Attorneys General

Brent Beckley, co-founder of Absolute Poker, a Costa Rica-based online gambling website, pleaded guilty to charges pertaining to conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud and conspiracy to violate U.S. Internet gambling...

Ah, February. The month of amore, cupid, eros and Valentines. Also Lincoln, Washington, International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day and Groundhog Day, but let's stay on message here. Love. The Beatles said it's all...

Byline: Steve Terrell Noe "Lil Loco" Torres, a fugitive suspect in a fatal 1995 drive-by shooting of a 10-year-old boy in Clovis, thought he might get help from Gov. Susana Martinez. He thought...

Byline: Staff and wire reports New judge in case of manslaughter State District Judge T. Glenn Ellington recused himself from a Rio Arriba County man's vehicular-manslaughter case Monday after the defense showed that...

Byline: Samuel S. Spencer Jr. As a community banker in New Mexico for more than three decades, I am compelled to respond to recent news articles and opinion pieces that overstate the level...

State legislators and estate-planning attorneys have renewed a push to repeal the inheritance tax in Indiana, one of just eight states to have such a levy. Rep. Eric Turner, R-Cicero, and Sen. Jim...

Throughout most of the 1900s, building was welcomed on Long Island. With thousands moving east from the city, communities grew exponentially and construction boomed. Ambitious developers turned vacant fields into neighborhoods and small...

ACCOUNTING Giambalvo, Stalzer & Co., a Great River accounting firm, announced that George I. Victor and David T. Scheuer were admitted as shareholders of the firm. Victor joined Giambalvo, Stalzer in 2009, establishing...

A growing number of lawyers and judges have discovered that an iPad offers a much easier way to transport documents and take notes during legal proceedings. However, as Portland attorney Jamie Daigle noticed,...

Mattress World's recent closure, due in part to owner Sherri Hines owing nearly $2 million in uncollected Washington sales tax, is a wake-up call for other Oregon companies with similar business dealings to...

Adam Thesing is president of the southern Colorado chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Late last year the chapter launched a community based effort to consider how the Pikes Peak region can...

A Colorado law firm's sad tale reemphasizes why it's important to strictly observe the notice requirements of a professional liability insurance policy. The hard lesson was handed down Tuesday by a federal judge...

In any business, transitioning from one generation to the next can be tricky. Customers, employees and the community typically are familiar with the current leaders of an organization and have formed opinions about...

Twenty-two years after the US invasion of Panama in 1989 removed him from power (NotiCen, Dec. 22, 1989), former dictator Manuel Noriega (1983-1989) arrived in his home country on Dec. 11. Since 2010,...

The Federal Trade Commission plans to both update its investigative process and clarify how it handles allegations of attorney misconduct, the agency has announced, seeking public comment on both issues. The proposed changes...

For overweight consumers looking to lose weight fast, the use of lap band surgery as a quick and easy way to a new life can be tempting. But in some cases, it's deadly....

Sen. Chuck Grassley, angered by an opinion issued by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel finding President Barack Obama's recent recess appointments legal, took aim at the opinion's author, suggesting that she...

It's not just making it rain millions. For example, Jeffrey D. Forchelli, managing partner of the Uniondale law firm Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo, Cohn & Terrana, presented a common scenario of how...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Developer Gary Barnett is picture at the annual REBNY Banquet with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. More than 2,200 industry professionals turned out for the event....