Illinois is the First State to Eliminate Cash Bail The Illinois Supreme Court ruled this week that the elimination of a judge’s ability to impose cash bail on defendants facing criminal charges is constitutional, lifting an injunction on the provisions that were to...
Federal Judge Rejects SEC Case, Rules Cryptocurrency Token Not a Security In an update to our earlier coverage over the ongoing efforts of the SEC to regulate aspects of the cryptocurrency market, a Southern District of New York judge recently ruled that a token...
Individuals Seeking Expungement in Illinois Face Roadblocks In Illinois, there is a legal process that allows individuals that have been accused/convicted of certain crimes to have their records formally sealed or expunged from their criminal record, depending on the...
District Court Dismisses Indictment in Potentially Landmark Ruling A federal district court judge, the Honorable Carlton Reeves, in the Southern District of Mississippi dismissed an indictment against a man charged with being a felon in possession of a gun in...
DOJ Arrests Chinese Nationals for Fentanyl Distribution Two weeks ago the Department of Justice announced that they indicted eight Chinese nationals and filed criminal charges against four Chinese chemical manufacturing companies for alleged fentanyl manufacturing and...
