LEGAL NEWSLINE

Attorney General Aaron D. Ford filed a motion with the Nevada Supreme Court requesting expedited consideration of the appeals filed in the “fake electors” cases. Expedited consideration will clarify the path ahead for prosecuting these crimes.

Attorney General Phil Weiser and a coalition of six attorneys general announced an agreement to end unfair labor practices at oil change and auto services company Valvoline LLC, Valvoline Instant Oil Change Franchising Inc., and VGP Holdings LLC.

Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested seventy-eight-year-old William Campbell on Wednesday, July 31st, 2024, for 4 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a child.

Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that the IFLR 1000, a directory of leading transactional lawyers, has recognized 14 attorneys in its 2024 IFLR 1000 United States edition.

"Tropical Storm Debby is on track to hit North Carolina," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "While we don’t yet know how significant the damage could be, we do know how to prepare for storms. If you live in the potential path, please monitor news and weather reports, prepare your emergency supplies, and notify my office if you see any price gouging."

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) - A woman injured during liposuction will get an extra million dollars because she traveled to Virginia for the procedure, thanks to Maryland Supreme Court justices tasked with finding out where her lawsuit began.

Global law firm Reed Smith has been shortlisted by LMG Life Sciences as one of only eight firms to be finalists for Product Liability Firm of the Year at the publication’s 2024 Americas Awards.

Holland & Knight's Transportation & Infrastructure Industry Group invites you to join us for an insightful webinar delving into the transformative regulatory changes triggered by the recent Supreme Court decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises, which overturned the Chevron deference doctrine, and Corner Post, which extended the time period to bring challenges to a regulation under the Administrative Procedures Act.

Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extending the Deferred Action Program’s period of protection from deportation for noncitizen victims and witnesses of labor violations from two years to four years.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird co-led a 20-state coalition in a letter to the Biden-Harris administration, demanding it stop its fearmongering attempt to block state laws that protect Americans from discriminatory debanking.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland addressed the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa on August 6, 2024, highlighting both ongoing and recent developments in law enforcement efforts.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the State of Nebraska and other state enforcers, finding that Google violated antitrust laws by maintaining an illegal monopoly over the search engine market. The decision is expected to result in more options for consumers and is seen as a significant victory against Big Tech's dominance of the Internet.

On August 5, 2024, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser released a statement in response to the court ruling that found Google guilty of abusing its monopoly power in the search engine market.

Today, Deputy Attorney General delivered the keynote address at the 2024 Women in Federal Law Enforcement Annual Leadership Training.

Wisconsin Department of Justice Working to Protect Fair Elections

Shujun Wang, 75, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Chinese descent, an academic and author who helped start a pro-democracy organization in Queens, New York, that opposes the current communist regime in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), was convicted today on all four counts of an indictment charging him with acting and conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the U.S. Attorney General, criminal use of identification and making false statements to law enforcement.

As the East Coast of the United States prepares for potentially hazardous weather from Tropical Storm Debby, Attorney General Jason Miyares announced today that Governor Glenn Youngkin’s declaration of a state of emergency has triggered Virginia’s anti-price gouging statutes. These measures are designed to protect consumers from paying exorbitant prices for necessities during an emergency event.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a significant victory against Google, with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling that the company’s anticompetitive business practices and monopoly violate the Sherman Act, a federal antitrust law.

The Court ruled two Cincinnati city workers should receive a hearing to contest being placed on leave during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning Floridians to be cautious of price gouging, disaster scams, and fraud in the aftermath of Hurricane Debby. The hurricane affected millions of Floridians, bringing catastrophic storm surge along Florida’s west coast while making landfall in the Big Bend region early Monday morning. Many residents may now be seeking food, shelter, debris removal, or home repairs. Attorney General Moody’s Price Gouging Hotline remains activated for consumers to report allegations of extreme price increases and scams related to recovery...