Insurance Journal

JULY 25, 2024

has completed an agreement with the US government to plead guilty to criminal conspiracy in connection with two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jetliner, setting the stage for a possible courtroom confrontation with relatives of those who …

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Pleadings 111

Insurance Journal

JULY 21, 2024

Two Russian nationals pleaded guilty to their roles in ransomware attacks in the US, Asia, Europe and Africa for a notorious hacking gang known as LockBit. Ruslan Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev admitted they helped to deploy the ransomware variant, which …

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Pleadings 108

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 22, 2024

A former West Virginia volunteer fire official is awaiting sentencing after he admitted to setting fire to his home, filing an insurance claim, and using the fire department’s credit card for personal gain. Ennis, 43, of St. Albans, …

Pleadings 106

Pleadings Insurance 106

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 5, 2024

Three suspects pleaded guilty to insurance fraud in May and June after investigations by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit. The fraud cases included a suspect from Qatar who had been on a most wanted list since 2013, …

Pleadings 64

Pleadings Insurance 64

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced an Arkansas City woman has been sentenced to 18 months of probation for insurance fraud. Misty Jane Dial, age 33, pleaded guilty in the District Court of Cowley-Arkansas City on July 9 to one …

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Insurance Pleadings 104

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2024

William Berg, an insurance producer and former financial advisor from Waukee, Iowa, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty in federal court to wire fraud and money laundering charges. In addition to his prison sentence, …

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Insurance Pleadings 114

Insurance Journal

JULY 12, 2024

AP) — A sitting Tennessee sheriff pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he illegally profited from the work of jail inmates under his supervision and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without … MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)

Pleadings 102

Pleadings Insurance 102

Insurance Journal

JULY 11, 2024

An Iowa woman was sentenced on July 2, 2024 after pleading guilty to Tampering With Records (Aggravated Misdemeanor) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Sarah Rahm, age 39, of Bondurant made willful misrepresentations regarding her pet’s …

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Insurance Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 15, 2024

An owner of a now defunct trucking company agreed to plead guilty on Tuesday to federal charges related to a deadly crash in New Hampshire that killed seven motorcyclists. Dunyadar Gasanov, 39, pled guilty in Springfield, Massachusetts to three counts …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

A Missouri farmer who appears in a reality TV show about his family’s farming operation pleaded guilty this week to a multi-million dollar fraud scheme involving federal crop insurance benefits. McBee, 52, waived his right to a grand …

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Insurance Pleadings 98

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, now in federal prison, has surrendered his law license after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The Georgia Supreme Court, in a brief decision on Tuesday, accepted Oxendine’s …

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Insurance Pleadings 104

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A Florida car dealer is awaiting sentencing after he pleaded guilty to rolling back the odometers on at least three vehicles by thousands of miles. Drew Mitchell Schreiber, owner of Central Florida Automotive Group, in Winter Garden, admitted that he …

Pleadings 78

Pleadings Automotive Insurance 78

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 10, 2024

An Iowa woman pled guilty to one count of presenting false information to an insurer over an alleged fraudulent injury at a casino, following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Tonya Weber, age 35, of Marshalltown, pled …

Pleadings 95

Pleadings Insurance 95

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A 44-year-old South Carolina man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to an auto insurance fraud scheme that targeted elderly drivers in parking lots. In 2020 through 2022, Cornelius Jones, 44, of Lake City, would …

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Insurance Pleadings 98

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Seven people in South Carolina pleaded guilty this week to a scheme to defraud Aflac Insurance and other insurers out of more than $70,000 by making false claims with forged documents. But they won’t be going to prison. The South …

Pleadings 59

Pleadings Insurance 59

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 21, 2024

A 56-year-old former Washington State meter reader who claimed she was so traumatized from a workplace dog attack that she fainted at the sight of dogs has pleaded guilty in a workers’ compensation fraud case. According to a Washington State …

Pleadings 80

Pleadings 80

Insurance Journal

JULY 14, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in prison after Oxendine pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, plus three years supervised release after his sentence …

Pleadings 112

Pleadings Insurance 112

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Six months after a North Carolina captive insurance firm for nursing homes around the country accused its managers of poaching proprietary software and forming a competing management company, a federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit. “Plaintiffs have pleaded no factual …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings Insurance 105

Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

The ABA Task Force on Legal Needs Arising out of the 2020 Pandemic identified practice areas experiencing rapid growth in demand since 2020, including family law, insurance, data privacy, cybersecurity, labor and health law. Increasing complexities in a number of industries are creating the need for high-value legal expertise.

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Technology Case Management Pleadings Legal Services 355

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 22, 2024

A scrap metal dealer with a Virginia shop pled guilty this week to theft and tax charges related to his participation in a multi-state catalytic converter theft conspiracy. According to court documents, Theodore Nicholas Papouloglou, 45, used his business, DG …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A physician who worked for an Inland Empire medical company has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud California’s workers’ compensation trust fund by continuing to work on workers’ comp matters after being suspended due to a prior healthcare …

Pleadings 52

Pleadings Healthcare 52

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A former New York City Fire Department chief pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others solicited tens of thousands of dollars over two years to give preferential treatment in scheduling safety inspections. Brian Cordasco, …

Pleadings 59

Pleadings 59

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

AP) — A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to federal crimes for shootings at electrical substations and an oil pipeline in the Dakotas that caused $1.7 Cameron Monte Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) million in damages. District …

Pleadings 104

Pleadings 104

Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have filed a lawsuit against a former employee who is serving prison time after pleading guilty to stealing $22 million from the NFL team’s virtual credit card program. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) The lawsuit, filed Thursday in …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings Insurance 105

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Travis Lee Johnson, 52, of Spokane Valley, pleaded not guilty recently to … A Washington man who claimed he was too injured to work while operating a metal fabrication shop faces a felony charge in an alleged $340,000 workers’ compensation scam.

Pleadings 105

Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A Texas federal judge with a record of ruling in favor of conservative causes injected uncertainty into Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty over two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes, seizing upon a single sentence in the deal about the U.S.

Pleadings 105

Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 17, 2024

Sellinger said that Warren Guerrier pleaded guilty before … A New Jersey man has admitted to orchestrating a multistate car theft and fraud ring that involved tracking drivers, programming keys, stealing their cars, and reselling their vehicles. Attorney Philip R.

Pleadings 105

Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 24, 2024

A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse pleaded no contest to 15 criminal counts Monday and was sentenced to three years of …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

North Carolina investment firm founder Greg Lindberg, already convicted this year on bribery charges, pleaded guilty to a separate $2 billion fraud. Lindberg, who founded Eli Global LLC, admitted in federal court in Charlotte on Tuesday that he bought a …

Pleadings 98

Pleadings Insurance 98

Insurance Journal

JULY 21, 2024

Lakisha Hines was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in March to one count of federal employee compensation … Postal Service employee in Delaware who defrauded taxpayers of almost $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been sentenced to probation.

Pleadings 102

Pleadings 102

Complex Discovery

JULY 12, 2024

This committee, which includes individuals harmed by the opioid crisis and various insurers and companies with opioid claims, has sought permission from a bankruptcy court in White Plains, New York, to sue the Sacklers. They argue that the family should not escape accountability for their substantial role in fueling the opioid epidemic. .

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Pharmaceuticals Settlement Negotiations Mediation Litigation 110

Attorney at Work

JUNE 6, 2022

We’ve built sites to collaborate with both clients and co-counsel to manage pleadings, trial calendars, task lists, budgets and correspondence across multiple active matters through one virtual dashboard. The challenge with these sorts of efforts is always driving behavioral change to get people to use the site.

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Mediation Arbitration Depositions Education 297

WA Bar News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

With its roots in ancient scrolls and sea codes, maritime law is a diverse practice area covering all things vessel-related, be it shipping and cargo, collisions, pollution, marine insurance, or injury and death on the high seas. In between those degrees, I worked for a few years as a property-casualty insurance underwriter at CNA in Chicago.

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Mediation Insurance Litigation Pleadings 83

MyCase

JULY 14, 2022

As a refresher for your law firm, this includes but is not limited to case-focused research, drafting of pleadings, and court appearances. As a rule of thumb, keep all receipts and request official receipts from non-profit clients as extra insurance. Non-billable hours typically involve clerical tasks that require no legal skill.

Case Management 52

Case Management Pleadings Legal Services Insurance 52

Gerry Oginski's New York Legal Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2017

"The insurance company has this case as 'defensible' and 'no pay' Looks like we're going to try this case to a verdict," he said. Once he gets an idea of what the case is about, he asks for copies of the pleadings. Pleadings are the legal documents that details the allegations against the doctor.

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Jury Selection Pleadings Settlement Conference Witnesses 52

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Example number two is actually within docket alarm, we have a pleading tag where we look at a docket, and it says, order granting motion for summary judgment. We recognize order as a salary tag, we recognize granting as the thing that happens, that disposition, and then we recognize summary judgment as a pleading within the SALI side.

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Depositions Litigation Witnesses Pleadings 97

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Today, LegalMation serves large corporate legal departments, law firms, and insurance companies. Since then, of course, now we’re in multiple large legal house departments, large law firms and insurance companies as well. And I just heard that from an insurance company last week. And that was about six years ago.

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Litigation Discovery Technology Insurance 59