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Theft
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Legal Profession Blog
Theft Of Bar Association Funds Draws Suspension
An attorney who engaged in cfiminal conversion of funds entrusted as a fiduciary was suspended for two years without automatic reinstatement by the Indiana Supreme Court.The Marion County Bar Association…
Nursing Home Abuse Advocate
Prescription Drug Theft: Is Your Medicine Really … Medicine?
A recent story in the Wall Street Journal might be of interest to you. In it, the Journal reports on the theft of nursing home resident's prescription drugs by a…
Legal Profession Blog
Checks Without Balances
An attorney convicted of grand larceny in the second degree has been disbarred by the New York Appellate Division for the Fourth Judicial Department.Syracuse.com had the story, which involved the…
inversecondemnation.com
“My entire house has been stolen” (And No, It Wasn’t By Eminent Domain)
When we eminent domain lawyers deal with claims that the government or some other entity is "stealing" someone's property, we recognize that such claims are somewhat ... metaphorical.But here's a…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Police Receive Report of Theft at Parsippany, NJ Cell Tower
Parsippany NJ police are looking into an alleged theft at a Route 10 cell tower.
Virgin Islands Law Blog
Postal Worker Accused of Stealing May Have Retaliated Against Employer
By Ravi S. Nagi
After filing a lawsuit in April accusing her employers of withholding pay, Rosemarie Peltier, a nine-year employee of the U.S. Postal Service, has been charged with stealing more than $29,000…
The Faculty Lounge
Seinfeld and Criminal Law
Of course, there were a *lot* of crimes committed in Seinfeld, but I'm wondering how many of them you all have used as teaching tools. I show the clip of…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Court Employee Appears in Morristown, NJ Court, Accused of Stealing from Deceased Woman
A Morris County, NJ grand jury recently indicted a Somerset County judicial employee who was accused of stealing more than $135,000 from a deceased woman.
Elder Law Prof Blog
Older Adult Protective Service Options: When Even Court Orders Are Not Enough
My various search routines regularly alert me to cases involving older adults. I was reading an unpublished Washington Court of Appeals decision dated February 2014 in State v. Knopp, which…
Cruise Law News
Arrest Made in Roatan for Robberies of Cruise Passengers & Tourists
By Jim Walker
A number of people have sent me links to news sources in Roatan indicating that the local police arrested a 20 year old islander, identified as Cory Lee Beckner, as…