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Hope Ledford, Policy Manager at the Chamber of Progress, said HB 1291 risks driver livelihoods and rider privacy by mandating recording and expanding legal exposure.

Hope Ledford, Policy Manager at the Chamber of Progress, said that a provision in Colorado’s HB25-1291 could lead to lawsuits that increase costs for riders and decrease driver earnings.

Thomas Busse, a former candidate for the Oregon House of Representatives, expressed concerns about Oregon's proposed legislation, SB 1166.

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, supporting fair housing organizations in their appeal of a ruling that lifted a temporary restraining order blocking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from cancelling these organizations’ grant funding.

Greenpeace calls the $660 million verdict a jury delivered against it for orchestrating violent protests at a North Dakota pipeline a threat to “our rights to peaceful protest and free speech.” But one of the biggest threats may be to its status as a tax-exempt public interest group.

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced three new environmental enforcement actions in communities considered overburdened under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law.

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is issuing a consumer alert to the public following a surge in reports of romance scams and cryptocurrency-based investment fraud.

Bradley is pleased to announce that Birmingham partner Anne Marie Seibel has been named chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and will be responsible for overall strategic planning for the practice.

Eric Scott Thompson has joined Marshall Dennehey’s Wilmington, Delaware office as Special Counsel in the firm’s Casualty and Workers’ Compensation Departments.

Anchorage jury found Dashawn Anthony Street, a 31-year-old Mountain View resident, guilty of Murder in the First Degree and Attempted Murder for killing one man and nearly killing another within 90 minutes of each other in the early morning hours of Sept. 29, 2018.

Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced that Delaware is co-leading a group of 24 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration’s dismantling of AmeriCorps.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Zachary Taylor Westmoreland, 36, of Laurens, S.C., and Dennis Roland Fallaw, Jr., 63, of Chappells, S.C., on 11 total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the South Carolina Attorney General's Office made the arrests in these unrelated cases. Investigators with the Laurens County Sheriff's Office, Newberry County Sheriff's Office, Greenville County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Secret Service, and Homeland Security Investigations, all also members of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with these investigations.

Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that Virginia has received a payment of $116.2 million from the major tobacco companies, including Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Scandinavian Tobacco Group Lane, and ITG Brands LLC, as a result of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a lawsuit in Adams County District Court today against MV Realty over allegations that the company illegally locked hundreds of Colorado homeowners into unfair brokerage contracts with exorbitant fees and decades-long terms that even applied to their heirs.

Two individuals have been sentenced for their involvement in a drug trafficking organization operating in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

Attorney General Mayes secured a court order to prevent the Trump administration from dismantling three federal agencies that support public libraries, museums, workers, and small businesses.

Jerry Lewis Ayres, a 55-year-old resident of Franklin, West Virginia, has been arrested on charges related to child pornography.

Randy Brown Jr., a former postal employee from Gretna, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that Yolanda Tillman, 42, from Des Allemands, Louisiana, was sentenced to 108 months in prison on April 29, 2025.

Shawn Michael Bork, a 49-year-old resident of Mount Clare, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for methamphetamine distribution in Harrison County.