A long-time county employee decided to retire, and in December 2012, he
submitted his application for retirement to the county’s retirement authority. On January
1, 2013, the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (Pension Reform
Act or PEPRA) took effect. Included in that measure is a provision that mandates the
complete or partial forfeiture of pension benefits/p... More...   $0 (12-04-2018 - CA)

The filing date of a bankruptcy petition determines the
law governing exemptions and freezes the value of the
exemptions that the debtor may claim. Because Debra
Wilson’s amended bankruptcy schedules sought to claim
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more than Washington law permitted her to claim as of the
petition date, we affirm the district court’s decision, limiting
her claimed exe... More...   $0 (11-29-2018 - WA)

We must decide whether an Alaska law regulating campaign contributions violates the First Amendment. At issue are Alaska’s limit on contributions made by individuals to candidates, its limit on contributions made by individuals to election-related groups, its limit on political party-to-candidate contributions, and its limit on the total funds a candidate may receive from out-of-state residents. T... More...   $0 (11-29-2018 - AK)

Consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
United States Constitution, may California exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a
nonresident in a paternity action where the mother and young child live in California and
conception occurred in another state? Mariana L. initiated a paternity and child support
action in San Diego County against David ... More...   $0 (11-27-2018 - CA)

When individuals in this country are unable to work because of physical or mental disabilities, they may file for Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits. The eleven plaintiffs here all filed for these benefits, and they all eventually received them. The trouble, however, is that they were represented in their efforts by Eric Conn, a Kentucky... More...   $0 (11-26-2018 - KY)

Wolfgang Halbig sued five “John Doe” defendants in Florida for defamation for
comments made about him on websites and social media sites. To determine the
identities of the posters of the allegedly defamatory statements, Halbig served a subpoena
on Google requiring the production of documents and information revealing the identity
of the person maintaining http://sandyhookanalysis.... More...   $0 (11-21-2018 - CA)

In 1996, California voters adopted Proposition 218 (as approved by voters Gen.
Elec. Nov. 5, 1996, eff. Nov. 6, 1996 general/official-declaration.pdf> [as of Nov. 14, 2018], archived at
) (Proposition 218) to add article XIII C to the California
Constitution by which they expressly reserved their right to chall... More...   $0 (11-17-2018 - CA)

This matter has been opened to the Court by Margolis Edelstein, attorneys for Defendants Fieldstone Condominium Association, Gary Flaker, T.J. Reilly, Noel Belli, W. Gangeri, and Richard Anderson (collectively hereinafter "Defendants"), for an Order dismissing Plaintiff's Complaint in Lieu of Answer, filed on October 23, 2018. Plaintiffs Lawrence Tedesco and Carolyn Tedesco (collectively hereinaft... More...   $0 (11-16-2018 - NJ)

Memphis, TN - Memphis Man Sentenced to 390 Months in Federal Prison for Two Armed Business Robberies

David Gatewood, 44, has been sentenced to 390 months imprisonment for two armed business robberies.

According to information presented in court, Gatewood committed two armed business robberies between April 18, 2017 and April 21, 2017. In the earlier event, Gatewood used a revol... More...   $0 (11-16-2018 - TN)

Defendant Kava Holdings, Inc., dba Hotel Bel-Air
(defendant) terminated two restaurant servers after they were
involved in an altercation during work. One of the fired
employees, plaintiff Felix Huerta, sued defendant on a variety of
legal theories, most of which were dismissed before or during
trial. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for nonsuit as to
plaintiff’s ... More...   $0 (11-16-2018 - CA)