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Welcome to USBlawg: Legal News Blog on US Law
Welcome to USBlawg: US Law 2.0. This is a law blog, otherwise known as a “blawg”, designed to contribute to US law. It is designed specifically for businesses, for law firms, lawyers, law students, the...
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Expecting Results from your Criminal Attorney
If you’re facing a situation that may result in you serving time in prison, you need an experienced legal professional that can focus on the unique features of your case and let you know how those...
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Interested in the Legal System Get Involved
Interested in the Legal System? Get Involved Jobs within the legal system are some of the fastest growing in the nation. The demand for talented individuals who can perform their jobs with drive and...
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The Lawsuit That Never Was
A six-year joint investigation by the IRS, the FBI, and the Alabama Securities Commission culminated this week in the sentencing of a Pelham man convicted of scheming with his daughter to bilk hundreds...
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A Significant Limit on the 2nd Amendment Right
A Madison County man was indicted this month for possessing firearms after having been adjudicated as a mental defective and committed to a mental institution. The two-count indictment also included a...
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, was signed into law in 1977. The statute includes two groups of provisions; anti-bribery provisions and accounting provisions. The anti-bribery provisions...
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Is a Window Sign Legally Binding?
Businesses generally cannot survive without advertising. Whether through television advertisements or vinyl banners, businesses must connect with the public in order to obtain customers. While some...
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Man Pleads Guilty in Connecticut Investment Scheme
Garrett Denniston, 62, has been accused of running a multi-million dollar fraud scheme through a Connecticut company and has plead guilty to federal criminal charges. Prosecutors say that Denniston...
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William Bigelow Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
A Woodbine man and former president of RMS Direct Inc. pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in a scheme that stole more than $620,000 from 19 victims through faulty...
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Maui Residents Indicted in Ponzi Scheme
A federal grand jury indicted two former Maui residents on charges that they allegedly ran a Ponzi scheme between January 2005 and November 2010. The scheme allegedly bilked unsuspecting investors out...
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Texas Attorney Sentenced for Mail and Wire Fraud
Steven Rushing, who pleaded guilty on February 15, 2013 to mail fraud, was sentenced last week to 41 months in a federal prison by United State District Judge Michael H. Schneider. The 55-year-old...
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Church Bookkeeper Charged with Embezzlement
A former Minneapolis bookkeeper was accused Friday of embezzling thousands from the Minneapolis Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over a seven year period. Raenay Hendrickson...
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Business Deal Gone Sour? Knowing the Right Time to Hire a Lawyer
Business partnerships are relationships as complex as those of married couples. There may be some formal agreement in place establishing the partnership or an informal handshake that establishes the...
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Former Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Woody Burgess, the former chief of the Cherryville Police Department, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to embezzlement in a Charlotte federal court. Federal prosecutors say that for nearly a year, Burgess...
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West Virginia Consumers Win Antitrust Suit Against Apple
Patrick Morrisey, the Attorney General for the state of West Virginia, has announced that Apple Inc. has been found liable for violating antitrust laws by conspiring with major United States publishers...
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Republican Political Aide Convicted of Wire Fraud
John Rowland Mills, a former policy analyst for the Arizona House of Representatives, was found guilty on nine counts of wire last week before a federal grand jury in Phoenix. The case was tried...
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Man Sentenced for Embezzling from Former Employer
A Portate man, who embezzled over $6.5 million from his former employer, learned his fate on Monday afternoon. Christopher Earl Pratt, 42, was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in federal prison...
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Army Captain Indicted for Mail and Wire Fraud
Michael Benjamin Crowder, an attorney and local army captain, has been indicted on multiple counts of mail and wire fraud. Crowder is currently stationed in Fort Hill, Oklahoma and made his initial...
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Internet Relationship Leads to Mail Fraud Charge
Marvin Ray Thomas is currently facing federal mail fraud charges for wiring more than $20,000 from cashed counterfeit money orders to Nigeria. Despite multiple warnings by law enforcement that he was...
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Mother and Son Charged with Arson
Kellie Jean Lawson, 52, and her son, Christopher Wesley Welborne, are both facing first degree arson charges in connection with a house fire that caused over $85,000 in damage last August 27th. Lawson...
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