Curt Anderson

January 22, 2013 | Law.com

A Russian mobster has received a relatively lenient three-year federal prison term after admitting he ran a scam that used so-called "B-Girls" to lure wealthy tourists into private clubs where they were plied with booze and billed thousands of dollars.

By Curt Anderson

3 minute read

July 22, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Despite an outcry from civil rights groups, a call for close examination by President Barack Obama and even a 1960s-style sit-in at the Florida governor's office, the jury's verdict that George Zimmerman was justified in shooting unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin is unlikely to spur change to any of the nation's stand-your-ground self-defense laws.

By Curt Anderson

7 minute read

December 04, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla was so badly mistreated by his own government during 3 years in military custody that he deserves far less than the life prison sentence sought by federal prosecutors, Padilla's lawyers argue.They also say U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke should consider at a sentencing hearing beginning Wednesday whether the U.

By Curt Anderson

4 minute read

March 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - To this day, race car driver and "Dancing with The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves hasn't seen a single dime of $5 million in licensing money he was promised under a 1999 contract with Penske Racing. It's either been parked at Penske or is still idling in a Dutch investment account.But the Internal Revenue Service says Castroneves owes U.

By CURT ANDERSON

4 minute read

May 14, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla opened Monday with federal prosecutors arguing the U.S. citizen and two co-defendants were key players in a terror support cell that provided equipment, money and Islamist fighters to extremist groups around the world."The defendants were members of a secret organization, a terrorism support cell, based right here in South Florida," Assistant U.

By Curt Anderson

4 minute read

May 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Paris Hilton may seem like the ultimate party girl, but she and her handlers swear she's really a globe-trotting workaholic who relentlessly plugs her projects and products.Defending herself against a lawsuit claiming she didn't do enough to promote the 2006 bomb "Pledge This," Hilton insists in a deposition in Miami federal court that she went the extra mile for the movie.

By CURT ANDERSON

4 minute read

July 06, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Statements given to the FBI by six of the seven men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings show that some didn't believe the talk of joining up with al-Qaida and others from the depressed Liberty City neighborhood were motivated by money rather than Islamic radicalism.

By Curt Anderson

6 minute read

April 30, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Investors in Paris Hilton's 2006 box-office bomb "Pledge This!" claim she owes $1 million in restitution for supposedly not promoting the movie enough.

By Curt Anderson

1 minute read

August 02, 2001 | Law.com

A moratorium barring taxes on the Internet would be extended for five years under legislation approved Thursday by a House subcommittee. The current three-year moratorium barring taxes on Internet access and taxes that single out the Internet expires Oct. 21. The panel sidestepped the more complex issue of whether state sales taxes should apply to Internet transactions.

By Curt Anderson

2 minute read

May 19, 2010 | Law.com

Billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is violating an agreement with federal prosecutors by refusing to pay more than $2 million in legal fees to attorneys representing a dozen of his victims, according to a new federal suit. Epstein, who owns a Florida mansion, a Paris apartment, a 70-acre Caribbean island and a 7,500-acre New Mexico ranch, could ultimately face federal prosecution stemming from his alleged assaults on mostly teenage girls if he continues to refuse to pay the fees, the victims' attorneys said Tuesday.

By Curt Anderson

2 minute read