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July is Disability Pride Month, a time to recognize the contributions of the disability community in advancing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law 34 years ago. Disability rights activists played a crucial role in its passage, organizing protests to highlight the need for accessibility and inclusion. One notable demonstration was the "Capitol Crawl," where activists with disabilities crawled up the U.S. Capitol Building stairs, underscoring the necessity for a national mandate on accessibility.
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Jordan Guy MacDonald Goudreau, 48, of Melbourne, Florida, and Yacsy Alexandra Alvarez, 43, of Tampa, Florida, were arrested yesterday pursuant to a now-unsealed indictment charging them with conspiracy to violate export laws, smuggling goods from the United States, violating the Arms Export Control Act, and violating the Export Control Reform Act. The indictment also charges Goudreau with violating the National Firearms Act and unlawful possession of machine guns.
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A Canadian man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Vegas to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to steal millions of dollars from thousands of victims in the United States.
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The United States filed a civil complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (collectively, Norfolk Southern) delay passenger trains on Amtrak’s Crescent Route in violation of federal law.
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Diesel performance parts retailers GDP Tuning LLC and Custom Auto of Rexburg LLC, operating as Gorilla Performance, along with owner Barry Pierce, were sentenced today in federal court in Pocatello, Idaho. Senior U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill for the District of Idaho sentenced Pierce to four months in prison. GDP Tuning and Gorilla Performance received five years of probation. All defendants were ordered to jointly pay a $1 million fine. The companies and Pierce had previously pleaded guilty.
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After a week-long trial, a federal jury convicted an Illinois man last Friday of conspiracy to commit securities fraud for agreeing with his brother and another man to alter the odometer readings on hundreds of used cars and sell those cars to unsuspecting consumers.
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Director Rosie Hidalgo delivered remarks at the National Organization for Victim Advocacy (NOVA) 50th Annual Training Event on July 30, 2024. She expressed gratitude to NOVA for their year-round work in providing critical training and technical assistance to grantees of the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)’s Campus Grant Program.
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The Justice Department filed a statement of interest yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, asserting that a church’s claims under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) are ready for judicial review in federal court.
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The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in Maricopa County, Arizona, for the July 30 primary election.
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A federal grand jury issued a superseding indictment yesterday charging former correctional officer Darrell Wayne Smith with 15 counts of sexual abuse, including a civil rights violation, against five female victims who were inmates under his custody and control at Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin (FCI Dublin).
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A federal grand jury in the Central District of California has indicted a prominent activist short seller on multiple counts of securities fraud, accusing him of orchestrating a market manipulation scheme that generated at least $16 million in profits.
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The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) conducted a live web-based pre-application information session for its Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program solicitation. During the presentation, OVW staff reviewed the program’s requirements, discussed the solicitation, and allowed for a brief question-and-answer period.
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Three individuals have been sentenced for participating in an international scheme involving the sale of tens of thousands of pirated business telephone system software licenses with a retail value of over $88 million.
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Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke delivered remarks at the National Urban League’s Annual Conference on July 26, 2024. In her speech, she emphasized the importance of perseverance in the fight for equal justice for Black Americans and highlighted the intertwined history of American democracy with both defeats and victories.
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As technology becomes increasingly integral to modern life, ensuring it does not create new barriers for people with disabilities is crucial to upholding the promise of equal opportunity under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This includes technologies used by employers, state and local government services such as public schools, voting systems, public transit systems, and places of public accommodation like doctors' offices and private colleges. As the ADA marks its 34th anniversary this month, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the Equal Employment...
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The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will virtually cohost the first public meeting of the Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing (Strike Force) on Thursday, Aug. 1, to discuss enforcement actions aimed at lowering prices for Americans.
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On the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Attorney General Merrick B. Garland signed a final rule under Title II of the ADA to improve access to medical diagnostic equipment (MDE) for people with disabilities. MDE includes equipment such as medical examination tables, weight scales, dental chairs, x-ray machines, and mammography machines. Accessible MDE is essential for people with disabilities to have equal access to medical care.
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The United States has filed a complaint against Murphy Medical Center, Inc., doing business as Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital, and Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority, doing business as Erlanger Health System and Erlanger Medical Center (collectively, Erlanger), in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. The government alleges that Erlanger, a health care system located in Tennessee and North Carolina, violated the Stark Law and thereby submitted false claims to the Medicare program.
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The United States has filed a civil complaint under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) against National General Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, including National General Insurance Company, National General Lender Services Inc., and Newport Management Corporation. The lawsuit alleges that for over a decade, National General erroneously force-placed its Collateral Protection Insurance (CPI) product on vehicles financed through Wells Fargo, despite borrowers already having insurance through other carriers.
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John Chen, 71, of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Los Angeles, California, and Lin Feng, 44, a PRC citizen and resident of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty to acting as unregistered agents of the PRC and bribing an IRS agent in connection with a plot to target U.S.-based practitioners of Falun Gong — a spiritual practice banned in the PRC.