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US Government launches antitrust suit against Live Nation Entertainment, claiming business practices that harm artists and fans

JURIST

. § 1 of the Sherman Act states that contracts that limit trade are illegal, whereas § 2 states that every person who attempts to monopolize, or attempts to monopolize, any part of trade, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Three men plead guilty to charges related to Jan. 6 US Capitol attack

JURIST

The individuals include Florida man Mitchell Todd Gardner II, Troy Sargent of Massachusetts, and Nathaniel DeGrave of Nevada. . Sargent pleaded guilty to “felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and civil disorder, as well as four related misdemeanor offenses,” according to the DOJ.

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Jaywalking Sets Stage for Debate on Racial Justice, Pedestrian Safety

The Crime Report

Nevada no longer considers it a misdemeanor. Virginia passed a law that prohibits officers from stopping a pedestrian just for jaywalking. And in California, the state Assembly approved a bill in May that would allow people to cross outside of an intersection when it’s safe to do so.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 10 to April 14, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

The licensee had pled guilty to five crimes, consisting of one felony (criminal use of a communications facility) and four related misdemeanors, but received probation instead of a prison sentence. The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued a Revocation Order revoking the license of an FM station in Pennsylvania.

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Freedom of Movement: Understanding Immigration Through The Lens Of Jaywalking Laws

The Crime Report

With the decriminalization of jaywalking in Nevada , Virginia and now California — the “ Freedom to Walk ” Act will take effect in Los Angeles in the new year — it appears that people understand this when it comes to jaywalking, but not when it comes to immigration. . When someone ‘jaywalks’ from the Mexican side of the border to the U.S.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. A case in point is the aftermath of the potluck dinner this year at a Mormon church in Logandale, Nevada. In yet another arrest that seemed to capture this bizarre holiday, Raymond Deskins, 61, of Sterling, Va.

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