Payday lender Moneytree agrees to $500K federal fine over deceptive practices
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A falling-out over a business deal involving two former long-time friends and business associates has ended with a judge ordering Langley real estate agent Geoffrey Stephenson to pay a $ 25,000 punitive fine for the way he dealt with Thomas Mulligan. According to the judgment, filed Oct. 24 , Stephenson and Mulligan had been friends […]
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A former prosecutor appealing a sanctions order has standing, though the fine has already been paid, but she loses on the merits, a federal appeals… ABA Journal Daily News
Legislation in California would allow judges to fine jurors for researching cases online or for discussing cases on social media during trials. The bill authorizes… ABA Journal Daily News
A resolution may be near on the star Vanessa Hudgens’ red rock carving case. The actress and her boyfriend, Austin Butler, expressed their love by carving their names into a heart on a red rock in a federally protected national forest in Arizona on Valentine’s day. According to Billboard, the actress was recently contacted by […]
A former Maryland judge was fined $ 5,000 and ordered to take anger management classes on Thursday for ordering a defendant in his courtroom to be… ABA Journal Daily News
Walking while talking or texting on a cellphone can be dangerous, a New Jersey state assemblywoman says. So Pamela Lampitt wants her fellow lawmakers to… ABA Journal Daily News
An unusual practice that allows individuals to be convicted of misdemeanors and wind up with a criminal record by paying a fine listed on a… ABA Journal Daily News
An assistant public defender in Griffin, Georgia, says some people may have thought she was ridiculous to pay $ 300 to appeal a judge’s $ 25 fine… ABA Journal Daily News