LEGAL NEWSLINE

Certain members of the media, political organizations, candidates, and pro-abortion groups have attempted to create confusion regarding Louisiana's abortion laws for their own financial or political agendas. These organizations profit from the misinformation they spread.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a comment letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to uphold a federal legal block on California's Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. This regulation seeks to impose an electric-truck mandate on fleet owners, operators, and manufacturers, including those who operate in California for as little as one day per year. A coalition of 24 states argues that the EPA should not permit California to exceed its statutory and regulatory authority by implementing a mandate that could disrupt national logistics and...

The Justice Department announced today its withdrawal from the 1995 Bank Merger Guidelines, emphasizing that the 2023 Merger Guidelines remain its sole and authoritative statement across all industries.

LANSING — Yesterday, Colleen Kelly O’Connor, 58, of East Lansing, was sentenced to two years of probation with the first six months in jail by Judge Cori E. Barkman of the 29th Circuit Court in Clinton County for her role in the death of an 82-year-old woman in December 2022, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. O’Connor was convicted in June by a Clinton County jury of one count of Vulnerable Adult Abuse — Second Degree. The victim, who was under O’Connor’s care at Vista Springs Imperial Park at Timber Ridge, an assisted living facility in Clinton County, died of...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced today the sentencing of the final four individuals out of a total of twelve defendants involved in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme. The scheme, which included identity theft and money laundering, resulted in an estimated loss of $15 million over several years. Charges from the April 2021 indictment included conspiracy, mortgage fraud, grand theft, identity theft, forgery, filing false or forged documents, and money laundering.

The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has initiated an investigation into the death of Vilmond Jean-Baptiste, who died on September 13, 2024, following an encounter with members of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in Brooklyn.

On September 17, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered remarks on the 30th anniversary of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) in the Great Hall. In her speech, Monaco highlighted the significant contributions and achievements of the COPS Office since its inception in 1994.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – America First Legal (AFL) has initiated investigations into the Biden-Harris Administration’s records concerning Ryan Wesley Routh following a second assassination attempt on President Trump.

The deadline for applications for a part-time justice court judge position serving Providence, Utah has been extended. This vacancy follows the resignation of Judge Matthew Funk in January.

What impact could the 2024 elections have on the healthcare industry, and what do healthcare providers and plans need to know as they look ahead?

Attorney General John M. Formella announces that in a letter sent to Congress this week he and a bipartisan coalition of 41 other attorneys general are calling on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms.

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Heryka Knoespel, an attorney with extensive experience in defense litigation and financial services, has joined Troutman Pepper’s Consumer Financial Services Practice in Charlotte as a partner.

Private Equity attorney Mike Miller will moderate an interactive panel at the iGlobal 17th Independent Sponsors Summit in New York City.

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, have issued the statement below as students across the state in K-12 schools and on college and university campuses return to school.

In a letter to Congress, Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 41 other attorneys general today called on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. T

Colleen Laduzinski, Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Boston Office, was named one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's 2024 "Top Women of Law."

Mark Myers recently joined Steptoe & Johnson PLLC’s Litigation Department as Of Counsel in the firm’s Oklahoma City office.

CHARLESTON – A federal judge is requiring parties in a whistleblower lawsuit to file briefs addressing a recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Misha Tseytlin, leader of Troutman Pepper’s Appellate + Supreme Court practice, has been named among Crain’s Chicago Business’ 2024 Notable Leaders in Accounting Consulting & Law. Honorees have demonstrated the power to effect change in their role and area of practice, serve as role models and mentors, and promote inclusive practices in the workplace.