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10 Nov 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The development of new AI programs has made it easier to quickly generate lifelike audio. [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”That Governor Healey was previously the state’s attorney general and now serves as the chief executive in one of the bluest of blue states may help explain her determination to change criminal justice and clemency policy in her state. [read post]
31 Oct 2023, 2:00 am
BANK ENGAGED IN “REDLINING” AND AVOIDED RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITIES OF COLORAccording to a press release issued by the Justice Department in late September, Washington Trust Company, the nation’s oldest community bank, has agreed to settle a lending discrimination claim for $9 million.Apparently, the bank allegedly engaged in “redlining” -- i.e., avoided providing credit to people living in Rhode Island's Black and Hispanic… [read post]
5 Oct 2023, 9:06 pm by News Desk
Makes a violation of these provisions punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed a specified amount for a first violation and not to exceed a specified amount for each subsequent violation, upon an action brought by the state attorney general. [read post]
25 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Attorney General Is Probing Leonard Leo’s Network MSN – Heidi Przybyla (Politico) | Published: 8/22/2023 District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb is investigating judicial activist Leonard Leo and his netwo [read post]
17 Aug 2023, 9:05 pm by Gianna Hill
” A spokesperson for Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen called the ruling “absurd” and said that the office plans to appeal. [read post]
6 Aug 2023, 5:40 am by Joel R. Brandes
The Appellate Division held that the Support Magistrate erred in failing to advise the mother that she had “an absolute right to be represented by counsel at the hearing at her own expense and that she was entitled to an adjournment to retain the services of an attorney. [read post]
28 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
One attorney said drawing new districts just once a decade after the census comes out is almost passé, and ongoing litigation is the new normal. [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Supreme Court justices as opportunities to generate donations – regularly putting justices in the room with influential donors, including some whose industries have had interests before the court. [read post]
If the DLT determines that an employer misclassified an employee as an independent contractor, it must refer the matter to the state’s Office of the Attorney General with a recommendation as to whether to prosecute the matter criminally. [read post]
30 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Political consultants, election researchers, and lawmakers say setting up new guardrails, such as legislation reining in synthetically generated ads, should be a priority. [read post]
28 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Kentucky: “Kentucky Attorney General Is Accused of Seeking Donations from Company His Office Is Investigating” by Bruce Schreiner (Associated Press) for Yahoo News Elections North Carolina: “Supreme Court Rules Against Giving State Legislatures Unchecked Control Over Federal Elections” by Lawrence Hurley (NBC News) for MSN Oregon: “Oregon Lawmakers Would Be Able to Remove the Governor Under a Measure… [read post]
23 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
FBI Resisted Opening Probe into Trump’s Role in Jan. 6 for More Than a Year MSN – Carol Leoning and Aaron Davis (Washington Post) | Published: 6/19/2023 Merrick Garland and his deputies in January 2021 were briefed on the investigation he had promised to make his highest priority as attorney general: bringing to justice those responsible for the attack on the U.S. [read post]
16 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Anthony Fauci that forensic experts say are almost certainly realistic looking “deepfakes” generated by artificial intelligence. [read post]
9 Jun 2023, 11:00 pm
COMPANY SUPPOSEDLY SENT SOME 329 WARNINGS THAT ROBOCALLS VIOLATED FEDERAL LAWOn May 23, 2023, the New York State Attorney General’s Office announced that it had joined with the offices of other state attorneys general – identified below* -- in filing suit against Arizona-based Avid Telecom, and its owners, for engaging in some 24.5 billion allegedly illegal robocalls (during the period December 2018 and January 2023), including 7.5… [read post]
9 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
A recording like the voice memo Corcoran made is typically shielded by attorney-client or work-product privilege. [read post]
8 May 2023, 5:59 am by Siven Watt
Brian Kemp signed a bill on Friday that would create the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, an eight-member commission empowered to discipline and remove district attorneys and solicitors general. [read post]