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- Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order Confirming Purdue Plan, Docket 8263
Court Filing · 2025
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D.N.Y.
The bankruptcy court's November 18, 2025 order confirming Purdue's revised plan (Docket 8263), which relies on consensual third-party releases after Harrington. The plan took effect May…
- First Amended Complaint for Damages and Demand for Jury Trial, Burkleo v. Town of Atherton et al., Case No. 4:22-cv-02509-JST (NC)
Court Filing · 2022
Jason David Burkleo; T. Kennedy Helm IV
Jason Burkleo's federal lawsuit against Atherton, California. He alleges he was pulled over at gunpoint, ordered to lie in the road and handcuffed in April 2021…
- FISC Order to Verizon Business Network Services: Production of Call Detail Records (April 2013)
Court Filing · 2013
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; Judge Roger Vinson
The secret April 2013 court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call records daily, including calls entirely inside the U.S.
- Flock’s Privacy-First Framework for Solving Crime
Document
Flock Safety
Garrett Langley's "privacy-first framework" post: officers can filter for a bumper sticker but not the type of sticker, and every search requires a reason. Company claims.
- Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge Indicted on Federal Obstruction of Justice and Perjury Charges
Government Record · 2008
U.S. Department of Justice
The indictment was returned October 16 and unsealed October 21, 2008. The charges concerned lying about torture, not the underlying decades-old assaults.
- Former Chicago Police Officer Jon Burge Sentenced for Lying About Police Torture
Government Record · 2011
U.S. Department of Justice
Burge was convicted in June 2010 of perjury and obstruction and sentenced in January 2011 to four and a half years.
- Former Congressman Christopher Collins Sentenced in Insider Trading Scheme and for Lying to Federal Law Enforcement Agents
Government Record · 2020
U.S. Attorney’s Office, S.D.N.Y.
A former representative received 26 months, one year of supervised release and a $200,000 fine. His later presidential pardon does not make the underlying conduct legal.
- Former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo to Pay SEC’s Largest-Ever Financial Penalty Against a Public Company’s Senior Executive
Government Record · 2010
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The civil SEC settlement required $67.5 million and an officer-and-director bar. It contradicts unqualified “no accountability” but does not establish criminal charges.
- Former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael J. Madigan Sentenced to Seven and a Half Years in Prison
Government Record · 2025
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced June 13, 2025 to seven and a half years (90 months) in prison and a $2.5 million fine…
- Former Intelligence Analyst Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison for Disclosing Classified Information
Government Record · 2021
U.S. Department of Justice
Hale received 45 months plus three years’ supervised release. This is a substantial criminal consequence and contradicts any blanket claim that whistleblowers face none.
- Former Intelligence Officials: Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails (2020)
Document · 2020
Former intelligence officials; letter hosted by Politico
Former intelligence officials, October 2020: a letter saying the Hunter Biden emails had the "classic earmarks" of a Russian information operation, while stating they did not…
- Foster parents of several Turpin siblings sentenced on child abuse charges
News Report · 2024
ABC News
Turpin foster father Marcelino Olguin was sentenced to seven years in prison; Rosa and Lennys Olguin received probation. The victims included several Turpin siblings.
- Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4): Report to Congress
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2010
Sedlak et al.; HHS/ACF/OPRE
The federal government's national study of child abuse and neglect. Children in low-income families had far higher measured rates of neglect, including a neglect rate more…
- Free Press: Twitter Files on Secret Suppression, Congressional Copy (2022)
News Report · 2022
Free Press; reproduced for the Congressional Record
The Free Press, December 2022, reprinted in a congressional hearing record: internal Twitter material describes visibility filtering as a powerful tool to suppress what people see,…
- Freedom Convoy Organizer Chris Barber Suing Federal Government Over Frozen Bank Accounts
News Report · 2024
CBC News
CBC reports that Barber, his wife and trucking business filed a statement of claim in Saskatchewan’s Court of King’s Bench in Saskatoon in February 2024. It…
- Frustrating, Corrupt, Unfair: Civil Forfeiture in Philadelphia
Document · 2021
Institute for Justice
The 67% figure describes the survey sample and 43% the city comparison population. The report does not verify the book’s apparent 43%/72% formulation.
- FSIS Quarterly Enforcement Report, Q4 FY2021, Tables
Government Record · 2021
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
FSIS confirms the July 22, 2021 contempt-sanctions order and its $250,000 fine and reimbursement. It also states that the June 16 contempt finding concerned violations of…
- FTC: Economic Liberty and Occupational Licensing
Government Record
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission task force: nearly 30 percent of American jobs now require a license, up from under 5 percent in the 1950s. Issued a 2018…
- FY2025 Sourcebook Table 15: Sentence Imposed by Type of Crime
Government Record · 2025
U.S. Sentencing Commission
FY2025 federal possession cases averaged two months overall, with a zero-month median; trafficking averaged 87 months overall. Twenty years was not a typical possession sentence.
- Gates v. Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, 537 F.3d 404
Court Filing · 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
The Fifth Circuit held that caseworkers need a court order, consent or an emergency to remove a child, and that "the mere possibility of danger is…
- Geneva Protocol I, Article 36: Review of New Weapons (1977)
Document · 1977
International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva Conventions Additional Protocol I (1977), Article 36: countries must review new weapons for legality. The United States has not ratified Protocol I.
- Gerardo Serrano: Civil Forfeiture Case Page
Document · 2016
Institute for Justice
The case concerns Gerardo Serrano and a truck seized by CBP, not Geraldo Serrano, $22,000 seized by DEA in Kentucky. No short passage was retained for…
- Gov. Newsom Apologizes for French Laundry Dinner, Discusses COVID Tiers
News Report · 2020
KCRA 3
News reports the November 6 French Laundry dinner for Jason Kinney’s 50th birthday and Newsom’s apology. Newsom said the outdoor table’s group was larger than expected;…
- Guide to Equitable Sharing for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies
Government Record · 2024
U.S. Department of Justice
Sharing is contribution-based, discretionary, and calculated from net proceeds. A minimum 20% federal share implies a possible 80% nonfederal share, not an unconditional entitlement.