ORANGE CITY, Iowa — Several Mondays each year, Michael Jacobsma heads to the Sioux County Courthouse for court hearings involving criminal defendants he represents. There’s a good chance the Orange City attorney will have hearings scheduled in O’Brien County at the same time. Perhaps Lyon and Osceola counties, too. Or […] Read More
In the wake of significant vacancies and doubling caseloads at the Department of Social Services, the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved pay grade increases for county attorneys last week. The increase was recommended by County Manager Clarence Grier, who researched what county attorneys made in comparison to salaries […] Read More
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter Wednesday to the National Archives asking for unredacted emails involving communications between then-Vice President Joe Biden’s office and Hunter Biden’s business associates. The committee is seeking unrestricted special access to a case record by the National Archives and Records […] Read More
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Suspended State attorney Monique Worrell filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the state Supreme Court against Gov. Ron DeSantis, claiming that he had no grounds to suspend her. Worrell, who was elected as the State attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit (Orange and Osceola counties), claims that […] Read More
THAT SAME HOTEL DAYS EARLIER AT THIS MOTEL WAS USED BY THE attorney GENERAL’S DRUG TASK FORCE TWICE IN A MATTER OF THREE DAYS. ON SATURDAY, A WOMAN WAS ARRESTED HERE AT THE HUNTINGTON INN MOTEL AFTER AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICER. THEN ON TUESDAY, POLICE CONFIRMED THE […] Read More
“PQA’s raison d’etre was to harm VLSI and from the outset of this case, it engaged in egregious misconduct to that end.” – VLSI Response Brief Months after invalidating patent claims undergirding one of the largest infringement verdicts ever entered in U.S. district court, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board […] Read More
Open Vallejo sent a letter to the Solano County District attorney’s Office Tuesday requesting the immediate disclosure of surveillance footage from the June 27, 2023 shooting of Jamazea Kittell by Vallejo police, citing a state transparency law mandating their release. The letter seeks to reverse an “erroneous” court order because […] Read More
The Texas Tribune is your source for in-depth reporting on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial. Readers make that possible. Support authoritative Texas journalism with a donation now. State attorney General Ken Paxton has been ordered to appear before the Texas Senate to answer to 16 of 20 articles of impeachment […] Read More
EXCLUSIVE: SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A judge ordered Christine Baumgartner to pay Kevin Costner’s attorneys fees during a hearing Wednesday. Costner had previously requested the court have Baumgartner pay “reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred” in the amount of $14,237.50 after she “refused in bad faith” to answer questions sent […] Read More
CNN — The shape of the sprawling Fulton County, Georgia, trial against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants began to emerge Wednesday at the first televised hearing in the case since the indictment was filed last month. The Fulton County district attorney’s office said it’s planned a four months-long […] Read More
