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Between 2000 and 2009, the California Supreme Court decided 617 criminal, quasi-criminal and juvenile justice cases. Los Angeles County accounted for 188 of those cases.

On July 26, a Northern District of California judge certified a class of applicants who claimed that S2Verify, a background check company, included obsolete criminal information on their background...

On August 6, New Jersey enacted sweeping amendments to its wage and hour laws to create more significant consequences for employers that fail to pay employees properly or retaliate against employees who complain ...

San Francisco recently added significant teeth to its "Fair Chance" ordinance, which is designed to give applicants who have criminal histories a chance to get their foot in the door without being automatically disqualified.

Just in time for the holidays, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new plan to prosecute crimes that put workers' health and lives at risk.

Caldwell noted that virtual currencies are attractive to criminals because the transactions transfer quickly, securely and with a level of anonymity.

Approximately 92% of employers use criminal background checks for some or all job openings.

Healthcare companies may need to be mindful that the federal government has started investigating and prosecuting referral-based arrangements for private insurance claims under the Travel Act...

PCA was a supplier of peanut ingredients to international food and beverage companies, grossing approximately $30 million per year.

Those experienced in representing clients in AG matters found they sometimes did have to go "over the head" of the line assistant and some AGs acknowledged that this practice was not necessarily discouraged.

Earlier this month, Proskauer filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence in support of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' ban on assault weapons, such as the AK-47 or the AR-15, and large-capacity magazines.

Following an earlier announcement on July 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"), on August 5, 2025, issued an Exemptive Relief Order ("Order") to delay for two years, from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2028.

A federal jury on November 4 found investor and former Trump associate Thomas Barrack not guilty of criminal charges that included violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act ("FARA") by acting of a foreign agent of the United Arab Emirates.

The Trump administration previously issued sanctions on certain persons associated with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and subjecting people who provide certain services to such persons to civil and criminal penalties.

In 1951, the Peace Information Center (PIC) and five of its officers were indicted for willfully failing to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The PIC was founded in April 1950 by several activists, including its chairman, author W.E.B. Du Bois, to educate Americans about peace and to gain support for a ban on nuclear weapons.

There are inherent difficulties in applying Fourth Amendment principles designed to accommodate searches of rooms and drawers to searches of of modern technology.

Now we turn our attention to the criminal docket. First, we review the data for complete reversal – divided decisions from the Court of Appeal versus unanimous decisions.