Supreme Court weighs FDA’s authority to regulate vaping products
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday did not sound ready to sharply limit the power of the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit the sale of new candy-colored vaping products…
Read More »
Maine attorney general sues big oil companies over climate change – JURIST
Maine’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against multiple large oil companies alleging negligence, nuisance, unfair trade practices, failure to warn and trespass as parens patriae. Included among the parties…
Read More »
Jan. 6 defendants from California eagerly await Trump pardons
Out of the more than 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, David Dempsey is among the most notorious. The Van Nuys man…
Read More »Why Matt Gaetz Called His Attorney General Bid a ‘Distraction’
The former representative from Florida said he had become a “distraction.” Perhaps that was the point. Source link
Read More »Pam Bondi Is Trump’s New Choice as Attorney General. Here’s What to Know About Her.
Florida’s first female state attorney general, she became a member of Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team and backed his false claims of election fraud in 2020. Source link
Read More »
Gaetz withdrawal as attorney general pick shows GOP can still say no to Trump
The swift sinking of former Rep. Matt Gaetz as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general showed Thursday that Republicans are still capable of finding fault with Trump’s choices, and…
Read More »
Want to see the Menendez brothers’ hearing? Enter the lottery
The Los Angeles Superior Court will be implementing a lottery system to manage the eager crowds vying to watch convicted murders Eric and Lyle Menendez return to the court to…
Read More »
Trump pick for US attorney general withdraws from consideration – JURIST
Former US House Representative Matt Gaetz (FL) withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general on Tuesday in the face of considerable Republican opposition in the Senate and a lurking…
Read More »
Judge ‘troubled’ by Danny Masterson’s attorneys tracking down jurors after rape trial
Attorneys working for Danny Masterson contacted jurors from the actor’s rape trial despite a judge’s order meant to limit publicly available information about their identities, drawing alarm from the jurors…
Read More »
Theodore B. Olson dies; attorney helped win gay marriage in California
WASHINGTON — Theodore B. Olson, the conservative attorney who helped win the right to gay marriage in California, died Wednesday at age 84. Olson was a good-spirited and gracious advocate who…
Read More »
Westside lawyer who represented many inmates hit with state bar charges
Aaron Spolin, a Princeton-educated attorney and former McKinsey consultant who signed up thousands of inmate clients seeking release under new criminal justice reform laws, was hit with a second round…
Read More »Trump Picks Todd Blanche, His Defense Lawyer, to Be Deputy Attorney General
Mr. Blanche, a former supervising federal prosecutor in Manhattan, oversaw the president-elect’s legal defense against multiple indictments. Source link
Read More »
Will Matt Gaetz be confirmed as attorney general?
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general sent a clear signal through Washington on Wednesday that Trump intends for his Justice Department to take a sharp-elbowed,…
Read More »Matt Gaetz Resigns From Congress After Trump Picks Him for Attorney General
The Florida Republican’s departure effectively ends the House Ethics Committee’s investigation of allegations that include sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. Source link
Read More »
Menendez brothers: D.A. backs move that could pave way to freedom
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón will ask a judge to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez, two brothers serving life terms for killing their parents, a move that could…
Read More »
California foster dad sentenced to 7 years for abusing child torture victims
A California man was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for abusing foster children he had assigned to care for in his home, including some who had been previously…
Read More »
Texas attorney general sues doctor for providing gender transition care to minors – JURIST
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Thursday against a physician for providing gender transition care to 21 minor patients, in violation of a Texas law prohibiting gender transition…
Read More »
Relatives of Erik and Lyle Menendez urge D.A. to resentence the brothers
Friends and family of Erik and Lyle Menendez pleaded for the brothers to be resentenced for their parents’ killings during a press conference in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, hoping it…
Read More »
L.A. County candidates will remain defendants in ex-volunteer’s suit
Two candidates from Los Angeles County running for state and local offices will remain defendants in a lawsuit alleging they are financially responsible for the sexual abuse of an underage…
Read More »
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs may face more charges, prosecutor says
Federal prosecutors revealed on Thursday that Sean “Diddy” Combs may face a superseding indictment that would open the door to more charges for the hip-hop mogul beyond the sex trafficking,…
Read More »