INDIANAPOLIS — If you’re a victim of a crime or accused of a crime, you may be waiting even longer for justice — if you get justice at all. That’s because a growing attorney shortage in our state is impacting the criminal justice system. Compared to the national average, Indiana […] Read More
New Mexico attorney General Raúl Torrez sued Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, accusing the company of enabling human trafficking and the distribution of child sexual abuse materials. The complaint alleges that Facebook and Instagram are “breeding grounds” for predators targeting children for human trafficking, grooming and solicitation. Meta […] Read More
Listen to this article Prohibiting agreements not to compete was a hot topic in 2023. In January, the Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed rule to ban “noncompetes” as an unfair restriction on trade. The state of Minnesota joined several other states in banning such agreements, and New York’s legislature […] Read More
NPS Photo/Annie Carlson A husband and wife are facing charges that they illegally transported caribou hunters to Noatak National Preserve. Here’s more information from the Anchorage Daily News: Matthew Owen, 66, illegally transported caribou hunters to the Noatak National Preserve, according to a press release from the U.S. attorney’s Office for the […] Read More
Ken Falk, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, discusses the group’s lawsuit that seeks to suspend Indiana’s near-total abortion ban while outside the Monroe County Circuit Court in Bloomington, Indiana, on Sept. 19, 2022. (Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle) A case pending before the Court of Appeals […] Read More
Attorneys representing three Tacoma police officers on trial for the in-custody death of Manuel Ellis asked that the case be dismissed Wednesday, claiming a prosecutor had deliberately violated the court’s orders to get a mistrial. Pierce County Superior Court Judge Bryan Chushcoff declined to dismiss the case, telling defense attorneys […] Read More
The state and attorneys representing two men on death row are in conflict about whether legal options still exist for them to challenge their convictions or to proceed with their executions. In court documents, attorneys from attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said Willie Jerome Manning and Robert Simon Jr., who […] Read More
Does Indiana’s near-total abortion ban violate some Hoosiers’ religious freedom? That question was at the heart of debate Wednesday in the Indiana Court of Appeals, where lawyers for the state maintained it’s incumbent on the government to protect “unborn children,” starting at the point an egg is fertilized. The latest […] Read More
Getty Images NEW ORLEANS — Jones Walker partner and Tax Practice Group leader Bill Backstrom received the 2023 Council On State Taxation (COST) Paul Frankel Excellence in State Taxation Award at a ceremony during the COST Annual Meeting on Oct. 19 in Las Vegas. The Paul Frankel Excellence in State […] Read More
“Orwellian,” attorneys for John Eastman said of the state bar’s case against him. “(T)he government has spoken, and if you disagree, then you must be lying. Two plus two equals five, after all, and if the government says so, you must not only repeat the lie, but you must come […] Read More
