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According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, California has had the highest number of reported cases of human trafficking in the country over the last six years, followed by Texas and Florida.

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and some state wage laws contain provisions that impose criminal penalties on violators. These provisions, once rarely used, are taking on new life as...

On April 3, 2019, New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law two bills related to criminal background checks that may affect employers operating in the state.

This announcement follows the DOJ's criminal conviction of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship of just one misdemeanor charge following the death of 29 miners in the Upper Big Branch mine explosion.

The Prince George's County Council recently passed an ordinance, the Employment Fairness Act for Returning Citizens, which further restricts an employer's ability to conduct criminal background checks.

On September 7, 2018, a jury in a California state court found Plains All American Pipeline guilty on 9 criminal counts ...

When EPA assesses the costs and benefits of environmental regulations, it typically looks at direct health impacts resulting from exposure to pollutants.

On Aug. 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against the state of Idaho to block a state abortion law set to take effect on Aug. 25, claiming that it violates...

On June 13, 2016 in its decision on U.S. v. Bryant, the Supreme Court held that uncounseled tribal court convictions that are compliant with the Indian Civil Rights Act...

Modern slavery legislation at the Commonwealth level in Australia is getting closer.

We need to highlight something important about asylum cases that many people do not understand; that generally makes their asylum cases unwinnable.

On June 28, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a policy memo telling adjudicators when they are required to issue Notices To Appear after denying or while processing a petition

Take the case of Joseph Tierney, known in the world of graffiti by the pseudonym RIME.

On April 23, 2025, Dale Britt Bendler, a former CIA officer and contractor, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from acting as a foreign agent while serving as a public official and mishandling classified materials. According to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, Bendler had spent over 30 years working directly for the agency as an intelligence officer

A new revival window opened on Thanksgiving Day for filing sexual assault and abuse lawsuits that would otherwise be time-barred by the New York statute of limitations.

In Table 221, we show the absolute numbers – the cases defendants have won, the partial affirmances and reversals, and the cases defendant have lost.

In criminal cases between 2005 and 2020, dissents at the Appellate Court were more common than divided decisions in criminal cases in seven of sixteen years: 2005, 2008, 2010-2011, 2014-2015, 2018.

Last time, we showed that there is a mild relationship between the total time pending from the grant of the petition for leave to appeal until final decision by the Supreme Court and the ultimate...