Lawyer for Lion Air crash victims indicated for embezzlement

CHICAGO (CBS) — California attorney Thomas Girardi and two colleagues from his law firm are facing federal charges accusing them of stealing more than $3 million in settlement money from the families of victims of the 2018 crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia. Girardi, the estranged husband of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” […]

Tire Nichols’s family attorneys question white officer’s discipline after Nichols’s death

Attorney Ben Crump; Memphis Police Officer Preston Hemphill. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Gerald Herbert/AP, Memphis Police Department) Attorneys for the family of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man fatally beaten by the Memphis police following a traffic stop, expressed disappointment and frustration with the Memphis Police Department over the news that a sixth officer […]

Fed. Dist. Court of Michigan Finds Plaintiffs Did Not Obtain a Vested Property Interest Because Their Nonconforming Use Did Not Comply with Prior Zoning

This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. Plaintiffs owned homes in the City of New Buffalo, Michigan, that they used, or intended to use, as short-term rental properties. In 2019, the City passed an ordinance requiring homeowners in the City to obtain a permit before using their homes as short-term rentals. In 2020, the […]

Noem taps impeachment prosecutor to replace attorney general

PIERRE, SD (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has appointed the lead prosecutor in the Senate impeachment trial of former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg to fill the remainder of Ravnsborg’s term. Noem’s interim appointment of Pennington County State’s Attorney Mark Vargo was effective Tuesday. She pushed for Ravnsborg, a first-term fellow Republican, to step […]

IA Appeals Court docket Affirms Zoning Board of Annulment’s Choice that Particular Use Allow Was Affordable and Supported by Substantial Proof

This put up was authored by Anna Kim, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Legislation Middle The appellant, Donald, and Judith Brinkley, appealed and argued that the Metropolis of Milford Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board) illegally granted the particular use allow to Okoboji Group Faculty District (OCSD) with out substantial proof. The District Court docket held […]

Regardless of his shut relationship with Healey, Campbell should chart on his personal course as AG

The connection between lawyer common and governor is a posh but important one in state authorities. The lawyer common is usually known as on to defend the governor’s insurance policies in court docket. And but, as Massachusetts’ prime regulation enforcement officer, the lawyer common should additionally maintain the governor and different state businesses accountable in […]