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Debt Collectors' Unfair Robo-Signing Settlement Nixed by 6th Cir.
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Encore Capital Group, a major debt-collection company, will head back to the settlement table after the Sixth Circuit scuttled the prior arrangement. Calling...
Zoning Lawsuit Not Getting Any 'Younger'
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Abdalla Nimer and his wife, Cathy Fobes, own land where they operate their meat snack business. (Think beef jerky.) They began constructing buildings on their...
Wrong Address Leads Cops to Stumble Upon Cocaine
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
The cops arrived on Hendricks Avenue in Memphis to serve an arrest warrant on Phyllis Brown, who resided at 3171 Hendricks. When the arrived, however, they...
6th Cir. Affirms Judge Steven Terry's Honest Services Conviction
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Jesse Unruh, the legendary former Speaker of the California General Assembly, said, "If you can't eat their[lobbyists'] food, drink their booze, ... take their...
Ambush With Undisclosed Evidence OK if Inculpatory, Not Exculpatory?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
The facts of Rodrigo Macias-Farias’ case read like a comedy of errors. Agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency stopped a semi-trailer full of 1,600 pounds of...
13-Year-Old Boy Can Appeal His Spot on Tenn. Child Abuse Registry
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
What exactly does a 13-year-old boy have to do to be considered a child abuser? In one case out of Tennessee, a teenager earned that undesirable designation...
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