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USA v. Lopez

  1. March 05, 2026

    9th Circ. Denies Bail Pending Nurse Wage-Fixing Appeal

    A Ninth Circuit panel summarily refused to allow a Las Vegas home nursing executive to avoid prison while appealing the U.S. Department of Justice's first-ever criminal wage-fixing conviction.

  2. October 17, 2025

    Nursing Exec Denied New Trial On Wage-Fixing Claims

    A Nevada federal judge has denied a new trial to a nursing executive convicted of wage-fixing conspiracy and wire fraud after he claimed the U.S. Department of Justice misled the jury about sweetheart terms of a cooperation deal with another company.

  3. October 03, 2025

    Nurse Staffing Exec Says Jury Misled In Wage-Fixing Case

    A nurse staffing executive convicted of wage fixing and wire fraud is asking a Nevada federal court for a new trial, arguing that prosecutors misled the jury about a cooperating witness's leniency deal.

  4. September 09, 2025

    Nursing Exec Says $10.5M Fraud Penalty Excessive

    A nurse staffing executive convicted of wage-fixing told a Nevada federal court the U.S. Department of Justice's request for a $10.5 million forfeiture order for allegedly failing to disclose the antitrust investigation when selling his business is excessive.

  5. September 04, 2025

    Admonished For 'Entitlement,' Pillsbury Atty Ducks Sanction

    A Nevada federal judge opted against sanctions for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP partner Mark Krotoski, and instead issued a formal admonishment on the "entitlement" behind "misleading arguments and representations" about the reason an expert witness was unavailable during a wage-fixing and wire fraud trial.

  6. August 25, 2025

    DOJ Wants $10.5M From Convicted Nursing Exec For Fraud

    U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors asked a Nevada federal judge Friday for a $10.5 million preliminary forfeiture order against a nurse staffing executive convicted of wage-fixing, an amount that matches what he was paid for his staffing company after deceiving the buyer into thinking there was no criminal antitrust investigation.

  7. July 18, 2025

    Pillsbury Atty Fights Sanctions In Nurse Wage-Fixing Case

    A partner with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP told a Nevada federal court he should not be sanctioned for using a poor choice of words when communicating with the government about the availability of an expert witness during a wage-fixing and wire fraud trial.

  8. June 18, 2025

    Nurse Staffing Exec Can't Nix Conviction, Sanctions Floated

    A Nevada federal court has refused a nurse staffing executive's bid to undo his conviction on wage-fixing and wire fraud charges, and threatened his attorneys with sanctions for allegedly making repeated misrepresentations to the court.

  9. June 02, 2025

    Nursing Exec Says DOJ Misapplied Justices' Fraud Ruling

    A Nevada nursing home executive convicted of wage-fixing and wire fraud has told a Nevada federal judge that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a fraud case doesn't preclude his motion for a new trial, contrary to what the U.S. Department of Justice has argued.

  10. May 28, 2025

    DOJ Says Justices' Ruling Backs Nursing Exec's Conviction

    The U.S. Department of Justice is pointing to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to bolster its fight against a new trial being sought by a convicted Nevada nursing home executive, saying that the new high court decision establishes that economic loss isn't needed to prove wire fraud.