The Unruh Civil Rights Act (UCRA) became law in California in 1959. Along with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it prohibits access discrimination, prohibits discriminatory conduct by businesses against people with disabilities, and gives them the same rights and opportunities as those who are lucky enough to participate... Read More »
Three black defendants, two brothers and their cousin, were convicted of murdering two persons of the same race in a gang-related confrontation about allegedly stolen guns in 2012. Now, they will get a new trial because one of their potential jurors was improperly excluded from service after expressing support for... Read More »
The “statute of limitations” is the time limit within which a legal claim must be filed. Nearly every type of legal claim, both civil and criminal, has a statute of limitations. The specific time frame varies by type of claim, the nature of the parties, and the state in which... Read More »
An Orlando cardiologist has been ordered to pay $6.75 million to resolve allegations that he knowingly performed unnecessary medical procedures. Dr. Ashish Pal was accused of violating the False Claims Act after he knowingly submitted false claims to federal health care programs for medically unnecessary ablations and vein stent procedures,... Read More »
Student debt trails mortgages as the biggest type of debt a consumer can take on in their life. As a nation, borrowers owe a collective $1.57 trillion in student loan debt, with the average borrower owing roughly $38,000. While the student debt crisis has crippled many, there has been a... Read More »
Three men in different states have been indicted for a nationwide copyrighted media theft scheme that lined their pockets with a combined $30 million. Authorities named Bill Omar Carrasquillo, 35, of New Jersey, Jesse Gonzales, 42, of California, and Michael Barone, 36, New York, as the men behind the cable... Read More »
Telehealth Has Boomed During the Pandemic The use of telemedicine has expanded exponentially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), around 15,000 Medicare patients received telemedicine care on a weekly basis before the declaration of the public... Read More »
Michigan doctor Francisco Patino, 66, has been convicted on multiple counts of fraud after running a scheme that defrauded the healthcare system out of over 100 million dollars. The Detroit area doctor was found guilty by a jury after evidence showed that Patino gave his patients opioids if they agreed... Read More »
A Massachusetts-based moving and storage company has settled with the U.S. government after auctioning off a deployed service member’s belongings. The company, PRTaylor Enterprises LLC., which operated as Father and Son Moving and Storage, is found to have violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). According to the Department of... Read More »
President Biden is planning to make good on his promise to “solidify the infrastructure of our care economy.” In addition to investments in the power grid, broadband access, and traditional infrastructure like roads and bridges, the President vowed to invest in healthcare and senior care. In that vein, a bicameral... Read More »
The heartbreaking story of a woman who killed her six-week-old daughter by putting her in a microwave oven took a new twist when a California Court of Appeal reversed her conviction due to the improper admission of medical evidence to explain her tragic actions. Was defendant Ka Yang’s behavior due... Read More »
As tensions at the southern border continue, Texas Governor Gregg Abbot has deployed a fleet of public safety cars to create a “steel wall” keeping the migrants back. This move is the latest in the escalating efforts to help contain the overflow of migrants at the U.S. border. Officials estimate... Read More »
Muhammad Fahd, 35, a citizen of Pakistan and Grenada, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for leading a nearly decade-long phone unlocking scheme. The scheme resulted in estimated losses of over $200 million for the telecommunications company, AT&T. Authorities indicted Fahd in 2017 after an investigation by the... Read More »
Fourteen members of the notorious Colombo crime family were arrested over racketeering and extortion charges last week. The arrests include heads of the family, Andrew “Mush” Russo, 87, and underboss Benjamin” Benji” Castellazzo, 83. Other ranking members of the family were also arrested, including captains and associates who kept the... Read More »
The victims of Bernie Madoff’s billion-dollar Ponzi scheme will begin to see payments totaling more than $568 million according to the department of justice. Nearly 40,000 investors fell victim to the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC fraud scheme in the early 2000s. According to the DOJ, some of these... Read More »
