A Virginia man will face 14 years behind bars for his role in an international investment fraud scheme. James Leonard Smith, 65, of Midlothian, Virginia, was convicted and sentenced last week in the Eastern District of Virginia. According to prosecutors, Smith was part of a worldwide scheme that was executed... Read More »
Facebook is not only a longstanding social media platform but is also widely used to promote products and services to a mass audience. As telemedicine continues to penetrate the healthcare industry, it is not surprising that pharmaceutical companies use Facebook as a means of advertising. In 2019, pharmaceutical companies spent... Read More »
Following the expiration of the eviction moratorium on July 31, the CDC under President Biden instated a new moratorium to help keep renters in their homes. Unlike the previous ban on evictions, this new moratorium will be more targeted, limiting the number of people who will be protected. Who Is... Read More »
California legalized marijuana for persons 21 years of age or older in 2016 when voters passed Proposition 64 (Prop 64). The who, what, when, and where of some of Prop 64’s exceptions, however, are still debatable. Now, the California Supreme Court ended one of the “where” questions when it ruled... Read More »
The convictions of three men who participated in conspiracies to rob a series of jewelry stores near Los Angeles were affirmed by the Ninth Circuit, although the arguments about the scope of liability for each defendant may lead to closer examination of a 1946 law and a Supreme Court decision... Read More »
You go to college, study hard, and get a shiny new degree that you frame and hope to post on your office wall. You land your dream job and everything is great for a while. But then tragedy strikes. You get sick or have an accident and must stop working.... Read More »
What is a Lemon Car? A lemon car refers to any motor vehicle that repeatedly fails to operate as it should, both in terms of performance and quality. If your car keeps having the same issue despite having the car looked at by the dealership, then you might have a... Read More »
Thoroughbred horse trainer Jorge Navarro changed his not guilty plea to guilty on charges of distributing performance-enhancing drugs (PED) in a case that could be just the proverbial tip of the iceberg in the widespread corruption that seems to permeate much of the $100 billion global horse-racing world. Navarro and... Read More »
Kenneth Kurson, the prior editor of the New York Observer and close friend of Jared Kushner, was pardoned by President Trump but is now facing two state felony charges in New York. He was arrested on Wednesday and charged with eavesdropping and computer trespass. New York prosecutors charged Kurson with... Read More »
In a 44-page denial of a motion to dismiss defamation suits filed by a trio of election fraud allegers, a federal judge gave a green light to Dominion Voting Machines to continue its lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell. Using comments such as “This... Read More »
Federal prosecutors have charged a Chicago pharmacist for stealing official COVID-19 vaccination cards only to sell them online for $10 each. The COVID-19 cards, which are issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), were allegedly sold on eBay to at least 11 buyers in March and April... Read More »
To date, California has experienced 3.72 million COVID-19 infections, leading to 61,083 deaths. Only a fraction of those who got sick – around 90,000 in 2020 – filed claims for workers’ compensation based on contracting the illness through employment. More than a quarter of those claims were denied, however, leading... Read More »
As students throughout the nation begin to head back to college, the U.S. Supreme Court added another critical item to their “to-do” lists. In its first test of mandatory vaccination policies, Justice Amy Coney Barrett placed the health of students at Indiana University (IU) over eight students’ contention that the... Read More »
Actor and comedian Jim Belushi filed for divorce from his wife of 23 years in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week. In the divorce filings, Belushi cites “irreconcilable differences.” Belushi, 67, has made countless fans laugh through his time on Saturday Night Live and his long-running sitcom, “According to... Read More »
An arbitration agreement in a consumer contract with tiny 6-point type and a host of other unacceptable provisions was deemed “unconscionable” by a California Court of Appeal when it upheld a lower court’s denial of appellant’s petition to compel arbitration. Acting Presiding Judge Jon P. Streeter of the First District... Read More »
