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 …

Pleadings 108

Pleadings 108

Insurance Journal

JULY 30, 2024

A former insurance executive has pleaded guilty to defrauding his former employer, Allied World Insurance Co., James Keating of Paoli, Pennsylvania on January 30 pleaded … million in a scheme involving a shell company, bogus invoices, and vendor kickbacks.

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Pleadings Insurance 105

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A Miami insurance agent has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Georgia credit union by obtaining loans for condominium associations’ premium financing then using the $6 million for personal gain. Heleonel Gonzalez, known as Leo, is set for sentencing in February, …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings Insurance 105

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 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 …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings Insurance 105

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

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 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

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

The 10b-5 Daily

JUNE 18, 2024

The district court dismissed the claims based on the plaintiffs’ failure to adequately plead falsity. “Sounds in fraud” – Section 11 and 12(a)(2) claims do not have fraud as an element, so generally they are not subject to the heightened pleading standard of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b).

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Pleadings Litigation 187

The Marshall Project

JUNE 16, 2024

Jaleel Stallings was swept up in the chaos of protests over George Floyd’s murder. The outcome changed his life.

Pleadings 139

Pleadings 139

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 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

Civil Litigation Brief

JUNE 18, 2024

I can’t think of any other case where this blog has featured a case that was decided prior to the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules. However the judgment in Rigby v Decorating Den Systems Ltd [1999] EWCA Civ 986.

Pleadings 83

Pleadings 83

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

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

IP Watchdog

JANUARY 17, 2023

A recent policy change at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) provides a lesson in how to properly draft a key requirement in a Section 337 complaint. The ITC is a popular forum for companies facing unfair competition from imported goods that infringe intellectual property rights.

Pleadings 119

Pleadings 119

Attorney at Work

APRIL 29, 2021

When you are satisfied with a document or pleading, let someone else proofread it and let it go. If we compare ourselves to others and always judge ourselves to be lacking, true misery is ours. Remember that there is a difference between being competent and being perfect. Do your best and be content with that.

Pleadings 358

Pleadings 358

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

CaseFox

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This crucial element is pleadings. Legal pleadings are crucial documents for the proceedings in the court. We will delve into the world of pleadings in this blog. And explore what is a legal pleading, types of pleadings, rules for filing, and much more. What are pleadings? You can just counterclaim them.

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Pleadings Cross-Complaint Counterclaim Evidence 52

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

Securities Docket

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A former executive of a global pharmaceutical company pleaded guilty today in federal in Boston to earning more than $250,000 by trading on material non-public information. pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud. Source: Pharmaceutical Executive Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading | DOJ Press Release

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Pharmaceuticals Pleadings 52

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

Securities Docket

JULY 18, 2024

Since the PSLRA’s passage, lower courts have wrestled with applying the heightened pleading requirements for claims arising under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. The Supreme Court also has the rare opportunity to ensure that the PSLRA’s pleading requirements remain robust in courts across the country.

Pleadings 52

Pleadings Witnesses Discovery Litigation 52

The Marshall Project

JULY 31, 2024

Stallings was acquitted after an encounter with police during George Floyd protests in 2020, and one officer pleaded guilty to assaulting him.

Pleadings 115

Pleadings 115

E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

As to the sanctions order, however, the Appeals Court wrote that, “[a]lthough an amendment may supersede an initial pleading, it does not serve to resurrect rights that have already been extinguished.” The response to the original pleading is treated as a response to the amended pleading.

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Evidence Pleadings Discovery Precedent 130

Civil Litigation Brief

OCTOBER 6, 2024

For some time now the courts have been grappling with the notion of the “implied sanction” in relation to rules and orders. Some rules are subject to “implied sanctions” so that a failure to comply means that a party has.

Pleadings 97

Pleadings 97

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 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

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

Attorney at Work

MAY 24, 2022

You spent a lot of time getting that pleading or contract together, and now you’re ready to send it out. ? ?word document inspector. Watch the video to learn how to easily scrub your document with Microsoft Word document inspector. The last thing you want to do is inadvertently expose your prior edits or others’ comments to prying eyes.

Pleadings 246

Pleadings 246

IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

On November 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision in Celgene Corp. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Pleadings 110

Pleadings Pharmaceuticals Litigation 110

Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

Document automation software provides a centralized process of producing agreements, motions, pleading, contracts and other legal documents. For example, firms using a manual search-and-replace process to create new documents can quickly realize productivity gains with document automation while avoiding common editing errors.

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Technology Case Management Pleadings Legal Services 355

DAPHNE ALABAMA CRIMINAL DEFENSE BLOG

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Myth: DUI charges are impossible to fight Many people accused of impaired driving plead guilty right away. Myth: Judges are more lenient on those who plead guilty Many people plead guilty because they think a judge is more likely to hand down a lenient sentence if they cooperate.

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Defense Strategy Pleadings Evidence 98

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