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Vortex of Fraud Results in 12 Years in Federal Prison

In March of 2010, a bank called Park Avenue Bank failed. The former bank president subsequently became the first person in the United States who was convicted of stealing funds provided to bail out banks as part of the Troubled Asset Relief.

Las Vegas home to roughly 20,000 street gang members

Over 300 street gangs are situated in the Las Vegas Valley. Police say that number is growing because members are breaking ties and creating new factions. About 20,000 members (which equates to 6/1000 residents in Nevada) are in this area, based on.

DLB Turns Two: What’s Next?

Originally posted on Drug Law Blog by attorney Alex Coolman This week is the second anniversary of this blog's debut in the world (with this unremarkable post) in April of 2006. I completely forgot about the first anniversary, but I've been thinking.

From Broken Windows to Broken Policies: On James Q. Wilson’s Analysis of “The Benefit of Prisons”

Note: I first wrote this post back in March when James Q. Wilson published an op-ed in several major American newspapers defending America's intense use of prisons. I decided not to publish it at the time, but today I see that Wilson.

Savannah Personal Injury Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Obstruction

Savannah personal injury attorney, Benjamin Eichholz, entered a plea in federal court yesterday to obstructing a Department of Labor (DOL) investigation by repeatedly transmitting false and misleading documents to the Department of Labor and by making false and misleading statements to investigators. Eichholz,.

Mark Cuban Continues to Pursue SEC for Bad Faith in Insider Trading Investigation

Today’s Wall Street Journal Law Blog reveals that Dallas Mavericks owner, Landmark Theaters owner and Chairman of HDNet Mark Cuban has gone on the offensive against the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC made widely publicized charges against Mr. Cuban for insider.

Kelso Aims to Seize Billions for California Prison Health

An interesting collision of circumstances: California prison health care receiver J. Clark Kelso is saying he hopes to seize billions of dollars from the California general fund to pay for much needed improvements to the state prison system. The only hitch: the.

Government Won’t Take Another Swing at Barry Bonds

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California filed a dismissal last week of its remaining charges against former San Francisco Giants slugger and outfielder, Barry Bonds, as reported by the Associated Press. Bonds was convicted in April on one count of.

Rape Kits to Be Tested In Nevada

The state of Nevada has thousands of rape kits that have not been tested. Collected for over thirty years, Kimberly Murga, Director of the Las Vegas police forensics lab says there are plans to test every one of these rape kits, especially.

Las Vegas Shootings on the Rise

Sporadic gun related violence has been the norm in Las Vegas in the past. But over the past 12 months, gun related shootings are becoming the norm. Almost every weekend there are people being shot in and around Las Vegas. At the.