LEGAL NEWSLINE

GREAT FALLS – Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced appointments to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force. The task force aims to break down jurisdictional barriers and identify causes contributing to missing and murdered Indigenous persons.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) of the Attorney General’s Office has charged five individuals in two separate investigations with defrauding the Medicaid program out of more than $10 million.

California Attorney General Bonta, together with law enforcement partners, announced the arrests of four suspects in Tulare County and the seizure of a large cache of illegal firearms, magazines, drugs, ammunition, and cash. This investigation was initiated on a subject determined to be prohibited through the Armed and Prohibited Persons database. Further investigation revealed additional illegal activity, resulting in the arrest of a group of suspects involved with significant illicit drug trafficking and manufacturing activities.

Attorney General Josh Stein has issued a statement regarding House Bill 495, which is now awaiting the Governor's approval.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Adventist Health Hanford over violations of the Unfair Competition Law, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Privacy Rule (HIPAA). The violations involved unauthorized disclosures of medical information to law enforcement concerning patients Adora Perez and Chelsea Becker. Both women experienced stillbirths at Adventist and subsequently had their protected health information (PHI) unlawfully shared with authorities, leading to their...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a judgment against Nomad Internet, resulting in $2 million in refunds to customers harmed by the company’s deceptive trade practices.

HONOLULU — On this historic day in 1865, word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached Galveston, Texas, marking the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth is both a time to honor the freedom and resilience of Black Americans and to reflect upon their pursuit of true racial equality that continues to this day.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a brief with 23 other states urging the Court to deny Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s request for a gag order on President Trump. According to Bailey, the gag order would violate the First Amendment by restricting Trump's ability to speak freely during the election season and preventing Americans from hearing open debate from presidential candidates. It would also prevent Trump from criticizing the raid on his home at Mar-a-Lago.

A jury in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has found Jason Lindemann, 53, guilty of fourteen counts related to a powerboat crash on the Fox River on July 9, 2022. The charges include two counts of Second Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety, eleven counts of Failing to Render Aid after a Boating Accident Resulting in Injury, and one count of Negligent Operation of a Boat.

DENVER (Legal Newsline) - A servicemember says he lost up to $8 million when the City of Denver shut his restaurant while he was on duty.

HARRISBURG - A former Penn State football player is suing over the sale of a frat house he helped to fund.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The National Park Service is defending its choice to stop accepting cash as it fights a federal lawsuit alleging it violated the Administrative Procedures Act.

WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - A commercial laboratory that the judge overseeing thousands of Zantac lawsuits acknowledges lies at the core of the scientific debate over whether the heartburn medicine causes cancer was paid $2 million for its work, court filings show.

A Three Forks man was sentenced in Gallatin County District Court on Monday to 110 years in Montana State Prison for the murder of a man in 2022, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced.

Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced efforts to raise public awareness of crimes against vulnerable adults, including a name change for the unit that investigates and prosecutes these crimes. The announcement coincides with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced over $7.4 million for the Finger Lakes region from a historic $462 million multistate settlement with JUUL Labs Inc. (JUUL) to combat the youth vaping epidemic. New York state will receive a total of $112.7 million through this settlement, which will be distributed to every county, Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), and the five largest cities in the state to support programs aimed at reducing and preventing underage vaping.

A federal judge in the Middle District of Alabama unsealed an eight-count indictment today, charging five individuals with sex trafficking and related offenses.

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that the Office of Attorney General has sent a cease-and-desist letter and filed a lawsuit against Pittsburgh-based Leda Health Corporation regarding the company’s so-called “Early Evidence Kits” to be used by victims following a sexual assault. The kits are marketed as enabling victims to collect “evidence” at home, rather than going to a hospital or medical facility.

A federal court on June 11 enjoined a Colorado company and its owner from manufacturing, distributing, or selling unauthorized vaping products.

Aaron T. Simmons, 26, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced today to 365 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release after he pleaded guilty in November 2023 to one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and one count of sex trafficking of a minor.