By Marcia Coyle | July 14, 2017
Federal prosecutors have taken it on the chin in recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that pushed back against the government's expansive reading of federal criminal laws. The latest setback came Thursday, when a federal appeals court voided the corruption conviction of a once-powerful New York state Assembly speaker. Here's a snapshot of the McDonnell decision and other rulings, four of which were issued by the Roberts Court, that restricted prosecution offices.
By Brian Slodysko | July 13, 2017
An Indiana senator railed against Carrier Corp. for moving manufacturing jobs to Mexico last year, even as he profited from a family business that relies on Mexican labor to produce dye for ink pads, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press.
By R. Robin McDonald | July 13, 2017
Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 18-2 Thursday to send Kevin Newsom's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to the full Senate for confirmation.
By Celia Ampel | July 13, 2017
U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson announced their picks for Florida's federal judicial nominating commission.
By R. Robin McDonald | July 12, 2017
Just 10 days after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, Sen. Richard Shelby's chief of staff placed a call to Kevin Newsom, Alabama's former solicitor general, to arrange a visit. The Alabama senator, she said, wanted to discuss a vacancy on the Eleventh Circuit bench.
By Kevin Freking | July 12, 2017
Republican lawmakers have overturned more than a dozen regulations issued under President Barack Obama. Now, they're looking to do the same to a rule that would let consumers band together to sue their banks or credit card companies rather than use a mediator to resolve a dispute.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | July 12, 2017
Miami prosecutors got a smack down with a federal appeals court reversal saying they didn't do their job. Judge Charles Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the state had not met its burden of proof and tossed a drug trafficking conviction, freeing a man from a 12-year prison sentence.
By SUE REISINGER | July 11, 2017
Last fall the U.S. Department of Justice proudly claimed a major victory for its Health Care Corporate Fraud Strike Force when it nailed Tenet Healthcare Corp. for a multimillion-dollar kickback and bribery scheme. It was the strike force's first major victory—it also may have been its las
By dailybusinessreview | Daily Business Review | July 11, 2017
Civil rights activists are challenging President Donald Trump's commission on election fraud in Miami federal court.
By Jim Turner | July 10, 2017
Venezuela's Maduro regime and the investment bank Goldman Sachs could be in the crosshairs of Florida politicians heading toward the 2018 legislative session.
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