CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2017. An Indiana man was sentenced yesterday to more than 13 years in federal prison for holding himself out as a psychiatrist and prescribing medications to a nine-year-old child and dozens of others. SCOTT C. REDMAN, 37, of Hammond, Ind., used the identity of an Illinois physician[Read More…]
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Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Corporations Cannot Stop Release of Government Documents
Private Prison Corporations Thrown Out of Court New York –(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2017. Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal by private prison corporations seeking to block the release of government documents about their immigration detention practices. A federal judge ruled in July, in a case brought[Read More…]
U.S. District Court Blocks Anthem’s Acquisition of Cigna
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 8, 2017. Judge Amy Berman Jackson for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Justice Department in its civil antitrust lawsuit to block health insurer Anthem, Inc.’s acquisition of Cigna Corp., the Justice Department announced. “Today’s decision is a victory for American consumers,” said Acting Assistant[Read More…]
Former Catholic Priest Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Production and Distribution of Child Pornography
DELAWARE–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2017. A former U.S. Navy Lt. Commander and ordained Catholic priest was sentenced to 30 years in prison today for charges involving the sexual exploitation of children, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly III[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and New York Attorney General Sue RD Legal for Scamming 9/11 Heroes Out of Millions of Dollars in Compensation Funds
CFPB and NY Also Accuse Company of Deceiving National Football League Concussion Victims WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2017. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against RD Legal Funding, LLC, two related entities, and Roni Dersovitz, the companies’ founder and owner,[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Amicus Brief in Federal Lawsuit Seeking to Halt Implementation of Trump Immigration Executive Order
Madigan Joins 15 Other Attorneys General & Asks Appellate Court to Permanently End Unconstitutional Travel Ban Nationwide Noting Irreparable Harm to Illinois & the Country Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed an amicus brief today in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in[Read More…]
Stratford Career Institute Agrees to Settle FTC Charges
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2017. Stratford Career Institute has agreed to stop making allegedly deceptive claims about educational programs under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement resolves FTC charges brought in February 2016, alleging that the correspondence school misled consumers about its high school “diploma†program, which failed[Read More…]
Center for Constitutional Rights Seeks Muslim Ban Legal Docs Under Freedom of Information Act
New York –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with three Department of Justice offices: the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), the Office of the Attorney General, and the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, seeking the administration’s purported[Read More…]
Class-Action Lawsuit Argues Muslim Ban Unlawfully Targets U.S. Residents Seeking Citizenship and Immigration Status
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Tens of Thousands of Immigrants Living in U.S. Legally SEATTLE —(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Civil and immigrant rights groups asked a federal court last night to lift the unconstitutional ban blocking Muslim immigrants lawfully living in the United States from becoming U.S. citizens, permanent residents,[Read More…]
Former Executive of Tenet Healthcare Corporation Charged for Alleged Role in $400 Million Scheme to Defraud
GEORGIA–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. A former senior executive of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, was indicted for his alleged role in an over $400 million scheme to defraud. The indictment alleges that the scheme to defraud victimized the U.S. government, the Georgia and South Carolina Medicaid Programs, and prospective patients of Tenet hospitals. Acting[Read More…]
