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Death in sheriff’s custody leads Riverside County to pay $7.5-million settlement

21 May 2024, 2:12 pm by Yosi Yahoudai

When arrested, “he was completely cooperative with the police,” Burton said. [read post]

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Commissioner of Education dismissed an appeal challenging a school district's use of cooperative bidding in connection with a capital project

16 May 2024, 10:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Howard, III, Esq., of counselHoneywell Law Firm, PLLC, attorneys for respondent, Christopher J. [read post]

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Commissioner of Education dismissed an appeal challenging a school district's use of cooperative bidding in connection with a capital project

16 May 2024, 10:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Howard, III, Esq., of counselHoneywell Law Firm, PLLC, attorneys for respondent, Christopher J. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Death row inmates are being transferred out of San Quentin. Chino city officials are sounding the alarm

8 May 2024, 6:17 pm by Yosi Yahoudai

In 1983, an inmate named Kevin Cooper also escaped from the prison and killed four people, including 11-year-old Christopher Hughes who was spending the night at a friend’s home. [read post]

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AR-15 rifle recovered from scene where 4 law enforcement officers were killed in Charlotte: Police

30 Apr 2024, 2:05 pm by Yosi Yahoudai

Roy Cooper said at Tuesday’s press briefing. [read post]

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Risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police

26 Apr 2024, 9:35 pm by Yosi Yahoudai

Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived.The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested him after responding to a trespassing call in a Wisconsin parking lot. [read post]

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San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy used alias in double life as alleged outlaw biker

21 Apr 2024, 7:15 am by Yosi Yahoudai

” The post San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy used alias in double life as alleged outlaw biker appeared first on J&Y Law Firm. [read post]

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MLK and Cancellation

15 Jan 2024, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf

For many years, the FBI under the direction of J. [read post]

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SEC Charges Middlesex Mortgage Group and Masanotti with Running $5.9 Million Ponzi Scheme The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has alleged that unregistered investment adviser John A. Masanotti, Jr. (“Masanotti” of Darien, Connecticut and his company, Middlesex Mortgage Group LLC (“MMG”), with fraud in connection with investments that MMC induced from outside investors, totaling least $5.9 million, beginning in 2016. Many of the MMG investors allegedly liquidated securities they held in retirement accounts to invest in the fund. The SEC Complaint is accessible here. According to the SEC. MMC and Masanotti allegedly used investor money to make Ponzi-like payments to investors and also used some investor funds for Masanotti’s “extravagant personal expenses,” According to the SEC, Masanotti told investors that MMC would invest their money in foreign currencies, securities and initial public offerings, but in fact MMC appears to have made no investments on their behalf. After receiving their initial payments, Masanotti continued to deceive investors to perpetuate the investment scheme, including via payments that purported to be returns on capital invested, the SEC said. Over the course of the scheme, Masanotti allegedly used more than $3 million of Middlesex’s assets for his and his family’s personal benefit, according to the suit. The SEC accuses Masanotti of violating the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. A Ponzi scheme is a purported investment vehicle in which early investors in the scheme are paid funds from later investors, thus creating the illusion of legitimacy and solvency. Ponzi schemes are often doomed to failure once the perpetrator of the scheme can no longer pay out investors through newly raised money. Some warning signs that every investor should remain mindful of when vetting a potential investment and conducting due diligence include the promise of high returns with guarantees of little or no risk; overly consistent returns with little or no volatility in the in

14 Nov 2023, 4:30 pm by InvestorLawyers

Investors with questions about claims about non-conventional investments or concerns that they may have invested in a fraudulent scheme may contact Law Office of Christopher J. [read post]

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Week in Review

21 Sep 2023, 9:01 pm by Haofei Liu

Nielson, Professor of Law at Brigham Young University Law School, Christopher J. [read post]

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Blog Post: 2023 Edition of Workers’ Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis (LexisNexis)

21 Sep 2023, 7:20 am by Robin E. Kobayashi

Fuerst & Robert J. [read post]

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EEOC and DOL Join Forces – What the Alliance Means for Employers

18 Sep 2023, 10:52 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP

See, Christopher J. [read post]

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EEOC and DOL Join Forces – What the Alliance Means for Employers

18 Sep 2023, 10:21 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP

See, Christopher J. [read post]

Workplace Class Action Blog - http://www.workplaceclassaction.com/

Early Edition: September 1, 2023

1 Sep 2023, 2:20 am by Seán Binder

District Judge Timothy J. [read post]

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Final Update: Repository HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention

30 Aug 2023, 3:52 pm by Matthias Weller

In our humble opinion, this global cooperation of legal scholars and practitioners has contributed to making more visible what has been referred to elsewhere as the “College of International Lawyers”. [read post]

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Congratulations to our 2023-2024 Officers and Board of Directors!

24 Aug 2023, 1:19 pm by New Orleans Chapter, FBA New Orleans Chapter, FBA

Rebecca Cooper, Vice ChairAtoyia S. [read post]

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Early Edition: August 21, 2023

21 Aug 2023, 2:28 am by Seán Binder

Lanny J. [read post]

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Law and Media Round Up – 24 July 2023

24 Jul 2023, 3:38 am by INFORRM

On Tuesday 18 July 2023 there was a hearing in the case of Coopers Fire Limited v Mcloughlin. [read post]