The Corporate Transparency Act now requires shell companies to disclose ownership within a Federal database. Going forward, federal agencies will store proprietary information and share it with investors and banks. Democratic Representative Carolyn Maloney of New York first introduced the bill in 2010 as a means to combat money laundering.... Read More about New Law Cracks Down on Shell Companies
Newly-elected Gwinnett County Sheriff Keybo Taylor severed ties with ICE and its controversial program that deputized local police. Of Georgia’s 159 counties, only eight were participating with ICE before Sheriff Taylor’s announcement. Gwinnett County officials first partnered with ICE back in 2009. This partnership derives from an obscure section of... Read More about Newly Sworn-in Gwinnett County Sheriff Pulls County Off 287(g) Program
A recent court decision finds that Senior Executive Service (SES) employees cannot appeal their dismissal within the federal courts. After the US Army demoted SES Employee Maria Esparraguera for unethical hiring practices, she sought to appeal the decision with the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court decided on December... Read More about Appeals Court Dismisses Case for Demoted Senior Executive Service Employee
The US charged Libyan Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi for his role in the Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. The charges come on the 32nd anniversary of the attack the killed 270 people, including 190 Americans. Al-Marimi is currently imprisoned in Libya and awaits extradition to the United States. It is... Read More about Pan Am Bomb-maker Charged 32 Years After Attack
The Kentucky governor ordered schools in his state to close due to the explosion of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the US. Some Kentucky schools remain open even while the virus rages, ignoring the orders and fighting them in the Supreme Court. In a series of press briefings, Democratic Governor Andy... Read More about Kentucky: Religious Schools Battle Governor to Re-open In-person
Former Georgia Chief Justice George H. Carley died on Thanksgiving at 82 after contracting COVID-19. Former Governor Zell Miller appointed Carley to the court in 1993. Justice Carley retired from the bench in 2012 after serving as Georgia’s 29th Chief Justice. Carley is survived by his wife, Sandy, and his... Read More about Former Ga. Supreme Court Chief Justice Dies From COVID-19
County officials released murder suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, from jail on November 20th on a $2 million bond. Many donors contributed to the teen's bail after the widespread publication of his arrest. Kenosha County Sheriffs arrested Rittenhouse at a Black Lives Matter protest in late August. They charged the teenager... Read More about Rittenhouse Case Set to Crystallize the Already-Polarized Split Between Left and Right on Issues of Race, Arms, Culture and Politics
A judge accepted Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy claims on November 17, 2020 allowing the company to restructure and pay out their $8.3 billion settlement with the Department of Justice. Purdue Pharma developed the addictive opioid OxyContin in the 1990’s and has been mired in lawsuits ever since. The DOJ presented evidence... Read More about Purdue Pharma $8B Settlement Approved
Georgia’s Supreme Court recently overturned immunity granted to three former sheriff’s deputies indicted for Eurie Lee Martin’s murder. The court’s unanimous decision will see the former deputies tried in Washington County for Martin’s murder and other charges. In a story that has become too familiar, three white law enforcement officers... Read More about Immunity Overturned for Indicted Sheriff Deputies