WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3113): * * * In Re: Apple Inc. Smartphone Antitrust Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiffs in a Northern District of California action move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Northern District of California. The litigation consists of ten actions pending in two districts, as listed on Schedule A. Since the filing of the motion, the Panel has bee  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 11 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Attorney General Brown, along with the attorneys general of Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general advocating for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to standardize the federal rules on screening public housing applicants with criminal records. The coalition's comment letter responds to a HUD notice   more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Several members of a gun manufacturing and trafficking network in Passaic and Hudson counties have been sentenced to prison terms for weapons offenses related to the fabrication and sale of personally made firearms (PMFs), commonly known as "ghost guns," and other offenses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Corey Jenkins Jr., 31, of Paters  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Two Hudson County, New Jersey, men have been charged in connection with their respective roles in a Jersey City neighborhood street gang that distributed cocaine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Anthony Phillips, aka "Ant," aka "Little Ant," 31, of Jersey City, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Michael A. Hammer in Newark   more

ALBANY, New York, June 11 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of an $18.4 million pavement improvement project on the New York State Thruway (I-87) in Rockland County. The work will cover more than 30 lane miles on a more than five-mile stretch between north of exit 14A (New Jersey - Garden State Parkway) to south of exit 15 (New Jersey - I-287 - NJ Route 17 South) in the town of Ramapo. Approximat  more

ALBANY, New York, June 11 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and Equinor Wind US President Molly Morris today announced the start of construction on what will be the nation's largest dedicated offshore wind port at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT). The project will accelerate the clean energy transition, advance progress toward the state's Climate Leadership and Community Protectio  more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx County District Attorney, announced today that, on the morning he was scheduled to begin trial, FELIX HERRERA GARCIA pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death and serious bodily injury, as well as possession of narc  more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on June 10, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO Andrew Kimball, Equinor Wind US President Molly Morris, and the Sustainable South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, L.P. (SSBMT) today announced the start of construction of what will be the nation's largest dedicated offshore wind port at the South Brooklyn Marine Termina  more