The plaintiffs in the case against Charter Communications Inc. allege the telecommunications giant ‘misused’ forfeited plan assets when reducing the employer’s future matching contributions to the ...

In Philadelphia the District Attorney’s Office has ended efforts to seize several homes in the wake of media attention over the city’s aggressive “civil forfeiture” policies. The Institute for Justice ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Stopping drug crimes often involves more than handcuffs and jail time because seizing cash involved in drug dealing is often a big part of the effort. Madison County ...

Nov. 26—The Morgan County District Attorney's Office last week filed condemnation proceedings to acquire property from five defendants charged with drug offenses, while a state lawmaker who helped ...

The U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement in a civil forfeiture case against a senior official in Equatorial Guinea accused of corruption. The federal government will sell the official's ...

Editor’s note: The Republican and New England Public Media collaborated on a monthslong investigation into the practice of civil asset forfeiture in Western Massachusetts. This story is one part of ...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could set limits on the federal government’s sweeping powers to seize property in drug cases under criminal forfeiture laws. Tony and Terry Honeycutt ...

"This is the story of a Chevrolet truck, but to some observers it evokes less Chevy than Kafka," wrote Justice Don R. Willett, dissenting from the Texas Supreme Court's denial of the petition for ...