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McGuireWoods Advises Sol Systems in Financing for Innovative Tilden Solar Project

By Legal News Line |
McGuireWoods — a top law firm in the renewables industry — served as lead counsel to Sol Systems in the $345 million financing of the historic Tilden Solar project, a 182-megawatt solar facility in Randolph County, Illinois.

AG Campbell Stands With Transgender Military Members In Challenge To President Trump's Discriminatory Executive Order

By Legal News Line |
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and 19 other attorneys general today filed a “friend of the court,” or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit aiming to block the implementation of President Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military.

Statement on Officer-Involved Shootings

By Legal News Line |
Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed thereview of four incidents involving officer-involved shootings: a February 3,2023, incident in Okolona involving one investigator and four deputies withthe Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office; an August 30, 2023, incident inbSouthaven involving one deputy with the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office; aSeptember 3, 2023, incident in Grenada involving one Master Sergeant with the Mississippi Highway Patrol; and a March 10, 2024, incident in Perkinstoninvolving one deputy with the Stone County Sheriff’s Office.

AG Bondi grants Drummond's request for death row inmate's transfer to Oklahoma for execution

By Legal News Line |
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi has agreed to transfer convicted murderer George John Hanson to Oklahoma so that his death sentence can be carried out in response to Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s official request last month for the federal inmate.

Success Stories Multiply as Arrests Mount for Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force

By Legal News Line |
The undercover operations of the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force continue to pay off as authorities arrested more than a dozen men seeking to buy sex in northeast Ohio in the early weeks of 2025.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez Leads Landmark Multistate Lawsuit to Stop Elon Musk’s Unconstitutional Power Grab

By Legal News Line |
Attorney General Raúl Torrez, along with Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and 11 other states, announced the filing of a lawsuit challenging the unlawful delegation of executive power to Elon Musk.

New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Announces January 2025 Total Gaming Revenue Results

By Legal News Line |
New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced the January 2025 total gaming revenue results.

Florida man sentenced for money laundering conspiracy involving $603K fraud

By Legal Newsline |
A Florida resident, Charles Wilson Stout, has been sentenced to time served followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a money laundering conspiracy.

Omaha man receives over 14 years for meth distribution

By Legal Newsline |
Acting United States Attorney Matthew R. Molsen has announced the sentencing of Jose Israel Robledo, a 45-year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska.

Two teens indicted for alleged shooting near high school

By Legal Newsline |
Saki Frost and Azhari Graves, both 18 and residents of Washington, D.C., have been indicted on charges related to a shooting incident near Dunbar High School.

State AGs challenge Trump administration's efforts against Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Legal Newsline |
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has aligned with 23 other attorneys general to file an amicus brief in the case of Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

State attorneys general urge Senate committee to support ending national energy emergency

By Legal Newsline |
Attorney General Kris Mayes, along with attorneys general from 11 other states, has called on the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to support S.J. Res. 10.

Mexican national charged with illegal reentry into U.S., faces possible prison time

By Legal Newsline |
A 38-year-old Mexican national, Cesar Ruiz-Aguilar, has been charged with illegal reentry into the United States.

Audit praises Minnesota's Conviction Review Unit led by Attorney General Ellison

By Legal Newsline |
Attorney General Keith Ellison's Conviction Review Unit (CRU) received commendation from an external audit conducted by the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice.

Boston man pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges

By Legal Newsline |
A Boston man has admitted to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and cocaine in New Hampshire, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack.

Court denies Norwalk's motion against state's housing lawsuit

By Legal Newsline |
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Governor Gavin Newsom, and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Director Gustavo Velasquez have expressed their views following a Los Angeles County Superior Court decision.

Fredericksburg man sentenced for distributing fake oxycodone with fentanyl

By Legal Newsline |
A Fredericksburg man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills.

Attorney General Nessel issues consumer alert on recognizing hacked email accounts

By Legal Newsline |
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has issued a consumer alert aimed at helping residents recognize and respond to hacked email accounts.

Michigan AG joins challenge against Trump's refugee program suspension

By Legal Newsline |
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined 19 other state attorneys general in challenging President Donald Trump's executive order that suspends the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program.

Attorney General urges FDA action against counterfeit weight loss drug makers

By Legal Newsline |
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is leading a coalition of 37 states and territories in urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action against the production and distribution of counterfeit weight loss and diabetes drugs.