• FEMA Changes Disaster Procedures to Avoid Fraud

    In order to prevent the kinds of fraud and abuse that went on after Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing the way it distributes emergency aid. The changes include the following:

  • Ex-Police Officer Convicted of Wife’s Murder Seeks a Pardon

    John Maloney, a former Green Bay police officer who was convicted of killing his wife, Sandy Maloney, in 1998 is seeking a pardon from the governor. The defense strategy used by Attorney Jerry Boyle in the 1999 trial was to […]

  • CBS Appeals Fine for Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl Expose’

    CBS Corp. filed an appeal of the Federal Communications Commision’s (FCC) fine against 20 CFS stations for the airing of the flashing of Janet Jackson’s breat during the 2004 Super Bowl. Each station has been fined $27,500, and the total […]

  • Action in Burglary Case Could Have Kept Killer Off the Streets

    Spivak & Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel break an interesting (but sad) story about Milwaukee’s inept District Attorney’s Office. On July 22, Sidney Gray alleged burglarized a home and killed Frank Moore II, a neighbor who was trying to […]

  • U.S. Loses First NYSE Case

    The first case against a [tag]NSYE specialist firm[/tag] trader was aqutted of charges that he made improper trades of Eli Lilly stock. The case against Robert Scavone Jr. ended with a finding of [tag]not guilty[/tag] for one count of secruities […]

  • False options document nets former CEO millions

    Two former outside directors and the former CEO of Brooks Automation Inc. signed a document that allowed the CEO to exercise an [tag]expired stock option[/tag], which netted him millions of dollars. The option was to expire in August 1999, and […]

  • Data Theft From Sentry Insurance Compromises Information on 112,000 Customers

    A recent [tag]theft of data[/tag] involving over 112,000 customers at Sentry Insurance is currently being investigated by the U.S. [tag]Secret Service[/tag]. The thief was a “lead programmer” with a computer consulting company hired by Sentry. In carrying out his job […]

  • Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee Gets Away With Criminal Behavior Again

    After deliberately lying during testimony in a Milwaukee County courtroom, Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee (aka Jackson) will not be charged with perjury. The perjury occurRed on April 12, May 12, and May 16, 2006 during Domestic Abuse Injunction Hearings before […]

  • Kazaa settles piracy lawsuits

    Sharman Networks Ltd., the company behind the music-swapping service called Kazaa, has agreed to pay $115 million ot the entertainment industry to settly piracy lawsuits. The company has also agreed to help discourage piracy of music online. Kazaa software was […]

  • Update on the McGee/Jackson Restraining Order

    In the ongoing saga of the life of Alderman Michael McGee (aka Jackson), there is a new development. McGee/Jackson had a restraining order against him, which prohibited contact with his ex-mistress Kimley Rucker. Rucker was pregnant, allegedly by McGee/Jackson. She […]