Suppression of Evidence
Collins supplied wholesale quantities of heroin to a drug trafficking organization on the west side of Chicago.
FLSA – Lunch Break Compensation
After she was fired, Wirth sued her former employer, RLJ Dental, S.C., for retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and for violations of Wisconsin’s Wage Payment and Collection Laws.
Collective Bargaining Agreement – Arbitration
United Natural Foods, Inc., and its corporate affiliates filed suit against Teamsters Local 414 contending that the Local breached its collective bargaining agreement with the company by initiating two strikes at United Natural’s Fort Wayne, Indiana distribution center.
Contracts – Diversity
In May 2019, Yancheng Shanda Yuanfeng Equity Investment Partnership (“Yancheng Shanda”) filed a contract claim in a Chinese court against Kevin Wan, his company, and his brother.
Automatic Gun Possession – Standing
This suit is about a person’s right to have a gun part called a “drop-in auto sear.”
Definition of “Professional Relationship”
A statute in Indiana makes it a crime for anyone who “has or had” a professional relation with a person under the age of 18 to “use[] or exert[] the person’s professional relationship to engage in sexual intercourse” with that young person.
Labor Law – Rights of Aviation Security Officers
Between 1993 and 2017, the City of Chicago treated aviation security officers at O’Hare Airport as law-enforcement personnel, able to make arrests while employed and to carry concealed firearms after retirement.
Fair Trial – Jury Selection
Alt planned to meet with a fifteen-year-old boy whom he met on Grindr to smoke marijuana and engage in sexual activity.
Career Offender Sentencing
After pleading guilty in the Western District of Wisconsin to distributing methamphetamine, Von Vader was sentenced to 270 months’ imprisonment.
Takings Clause
In 1993 the Village of Channahon, Illinois, approved the plat of a residential subdivision lying within the DuPage River Special Flood Hazard Area.
Sentencing Guidelines
Benny Butler downloaded, distributed, and shared a vast amount of child pornography via internet chat rooms catering to this trade.
Cancellation of Removal – Abuse of Discretion
Cruz‐Velasco, a native and citizen of Mexico, is seeking cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b). Cruz‐Velasco entered the U.S. without inspection in 1999.
Legal News
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- Madison protesters disrupt UW commencement in violation of agreement, attorney says
- Trump may face $100 million-plus tax bill if he loses IRS audit fight over Chicago tower
- Madison protesters reach agreement to comply with state law
- Madison protests turn violent, hate crime probes follow
- Hyundai to pay $333,941 over alleged violations of Civil Relief Act, repossessing 26 servicemembers vehicles
- Federal judge tosses Democrats’ lawsuit challenging Wisconsin absentee voting requirements
- Wisconsin woman who argued she legally killed sex trafficker pleads guilty to homicide
- Gov. Evers to become first Midwest governor to join U.S. Climate Alliance’s Executive Committee
- Wisconsin lacks clear system for tracking police caught lying
- Police confirm ‘Heil Hitler’ salute during Madison pro-Palestinian protests, suspect identified
- Federal agencies failed to investigate Havana Syndrome, ignored crucial evidence and withheld information, attorney says during Congressional hearing
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