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- Jury Delivers Verdicts in Oregon Standoff Trial
Government Record · 2016
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon
Six Malheur defendants were acquitted on all counts and Ryan Bundy on conspiracy and firearms, with a hung theft count. Numerous co-defendants had pleaded guilty; later…
- Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma
Government Record · 2020
U.S. Department of Justice
Purdue agreed to felony pleas, while the named Sacklers’ $225 million resolution was civil. This announcement does not announce criminal charges against a Sackler, but it…
- Kisor v. Wilkie (2019)
Court Filing · 2019
Supreme Court of the United States (Kagan, J.)
U.S. Supreme Court, June 2019: kept 'Auer deference,' where courts accept an agency's reading of its own unclear regulation, but narrowed it. The 2024 Loper Bright…
- Krueger et al. v. Petrak et al., No. 1:2022cv01016
Court Filing · 2022
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
The federal lawsuit by Jacob and Patti Krueger against Dr. Channing Petrak, OSF HealthCare and Illinois DCFS defendants. The court dismissed some claims and let others…
- Lafferty v. Jones: Connecticut Appellate Court Summary (2024)
Court Filing · 2024
Connecticut Appellate Court
Connecticut Appellate Court, December 2024: in the Sandy Hook case Lafferty v. Jones, it rejected most of Jones's challenges and kept liability, but reversed the $150…
- Lancaster County Farm Enjoined from Continued Misbranding of Meat/Poultry Products and Evasion of Federal Inspection
Government Record · 2019
U.S. Attorney’s Office, E.D. Pa.
The federal action concerned meat and poultry inspection, not a general federal raw-milk prohibition. Membership-association status did not exempt the operation from federal food-safety law.
- Lassiter v. Department of Social Services, 452 U.S. 18
Court Filing · 1981
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court held that the Constitution does not guarantee a lawyer to every parent facing termination of parental rights; courts decide case by case. Many…
- Law360: Texas Supreme Court Rejects Sandy Hook Families Infowars Appeal (2026)
News Report · 2026
Law360
Law360, September 2026: reports the Texas Supreme Court left in place orders blocking a receiver from taking over Infowars and leasing its intellectual property to The…
- Leading Law Firms Partner to Achieve a Landmark Victory: $485 Million Verdict
Document · 2023
Law firms' case release
The plaintiffs' lawyers' release on the $485 million New Mexico foster care verdict, identifying the case (D-117-CV-2019-00136, Rio Arriba County).
- Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Section 33(a) (2011)
Government Record · 2011
Congress of the United States
Federal law since 2011: "no patent may issue on a claim directed to or encompassing a human organism."
- Lee Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, No. 26-1227, appellate docket
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Fourth Circuit docket for the Schmidt appeal, pending as of October 2026.
- Leonard v. Texas: Statement of Justice Thomas respecting denial of certiorari
Court Filing · 2017
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Thomas criticized modern forfeiture practice while respecting a certiorari denial. The statement is not a majority merits holding.
- Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024)
Court Filing · 2024
Supreme Court of the United States (Roberts, C.J.; Kagan, J., dissenting)
U.S. Supreme Court, June 2024: overruled Chevron. Courts must now decide for themselves what a law means instead of deferring to the agency; an agency's view…
- Lucia v. SEC (2018)
Court Filing · 2018
Supreme Court of the United States (Kagan, J.)
U.S. Supreme Court, June 2018: the SEC's in-house administrative law judges are officers of the United States and must be appointed the way the Constitution requires.…
- Matt Taibbi: Written Testimony on the Twitter Files (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Matt Taibbi
Journalist Matt Taibbi, March 2023: written testimony to a House subcommittee saying the Twitter Files showed platforms built formal systems for taking moderation requests from the…
- Mayor Lightfoot Orders Immediate Closure of Lakefront, Adjacent Parks, 606 and Riverwalk
Government Record · 2020
Office of Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot
The official announcement ties citations up to $500 to enforcement of the new closure order, with warnings first and citations if individuals did not adhere. It…
- McDonnell v. United States, 579 U.S. 550
Court Filing · 2016
Supreme Court of the United States
The unanimous Court vacated and remanded because the official-act instructions were overbroad. Bribery remained prosecutable; DOJ later declined retrial, but that release was not opened here.
- McNally v. United States, 483 U.S. 350
Court Filing · 1987
Supreme Court of the United States
McNally limited the existing mail-fraud statute to property rights. Congress subsequently enacted §1346.
- Measuring and Mitigating Racial Disparities in Tax Audits
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2023
Elzayn, Smith, Hertz, Ramesh, Fisher, Ho, and Goldin
The study estimates a substantial racial audit disparity, driven principally by differing audit rates among EITC claimants. Race was modeled through partial identification rather than directly…
- Memorandum: Partnership Among Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to Address Threats Against School Personnel
Government Record · 2021
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
Garland addressed harassment, intimidation, and threats; he did not label all parents domestic terrorists. NSBA’s separate letter said certain acts could amount to domestic terrorism and…
- Meta: Ending Trump Facebook and Instagram Suspension (2023)
Corporate Filing · 2023
Meta
Meta, January 2023: restored Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts with guardrails, saying the risk had sufficiently receded. A July 12, 2024 update ended the extra penalties…
- Meta: More Speech and Fewer Mistakes (2025)
Corporate Filing · 2025
Meta
Meta, January 2025: ended third-party fact-checking in the U.S. and moved to Community Notes, saying the program too often became a tool to censor. A May…
- Meta: Types of Content We Demote (2026)
Corporate Filing
Meta
Meta: its transparency page says it reduces Feed distribution of content it considers problematic, low quality or borderline, including some content that does not break its…
- Michael Shellenberger: Written Testimony on the Twitter Files (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Michael Shellenberger
Journalist Michael Shellenberger, March 2023: written testimony alleging repeated government pressure on platforms, while saying he does not know how much censorship was coordinated beyond what…