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Linda Kincaid Reports: Elder abuse by Scott Phipps and Lakeside Park: Victim...
Lakeside Park, an Oakland, California assisted living facility, does not allow resident Elinor Frerichs to receive visitors or phone calls. Department of Social Services cautioned the facility they...
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Linda Kincaid Reports: Elder abuse by Scott Phipps: Victim denied contact...
Elder rights advocates across the country are scrutinizing elder abuse by Oakland conservator Scott Phipps of Phisco Fiduciary. Phipps initially drew attention by violating Elinor Frerichs’ right to...
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Judge closes Zavalidroga guardianship proceedings to public
A state Supreme Court justice has shut out the media and public from attending the guardianship proceedings involving an 83-year-old woman who was found alone in the woods this summer.Although Tomas...
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Ohio Supreme Court suspends area attorney
The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended Akron attorney Rami M. Awadallah from practicing law after ruling that he fraudulently and deceptively represented several of his clients — including some in Lorain...
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Federal investigation finds three local nursing homes lacking
WASHINGTON — Three central Ohio nursing homes were among 33 in 11 states cited for improper care and billing practices yesterday as part of a $38 million settlement among a major nursing-home company,...
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Stoughton attorney charged with child porn can still practice law
Richard ComenzoSTOUGHTON – A day after Richard Comenzo stood in Stoughton District Court in handcuffs facing child pornography charges, the Stoughton attorney was due in the same courthouse to defend...
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Judicial board to review McCaffery e-mails complaint
Seamus P. McCafferyHARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's Judicial Conduct Board will investigate a complaint that Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery may have violated ethics rules if he sent sexually...
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I-Team: Judges answer to money raised for election campaigns
8 News NOW(Click above to watch video)LAS VEGAS -- The I-Team has spent months following the money going into some of the most important elections in Clark County.Specifically, district court judges,...
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Bassetlaw: Nurse who pinned down dementia patient to force feed her...
A nurse who pinned down a patient to force feed her drugs medication has been struck off.Susan Watkinson used ‘significant force’ to hold down the dementia sufferer before covering the woman’s...
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Missing California woman found in Maine shack
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An elderly Los Angeles woman whose neighbors believed had died was instead found in a rundown shack in Maine, where according to authorities an unrelated family took her after...
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Linda Kincaid Reports: DC seeks to curb elder abuse: Limitations of...
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, the Council of the District of Columbia will hold a public hearing on B20-0710, introduced by Councilmembers Anita Bonds and Marion Barry. Part of the legislative...
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Second woman indicted for stealing from elderly man
LAS VEGAS -- A Clark County grand jury issued a superseding indictment in a case in which prosecutors allege a 94-year-old victim, now deceased, was swindled out of roughly $400,000 and an...
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Editorial: Justices should stay out of John Doe case
There appears to be a question about whether four state Supreme Court justices should take part in a ruling on the John Doe investigation involving special-interest groups, should a case reach the...
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Homeless man tricks woman with dementia, moves in with her
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The niece of an 84-year-old woman with dementia realized something was very wrong when her aunt’s phone number changed, and when she called her aunt’s cell phone, a man...
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Seniors lose average of $30,000 to financial scammers
According to a recent survey of 2,000 seniors and other adults by Allianz Life Insurance Co., elderly victims reported losing an average of $30,000, while some suffered losses of more than...
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Suspended attorney indicted for title insurance fraud
A suspended Lackawanna County attorney who operated an abstract firm in Avoca has been indicted for more than $70,000 in alleged title insurance fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle...
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Local attorney faces state discipline, fed court lawsuit
C. Allan RunserA veteran Van Wert attorney is the subject of a complaint filed by the Ohio Supreme Court’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel for allegedly misappropriating funds and failing to properly...
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Owners of St. Louis insurance company sentenced for bilking elderly out of $3...
Two owners of a St. Louis insurance company were sentenced to prison Tuesday in federal court for bilking elderly people out of $3 million.Mark Driver, 50, of south St. Louis County, and Robert Palmer,...
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New Orleans City Councilman accused of ethical misconduct; Discipline board...
James Gray, New Orleans City Councilman, District ENEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board is recommending that New Orleans City Councilman James Gray’s law license be suspended for...
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No, it’s not copyright infringement when attorney discipline authorities copy...
… while investigating charges that some blog posts violated professional conduct rules. So held the unsurprising decision in Denison v. Larkin (N.D. Ill. Aug. 13, 2014) (just noted on a Westlaw case...
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