defendant

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If the Justice Department brings a civil false-claims lawsuit and wins in court, defendants risk being liable for three times the damages the government suffered.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Here, defendant’s detention in Adelanto has effectively denied him access to his counsel for nearly the entire month preceding trial,” Olguin wrote in his order.

From Los Angeles Times

The bill says a plaintiff “shall receive statutory damages in an amount of $6,250 per incident in any action in which the plaintiff establishes that the defendant falsely impersonated a union representative.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The Justice Department charged six new defendants in schemes to defraud Minnesota’s Medicaid program.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It makes it harder for me to convict dangerous felons when … witnesses are getting deported, victims are getting deported, and the defendant or the perpetrator themselves are getting deported,” she said.

From Salon