A federal appeals court rejected an air pollution clean-up plan approved by federal regulators in 2010 for the highly polluted air in eight Central Valley
Month: January 2012
Investment Advisor Pleads Guilty to Fraud
The former president of an investment adviser firm has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and obstructing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange commission. Kurt
Washington Recall Donor Limits Dumped
The state of Washington can’t limit to just $800 the contributions to recall campaign committees , or so says the 9th US Circuit Court of
Hells Angels Honcho Gets Six Years in Prison
U.S. District Judge William Alsup sentenced former Hells Angels president Raymond Foakes to nearly six years in prison for his part in a multi-million dollar
Criminal Price-Fixing Trial Draws Crowds
The rare criminal trial of alleged conspirators in a price-fixing cartel has packed the federal courtroom in San Francisco with a gaggle of lawyers from
Judge’s Prison Oversight Near End
The troubled California state prison health care system may have improved enough to end six years of federal court oversight. U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson,
