Senator Bob Menendez Found Guilty on All Counts in Jury Trial New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez was found guilty by a jury of 16 felony charges relating to a complex scheme to accept bribes in exchange for helping various individuals and two foreign governments in his...
Judge Finds Prosecutors Failed to Turn Over Potentially Exculpatory Evidence The judge presiding over actor Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case abruptly dismissed the case mid-trial after it was revealed that prosecutors had failed to turn over evidence the...
Rapper B.G. Must Have New Lyrics Approved by Government Under Judge’s Ruling A federal judge denied the request of the Department of Justice that would have prohibited rapper B.G., real name Christopher Dorsey, from “promoting and glorifying gun violence/murder and...
Decision Not to Hear Case Sets Up Future Decision As we have previously covered, the Supreme Court seemed poised to review the constitutionality of the Illinois law which banned the sale and transfer of various assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. However, the...
Almost 200 People Charged in Sweeping Nationwide Crackdown Announced by DOJ Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in a press conference that the Justice Department had recently filed charges against nearly 200 individuals for their roles in various frauds...
Ruling Narrows the Scope of Federal Bribery Law As we covered earlier this year, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of an Indiana mayor who was convicted in 2019 on federal bribery charges after he received $13,000 from a trucking company for consulting fees...
Many Federal Agencies See Drop in Number of Cases Prosecuted Since Pandemic Chicago and many other metropolitan areas around the United States are expected to see a sharp decline in the number of federal prosecutions that are tied to various federal law enforcement...
Court Rules Defendants Have Right to Confront Forensic Lab Technicians As we’ve previously covered, there are always potential issues when forensic evidence is introduced at trial. Last week, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that strengthened a...
Court Upholds Restrictions on Gun Possession for Domestic Abusers As we previously anticipated, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case which tested that the limits of the Second Amendment right to bear arms. At issue was the federal restriction that bans gun...
Charges Brought Against Illinois Resident for Dissemination and Possession of Child Pornography by AG’s Office Earlier this week, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office under Kwame Raoul announced several charges against a Brighton man, David Crane, in the Macoupin...
