A divided U.S. appeals court revived efforts by oil companies to force the federal government to reimburse them for the cost to clean up a Southern California site where they had dumped toxic sludge during World War II. By a …
The U.S. Department of Justice is supporting a lawsuit alleging Hawaii discriminates against those who struggle with English because of challenges they face in obtaining a driver’s license. The Justice Department on Thursday filed court documents saying the allegations are …
The parents of a man who died when his car burst into flames during a Border Patrol chase in San Diego County is suing the government for wrongful death. Twenty-five-year-old Alex Martin of Texas died in March of 2012. Authorities …
As well as too-big-to-fail it looks as if we must think of our largest banks as too-big-to-punish as well. After comments from top U.S. Justice Department officials in the wake of the $1.5 billion settlement with UBS over interest-rate manipulation, …
A federal sex-discrimination suit has been settled between the Arizona Department of Corrections and the U.S. Department of Justice. The Arizona Republic reported the department has one month to put in place new polices and three months to launch training …
