Pennsylvania Deceptive Trade Practices Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Xiang Yuan, M.D. </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the Controlled Substances Act. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Xiang Yuan, M.D., practices medicine in Potttown, Pennsylvania, and was accused by the United States of ailing to maintain comple... More...
$ (07-03-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Carlos Sacanell
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with insider trading. Carlos Sacanell, 59, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment in October 2024. In September of last year, he pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud (insider trading) and one count of making a false statement to a federal agency. As detailed in court filings and... More...
$ (02-23-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Alpha Omega Mayhue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r stealing the personal information of multiple U.S. servicemembers and using it to inflict emotional distress, and related offenses.<br> <br> From February 2018 to March 2021, Alpha Omega Mayhue, who served in the United States Army with his victims, stole and used their personally identifiable information t... More...
$0 (07-21-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Alan Kane </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Fraud Schemes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bucks County Attorney Sentenced to a Year and a Day in Prison in Connection With Multiple Fraud Schemes</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Alan Kane, 60, of ... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Rodney Ermel </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $8 Million Tax Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Accountant Pleads Guilty to $8 Million Tax Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Rodney Ermel, 71, of Co... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Rodney Ermel </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $8 Million Tax Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Accountant Pleads Guilty to $8 Million Tax Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Rodney Ermel, 71, of Co... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Gregory Schmehl </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully demanding money as a union representative from a union employer for hours he did not work, in an amount not exceeding $1,000. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Local 98 Member Sentenced for Unlawfully Seeking Money From ... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Malik Lewis </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Meth Distribution, Drug and Gun Possession </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Meth Distribution, Drug and Gun Possession</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Unite... More...
$0 (10-08-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Nicole K. Schuster </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful Disclosure </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Naval Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Unlawful Disclosure</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that... More...
$0 (10-08-2024 - PA)Pierre D. Williams v. West Chester University
<h2><br> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil rights job discrimination in employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Job discrimination law in the United States prohibits employers from making employment decisions based on certain characteristics of a person, including:<br> <br> Race<br> Color<br> Religion<br> Sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gend... More...
$0 (10-11-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Electrostim Medical Services, Inc. (EMSI) and its Founder and Chairman Mario Garcia, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Billing for Excessive and Unnecessary Supplies </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Electrostim Medical Services, Inc. and Mario Garcia, Jr. to Pay $20 Million to Resolve Allegations of Billing for Excessive and Unnecessary Supplies</... More...
$0 (09-27-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. John H. Johnson; Paula Z. Johnson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy To Defraud The United States And Health Care Fraud Conspiracy </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hollidaysburg Couple Sentenced For Conspiracy To Defraud The United States And Health Care Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (09-20-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Salerno </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauded Investors of Approximately $550,000with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Burlington County, N.J., Man Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Two Business Schemes That Defrauded Investors of Approximately $550,000... More...
$0 (08-26-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Asiana Christine Williams </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Orchestrating Massive Telemarketing Scheme Targeting Senior Citizens in United States </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Extradited Canadian Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Orchestrating Massive Telemarketing Scheme Targeting S... More...
$0 (08-13-2024 - PA)Brahim Jouhari v. Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority
<h2><br> Allentown, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> Employment discrimination laws seek to prevent discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, physical disability, and age by employers. Discriminatory practices include bias in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termi... More...
$0 (07-14-2024 - PA)Odette Pletcher v. National Credit Systems, Inc.
<h2><br> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory.<br> <br> 15 U.S.C. 1692 provides: <br> <br> The FDCPA prohibits debt collection companies from using abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices to collect debts from you.... More...
$1 (07-12-2024 - PA)Aminah Heard v. Hand & Stone Messge and Facial Spa
<h2><br> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> (a) Employer practices<br> <br> It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer—<br> (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, cond... More...
$1 (07-03-2024 - PA)James McGreehan v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc.
<h2><br> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sue on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation theory. <br> </h2><br> <br> <br> ... More...
$1 (06-21-2024 - PA)Zak Dayen v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
<h2><br> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Consumer Credit Protection Act violation theory. <br> </h2><br> <br> This case was filed in the Court of Common Plea, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and was removed to federal court by the Defendant<br> <br> The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits debt collection companies from using abusive,... More...
$1 (06-21-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Aaron Douglas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Three Firearms and Unlawfully Possessing a Fourth </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 90 Months of Incarceration for Trafficking Three Firearms and Unlawfully Possessing a Fourth </h2... More...
$0 (04-23-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Aaron Douglas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Three Firearms and Unlawfully Possessing a Fourth.</font> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 90 Months of Incarceration for Trafficking Three Firearms and Unlawfully Possessing a Fourth </h2><... More...
$0 (04-23-2024 - PA)Bisa Muhammad v. Gaudenzia DRC, Inc., et al.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> Employment discrimination laws seek to prevent discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, physical disability, and age by employers. Discriminatory practices include bias in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, compensa... More...
$0 (02-14-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Wayne White, Anthony Spence </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Distributing Prescription Drugs</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Wayne White was sentenced to 108 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled and non-controlled prescription drugs, the distribution of controlled substances, and co... More...
$0 (01-03-2013 - PA)United States of America v. James L. Luketich, M.D.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of fraud.<br> <br> Dr. Luketich, UPMC, and UPP agreed to pay $8.5 million to the United States to resolve the claims against them. The Defendants also agreed to create and effectuate a Corrective Action Plan for Dr. Luketich, and to submit to a year-long, third-party audit of Dr. Luketich's physician fee services billi... More...
$0 (12-20-2023 - PA)United States of America v. Florentina Mayko
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud for defrauding Medicare and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services between 2017 and 2019.<br> <br> Florentina Mayko, age 40, of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, agreed with others to defraud Medicare by submitting medically unnecessary urine drug tests for chronic o... More...
$0 (12-15-2023 - PA)United States of America v. Cambria County Area Agency on Aging
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania qui tam lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act.<br> <br> In 2016 and 2017, CCAAA administered an AmeriCorps Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) grant, which places seniors in school and community settings to serve alongside youth with exceptional needs. This program provides a small hourly stipend, based on the hours served, to the volun... More...
$122000 (12-01-2023 - PA)United States of America v. Erik Addison
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a machinegun in furtherance of drug trafficking and other offenses.<br> <br> On May 8, 2023, Erik Addison, age 27, possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl and heroin, possessed a machinegun in furtherance of that drug trafficking crime, and also possessed a Glock pistol equipp... More...
$0 (12-01-2023 - PA)Dr. Regina Burns v. Masha Mobile Moving and Storage, LLC, d/b/a Zippy Shell of greater Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on fraud theories.<br> <br> "<br> Dr. Regina Bunis decided in July 2021 to move from Pennsylvania to Illinois.[1] Dr. Bunis suffers from "physical disabilities resulting from her service [with] an international trauma team responding to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City.â€[... More...
$1 (11-22-2023 - PA)Celia Litman, et al. v. Jennifer Guckin, et al.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Housing Act violation theories.<br> <br> "The Fair Housing Act (FHA) is a federal law in the United States that prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, disabi... More...
$0 (11-22-2023 - PA)Sean Simpson v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, et al.
Philadelphia insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories.<br> <br> "Pennsylvania bad faith breach of insurance contract law is a type of tort law that protects policyholders from unfair and unreasonable practices by insurance companies. Bad faith can occur when an insurance company denies, delays, or underpays a valid c... More...
$1 (11-22-2023 - PA)Bartley Mullen v. Arrakis, L.L.C.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <br> "The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, and teleco... More...
$1 (10-23-2023 - PA)Austin James Mertz v. General Motors, LLC
Allentown, Pennsylvania consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act violation theory.<br> <br> The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (MMWA) is a federal law that governs consumer product warranties. The MMWA was enacted in 1975 to protect consumers from deceptive and unfair warranty practices.<br> <br> The MMWA applies to all consumer products that... More...
$0 (11-02-2023 - PA)Mingchang Chung v. Trans Union, LLC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.<br> <br> "The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law that regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of consumer credit reports. The FCRA was enacted to protect consumers from inaccurate or unfair credit reporting practices.<br> <br> The ... More...
$0 (10-05-2023 - PA)Alex N. Perhosky v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> On July 3, 2018, Plaintiff Kameka Walters was involved in an automobile accident driving a vehicle that was insured by Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farmâ€). Compl., ¶¶ 4, 18, ECF No. 1-2. The driver of the other... More...
$0 (10-04-2023 - PA)Hasker Booker and Monica Washington Booker v. USAA General Indemnity Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories.<br> <br> This is an action for uninsured motorist benefits. Plaintiff sued for benefits for himself and his wife, further claiming that his insurer acted in bad faith in denying him benefits.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Here, USAA represents that Plainti... More...
$0 (09-22-2023 - PA)Michael Volansky and Patricia Volansky v. Travelers Personal Insurance Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on bad faith breach of contract theories.<br> <br> "Pennsylvania bad faith breach of insurance contract law is a complex area of law that governs the relationship between insurance companies and their policyholders. Under Pennsylvania law, insurance companies have a duty of good faith and fair dealing... More...
$0 (09-22-2023 - PA)Miguelina Torres v. Palisades Insurance Company
Allentown, Pennsylvania insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of <br> contract theory/<br> <br> "Pennsylvania law recognizes both first-party and third-party bad faith claims.<br> <br> First-party bad faith occurs when an insurance company breaches its duty of good faith and fair dealing in its handling of an insured's claim. This can include ... More...
$0 (09-22-2023 - PA)Juessica L. Weiss-Lepre v. Pitt Ohio Express, L.L.C.
Pittsubrgh, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> "Employment job discrimination civil rights law prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of certain protected characteristics, such as race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, and genetic information.<br> <br> Tit... More...
$0 (09-22-2023 - PA)Jai Sai Baba, LLC, et al. v. Choice Hotels International, Inc., et al.
Allentown, Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Racketeering (RICO) Act violation theories.<br> <br> The above-captioned action involves claims by hotel franchisees against the hotel franchisor and the association of franchisees for violations of federal and state laws. Each Plaintiff signed a Franchise Agreement containing an Arbitration Provision. Def... More...
$0 (08-22-2023 - PA)G.S. Carpentry, Inc. v. Markel Service, Inc.
Allentown, Pennsylvania insurance lawyer lawyer represented Plaintiff which sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, 2023-C-0486, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> "The idea that a person could sue his insurance company for its misdeeds in handling claims under a policy o... More...
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