Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
A prominent Dallas spinal surgeon convicted in the Forest Park Medical Center fraud case is seeking a new trial. The filing on Monday by David Gerger of Houston-based Gerger Khalil & Hennessy, claims a string of harmful errors by federal prosecutors and the trial judge requires that the conviction in April of Dr. Michael Rimlawi be vacated. Bruce Tomaso has the story.
After close to a decade at the SEC's Fort Worth Regional Office, Chris Davis has returned to private practice. Davis was involved in the high profile cases and first-impression matters against AriseBank and 1Broker at the regulatory agency.
Three former executives of the Federal Home Loan Bank in Dallas – including its ex-president – have pleaded guilty to charges that they conspired to make false statements and filed bogus reimbursement requests to the government-sponsored mortgage lender in a $1.2 million fraudulent scam.
The former HD Vest Financial GC started his new job as the regional director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fort Worth office last Monday. In an exclusive interview, Peavler says he faces significant challenges but people need to know about one change from his predecessor.
Surgeon Nick Nicholson was one of 22 Forest Park Medical officials indicted in one of the largest and most complex healthcare bribery and kickback schemes in Texas history. But Dr. Nick was the only one a jury found not guilty. In an exclusive, in-depth interview, Nicholson and his lawyer, Tom Melsheimer, take readers inside the confidential sanctuary of the attorney-client relationship to discuss in vivid detail every aspect of the case and the decisions they made that led to the dramatic acquittal earlier this year. This is their story.
Melsheimer and his legal team worked more than 4,000 hours defending Forest Park Medical Center Surgeon Nick Nicholson against allegations of bribery and kickbacks. In a joint interview, the pair provide The Texas Lawbook insights into their relationship, how the use of mock juries helped them develop a successful legal strategy, the decision whether to quote from the King James Version or a modern Bible translation and their opinions of the prosecutors, judge and other defendants. Here they are in their own words.
Twenty-two medical professionals, including nine surgeons, were indicted by federal prosecutors in Texas in a bribery/kickback scheme that rocked the health care community. Nine went to trial. Only one person, Dr. Nick Nicholson, was found not guilty. On Monday, Texas Lawbook correspondent Bruce Tomaso gives readers an exclusive, in-depth look into the groundbreaking case and trial through the eyes of Dr. Nicholson and Tom Melsheimer, the lawyer who defended him. Click here for a video preview.
The Texas Securities Commission issued an emergency cease-and-desist order late Wednesday against a Fort Worth oil executive for allegedly providing misleading and incomplete information to potential investors about so-called “offset wells.”
Carli Adele Hempel, the former director of bariatric services at Forest Park Medical Center, has agreed to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to misapply property of a health care benefit program. Mark Curriden has the breaking details.
When is an investor buying a security versus purchasing a partnership in a joint venture? It depends on some very specific but basic facts that usually are only available via a full trial, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Oil and gas services company TechnipFMC, co-headquartered in Houston and London, reached a settlement Tuesday with the DOJ and the SEC to resolve decade-old allegations that company officials violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in business dealings in Brazil and Iraq.
With a strong economy swelling state coffers and a surprising across-the-aisle consensus on policy priorities, the 86th Texas Legislature was able to tackle some of the state's most pressing needs while making investments in its future. Rafael Anchia and John Turner of Haynes and Boone highlight legislative actions of interest for the business community.
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