LEGAL NEWSLINE

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland addressed the nation on July 14, 2024, regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump. In his statement, Garland expressed relief that Trump was unharmed and extended condolences to the family of a spectator who was killed during the incident.

On July 13, 2024, America First Legal (AFL) announced the initiation of an investigation into the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The probe aims to determine whether President Trump was denied additional U.S. Secret Service protection by the Biden administration, as suggested by recent reports.

OKLAHOMA CITY (July 13, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond commented on an apparent assassination attempt on President Trump today during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The Justice Department released a statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland regarding the shooting at former President Donald J. Trump’s rally.

Today, following the assassination attempt on President Trump and the death of an innocent American, America First Legal (AFL) launched a new investigation into the calendar entries for the days leading up to July 13, 2024, of the Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Secret Service and the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, General Counsel, Chief of Staff, and any Front Office advisor at U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Attorney General Raúl Labrador issued a statement on July 13, 2024, regarding the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump. In his statement, Labrador emphasized the importance of unity and civility in times of political turmoil.

Kasia Mulligan, national spokesperson for Patients Come First (PCF), said a rise in federal civil lawsuits against healthcare industries is driven by “frivolous lawsuits” from firms looking for a return on investment, often leading to the detriment of the patients.

ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A judicial order handed down during the early days of the COVID pandemic suspended all deadlines in civil lawsuits including the statute of repose, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled, reviving a medical malpractice suit by a woman who claims a hospital misdiagnosed sepsis that cost her parts of her fingers and toes.

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced victories against two recent unlawful and undemocratic mandates by the Biden Administration that inflict harm on Americans, economy, and economic security.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for not providing documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The inquiry aims to gather information on alleged IRS obstruction in implementing an economic relief measure intended to support small business owners in Missouri.

Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division traveled to The Hague, Netherlands, this week to address the Counterterrorism Law Enforcement Forum (CTLEF) and to convene a high-level meeting with European partners on stopping the illicit flow of sensitive technology to foreign adversaries.

A jury convicted Gregory and David Melton yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Savannah, Georgia, for their role in a conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate markets for sales of ready-mix concrete in Georgia and South Carolina. The conspiracy, which began as early as 2010 and continued until about July 2016, involved coordinating price-increase letters to customers, allocating specific jobs in the coastal Georgia area, and submitting bids to customers at collusive and noncompetitive prices.

Butler, Pennsylvania-based Armstrong Group has agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly violating the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rules governing the agency’s High-Cost Program and submitting improper costs to inflate the subsidies it received from the federal Universal Service Fund (USF).

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that his office has filed a motion in Providence County Superior Court seeking to hold Prospect Medical Holdings (Prospect) in contempt for failing to comply with a recent court decision. The decision, issued by Judge Brian P. Stern on June 12, 2024, ordered Prospect to pay millions in overdue accounts payable to vendors.

The Justice Department's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Counterterrorism (State CT) co-hosted the third annual meeting of the Counterterrorism Law Enforcement Forum (CTLEF) in The Hague on July 10 and 11. This event aimed to enhance international cooperation in countering racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism (REMVE).

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources (GWAAR), announced that the Wisconsin Elder Abuse Hotline is a recipient of a 2024 USAging Aging Achievement Award.

A Texas pharmaceutical marketer was sentenced today to two years and five months in prison and ordered to pay over $59 million in restitution for conspiring to defraud the United States, receiving illegal kickbacks in exchange for compounded medications prescription referrals, and money laundering.

The United States and Canada have a longstanding security, law enforcement, and intelligence partnership centered on protecting public safety, consistent with rights protected by law. To advance shared goals, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas hosted Canada’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General Arif Virani and Canada’s Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc in Washington, D.C., for the U.S.-Canada Cross Border Crime Forum (CBCF). This meeting is the third CBCF since it was reestablished by President...

Last night, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order preliminarily enjoining the Biden Administration’s Title IX rules in a lawsuit filed by America First Legal (AFL) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against President Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, and others. This preliminary injunction will stop the implementation of the Title IX rules across schools nationwide.

A federal jury convicted a U.S. Navy Reserve commander today on multiple criminal charges related to a years-long bribery scheme involving Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for Afghan nationals.