Petitioner Shaun Smith filed in this court, as an indigent defendant representing
himself in propria persona (pro. per.) in a pending criminal action, a petition for writ of
mandate, prohibition, or other appropriate relief (petition) against respondent Sacramento
County Superior Court, challenging respondent’s policies and procedures pertaining to
pro. per. defendants then in effe

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Diane Blake, age 55, and Todd Blake, age 54, charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.

A California couple has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with securing the fraudulent admission of their daughter to the University of Southern California as a purported athletic recruit.

Defendan

On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise. Forced to leave their ancestral lands in Georgia and Alabama, the Creek Nation received assurances that their new lands

Denver, CO - The United States of America charged Kristin Martin with mail fraud and tax evasion.

According to the information and the stipulated facts contained in the plea agreement, Martin worked as an executive assistant for her employer. She was provided with a unique identification and password to purchase supplies from Staples. Her company used various cost centers to track inter

Madison, IL - The United States of America charged Dudley Hellenbrand and Cherie Hellenbrand with tax evasion.

Dudley Hellenbrand, 68, and Cherie Hellenbrand, 46, both of Middleton, Wisconsin, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to each serve six months in federal prison for filing a false income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service. The judge staggered

Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company (Stanford Vina) sued the State Water
Resources Control Board (the Board), among other defendants, challenging the Board’s
issuance of certain temporary emergency regulations in 2014 and 2015, during the height
of one of the most severe droughts in California’s history. The challenged regulations
established minimum flow requirements on three t

Washington, DC - The United States of America charged Vincent Slater with tax fraud.

A former official of the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR) pled guilty today for participating in corruption schemes in which he accepted at least $75,000 in exchange for fraudulently erasing tax liability, inflicting more than $3 million in losses upon the District of Columbia.

Vin

Abingdon, VA - The United States of America charged former Indivior, P.C. chief executive officer Shaun Thaxter with introducing into interstates commerce the opioid drug Suoxone Film in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Thaxter served as Indivior’s top executive since 2009 (including the time period prior to December 2014 when Indivior was known as Reckitt Benckiser P

Boston, MA - Fraud defense lawyer represented Novatris Pharmaceuticals Corporation sued for violating the False Claims Act by suing three foundations as conduits to pay the copayments of Medicare patients taking Gilenya and Afinitor.


Novartis agreed to pay $642 million to settle the claims being made against it. A second settlement resolved claims arising from the company�s allege