Small Heroin Sale Tees Up High Court Test of Forfeiture Laws

A challenge to a rare legal scenario in which a federally protected…

Home, Assets Tied Up For Years As Family Awaits Forfeiture Process

Questions raised about how law enforcement freezes property during…

Wisconsin Enacts Sweeping Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill protecting residents’…

Civil Forfeiture: Can the Government Really Seize and Take Ownership of My Company’s Assets?

In 2017, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) reported more…

Civil asset forfeiture reform is sweeping the nation

There’s an under-the-radar fight brewing in Washington, D.C.,…

The government took $41,000 from this Texan at a Houston airport six months ago. They never gave it back.

A nurse from Katy is suing Customs and Border Protection after…

A look into DHS asset forfeiture procedures

Forfeiture is a fairly big business for the Department of Homeland Security; seized more than $2 billion at airports between 2000 and 2016 and overwhelming number of owners were never even accused of committing a crime.

5 states that reformed civil forfeiture laws – and one that didn’t

We looked at some of the states that have restricted civil forfeiture…

MI Prosecutor Quits Over Forfeiture Fund Charges

Macomb County, Mi., Prosecutor Eric Smith, accused of embezzlement…

Forfeiture Cases Can Take Years, Even for the Innocent; Supreme Court May Help

Mackinac Center signs onto amicus brief in Salgado v. United…