Former Superintendent’s Wife Will Likely Plead Guilty To Theft
The wife of an ousted schools superintendent in the Florida Keys is expected to plead either no contest or guilty to six felony charges of theft later this week.
View ArticleMaryland Man Gets Life Sentence In Strangulation Death of Wife
After having been found guilty of first-degree murder in June, a Prince George's County, MD man has been sentenced to life in prison.
View ArticleFederal Judge Impeached By House Goes to Trial
Getting under way this week is the impeachment trial of federal judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr., who stands accused of corruption, accepting kickbacks and lying to the Senate and the FBI in order to gain...
View ArticleFederal Judge: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Is Unconstitutional
The United States military's ban on openly gay and lesbian service members, familiarly known as “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” has been declared unconstitutional by a federal judge in Riverside, California.
View ArticleMortgage Broker Who Defrauded Lehman Brothers Sentenced
Last week a former Southern California mortgage broker who had pled guilty to a number of charges related to a mortgage and real estate scheme was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison.
View ArticleVan der Sloot Indicted On Extortion Charge in Holloway Case
A Dutch citizen who is believed to have killed two women, and who is imprisoned in Lima, Peru pending trial for the murder of one of them, has now also been charged with wire fraud and extortion.
View ArticleU.S.-Born Drug Kingpin, Who Smuggled Tons of Cocaine, Captured At Last
A notorious drug kingpin who is alleged to have trafficked tons of cocaine from Mexico to America is in custody, along with six others, say Mexican authorities.
View ArticleTwo Police Officers Fatally Wounded in Rural Alaska Shooting
Alaska police are engaged in a standoff with a man who is accused of having fatally shot two rural law enforcement officers, say authorities.
View ArticleSouth Dakota Teen Plotted To Bomb School, Rape Women
A South Dakota teenager who wanted to become known as “the world's most infamous sociopath” was arrested on August 23, after an alert tipster contacted a police school resource officer at Sisseton High...
View ArticleFour FBI Agents Arrested in Steroid, Human Growth Hormone Scandal
Four employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigations have been charged with lying about their use of steroids and human growth hormone (HGH), announced officials.
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Announces Airline Settlement
A major obstacle that threatened the merger of two airlines has been removed by the U.S. government, which could lead the way to the creation of the world’s largest air carrier. The U.S. Department of...
View ArticleChronic Fatigue Denied by Insurance Company
If you suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, then you know how debilitating it can be. For many people, it can be so severe that they are no longer able to work. If you are in this position and...
View ArticleDeath Penalty a Possibility in Police Officer Death
On October 14, 2013, the Supreme Court of Washington ruled that prosecutors in the Christopher Monfort case may seek the death penalty. Ruling unanimously, the Supreme Court effectively overturned a...
View ArticleChallenge to Verizon Order Denied
On November 18, the Supreme Court denied a petition for the review of a case in which the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered Verizon to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the...
View ArticleLexapro Birth Defect Cases Continue on the Rise
Though seemingly absent from the litigation landscape in recent months, cases involving birth defects and the use of the drug Lexapro are likely to return to center stage when the consolidated...
View ArticleClass-Action Lawsuit Against Google Dismissed
On November 14, 2013, a class-action lawsuit against Google concerning the company’s unapproved scanning and uploading of copyright materials was dismissed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern...
View ArticleTexas Abortion Law Remains in Place
On Tuesday, the state of Texas was allowed by the Supreme Court to maintain abortion restrictions that have forced over one-third of Texas’ medical facilities to discontinue their abortion services. In...
View ArticleWisconsin Tackles Voter-ID Law
Both the Milwaukee Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Network, Inc. in separate lawsuits challenged 2011 Act...
View Article$13 Billion Settlement With JPMorgan
On November 19, an announcement was made by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) that it had reached a final civil settlement worth $13 billion with JPMorgan & Co. The deal marks full...
View ArticlePropecia Concerns Continue as More Cases are Filed
Merck & Co. is the defendant in yet another lawsuit related to the use of Propecia in which it is alleged that the medication is responsible for causing numerous serious side effects that include...
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