Class Action Lawsuit Alleges BOP Failing to Comply with First Step Act As we have previously covered, there have been numerous allegations that the BOP has kept inmates in custodial settings longer than they should per the various rules that govern how inmates’...
Federal Crimes
Latest Mass Telephone Hack Provides More Evidence of Need for End-to-End Encryption in Communications
Majority of Users Who Had Call Records Stolen Not Notified Earlier this year, at least eight telecommunication companies were hacked by the group Salt Typhoon, which is possibly connected to the Chinese government, with many high-end political figures as the target,...
Numerous Federal Prisons Set to Close
Plans to Abruptly Close Several Facilities Due to Budget Restraints Revealed As we have previously covered, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) has been grappling with several issues that have hampered the BOP and its ability to provide necessary support for...
Recent Reports Outlines Continued Issues in Federal Prison System
Lack of Staffing, Crumbling Infrastructure, and Presence of Contraband Plaguing Bureau of Prisons Following a series of unannounced inspections by the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) facilities, the OIG recently released a publicly...
Police Arrest Canadian Duo Along I-80 for Trafficking Cocaine
Search Reveals Over $40 Million of Cocaine in Vehicle Illinois State Police brought felony charges against 27-year-old Vanshpreet Singh and 36-year-old Manpreet Singh, both from Canada, after recovering over $40 million of cocaine during a traffic stop. Police pulled...
Federal District Court Rules Illinois Assault Rifle Ban Unconstitutional
District Court Ruling Sets Up Appellate Court Battle As we have previously covered, multiple times, a court made a key ruling around the Illinois statewide ban against the future sale, distribution or possession of what are commonly referred to as assault rifles in...
Issues Remain with How Law Enforcement Tracks and Prosecutes Child Pornography
Appellate Court Finds Law Enforcement Violated Constitutional Rights with Warrantless Search of Email Containing Possible Child Pornography The Second Circuit of Appeals recently found that law enforcement violated the 4th Amendment rights of an individual when they...
Me Too Movement 2.0?
Sexual Assault Accusations Against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Garth Brooks Rattles Music Industry In the past several weeks there have been a new rash of criminal charges and accusations of sexual assault against icons in the music industry, including federal charges...
Indicted New York Mayor Eric Adams Defense Team Hints at Weak Case After Prosecutors Turn Over Evidence
Federal Prosecutors Turn Over Brady Evidence Concerning Key Witness The defense team representing indicted New York Mayor Eric Adams conveyed their belief to the media that the case against the embattled Mayor is weak after they recently received Brady evidence from...
Appellate Court to Review “Ghost Gun” Ban with Supreme Court Decision Looming
New York State Lawsuit Against Manufacturers Reviewed by Second Circuit Manufacturers of parts and kits that are used to assemble so called “ghost guns” asked the Second Circuit to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General over their ability to sell...


