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Jun 21, 2023

Street Vendors File Lawsuit Against D.C. Law That Denies Licenses Over Unpaid Debt

This is the second lawsuit against D.C.’s Clean Hands Law in under a year.

Dec 05, 2012

Feds Charge Kwame Brown’s Brother With Bank Fraud

Six months after former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud, federal prosecutors filed similar accusations against his brother.

Nov 13, 2012

Birther Lawyer and Write-in Candidate Is Suing Electoral College

If you were curious about what the disbarred lawyer, former Florida inmate, bagpipe-blowing fringe candidate Montgomery Blair Sibley thinks about last week’s election, you’re in luck. He thinks it stinks.

Jun 08, 2012

Kwame Brown Pleads Guilty to Felony Bank Fraud, Faces Up to Six Months in Prison

[UPDATED] Former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of felony bank fraud.

Feb 05, 2012

Occupy D.C.’s Lawyer Figuring Out Next Moves

The lawyer who has represented Occupy D.C. in federal court in previous appeals for the protest group to stay at McPherson Square said he’ll “be filing some paperwork” in the wake of U.S. Park Police making an exhaustive sweep of the park to enforce the ban on camping there.

Jan 31, 2012

Judge Orders Park Service to Notice Occupy D.C. Before Closing Parks

A federal judge said today that if the National Park Service decides to close McPherson Square, it needs to give Occupy D.C. enough time to mount a legal response. Still, he shot down a request that U.S. Park Police be forbidden from enforcing anti-camping rules.

Oct 16, 2009

Ted Loza Offered a Plea Deal

That’s the word from U.S. District Court this afternoon, where the Washington Post’s Del Quentin Wilber was on hand for a brief hearing to set a trial date for Loza, the Jim Graham staffer accused of accepting cash and other gifts from a taxicab lobbyist. Writes Wilber: “Assistant U.S. Attorney John Crabb disclosed the existence of the plea offer during the hearing and said it would expire in two weeks. He declined to comment as…

 
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