Law
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A former tribal chairman has pled guilty to embezzlement charges in South Dakota federal court as part of a deal aimed at resolving allegations he aided a corruption ring that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the tribe’s coffers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Lori Loughlin and other parents caught up in the “Varsity Blues” college admission scandal urged a Massachusetts federal court on Wednesday to throw out the “sham” case against them, saying prosecutors had hidden information that could prove their innocence… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Deloitte & Touche LLP will have to face a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court over the role of its accounting in the collapse of Adelphia Communications Corp. after a panel of Keystone State appellate judges said a lower court had been wrong to let Deloitte out of the case… Read this piece in its entirety…
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A California state judge agreed Wednesday to accept a public reprimand after being accused of making inappropriate remarks, including telling an African American defendant to stop “shucking and jiving” and boasting about having “the biggest balls in the courthouse”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A New Mexico federal judge on Tuesday denied a dismissal bid by Twitter and a collection of advertising services used in Tiny Lab apps, ruling the court has jurisdiction to handle the state’s claims that the companies surreptitiously collected kids’ location data and personal information… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 