LEGAL NEWSLINE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody joined state and local health officials at an event in Seminole County to recognize Florida’s first Revive Awareness Day. The day aims to highlight the dangers of opioid misuse and the life-saving potential of naloxone. During the event, Attorney General Moody announced increased participation in Helping Heroes, a program she initiated to provide free naloxone to first responders statewide.

The 5th Judicial District Problem-Solving Court will hold a graduation and celebration on Monday, June 10, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. The event will take place at the York County Courthouse located at 510 N. Lincoln Avenue, York, Nebraska.

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul attended a training session on the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of Crime Victim Services’ address confidentiality program, Safe at Home, in Appleton, Wis. The program offers a legal substitute address for victims or those threatened with domestic abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, stalking, and trafficking to maintain their physical safety.

The Attorney General’s Office announced that William Smith, 57, of Sheldon, Vermont, was sentenced today in Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Criminal Division, after pleading guilty to one felony count of luring a child. The Court, with Judge Alison Arms presiding, sentenced Mr. Smith by plea agreement to one year in prison and a 15-year term of probation with conditions that he complete sex offender programming, have no contact with minors, and restrict his access to the internet. If Mr. Smith violates the terms of his probation, he faces up to five years in jail. Mr. Smith...

Attorney General Josh Stein today joined elder care advocates to share a resource card designed to assist seniors and families in North Carolina with navigating care options for the aging population. June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month, and the Department of Justice is focused on protecting North Carolinians, including senior citizens, from scams, fraud, and abuse.

An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued a consumer alert warning New Yorkers about the rise of online romance scams. These schemes, often referred to as "pig butchering," involve fraudsters using dating apps, social media, and unsolicited text messages to befriend victims and then convince them to make fraudulent investments.

Chief Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler today announced the creation of the Attorney Retention & Recruitment Committee to address Wisconsin’s attorney shortage, particularly acute in rural counties. The committee includes deans from Wisconsin's two law schools, representatives from the State Bar of Wisconsin, and attorneys and judges statewide. Chief judges from the state’s nine judicial administrative districts will help lead the effort.

The Justice Department’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) has updated safeguards for bankruptcy funds by introducing a revised and modernized depository agreement for banks and financial institutions that accept bankruptcy estate deposits.

A federal jury has convicted a California man for sending threatening emails to the FBI, including threats to bomb its Los Angeles Field Office and references to the notorious "Unabomber." Mark William Anten, 52, of Sun Valley, was found guilty of two counts of threats by interstate communication. He has been in federal custody since December 2023.

LANSING – Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a notice of intervention this week in Consumers Energy Company’s latest electric rate case (U-21585) before the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), filed on May 31, 2024. Consumers Energy seeks a rate hike of approximately $303 million annually which, if approved, would take effect in March 2025. Only three months ago, the MPSC approved a $92 million electric rate hike for Consumers, which took effect this March.

Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a multistate coalition of 11 attorneys general, submitted a comment letter in response to the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services’ request for information regarding consolidation in health care by private equity. In their letter, the attorneys general outline possible enforcement and regulatory actions to address the detrimental effects of private equity health care transactions that have harmed patients and undermined the financial viability of health care providers.

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been found guilty by a Providence County Superior Court jury of felony assault and firearms charges for shooting a 32-year-old male victim in 2022.

Attorney General Delivers Remarks at ATF’s Third Annual Chiefs of Police Executive Forum on Crime Guns

Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. is pleased to announce Tanya A. Bovée has been named a 2024 recipient of the Edwin Archer Randolph Award by the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity (LCD).

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and a coalition of 13 attorneys general urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into the July 2020 murder of Garrett Foster.

Peckar & Abramson is proud to have represented one of the nation’s largest general contractors in the achievement of a $48 million award in its favor and the denial of a $135 million claim against it in Federal Court in the Middle District of Florida on May 3, 2024 arising out of the FDOT’s $2.3 billion reconstruction of I-4, a P3 project and the Department’s largest project ever in the State of Florida.

This month, the Utah Attorney General’s Office honors Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Gwendolyn Gibbs, 72, owner of the Houston-area Daybreak Rehabilitation Center, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for orchestrating a $15 million health care fraud and kickback scheme.

Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has entered into an agreement that will allow for the environmental remediation and redevelopment of a contaminated property in Everett formerly owned by Exxon Mobil at 52 Beachman Street, 51 Robin Street, 0 South Tank Farm Road and 211 Wharf Area.