Jan 07 Watch JPMorgan settles for $2.6 billion fine over Madoff fallout JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay a record-breaking $2.6 billion fine to settle criminal charges related to the Bernie Madoff fraud case. Authorities charged the bank had turned a blind eye to Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme. Jeffrey Brown gets more detail… Continue watching
Jan 07 New York Police officers charged in disability fraud More than one hundred former city workers, including New York City police officers, firefighters and prison guards, have been charged of faking psychiatric problems in order to receive federal disability benefits. Continue reading
Jan 06 Federal judge calls Chicago’s ban on gun sales unconstitutional A federal judge declared Monday that Chicago's 2010 ordinance banning the sale of firearms within city limits was unconstitutional, the Chicago Tribune reports. The ordinance outlawed gun shops and prevented licensed dealers to sell guns, Chicago attorneys argued, in… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch Vancouver law cuts drunken-driving deaths in half New drunken-driving laws in British Columbia have led to a dramatic decrease (roughly 50%). Officials ramped up penalties on drivers who tested at a lower blood alcohol level (.05, as opposed to the current .08 legal standard) and authorized police… Continue watching
Jan 03 Couples urge Sotomayor to allow same-sex marriages as Utah appeals struck-down ban Same-sex couples urged U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to allow courts to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Utah, despite the appeal process of a federal judge's ruling that struck down the state's gay marriage ban in December. Continue reading
Jan 02 California’s Supreme Court rules undocumented immigrants can be licensed to practice law California's highest court ruled Thursday that immigrants living in the U.S. without proper documentation can become licensed lawyers.Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Coolcaesar The California Supreme Court has granted immigrant Sergio Garcia's bid to the California State… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch Colorado becomes first state to open retail stores for recreational marijuana Colorado becomes first state to open retail stores for recreational marijuana… Continue watching
Jan 01 Quiz: Test your knowledge of the new laws of 2014 By Joshua Barajas, Frank Bi In which state can you now go on a bar crawl using a "pedal pub"? Photo by Flickr user Sonja Stark More than 40,000 new laws were enacted in 2013, thousands of which took effect at the stroke of midnight,… Continue reading
Dec 30 Sotomayor will usher in 2014 at Times Square By News Desk *One million revelers will see this crystal ball drop in New York's Times Square midnight of Jan. 1, 2014. Photo courtesy of Countdown Entertainment* Bronx native and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will usher in 2014 by lowering… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch Sunday, December 29, 2013 The NSA and the Supreme Court, NYPD program monitors teems, future of the postal system. Continue watching