LEGAL NEWSLINE

MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - A police officer who was fired over offensive Facebook posts after he arrested former Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown doesn’t have a constitutional right to get his old job back, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled.

SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - In a decision with broad implications for the cost of healthcare in Oregon, the state Supreme Court ruled hospitals can be sued for providing drugs plaintiffs consider defective, spreading potential liability beyond drugmakers to include any entity that administers pharmaceuticals to patients.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida daycare facility faces allegations it let a child play with toys that appeared to be leaking bleach.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida lawsuit alleges the City of Boca Raton took the remains of a woman's mother and placed them in the burial plot the daughter had planned for herself.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco journeyed to San Francisco this week to attend the 2024 RSA Cybersecurity Conference. The trip was part of her effort to highlight the Justice Department's initiatives in combating cybercrime and other persistent and emerging threats to national security, including the misuse of disruptive technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI).

In a joint effort with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and the Florida Department of Transportation, Attorney General Ashley Moody has issued a Consumer Alert to warn Floridians about a new smishing scam. The Federal Bureau of Investigation reports that scammers are sending fraudulent text messages to individuals, alleging unpaid toll fees and providing links to settle these supposed debts. These links, however, are malicious and designed to steal victims' money.

The Justice Department has secured a settlement agreement with Second Nature, a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization. The agreement addresses the department's findings that Second Nature contravened the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by publishing discriminatory job advertisements that discouraged non-U.S. citizens from applying for vacant positions.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office is leading a coalition of eight states in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a group of parents who are challenging Michigan’s Blaine Amendment that prohibits nonpublic elementary and secondary schools from receiving public aid.

Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Money Laundering and Unlawful Export of Military Data

Attorney General Moody Files Criminal Charges Against Two Men Operating Crypto Money Laundering Scheme Transferring Millions to Colombia

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Businesses have received a measure of relief from the California Supreme Court, which has rejected a call for penalties against a company that thought it was complying with state law.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - Tennessee educators will get to move forward with their challenge to the state's Prohibited Concepts Ban, which they argue will open them to disciplinary proceedings started by disgruntled students and parents.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is pointing at addiction statistics as he tries to hold together a state law targeting youth usage of social media websites.

TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Parents of a 17-year-old daughter who worked at a Florida Wendy's say her wrongful firing caused her to be missing for five days.

A federal grand jury in Memphis, Tennessee returned an eight-count indictment today, charging former Memphis Police Officer Patric J. Ferguson with federal civil rights, kidnapping and weapons offenses related to the fatal shooting of a victim identified as R.H. The indictment also implicates Ferguson and a civilian, Joshua M. Rogers, in federal offenses for allegedly conspiring to cover up the fatal shooting and destroying evidence of the crimes. Additionally, Rogers is charged with being an accessory after the fact for purportedly assisting Ferguson in concealing his crimes.

DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - Groups challenging the Department of Labor's new rules concerning who can be considered a "fiduciary" and held liable for the loss of retirement funds say courts have already rejected this effort.

An indictment was unsealed today in the Eastern District of Virginia, charging seven men with racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO) conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. The charges are related to their alleged involvement in a large-scale gas pump skimming device organization.

The Justice Department disclosed today that Hyundai Capital America has consented to pay $333,941 to settle allegations of violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) through the illegal repossession of 26 vehicles owned by servicemembers.

America First Legal Sues IBM Subsidiary “Red Hat” for Alleged Anti-White, Anti-Male Discrimination

The Buckeye Institute, along with the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), filed an amicus brief in Hile v. Michigan, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule Michigan's anti-religion Blaine amendment unconstitutional.