LEGAL NEWSLINE

SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - The Federal Trade Commission will not have to hand over internal documents that show how it has interpreted a federal online shopping law through the years, as a federal judge has declined Amazon's request for access.

The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has initiated an investigation into the death of Gerardo Santiago De Los Santos, who died on September 13, 2024, following a vehicle collision involving a member of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in Brooklyn.

Attorney General Kaul and Office of School Safety Executive Director Meet with Wisconsin Students to Discuss School Safety

Attorney General Hilgers Leads 24 States in Opposing California’s Electric Truck Mandate

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii, has been charged by a criminal complaint in the Southern District of Florida with firearms charges related to an incident at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on September 15.

The Justice Department has selected 17 federally recognized Tribes to participate in the continued expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP). This program provides Tribal governments with means to access, enter, and exchange data with national crime information systems, including those maintained by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division. The announcement follows Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s visits to Montana, New Mexico, and South Dakota, where he met with numerous Tribal and federal law enforcement officials...

Siouxland Surgery Center LLP, doing business as Dunes Surgical Hospital (Dunes), United Surgical Partners International Inc. (USPI), and USP Siouxland Inc. have agreed to pay approximately $12.76 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations relating to improper financial relationships between Dunes and two physician groups. Dunes is a surgical hospital located in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. Since July 1, 2014, USPI has maintained partial ownership of Dunes through USP Siouxland, a wholly owned subsidiary of USPI. Dunes and USPI disclosed the arrangements at issue to...

Notices of comment have been issued by the Supreme Court in the following matters:

Six of eight contested provisions in the ballot language for a proposed state constitutional amendment to alter the drawing of legislative and congressional districts can remain as is, while two must be revised, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today.

OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept. 16, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a federal legal block on California’s Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. The regulation seeks to impose an electric-truck mandate on fleet owners, operators, and manufacturers, including trucking companies that drive one truck for as little as one day per year in California.

Following a 26-day trial, a jury in Kansas convicted Kaaba Majeed, 50, Yunus Rassoul, 39, James Staton, 62, Randolph Rodney Hadley, 49, Daniel Aubrey Jenkins, 43, and Dana Peach, 60, of conspiracy to commit forced labor. The jury additionally convicted Kaaba Majeed of five counts of forced labor. Two other co-defendants, Etenia Kinard, 48, and Jacelyn Greenwell, 45, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit forced labor.

Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement regarding the arrest of Austin Norris, 28, of Watts, Oklahoma, on a federal count of receiving or distributing material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.

Safe2Tell saw a 23% rise in reports for August 2024 compared to the same month in 2023, continuing an upward trend in reporting that the program saw in the previous school year.

State of Idaho Medal of Honor Commission awarded the 2024 Medal of Honor to Officer Chris Dance of the City of Boise Police Department in recognition of his heroic acts during the 2021 shooting at the Boise Towne Square Mall, during which two people lost their lives and several others were injured.

Attorney General Anne Lopez and 41 other attorneys general jointly called on congressional lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms.

The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement agreement with COBB Tuning Products to resolve claims related to the manufacture and sale of automotive emission defeat devices in violation of the Clean Air Act. The settlement requires COBB to pay a civil penalty of just over $2.9 million, based on the company’s limited ability to pay, and to cease the manufacture and sale of defeat devices.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that the Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) has arrested Malla M. Hart, 55, of Boiling Springs, S.C., on multiple charges including one count of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult, one count of Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent valued at $10,000 or more, and two counts of Forgery valued at less than $10,000. Hart was booked into the Spartanburg Detention Center on September 13, 2024.

Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office secured a conviction in East Carroll Parish on September 13 for a man charged with attempted second-degree murder.

On Friday, Sept. 13, two Puerto Rican men were sentenced for their destruction, removal, and filling of protected wetlands in Puerto Rico in violation of the Clean Water Act.

Attorney General Michelle Henry has announced the launch of an online portal designed to streamline the process for companies and other entities reporting data breaches that impact more than 500 Pennsylvania residents. This requirement is mandated under Pennsylvania law, effective September 26, 2024.