Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Provide Off-Ramp for Those Subject to Supervised Release Recently a bill was introduced, the Safer Supervision Act, in both the Senate by Senators Chris Coons (D–Del.) and John Cornyn (T–Texas) and in the House by Reps. Wesley Hunt (R–Texas)...
Legislation Seeking to Regulate Delta-8 THC Stalls in Illinois House of Representatives A recent bill proposed to regulate the sellers of delta-8 THC, CBD and other hemp-derived products more stringently failed to pass earlier this week after the bill, which passed...
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,...
Proposed Legislation Would Make It a Felony to Run from Police Under the current law in Illinois, anyone who flees from the police after an attempted traffic stop can only be charged with a misdemeanor for fleeing in their vehicle unless they meet certain aggravating...
Arizona Woman Arrested for Assisting North Korea Infiltrate Major US Companies The Justice Department recently unsealed an indictment against a U.S. citizen and three North Koreans using aliases that engaged in a complex fraud to secure remote employment as software...
States Seek to Block Closing of So-Called “Gun Show Loophole” As we’ve discussed in an earlier blog, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) previously sought to close the “gun show loophole” by requiring background checks and/or a license to...
Illinois State Senator Introduces Legislation to Legalize Psilocybin Earlier this year, Illinois State Senator Rachel Ventura introduced a bill that would legalize psilocybin, often referred to as “magic mushrooms” for adults over the age of 21 in a supervised...
DEA Signals Intent to Reclassify Marijuana as a Less Dangerous Drug In an update to a previous blog, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced that it will proceed with the plan to reclassify Marijuana from a “Schedule I” Controlled Substance to the less tightly...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Over Government’s Ability to Regulate Ghost Guns This past week the United States Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court’s ruling concerning the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearm (commonly referred to as the A.T.F.) in the...
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,...
