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News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Wednesday April 19, 2023 ( 6 items )  

Mich. A.G. Nessel Joins DOJ Lawsuit Against Google for Anticompetitive Practices in Digital Advertising
LANSING, Michigan, April 19 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined 16 other Attorneys General in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology products in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. It alleges that Google monopo  more

Neb. A.G. Hilgers Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Protect States' Right to Regulate Abortion
LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 19 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers filed an amicus brief today along with 20 other Attorneys General urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the FDA's attempt to loosen patient-safety requirements while pushing a national mail-order abortion regime in violation of federal and state law. "The Biden Administration's efforts to facilitate abortion-by-mail endanger women and violate federal and state law  more

Neb. U.S. Attorney: California Man Sentenced for Possession With Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Fentanyl Analogue
OMAHA, Nebraska, April 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Alejandro Berrelleza-Bojorquez, 25, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced on April 14, 2023, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska. Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Berrelleza-Bojorquez to 76 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or m  more

Neb. U.S. Attorney: Former Oakland Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Misuse of Public Funds
OMAHA, Nebraska, April 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Terry A. Poland, 33, of Fremont, Nebraska, was arraigned and pleaded guilty today before the Honorable Michael D. Nelson, United States Magistrate Judge, to Misuse of Public Funds. Poland further agreed that he has or will surrender his law enforcement certification before the date set for senten  more

Tenn. A.G. Skrmetti Joins 21-State Coalition in Urging U.S. Supreme Court to Reiterate the People's Right to Regulate Abortion
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 19 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on April 18, 2023: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today joined 20 other state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reject the FDA's attempt to push a national mail-order abortion regime in violation of federal law, of state laws, and of the Court's Dobbs opinion. "Tennesseans have chosen, through the democratic process of  more

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa: Sioux City Woman to Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Sioux City woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine with others was sentenced on April 14, 2023, to 37 months in federal prison. Kimberly Hansen, 58, from Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty on October 21, 2022, in federal court to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that Hansen was involved in a co  more