The Center for Urban Transformation is a collaboration of several organizations, including the Fifth Ward Redevelopment Corporation, Pleasant Hill Ministries, Habitat for Humanity, Berg & Androphy law firm and Legacy Community Health. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office joined with the Center to create the diversion program and has committed $200,000 of civil forfeiture money...
by Sarah Smith from the Houston Chronicle Four years ago, a Jewish lawyer heard a Baptist preacher speak at his synagogue over the High Holidays. The result? A juvenile justice diversion program based in Fifth Ward with $200,000 in backing from the Harris County District Attorney. The newly created Center for Urban Transformation, a community-based...
By Alain Stephens In 2017, Honor Defense was called out by the gun community for making weapons that can fire when dropped. Now a police officer is suing the company after he was shot by his. In a lawsuit filed in Florida District Court, Ernest Huang, a retired New York City police officer, alleges that...
By Ross Todd Lawyers for the City of Oakland are crying foul that antitrust lawyers at the Department of Justice are attempting to back the National Football League in the city’s lawsuit over the Raiders’ upcoming relocation to Las Vegas. The city’s lawyers at Berg & Androphy and Pearson, Simon & Warshaw and in the...
Priscilla DeGregory May 31, 2019 | 7:41pm A modeling agency has filed a $500,000 Manhattan lawsuit against a rival company, saying it poached up-and-coming model Meghan Roche in violation of her contract. The 18-year-old model — who has been featured in a Givenchy ad campaign and walked the runway for labels including Fendi and Alexander Wang —...
Posted by: Zennie Abraham March 23, 2019 The Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Relocation allowed by the National Football League two years ago spawned the anti-trust lawsuit of the City Of Oakland v. Oakland Raiders and the NFL that was continued Friday, after getting started March 1st. Contrary to mainstream media reports, the Oakland Raiders filed a motion to dismiss the case on March 1st as did...
Law360 (April 23, 2019, 4:40 PM EDT) — More than 60 law firms have signed on to the Houston Bar Association’s Gender Fairness Commitment, making a pledge to increase the number of female partners and firm leaders by next year. The firms that have pledged support range from small boutiques like Copeland & Rice LLP...
Former Houston Housing Authority General Counsel Karen Miniex prevails as jury rejects city retaliation after she reported fraud HOUSTON, March 25, 2019 – Former Houston Housing Authority General Counsel Karen Miniex, who alleged she was fired after reporting fraud within the agency, has been vindicated by a federal-court jury, the Berg & Androphy law firm...
Do you know about fraud committed against the Federal or State government? It may be time to call a whistleblower attorney to represent you in court. This article will help you understand the basis for and method of filing a Qui Tam lawsuit or what is better known as a ”Whistleblower” lawsuit against a corporation...
History of the False Claims Act In 1863 Congress passed a law that created incentives for private individuals to report government fraud in an attempt to curb a rash of fraud against the government. On March 2, 1863 President Lincoln signed the law, called the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Also referred to as the “Informer’s...
