Recent Posts in Federal Defense Category
Posted on Jul 12, 2011 By Gold, Leftwich & Wagner
The LA Times reports United States Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole sent a June 29, 2011 memo to federal prosecutors about "multiple large-scale, privately-operated industrial marijuana ...
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Posted on Jul 5, 2011 By Gold, Leftwich & Wagner
A July 3, 2011 LA Times article reported the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that 16.3% of all drivers nationwide at night were on various legal and illegal impairing drugs, half ...
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Posted on Jun 16, 2011 By Gold, Leftwich & Wagner
The Los Angeles Times reports a man accused of stealing a nearly $1.4-million tax refund check from billionaire Irvine Company Chairman Donald Bren has pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud . He ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Gold, Leftwich & Wagner
The Contra Costa Times reports former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty today to federal charges , one week after he was charged by the Los Angeles ...
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Posted on May 26, 2011 By Gold, Leftwich & Wagner
The Los Angeles Times reports the Department of Justice is deciding whether to indict former Senator John Edwards on criminal campaign finance charges related to a sex scandal. A federal grand jury in ...
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Posted on May 25, 2011 By Gold, Leftwich & Wagner
We will take credit for the impeccable timing of yesterday's blog post about smuggling, transporting, and harboring aliens. As Reuters reports , 3 employees of tough-talking Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio ...
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Posted on May 24, 2011 By Gold, Leftwich & Wagner
Usually when you hear about immigration lawyers, you think Visas and Green Cards or deportation defense. The other immigration lawyers also practice in federal court , but we are not in immigration ...
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