Wilson: Surcharge Of Debtor's Exempt Property Based On Debtor's Contempt In Refusing To Assist Trustee In Sale Of Property - Forbes
26 May 2012, 9:36 am
Wrong. In re Wilson illustrates how the misconduct of a debtor can allow a creditor to get at exempt assets. In that case, the Debtor and a non-debtor Co-Owner owned property as joint tenants. The Court ordered the Debtor to appear for ...

Justice: No misconduct in declining to prosecute Ted Stevens witness Bill Allen on sex charges - McClatchy
26 May 2012, 3:24 am
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Friday that its investigators had found no misconduct in the decision by federal prosecutors to abandon the teen sex-crime case against disgraced former Veco Corp. Chairman Bill Allen, the government ...

Penalties for Stevens Prosecutors Called ‘Pathetic’ - New York Times
25 May 2012, 11:07 pm
The judge in the case dismissed the conviction in April 2009 after the Justice Department admitted misconduct. Mr. Stevens died in a plane crash on Aug. 9, 2010.

Chad Curtis charged with sexual misconduct after two teens accuse ex-Yankees outfielder of touching them  - New York Daily News
25 May 2012, 11:25 am
WOODLAND, Mich. - Former major league outfielder Chad Curtis has been charged with sexual misconduct after two teenage girls accused him of touching them at a Michigan high school where he volunteered. Curtis, 43, was arraigned Thursday at Barry ...

Mountie with history of sexual misconduct will be 'closely monitored,' RCMP says - Calgary Herald
25 May 2012, 8:05 am
The actions of a senior Alberta Mountie who engaged in a pattern of inappropriate behaviour and sexual misconduct, as well as the punishment he received, represent a "sorry, sad and shameful set of facts," the RCMP commissioner has told Postmedia News in a ...

Independent probe of Meriden police shows no misconduct or favoritism - Middletown Press
25 May 2012, 7:00 am
MERIDEN — Meriden officials will be releasing the results of a 13-month independent investigation of the city police department that apparently has found no evidence of misconduct or favoritism. City officials including Police Chief Jeffry ...

Two prosecutors cited for misconduct in Senator Stevens case - YAHOO!
24 May 2012, 5:53 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. prosecutors in the corruption case of the late Alaska Senator Ted Stevens face suspensions without pay for engaging in reckless professional misconduct by failing to disclose evidence that could have helped him, the Justice ...

Vallejo Resident Negotiates the Largest Settlement in a Police Misconduct Case in California in the Past Decade - Marketwatch
24 May 2012, 12:52 pm
VALLEJO, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Vallejo Police Department Agrees to pay 61-Year-Old Man $4.15 million To Compensate for Severe Police-Inflicted Injuries and Violation of Federal Civil Rights Today, Peter Alfert, of the ...

Senate grills Secret Service on potential ‘pattern of misconduct’ - YAHOO!
23 May 2012, 9:50 pm
U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan (Charles Dharapak/AP) Mark Sullivan, director of the U.S. Secret Service, defended his agency on Wednesday against accusations it has displayed a "pattern of misconduct" during a Senate hearing prompted by a ...

Two Prosecutors in Stevens Case Cited for Professional Misconduct - The BLT: Blog of Legal Times
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
A Justice Department internal investigation of the botched prosecution of Ted Stevens concluded two prosecutors committed reckless professional misconduct and should be sanctioned through forced time off without pay. DOJ officials recommended ...