Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenges to Cook County, Illinois and Connecticut Assault Weapons Bans On June 30, 2026, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in two closely watched Second Amendment cases challenging local and state bans on AR-15-style...
Supreme Court Rules Geofence Warrants Are a Fourth Amendment Search As we have previously covered, the Supreme Court signaled that they would review the legality of “Geofencing,” the investigation tool police use when they know a crime occurred at a particular place...
Why the “Loss Amount” Is Often the Key Factor When someone is under investigation or charged with a federal fraud offense, one number that will be of vital importance is what is known as the “loss amount.” Oftentimes, this figure will matter more than any individual’s...
Charges Dismissed After Video Contradicts Agent’s Narrative in Arrest Earlier this month, federal prosecutors in Chicago charged three men with trying to rob undercover agents during an A.T.F. gun-trafficking sting in south suburban Country Club Hills. On paper, the...
Two June 2026 Circuit Rulings Create Circuit Split Within two weeks this June, two federal appeals courts upheld convictions for possessing an unregistered silencer under the National Firearms Act, (“NFA”) and reached that same result for opposite reasons. The Ninth...
On June 18, 2026, the Supreme Court handed down two decisions that could have significant implications for certain defendants who are facing charges, serving custodial sentences, or have previously been adjudicated for possessing firearms with a history of drug use or...
Illinois Enacts Hemp Regulations After Years of Legislative Failure Delta-8 products are known for their intoxicating effects similar to marijuana. When we last covered Illinois’ efforts to regulate Delta-8 after its widening popularity and ubiquitousness across the...
What the New Wave of Pistol Design Legislation Means for Illinois Gun Owners and the Second Amendment If you own a “Glock” in Illinois, one of the most popular brands of semi-automatic pistols in the United States, you should be paying close attention to recent...
Frequent Hallucinations Still Common in A.I. Models With the rapid development, hype, and proliferation of artificial intelligence, many non-lawyers may be asking themselves the question of whether or not they even need to hire a lawyer at this point to resolve their...
Supreme Court Rules Sentencing Disparities Cannot Justify Early Release for Pre-First Step Act Prisoners Whenever Congress changes the laws and regulations around what kind of sentences should be handed down in criminal cases, inevitably some of the first questions...
