LEGAL NEWSLINE

Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced today that a suburban Cook County man was sentenced to prison for his role in the drug-induced homicide of a Carol Stream man who died after overdosing on fentanyl and heroin.

Krystal Davis, 37, of Detroit, was sentenced to two years' probation by Judge Bradley L. Cobb in the Third Circuit Court in Wayne County for operating as an unlicensed real estate agent and accountant. The announcement was made by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. In June, Davis pled no contest to one count of Accounting Violations-Unlicensed CPA and two counts of Occupational Code-Unlicensed Real Estate Agent.

A Florida man pleaded guilty today to evading nearly $2.4 million in taxes on income he earned from his business.

Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty today to all charges against him in the indictment returned by a federal grand jury in March 2024. The charges include conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license, and bribery of a public official.

New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation (OSI) today released its report on the death of Edward Holmes, who died on February 24, 2024, after an encounter with members of the Buffalo Police Department (BPD) in Buffalo. Following a thorough investigation, which included a review of body-worn camera footage, interviews with involved officers, and comprehensive legal analysis, OSI concluded that a prosecutor would not be able to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt at trial that the officers’ actions against Mr. Holmes were justified under...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Cyber Crime Unit arrested a Slidell man on August 13, 2024.

America First Legal (AFL) has filed a lawsuit against the New York District Attorney’s Office for allegedly withholding documents requested under the New York Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). The records pertain to District Attorney Alvin Bragg's investigation into former President Donald Trump.

Attorney General Tong joins multistate coalition to secure $4.5 million from biotech company for failing to protect health data

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against General Motors, alleging the company engaged in false, deceptive, and misleading business practices by unlawfully collecting and selling the private driving data of over 1.5 million Texans to insurance companies without their knowledge or consent.

The Office of Special Prosecutions has completed its review of an officer-involved shooting from Nov. 1, 2023, involving Michael Grimes and Alaska State Trooper Sergeant Aaron Mobley, Trooper Scott McAfee, Trooper Trevor Norris, and North Slope Borough Police Department Officer John-Ashton Swope near Healy.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced a petition calling on the Biden-Harris EPA to create a farming freedom rule to end misleading labels on glyphosate and stop California from dictating how Iowa farmers farm.

The deadline for local governments and counties to register to receive funds from the $1.2 billion National Kroger Settlement is August 12.

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a South Kingstown man has been sentenced in Washington County Superior Court to serve 25 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading nolo contendere to multiple counts of child molestation against a victim under the age of 14 from 2015 to 2022.

Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after a federal judge ruled yesterday that Google had broken the law when it tried to ensure its market dominance in a lawsuit that Arkansas, the U.S. Department of Justice, and 13 other state attorneys general brought against the tech giant.

Greenpeace USA is scheduled to go to trial next February over claims it played a central role in violent protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline, which a federal judge once described as “mindless and senseless criminal mayhem.”

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY (Legal Newsline) - Hours before hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal advertising would have begun flowing to the county's newspaper of record, legislators took an emergency vote to rip up a contract it had with the South Shore Press, and instead allocated those taxpayer dollars to a competing paper owned by a GOP boss and party contributor.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in asking the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to uphold the national TikTok divest-or-ban legislation passed by Congress earlier this year.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said repairing Starbucks’ damaged brand has to start from within, referencing the company’s current operations issues and corporate culture. He posted his statement in a May 6 open letter on LinkedIn.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Chipotle is disguising expensive service fees on delivery orders as taxes, a class action lawsuit alleges.

LUBBOCK, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Texas electric repair company says a new federal law requiring it to provide leave for employees seeking abortions is unconstitutional.