Civil Remedies, Criminal Law, Administrative Law

Patton Boggs Insights - December 2012: Enforcement: $950,000 Settlement In Crandall Canyon Mine Accident

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/11/2013

The Crandall Canyon Utah coal mine operator agreed to pay $949,351 to settle civil penalties MSHA levied following an accident in 2007 that took the lives of . six miners, followed by the deaths of three additional personnel,...more

Company Director Jailed For Ontario Employment Standards Violations

by Blair McCreadie | Dentons on 1/4/2013

A director of six Ontario companies has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after those companies systematically ignored orders to pay wages issued by the Ontario Ministry of Labour. The Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000...more

Father Of Man Killed By Police Seeks Federal Investigation

by Samster, Konkel & Safran, S.C. on 11/28/2012

Back in November 2004, Kenosha, Wisconsin police officers shot and killed Michael E. Bell during a traffic stop. His father, Michael M. Bell, received a $1.75 million settlement in a civil rights lawsuit alleging that the...more

Proposed Cloud Computing Act of 2012 Would Aid Employers

by Beth P. Zoller | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 11/16/2012

Employers should be aware that the Cloud Computing Act of 2012 was recently introduced in the US Congress as an amendment to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). +2012 Bill Tracking S. 3569. It would aid employers by...more

Meningitis Suits Stand To Benefit From FDA Criminal Probe

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 10/22/2012

Originally published in Law360, New York on October 18, 2012. If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent raid of the pharmacy at the center of the ongoing meningitis outbreak leads to criminal charges, attorneys...more

Milwaukee County Board Considers Changes Following Derek Williams’ Death As Police Chief Admits That Officers Made Mistakes

by Samster, Konkel & Safran, S.C. on 10/19/2012

Back in July 2011, Derek Williams died in Milwaukee Police Department ("MPD") custody. After the release of a disturbing video which shows Mr. Williams in the back of an MPD squad car struggling to breathe and begging police...more

Toeing the Line: Ohio’s Internet Sweepstakes Cafes

by Law Offices of Gregory S. Robey on 8/8/2012

Internet Sweepstakes Cafés have been active throughout Ohio since 2010. These establishments offer customers the opportunity to play slot-style computer games online. Potential winnings include more Internet time and...more

Department of Justice Enters Historic Agreement with Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker

by Jeff Ifrah on 7/31/2012

Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today that Poker Stars will acquire Full Tilt Poker’s assets in a transaction that ends the DOJ’s civil forfeiture case against Full Tilt. Both Full...more

$200,000 Criminal Safety Fine for Company, $90,000 OHSA Fine for Director in Deaths of 4 Workers

by Dentons on 7/17/2012

We recently reported that Metron Construction had pleaded guilty to criminal negligence in respect of the Christmas Eve 2009 deaths of four workers who fell 13 floors when a suspended work platform collapsed. On Friday,...more

InfoBytes Special Alert: DOJ Increasingly Pursuing Both Monetary and Non-Monetary Relief in Civil Enforcement Actions

by BuckleySandler LLP on 7/10/2012

Last month, in a potentially significant but largely overlooked development, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") signaled that it would "increasingly" pursue "innovative, non-monetary measures" when it settles civil fraud...more

Tackling Internal Fraud: Weeding Out The Enemy Within

by Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 6/5/2012

Advancements in technology have made fraudulent schemes easier to perpetrate, and have allowed criminal activity to expand in both quantity and nature. Today, corporate fraud is limited only by the creativity of the...more

Visiting NYC? Prepare to be Frisked

by Lawyers.com on 5/23/2012

If you’re planning to visit New York in the near future, be prepared to be patted down by a cop for no reason whatsoever. That’s the message being sent to the general public by the Bloomberg administration in the form of...more

Participatory Loan Agreements: Usury Provisions and Equity Sweeteners

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 4/4/2012

When lending to borrowers poised for growth, it is not uncommon for lenders to include mechanisms for them to capitalize on the future growth of the borrower, be it through warrants or other equity sweeteners (often known as...more

Private Suits Under FCPA — An Ill-Advised Idea

by Jeff Ifrah on 1/31/2012

Late last year, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would amend the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to permit private suits against certain foreign companies and...more

$8.8 Million Verdict in Texting Death, But No Florida Law Against Distracted Driving

by Lawyers.com on 1/6/2012

An $8.8 million award to the family of a Miami woman killed in a texting while driving accident has drawn attention to Florida’s lack of distracted driving laws. • Phone records used to prove texting while driving •...more

Focus of Internet Poker Settlement: ENFORCEMENT

by Sanford Millar on 12/19/2011

Recent reports are that a deal has been agreed to by all interested parties which would allow the sale of Full-tilt assets to a French Company (GBT). As reported part of the purchase includes a payment of $80M USD by the...more

Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks Families, Institutions, Laws

by Lawyers.com on 11/11/2011

In a case with echoes of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, Penn State University and indeed the State of Pennsylvania face horrific charges of ignoring the sexual abuse of eight children at the hands of former Penn State...more

ACLU Wins FOIA Appeal on Prosecutors’ Use of Cell Phone Location Data

by Jeff Ifrah on 11/3/2011

For some time now, the American Civil Liberties Union has been concerned about some federal prosecutors’ practice of seeking court orders to track the location of people’s cell phones without probable cause, arguing that this...more

Investigating Sexual Assault Claims - Even Private Colleges Are Vulnerable

by International Lawyers Network on 10/12/2011

A recent Tennessee federal jury case involving a private university reminds the academy of the critical need to balance fairly the interests of the accused and accuser in investigating sexual assault cases. While private...more

Judge Awards $1.7 Million in EPA Malicious Prosecution Case

by Jeff Ifrah on 10/12/2011

On September 30, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ordered the United States to pay $1.7 million in a malicious prosecution lawsuit to Hubert Vidrine, based on findings that the U.S....more

Two Federal Geolocation Tracking Bills Introduced

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 8/8/2011

Bills limiting the use of geolocation information collected from mobile and other devices were introduced in both chambers of Congress in June. The Location Privacy Protection Act of 2011 (S. 1223) and The Geolocation Privacy...more

Federal Judge Blocks Certain Provisions of Georgia Immigration Law

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 6/28/2011

On June 27, 2011, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Thrash granted a temporary injunction on key parts of the Georgia Immigration law due to go into effect on July 1, 2011. The Judge ruled that the criminal provisions of the...more

$10 Million Settlement For Child Abused By Foster Parent Demonstrates Lapses In Oversight System

by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Chicago Personal Injury... on 4/26/2011

A significant settlement in a foster care abuse lawsuit demonstrated the defects in regulatory system meant to protect vulnerable children and infants. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of a 5-year-old boy who was placed into...more

Health Headlines - March 21, 2011

by King & Spalding on 3/21/2011

In This Issue: - Recent Prosecutions Reflect Heightened Focus by Regulators on Individual Liability of Healthcare Executives - HHS Proposes to Allow State Data Mining for Medicaid Fraud - Eleventh Circuit...more

New N.Y. Wage Theft Prevention Act Requires Employers to Provide More Detailed Notices to Employees and Includes Enhanced Penalty...

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/3/2011

At the end of his term in December 2010, New York Governor David A. Paterson signed the Wage Theft Prevention Act (“WTPA”) (Senate Bill 8380/Assembly Bill 11726) into law thereby revising portions of Articles 6 (Payment of...more

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