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Silence Isn’t Golden: Two Executives Convicted in First Criminal Prosecution Under the Consumer Product Safety Act

FDA Law Blog

In 2021, DOJ announced that the Gree Companies agreed to plead guilty to one felony count for willfully failing to report consumer product safety information as required by the CPSA. The two defendants face a maximum of five years in federal prison on each of the counts; a sentencing hearing is set for March 11, 2024.

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No straight grants this week at this week’s conference, but some interesting actions nonetheless

At the Lectern

The defendant was sentenced over 40 years ago to life without parole for felony murder after a jury’s true finding of felony-murder special circumstances. The 2018 legislation narrowed felony murder liability and allows for resentencing. FCA US, LLC (2024) 17 Cal.5th Williams (2024) 17 Cal.5th

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Second review grant in dog-mauling case and lots of grant-and-hold disposals

At the Lectern

It’s another resentencing case under Senate Bill 1437 , 2018 legislation that limited accomplice liability for felony murder and eliminated it for murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine. 2024) 16 Cal.5th 2024) 16 Cal.5th Alameda Health System (2024) 16 Cal.5th Walker (2024) 16 Cal.5th

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Supreme Court says “no” to anti-tax appeal, requires Court of Appeal to take another look at dog attack case

At the Lectern

5th 209, where the Second District, Division Two, rejected an equal protection challenge to the scheme for ending the civil commitment of a person who has been declared incompetent to stand trial for certain felonies and who continues to pose a danger to others because of the person’s “developmental disability.”

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US Supreme Court to hear Delligatti v. United States and reassess defining a ‘crime of violence’

JURIST

The court granted the case certiorari and added it to its docket for the 2024 to 2025 term. More specifically, there has been debate over the use of force language in the statute. United States and reassess the definition of a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S. Code § 924(c)(3). ” In Delligatti v.

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Sparse oral argument calendars with many old cases waiting

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court hasn’t been holding many oral arguments this term: only 23 cases have been heard or scheduled through the court’s recently announced March calendar , which will be its seventh of 2024–2025. The last update was in June 2024. The last response to amicus curiae briefing was filed in March 2024.

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No straight grants, but four multi-vote dissents from denials at this week’s conference

At the Lectern

The unpublished Second District, Division Five, opinion rejected constitutional challenges to the statute that prevents parole hearings for defendants serving life without parole sentences for special circumstances murders committed between the ages of 18 and 26. Hardin (2024) 15 Cal.5th Reynoza (2024) 15 Cal.5th In People v.

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