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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. Jaylin Iler

Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography in violation of 18 USC 2252A(a)(5)(B) and (b)(2).

(a) Any person who—
(1) knowingly mails, or transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, any child

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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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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 Texas v. Zachary Suarez

Waco, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child after a 12-year-old girl receiving treatment at a hospital learned she was pregnant.

Zachary Suarez, age 33, impregnated a 12-year-old girl.

Detectives obtained buccal swabs from the girl and the infant which showed that Suarez was the father of the child.

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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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Juliana Swink v. Souothern Health Partners, Inc., et al.

Greensboro, North Carolina personal injury lawyer represents the Plaintiff on medical malpractice, wrongful death and civil rights claims.

David Ray Gsunter was diagnosed with a heart condition shortly after birth. At fifteen years old, to address his heart condition, Gunter underwent open-heart surgery to replace his aortic valve with a mechanical heart valve (“MHV”).
At this t

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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. Wilfredo Lugo and Zachary Lieber

Camden, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with with 3rd-degree Possession of CSAM..

Two Camden County men were arrested last month for crimes related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM), reported Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay.



Investigations conducted by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit, i

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United States of America v. Patrick Harris

Worcester, Massachusetts, pro se Defendant without a lawyer represented himself on a charged of possession of materials constituting child porn.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Jorge A. Castillo

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under fourteen, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13B, and intimidation of a witness, in violation of G. L. c. 268, § 13B.

On one occasion, J.S. was at the defendant's home when she came in from playing outside to get something from the kitchen. Whi

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State of New York v. Christopher Baldner

Kingston, New York criminal defense lawyer represented former New York trooper charged with murder, manslaughter and other crimes.

Christopher Baldner, age 52, was accused of causing the death of a 11-year-old girl who was a passenger in an SUV in a high-speed chase that resulting in a crash.

On December 2, 2020, Baldner stopped a Dodge Journey driven by Tristin Goods for speedin

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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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State of Colorado v. Marquez Parker

Colorado Springs, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with production and possession of child pornography.

Marquez Park, age 29, for Fountain, Colorado, is accused for producing and possessing child sexual abuse materials being shared through social media in 2023.

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State of Colorado v. Michael Digiacomo

Brighton, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged with child enticement.

Michael Digiacomo, age 47, a former paraprofessional with Mapleton Public Schools is accused of child enticement charges.

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United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement to engage in illegal sexual activity.

In July 2024, Stimka (who was twenty-three years old) began an online
relationship via Snapchat with a fourteen-year-old girl in Utah. Over roughly the
next nine months, Stimka and the gi

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United States of America v. Robert Wayne Hutton

Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually exploiting a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a).

Hutton argued that the videos and images of the victim are not “lascivious” under the statutory definition at 28 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v). The district court, which analyzed the factors set forth in United States v. Dost, 636 F. Supp. 828

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United States of America v. Benjamin Tyler Gentry

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of receipt and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), (a)(5)(B), and (b)(2), and with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2)

In October 2021, a Department of Homeland Security Special Agent downlo

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United States of America v. Macalla Lee Knott, also known as Kayla

Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug and international money-laundering .

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United States of America v. Kim Phuong Taylor, also known as Kimberly Taylor

Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voter fraud.

In 2020, Taylor decided to run her own version of a get-out-the-vote campaign. The idea was to help Vietnamese Americans, some of whom struggled with English and were unfamiliar with our election system, register and vote. Her
motives were not purely altruistic: she hoped they would vote for h

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United States v. Nathan Pierson

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with activities re material constituting child pornorgraphy.

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Sheila Griffin, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of R.R., a minor, now deceased v. Mary Ann Poynter, et al.

Peoria, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff as Independent Administrator of the Estate of R.R., a minor, now deceased, who sued for damages relating to the abuse and death of R.R., a minor, who was killed by his father.

he facts establish that on January 26, 2019, 9-year-old R.R. was pronounced dead after having been abused by her father, Richard Rountree, and killed b

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United States of America v. Gary Wilson

Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of production of child pornography.

A district court found that Wilson’s prior state-law conviction triggered a sentencing enhancement, and
Wilson did not object. He now contends that the enhancement should not have applied because Illinois law sweeps more broadly than does § 2251.

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