On Feb 14, 2020, Monique Brady of Rhode Island was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to the charge of running a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of more than $10 million. Brady also pleaded guilty to charges of obstructing an IRS criminal...
US Magistrate Judge Eric Long has issued a letter to counsel in the Welcome Inn case that could be near settlement. In a Jan. 28 letter, Judge Long set out what needed to be done before the settlement conference scheduled for Feb. 22. The judge posed several questions...
A Welcome Inn settlement could soon be reached in the longstanding case. The parties to the suit have scheduled a settlement conference for February 22 at the Urbana, Illinois courthouse. By Feb. 15, each counsel, by confidential letter, must submit to the court a...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to make it a felony to assault journalists, bringing it from a misdemeanor to a class D felony. “Reporters have a tough enough job as it and it is unacceptable and unconscionable that they increasingly have to endure the threat of...
Settlement Negotiations Underway in Welcome Inn Hotel Case Settlement negotiations are underway in the Welcome Inn hotel case, according to the most recent court filings. The parties held a telephone status conference on Jan. 11 before Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long....
Courts entertain some bizarre cases brought by HOAs David and Arna Orlando never thought they’d get sued by a homeowner’s association for parking at their own house. The couple were the target of a lawsuit filed by the The Kimry Moor Homeowners...
Popular Arizona restauranteur Julian Wright is embroiled in a bitter battle with former managers who claim Wright misappropriated funds. Wright responded to those allegations by accusing the former managers of misappropriation. Wright owned the Gringo Star Street Bar,...
The Welcome Inn labor relations case could be coming to an end — but only if the defendants accept a Welcome Inn settlement demand offered by the attorney for the plaintiffs. Attorney John Ireland, representing April Brashier, Chad Lebow, Richard Orencia and more than...
The Welcome Inn Case , legal dispute between Quincy, IL hotel and some of its former employees has been reassigned to two new judges. The case involving the Quincy, IL hotel has been reassigned to Judge Colin Stirling Bruce and Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long, according...
Gringo Star Street Bar Investors Still Waiting for Return on Investment When the Gringo Star Street Bar in Tempe, Arizona closed abruptly in mid-January, investors said they were taken by surprise when they learned via Facebook post that the popular nightspot had...
