A hot-shot internet businessman Mouli “Samuel” Cohen is going to spend 22 years in prison for a fraud scheme that cheated more than 50 investors
Month: April 2012
Whistleblower Protection Expanded in Retaliation Suit
A San Diego schools’ manager may use whistleblower laws to fight his firing, says a state court of appeals decision that provides an expansive reading
Breyer Nominated to Sentencing Commission
President Obama has nominated Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco’s Northern District bench to the US Sentencing Commission. This could be kind of fun
Criminal Defense Side Gets Crack at Judgeship
President Obama made one of the few nominations of a public defender to join the federal bench in Los Angeles. Jesus G. Bernal, who is
Java Trial Perks Along, Without Patent Claim
Oracle gambled on its right to assert a patent in the trial against Google and today it lost. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the
Lawyer Sentenced in Ponzi Scheme
A federal judge sentenced 73-year-old lawyer, Robert G. Tunnell, Jr., to five years in prison for his operation of a $7 million Ponzi scheme. Tunnell
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