Law & Society

Law & Society

U.S. Department of State & The I CARE Foundation Urge Lawyers To Join The 'Hague Convention Attorney Network'

The I CARE Foundation is urging lawyers interested in assisting the parents of children who have been internationally parentally abducted or who may be targets of international parental abduction to participate in the Department of State's "Hague Convention Attorney Network". The State Department's attorney network offers lawyers interested in joining the network with significant personal and professional opportunities, including the opportunity to increase their own skill-set and profession...

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Announce Insider Trading Charges Against Oregon-Based Research Consultant

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Janice K. Fedarcyk, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced conspiracy and securities fraud charges against JOHN KINNUCAN, the President of Broadband Research, LLC, an investment research firm located in Portland, Oregon, for his alleged involvement in an insider trading scheme. KINNUCAN allegedly obtained material, non-public information...

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Leader in Heroin Distribution Organization Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison and Supplier Sentenced to 17 Years

BALTIMORE—U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Christian Devlon Gettis a/k/a “Cutty Rock,” “C,” and “Chris,” age 39, of Baltimore, the leader of a heroin distribution organization, today to 16 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin.

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Virginia Man Accused of Attempting to Bomb U.S. Capitol in Suicide Attack

WASHINGTON—A 29 year-old man residing in Alexandria, Va., was arrested today for allegedly attempting to detonate a bomb in a suicide attack on the U.S. Capitol building as part of what he intended to be a terrorist operation.

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