Chicagoland Federal Judge Advocates for Increased Penalties Under Sentencing Guidelines Federal District Court Judge Iain Johnston in Rockford, along with former Illinois State Police Col. Mike Snyders, wrote a letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission advocating for...
Department of Justice Announces Seizure of International Cybercrime Network Assets The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced the seizure of 39 domains and servers linked to the Pakistan-based cybercrime network known as Saim Raza, or HeartSends, which the...
DOJ to Devote Major Resources to Eliminating Cartels Shortly after receiving her confirmation and swearing into office, the new Attorney General Pam Bondi issued 14 memorandums to all Justice Department (“DOJ”) employees outlining the various priorities and directives...
Investigations into Betting Activity Concerning Individual Performances Revealed It was recently reported that NBA player Terry Rozier is the focus of an investigation into unusual betting activity stemming from a game in 2023. Rozier, then with the Charlotte Hornets,...
Internal Memo Directs Prosecutors to Investigate State and Local Efforts to Obstruct Immigration Enforcement According to a memo written by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove that was distributed across the Justice Department earlier this week, leadership is...
Joliet Police Department Announces AI Program Will Write Police Reports The City Counsel of Joliet announced that it had entered into a multi-year agreement with an artificial intelligence company that will provide the city’s police department with access to a series...
Illinois Legislators Propose Law to Decriminalize “Sex Work” Earlier this week, two Illinois state representatives announced that they would introduce legislation this week that would seek to fully decriminalize sex work in the state, which would make it the first...
Investigation Uncovers Police Relying Solely on Facial Recognition Software As we have previously covered, law enforcement agencies across the country have begun to utilize emerging and sophisticated technology in their investigations, sometimes to catastrophic effect...
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reinstates Injunction as Deadline Looms In an update to our previous post concerning the implementation of a new law designed to crack down on money laundering through small businesses and LLCs, a three-judge panel in the 5th Circuit...
Justice Department Suspends Controversial DEA Civil Asset Forfeiture Program Last month it was announced that the Department of Justice was shutting down the DEA’s controversial practice of targeting airline passengers for “consensual encounters” at airports, in which...
