6 Tons Recovered from Narco Sub in Columbia Columbian authorities announced that they had successfully recovered over 3,000 kilograms of cocaine that was being smuggled via a “narco sub” off the Pacific coast, with an additional 270 kilograms recovered via drug...
State Appeals to 7th Circuit to Reverse District Court Ruling As we previously covered, a federal district court judge in the Northern District of Illinois had previously ruled that the Illinois statute covering firearms that included a provision that bans anyone,...
Trump Signs Bill that Criminalizes Deepfake and Revenge Pornography Earlier this week President Trump signed the “Take It Down Act” into law, which makes it a federal crime for individuals to publish, share, or disseminate non-consensual intimate imagery, including AI...
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...
