The U.S. Justice Department is expanding its whistleblower program to coax more tipsters to disclose corporate misconduct by offering monetary rewards, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said on Thursday. The Justice Department is already authorized to dole out awards for …
The Justice Department (DOJ) announced it has has opened a civil rights practices investigation into the Trenton, New Jersey police department. Officials said the investigation will seek to determine “whether there are systemic violations of the Constitution and federal law” …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department is under a U. S. Department of Justice investigation for alleged racial discrimination, a Kansas City spokesperson confirmed to The Kansas City Star Thursday. Associated Press phone calls requesting …
The Department of Justice proposed an amended complaint and consent decree in the District of Maryland that would resolve claims that chicken producer George’s Inc. and George’s Foods conspired with other poultry processors for years to suppress workers’ wages by …
A former Michigan insurance agent was convicted of filing false tax returns and making false statements to both a bankruptcy court and the Department of Justice. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Donald Stanley LaVigne, formerly of …
The US Justice Department is likely to reject concessions offered by Alphabet Inc., clearing the way for an antitrust lawsuit over Google’s dominance of the online advertising market, according to people familiar with the matter. While Google has made at …
United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Ishais Price, age 41, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, before United States District Court Judge …
U.S. and British officials on Thursday accused the Russian government of running a years-long campaign to hack into critical infrastructure, including an American nuclear plant and a Saudi oil refinery. The announcement was paired with the unsealing of criminal charges …
A supermarket company has agreed to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting gases from refrigeration equipment at more than 500 stores in seven southeastern states, federal authorities said Friday. The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency reached the agreement with …
Hopes BP can settle early out of court on liability for its 2010 U.S. Gulf oil spill looked forlorn on Wednesday after U.S. prosecutors laid out a legal case for gross negligence on which tens of billions of dollars hang. …
