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Tennessee Man Convicted of Illegally Accessing Sarah Palin’s E-mail Account and Obstruction of Justice

596 criminal aliens arrested in targeted ICE operation throughout the southeastern U.S.

USPTO to Hold Public Roundtables on Patent Quality and Patent Quality Metrics

Could Convicted Felons Be Looking At Your Financial Information?

Laredo Police Officer Indicted for Cocaine Conspiracy

Two Johnson & Johnson Subsidiaries to Pay Over $81 Million to Resolve Allegations of Off-Label Promotion of Topamax

Osama El-Atari Pleads Guilty to $53 Million Bank Fraud

CBP at Newark Discovers Bottles of Liquid Cocaine Disguised as Rum

USPTO Expands Trademark Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program

Barbara Kogan Pleads Guilty to Planning Murder of Her Husband

Robert Pagini A Former State Employee Was Charged With Using Taxpayer Money To Help Finance Ebay Business

Changes in Business Bankruptcies

PHILIP J. PORTELLI, and PAUL M. AZZOPARDI, were indicted for conspiracy and other crimes related to their theft of more than $105,000 from the New York City Department of Education in a “no-show job” scheme

3 plead guilty to smuggling cocaine on commercial airlines

Espadas Created a Sham Job Training Program to Cheat Workers, Maximize Profits, and Shortchange Taxpayers

DISTRICT ATTORNEY VANCE ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT IN TIMES SQUARE SHOOTING

Federal Court Enforces EEOC Investigative Subpoena Against Bolingbrook Meat Processor

Two Men Found Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court of Violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act

Hazard complaints result in surprise inspections at 3 Massey-owned mines

Pharmaceutical Giant AstraZeneca to Pay $520 Million for Off-label Drug Marketing

WELFARE CHEATS STOLE $1 MILLION IN BENEFITS

MCEA To Pay $80,000 To Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit

Brown Wins U.S. Supreme Court Review of California's Ban on the Sale of Violent Video Games to Minors

Doctors Arun and Kiran Sharma Plead Guilty

Alleged Bomb Maker Arrested in Murder-for-Hire Plot

IPR Center marks World IP Day by seizing $263 million in counterfeit goods Federal, state and local law enforcement team up in anti-counterfeiting sweeps around the U.S.

Ernest Theodore Solo, Chief Financial Officer Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $2.7 Million

U.S. MARSHALS CAPTURE HARRISBURG MURDER SUSPECT IN YORK

CBP Scientist Featured for Forensic Work

US Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau to host 2nd teleconference in series of 7 on women’s entrepreneurship in ‘green’ industries on Thursday, April 29

New Rochelle’s JM Hyundai and Lynbrook’s Legacy Infiniti sold former rental cars without informing customers of prior use

Locating a Paralegal Internship (or the Search for Hidden Treasure)

$729,000 Worth of Marijuana Discovered In Mattress

Selden Fire District To Pay $263,360 To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

Zarein Ahmedzay Pleads Guilty to Terror Violations in Connection with Al-Qaeda New York Subway Plot

James G. Litz, Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation

Jack Barouh, Former UBS Client Sentenced for Hiding $10 Million in Offshore Bank Accounts

Luis Bonilla, aka Chofre, 23, the leader of a MS-13 street gang in Jamaica, N.Y. was sentenced to life

Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Hosts Fair Lending Forum in Chicago

ANTHONY DIGATI, Was Indicted in Manhattan Federal Court for Cyber-Extortion of New York Life Insurance Company

EEOC Obtains $122,500 from Houston Construction Company for Religious, Race and National Origin Discrimination

QUEENS NURSE ACCUSED OF KNOCKING RESIDENT OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND STEALING MEDICATION

Records, Including Hiring Documents and Time Sheets, Sought on Senate Employees Who Were Also Affiliated with Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada’s Comprehensive Community Development Corporation

ABDUL J. MAZUMDER, the owner of Subway franchises located throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx pleaded guilty today to felony charges of Grand Larceny

Attorney General Announces Landmark Insurance Case Victory: Court Declares Insurance Broker Should Have Disclosed Hidden Fees To Consumers

Ray Scott Chase, Pleaded Guilty to Accepting $1.4 Million in Illegal Gratuities Related to Military Dining Contracts in Kuwait

Department of Commerce Sends Letter to Congress Expressing Administration’s Views on Pending Patent Reform Legislation

Michael S. Sherfick, Former Deputy Constable in Indiana Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bribery; Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison

Three South Carolina Men Sentenced for Committing Civil Rights Offenses and Carjacking

University Of Louisiana At Monroe To Pay $450,000 To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination And Retaliation Suit

US Department of Labor secures nearly $4 million in back wages for gas station employees in Central and Southern NJ

Kenneth Marsh, the president and owner of Gryphon Holdings Inc., and four Gryphon employees were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud

CUOMO CHARGES PEDRO ESPADA JR. AND 19 EXECUTIVES WITH LOOTING HIS BRONX NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Joseph Ehrenreich of Pendleton, owner of Destination Management Group of Buffalo, was sentenced to one year in jail

U.S. Seeks Permanent Injunction Against Florida-Based Drug Compounding Lab

Brown Accuses Moody's of Refusing To Explain Its Role in Financial Crisis

Hans Lobato pleaded guilty today to engaging in a fraudulent medical testing scheme

Five Blackwater Employees Indicted

Counterfeiters put on ICE following a seizure of more than $1.4 million

SEVENTEEN MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE MS-13 STREET GANG ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL COURT ON RACKETEERING, WITNESS TAMPERING, AND FIREARMS CHARGES

Federal Officials Close the Investigation into the Death of Martin Lee Anderson

New Study of Targeted Violence Affecting U.S. Institutions of Higher Education Released

Arkansas Private Banking System Barred from Operating by Federal Court

Athens Sonic Owner to Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

Three Arrested in Sophisticated Medi-Cal Fraud And ‘Doctor Shopping' Ring

Quadrangle, Global Strategy Group, Kevin McCabe, GKM, and Platinum Advisors Will Pay Nearly $12 Million to New York State and Comply with the Attorney General’s Code of Conduct

Terrance Kynn Mcguire, Was Sentenced to 500 Months in Prison for Kidnapping 10-Year-Old Girl

William A. “Bill” White, A Neo-Nazi Was Sentenced Today for Threats, Witness Intimidation

Brown Seeks $500,000 for Southern California Drywall Workers Denied Fair Pay

John Joseph Kovach, Jr., A Former teacher and coach sentenced to 5 years for receipt of child pornography

Ramon Bazan, A Former ATF Agent Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements

CUOMO TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SMARTBUY AND ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES FOR PREYING ON MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WITH FRAUDULENT AND DECEPTIVE PRACTICES

Wheeler County Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

Steven Byers, The Former CEO of WexTrust Capital Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Conspiracy and Securities Fraud

Court Grants Relief for Flagrant Violations of Federal Desegregation Order

6 Illinois counties to benefit from ICE strategy to enhance the identification, removal of criminal aliens Now the criminal and immigration records of all local arrestees to be checked

NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION DEPUTY CHIEF FREDERICK GRIMALDI, PLEADS GUILTY TO FELONY BRIBERY CHARGES

Court Rules That Amerimod and Salvatore Pane, Jr., Fraudulently Charged Homeowners Illegal Fees for Loan Modifications It Never Delivered

Connecticut Businessman Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Running $2 Million Financial Fraud Scheme

Randy Lee (aka Jimmy Lee) Was Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Odometer Tampering Fraud Scheme

Justice Department to Monitor Election in Walnut, California

Richard Lynn Barnaby Sentenced for Selling Fake Stock

Federal Court Rules For EEOC In Age Bias Suit Against Minnesota Department Of Corrections

St. Louis Tax Lawyer Allegedly Helped Clients Evade Income Taxes and Illegally Circumvent Roth IRA Contribution Limits

UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Failing to Report Over $1 Million in Swiss Bank Accounts

ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES MEDICAID FRAUD UNIT SETS RECORD WITH 148 CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS IN 2009

Joseph P. Boldiga Has Been Charged with Fraud

DISTRICT ATTORNEY VANCE ANNOUNCES THE GUILTY PLEA OF HENRY VARGAS

Brown Prosecution Sends Phony Foreclosure Consultants To Jail And Recovers Stolen Funds

ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO FINDS COLLEGE STUDENTS NATIONWIDE MAY BE AT RISK DUE TO INFERIOR HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS

Professional Building Systems Of North Carolina To Pay $118,000 To Settle Race Harassment Case

Former Department of Labor Chief of Staff Pleads Guilty for Failing to Report Gifts from Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff

CUOMO SHUTS DOWN WNY PROCESS SERVER COMPANY FOR LYING ON AFFIDAVITS OF SERVICE

DISTRICT ATTORNEY VANCE ANNOUNCED THE PLEA IN 2007 MURDER OF BOITUMELO MCCALLUM

USPTO LAUNCHES OMBUDSMAN PILOT PROGRAM

THREE ATTORNEYS, TWO REAL ESTATE BROKERS, AND FIVE OTHERS INDICTED IN $10 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME

Final defendants plead guilty in marriage fraud scheme

Mobil Oil Companies to Pay U.S. $32.2 Million to Resolve Allegations of Underpayment of Royalties from American Indian and Federal Lands

Gilroy Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Armed Bank Robbery Robbed Nearly $400,000 from 11 Banks in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties

Man Charged with Impersonating an Attorney in Fraudulent Scheme

USPTO Proposes Change That Would Effectively Allow a 12-Month Extension to the Provisional Patent Application Period