New York Judge Finds Search of Individual’s Locked Phone at Border Crossing Violates Fourth Amendment Rights Judge Nina R. Morrison, a federal judge in New York, ruled that US Customs agents are not permitted to force a traveler to unlock their phone in order to...
Department of Justice Continues Crackdown on Sinaloa Cartel with Arrest of El-Chapo’s Son As we have previously covered, the DOJ has continued its pursuit of those connected to fentanyl distribution and specifically the Sinaloa drug cartel by recently announcing the...
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...
Court Said In-House Administrative Proceedings Violate Jury Trial Rights In another decision reached this week, the Supreme Court ruled against the Security and Exchange Commission (”SEC”) in a dispute over the ability of the federal agency to use in-house judicial...
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...
