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From 2007 to 2018, Joseph Moore was an undercover informant for the FBI embedded in Florida chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, working to identify and expose law enforcement officials who moonlighted as Klansmen. After he testified against three state prison guards who had recruited him to murder a former inmate, Moore got a new name and moved with his family to a Florida subdivision, and he went ...

The Missouri Information and Analysis Center, also under the Highway Patrol, no longer cooperates with federal agencies investigating federal firearms offenses. And the Highway Patrol, along with many other agencies, have suspended joint efforts to enforce federal firearms laws. The Justice Department's brief comes in an ongoing lawsuit challenging the state gun law, filed by St. Louis City, ...

There was a lot of buzz when Georgia made porch piracy a crime separate from theft. Six months later, the number of package thefts is still hard to track. ATLANTA — It was the holiday surprise Michaela Allen never hoped to see. Looking through her home video cameras, Allen saw someone snatch the mirror she was waiting to be delivered right off her porch. “Seeing that video was like ‘Gosh, I...

When it comes to the 2022 law trends to watch and legal industry outlook, Matt Feeney, firm chair for Snell & Wilmer, says it best: “In this economic environment, it’s difficult to predict the future with any degree of certainty.” But despite the unknowns and volatility experienced by so many industries over the last couple of years, Feeney anticipates the next year to continue to be stro...

Amazon's Ring Doorbells, on sale at the NYC Amazon 4 Star store, photo by Andrea Cipriano. Legislators in Illinois have passed a “first-of-its-kind” bill limiting law enforcement’s access to household data from digital devices. The measure is the latest development responding to concerns about the privacy connected with ubiquitous surveillance technology, according to Bloomberg Law News. The...

States making up 44% of U.S. population have followed Colorado in legalizing adult use David Burr demonstrates removing leaves on marijuana plants to allow more light for growth at Essence Vegas’ 54,000-square-foot marijuana cultivation facility on July 6, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Most states in the U.S. are in violation of a major federal drug statute. The 1971...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill Wednesday that sets new standards for the egg industry, averting what the industry had projected would be a scarcity of eggs available for sale in Massachusetts in 2022. Lawmakers had approved the legislation aimed at changing standards to a 2016 voter-approved animal welfare law that required eggs and meat farmed and sold in the state to come fr...

WHAT: A Massachusetts consumer-protection law going into effect Jan. 1 targets balance billing - or surprise billing - when insured patients receive unanticipated charges because they unknowingly accepted services from a provider who does not accept their insurance. "When a patient receives care from an out-of-network provider, the insurer may pay nothing, the full list price (or charge amoun...

As corporate transactions picked up at the end of 2020, there were signs the Big Law talent market was ready to take off. Still, nobody could have predicted the frenetic pace of lateral moves in 2021. The 50 largest firms hired nearly 1,100 lateral partners through mid-December, according to Firm Prospects, which tracks law firm rosters. That’s up 76% from 2020—a relatively down year for Big ...

Keegan Caldwell has been convicted, by his count, of six felonies. But after a long history of legal and personal challenges, he went on to build one of America's fastest-growing businesses--now with a nascent program that aims to help other budding entrepreneurs who are incarcerated. "I know what it's like to be locked away," he says. Caldwell struggled with a narcotics addiction for about a...