LEGAL NEWSLINE

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Warren man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 40 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to attempting to kill his mother in 2021.

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced the sentencing of former dentist Seyed Hamid Tofigh, 57, of Potomac, Maryland, after The Honorable Carol Ann Corderre of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County found Tofigh to have violated the terms of his probation from a home-detention sentence imposed in February of this year.

Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the New Hampshire Department of Justice has completed its investigation in the officer-involved shooting that took place on January 21, 2024, at 49 Marie Avenue in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Matthew Ingber, managing partner of Mayer Brown’s New York office, has been named a finalist by New York Law Journal (NYLJ) for the “Office Managing Partner of the Year” award.

Quinn Emanuel has been ranked amongst the top ten Most Active and Best Performing Law Firms in the Patexia 2024 ANDA Intelligence Report.

McGuireWoods Baltimore partner Anna Horevay has been recognized as a 2024 Rising Star by The Bond Buyer, the daily national newspaper of the municipal bond industry.

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli recently advised Bluestone Investment Partners in obtaining the first ever Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative (SBICCT) license issued by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

Johnson & Johnson has proposed, for the third time, a simple deal for plaintiffs claiming its cosmetic talcum powder gave them cancer: File a claim in bankruptcy court, and get a check for up to $200,000.

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that the application period is open for the 2025 New Jersey Attorney General’s Honors Program, a two-year program that offers recent law school graduates and newly admitted lawyers the opportunity to start their legal careers in public service in the Department of Law and Public Safety.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a response to the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) appeal of Ohio’s trial court victory defending the legality of the state’s ban on medical interventions seeking to transition the sex or gender of a minor.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to deny an application from the Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation (SEOPC) to build a hydroelectric power plant on the Kiamichi River in Pushmataha County.

HARRISBURG – Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the arrest of a McKeesport detective and former Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) financial officer on charges related to the theft of more than $1 million from his union lodge.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has led a 23-state brief in support of Florida’s appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida. Marshall urged the Eleventh Circuit to reverse the district court’s injunction on Florida’s law that places restrictions on sex-change procedures and prohibits administering puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries to minors for gender transition purposes. This action follows Marshall's leadership of a 22-state coalition two months prior, asking the Court of Appeals to allow Florida to...

The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that in civil lawsuits, only jurors who find a person acted negligently can vote to determine if that person is at fault for causing the plaintiff’s injuries. This decision applies specifically to negligence cases, requiring three-fourths of the jury members to agree on a verdict.

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for evading his personal and employment taxes.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit against the Columbus City Schools Board of Education, alleging that the district has failed to fulfill its legal obligation to transport students to charter and private schools. The suit, a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Ohio Supreme Court, seeks immediate compliance from the district.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the case of Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC., dba Triton Distribution, et al. The brief supports the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to deny marketing authorization for certain candy- and fruit-flavored vape products, arguing that these products are not appropriate for public health protection. This action follows a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in January 2024 that favored manufacturers...

A federal grand jury indicted Dun Terrius Bradford, 53, of Sale City, Georgia, on charges of illegally possessing 67 dogs for fighting purposes, manufacturing and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base, and possessing five firearms in furtherance of those offenses. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia unsealed the indictment in conjunction with Bradford’s arrest today.

LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued a statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Education’s recent attempt to cancel student loans.

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Westerly man has been sentenced in Washington County Superior Court to serve 10 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for sexually assaulting a victim under the age of 14 in 2021 and 2022.