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Sharel Mawby v. Folgers Coffee Marketing

Kansas City, Missouri, consumer law class action lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Missouri Merchandising Practices Act and unjust enrichment.

Missouri resident Mark Smith bought containers of Folgers coffee that featured
representations about the number of six-ounce cups that the coffee in each container
could produce. Believing the representations to be misleadi

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Julius H. Schoeps, et al. v. Sompo Holdings, Inc., et al.

Chicago, Illinois lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over the ownership of the Van Gogh Sunflowers.

Vincent van Gogh painted Sunflowers in 1888. Paul von
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, a German banker and art collector,
later acquired the painting. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was the
co-owner and director of an international bank, Mendelssohn
& Co., which was one of the five

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The People of the State of California v. Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with two counts of murder and multiple counts of child abuse.

A Lancaster father and mother of four have been convicted of murdering their teenage son and daughter and abusing their two younger boys in 2020.

“This was a monstrous act of cruelty that shattered an entire family,” Los Angeles Cou

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United States of America v. Hernan Burgos Prada

Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(h), which provides:

(h) Any person who conspires to commit any offense defined in this section or section 1957 shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the conspirac

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United States of America v. Shawn M. Thomas

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence.

AI Overview Federal interference with commerce by threats or violence, most notably under the Hobbs Act (\(18\) U.S.C. \(1951\)), makes it illegal to obstruct, delay, or affect interstate or foreign commerce through robbery or extortion. This includes committ

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Freddie Brewer, et al. v. Alliance Coal, LLC, et al.

Pikeville, Kentucky employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.

AI Overview

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) covers minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor standards for most private and public sector employees. It mandates that employees receive at least the federal minimum wage, and overtime pay at a rate of t

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State of Oklahoma v. H.H.G.

Tahlequah, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

1. DOMESTIC ABUSE - ASSAULT & BATTERY

2. THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF VIOLENCE

3. OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER

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Manuel Soriano v. Rasa FLoors & Carpet Cleaning, L.L.C.

Austin, Texas, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a denial of overtime compensation required by the Falir Labor Standards Act.

Manuel Soriano claimed that he was owed $269,000 in back pay.

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Emanuel Luzardo Bermudez v. DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review

Lafayette, Louisiana, immigration lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Freedom of Information Act violation theory.

In 2021, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) initiated removal proceedings against Bermudez. During those proceedings, Bermudez filed a FOIA request for his Record of Proceedings (ROP). On June 17, 2021, EOIR sent Bermudez’s counsel an email acknowledging r

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Stephen Benavides v. Harris County, Texas

Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.c. 1983.

On December 26, 2019, at approximately 7:19 p.m., Deputy Jose Nunez of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call reporting a suspected in-progress home invasion. The caller, Sandra Garibay, informed the dispatcher that she had locked herself and her

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Tariq Farooq v. Nucor Business Technology, Inc. and Capgemini America, Inc.

Dallas, Texas, pro se Plaintiff attempted to represent himself without a lawyer on an employment discrimination case.

Farooq’s complaint, which he initially filed in state court and was removed to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1331, raised claims for hostile work environment, ethnicity discrimination, religious discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termin

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State of Oklahoma v. M.T.J.

Tahlequah, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Kent Morlan represented the Defendant charged with:

1. DOMESTIC ASSAULT & BATTERY IN THE PRESENCE OF MINOR CHILD

2. OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER

3. THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF VIOLENCE

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Computer Sciences Corporation v. Tata Consultancy Services Limited, et al.

Dallas, Texas commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in a misappropriatio of trade secrets theory.

Computer Sciences Corporation (“CSC”) sued Appellant Tata Consultancy Services Limited (“TCS”) for trade secret misappropriation under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, Pub. L. No. 114-153, § 2(a), 130 Stat. 376, 376–80 (codified at 18 U.S.C. § 1836). CSC alleg

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Estate of Devine v. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a medical malpractice wrongful death theory.

On May 10, 2023, Appellees filed a wrongful death and survival action against Appellant, in connection with a biopsy that Gabriella underwent as part of her treatment for Acute Myelogenous Lukemia, which Appellees allege caused Gabriella's death. Appellees

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United States of America v. Daniel Ray Lane and Zhenyu Wang, a/k/a Bill Wang

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring and attempting to engage in and engaging in transactions regarding sanctioned Iranian oil, in violation of 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1707 (the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)) and 18 U.S.C. § 371, and for money laundering conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h).

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David Timpanaro v. Jenkinson's Pavilion, Inc. and Jenkinson's South, Inc.

Morristown, New Jersey, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful death negligence theory.

The essential facts are undisputed. On September 23, 2020, plaintiffs, accompanied by their minor child, C.T., and then sixty-nine-year-old father and grandfather, Anthony Timpanaro ("decedent"), traveled to defendants' beachfront property to spend the day. By all accou

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State of New Jersey v. Joseph Blackham

Morristown, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DWI.

Joseph Blackham was in a running Jeep while intoxicated.


The State relied on the community caretaking doctrine to justify the officers' early-morning interaction with defendant and his vehicle at his residence. The "community caretaking "doctrine was first recognized by the United Sta

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Thomas Cole v. Foxmar, Inc., d/b/a Education and Training Resources

Burlington, Vermont employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Act (“VOSHA”), 21 V.S.A. §§ 201–232, and the Vermont Earned Sick Time Act (“VESTA”), 21 V.S.A. §§ 481–
487.

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United States of America v. Adam Gomez

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearm with obliterated serial number.

AI Overview

Possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number is illegal under federal and state laws, though some federal challenges are ongoing.

Generally, the law prohibits knowingly possessing, receiving, or transporting a f

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Cayse Llorens v. Lexshare, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination Civil Rights Act violation theory.

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Amy Moore, et al. v. Howard Rubin

Brooklyn, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on Racketeering (RICO) Act violation theories.

Howard Rubin, a successful bond trader, recruited women from around the country to travel to New York and engage in sadomasochism with him in exchange for money. Rubin employed assistants, whom he paid up to $15,000 per month, to lure women with promi

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United States of America v. Wilfredo Robles

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (“MDLEA.”

In 2022, the United States Coast Guard stopped the
appellants’ go-fast vessel within the waters of the Dominican
Republic’s EEZ. The vessel displayed no indicia of nationality.
The appellants refused to answer questions, and, therefore, no one

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Janelle Quinn v. Columbia County School District

August, Georgia, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a education civil rights violation theory.

Quinn filed this suit in April 2022. In her complaint, she set
out two claims: racial discrimination under Title VI (“Count One”),
and retaliation under Title VI (“Count Two”). Importantly, Count
One was brought on behalf of D.J.Q. and Count Two was brought

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United States of America v. Johnathan Gaines

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank rubbery by force or violence.

Gaines is serving a 711-month sentence for committing three armed robberies in 2000, brandishing a firearm during the
commission of one of those robberies, and discharging a firearm during another. At the time of his conviction, he received a 25-year mandatory minimum sente

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Stacy Hovan v. Metroploitan Life Insurance Company

Miami, Florida, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a an ERISA law theory.

Stacy Hovan sued Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (“ERISA”), challenging MetLife’s termination of her long- term disability benefit.

Hovan was employed as a commercial litigator with
Troutman

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