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By: Joel Irving  Mark your calendars, legal professionals! NALA – The National Association of Legal Assistants – is thrilled to announce that the much-anticipated 2025 NALA Conference & Expo is heading to the vibrant shores of Atlantic City, New Jersey, from July 10-12, 2025! This isn't just any convention; it's a momentous occasion as we celebrate NALA's 50th Anniversary! Five decades of dedicated service, unparalleled advocacy, and unwavering commitment to advancing the paralegal profession. We've come so far, and we're ready to celebrate this incredible milestone with all of you who have made it possible. What can you expect at this golden anniversary event? Exceptional Education: Dive into cutting-edge legal topics, learn from industry leaders, and gain valuable insights that will elevate your skills and career. With up to 12.5 hours of CLE available, you'll be at the forefront of the paralegal profession. Unrivaled Networking: Connect with hundreds of ...

University at Buffalo Law School, The Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy Monday, September 12 & Tuesday 13, 2011 Forty years ago, the deadliest prisoner rebellion in U.S. history occurred. Next month, a major conference will bring together prisoner advocates, legislators, policymakers, corrections professionals, activists, and people who were on the front lines of the conflict, on both sides.

University at Buffalo Law School, The Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy Monday, September 12 & Tuesday 13, 2011 Forty years ago, the deadliest prisoner rebellion in U.S. history occurred. Next month, a major conference will bring together prisoner advocates, legislators, policymakers, corrections professionals, activists, and people who were on the front lines of the conflict, on both sides.

CHICAGO—A northwest suburban man was sentenced to six years in federal prison for engaging in an investment fraud scheme that swindled more than $5 million from approximately 150 victims who invested in funds he purported to operate. The defendant, Scott M. Ross, who pleaded guilty to mail fraud in March, was sentenced yesterday, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today. Ross misused money he raised from investors for his own benefit, including salary and a stadium sky box, and to make Ponzi-type payments to certain customers who complained.

Greg M. Cavaluzzi, 34, a former Pelham middle school teacher, was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine and traveling with intent to have illicit sex with a minor. Greg M. Cavaluzzi plead guilty on February 17, 2011, before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas, who imposed today's sentence in White Plains federal court. See, USDOJ

VENTURA - Daniel Avila, a former candidate for the Thousand Oaks City Council has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison for threatening to kill six prosecutors in the Ventura County District Attorney's office. Avila was convicted of six counts of making criminal threats and six counts of threatening public officials on April 4 in Ventura County Superior Court. He was sentenced yesterday. The case was prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General Jonathan Kline. "As the chief law enforcement officer of California," Attorney General Kamala D. Harris said, "I take very seriously any threat against prosecutors or police officers. They are the ones charged with keeping the public safe, so their own protection is doubly important, and violators must be punished. The result in this case achieves both objectives." Avila ran for the Thousand Oaks City Council in 2004, and was charged with hacking into the Verizon wireless system and sending bogus text messa...

LOS ANGELES—A Santa Ynez man who falsely promised bartending and “mystery shopper” jobs to people around the country has been sentenced to serve six years in federal prison for operating the scheme that took more than $6 million from thousands of victims across the United States. Stevan P. Todorovic, 40, was sentenced yesterday afternoon by United States District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr.

WASHINGTON—Oladayo Oladokun, 37, was sentenced today to two years of imprisonment for carrying out a scheme in which he took over financial accounts belonging to about 25 victims. In total, more than 40 financial accounts were taken over, fraudulently used, possessed, or opened without the victims’ authorization, causing more than $300,000 in losses. Oladokun, most recently of Lanham, Md., pled guilty in February 2011 to a charge of aggravated identity theft. He was sentenced today by the Honorable Ellen S. Huvelle in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. In addition to the prison term, the judge ordered Oladokun to pay restitution of $269,304. He will be on one year of supervised release upon completion of the prison term.