LEGAL NEWSLINE

Attorney General Gentner Drummond made the following statement after the execution of Emmanuel Littlejohn, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the brutal murder of 31-year-old Kenny Meers during a convenience store robbery in June 1992.

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced that they have filed a complaint in Superior Court against Virtua Health, Inc. (Virtua), and the network of hospitals it runs in Voorhees, Mount Holly, and Camden, New Jersey.

In celebration of Climate Week, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced the completion of the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF), an innovative, community-led grant program that invested more than $68.6 million in environmental initiatives for Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is currently investigating a death that occurred in the Village of Caledonia, Wisconsin. The incident took place on the evening of Monday, September 30, 2024.

Congratulations to Fox Rothschild partner Leron E. Rogers, who was highlighted by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as part of its 2024 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEI&B) honorees.

Shook Co-Chair of Complex Litigation Strategic Counseling Patrick Oot and Associate Shannon Schoultz are co-presenting a CLE webinar hosted by the Association of Corporate Counsel National Capital Region.

A 32-year old cold case was reopened and a Norfolk jury found Vernon Lorenzo Gay guilty on Wednesday of rape and armed burglary with intention to commit rape. This a 1992 cold case reopened due to DNA testing provided by the Virginia Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI).

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Pawtucket man has been indicted on multiple counts of sexual assault against a patient who was known to him at Tockwotton Assisted Living Facility in East Providence in May 2024.

SHERMAN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants a Texas federal judge to throw out claims it lacks the authority to prosecute a company offering lease-to-own financial products.

Applications are now open for a full-time justice court judge position in West Jordan, Utah. The role will replace Judge Ronald Kunz, who is set to retire in January.

The Supreme Judicial Court will hold oral arguments at three Maine high schools next week, hearing a total of nine cases.

Following the devastating flooding caused by Hurricane Helene, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has issued a warning to scammers and price gougers.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) has arrested Rose Sherrie Davis, 64 years old, of Irmo, SC for one count of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult {43-35-0085 (D)}, one count of Financial Identity Fraud {16-13-0510(B)}, two (2) counts of Financial Transaction Card Fraud, value more than $500 in a six-month period {16-14-0060(a)(1-5)}, and one count of Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, value $10,000 or more {16-13-0230(A)}.

Virginia’s right to retrieve law marked yet another victory as the Virginia Supreme Court summarily affirmed the ruling of the Court of Appeals that the plaintiffs in this case procedurally defaulted on their appeal.