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Feds Indict Former N.Y. State Senator

Posted on October 19, 2010
Hiram Monserrate, who was expelled from office after slashing his girlfriend with a broken glass, faces federal corruption and fraud charges.

DOJ News Release: U.S. Reaches Settlement with American Indian Farmers

Posted on October 19, 2010
The settlement concerns discrimination complaints from 1981 to 1999.

American Prospect: Ex-DOJ Official Disputes Coates? New Black Panther Testimony

Posted on October 19, 2010
Former Justice Department lawyer Robert Kengle wrote to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to take issue with how former Voting Section chief Christopher Coates described his objections to a voting rights case against black officials in Mississippi.

Conn. U.S. Attorney Shakes Up His Criminal Division

Posted on October 19, 2010
The Criminal Division of the Connecticut U.S. Attorney's Office now has its work divided by case type.

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Settlement Agreement Fact Sheet

Posted on October 19, 2010

DOJ Reaches Agreement with Georgia Over Disability System

Posted on October 19, 2010
The agreement signed Tuesday resolves a lawsuit over the state's treatment of individuals with mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Perez Remarks on ADA Settlement with Georgia

Posted on October 19, 2010
Remarks by Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Thomas Perez on a settlement with the state of Georgia.

Mary Patrice Brown to Replace Keeney in Criminal Division

Posted on October 19, 2010
The acting head of the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility will take over for Jack Keeney, who retired from the Criminal Division last month after 59 years.

Former DOJ Prosecutor Nominated to District Judge Post in Utah

Posted on October 19, 2010
The former trial attorney will serve in the 3rd District Court, which handles cases in Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties.

FBI Veteran to Become Illinois Tollway Watchdog

Posted on October 18, 2010
The 31-year veteran of the FBI will handle allegations of fraud and misconduct involving the Illinois Tollway network.

In Round 2 of Ring Trial, Judge Has Harsh Words for DOJ

Posted on October 18, 2010
U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle scolded prosecutors for seeking to change a key argument in the case right before the trial.

U.S. Attorney Vows to Protect Voters? Rights in South Carolina

Posted on October 18, 2010
South Carolina's top federal prosecutor said that an Assistant U.S Attorney will lead the efforts in the region to avoid fraud and discrimination on Election Day.

DEA

Posted on October 18, 2010
President Obama's inadvertent slip reveals the administration's attitude toward agency.

Video

Posted on October 18, 2010
NAFUSA's tribute to former U.S. Attorney and NYC DA Robert Morgenthau.

DOJ Targets Health Insurance Carrier Deals with Hospitals

Posted on October 18, 2010
The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against a health insurance carrier that previously came under scrutiny by the Antitrust Division earlier this year.

Tennesseean: DOJ Files Brief in Support of Murfreesboro Mosque

Posted on October 18, 2010

A Double Standard?

Posted on October 18, 2010
A Justice Department spokesman said he is not aware of a department investigation into national security disclosures contained in the latest book by journalist Bob Woodward.

Report: 48 Law Enforcement Officers Killed in 2009

Posted on October 18, 2010
In its annual report on law enforcement deaths and assaults while on duty, the FBI found slightly more officers were killed last year than in 2008.

SCOTUSBlog: Supreme Court to Hear Case On Whether Detained Man Can Sue Former AG Ashcroft

Posted on October 18, 2010

Report: Mumbai Plotter Informed for DEA While Training With Terrorists

Posted on October 17, 2010
The David Coleman Headley case underscores the continuing lack of coordination among U.S. agencies in terrorism investigations, the non-profit journalism website Pro Publica said.

Six DOJers In Running for D.C. Superior Court Spots

Posted on October 15, 2010
Six Justice Department lawyers have applied to the Judicial Nomination Commission to fill three spots on the D.C. courts.

DOJ Picks Up New Deputy Assistant General

Posted on October 15, 2010
The soon-to-be Deputy Attorney General focused on antitrust and intellectual property matters at the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

Congressional Ethics Chief to U.S. Attorney?s Office

Posted on October 15, 2010
The soon-to-be Assistant U.S. Attorney was the first staff director and chief counsel of the two-year-old Office of Congressional Ethics.

BLT: Cobell Settlement Gets Another Extension

Posted on October 15, 2010

TPM: Ex-DOJ Lawyer to Help Conservative Group?s Anti-Voter Fraud Initiative

Posted on October 15, 2010

Tribune: Blagojevich Lawyers Allege ?Plethora? of Prosecutorial Mistakes

Posted on October 15, 2010

Obama Drug War Remarks Irk DEA Agents

Posted on October 15, 2010
President Barack Obama told a crowd of young people gathered for a town hall meeting shown on MTV that the Justice Department and the FBI are fighting the drug war.

Deputy U.S. Marshal Sentenced in Gun Case

Posted on October 15, 2010
The U.S. Marshals Service official received a 45-month prison sentence, in addition to three years of supervised release.

Holder Against California Pot Initiative

Posted on October 15, 2010
Proposition 19 would permit the possession, sale and distribution of marijuana in California if voters endorse the ballot initiative in November. UPDATED: 3:08 p.m.