News published on Legal Newsline in April 2024

Fox Rothschild congratulates Patrice H. Kloss, who was named a 2024 Women in Business honoree by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

A total of 23 individuals were recently taken into custody in connection with a large-scale drug trafficking operation allegedly linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The arrests were part of a 50-count indictment that accused the suspects of trafficking cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, and meth in the Houston and Galveston areas.Attorney General Merrick B. Garland emphasized the impact of cartels on American lives, stating, “Countless American lives have been lost because of the Jalisco and Sinaloa Cartels.”Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco highlighted the...

The Attorney General’s Office announced an update in the State’s case against Vermont State Police Sergeant Ryan Wood, 37, and Trooper Zachary Trocki, 30. In May of 2023, Sergeant Wood and Officer Trocki were each charged with one misdemeanor count of Reckless Endangerment in Vermont Superior Court, Windham Criminal Division.

A Snohomish County Superior Court judge sentenced an Everett man on Wednesday following a criminal prosecution by Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Insurance companies who disagreed with a federal magistrate judge who felt their RICO lawsuit against Houston-area chiropractors have lost.

OCALA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Big Lots has fended off the class action lawsuit claiming it miscounted how many servings its ground coffee makes.

MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Medtronic has defeated a shareholder class action lawsuit that alleged the company hid problems with an insulin pump's FDA approval.

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, a national law firm with offices coast to coast, today welcomes new partner Jillian Willis to its litigation practice in Washington, D.C. A seasoned trial attorney with nearly a decade of experience as a federal prosecutor, she most recently served in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as assistant chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit.

If the FDA decides to examine or sample products, a Notice of FDA Action will be issued to the importer of record, consignee and filer.

23 Wilentz attorneys have been recognized in the 2024 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers spanning both business and personal services.

ttorney General John M. Formella announces that the Hillsborough County Superior Court has entered a consent decree resolving allegations that David Van Tassell violated the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act, RSA Chapter 354-B.

Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the Hillsborough County - Northern District Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging James Peretti, age 48, of Merrimack, with a class A felony count of Theft by Unauthorized Taking or Transfer pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct.

New York Attorney General Letitia James released police body-worn camera footage that her office obtained as part of its ongoing investigation into the death of Rakim Tillery, who died on January 3, 2024 following an encounter with the New York State Police (NYSP) in Ramapo, Rockland County.

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in three cases involving allegations that the Cinnaminson Township Board of Education violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA).

Attorney General Chris Carr announced that Davion Dupas has been convicted of the murder of Marcel Samedi, who was shot and killed at the Wilson Apartment Complex in Columbus in June 2021.

Montgomery McCracken is pleased to announce that Alexandra S. Jacobs has been selected to the 2024 New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Star list in the Civil Litigation: Defense practice area.

John Ramirez, managing partner of Troutman Pepper’s Virginia Beach office and a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group, has been named among Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s “Go To Lawyers” for business transactions.

Dechert is advising GQG Partners Inc. (GQG), a U.S.-based global investment boutique focused on managing active equity portfolios, on the prospective launch of its private capital solutions business, GQG Private Capital Solutions LLC (PCS).