Legal News
-
A judge sentenced David DePape to 30 years in prison for attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. A San Francisco jury convicted DePape of assault and attempted kidnapping of a federal official in November after a week-long trial. The attack hospitalized Paul Pelosi, now 84, for six days with…
-
A Puerto Rico legislator and her husband faced sentencing on May 17 for their involvement in a complex scheme involving theft, bribery, and kickbacks spanning several years. María Milagros Charbonier-Laureano, known as Tata, a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, received an eight-year prison sentence, while her husband, Orlando Montes-Rivera, was sentenced to…
-
Americans remain divided on whether women should see a doctor in person before receiving abortion pills, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering whether to reimpose this restriction on medication abortion. However, broad bipartisan majorities oppose allowing states with abortion bans to block access to the procedure in emergency…
-
A 45-year-old Staten Island resident, Vladislav Kotlyar, has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison on May 17, 2024 for his role in a fraudulent scheme to obtain specialty baby formula. Additionally, he has been ordered to pay approximately $738,000 in restitution and forfeit around $1 million. Court documents reveal that Kotlyar…
-
The Supreme Court restored Louisiana’s electoral map, designating two of the state’s six congressional districts with Black-majority populations for the upcoming Nov. 5 election. This decision, made on Wednesday, could significantly impact which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives. State officials and a group of Black voters requested the Supreme Court to temporarily halt…
-
It’s been five weeks of the first criminal trial of a former president of the United States, where Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer and lawyer who is at the center of the hush money payment deal, was on the stand all…
-
Apple (AAPL.O) executives, aiming to avoid new court-ordered restrictions on the company’s lucrative App Store, have struggled to convince a California federal judge that they complied with reforms she ordered in 2021. Over multiple days, Oakland-based U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers grilled them on whether Apple skirted her directives. Judge Rogers convened the hearings…
-
Seattle authorities are grappling with a tragic incident that unfolded in the Magnolia Neighborhood, resulting in the death of a 9-month-old baby boy on Wednesday, May 8. Dion Lamont Montgomery, a 50-year-old resident, stands accused of fatally shooting his sleeping son on Wednesday night. He is currently held in King County Jail on a staggering…
-
Hershey (HSY.N) faces a renewed, larger lawsuit claiming it misled consumers about the artistic detail on several Reese’s peanut butter candies after opening the packaging. On Friday, four Reese’s consumers in southern Florida filed a proposed class action, stating they felt “very disappointed” that the candies they bought late last year looked plain and lacked…
-
A Tennessee man, Cleotha Abston, has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for raping a woman in 2021, a year before being charged with the kidnapping and murder of a school teacher. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee handed down the sentence on Friday, allocating 40 years for aggravated rape, 20 years for…
Categories
About Us
Follow Us
Never miss a story
Get the latest news straight to your inbox.
Copyright 2025 American Law Reporter. All rights reserved.