Region-focused legal developments curated by the WLF newsroom, including policy shifts, litigation, brand disputes, patent activity, and enforcement updates.
A Missouri man involved in a referendum effort has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to maintain a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that prevents the use of a new congressional map expected to increase Republican representation. The dispute centers on whether voters can challenge redistricting legislation through referendum,…
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A Bozeman man who was unlawfully carrying two loaded handguns was sentenced today to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
A South Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to committing an armed robbery spree in Southern California parking lots, including one incident in which he forced a firearm into a victim’s mouth, breaking the victim’s teeth, and another incident in which he sho…
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that Jason Goodsell, 41, of Wellsville, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to distribution of child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maxi…
SAN DIEGO – Juan Velderrain Perez, a citizen of Mexico and resident of San Diego, appeared in federal court today to face charges that he smuggled unapproved pesticides into the United States. Velderrain Perez was apprehended at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry la…
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Javaris Corbit, 36, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of cocaine, possession of a…
LAS VEGAS – A Guatemalan national, who has felony convictions for battery with a deadly weapon causing substantial bodily harm out of Washoe, Nevada, false statement to a federal officer out of the Southern District of California, and has two felony convictio…
A man who stabbed and killed the driver of a pickup during a carjacking on Billings’ South Side admitted to charges today.
HEATHER MURDOCK, 58, of Ellington, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell in New Haven to fraud and tax offenses stemming from an embezzlement scheme.
The Department of Justice today announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, in collaboration with private industry partners CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation, to disrupt the botnet and…
A Missoula man who distributed Child Sex Abuse Material (CSAM) through social media admitted to charges today.
LAS VEGAS – A registered sex offender was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey to 121 months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for making available for download a large collection of child sexual abuse ma…
Jaime Cruz-Hernandez, 37, a Mexican national, illegally living in the Kansas City, Mo. area, has been sentenced to federal prison for an immigration violation.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A Uintah County man was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison after distributing fentanyl that caused the death of another individual.
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Baltimore, Maryland – A federal jury convicted a Washington, DC, man of multiple drug-trafficking and firearm crimes. The jury found Ronthany Ward, 60, guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, heroin,…
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Dereon Butler, 19, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 16.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to his participation in an armed robbery spree that occurred in December 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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The USPTO will perform a routine deployment on the Trademark applications to AWS from midnight-9 a.m. ET on Saturday, August 29. The following systems will...
