North Carolina Deceptive Trade Practices Law
<h1> United States of America v. Paul Shealy </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving, Sending Child Sexual Abuse Materials </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Rock Hill Cop Convicted at Trial of Receiving, Sending Child Sexual Abuse Materials </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A fede... More...
$0 (05-08-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Kristin Turney </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzlement </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> South Carolina Woman Sentenced For $1.7 Million Embezzlement Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> Kristin Turney, 54, of Catawba, South Carolina, was sentenced today to... More...
$0 (03-27-2025 - NC)united States ex rel. Lisa Wheeler, et al. v. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc., et al.
Asheville, North Carolina qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued in fraud theories.<br> <br> Congress enacted the False Claims Act in 1863 to provide a mechanism for the<br> government to redress fraud in government procurement during the Civil War. Congress<br> substantially strengthened the Act with the passage of the False Claims Act of 1986, and<br> further strengthened it with the ... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Paul Anthony Reyes </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Marine Sentenced to 12 Years for Child Sexual Abuse Material </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font<br> <br> Paul Anthony Reyes, 23, was inves... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Gustavo Guzman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> California Man Is Sentenced To Prison For $2 Million Investment Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Gustavo Guzman, 61, previously of Fullerton, California, was sentenced to 7... More...
$0 (12-02-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Nayeem Choudhury </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Winston-Salem, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Ponzi Scheme Case </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Ponzi Scheme Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A former resident of Durham, NC was sentenced to 63 months of imprisonment ... More...
$0 (10-03-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Jahmez Tavaughn Jackson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon</font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wilmington Crips Gang Member Who Fired a Sawed-Off Rifle Near a School Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Wil... More...
$0 (08-26-2024 - NC)Malcolm Wiener v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
Charlotte, North Carolina insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Mecklenburg County Superior Court, 18-CVS-1254<br> 4th Circuit, 21-02165, Fourth, 24-01316, and was removed to federal court by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company.<br> <br> Under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade P... More...
$0 (04-17-2024 - NC)Tomothy Kirk Weadon v. Producers Agriculture Insurance Company, d/b/a PROAG
Greensboro, North Carolina insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> Under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act, a policyholder can recover "treble damages,†three times the amount of any damages caused by the insurance company's "unfair†or "deceptive†behavior.... More...
$0 (04-12-2024 - NC)Sean P. Enck v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA
Statesville, North Carolina insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> § 58‑63‑15. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.<br> <br> The following are hereby defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of insuran... More...
$1 (02-27-2024 - NC)The Dize Company v. Auto-owners Insurance Company
Greensboro, North Carolina insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> § 58‑63‑15. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.<br> <br> The following are hereby defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of insuranc... More...
$1 (03-06-2024 - NC)United States of America v. Bruce Carroll Callahan, Jr., aka “Hossâ€
<h3><center>Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Drug Charges </h3></center><br> <br> Bruce Carroll Callahan, Jr., aka "Hoss,†age 45,an armed Robeson County drug trafficker and prior federal felon who bragged to investigators about being the "biggest†drug dealer in Robeson County, was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for his rol... More...
$0 (01-02-2024 - NC)United States of America v. Bruce Carroll Callahan, Jr., a/k/a "Hoss"
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine and crack sourced from Honduras and Mexico in Eastern North Carolina. Callahan claimed to have access to over twenty kilograms of narcotics at any time.<br> <br> While awaiting trial and prior to his September 26, 2023, guilty plea, Bruce Carroll Callahan, Jr., a/k/a "... More...
$0 (12-22-2023 - NC)United States of America v. Keyuon Divine Cannie, Trashawn Tavaris Edward Coleman, Daquan Collins, and Lamar Moore
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to sell firearms without a license and to transport to New York firearms unlawfully obtained in North Carolina.<br> <br> Keyuon Divine Cannie, 24, Trashawn Tavaris Edward Coleman, 23, Daquan Collins, 29, and Lamar Moore, 25, all of Charlotte, with conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing in... More...
$0 (11-21-2023 - NC)Hayden Scott Rose v. Presque Isle Villas Condominium Homeowners Association, Inc.
Charlotte, North Carolina consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theories under 15 U.S.C. 1681, which provides:<br> <br> (a) Accuracy and fairness of credit reportingThe Congress makes the following findings:<br> (1) The banking system is dependent upon fair and accurate credit reporting. Inaccurate credit reports directly im... More...
$0 (11-03-2023 - NC)Jeffrey Davis v. First Protective Insurance Company
Wilmington, North Carolina insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> "North Carolina law recognizes bad faith breach of insurance contract as a separate tort claim. This means that an insured can sue its insurance company for bad faith, even if the insured's claim for breach of contract is unsuccessful.<br> <b... More...
$0 (11-03-2023 - NC)<H2> North Carolina v. Molly Martens Corbett and Thomas Martens
Lexington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder.<br> <br> ¶ 1 In the early morning hours of 2 August 2015, a Davidson County 911 operator received a call regarding an incident at 160 Panther Creek Court. The caller, Thomas Martens (Tom), reported that his son-in-law, Jason Corbett (Jason), "got in a fight" with his daughter, Molly Martens Corbett ... More...
$0 (10-30-2023 - NC)United States of America v. Nayeem Choudhury
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and securities fraud in connection with a $9.5 million investment fraud scheme.<br> <br> Between July 2022 and June 2023, Nnyeem Choudury, 27, solicited investments for his company, Dream Venture Capital Group, which CHOUDHURY marketed as a fund that traded in option contracts. CHOUDHURY raised ap... More...
$0 (10-05-2023 - NC)James Thomas Moore v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Wilmington, North Carolina insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> "North Carolina law recognizes both statutory and common law bad faith breach of insurance contract claims.<br> <br> Statutory bad faith claims are brought under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA). The UDTPA ... More...
$1 (09-11-2023 - NC)Alton Skipper v. United Property & Casualty Insurance Company
Raleigh, North Carolina insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> "North Carolina law recognizes both statutory and common law bad faith breach of insurance contract claims.<br> <br> Statutory bad faith claims are brought under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA). The UDTPA pro... More...
$1 (09-13-2023 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Epic Games, Inc. </H2>
Raleigh, North Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule), and the Federal Trade Commission Act. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northcarolina/news/raleigh/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Raleigh... More...
$0 (12-21-2022 - NC)United States of America v. William Thomas Bailey
Elizabeth City, North Carolina criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with producing and distributing child pornography.<br> <br> Bailey was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security in early 2018 after being identified as part of an online group trading child pornography. An email address belonging to Bailey was used to trade child pornography with multiple users in addition, ag... More...
$0 (09-06-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Brent Brewbaker and Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with bid-rigging and fraud.<br> <br> Following a week-long trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in January, a jury convicted Brent Brewbaker, a former Contech executive, for participating in conspiracies to rig bids and submit false certifications of non-collusion for more than 300 aluminum... More...
$0 (09-08-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC
Raleigh, North Carolina engineering firm was sentenced today after pleading guilty to long lasting conspiracies to rig bids and defraud the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).<br> <br> According to court documents, Contech Engineered Solutions LLC (Contech) pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Sherman Act and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud, as charged in a six-cou... More...
$0 (06-08-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Xaver M. Boston
Charlotte, North Carolina sex trafficking criminal defense lawyer represented Xaver Montez Boston, age 31, with Evidence presented during the three-day trial, including the testimony of three of the four victims identified in the indictment by their initials, revealed that Boston, who served in the U.S. Army as a reserve military policeman, operated an extensive sex trafficking enterprise in the C... More...
$0 (10-23-2020 - NC)United States of America v. Robert L. Crocker and Farmville Discount Drug, Inc.
Raleigh, NC - The United States of America sued Robert L. Crocker and Farmville Discount Drug, Inc. seeking a permanent injunction ordering the Defendants to never again sell opioid drugs.<br> <br> A consent judgment and permanent injunction was entered requiring a North Carolina pharmacy, FARMVILLE DISCOUNT DRUG, INC., as well as its owner and pharmacist-in-charge, ROBERT L. CROCKER, to pay $600,... More...
$0 (02-04-2020 - NC)United States of America v. Capt. Neill’s Seafood, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.nced.uscourts.gov/images/courtlocations/wilmington.jpg"><br> </center><br> Wilmington, NC - Seafood Processor Pleads Guilty to Selling Foreign Crab Meat Falsely Labeled as Blue Crab from USA<br> <br> Capt. Neill’s Seafood, Inc. of Columbia, North Carolina, pleaded guilty on charges that the company falsely labeled millions of dollars’ worth of for... More...
$0 (09-14-2019 - nc)United States of America v. Carlin Woods
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncmp.uscourts.gov/sites/ncmp/files/styles/gallery_slider_full/public/WinstonSalemOffice.jpg?itok=xUfFM-3e"><br> </center><br> Charlotte, NC - Telemarketer Sentenced to Prison in Connection with $10 Million International Fraudulent Sweepstakes Scheme<br> <br> A telemarketer was sentenced to 63 months in prison followed by three years of supervised relea... More...
$0 (08-21-2019 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Donald Dodt
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/highsm/25700/25711v.jpg"><br> </center><br> Mecklenburg, NC - Phone Provider Found Guilty for Role in $11 Million International Telemarketing Scheme<br> <br> An Ohio man was found guilty today for his role in an $7 million telemarketing scheme that defrauded primarily elderly victims in the United States from call centers in Costa R... More...
$0 (05-28-2019 - NC)<cente> Lewis A. Brandon, III v. The City of Greensboro
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncmd.uscourts.gov/sites/ncmd/files/lrp.JPG"><br> </center><br> <br> After eight voting citizens of Greensboro, North Carolina, (“Citizens”) prevailed in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Guilford County Board of Elections, successfully challenging as unconstitutional a 2015 state law that redrew Greensboro City Council districts and obt... More...
$0 (04-15-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Marcus Lenard Armstrong
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> Charlotte, NC - Georgia Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Trafficking Lethal Synthetic Opioid He Purchased On The Dark Web Using Cryptocurrency<br> <br> Marcus Lenard Armstrong, 35, of McDonough, Georgia, was sentenced to 120 months in prison and three years of supervised re... More...
$0 (02-04-2019 - NC)U.S. Tobacco Cooperative, Inc. v. Big South Wholesale of Virginia, L.L.C.
Defendants Jason Carpenter, Christopher Small, Big South Wholesale, LLC, and Big South Wholesale of Virginia, LLC, d/b/a Big Sky International, appeal the district judge’s order granting a motion to reconsider a predecessor district judge’s order which had granted Defendants’ petition to substitute the United States as a party defendant under the Westfall Act. See 28 U.S.C. § 2679(b). The W... More...
$0 (08-04-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Howard Trade Elkins
Asheville, NC - Hendersonville, N.C. Attorney Sentenced To Two Years For Wire Fraud <br> <br> Howard Trade Elkins, 44, of Hendersonville, N.C. was sentenced on June 14, 2018 to 24 months in prison on wire fraud charges for embezzling client funds from his law office’s trust account, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Martin Rei... More...
$0 (06-24-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Davon Kelly Bennett
Davon Kelly Bennett was convicted of numerous offenses related to drug dealing. At trial, the government introduced testimony from six witnesses who had previously signed cooperation agreements with the government, two statements Bennett made shortly after his arrest, testimony from an IRS agent who had helped investigate Bennett’s financial assets, and additional evidence about Bennett’s crim... More...
$0 (06-20-2018 - NC)Legacy Data Access, Inc. v. Cadrillion, LLC
In this diversity contract dispute, a jury awarded $256,500 for breach of contract and $1,499,999 for conversion. The jury rejected plaintiffs’ unfair and deceptive trade practices claim, and the district court granted judgment as a matter of law to defendants on the abuse of process claim. In a second trial solely on punitive damages, another jury awarded $3 million in punitive damages. In resp... More...
$0 (05-04-2018 - NC)Bobbydyne McMillan v. Cumberland County Board of Education; Joseph M. Locklear
Appellant Bobbydyne McMillan was employed by the Cumberland County Board<br> of Education (“CCBE”) and resigned following an investigation into her conduct during<br> the course of her employment. She appeals the district court’s grant of summary<br> judgment in favor of the Defendants, CCBE, and Joseph M. Locklear,1 Associate<br> Superintendent of Human Resources, on her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 F... More...
$0 (04-03-2018 - NC)Judith Gentry v. East West Partners Club Management Company, Inc.
After her employment was terminated, Appellant Judith Gentry sued her former employers for disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and for other violations of state and federal law. A jury found in favor of Gentry on certain state law claims, for which it awarded her $20,000 in damages, and in favor of the employers on all other claims. On appeal, Gentry challenge... More...
$0 (03-04-2016 - NC)Phillip J. Singer v. Kenneth Reali, et al.
These appeals arise from the dismissal of a securities fraud class action complaint in the Eastern District of North Carolina. The action relates to the healthcare provider reimbursement practices of defendant TranS1, Inc., and four officers thereof —defendants Kenneth Reali, Joseph P. Slattery, Richard Randall, and Michael Luetkemeyer (collectively, the “Officers”) — in connection with Tr... More...
$0 (02-24-2018 - NC)Loretta T. Elliott v. American States Insurance Company
Loretta Elliott filed this claim against her insurance company, American States Insurance Company (“ASIC”), alleging that its conduct in handling her insurance claim constitutes an unfair claims settlement practice in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-63-15(11), and, as a matter of law, an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1. On appeal, Elliott assert... More...
$0 (02-24-2018 - NC)Jeanne T. Bartels v. Saber Healthcare Group, LLC
Saber Healthcare Holdings, LLC, sits at the top of a family of wholly owned limited-liability companies that own and operate dozens of assisted-living facilities and nursing homes in several states, including North Carolina. Current and former residents of one of Saber’s North Carolina assisted-living facilities brought a putative class action in North Carolina state court against Saber Healthca... More...
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