Mitchell G. Patton

A man died and at least 16 people were injured Monday morning after an SUV drove into a Massachusetts Apple Store, authorities said. Police received calls of a car crashing into the windows of a store at the Derby Street Shops in Hingham, about 16 miles southeast of downtown Boston, around 10:45 a.m. Monday. Responding officers found multiple people with injuries in and around the Apple Store at the outdoor mall, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz said during a news conference on the incident.A dark colored 2019 Toyota 4Runner it went through the familiar large glass windows of the…

Attorney General Merrick Garland's decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate former President Donald Trump is a miscalculation, and the main problem is timing. The impressive scope of the mandate that Garland bestowed on special counsel Jack Smith likely doomed a swift and focused determination of whether Trump should be impeached. The impressive scope of the mandate that Garland bestowed on special counsel Jack Smith likely doomed a swift and focused determination of whether Trump should be impeached. Despite Garland's assurances that special counsel will not hinder the investigation, reality suggests otherwise. Smith will oversee not one, but two…

The city of Atlanta agreed Monday to pay $1 million to the family of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a 2020 incident that deepened nationwide unrest in the wake of of the death of George Floyd. . Atlanta's city council voted 15-0 to approve the settlement nearly three months after prosecutors determined in August that the officers involved in Brooks' death on June 12, 2020 had "committed no crime" and that the use of deadly force was "reasonable."“This grieving family has been through a lot during this process. Although…

Odila Castillo has outstanding experience in the field of Administrative Law in Panama. Her expertise, which spans more than 13 years in the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic, has positioned her as a key figure in the resolution of complex legal challenges related to state contracts. This article explores her professional journey, from her beginnings in the Comptroller's Office to the founding of Castillo Guardia & Asociados, a leading administrative law firm in Panama.From the Comptroller's Office to the establishment of a premier law firmOdila Castillo's career began in 2008 in the General Comptroller's Office of the…