and ammunition possession.

Valdez Williams (61, Altamonte Springs) was charted with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.

According to evidence presented at trial, during the execution of a search warrant at his apartment, law enforcement officers recovered a .380 ca... More...   $0 (10-11-2020 - FL)