LEGAL NEWSLINE

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - South Carolina faces another hurdle as it refuses to increase penalties for labor violations, which the federal government says it is required to do.

Michelle Johnson has been named the recipient of a 2024 Impact Award by Vistage, the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize businesses.

Attorney General William Tong issued a statement regarding the recent rate increases approved by the Connecticut Insurance Department for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, ConnectiCare, and United/Oxford plans available on the individual and small group market. These plans are accessible both on and off the state-sponsored exchange.

Attorney General Raoul issued a statement on September 6, 2024, regarding a Sangamon County Circuit Court decision in the case of Illinois Baptist State Association v. Illinois Department of Insurance. The court granted Raoul's motion for summary judgment, preserving a provision of the Illinois Reproductive Health Act. This provision mandates that health insurance products regulated by the Illinois Department of Insurance covering pregnancy care must also cover abortion care.

Judge Jennifer Nichols was sworn in as the newest circuit court judge for the 18th Judicial District on August 22 at the Sumner County Courthouse. Her 4-year-old granddaughter, Ann Campbell Boulki, held the Bible during the oath of office.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that 21 officers, including nine tribal law enforcement officers, will graduate from the state’s tribal prioritized law enforcement class course on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

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.