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  • Enron law firm sues Goldman Sachs

    Enron law firm sues Goldman Sachs

    Recent Cases 04/27/2010

    The law firm that won Enron investors $7.2 billion in what was one of the largest class action suits in the history of securities law filed charges against Goldman Sachs on Monday.Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd filed the lawsuit in U.S. district cour...

  • Miami-Dade clinic operator pleads guilty to Medicare fraud

    Miami-Dade clinic operator pleads guilty to Medicare fraud

    Recent Cases 04/12/2010

    Ihosvany Marquez spent his Medicare millions on a fleet of luxury cars, authorities say, including a Lamborghini Murcielago with spaceship-like doors that cost $455,959.Early Monday, he pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to healthcare fraud charge...

  • Failed mobile phone dealer ran law firm, say staff

    Failed mobile phone dealer ran law firm, say staff

    Recent Cases 02/22/2010

    The former owner of two failed companies was the person in “de facto” charge of Cheadle-based law firm Wolstenholmes prior to its collapse in December, Crain's has discovered.Ex-staff who spoke on condition of anonymity said that Wasim Saddique, who ...

  • Woman with .708 blood-alcohol level pleads guilty

    Woman with .708 blood-alcohol level pleads guilty

    Recent Cases 01/20/2010

    A South Dakota woman who prosecutors say had a blood-alcohol level almost nine times the legal driving limit has pleaded guilty to two drunken driving charges. Authorities said 45-year-old Marguerite Engle was arrested Dec. 1 when she was found passe...

  • Randy, Evi Quaid plead not guilty in fraud case

    Randy, Evi Quaid plead not guilty in fraud case

    Recent Cases 12/27/2009

    Randy and Evi Quaid finally appeared in court Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to felony charges of defrauding an innkeeper.The couple skipped previous court hearings without explanation after being accused of using an invalid credit card to defraud Sa...

  • Pa. teens plead not guilty to hate crime charge

    Pa. teens plead not guilty to hate crime charge

    Recent Cases 12/23/2009

    A federal judge denied bail Tuesday for two Pennsylvania teens who pleaded not guilty to a hate crime charge in the death of a Mexican immigrant, noting that one defendant is accused of kicking the victim in the head "as if you were kicking a field g...

  • TVA coal ash spill has hundreds suing for damages

    TVA coal ash spill has hundreds suing for damages

    Recent Cases 12/22/2009

    Hundreds of people sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for damages before a one-year deadline to file personal injury claims related to the utility's huge coal ash spill at Kingston.Court clerks said 20 more federal lawsuits were filed in Knoxville o...

  • Citadel Broadcasting: court grants 1st-day motions

    Citadel Broadcasting: court grants 1st-day motions

    Recent Cases 12/21/2009

    Citadel Broadcasting Corp. said Monday that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has granted all of its first-day motions — including allowing the company access to over $36 million in cash it has on hand and cash it brings...

  • Idaho to pay $50K to settle grazing lease lawsuit

    Idaho to pay $50K to settle grazing lease lawsuit

    Recent Cases 11/18/2009

    Idaho agreed Tuesday to pay $50,000 and pledged to follow anti-discrimination rules to settle a federal lawsuit against state officials who awarded grazing leases to ranchers, not the environmentalist who had offered more money.The Idaho Board of Lan...

  • Court gives $1.1B tanker contract back to Boeing

    Court gives $1.1B tanker contract back to Boeing

    Recent Cases 11/17/2009

    A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that overturned Boeing Co.'s $1.1 billion contract for maintenance of an Air Force refueling tanker jet.The decision Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reinstates Chicago-based B...

  • Comic Artie Lange pleads guilty to DUI in NJ

    Comic Artie Lange pleads guilty to DUI in NJ

    Recent Cases 10/01/2009

    Comedian and radio personality Artie Lange has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of a habit-producing drug in a minor traffic accident in New Jersey. The 41-year-old Lange was charged following the July 10 accident in Toms River, about 40...

  • Lawsuit puts Lake Tahoe boating facilities on hold

    Lawsuit puts Lake Tahoe boating facilities on hold

    Recent Cases 09/28/2009

    A federal judge is blocking construction of boating facilities on Lake Tahoe while he resolves an environmental lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed by the League to Save Lake Tahoe and the SierraClub, challenges new regulations that would allow more than 100...