Controversial Practice Already “Categorically” Prohibited by Lower Courts As we have previously covered, law enforcement’s use of “geofencing” warrants, which uses GPS, cellular networks, and Wi-Fi to track location information of potential users at a specific time...
Predator Vigilantes, Viral Justice, and the Legal Minefield As we have previously covered, there is a growing trend across the United States in which private individuals or groups seek to entrap, record, and expose suspected sexual predators through “sting”...
Landmark Ruling Finds that Conversations with Chatbots Generally Aren’t Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege With the rise of artificial intelligence and the popularity of chatbots, it was inevitable that courts were going to be forced to deal with a fundamental...
Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office to Take Lead to Prosecutorial Task Force Earlier last week, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago will serve as a lead prosecutorial partner on the...
Accusations of Widespread Racial Profiling and Mounting Civil Rights Lawsuits Following a year-long investigation, four members of an eight-person team working in the Chicago Police Department’s (“CPD”) Near North Side's 18th District, which covers parts of Lincoln...
Illinois Considers Proposal for Strictest Blood Alcohol Concentration Limits in the Nation Recently it was announced that Illinois lawmakers are currently considering a bill that would amend the Illinois Vehicle Code to lower the presumptive Blood Alcohol...
New Enforcement Team Starting to Pay Dividends for Department of Justice in Chicago As we previously covered, last year the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced the formation of a new “Healthcare Fraud Section” in the...
Smart Doorbells and Secret Surveillance Capabilities Revealed The ongoing saga surrounding the sudden disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, has grabbed headlines across the nation as people are concerned for the well-being of the...
Appeal Court Rules “Just Talking” Can Become a Seizure Under the Fourth Amendment In a recent ruling, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals found that a seemingly consensual and cordial encounter with law enforcement violated an individual's rights to be free from...
Double Jeopardy Bars Second Conviction for Similar Conduct In a recent Untied States Supreme Court case, Barrett v. United States, the Court ruled in a unanimous decision that a defendant cannot be convicted and sentenced twice for a single act under the specific gun...
