Press Release Forfeiture Victims Win First Round in Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Harris County’s Seizure and Civil Forfeiture Practices J. Justin Wilson November 8, 2023
Press Release Indiana Supreme Court Rules Property Owners in Civil Forfeiture Cases are Entitled to a Jury Trial J. Justin Wilson October 31, 2023
Press Release Institute for Justice Attorneys Comment on Today’s Oral Argument in Culley v. Marshall Andrew Wimer October 30, 2023
Press Release Civil Forfeiture Victim Looks Forward to Supreme Court’s Consideration of the Right to a Prompt Hearing After Police Take Property Andrew Wimer October 18, 2023
Press Release Innocent Security Deposit Box Renters Demand FBI Return Missing Property Andrew Wimer September 22, 2023
Post Kansas City Star Editorial Crafts Near-Perfect Argument to End Civil Forfeiture—Except for One Line September 11, 2023
Press Release Court Rules Rochester Woman is Entitled to Day in Court Nearly Three Years After Police Took Her Money Without Charging Her With a Crime Dan King August 4, 2023
Press Release He Beat the DEA After Agents Wrongly Took His Money at Atlanta Airport, But a Court Let the Government Stiff His Attorneys Andrew Wimer July 20, 2023
Press Release Civil Forfeiture Victims Urge Supreme Court to Recognize Right to a Prompt Hearing After Police Take Property Dan King June 29, 2023
Press Release Public Interest Advocates Applaud Nevada Lawmakers for Increasing Transparency in Forfeiture Process, Call for More Reforms Dan King June 2, 2023
Press Release Cross-Ideological Coalition Calls on House Judiciary Committee Leadership to Reform Civil Forfeiture Andrew Wimer May 9, 2023
Press Release You’ve Got to Spend Money to Take Money: DOJ Announces $6B in Contracts to Ramp Up Forfeiture Andrew Wimer May 1, 2023
Press Release Houston Nurse Will Seek Rehearing After Appeals Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Abusive CBP Forfeiture Tactics J. Justin Wilson April 24, 2023
Press Release Georgia Supreme Court Urged to Prevent Erosion of Limited Procedural Protections for Civil Forfeiture Victims Dan King April 21, 2023
Press Release Supreme Court Will Consider Whether Property Owners Deserve Prompt Hearing After Property Seizure Andrew Wimer April 17, 2023
Press Release Bipartisan Bill in Congress Would Dramatically Reform Civil Forfeiture Laws Andrew Wimer March 9, 2023
Press Release IJ: Lancaster County Detective’s Theft of Forfeiture Funds Underscores Need to End Civil Forfeiture Andrew Wimer March 9, 2023
Press Release Nevada Supreme Court Affirms that Government Officials Can Be Sued for Violations of Rights in the State Constitution Andrew Wimer December 29, 2022
Press Release Indiana Should Stop Redacting Information About Civil Forfeiture Cases, New IJ Brief Argues Dan King November 21, 2022
Press Release Security Deposit Box Owners Will Appeal Decision Rubber-Stamping FBI’s Sweeping US Private Vaults Search and Seizure Andrew Wimer September 29, 2022
Press Release Fourth Circuit Issues Important Decision Affirming The Presumption Of Innocence In Civil Forfeiture Cases Dan King August 10, 2022
Press Release Lawsuit Uncovers the Inside Story of the FBI’s Plans to Take Security Deposit Boxes without Charging Owners with Crimes Andrew Wimer August 10, 2022
Press Release Institute for Justice Condemns Michigan Lawmakers for Undoing Civil Forfeiture Reforms, Stripping People of Due Process Rights Dan King June 1, 2022
Press Release Arizona Appeals Court Lets Charlotte Trucking Company Owner Fight for $39,500 Seized From Him at Phoenix Airport Andrew Wimer May 10, 2022
Press Release Institute for Justice Condemns Staten Island DA’s Use of Civil Forfeiture Funds to Purchase Facial Recognition Technology Dan King May 6, 2022