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Dianna El Hioum Selected to New York Business Journal’s Women of Influence List

By Legal News Line |
Fox Rothschild congratulates Dianna G. El Hioum, who is among 10 women recognized by the New York Business Journal on its 2024 “Women of Influence” list.

Attorney General Mayes Addresses Arizona Supreme Court Ruling in Gilmore v. Gallego, Encourages Cities and Towns to Work with Public Employee Unions

By Legal News Line |
Attorney General Kris Mayes sent a letter to Arizona’s cities and towns addressing the recent Arizona Supreme Court ruling in Gilmore v. Gallego and discussing some of its potential implications for public entities, unions, and workers across Arizona.

Attorney General Griffin Helps Secure Ruling to Vacate Illegal Biden-Harris Overtime Pay Rule

By Legal News Line |
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated, nationwide, the Biden-Harris administration’s rule regulating overtime pay for exempt employees.

Troutman Pepper Partner David B. Dove Named Vice Chair of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

By Legal News Line |
David B. Dove, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement Practice, has been elected by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) to serve as vice chair for a one-year term.

Holland & Knight Advises Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry in Sale to Comvest Private Equity

By Legal News Line |
Holland & Knight advised Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry, a portfolio company of New York-based private equity firm The Beekman Group and an affiliate of Beekman Investment Partners III, in its sale to Comvest Private Equity.

Ann Arbor Woman Pleads Guilty to Paycheck Protection Program Loan Fraud

By Legal News Line |
Yulonda Eckel, 56, of Ann Arbor, pled guilty to fraudulently obtaining two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans from the federal government, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

AG Campbell Issues 2024 Health Care Cost Trends Report Examining Health Care Affordability In Massachusetts

By Legal News Line |
A new report released by Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell examines the capacity of Massachusetts households with commercial health insurance to pay for health care and, relatedly, the accumulation of debt when households cannot pay their medical bills.

Arizona's 'dark money' law doesn't threaten speech, court rules

By Daniel Fisher |
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - An Arizona law requiring organizations that support political campaigns to report the ultimate source of donations over $5,000 doesn’t violate freedom of speech, an appeals court ruled, rejecting arguments the measure was unconstitutional and threatened donors with violence.

Contractor convicted for defrauding elderly woman and causing asbestos hazard

By Legal Newsline |
A Jefferson County district court jury has found Lance Slayton guilty of defrauding an elderly woman and exposing a neighborhood to asbestos.

Alabama AG leads multi-state effort on women's sports case at Supreme Court

By Legal Newsline |
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has filed a 24-state amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Google faces proposed changes to business practices following antitrust ruling

By Legal Newsline |
State attorneys general and the Justice Department have put forward a series of measures aimed at dismantling Google's monopoly in internet search engines.

Justice Department launches assessment for Maryland Natural Resources Police under reform initiative

By Legal Newsline |
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has announced an Organizational Assessment of the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP).

Dual U.S.-Albanian citizen arrested for alleged support to ISIS

By Legal Newsline |
A dual citizen of the United States and Albania, Erald Alimehmeti, has been arrested in New York on charges related to alleged attempts to support ISIS and distributing instructions for making explosives.

Clinton Lee Young sentenced for capital murder after retrial

By Legal Newsline |
A Midland County jury has convicted Clinton Lee Young III of capital murder for the 2001 killing of Samuel Petrey.

Attorney General investigates civilian death involving NYPD officer

By Legal Newsline |
The New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has launched an investigation into the death of a civilian in Brooklyn.

Portrait ceremony honors former governor's legacy

By Legal Newsline |
Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jay B. McCallum will participate in a portrait donation ceremony alongside the Judges of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal and Judicial Administrator/Clerk of Court Robin Jones.

Pet sale ban takes effect in New York state this December

By Legal Newsline |
New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued a reminder to licensed pet dealers that selling dogs, cats, and rabbits in retail stores will be prohibited starting December 15.

Tyler County man receives 30-year sentence for child sexual assault

By Legal Newsline |
Michael Clint Wallace, Jr. of Warren, Texas, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Court allows redistribution of $407K from city after tax overpayment

By Legal Newsline |
The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that Franklin County can redistribute over $407,000 collected from the city of Obetz due to property tax overpayments.

Texas attorney general announces settlement with TPC over plant explosion

By Legal Newsline |
Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a settlement with TPC Group Inc. and TPC Group, LLC, following lawsuits related to a chemical plant explosion in Port Neches in November 2019.