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Oklahoma Municipalities Provisionally Incorporated Under Arkansas Law Prior to
Statehood Have No Jurisdiction Over On-Reservation Offenses Committed By or Against
Indians.

INTRODUCTION

Last year the Supreme Court held in McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), that the
Muscogee (Creek) Reservation is intac

Bismarck, North Dakota: Summit Midstream Partners LLC, a North Dakota pipeline company that discharged 29 million gallons of produced water from its pipeline near Williston, North Dakota, over the course of nearly five months in 2014-2015.

The discharge of more than 700,000 barrels of “produced water� – a waste product of hydraulic fracturing – contaminated land, groundwater, and

Central Islip, New York labor and employment lawyer represented plaintiff, who sued defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. Covered nonexempt workers are entitled

Helena, Montana Civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an job discrimination theory.

42 U.S.C. §2000e–2. Unlawful employment practices:

It is 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 compensation, ter

White Plains, New York labor and employment lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq.

§202. Congressional finding and declaration of policy

(a) The Congress finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the m

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

Count # 1. WORKERS' COMPENSATION FRAUD, in violation of 85A O.S. 6
Date of Offense: 10/04/2018
Party Name Disposition Information
GOFORTH, JOHNNY B JR Disposed: CONVICTION, 07/20/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: WORKERS' COMPENSATION FRAUD(PCRG)
Violation of 85A O.S. 6

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Bobbie Anson Pease, age 52, admited that in September 2018, he used a baseball bat and gun to murder a 34-year-old woman on federal land, part of Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM).

According to the plea agreement, Pease was sharing a ho

Dallas, Texas disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for DIWC/DIWW denied by HHS.

The SSA uses its ‘grid rules’ to determine how likely applicants are to be retrained for different employment that accommodates their disabilities. The grid consists of the following criteria:

Age
Educational background
Curren

Fort Worth, Texas civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act employment violation theory.

The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available.

Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits private employers with 15 or more employees, State and local governments, employment agencies and

Abilene, Texas disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for DIWC/DIWW denied by HHS.

The SSA uses its ‘grid rules’ to determine how likely applicants are to be retrained for different employment that accommodates their disabilities. The grid consists of the following criteria:

Age
Educational background
Curre

Los Angeles, California family law lawyers represent Petitioner and Respondent in dissolution of marriage (divorce) case.

Angelina Jolie filed a statement of disqualification challenging Judge John W. Ouderkirk (Ret.), the privately compensated temporary judge selected by Jolie and William Bradley Pitt to hear their family law case, based on Judge Ouderkirk’s failure to disclose, as re

Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) by receiving nearly $1 million in veteran benefits based on fraudulent claims of service-connected disabilities.

According to the criminal indictment, filed plea documents and admissions made in court, John Paul Cook, age 57, enlisted in the Un

Los Angeles, California civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of wrongfully illegally auctioning off an active-duty U.S. Marine’s car, in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).

The SCRA is a federal law that provides a variety of financial and housing protections to members of the U.S. military. The law prohibits a towing company from auctioning off a

Los Angeles, California civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants charged with violations of the False Claims Act and the California False Claims Act.

Prime Healthcare Services and Two Doctors Agree to Pay $37.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks, Billing for a Suspended Doctor, and False Claims for Implantable Medical Hardware

One of the largest hospital systems i

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant who was charged with bribery.

Nizar Farhat, 63, of Palm Desert, was charged with one count of being a public official who received an illegal gratuity and one count of being a public official who received compensation from a private party for government services.

Farhat is a former construction manage

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mail fraud, importation contrary to law and aggravated identity theft.

Jennings Ryan Staley, a physician who attempted to profit from the pandemic by marketing a “miracle cure� for COVID-19, pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting that he tried to smuggle hydroxychloroquine into the United States to se

Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

A Chinese national was indicted for conspiring to submit false export information through the federal government’s Automated Export System and to export maritime raiding craft and engines to China fraudulently, and attempting to export that equipment fraudulently in

Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and making false statements.

A former Lynchburg attorney, who specialized in elder law and estate planning, was indicted for wire fraud and making false statements.

Cherie Anne Washburn, 45, engaged in a scheme to defraud and obtain money or property by fraudulent pretenses, representations or

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, Steven Michael Braithwaite and Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services LLC charged with conspiracy, violation of safety standards causing death, resource conservation and recovery act knowing endangerment, and falsification of records.

Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services LLC (NRCS), its president and owner, Steven Michael Braithw

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with bank fraud.

A father and son were arrested and charged in a bank fraud scheme in which they provided fraudulent information to financial institutions for the purpose of purchasing boats, luxury vehicles, and heavy equipment, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special

Jacksonville, Florida conspiracy to commit wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Dennis Alexander Barahona, age 38, from Chelsea, Massachusetts with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit tax fraud.

Barahona had pleaded guilty on March 29, 2021. Barahona’s co-defendant, Gregorio Jose Fuentes-Zelaya, was sentenced on May 10, 2021, to 33 month