LEGAL NEWSLINE

Lincoln -- On Monday, Attorney General Mike Hilgers led a coalition of eleven states in submitting a public comment letter opposing the Biden Administration’s proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III on the federal Controlled Substances Act.

A Chinese national has been indicted for his involvement in a conspiracy to import what is believed to be the largest amount of fentanyl precursors ever found in the Southern District of Texas, and one of the largest in the United States.

Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a statement regarding the release of officer-worn body camera footage showing the fatal July 6 shooting of Sonya Massey by a former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the sentencing of a Southern California dentist and two employees for a fraudulent billing scheme that defrauded the state Medi-Cal program of nearly $800,000. Dr. Magaly Mercedes Velasquez and her spouse, Maria Jose Talavera, who served as an office manager, were sentenced by the Riverside County Superior Court to 364 days in jail and ordered to pay restitution amounting to $770,238 to Medi-Cal. Jessica Monique Perez, the billing manager, will be placed on probation for two years. The prosecution was conducted by the California...

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and the attorneys general of 21 other states urged the U.S. Senate to join the U.S. House and immediately support the Safeguard American Voter and Eligibility (SAVE) Act.

Superior Court Judge Jason Gist sentenced Kelly Crane to a composite 64 years in jail with 12 years suspended, 15 years of supervised probation, and sex offender registration and treatment.

America First Legal (AFL) has initiated an investigation into the role of the Biden Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the prosecution of Texas Children’s Hospital whistleblower Dr. Eithan Haim.

OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1506 (AB 1506), released a report today on Che Noe Zuniga Jr.’s death from an officer-involved shooting in Bakersfield, California, on August 7, 2021. The incident involved officers from the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD). The report is part of the California Department of Justice's (DOJ) ongoing efforts to provide transparency and accountability in law enforcement practices. It provides a detailed analysis of the incident and outlines DOJ's findings. After a thorough investigation, DOJ concluded...

North Dakota commissioners are attending the Uniform Law Commission's annual meeting in Boston, which runs through July 25.

A Kentucky man was arrested today and charged with federal hate crime and firearms offenses for threatening a Palestinian American man with a loaded gun.

A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted an Anchorage doctor and her husband on charges of health care fraud and tax evasion.

A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty today to not paying more than $14 million in employment taxes and not filing personal tax returns.

The Attorney General’s Office announced that Arelis Vazquez-Arce, 34, of Lebanon, New Hampshire, was sentenced today in Vermont Superior Court, Windsor Criminal Division, after pleading guilty to one felony count of Conspiracy to Sell Heroin.

A Nigerian national was sentenced today to 85 months in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme. With today’s sentencing, each of the six defendants connected with this matter has been sentenced.

Attorney General Ashley Moody continues to advocate for mental health support for Florida law enforcement officers. Today in St. Petersburg, Attorney General Moody addressed the first graduates of Florida’s Law Enforcement Mental Health Certificate at St. Petersburg College. The pilot program is funded through a 2023 state budget allocation supported by Attorney General Moody. The 14 graduates are now certified to help officers struggling with mental health issues in the law enforcement agencies where they serve.

America First Legal (AFL) has released a new set of documents obtained from litigation against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These documents indicate further evidence of coordination between the CDC and social media companies to manage public narratives regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office rejected the petition summary of an untitled proposed constitutional amendment seeking to add an article and a section to the Ohio Constitution.

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Rhode Island, state leaders, and community advocates and partners, highlighted public safety legislation passed in 2024 to extend the “lookback” period for impaired driving offenses from five years to 10 years.

The Utah Attorney General’s Office is sharing consumer protection reminders and raising awareness about the availability of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services following Change Healthcare’s February data breach.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit filed two new felony criminal cases.