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LA County Sheriffs Receive Prison Terms for Use-of-Force Incident With Shackled Prisoner

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        LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – Two Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies who were found guilty after a two-week trial earlier this year of falsifying reports with the intent to obstruct justice related to their assault of a waist-chained  inmate were sentenced to prison terms today.         Former deputies Joey Aguiar, 28, and Mariano Ramirez, 40

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CNN’s Alleged Violation of Video Privacy Protection Act Dismissed

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Nossaman LLP – The Northern District of Georgia recently granted CNN’s motion to dismiss a consumer class action that alleged CNN committed a violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2710. Perry v. Cable News Network, Inc., Case No. 1:14-cv-02926-ELR, *2 (N.D. Ga. Apr. 20, 2016).  In so doing, the Perry

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Where Cybercrime Meets Celebrity Stalking – A Manhattan Court Showdown

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The Bahamas Man Who Stole Celebrity Secrets for Profit LawFuel.com – Law News Online – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALONZO KNOWLES pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to criminal copyright infringement of scripts of movies and television shows that had not yet aired,

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15 Years Jail for Mexican Mafia Member Who Controlled Latino Street Gangs in Orange County

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        SANTA ANA, California – A longtime member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang who controlled Latino street gangs in Orange County for at least three decades was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison after being found guilty earlier this year of federal racketeering offenses.         Peter Ojeda, 74, was sentenced this morning

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Meat Packer Sentenced for Falsely Certifying Beef as Free of E.coli

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        LOS ANGELES – A Downey man who falsely certified that contaminated beef was free of E. coli O157:H7 bacterium has been sentenced to a year of home detention and required to pay $307,695.90 in restitution.         Jim Johnson, 67, had pleaded guilty to falsifying a Certificate of Analysis in United States District Court last

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Attorney General Bondi Asks Frontier to Improve Customer Service

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi has been in contact with Frontier Communications Corporation, and today sent a letter to the company requesting better customer service for Floridians. Frontier acquired Verizon Communications wireless properties in parts of Florida earlier this year. Since then, more than 100 consumers have contacted the Attorney General’s Office with complaints about internet, security,

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The Trump Lawyers Fighting For Trump and the Refugees He Seeks To Deport

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Donald Trump and his presidential campaign has embodied all sorts of controversies and contradictions, but the lawyer his campaign hired is also from a firm that is fighting deportation of thousands of refugees from Central America. Donald F McGahn is a former Republican chairman of the Federal Election Commission and a Jones Day partner. The

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Activity Tracking Update: Judge Lord Finds Remaining Patents Invalid

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Morrison Foerster – On April 27, Judge Dee Lord found the two remaining Jawbone patents in the 963 Investigation (Certain Activity Tracking Devices, Systems, and Components Thereof) invalid under Section 101. The two patents subject to this Initial Determination were family members of one of the patents Judge Lord found invalid on March 3 (see

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Liberty Reserve Founder Ran Global Currency Scheme for Cybercriminals – Until Now

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    LawFuel.com – Lawyer news daily – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, announced that ARTHUR BUDOVSKY, 42, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 20 years in prison for running a massive

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