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DOJ announces multi-billion dollar settlement with Boeing over 737 MAX fraud conspiracy charges

JURIST

However, Boeing will not face criminal charges, ensuring it can continue its lucrative defense contracts with the US government without violating federal rules prohibiting the use of contractors with felony convictions.

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Los Angeles district attorney charges city councilmember with embezzlement and perjury

JURIST

According to the felony criminal complaint , the state charges Price with two counts of conflict of interest. The complaint alleges that Price entered into contracts while acting in his official capacity that he had a financial interest in. These contracts paid money directly to a business that Price’s wife solely owned.

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Boeing's 737 Max Plea Deal: Monitorship, Gov't Contracts

Law 360

Boeing will be branded with a felony criminal conviction after pleading guilty to conspiring to defraud U.S. regulators over the 737 Max 8's development, an ignominious distinction with fresh complications for the embattled American aerospace titan as it overhauls its corporate culture under a compliance monitorship.

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The Role of a Criminal Law Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

Then, an opportunity came along to work for the County Public Defender’s Office, defending people in misdemeanor, felony, and now the only paralegal in the office on capital cases. In my office, we have had several cases we had to give to contract attorneys because of conflicts with co-defendants.

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We are public defenders. New York’s gun laws eviscerate our clients’ Second Amendment rights.

SCOTUSBlog

Nonetheless, New York prosecutors charged Jose with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a “violent felony” that applies to virtually all simple firearm possession cases in New York, both outside and inside the home. Unable to pay the $100,000 bail that a Bronx judge set, Mercado contracted COVID-19 at Rikers. Faced with a 3.5-year

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Oklahoma’s Justice ‘Success Story’

The Crime Report

In contract, between 1978 and 2016, Oklahoma’s prison population soared 615 percent, from slightly over 4,000 people to almost 30,000. Among other achievements, the number of people charged with a felony offense has fallen by one-third, and the number of people imprisoned for drug offenses dropped by 62 percent over the same five-year period.

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Paralegal Career Choice: Public Service or Private Practice

Paralegal Bootcamp

The bureaus are often divided into divisions, Felony Trial, Special Prosecutions, Sexual Violence / Child Protection, and Investigations. Similarly, a Federal US Attorney’s Office will have both a Criminal and Civil Bureau. In general, the Criminal Bureau will prosecute matters on behalf of the State’s Attorney or US Attorney.