Disbarred D.C. lawyer accused of $2.4 million bank fraud - Washington Examiner
A disbarred D.C. lawyer has been accused of depositing $2.4 million in counterfeit checks at Washington-area banks. Howard R. Shmuckler allegedly deposited the checks between April and October 2005, according to court documents unsealed in D.C.’s
Name: Jennifer J. Smith - Savannah Morning News
Education: Associate Degree in Computer Information Systems from Savannah Technical College and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Savannah State Muller Honor/award: 2010 Georgia Super Lawyers list Details: The Super Lawyers program is
APPCO bankruptcy case nears completion - Johnson City Press
Local businesses left hanging by last year’s APPCO convenience store bankruptcy number in the dozens, and it looks like they’ll be fortunate to get more than 10 cents for every dollar they were owed. The final bits of the APPCO Chapter 11 case
When travel companies sue their customers - Minneapolis Star Tribune
When a young woman named Carissa knocked at my door on a recent Saturday evening and introduced herself as a process server, I knew things were about to get interesting. And when I read the civil action summons she handed me, I was intrigued. A
Local Business Briefs: Barash honored by Super Lawyers - Galesburg Register-Mail
Barry M. Barash has been named by Illinois Super Lawyers as one of the top attorneys in the state for 2010. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor. This is the sixth year in a row Barash has been named to
Dems take a second look at GOP proposals, including tort reform - Thehill.com
There is a growing sense among Democratic lawmakers that an effort should be made to include GOP proposals in healthcare reform legislation in the wake of Thursday’s summit. This has given an opening to centrist Democrats who want to take on trial
Brasch Words - American Reporter
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — The chairman of the Republican National Committee has begun an irreversible descent into fear-bound paranoia and functional amnesia following his post-traumatic hysteria over the overwhelming victory of Democrats in the 2008
Dungeons of Debt - American Reporter
They threaten to declare bankruptcy if the destroyer doesn’t back off or tries to destroy their credit Or why don’t I spend my last few bucks on a lawyer and go out and sue them to death? That’s the American Way, or so it’s become these days.
Enron’s Jeff Skilling takes fight to Supreme Court - Reuters
Jeff Skilling (C), former Enron CEO, and attorney Daniel Petrocelli (R) are escorted by federal marshals, away from Houston Federal court October 23, 2006. Credit: Reuters/Tim Johnson HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former Enron chief executive Jeff Skilling
Jesuit priest who abused boys casts shadow in the Northwest long after - Oregonian
From novitiate to priesthood, the Rev. Michael Toulouse stood apart. Superiors described him as frivolous, vainglorious, short on religious discipline, lacking judgment and prudence, a man with serious character flaws. By 1950, they knew why
Disbarred D.C. lawyer accused of $2.4 million bank fraud - Washington Examiner
A disbarred D.C. lawyer has been accused of depositing $2.4 million in counterfeit checks at Washington-area banks. Howard R. Shmuckler allegedly deposited the checks between April and October 2005, according to court documents unsealed in D.C.’s
Name: Jennifer J. Smith - Savannah Morning News
Education: Associate Degree in Computer Information Systems from Savannah Technical College and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Savannah State Muller Honor/award: 2010 Georgia Super Lawyers list Details: The Super Lawyers program is
APPCO bankruptcy case nears completion - Johnson City Press
Local businesses left hanging by last year’s APPCO convenience store bankruptcy number in the dozens, and it looks like they’ll be fortunate to get more than 10 cents for every dollar they were owed. The final bits of the APPCO Chapter 11 case
When travel companies sue their customers - Minneapolis Star Tribune
When a young woman named Carissa knocked at my door on a recent Saturday evening and introduced herself as a process server, I knew things were about to get interesting. And when I read the civil action summons she handed me, I was intrigued. A
Local Business Briefs: Barash honored by Super Lawyers - Galesburg Register-Mail
Barry M. Barash has been named by Illinois Super Lawyers as one of the top attorneys in the state for 2010. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor. This is the sixth year in a row Barash has been named to
Dems take a second look at GOP proposals, including tort reform - Thehill.com
There is a growing sense among Democratic lawmakers that an effort should be made to include GOP proposals in healthcare reform legislation in the wake of Thursday’s summit. This has given an opening to centrist Democrats who want to take on trial
Brasch Words - American Reporter
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — The chairman of the Republican National Committee has begun an irreversible descent into fear-bound paranoia and functional amnesia following his post-traumatic hysteria over the overwhelming victory of Democrats in the 2008
Dungeons of Debt - American Reporter
They threaten to declare bankruptcy if the destroyer doesn’t back off or tries to destroy their credit Or why don’t I spend my last few bucks on a lawyer and go out and sue them to death? That’s the American Way, or so it’s become these days.
Enron’s Jeff Skilling takes fight to Supreme Court - Reuters
Jeff Skilling (C), former Enron CEO, and attorney Daniel Petrocelli (R) are escorted by federal marshals, away from Houston Federal court October 23, 2006. Credit: Reuters/Tim Johnson HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former Enron chief executive Jeff Skilling
Jesuit priest who abused boys casts shadow in the Northwest long after - Oregonian
From novitiate to priesthood, the Rev. Michael Toulouse stood apart. Superiors described him as frivolous, vainglorious, short on religious discipline, lacking judgment and prudence, a man with serious character flaws. By 1950, they knew why