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POCAHONTAS, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Toro faces a wrongful death lawsuit that said its zero-turn mower should have stopped moving forward when a 66-year-old woman became caught in low-hanging tree branches.

TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida woman says in a new lawsuit that a man recorded to her nude in the dressing room of a Forever 21 store.

CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A prominent asbestos law firm accused of cheating by J-M Manufacturing has filed the second part of its defense.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - An Ohio city needs to pay up after losing a $55 million lawsuit brought by a man beaten by cops who arrested him for no reason.

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey State Police (NJSP) Superintendent Colonel Patrick J. Callahan announced the release of the 2023 Audit of Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Data Collected and Utilized by New Jersey Law Enforcement.

New York Attorney General Letitia James issued an alert warning businesses against price gouging of essential items as severe weather impacts communities throughout New York.

Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined a 22-state coalition of state attorneys general in a letter calling on Congressional Leaders to support and pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (“SAVE”) Act.

In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the March 25, 2024, fatal shooting of John Carl Piazza by Waterloo police officers was “legally justified.”

A man involved in a fraudulent auto insurance scheme has been sentenced by an Arapahoe County District Court judge.

Attorney General Steve Marshall of Alabama has joined a coalition of 11 states in opposing the Biden Administration's proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The coalition submitted a public comment letter in response to the Department of Justice’s Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) regarding the proposed change.

A grand jury has returned a 22-count indictment charging Spencer Christjencody Gear, 32, of Las Vegas, Nevada, with threatening to assault and murder federal officials, including judges, and state employees in Washington, D.C., New York, New Jersey, and Montana.

The Justice Department has reached an agreement with Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), to recover artwork by Pablo Picasso and a financial account in Switzerland linked to funds allegedly embezzled from 1MDB. Additionally, the department has obtained forfeiture orders on other assets allegedly purchased with 1MDB funds by Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, including diamond jewelry and artwork by Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Diane Arbus.

The Grand Forks Veterans Treatment Court was featured on July 22, 2024, in a news story by WDAY and the Fargo Forum. The coverage emphasized the positive transformations in the lives of court participants and highlighted the efforts of Presiding Judge Donald Hager along with his team dedicated to assisting veterans through their legal challenges.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has submitted an amicus brief to the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, in support of the Koi Nation in the case of Koi Nation v. Clearlake. The legal dispute centers on a proposed hotel site that the Koi Nation claims contains significant tribal cultural resources. The tribe asserts that the City of Clearlake did not adequately consult with them or consider the project's impacts on these resources, thereby violating the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and its tribal consultation requirements established by...

(DELAWARE, Ohio) — The former chief executive officer of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium entered a plea of guilty today ahead of his trial date, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.

Two residents of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, were extradited to the United States last week and made their initial appearance in Newark federal court yesterday on charges related to their participation in a sprawling “grandparent scam” that defrauded elderly Americans out of millions of dollars.

A federal jury convicted a Louisiana physician yesterday for conspiring to illegally distribute over 1.8 million doses of Schedule II controlled substances, including oxycodone and morphine, and for defrauding health care benefit programs of more than $5.4 million.

LANSING – On Friday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony with the Michigan Public Service Commission, arguing for significant reductions to Upper Peninsula Power Company’s (UPPCO) latest electric rate hike request. UPPCO filed its request with the Commission in March, seeking a 16% rate hike for all customers to raise $16.9 million in added revenue. The company also aims to raise its profit margin on infrastructure investments from 9.9% to 10.7%, potentially making it the highest return on equity in the state and possibly the nation.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced charges against three individuals allegedly involved in 13 vehicle thefts or attempted thefts across California. The incidents, which occurred between July 2023 and March 2024, involved a conspiracy to steal high-performance vehicles from the counties of El Dorado, Kings, Monterey, Riverside, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, and Tulare. The Department of Justice's Special Prosecutions Section filed the charges following an investigation and arrests conducted by the Visalia Police Department.

Andrezj Boryga, 67, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to 24 months in prison and two years of supervised release for willfully transmitting threats to injure other people and for choosing his victims because of their religion.