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Today, an Arizona House Committee unanimously passed a bill that would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws and prohibit the state from taking a person’s property without a criminal conviction in most cases. The proposed legislation would build on important reforms signed into law in 2017 that opted Arizona out of a federal forfeiture program.
A bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate would make several reforms to the state's asset forfeiture process and close a loophole allowing state and local police to circumvent stringent state asset forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the feds.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Jan. 28, 2021) – On Tuesday, a Utah Senate committee passed a bill that would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws and make it more difficult for state and local police to participate in a program that allows them to circumvent tighter state asset forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Jan 18, 2021) – A bill introduced in the Missouri House would close a loophole allowing state and local police to circumvent stringent state asset forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the federal government. Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O’Fallon) filed House Bill 750 (HB750) on Jan. 7. The proposed law would prohibit Missouri law enforcement agencies or prosecutors from entering into agreements to transfer seized property to a federal agency by way of adoption or other means for the purpose of the property’s forfeiture under federal law. The proposed law would also requi...
Former Director-General of FAO, José Graziano da Silva, and the former President of IFAD, Kanayo F. Nwanze. Afronomics Law | 3 September 2019 Access to Food and Intellectual Property Rights: Commentary on the Draft UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts By Titilayo Adebola This commentary considers the access to food component of the draft UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts (Guide) and voices its silence on intellectual property rights (IPRs). In the past decade, foreign investors have increased the number of investment...