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Real estate scammer sentenced to 12 years A real estate investor was sentenced in federal court Friday to 12 years and seven months in federal prison without parole for orchestrating the largest mortgage fraud scheme ever prosecuted in the Western ...

Agreement reached during deliberations

Say you find an unpublished decision while researching a case. The facts surrounding the defendant were strikingly similar to your client’s situation. This might persuade the judges to rule in your favor. Perfect. But can you use it? It depends ...

“Compromise” is how defense attorney John Cooney described the $1.4 million jury verdict awarded Wednesday to the surviving daughter of a man who rammed his rental truck into the back of an empty school bus. “You can kind of sense ...

The U.S. Supreme Court, agreeing to hear an appeal from Microsoft Corp., will consider giving software makers and other high-tech companies new protection from patent lawsuits when they export their products. Microsoft contends an AT&T patent covering Internet voice transmissions ...

Court rules Cintas workers can sue over living wage Cintas Corp. workers in Southern California can sue the company as a group over claims that it failed to pay the so-called living wage required of Los Angeles city contractors. An ...

Legal Secretaries Association honors locals at bosses night More than 75 members of the legal community attended the Kansas City Legal Secretaries Association’s annual Bosses Appreciation Night on Oct. 11 at the Hollywood Room at The Hereford House. Honorary guests ...

Parties pleased with alternative form of settling

Lawyers are rarely known for being brief, especially in briefs. Where one word would suffice, they usually find ways to use multiple terminologies. The verbosity of attorneys was addressed in a pair of recent rulings by the federal courts for ...

If your application is not quite strong enough to secure a business loan through traditional channels, you may be able to get one that is guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The SBA exists to stimulate and foster economic ...

Criminal defense lawyers are hailing as a significant victory a recent appellate decision ending the state’s practice of taking arrestees’ DNA samples without first obtaining a search warrant. In In the Matter of the Welfare of C.T.L., the Minnesota Court ...