294 entries in 'Attorney News'
2024/10/24   Judicial panel recommends suspending Montana’s AG from practicing law for 90 days
2024/10/17   South Korean court acquits former police chief over deadly crowd crush
2024/08/20   Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty in federal fraud case
2024/06/22   Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
2024/06/02   Supreme Court gives homeowners another chance in escrow dispute
2024/05/15   TikTok content creators sue the US government over potential ban
2024/03/02   Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants
2024/02/21   Court rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines
2024/02/17   Ex-Illinois lawmaker abruptly pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering
2024/02/09   Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings
2024/01/11   What to know about arguments over Donald Trump's immunity claims
2023/12/06   Peru court orders imprisoned ex-President Fujimori's 'immediate' release
2023/11/25   Six teens in court in connection with beheading of French teacher
2023/10/04   Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
2023/10/01   Biden backs new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
2023/07/24   Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire
2023/06/21   Convictions tossed in 2016 death of 16-year-old shot in minivan in Trenton
2023/06/16   Federal court sides with lobster fishers in whale protection case
2023/05/29   Tunisian court releases prominent radio director from prison
2023/05/28   Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands
2023/05/02   US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border
2023/01/29   Court sets aside 2 of 4 Casey Anthony convictions
2023/01/05   South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban
2023/01/03   State seeks long prison term for accused NYC subway gunman
2022/12/20   Canada condo killer faced possible eviction before shooting
2022/12/10   US woman who killed UK teen in crash gets suspended sentence
2022/11/21   Man granted new trial in 2006 triple murder freed after plea
2022/11/11   Montana vote adds to win streak for abortion rights backers
2022/09/06   Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s narrow presidential win
2022/08/07   Probation for woman who wiped up blood after killing spouse
2022/07/06   Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes
2022/05/30   German federal court mulls bid to remove antisemitic relic
2022/05/06   Tennessee, South Carolina extend health care for new moms
2022/04/23   Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
2022/04/02   Erica S. Janton, ESQ. - East Greenwich, RI Family Law Office
2022/03/25   Naturopathic doctor sentenced for selling misbranded drugs
2021/08/24   Consumer Protection Law Attorney Website
2021/07/26   San Francisco Copyright Lawyers - Our Firm
2021/06/16   British lawyer Karim Khan sworn in as ICC’s chief prosecutor
2021/05/14   Judge: Pretrial release OK for man accused in Capitol riot
2021/04/08   NYC corruption case prompts dismissal of 90 drug convictions
2021/03/25   Judge tosses New Mexico rancher’s claim after he kills wolf
2021/03/16   Dinamo Zagreb coach quits after receiving prison sentence
2021/03/12   Kuwait court expels harsh government critic from parliament
2021/03/01   Anchorage companies, man fined for clean air violations
2021/02/20   Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor
2021/02/16   European court rejects case vs Germany over Afghan airstrike
2021/02/14   Man who broke ankle at farm obstacle course wins appeal
2021/01/25   Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits
2021/01/14   Business as usual for high court, despite riot, impeachment
2021/01/06   Arizona Supreme Court upholds election challenge dismissal
2020/12/28   Trump made lasting impact on federal courts
2020/12/16   Senate confirms Barrett replacement on federal appeals court
2020/11/21   Court: Tennessee can enforce Down syndrome abortion ban
2020/11/18   Giuliani shows at Trump camp lawsuit hearing in Pennsylvania
2020/11/13   Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
2020/10/25   Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle
2020/10/19   Supreme Court to review Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy
2020/10/04   Virus spreads on panel handling Supreme Court nomination
2020/09/23   Senate GOP plans vote on Trump’s court pick before election
2020/09/11   Florida Supreme Court orders governor to pick new justice
2020/08/04   Court OKs extradition of man linked to Venezuela's Maduro
2020/07/24   Court denies AG's bid to halt initiative signature gathering
2020/06/20   New Mexico high court rules on privacy for banking records
2020/06/13   Wolf asks Pennsylvania Supreme Court to uphold shutdown
2020/06/07   Alaska Supreme Court justices call for system improvements
2020/06/02   Court to hear arguments on Dayton gunman's school records
2020/05/29   Supreme Court rules in FOIA case long delayed by lawmaker
2020/05/09   Blind justice: No visual cues in high court phone cases
2020/05/03   Wisconsin court sets argument date for stay-at-home lawsuit
2020/04/29   Blind justice: No visual cues in high court phone cases
2020/04/08   Justice delayed: Virus crisis upends courts system across US
2020/03/18   New Mexico courts deem hunter information as public record
2020/02/17   Walker appointee, judge, prof face off in high court primary
2020/02/15   Spanish court keeps former Mexican oil chief in detention
2020/02/06   WADA asks sports court to open Russia case to public hearing
2020/01/27   Fewer candidates seek WVa Supreme Court seats after scandal
2020/01/21   Supreme Court rejects fast-track review of health care suit
2020/01/18   German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic
2019/12/26   Connecticut courts moving notices from newspapers to website
2019/11/30   Israeli held for illegally entering Jordan appears in court
2019/11/25   Court won’t revive suit against gun site over spa shooting
2019/11/24   Lawmakers asked to boost spending on New Mexico court system
2019/11/23   Justices question Alaska $500-a-year contribution limit
2019/11/14   Myanmar rejects court probe into crimes against Rohingyas
2019/11/09   Indian court rules in favor of Hindu temple on disputed land
2019/11/04   Woman accused of disorderly conduct outside Maricopa court
2019/10/25   Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
2019/10/21   Wikileaks founder Julian Assange loses bid to delay hearing
2019/10/08   Supreme Court takes up cases about LGBT people’s rights
2019/10/02   EU court: ‘Active consent’ required for cookie storage
2019/09/20   High Court overturns city mandate on construction projects
2019/09/17   Buffalo Chip takes quest to become town before Supreme Court
2019/09/04   ‘The Supreme Court Is Not Well. And the People Know It.’
2019/09/02   Louisiana high court rejects ‘NOLA No-Call’ suit against NFL
2019/07/30   Democratic governor getting to shape Kansas' top court
2019/07/23   Louisiana judge orders man's mouth taped for interruptions
2019/07/11   Court to Trump: Blocking Twitter critics is unconstitutional
2019/07/02   Iowa Supreme Court takes a right turn under Gov. Reynolds
2019/06/23   Court tosses black man's murder conviction over racial bias
2019/05/27   Court: NFL's Bucs not entitled to damages from BP spill
2019/05/22   Russian court extends arrest for American accused of spying
2019/05/05   News attorneys: Opioid distribution data should be public
2019/04/25   Canada privacy watchdog taking Facebook to court
2019/04/18   Supreme Court asked to void Louisiana abortion clinic law
2019/04/10   South Korean court orders easing of decades-old abortion ban
2019/04/04   Spacey’s lawyers returning to court in bar groping case
2019/03/10   Court rejects Ghosn’s request to attend Nissan board meeting
2019/03/09   Demonstrators gather for Heathrow expansion court challenge
2019/03/04   Oregon's high court: Developers can't offset harm to farmers
2019/02/24   Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view
2019/02/16   Court: Constitutional ban on high fines applies to states
2019/02/03   Ginsburg makes 1st public appearance since cancer surgery
2019/01/16   No-cost birth control, now the norm, faces court challenges
2019/01/12   Supreme Court will hear Wisconsin drunk driving case
2018/12/28   Gun law, hurricanes added to Florida courts' workload
2018/12/26   Prominent Chinese rights lawyer tried in closed proceedings
2018/11/27   China court reduces sentence of American Wendell Brown
2018/11/23   Russian court challenges International Olympic Committee
2018/11/22   Court: Reds exempt from tax on promotional bobbleheads
2018/11/16   Mexico's high court tosses law on policing by military
2018/10/28   Condemned inmate's last meal includes pancakes
2018/10/21   EU court orders Poland to reinstate Supreme Court judges
2018/10/19   Maldives court overturns prison term for ex-president
2018/10/18   Supreme Court hopeful had DWI charge in 2009
2018/10/04   Indian court allows deportation of 7 Rohingya to Myanmar
2018/10/01   Trial set for 1 of 4 impeached W.Va. Supreme Court justices
2018/09/23   Supreme Court upholds hospital 'charity care' tax exemption
2018/09/16   It is important to have online marketing for lawyers
2018/09/14   EU backs ICC after US questions court's legitimacy
2018/08/29   Court may reconsider ruling on police deadly force measure
2018/08/23   Florida court clears way to release school shooting video
2018/08/18   Lawyers will seek to shift blame for warehouse fire at trial
2018/08/14   EU steps up action against Poland over supreme court law
2018/08/11   Nevada Supreme Court taking up execution case
2018/08/04   SC Supreme Court to decide if elected sheriff is qualified
2018/07/25   Court: Release surveillance video in Florida school shooting
2018/07/17   Georgia officer charged in fatal shooting to appear in court
2018/07/17   Court says convicted serial rapist should be released
2018/07/13   Demonstrators force Fox crew from Supreme Court broadcast
2018/07/11   German court: Catalan politician can legally be extradited
2018/07/11   Audit: 'Pervasive lack of accountability' in Kentucky courts
2018/07/05   Drivers challenge license suspensions for unpaid court debt
2018/06/29   McConnell touts Thapar for Supreme Court seat
2018/06/27   Georgia officer to appear in court after deadly shooting
2018/06/14   Gamers in court for first time after Kansas 'swatting' death
2018/06/10   Court: Compliance reached in education funding case
2018/06/07   UK Supreme Court criticizes Northern Ireland abortion laws
2018/06/01   Suspect in vandalism to Jewish boundary heads to court
2018/05/08   Olivia de Havilland asks court to revive "Feud" lawsuit
2018/05/03   Raptors president fined $25K for walking on court to yell
2018/04/25   Trump travel ban is focus of Supreme Court's last arguments
2018/04/20   Constitutionality of murder conviction upheld by high court
2018/04/15   Court: Man can't be retried for murder after mistrial ruling
2018/04/02   Supreme Court rejects appeal from Middle East attack victims
2018/03/30   Lohan fails to convince court her image is in video game
2018/03/17   Arkansas wants court to dissolve stay for death row prisoner
2018/03/11   TransCanada doesn't have to pay landowner attorneys
2018/03/07   SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Kagan recalls clerking for Marshall
2018/03/06   Romania court nixes law allowing officials to own business
2018/03/01   Court: Nike logo of Michael Jordan didn't violate copyright
2018/01/31   Texas executes Dallas man for killing ex-girlfriend in 1999
2018/01/25   Judge to pick battlefield for court fight over Manson's body
2018/01/12   Women taking their right to go topless to state's high court
2018/01/12   Supreme Court takes the wheel in 2 cases of vehicle searches
2018/01/10   Democratic judge announces bid for Ohio Supreme Court seat
2018/01/07   North Carolina's altered legislative districts back in court
2018/01/06   Florida and Georgia taking water fight to Supreme Court
2017/12/12   Schimel asks Supreme Court to block Evers' request
2017/12/12   UK banker back in Hong Kong court for murder appeal
2017/11/28   Supreme Court rejects case over Mississippi Confederate emblem
2017/11/23   Court: Colorado county wrongly OK’d asphalt plant near homes
2017/11/18   Steve Mostyn, Houston attorney and major Dem donor, dies
2017/11/13   Kenya court set to hear petitions challenging repeat vote
2017/11/11   Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades
2017/11/01   US court bars Trump from reversing transgender troops policy
2017/10/29   Brazilian court revives case against Olympian Ryan Lochte
2017/10/16   Oregon Supreme Court denies request for information release
2017/10/05   DC house party the subject of Supreme Court argument
2017/10/02   European Court Asked to Rule on Facebook Data Transfers
2017/09/29   Elliott's fast start fades with Cowboys as court looms again
2017/09/01   Not guilty pleas entered in Lake Coeur d'Alene boat crash
2017/08/31   S. Korean court says worker's rare disease linked to Samsung
2017/08/29   Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
2017/08/28   Top NC court weighs lawmakers stripping of governor's powers
2017/08/25   South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison
2017/08/17   DJ says taking Taylor Swift to court was only option
2017/08/14   Mental health court established for offenders on probation
2017/08/14   Academic accused in Chicago killing due in California court
2017/07/31   Court: FAA must reconsider regulating airline seat size
2017/07/25   Top Vatican official to face Australian court on sex charges
2017/07/20   North Carolina Court to Rule on Law on Gov's Elections Role
2017/07/18   Pakistan's opposition calls on court to oust prime minister
2017/07/16   Parents of sick UK infant storm out of new court hearing
2017/07/08   Court: Detained immigrant children entitled to court hearing
2017/06/22   Supreme Court limits ability to strip citizenship
2017/06/18   Justices could take up high-stakes fight over electoral maps
2017/06/12   Court: Ignorance about allergy medicine crime no excuse
2017/06/10   With court victory, hand of Brazil's president strengthened
2017/05/25   Court of Appeals Judge Elmore won't seek re-election
2017/05/24   Finnish court releases Iraqi twins in IS-related killings
2017/05/20   Texas advances new abortion limits despite court defeats
2017/05/19   Court pauses criminal case against Texas' attorney general
2017/05/13   Appeal in boy's burp arrest case relies on Gorsuch dissent
2017/05/12   Judge rejects effort to block Confederate statue's removal
2017/05/02   Court: Gay couple's suit against Kentucky clerk can proceed
2017/05/01   Connecticut court takes up doctor-patient confidentiality
2017/04/24   Justices turn away GM appeal over ignition switches
2017/04/21   Court formally throws out more than 21K tainted drug cases
2017/04/17   High court sides with Goodyear in sanctions dispute
2017/03/31   Political fights over Supreme Court seats nothing new
2017/03/28   Michigan Supreme Court Justice Young announces retirement
2017/03/27   International court orders reparations for Congo attack
2017/03/25   Court: Wisconsin Bell discriminated against worker
2017/03/23   Houston, Texas Trust and Estate Litigation Attorney
2017/03/21   Court won’t hear appeal in senator’s corruption case
2017/03/14   High EU court: workplace headscarf ban not discriminatory
2017/03/05   NC governor, legislature head to court in power showdown
2017/03/02   California court expands endangered-species removal powers
2017/03/01   Joseph Wapner, star of 'The People's Court,' dead at 97
2017/02/18   Serbs warn Bosnian Muslim bid at UN court revives old wounds
2017/02/09   Travel ban decision in hands of federal appeals court judges
2017/02/06   Dylann Roof's mental state revealed in court records
2017/01/27   Court appeals temporarily delay Texas execution
2017/01/18   Court ponders mass murderer Breivik's prison conditions
2017/01/17   Supreme Court delays New Jersey sports betting decision
2016/12/04   Court: Asylum not automatic for former gang members
2016/12/04   Green Party taking bid for election recount to federal court
2016/12/02   Connecticut court to hear appeal in Newtown shooting case
2016/12/01   China court clears man 21 years after his execution
2016/11/02   Solar Advocates Ask Florida High Court to Invalidate Measure
2016/10/12   Dutch court: Wilders hate speech trial will go ahead
2016/10/11   Court fight over Ohio executions likely to focus on sedative
2016/10/01   Appeals court rules against Kansas in voting rights case
2016/09/17   Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder
2016/09/05   Stepmom of scalded boy who died pleads guilty to murder
2016/08/28   Appeals court refuses to reconsider Wisconsin voter ID cases
2016/08/13   Court rejects Cosby's attempt to reseal testimony on affairs
2016/08/11   Egyptian lawyer, journalist released after prison sentence
2016/08/01   China releases prominent human rights lawyer on bail
2016/07/19   Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing
2016/05/19   Maryland high court issues opinion in Gray case
2016/05/06   Florida's high court urged to throw out death sentences
2016/05/05   Iran's president slams US court ruling on frozen assets
2016/04/04   California court mulls whether employers must offer seating
2016/03/21   Supreme Court will hear Samsung-Apple patent dispute
2016/03/17   White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man
2016/03/15   Lawyer: US citizen charged in UN case to plead guilty
2016/02/28   Mississippi court upholds Democratic primary ballot change
2016/02/12   Court rejects pay for woman sterilized at county's behest
2016/02/10   Court to weigh cocaine cases, could alter sentencing in Ohio
2016/02/05   NY court agrees to rehear Ex-Goldman board member's appeal
2016/02/03   Ohio court approves class action in speed camera case
2015/12/22   Court won't order immediate evaluation of mogul Redstone
2015/12/13   High court takes up challenges to drunken-driving test
2015/11/15   Kansas court's approval of death sentence not seen as shift
2015/10/31   Court rejects ACLU's request to stop phone record collection
2015/10/12   Georgia man accused in hot car death to appear in court
2015/09/28   Int'l court prosecutor extends preliminary Ukraine probe
2015/09/24   Court rejects ex-NY Fed employee's retaliation claim lawsuit
2015/09/17   Charleston church suspect's friend charged with lying to FBI
2015/08/25   Bangladesh court bans Rana Plaza movie because of terrifying scenes
2015/08/19   Appeals court won't reinstate 1990 arson-murder conviction
2015/08/17   Court rejects inmate's challenge in 5 Ohio prison slayings
2015/08/02   Brady lawsuit transferred from Minnesota to New York court
2015/07/21   Court suspends ex-Chad dictator trial to ready new lawyers
2015/07/15   Wisconsin court ends probe of presidential hopeful Walker
2015/06/29   Decisions in last 3 Supreme Court cases expected Monday
2015/06/23   Same-sex marriage opponents urge Supreme Court to go slow
2015/04/23   High court rejects Wisconsin appeal over tribal night hunts
2015/04/15   Man kills his lawyer, judge, co-defendant in Milan court
2015/04/15   Man run over by Suge Knight says he punched ex-rap mogul
2015/04/07   Ex-Premier Zia avoids arrest as Bangladesh court grants bail
2015/04/07   Protesters inside Supreme Court face harsher charges
2015/03/27   Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned by Italy high court
2015/03/27   Court upholds conviction of woman in Rwanda genocide case
2015/03/05   Justices pepper health care law opponents with questions
2015/03/05   Bankrupt Caesars unit gets court's OK to use cash, for now
2015/02/16   Court nixes faith-based birth control mandate challenge
2015/01/12   Court won't hear free speech challenge to metals dealers law
2015/01/05   Argentine court says US fugitive can be extradited
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Judicial panel recommends suspending Montana’s AG from practicing law for 90 days
Attorney News | 2024/10/24 21:15
A state judicial panel is recommending that Montana’s Republican attorney general be suspended from practicing law for 90 days for openly defying court orders and repeatedly attacking the integrity of justices in his defense of a law permitting the state’s Republican governor to directly fill judicial vacancies.

The law at issue was part of a nationwide GOP effort to forge a more conservative judiciary and was eventually upheld by Montana’s Supreme Court.

Both sides have up to 30 days to object to Wednesday’s recommendation by the five-member Commission on Practice and another 30 days to respond to objections before the Supreme Court hands down its decision. Five of Montana’s seven justices filed motions Thursday to recuse themselves from ruling on the punishment, meaning they would likely be replaced by state District Court judges.

If Austin Knudsen’s license is suspended it could affect his ability to do his job as attorney general, officials said. The state Constitution requires the attorney general to be “an attorney in good standing admitted to practice law in Montana who has engaged in the active practice thereof for at least five years before election.”

Department of Justice spokeswoman Emilee Cantrell said the office disagrees with the recommended punishment and intends to file an objection. The office instead supports a 2022 special counsel investigation recommendation that suggested “this could have been handled privately, avoiding a politically charged disagreement.” The judicial panel had rejected that recommendation.

In its findings, the panel said there was no doubt actions by the attorney general’s office “repeatedly, consistently and undeniably,” violated professional conduct rules and are “arguably deserving of the most serious consequences.”

They also dismissed a suggestion that holding Knudsen “accountable for his conduct may have further consequences,” because its only focus was on whether his conduct violated the Montana Rules of Professional Conduct.

In court filings, Knudsen’s office had accused state Supreme Court justices of judicial misconduct, corruption, self-dealing, “actual impropriety,” and having a conflict of interest.

The judicial panel noted that Knudsen acknowledged during a hearing earlier this month that a lot of things should have been done differently in representing the Legislature over the extent of its subpoena powers.

“If I had this to do over, I probably would not have allowed language like this — so sharp — to be used,” Knudsen testified. However, the panel also noted that Knudsen repeatedly refused to admit that any of his actions or language in court filings violated professional conduct rules.

The issue dates back to 2021 when the Legislature was working on a law to eliminate the Judicial Nomination Commission, which screened judicial applicants.

Lawmakers learned a Supreme Court administrator used state computers to survey judges about the legislation on behalf of the Montana Judges Association.

After the court administrator said she had deleted emails related to the survey, the Legislature subpoenaed the Department of Administration, which includes the state’s IT department, and received 5,000 of the administrator’s emails by the next day. The court administrator didn’t learn about the subpoena until after the emails had been turned over to the Legislature in April 2021.

The Supreme Court temporarily quashed the subpoena that same month — an order the attorney general’s office said it “does not recognize” — and in July 2021 ordered the emails be returned immediately. The attorney general’s office didn’t return the emails until March and April of 2022, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Knudsen’s office defied the court order without seeking a stay, something the panel called “beyond the pale.”

This isn’t the only controversy marking Knudsen’s nearly four years in office. He is seeking reelection.

He was accused of pressuring a Helena hospital over its refusal to administer a parasite drug to a COVID-19 patient and his office also sided with a man who made an armed threat over a pandemic mask mandate. He tried to block three constitutional initiatives from the November ballot, recruited a token opponent for the June primary so he could raise more money, and was sued after forcing the head of the Montana Highway Patrol to resign.


South Korean court acquits former police chief over deadly crowd crush
Attorney News | 2024/10/17 13:23
A South Korean court found the former police chief of the country’s capital and two other officers not guilty over a botched response to a Halloween crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in 2022.

The verdict by the Seoul Western District Court drew angry responses from grieving relatives and their advocates, who accused the court of refusing to hold high-level officials accountable for an incident that was largely blamed on a lack of disaster planning and an inadequate emergency response.

Kim Kwang-ho, former chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, was the most senior police officer among more than 20 police and government officials indicted over the crush in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district in Seoul. Prosecutors had sought a five-year prison term for Kim.

An investigation led by the National Police Agency found that police and local officials failed to plan effective crowd control measures even though they expected more than 100,000 people to gather for Halloween events in Itaewon.

The investigators found that Seoul police assigned just 137 officers to Itaewon on the day of the crush. Police also ignored hotline calls placed by pedestrians who warned of swelling crowds before the surge turned deadly. Once people began getting crushed in an alley near Hamilton Hotel, police failed to establish control over the site and allow paramedics to reach the injured in time.

Some experts have called the crush a “manmade disaster” that could have been prevented with relatively simple steps like employing more police and public workers to monitor bottleneck points, enforcing one-way walking lanes, and blocking narrow pathways.

The Seoul court acquitted Kim of professional negligence, saying that prosecutors failed to prove that he had violated his duties or to establish a connection between his conduct and the high toll of deaths and injuries. The court also acquitted two lower-ranking police officers who faced similar charges.

The court stated that while Kim received status updates from various departments in his agency and the Yongsan police station about the situation in Itaewon before the crush on Oct. 29, 2022, this information would not have been sufficient for him to recognize the possibility of an incident of such magnitude.

The court also noted that Kim had instructed various police stations in Seoul, including Yongsan, to establish plans to maintain safety during Halloween celebrations.

“Based solely on evidence submitted by prosecutors, it’s insufficient to conclude that the defendants’ professional negligence and its relationship to the occurrence or escalation of this incident are fully established beyond reasonable doubt,” the court said in a statement. Relatives of the victims embraced and cried outside the court after the verdict was announced.

“This court just granted immunity to the police for whenever these kinds of incidents happen again!” one of them shouted. Others scuffled with security as they tried to approach Kim’s car as he left the court.

Itaewon Disaster Bereaved Families, a group representing the victims, said the ruling was “dishonest” and “impossible to understand” and called for prosecutors to appeal.

“We strongly condemn that the main officials of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, who ignored their duties for prevention, preparation and response despite anticipating that a large crowd would develop, and who have been denying their responsibility until now, are being given a free pass,” the group said.

The same court last month sentenced the former chief of Yongsan police station, Lee Im-jae, to three years in prison and convicted two of his colleagues of professional negligence resulting in death, citing their failure to properly prepare for the crowd and respond to the crush.

The court acquitted Park Hee-young, head of the Yongsan ward office, and three other ward officials, saying that they had no legal authority to control or break up crowds.

Lee and another Yongsan police official who received a one-year sentence appealed the ruling earlier this month. The other police official had received a suspended sentence.


Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty in federal fraud case
Attorney News | 2024/08/20 15:57
George Santos, the former New York congressman who spun lies into a brief political career, pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, acknowledging that he allowed his ambitions to cloud his judgment.

Santos, 36, is likely to spend at least six years in prison and owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution. His federal fraud case, which led to his expulsion from Congress, was just weeks away from going to trial.

“I betrayed the trust of my constituents and supporters. I deeply regret my conduct,” the New York Republican said, his voice trembling as he entered the plea in a Long Island courtroom.

Santos, 36, said he accepted responsibility for his crimes and intends to make amends. He faces more than six years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines and owes at least $370,000 in restitution.

Senior Federal Judge Joanna Seybert scheduled sentencing for Feb. 7.

Santos was indicted on felony charges that he stole from political donors, used campaign contributions to pay for personal expenses, lied to Congress about his wealth and collected unemployment benefits while actually working.

Santos was expelled from the U.S. House after an ethics investigation found “overwhelming evidence” that he had broken the law and exploited his public position for his own profit.

The case has been set to go to trial in early September. If that had happened, federal prosecutors said Monday that they were prepared to call some 40 witnesses, including members of Santos’ campaign, employers and family members.

Santos was once touted as a rising political star after he flipped the suburban district that covers the affluent North Shore of Long Island and a slice of the New York City borough of Queens in 2022.


Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
Attorney News | 2024/06/22 15:25
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence.

In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders to stay away from their spouses or partners. The justices reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck down the law.

Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the court, said the law uses “common sense” and applies only “after a judge determines that an individual poses a credible threat” of physical violence.

Justice Clarence Thomas, the author of the major 2022 Bruen ruling in a New York case, dissented.

President Joe Biden, who has been critical of previous high-court rulings on guns, abortion and other hot-button issues, praised the outcome.

“No one who has been abused should have to worry about their abuser getting a gun,” Biden said in a statement. “As a result of today’s ruling, survivors of domestic violence and their families will still be able to count on critical protections, just as they have for the past three decades.”

Last week, the court overturned a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessories used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The court ruled that the Justice Department exceeded its authority in imposing that ban.

Friday’s case stemmed directly from the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision in June 2022. A Texas man, Zackey Rahimi, was accused of hitting his girlfriend during an argument in a parking lot and later threatening to shoot her.

At arguments in November, some justices voiced concern that a ruling for Rahimi could also jeopardize the background check system that the Biden administration said has stopped more than 75,000 gun sales in the past 25 years based on domestic violence protective orders.

The case also had been closely watched for its potential to affect cases in which other gun ownership laws have been called into question, including in the high-profile prosecution of Hunter Biden. Biden’s son was convicted of lying on a form to buy a firearm while he was addicted to drugs. His lawyers have signaled they will appeal.

A decision to strike down the domestic violence gun law might have signaled the court’s skepticism of the other laws as well. But Friday’s decision did not suggest that the court would necessarily uphold those law either.


Supreme Court gives homeowners another chance in escrow dispute
Attorney News | 2024/06/02 15:42
The Supreme Court on Thursday gave homeowners another chance to force Bank of America and other large banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts.

The court unanimously threw out an appeals court ruling in favor of Bank of America, which has refused to pay interest on money it collects to pay borrowers’ insurance and property tax bills. New York requires banks to pay at 2% interest on escrowed funds.

Thirteen other states have similar laws: California, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont and Wisconsin.

A federal judge initially ruled in favor of the borrowers, but the federal appeals court in New York granted Bank of America’s request to dismiss the suits, arguing that the federal law governing national banks does not permit such state-by-state regulation.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the Supreme Court that the appeals court did not perform the kind of nuanced analysis required by federal law and prior Supreme Court decisions to determine if a state law must give way to a federal statute.

In particular, Kavanaugh noted that the Dodd-Frank Act, enacted after the 2008 financial crisis, made clear that not all state banking laws are pre-empted.

Jonathan Taylor, who argued the case for the homeowners, said in an email that the decision is a victory for consumers because it “vindicates Congress’ determination in Dodd-Frank to rein in the kind of aggressive preemption of state consumer-financial laws that helped lead to the financial crisis.”

Bank of America did not immediately comment on the decision.


TikTok content creators sue the US government over potential ban
Attorney News | 2024/05/15 01:51
Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell its stakes within a year.

Attorneys for the creators argue in the lawsuit that the law violates users’ First Amendment rights to free speech, echoing arguments made by TikTok in a separate lawsuit filed by the company last week. The legal challenge could end up before the Supreme Court.

The complaint filed Tuesday comes from a diverse set of content creators, including a Texas-based rancher who has previously appeared in a TikTok commercial, a creator in Arizona who uses TikTok to show his daily life and spread awareness about LGBTQ issues, as well as a business owner who sells skincare products on TikTok Shop, the e-commerce arm of the platform.

The lawsuit says the creators “rely on TikTok to express themselves, learn, advocate for causes, share opinions, create communities, and even make a living.”

“They have found their voices, amassed significant audiences, made new friends, and encountered new and different ways of thinking — all because of TikTok’s novel way of hosting, curating, and disseminating speech,” it added, arguing the new law would deprive them and the rest of the country “of this distinctive means of expression and communication.”

A spokesperson for TikTok said the company was covering the legal costs for the lawsuit, which was filed in a Washington appeals court. It is being led by the same law firm that represented creators who challenged Montana’s statewide ban on the platform last year. In November, a judge blocked that law from going into effect.

The Department of Justice said that the legislation that could ban TikTok “addresses critical national security concerns in a manner that is consistent with the First Amendment and other constitutional limitations. We look forward to defending the legislation in court.”

The federal law comes at a time of intense strategic rivalry between the U.S. and China on a host of issues and as the two butt heads over sensitive geopolitical topics like China’s support for Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. U.S. lawmakers and administration officials have aired concerns about how well TikTok can protect users’ data from Chinese authorities and have argued its algorithm could be used to spread pro-China propaganda, which TikTok disputes.

Under the law, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance would be required to sell the platform to an approved buyer within nine months. If a sale is in progress, the company will get a three-month extension to complete the deal.



Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants
Attorney News | 2024/03/02 00:44
Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration.

An order issued Monday by Justice Samuel Alito puts the new Texas law on hold for at least next week while the high court considers what opponents have called the most dramatic attempt by a state to police immigration since an Arizona law more than a decade ago.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, had been set to take effect Saturday under a decision by the conservative-leaning 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Alito’s order pushed that date back until March 13 and came just hours after the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to intervene.

“Make no mistake: S.B. 4 bypasses federal immigration authority and threatens the integrity of our nation’s constitution and laws,” a coalition of groups that sued over the law, including the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed the law in December as part of a series of escalating measures on the border that have tested the boundaries of how far a state can go to keep migrants from entering the country.

The law would allow state officers to arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally. People who are arrested could then agree to a Texas judge’s order to leave the country or face a misdemeanor charge for entering the U.S. illegally. Migrants who don’t leave after being ordered to do so could be arrested again and charged with a more serious felony.

The Justice Department told the Supreme Court that the law would profoundly alter “the status quo that has existed between the United States and the States in the context of immigration for almost 150 years.” It went on to argue that the law would have “significant and immediate adverse effects” on the country’s relationship with Mexico and “create chaos” in enforcing federal immigration laws in Texas.

The federal government cited a 2012 Supreme Court ruling on an Arizona law that would have allowed police to arrest people for federal immigration violations, often referred to by opponents as the “show me your papers” bill. The divided high court found that the impasse in Washington over immigration reform did not justify state intrusion.


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