News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today a new guidance from the Justice Department designed to help law enforcement agencies prevent gender bias in their response to sexual assault and domestic violence, highlighting the need for clear policies, robust training and responsive accountability systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: The United States announced today that it has joined with the state of Ohio in seeking the termination of a consent decree with the Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS), recognizing Ohio’s successful elimination of its use of disciplinary solitary confinement on children in its custody and its improvement of individualized mental health treatment for children formerly at risk of such confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Greensboro, North Carolina, returned a superseding indictment against a Thomasville, North Carolina, man charging him with one count of evading the payment of income taxes, three counts of filing false tax returns, one count of making false statements on aircraft maintenance ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SA (CAS), Dreyfus Sons & Co Ltd, Banquiers (Dreyfus), and Baumann & Cie, Banquiers (Baumann), reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. These banks collectively will pay penalties of more than $130 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: U.S. Conspirators Paid More Than $2 Million to Influence Russian Nuclear Energy Official and to Secure Business with State-Owned Russian Nuclear Energy Company A former Russian official residing in Maryland was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with his role in arranging more than $2 million in corrupt payments to influence the awarding of contracts with a Russian state-owned nuclear energy corporation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Southwind Village LLC, the owner and operator of Southwind Village Mobile Home Park in North Fort Myers, Florida, has agreed to pay $60,000 to resolve allegations that it discriminated against African Americans in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The settlement was approved today by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Theater Divestitures Will Preserve Movie Theater Competition in Connecticut and New Jersey The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and SMH Theatres Inc. (Starplex Cinemas) that requires AMC to divest movie theaters in Connecticut ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today announced seven awards totaling $2.7 million in funding through the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women’s Sexual Assault Justice Initiative (SAJI) to improve how the justice system in general, and prosecution in particular, handles sexual assault ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Mid State Banks Inc., Hawkinsville, Georgia Written Agreement issued June 2, 2010 Terminated December 9, 2015 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that Dr. Ellen Hughes-Cromwick will serve as the Department of Commerce’s new Chief Economist. Dr. Hughes-Cromwick is on leave from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, following a distinguished, 18-year career with the Ford Motor Company.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce today released the final results of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO), which found that business ownership in our nation is mirroring our increasingly diverse population. Minority-owned firms in the U.S. rose from 5.8 million in 2007 to 8.0 ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 15, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Dec 15, 2015
The US Federal Reserve System published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 15, 2015
The US Energy Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 15, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 15, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 15, 2015
The US State Department published a four page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 15, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 15, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 15, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
