Illinois Supreme Court Releases Standards for Lawyers Using AI in Practice Following the recommendations of the a newly created task force on artificial intelligence (AI), the Illinois Supreme Court recently announced their formal policy and rules regarding the use of...
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Supreme Court Limits SEC Enforcement Power Against Fraud
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...
Automated Police Surveillance Systems Come Under Scrutiny
Virginia Court Rules Police Use of the Technology Unconstitutional A Virginia Court recently ruled that a local police department’s use of automatic license plate readers was a Fourth Amendment violation against unreasonable search and seizures and as a result...
Chicago Police Department Further Increases Transparency of Misconduct to the Public
Misconduct Investigations of Chicago Police Officers to be Made Public About two weeks ago the Chicago Police Department announced a forthcoming new policy that will make all misconduct investigations into individual officers public for the first time. This is a...
Justice Department to Focus on Antitrust Enforcement
New Task Force Announced to Focus on Healthcare The Department of Justice recently unveiled a new task force aiming to root out monopolies and collusion in the healthcare market, including shaping policy decisions, conducting investigations, and, when warranted,...
Supreme Court Refuses to Set Hard Deadline in Criminal Forfeitures
Unanimous Ruling Finds That Prosecutors Have Flexibility on Forfeiture Orders The United States Supreme Court recently held that federal courts can issue criminal forfeiture orders outside the prescribed deadline set by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure,...
Michael Irvin Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against Marriot Over False Sexual Assault Report
Video Evidence Exonerated Retired NFL Superstar Michael Irvin, the Hall of Fame wide receiver turned NFL Network analyst, was abruptly taken off the Super Bowl coverage for the network in 2023 after it was alleged that he sexually assaulted a hotel worker at an...
Federal Government Enlists Companies to Assist in Civil Asset Forfeiture Proceedings
Department of Justice Awards $6 Billion in Contracts to Private Companies to Assist in Civil Asset Forfeitures A nonprofit law firm, the Institute for Justice’s National Initiative to End Forfeiture, recently raised the alarm after the Department of Justice announced...
Supreme Court Clarifies Culpability in Suits Brought Under False Claims Act
Supreme Court Reverses Seventh Circuit Cases Based on State of Mind Standard The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the Seventh Circuit erred in dismissing two separate suits brought under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by whistleblowers alleging Medicare/Medicaid...
What Does The Servis Horse Doping Case Mean For Other Sports?
Athletes across the world watched this month as elite horse trainer Jason Servis plead guilty to doping related charges. For years, the horse racing community has known service as a premier horse trainer, leading dozens of horses to victory and winning millions in...