DISTRICT ATTORNEY – NEW YORK COUNTY
Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today that an Upper West Side woman, ADELA HOLZER, has been indicted for stealing more than $50,000 in an immigration scam. HOLZER claimed to have influential friends in Congress who would pass private immigration relief bills for her so that immigrants could receive permanent residence. The indictment stems […]
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Law Firm Leaves Duke Lacross Defense
A Washington DC legal team has left the group of lawyers representing Duke University in two lawsuits which arose from the infamous 2006 lacrosse team proceedings. Documents filed in the court reveal that 4 attorneys from the Wilmer-Hale law firm were given the green light in June to walk away from the task of representing […]
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Will Gunwalker export violations bust criminal investigation wide open?
A ‘Fast and Furious’ Conspiracy In 2010 a Border Patrol Officer, Brian Terry, was shot and killed close to the US/Mexican border in Arizona. An investigation into Terry’s death sparked a controversy which still rages beneath the surface. Writer and lawyer David T. Hardy wrote “Did Fast & Furious Violate the Arms Export Control Act?” […]
READ MOREDifferent Kinds of Sexual Harassment to Be Aware Of
Excerpted from Sexual Harassment in the Workplace by Mary L. Boland © 2005 When employment is conditioned on submission to sexual advances, or when unwelcomed sexual conduct is so severe and pervasive that a reasonable employee would find it to be an offensive working environment, then it constitutes sexual harassment. Courts have carved out different […]
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DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN FACES FURTHER CLAIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Socialist party official says her daughter was left traumatised after alleged attack by Strauss-Kahn in 2002 By this time next year, Dominique Strauss-Kahn might well have been president of France. The 62-year-old was by far the most popular choice to be the Socialist presidential candidate, and he was the only contender seen as capable of […]
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Police: Woman Shot Intruder 9 Times In Self Defense
Police: Woman Shot Invader 9 Times In Self Defense A man who was shot and killed following a confrontation with an Atlanta woman probably had been stalking her for days, the Gwinnett police said. Law enforcement suspects there may be other victims. The 53-year old woman, a counselor at a private school, was alone when […]
READ MOREConcealed Carry Confusion Lands Local Businessman Behind Bars
Spending 30 hours behind bars in New York City taught a local businessman that carrying a Colorado-approved gun is not necessarily legal everywhere. Instead of coming home on Wednesday, Dustin Forsling was jailed and lost his gun while his wife, Kim, waited. It is all because of a difference in laws from state to state. […]
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Local Liberty Dollar ‘architect’ Bernard von NotHaus convicted
The former head of an Evansville-based company that tried to introduce a currency that competed with the U.S. dollar has been found guilty of federal charges in North Carolina. Bernard von NotHaus, 67, was convicted Friday by a federal jury of making, possessing and selling his own coins, said Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. attorney for […]
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Syed Haris Ahmed Trial: Final Day and an Unorthodox Closing Argument
John Murgatroyd at CNN, Bill Rankin of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Greg Bluestein of the Associated Press have weighed in on the final day of the trial of Atlanta area resident, former Georgia Tech student, and alleged terrorism supporter Syed Haris Ahmed. Ahmed delivered his own closing argument yesterday in his bench trial before U.S. […]
READ MOREProtection Against Auto Insurance Fraud
Preventing Auto Insurance Fraud Car insurance fraud is on the rise, and it affects every driver, whether you know it or not. Even if you are not directly involved, the widespread existence of insurance scams leads to increased premium costs in policies and longer waits for your insurance claims to be processed. If you are […]
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