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Restitution
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Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Is A City A Crime Victim and Thus Entitled to Restitution? City of Centerville v. Michael P. Knab
Update: On November 12, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. “You think that when the average voter went…
On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog
A pro se trip through three Iowa courts winds up at a dead end
By Rox Laird
When prosecutors dismissed a marijuana possession charge against Lori Mathes in Monona County, she thought that was the end of her ordeal, with the exception of what she understood to…
Legal Profession Blog
Indefinite Suspension Requires Restitution For Reinstatement
A decision of the Ohio Supreme Court is summarized by Dan TrevasThe Ohio Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended a Cleveland-area lawyer for his role in helping a firm bilk more…
Legal Profession Blog
Conditional Reinstatement Recommended
The Illinois Review Board has recommended reinstatement of an attorney, rejecting the Administrator's contention that full restitution was a neccessary predicate for return to practice. The attorney Petitioner was admitted to practice…
The Right Coast
Coronavirus & China: U.S. Can Extract Restitution | National Review
Seizing Chinese property would allow the United States to finally use international law to its advantage. Let China try to go to court and claim that the U.S., its allies,…
Zalma on Insurance
Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter – April 1, 2020
By Barry Zalma
ZALMA’S INSURANCE FRAUD LETTER – April 1, 2020 Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter, Volume 24, No. 7 now available with summary by video at https://youtu.be/fe8RoEE8K6M Some of the articles you can…
Legal Profession Blog
Priorities
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals denied relief to a defendant ordered to pay $25 per month to his victim.Defendant provided the trial court with documentation to establish that his…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Department of Justice Begins First Distribution of Funds Recovered Through Asset Forfeiture to Compensate Victims of Western Union Fraud Scheme
The Department of Justice announced that the Western Union Remission Fund began its first distribution of approximately $153 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. government from the Western Union…
Dispute Resolution in Germany
Brexit Meets Looted Art – The Elgin Marbles And Beyond
By Peter Bert
Earlier this month, we reviewed the the draft directive for the EU Commission’s Brexit negotiations with the United Kingdom for matters relevant to this blog. Today, the European Commission’s negotiation mandate…
Dispute Resolution in Germany
Art Law: Magdeburg Court on Deletion of Entry in Lost Art Database
By Peter Bert
In a judgment of November 2019, which was reported in the press only recently, the Magdeburg District Court (Landgericht) had to decide a dispute between the current owner of a…