Recent Articles from DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES
Restricting Felons from Holding Public Office-Venue
Larry Sapp, an Army veteran with prior felony drug convictions won election to the Sauk Village Board of Trustees in Illinois.
Deceptive and Unfair Pricing Practices
Yoram Kahn, a consumer, accused Walmart Inc., the largest retailer in the United States, of engaging in deceptive and unfair pricing practices.
Attempted Enticement of a Minor-Sentencing
Townsend was convicted of attempted enticement of a minor under 18 U.S.C. §2422(b) and received a sentence of 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release.
Deliberate Indifference
Clemons, an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center, filed a lawsuit against Wexford Health Sources, Inc., and two of its physicians, alleging deliberate indifference to his serious foot condition.
Race Discrimination
Tondalaya Gamble, an African American physician worked at Cook County Health’s John Stroger Hospital for approximately eleven years.
Unconstitutional Search-Motin to Suppress
At a traffic stop in Wisconsin, police officers utilized a K-9 unit to conduct a sniff of a car suspected of being involved in drug trafficking.
Sentencing Guidelines-“Analogue of Fentanyl”
Millard Williams was convicted for organizing the shipment of a package containing furanyl fentanyl, classified as a Schedule I controlled substance, while incarcerated in a Georgia jail.
Copyright Infringement
Motorola Solutions, Inc. and Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd. are both prominent competitors in the global market for two-way radio systems.
Arbitration
Consumers brought arbitration claims against Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc., alleging that Samsung unlawfully gathered and retained sensitive biometric data from their electronic devices, violating Illinois law.
Sentencing Guidelines
Jerome Ford received a 96-month prison sentence for possessing a firearm despite a prior felony conviction, along with three years of supervised release.
Possession of Firearm
Day and Williams were charged with robbing a bank in Hammond, Indiana.
DNA Evidence Admission
Zebulon Marzette was convicted of possessing a firearm as a felon.
Legal News
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property