New Enforcement Plan Announced by DOJ As we have previously covered, from the outset of the new Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (“DOJ”), it had announced sweeping changes to who and what it would prioritize for criminal prosecutions and what methods they...
Proposed Bill Would Automatically Seal Criminal Records Assistant Majority Leader Jehan Gordon-Booth of the Illinois House of Representatives recently announced legislation that would automatically seal the criminal records of non-violent offenders. The measure, which...
Pretextual Traffic Stops Will Not Be Banned in the Immediate Future As we have previously covered, there has been controversy surrounding the Chicago Police Department’s use of “pretextual stops”, a practice that some advocates argue disproportionality effects...
DOJ Disbands Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team Earlier this month, it was announced that the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team that targeted cryptocurrency crimes was being disbanded as the new Administration shifts its focus on...
Ruling Clarifies Legal Referrals in Healthcare Community for Non-Physicians As we have previously covered, one of the most important federal laws at the government’s disposal for combating healthcare abuse is the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), which at its core makes...
Illinois Senate Bill Would Prohibit Raw Odor of Marijuana Justifying Police Search As we have previously covered, given a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling, there are different standards for when the smell of raw cannabis, in contrast to burnt cannabis, (standing...
Crime Rate of Cryptoassets Continues to Grow According to a report by the crypto research firm Chainalysis, it estimates that the amount of cryptocurrency that can be tied to illicit activity or scams in 2024 could ultimately end up topping $51 billion, up from an...
Supreme Court Vacates Decision of 11th Circuit to Uphold Conviction Earlier this week the United States Supreme Court reversed the decision of the 11th Circuit of Appeals to uphold the conviction of a man for being a felon in possession of a firearm, but declined to...
7-2 Majority Finds ATF Can Regulate Ghost Gun Part Manufacturers As we have previously covered, multiple times, the United States Supreme Court was weighing a challenge to the ability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) to regulate...
Federal Government to Review Gun Prohibitions for People with Stale Convictions As we have previously covered, there are ongoing efforts to review gun prohibitions for certain individuals in light of recent Supreme Court decisions. Recently, the Department of Justice...
