Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback statute and conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
Operators of New Jersey Company Sentenced to Prison and Enter into Related Civil Settlement Agreement for R... More...    $0 (04-21-2025 - NJ)

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with purchasing prescription oncology medications under false pretenses to sell them for profit.

Anise Kachadourian, 55, of Towaco, New Jersey, a board-certified oncologist, pleaded guilty to an information charging her with unlawfully selling prescription cancer medication, which had been previously purchased usin... More...    $0 (05-31-2023 - NJ)

Trenton, New Jersey criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with visa fraud.

Steven G. Thomas, 52, of New Hope, Pennsylvania, is charged by complaint with preparing and filing false visa applications on behalf of clients. He is scheduled to appear later today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Tonianne J. Bongiovanni.

According to documents filed in this case and state... More...    $0 (02-24-2022 - NJ)

Newark, New Jersey white collar criminal defense lawyers represented Purdue Pharm, L.P., which was charged with conspiracies to defraud the United States by violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

“Purdue admitted that it marketed and sold its dangerous opioid products to healthcare providers, even though it had reason to believe those p... More...    $0 (11-24-2020 - NJ)

Defendant Tyreen H. Walker appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief (PCR), arguing: POINT I THE PCR COURT ERRED IN DENYING THE DEFENDANT'S PETITION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF WITHOUT AFFORDING HIM AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING TO FULLY ADDRESS HIS CONTENTION THAT DEFENSE COUNSEL IN THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO ADEQUATELY EXPLAIN THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT, WHICH S... More...    $0 (08-16-2018 - NJ)

Defendant and his codefendant Fred D. Mosley were charged in an indictment with thirty-four offenses arising out of eight residential burglaries and a robbery and kidnapping occurring in Atlantic County between November 20, 2012, and February 1, 2013. The thirty-fifth count of the indictment charged co-defendant Nicole Cumens with third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary and theft, N.J.S.... More...    $0 (07-05-2018 - NJ)

Defendant was indicted for second-degree sexual assault,
N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(c) (count one); third-degree criminal
restraint, N.J.S.A. 2C:13—2 (count two); third-degree
endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4 (count
three); and third-degree criminal sexual contact, N.J.S.A.
2C:14-3(a) (count four).
On June 26, 2001, defendant pled guilty to count four, as... More...    $0 (06-28-2018 - NJ)

We are called upon to determine whether defendant Todd
Dorn’s right to a grand jury presentment under the New Jersey
Constitution was violated when the trial court permitted the
State, on the eve of trial, to increase the charge in count two
of defendant’s indictment from a third-degree to a second-degree
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drug offense. We are also asked whether it was proper ... More...    $0 (04-28-2018 - NJ)

Defendant Ricky Richardson appeals from the denial of his
motion to suppress controlled dangerous substances that Detective
Keith Walcott of the New Brunswick Police Department found inside
an opaque plastic bag defendant allegedly tossed out a window just
after police entered the house, in which he was located, to execute
an arrest warrant for unrelated individuals. He a... More...    $0 (03-31-2018 - NJ)

This appeal arises under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA or Act). The question presented is whether a collection letter sent to collect a time-barred debt that makes a “settlement offer” to accept payment “in settlement of” the debt could violate the Act’s general prohibition against “any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any... More...    $0 (02-23-2018 - NJ)

Newark, NJ - Two Russian Nationals Sentenced to Prison for Massive Data Breach Conspiracy
Hackers Targeted Major Payment Processors, Retailers and Financial Institutions Around the World

Two Russian nationals were sentenced yesterday to federal prison terms for their respective roles in a worldwide hacking and data breach scheme that targeted major corporate networks, compromised 160 ... More...    $0 (02-15-2018 - NJ)

Accredo Health Group, Inc., a specialty pharmacy that provides home care for patients with hemophilia (a rare condition that prevents blood from clotting properly), made donations to charities, two of which allegedly recommended Accredo as an approved provider for hemophilia patients. This raises whether the donations came with something expected in return for the recommendations, which might trig... More...    $0 (01-23-2018 - NJ)

Don Karns and Robert Parker filed civil rights actions against the New Jersey Transit Corporation (“NJ Transit”) and NJ Transit Officers Kathleen Shanahan and Sandra McKeon Crowe in their official and individual capacities, alleging violations of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Officers Shanahan and Crowe arrested Karns and Parker for defiant trespass and obstruction of justice after... More...    $0 (01-14-2018 - NJ)

Although the plea was not negotiated, it was based on the
court's representation the sentence would not exceed five years,
eighty-five percent of which would be served before defendant
could become eligible for parole. Defendant, who was extended
term eligible, was subsequently sentenced on the burglary count
to five years in State prison subject to the periods of parole <... More...    $0 (12-02-2017 - NJ)

The horrific details of defendant's murder of the victim, and
the fear and consequences inflicted on eyewitnesses to the crime,
need not be recounted here in detail. Our Supreme Court has
already done so. See State v. Weston, 222 N.J. 280-82 (2015).
For our purposes, it suffices to explain that during a carjacking,
defendant forced the driver into a dumpster and shot hi... More...    $0 (11-29-2017 - NJ)

We draw the following facts from the trial record. On
November 29, 2013, a police officer on patrol in Pennsville saw
a box truck parked in the wrong direction on a street. He also
observed that its tires were over the fog line, partially in the
roadway. The officer approached the driver and passenger, who
explained that they were looking for the right address to make a... More...    $0 (06-06-2017 - NJ)

Under federal and New Jersey search-and-seizure
jurisprudence, a police officer’s warrantless search of the
passenger compartment of a vehicle, following a lawful traffic
stop, is a constitutional protective sweep when the
circumstances give rise to a reasonable suspicion that a driver
or passenger “is dangerous and may gain immediate access to
weapons.” State v. Gam... More...    $0 (05-01-2017 - NJ)

On March 12, 2014, defendant William Smiejan, entered a guilty
plea to driving while intoxicated (DWI), N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, after
the municipal court denied his motion to suppress his blood alcohol
content (BAC) results. That decision was affirmed by a Law
Division judge on May 18, 2015. We now reverse and remand.

On April 17, 2013, the United States Supreme Court de... More...    $0 (04-24-2017 - NJ)

We briefly summarize the relevant facts and procedural
history. On April 19, 2006, officers from the East Brunswick Police
Department were dispatched to Northfield Bank in response to a
reported robbery. Upon arrival, the officers spoke with a bank
teller, Y.P., who said that an unknown black male had entered the
bank with a gun and demanded cash.1
According to Y.P.,... More...    $0 (04-15-2017 - NJ)

Defendant was charged in an indictment with four counts of
first-degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1(a)(1) and (2). He filed a
motion to suppress statements he made to the police, arguing his
Miranda1 rights were violated. Following denial of his motion,
defendant pled guilty to two counts of first-degree robbery and
two amended counts of second-degree robbery pursuant to a <... More...    $0 (04-15-2017 - NJ)

Defendant was charged in Monmouth County Indictment No. 10
07-1301 with third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous
substance (CDS), N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(3) (Count One); first-degree
possession of CDS with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35
5(b)(10)(a) (Count Two); first-degree maintaining or operating a
CDS production facility, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-4 (Count Three); third<... More...    $0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)

A victim was robbed at knife-point by two men after responding
to a Craigslist advertisement for discounted iPads and iPhones.
In separate jury trials, defendants Jeremy Grant and Stephen
Maurrasse were convicted of first-degree armed robbery, N.J.S.A.
2C:15-1(a), and third-degree possession of a weapon (knife) for
unlawful purposes, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(d). Grant was senten... More...    $0 (03-14-2017 - NJ)

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Defendants Louis Adams and Kenneth Green were convicted of
the first-degree armed robbery of a... More...    $0 (03-08-2017 - NJ)

Newark, NJ - Jury Awards Former Lockheed Martin Employee $50 Million In Damages

Former Lockheed Martin engineer Robert Braden sued sued his former employer on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 2000 claiming that the company discriminated against because of his age.

Plaintiff claimed that Lockheed Martin had a practice of laying off older workers and hiring younger w... More...    $50520000 (01-28-2017 - NJ)

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first
degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b); two counts of fourth
degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(d); two
counts of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful
purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(d); third-degree terroristic threats,
N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3(b); third-degree criminal restraint, N.J.S.A.
... More...    $0 (12-17-2016 - NJ)

The evidence presented at trial showed that defendant and
M.P. had lived together in Connecticut. In 2010, M.P. relocated
to New Jersey with her three children following an incident with
defendant at her Connecticut home.
During the evening of March 5, 2012, M.P. was in her
apartment in Woodbury when she noticed someone at the front
door. She approached the door, whi... More...    $0 (12-17-2016 - NJ)

In this appeal, we must determine the proper scope of the
plain-view exception to the warrant requirement under Article I,
Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution.
In State v. Bruzzese, 94 N.J. 210, 236-38 (1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1030, 104 S. Ct. 1295, 79 L. Ed. 2d 695 (1984),
this Court adopted the plain-view exception as articulated in
the plurality opin... More...    $0 (11-23-2016 - NJ)