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Steven P. D'Angelo, et al. v. Arthur D'Annunzio, et al.

Central Islip, New York business law litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on securities fraud theories.

"Securities fraud is a crime that involves using false or misleading information to induce investors into buying or selling securities. Securities fraud can be committed in a variety of ways, including:

Making false or misleading statements

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Shelly Smith v. Trueaccord Corp.

Valdosta, Georgia consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory under 15 U.S.C. 1692, et seq., which provides:

"The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that protects consumers from abusive debt collection practices. The FDCPA applies to all debt collectors, including collection agencies, lawyers who

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Brittany Kokenzie v. Trueaccord Corp.

Columbus, Georgia consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory under 15 U.S.C. 1692.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)(15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.), which became effective
March 20, 1978, was designed to eliminate abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection

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Stephanie Gadberry v. C. Anderson and Associates, LLC

Albany, Georgia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an employment discrimination theory under 42 U.S.c. 2000e, which provides:

(a) Employer practicesIt shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer—
(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compe

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Jason D. Squires v. UHG 1, LLC, et al.

Wichita, Kansas consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a Fair Credit Report Act violation theory.

Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681, et seq.

"The Act (Title VI of the Consumer Credit Protection Act) protects information collected by consumer reporting agencies such as credit bureaus, medical information companies and tenant scree

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United States of America v. Jared Piepkorn

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for selling wildlife taken in violation of state law, a Lacey Act violation.

Jared Piepkorn, age 47, of Clovis, New Mexico, was charged with one misdemeanor violation of the Lacey Act occurring in January 2021 after he agreed to also plead guilty in State District Court to several wildlife related charg

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United States of America v. Crystal A. Huang

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud.

From February 2015 through February 2020, Crystal A. Huang, 41, of Lehi, Utah, offered investments in her company, ProSky Inc., by providing false promises and information to potential investors. In June, Ms. Huang admitted that she devised a scheme intended to defraud investors and obtai

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Pamela Cole v. Group Health Plan, Inc. d/b/a HealthPartners

Minneapolis, Minnesota civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a job discrimination theory.

In August 2021, HealthPartners instituted its “Vaccine Mandate,” which requires all employees to either obtain COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations and provided a process for employees to request a medical or religious accommodation that would exempt qualified em

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United States of America v. Demetrius Lewaun Byrd

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking through force, fraud, or coercion.

Demetrius Lewaun Byrd, 39, who called himself “Staxx Diego,” pleaded guilty in March 2022 to sex trafficking through force, fraud, and coercion. He was sentenced last Thursday by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay.

“HSI will spare no resource in ensur

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United States of America v. Juan Martinez

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to steal aircraft design and testing information in a plot to shorten the regulatory approval process for another company’s aircraft technology.

Juan Martinez, 53, of Yorba Linda, California, was convicted after a five-day trial in U.S. District Court in Savannah on one count of Conspiracy to Steal T

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United States of America v. Allied Construction Company Inc. and Andrew Foster

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two separate conspiracies to rig bids for asphalt paving services contracts in Michigan.

Clarkston-based F. Allied Construction Company Inc. (Allied) and its president, Andrew Foster, conspired with two asphalt paving companies and their employees to rig bids in each other’s favor. Allied and Foster participat

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Michael Angel Ulloa II v. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.

San Francisco, California employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on wage and hour violation theory.


In this putative class action, Ulloa sues his former employer Securitas alleging numerous wage and hour violations under California law. [See Docket No. 1 (Notice of Removal, “NOR”) Ex. 1 (Compl.).] Plaintiff asserts the following claims in the FAC: 1) fail

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United States of America v. Erick Guerrero-Acosta

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking large amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine while armed with a handgun.

Erick Guerrero-Acosta was arrested November 22, 2022, with 14 kilos of fentanyl powder and pills and seven kilos of methamphetamine. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle cited the “grave” conse

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United States of America v. Lincare Holdings, Inc.

Spokane, Washington civil litigation lawyers represented accused of fraudulently overbilling Medicare and Medicare Advantage Plans for oxygen equipment.

Lincare Holdings, Inc. a Florida based, wholly-owned subsidiary of German multinational chemical corporation Linde, PLC, provides oxygen equipment to patients with respiratory ailments such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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United States of America v. Dr. William N. Harwin

Ft. Myers, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with violating the Sherman Antitrust Act

Dr. William Harwin participated in a conspiracy from 1999 to September 2016 to suppress competition by agreeing to allocate chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients to FCS and radiation treatments to another oncology company in Lee, Collier, and Charlotte Counties.

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Michael D. Guynn v. Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

Alexandria, Virginia consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation theory.

This case was initially filed in the Circuit Court of Stafford County, CL22003225-00, and was removed by the Defendant to federal court because the issue related to the claim of the rights claimed presented a federal question.

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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.

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

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United States of America v. Gregg Smith and Michael Nowak

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with fraud, attempted price manipulation, and spoofing as part of a market manipulation scheme that spanned over eight years, involved tens of thousands of unlawful trading sequences, and resulted in over $10 million in losses to market participants.

This prosecution arose out of an alleged commodities-spoofing cons

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Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al.

Washngton, DC - Civil commercial litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused for price-fixing of critical generic drugs.

The Justice Department announced deferred prosecution agreements resolving criminal antitrust charges against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA. As part of those agreements, both companies will divest a key business line involve

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United States of America v. Chade Wade

Panama City, Florida qui tam lawyer represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by knowingly providing false information in support of multiple Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (“EIDL”) loans

Real Estate Broker Chad Wade, 41, of Panama City, Florida, along with his companies Ideal Property Holdings, LLC;

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Free Speech Coalition, et al. v. Jess L. Anderson, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the Commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety and the Attorney General of the State Of Utah on constitutional law violation theories.

The Free Speech Coalition is the trade association for the adult entertainment industry in the United States.

"The Free Speech Coalition filed the lawsuit in May

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Bobby Earl Morris v. Safeco Insurance Company of America

Phoenix, Arizona insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory.

In Arizona, an insurance company has a duty to act in good faith and fair dealing when dealing with its insureds. This means that the insurance company must investigate claims fairly and promptly, and it must not deny or delay payment of a claim without a reasonable bas

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Carlos Moreno v. Tucson Police Officer Zarnik, et al.

Tucson, Arizona personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on prisoner civil rights violation theories.

Prisoner civil rights are the rights that prisoners have, even though they are incarcerated. These rights are protected by the Constitution of the United States and by state and federal laws.

Some of the most important prisoner civil rights include:

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United States of America v. Earl Ingarfield

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a “pump and dump” stock fraud scheme designed to target retail investors and manipulate trading in penny stock shares of Suburban Minerals Corporation (“SUBB”).

According to the Indictment and statements made in court:

From at least in or about 2013 through at least in or

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Patrick Fehlman v. James Mankowski

Madison, Wisconsin civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory.

Patrick Fehlman, a former member of the Neillsville, Wisconsin police department, sued Chief of Police James Mankowski, alleging the Chief retaliated against him for critiquing the Chief's leadership, in violation of the First Amendment.

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Fehlman appe

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