JD Supra

A New Era in Federal Sentencing: Updates to the Guidelines and the Elimination of Departures

The federal sentencing landscape in the United States could undergo a significant transformation with recent amendments to update the United States Sentencing Guidelines that will go into effect on ...
The Royal Gazette

Committee’s sentencing guidance expected this year

Sentencing guidelines for offences involving bladed weapons and fatal traffic incidents are expected to be released later ...
JD Supra

2025 Update to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: A Streamlined Two-Step Process

On November 1, 2025, the most recent amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual went into effect. Among other changes, the amendments streamline the sentencing process from three steps to two ...
SCOTUSblog

Justices hold that restitution requirements imposed on federal convicts can’t be ratcheted up after the crime but before sentencing

Yesterday’s majority opinion by Brett Kavanaugh in Ellingburg v. United States well may be the shortest of the term – less ...
Bernews

Sentencing Guidelines Committee Meetings

The Sentencing Guidelines Committee held meetings during the week of 5 January 2026 when a delegation from the Foreign, ...