News from January 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2017
News Release: Soldadera Reader’s Theater and Discussion at Chamizal National Memorial on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 In 2016, Congress answered our call for federal grants, awarded and administered by the Department of Homeland Security, to support local efforts to counter violent extremism. Today, I am pleased to announce the first round of awards of these grants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has found reasonable cause to believe that the Chicago Police Department (CPD) engages in a pattern or practice of using force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The department found that CPD officers’ practices ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Update Reaffirms Role of Guidelines while Reflecting Developments in the Law and the Agencies’ Enforcement and Policy Work The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission issued today updated Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property (IP Licensing Guidelines) that explain ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement on the departure of Judge John Leonardo, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona: “During his four and a half years as United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Judge John Leonardo has worked tirelessly to uphold our laws and defend our values,” said Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against former School Resource Officer (SRO) Benjamin Fields for the physical force used in handling a student at Spring Valley High School on Oct. 26, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Three Takata Executives Charged with Wire Fraud and Conspiracy Tokyo-based Takata Corporation, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive safety-related equipment, agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and pay a total of $1 billion in criminal penalties stemming from the company’s fraudulent conduct ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: A Rome, New York, man pleaded guilty today to charges of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Today the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) announced an award of $500,000 to the Vera Institute of Justice’s Center on Victimization and Safety to create a plan for establishing a National Deaf Service Line that will enable Deaf victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today a settlement with the Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) for alleged violations of Pepco’s Clean Water Act permit at its service center located in Anacostia. Under the settlement, Pepco will implement a number ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Chilean chemicals and mining company Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) agreed to pay a criminal penalty of more than $15 million in connection with payments to politically-connected individuals in Chile in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), announced Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced today the publication of its accomplishments in 2016, documenting one of the most successful years in its history of over a century, including the highest recoveries in environmental enforcement, record-setting recoveries in natural resource damages, and the highest criminal penalties handed down in individual vessel pollution and Lacey Act trafficking cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Medstar Ambulance Inc., including four subsidiary companies and its two owners, Nicholas and Gregory Melehov, have agreed to pay $12.7 million to resolve allegations that the Massachusetts-based ambulance company knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: A Barrio Azteca (BA) gang lieutenant pleaded guilty today for his participation in a racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued today revised Antitrust Guidelines for International Enforcement and Cooperation. These guidelines update the 1995 Antitrust Enforcement Guidelines for International Operations and provide guidance to businesses engaged in international ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against KleinBank alleging that the bank engaged in unlawful “redlining” of majority-minority neighborhoods in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. “Redlining” is the discriminatory practice by banks or other financial institutions of denying or avoiding providing credit services to consumers because of the racial or ethnic demographics of the neighborhood in which the consumer lives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice, 21 states, and the District of Columbia reached a nearly $864 million settlement agreement with Moody’s Investors Service Inc., Moody’s Analytics Inc., and their parent, Moody’s Corporation, the Department announced today. The settlement resolves allegations arising from Moody’s ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Friday extended until Feb. 17, 2017, the comment period for the advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards for large and interconnected entities under their supervision and those entities' service providers.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: KINGSTON, Okla. – A complaint of unsafe working conditions led U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors to discover the safety and health of employees at a well-known Oklahoma truck bed fabricator being placed at risk amid nearly two dozen safety and health violations.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration today awarded $65 million to 52 state workforce agencies, including Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, to operate Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment programs for unemployment insurance beneficiaries.
