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The Justice Department announced the launch of the department’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative today. Redlining is an illegal practice in which lenders avoid providing services to individuals living in communities of color because of the race or national origin of the people who live in those communities.
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'We do not yet have equal access to justice in America, the task before us is urgent': special office reestablished by attorney general
Attorney General Merrick Garland has reinstated the Office for Access to Justice, a separate office within the Justice Department that was suspended during the Trump administration.
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DOJ sues to block Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger, says it ‘would likely harm competition'
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division sued to stop a $2.18 billion merger between publisher Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, saying it “would likely harm competition in the publishing industry.”
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Gree Electric Appliances to pay $91 million for failure to report defective dehumidifiers
Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. and two of its subsidiaries will pay $91 million to resolve criminal charges related to millions of its dehumidifiers that were defective and at risk of catching fire.
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Ohio man pleads guilty ‘to attempting to provide material support’ to terrorists
A Beavercreek, Ohio, man who was arrested in 2018 while attempting to travel overseas to join a terrorist group pleaded guilty last month in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Dayton.
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DOJ puts $21 million into addressing hate crimes
The Department of Justice invests over $21 million to investigate and prosecute hate crimes and assist hate crime victims.
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