The Government of Canada Monday published its final regulations that aim to prohibit the sale of single-use plastics by December 2023. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault and Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos aim to regulate and prohibit single-use plastics, including checkout bags, cutlery, and straws with some exceptions. The manufacture and importation [...]

An Indiana man pleaded guilty Friday to “carrying a loaded gun on Capitol grounds and assaulting law enforcement officers” during the January 6, 2021 US Capitol breach. He originally faced 13 charges relating to his involvement in the riot. The US Department of Justice announced that Mark Andrew Mazza “pleaded guilty in the District of [...]

A US District Court for the District of Columbia judge Friday found a Florida man guilty of all four misdemeanor charges against him relating to the US Capitol breach on January 6 last year. The US Department of Justice announced that Jesus Rivera was found guilty following a bench trial before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. The four charges include “entering [...]

The US Senate Thursday failed to advance proposed judicial safety legislation. The Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2020 would protect “judges’ personally identifiable information in public records” in order to promote judicial safety and the safety of judges’ families. The Act is named after Daniel Anderl, son of New Jersey US District Court [...]

Elon Musk, SpaceX, and Tesla Thursday were sued for $258 billion by Dogecoin investor Keith Johnson. Johnson accused Musk of orchestrating a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, also known as a Ponzi scheme. The class action complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleged that in 2019 Musk and his [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced Kevin Seefried and his son Hunter Seefried were found guilty “of felony and misdemeanor charges for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach.” Both were “found guilty of the felony offense of obstruction of an official proceeding” and four misdemeanors, “including entering and remaining in a [...]

The US Department of the Treasury (DOT) Wednesday announced sanctions against two members of the violent Russian extremist group known as the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM). The DOT imposed sanctions on Stanislav Shevchuk and Alexander Zhuchkovsky pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 13224.  EO 13224 “gives the U.S. Government a powerful tool to impede terrorist funding and [...]

A US District Judge Wednesday ordered Energetic Tank, Inc. to pay the US federal government almost $44.6 million for its role in a 2017 collision between an Energetic Tank tanker and a US Navy destroyer in which “en Navy sailors were killed and dozens more were injured.” The $44.6 million payment is due to the [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced the arrest of three Florida residents. The three individuals, Leslie Gray, Traci Isaacs and Luis Hallon of St. Cloud, Florida were charged in connection with their actions in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.  The complaint filed in the District of Columbia stated: “Gray is charged with civil [...]

The US Senate Wednesday advanced the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2021 (HR 3967) which will help veterans injured due to exposure to toxic military burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The PACT Act plans to provide “health care, presumption of service-connection, research, resources, and other matters related to veterans who [...]