News published on Legal Newsline in August 2024

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Ganson Eugene Gainer, 50, of Hartsville, S.C., on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Attorney General's Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Hartsville Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, and U.S. Secret Service, all members of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with this investigation.

An indictment was unsealed today charging an individual with involvement in online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys.

Attorney General Griffin praises Arkansas Supreme Court’s rejection of motion brought by convicted felon

Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter delivered remarks on August 23, 2024, regarding the Justice Department's lawsuit against RealPage for an algorithmic pricing scheme that allegedly harms millions of American renters.

On August 23, 2024, America First Legal (AFL), in collaboration with the States of Texas and Idaho, and a coalition of fourteen state Attorneys General, filed an urgent lawsuit against the Biden-Harris Administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The suit was lodged in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, aiming to halt a new program that allegedly provides a pathway to citizenship for over a million undocumented immigrants. The coalition also seeks a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent the administration...

Attorney General William Tong, in collaboration with the United States Department of Justice and Attorneys General from North Carolina, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington, has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against RealPage Inc. The lawsuit alleges that RealPage engaged in practices designed to reduce competition among landlords in apartment pricing and monopolize the market for commercial revenue management software used by landlords to price apartments. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, the suit...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice and a bipartisan coalition of eight attorneys general, has filed a lawsuit against RealPage, a revenue management software company used by landlords to price multifamily rental housing units. The lawsuit accuses RealPage of enabling landlords to artificially raise rents through a pricing alignment scheme that involved the illegal sharing of confidential pricing and supply information. This practice is alleged to have decreased competition, limited price negotiation, and increased...

The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against RealPage Inc. for its alleged scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing and monopolize the market for commercial revenue management software used by landlords to price apartments. The department asserts that RealPage's conduct deprives renters of competitive leasing terms, impacting millions of Americans.

Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer delivered remarks on August 23, 2024, regarding the Justice Department’s lawsuit against RealPage for an alleged algorithmic pricing scheme. The remarks were made in acknowledgment of the Antitrust Division's efforts.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Matthew Turner Vereen, 28, of Columbia, S.C., on three 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 arrest. Investigators with the Columbia Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations, both also members of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with this investigation.

Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, Alabama, pleaded guilty in federal court to the malicious use of an explosive device.

Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. is pleased to announce more than 300 lawyers have been included in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, a publication that has become universally regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence.

Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today issued the following statement to celebrate the first day of a minimum $32.50 per hour pay standard for Uber and Lyft drivers as a result of her Office’s nation-leading settlement with the companies in June.

Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the capital murder conviction of Lonterry Orlando Harrison, 23, of Gadsden. Harrison was convicted in the Etowah County Circuit Court on October 24, 2022.

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Governor Dan McKee, and the outside legal team of Max Wistow and Jonathan Savage today announced the filing of a lawsuit against 13 companies that have provided design, construction, and inspection services to the State related to the Washington Bridge.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued a statement after the U.S. Supreme Court held that the entirety of the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX rule should not take effect while Tennessee’s case proceeds.

Lori G. Cohen, vice chair of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP and co-chair of the firm’s global Litigation Practice and Trial Practice, was named to Benchmark Litigation’s elite 2024 “Top 10 Women in Litigation” list.

McGuireWoods had more than 135 attorneys from its U.S. offices selected for inclusion on Best Lawyers’ 2025 “Ones to Watch” list recognizing the nation’s most promising counsel for professional excellence in private practice.

Foley & Lardner LLP senior counsel Tim Patterson was named a finalist for BizTimes Media‘s Nonprofit Excellence Awards in the category of Next Generation Leadership.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - A man who won a $63 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson over what he claims was asbestos-contaminated talcum powder worked in a building later condemned for being “full of asbestos” and told his doctor about his suspected exposure to the deadly fibers.