Showing posts with label Fraud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fraud. Show all posts
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Suit Over Deceptively Promoted School Religious Program Moves Ahead

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In Roe v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board ,  (MD LA, Oct. 8, 2024), a Louisiana federal district court refused to dismiss many claims b...
Sunday, October 06, 2024

Pregnancy Centers Sue California AG To Stop Enforcement of Business Fraud Statutes Against Them

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Suit was filed last week in a California federal district court by a California anti-abortion pregnancy center and a Christian organization ...
Friday, September 27, 2024

9th Circuit En Banc Hears Fraud Claim Against LDS Church

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit sitting en banc  heard oral arguments in Huntsman v. Corporation of the President ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments in Fraud Suit Against LDS Church

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Yesterday, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( audio of full arguments ) in  Gaddy v. Corporation of the President...
Friday, August 09, 2024

Organizations Promoting Abortion Pill Reversal Sue New York Attorney General

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Three anti-abortion organizations that promote abortion-pill reversal this week filed suit in a New York federal district court against New ...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Louisiana Legislature Bans Fraudulently Giving Women Abortion Pills; Reclassifies Abortion Pills as Dangerous Drugs

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The Louisiana legislature yesterday gave final passage to Senate Bill 276 ( full text ). The bill creates the crime of "coerced crimin...
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Fraud and Negligence Claims Move Ahead Against Church Over Mistreatment of Members

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In Ramirez v. World Mission Society, Church of God ,  (D NJ, April 1, 2024), plaintiff brought suit in a New Jersey federal district court a...
Tuesday, April 02, 2024

Suit For Misappropriating Church Funds Not Precluded by Church Autonomy Doctrine

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In Buck v. Peace Apostolic Church, Inc. , (CA Super. Ct., March 8, 2024), a California trial court rejected the contention that the church a...
Thursday, March 07, 2024

9th Circuit Grants En Banc Rehearing in Huntsman's Suit Against LDS Church

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In an Order ( full text ) issued March 1, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voted to grant en banc  review in Huntsman v. Corporation of...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Florida Official Rules That Changing Gender Marker On Driver's License Constitutes Fraud

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In a January 26 Memorandum ( full text ), the Executive Director of the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Department has rescinded t...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

British Appeals Court Upholds Preacher's Fraud Conviction For Selling COVID Preventative

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In Wiseman v. Rex ,  (EWCA, Nov. 20, 2023), Britain's Court of Appeal upheld the fraud conviction of the head of the Kingdom Church for ...
Friday, November 10, 2023

Pastor's Breach of Contract Suit Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Craver v. Faith Lutheran Church ,  (TX App., Nov. 8, 2023), a Texas state appeals court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine ...
Monday, November 06, 2023

LDS Church Sued Over Use of Tithed Funds

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A class-action lawsuit was filed last week in a Utah federal district court against the Latter-Day Saints Church alleging fraud, unjust enri...
Sunday, October 01, 2023

Texas AG Sues Yelp for $1M for Mislabeling Pregnancy Resource Centers

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week filed a civil lawsuit against Yelp contending that it violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practic...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply to Church's Fraud Claims Against Former Pastor

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 In New Bethel Baptist Church v. Taylor ,  (TX App., Aug. 29, 2023), a Texas state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention d...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Illinois Regulation of Limited Purpose Pregnancy Centers Violates 1st Amendment

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In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Raoul ,  (ND IL, Aug. 4, 2023), an Illinois federal district court issued a preliminar...
Tuesday, August 08, 2023

9th Circuit: Fraud Claim Against LDS Church By Prominent Donor May Move Ahead

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In Huntsman v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 7, 2023), the U.S. 9th Cir...
Friday, March 31, 2023

Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claims Against LDS Church Are Dismissed

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 In Gaddy v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (D UT, March 28, 2023), a Utah federal distr...
Sunday, March 05, 2023

Fraud Claims Against Ministry May Not Proceed as Class Action

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In Carrier v. Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, Inc. ,  (ND GA, March 3, 2023), a Georgia federal district court held that claims for...
Sunday, October 30, 2022

Denial of Jury Instruction on Defendant's Religious Exercise Is Upheld

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In United States v. Dickey , (7th Cir., Oct. 28, 2022), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a trial court's refusal to give a j...