NIC Inc. expects to settle a shareholder dispute connected to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into perks for executives, including former CEO Jeff Fraser. The lawsuit, filed in August 2010 against Olathe-based NIC (Nasdaq: EGOV), Fraser and other current and past company executives in federal court in Kansas City, Kan., alleged breach of […]
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It’s not unusual for defense attorneys to start their careers as prosecutors. A stint teaching law and criminal justice in Afghanistan is a different matter. “I think it gave me a new appreciation for the justice system we have,” Hoeme said of his time in the battle-scarred country. “We have a justice system that works.” […]
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In a Wichita case that has captured national attention, a double-amputee war veteran already accused of misdemeanors against a controversial Topeka church now faces a felony charge. The latest charge — conspiracy to commit aggravated battery — was filed by Sedgwick County prosecutors Friday afternoon. The charge accuses Army veteran Ryan Newell of engaging in […]
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A Shawnee County District Court judge has notified attorneys she is considering placing a 25-year-old man on probation rather than sentencing him to more than four years in prison for attempted solicitation via computer of a 13-year-old girl for sex. In reality, the “girl” was a sheriff’s deputy. Patrick Even Johnson, a Topekan arrested during […]
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ATTORNEY M. KRISTINE SAVAGE HONORED BY INCLUSION IN BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA PUBLICATION (TOPEKA, Kan.) – Topeka attorney M. Kristine Lawless has been honored as one of the country’s most outstanding criminal defense lawyers by The Best Lawyers in America – 2009. Selection to the annual Best Lawyers publication is based on a rigorous, confidential […]
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The last of seven men charged in an online sex sting operation was placed on three years of intensive supervised probation Thursday rather than being sentenced to almost five years in prison. In sentencing Brandon Ryan Mason, 22, Shawnee County District Court Judge Jan Leuenberger departed downward, listing eight factors to justify the action. Mason […]
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