Nov 06, 2024
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First Female Judge Will Head Cook County Criminal Court

One of the busiest felony courthouses in the nation will be led for the first time by a woman judge. Judge Erica Reddick was appointed as acting presiding judge over the Cook County Circuit Court’s Criminal Division. Her appointment was announced by Chief Judge Timothy Evans’ office on Monday, January... Read More »

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Boeing Reaches a $2.5 Billion Settlement with U.S. Department of Justice

Boeing Co. has reached a settlement agreement with the Department of Justice to the tune of 2.5 billion dollars. This settlement comes after Boeing faced a criminal charge of defrauding the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA AEG) after withholding information about the 737 Max airplane. The airplane in... Read More »

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U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Opinion Letters on FLSA

The Department of Labor announced two opinion letters on December 31, 2020, addressing compliance issues with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) raised by two separate employers. One of the two letters addresses compensation for travel time occurring on partial telework days; the other on “whether certain overtime payments based... Read More »

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Court of Appeals Hearing Could Result in Prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein’s Co-Conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell, in jail, asked to be released on a $28.5 million bond

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit heard an appeal on December 3, 2020. The appeal was to determine whether a 2007 non-prosecution agreement (NPA) that shielded Jeffrey Epstein from child sex charges would stand. To nullify the NPA would impact Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case. Maxwell was accused... Read More »

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DHS Whistleblower Testifies Before Committee

Brian Murphy, former intelligence chief, stated in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee that he was told by department leadership to exaggerate the roles of far-left groups in summer protests in Portland, Oregon, regarding police brutality against African Americans and the death of George Floyd. During these... Read More »