Billings, MT - The United States of America charged Peter Margiotta with conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act.

A jury in September found Peter Margiotta, 63, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, guilty of all three counts in an indictment, including conspiracy, Clean Air Act�general duty and Clean Air Act-knowing endangerment.

U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided. Judge Wa

Plaintiff Ronald Talley pleaded nolo contendre to a criminal offense for which he
was sentenced to 18 days in the Fresno County Jail. Rather than serving those days in
county jail, plaintiff was deemed eligible to serve the sentence by participation in the
Adult Offender Work Program (AOWP) administered by Fresno County’s Probation
Department. Plaintiff was injured while performing

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

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

Plaintiff worked as a registered nurse at the hospital from 2005 to
2015. Plaintiff was an hourly employee. During the relevant time
period—September 2011 to May 2015—plaintiff worked two 12-hour shifts
per week. Plaintiff clocked in and out of work using an electronic
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timekeeping system that automatically rounded time entries up or down to
the nearest quarter-hour.

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged James Dale Hall, Jr. with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: SEXO, FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER, in violation of 57 O.S. 583
Date of Offense: 01/08/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
HALL, JAMES DALE JR Disposed: CONVICTION, 06/23/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER(SEXO)
Violation

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

Gainesville, GA - The United States of America charged John Michael “Mike” Gowder, James Heaton, and George David Gowder with drug trafficking.

Plaintiff Sofia Wilton Barriga filed this lawsuit against 99 Cents Only Stores LLC,
(99 Cents) on her own behalf and on behalf of similarly situated current and former
nonexempt employees of 99 Cents hired before October 1, 1999, and who worked the
graveyard shift after January 1, 2012, until the conclusion of her lawsuit, pleading various
Labor Code violations and violation of the

Plaintiff Sofia Wilton Barriga filed this lawsuit against 99 Cents Only Stores LLC,
(99 Cents) on her own behalf and on behalf of similarly situated current and former
nonexempt employees of 99 Cents hired before October 1, 1999, and who worked the
graveyard shift after January 1, 2012, until the conclusion of her lawsuit, pleading various
Labor Code violations and violation of the

New Orleans, LA - The United States of America charged Antoine Narcisse, age 24, with conspiracy to commit access device fraud.

According to court documents, NARCISSE and the other defendants engaged in a scheme to obtain merchandise and cash from stores through fraud. The defendants obtained stolen credit and debit card information, encoded it onto cards, and then used that information

Newark, NJ - The United States of America charged Crawford Technology Group (HK) Co., Ltd. with producing and exporting to the United States in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic over 140,000 misbranded and defective masks that falsely purported to be KN95 respirators.

Crawford Technology Group (HK) Co. LTD. (Crawford) is charged by complaint with violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cos

Verrazono was seriously injured in 2012 at the Sonoma Raceway when
the rough terrain forklift he was operating tipped over.
Known as a “telehandler,” a rough terrain forklift is a forklift that can
“go off of a paved surface” and has a “telescopic boom [that can] be raised and
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extended to take loads to elevations.” The telehandler operated by Verrazono
weighed about 28,0

This is an appeal from final judgment entered against plaintiff Carlos
Gutierrez after the trial court granted the motion for summary judgment
filed by defendant Brand Energy Services of California, Inc. (Brand).
Plaintiff, a former Brand employee, sued Brand for nonpayment of his preshift employer-mandated travel time in violation of several Labor Code and
Business and Professions

Sometimes small gestures can have unexpected consequences. Major initiatives practically guarantee them. In our time, few pieces of federal legislation rank in significance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There, in Title VII, Congress outlawed discrimination in the workplace on thebasis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Today,we must decide whether an employer can fire someones

Defendant ReadyLink Healthcare, Inc. (ReadyLink) is a nurse staffing company
that places nurses in hospitals, typically on a short-term basis. Plaintiff State
Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) is a public enterprise fund created by statute as a
workers' compensation insurer. Like private workers' compensation insurers, SCIF
provides workers' compensation insurance to employers. Th