LEGAL NEWSLINE

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, have issued the statement below as students across the state in K-12 schools and on college and university campuses return to school.

In a letter to Congress, Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 41 other attorneys general today called on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. T

Colleen Laduzinski, Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Boston Office, was named one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's 2024 "Top Women of Law."

Mark Myers recently joined Steptoe & Johnson PLLC’s Litigation Department as Of Counsel in the firm’s Oklahoma City office.

CHARLESTON – A federal judge is requiring parties in a whistleblower lawsuit to file briefs addressing a recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Misha Tseytlin, leader of Troutman Pepper’s Appellate + Supreme Court practice, has been named among Crain’s Chicago Business’ 2024 Notable Leaders in Accounting Consulting & Law. Honorees have demonstrated the power to effect change in their role and area of practice, serve as role models and mentors, and promote inclusive practices in the workplace.

Gregory E. Ostfeld and Edward R. Winkofsky, shareholders in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Chicago office, were named 2024 Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law by Crain’s Chicago Business.

Clark Hill announced that Karl Frederic has joined the firm as a Member of its Real Estate team.Frederic brings to Clark Hill more than 30 years of broad-based legal experience, much of it in the New York metropolitan region.

BakerHostetler is among the changemakers in the legal profession acknowledged for again joining the Mansfield certification process.

Clark Hill announced that Roy Goldberg has joined its litigation team as a Member in Washington, D.C.

You're invited to the 19th annual Faegre Drinker M&A Conference in Minneapolis!

Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that its Denver office has a new location at 730 17th Street, Suite 730, Denver CO 80202.

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: