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    Senate confirms Ortiz for U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts  Nov 7, 2009
    "I have had time to reflect upon our conversation and come to truly appreciate what public service meant to him. I continue to be inspired by his commitment to this great nation and the citizens of Massachusetts, including his efforts to ensure that all citizens, including those less fortunate, have a voice in our public institutions. I told Senator Kennedy that if confirmed, I would make him proud and I intend to honor his legacy. I will work tirelessly on behalf of the Department of Justice to... (Rsolindale Parkway Transcript, MA)

    Mercenaries 'back in SA'  Nov 7, 2009
    The South African department of justice said earlier this week that the men would not face charges relating to their misadventure when they returned. Sapa Digg. (iAfrica.com)

    The man who sold the war  Nov 7, 2009
    "Attorney General Holder s decision to re open the criminal investigation creates an atmosphere of continuous jeopardy for those whose cases the Department of Justice had previously declined to prosecute. Moreover, there is no reason to expect that the re opened criminal investigation will remain narrowly focused," the letter says ... As he has made clear, the Department of Justice will not prosecute anyone who acted in good faith and within the scope of the legal guidance given by the Office of... (Salon)

    DOJ Pushes 'Comprehensive Approach' to Discovery Reform  Nov 7, 2009
    The National Law Journal. Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia says he's "radicalized" when it comes to prosecution disclosure obligations. (Law.com)

    Boston Scientific to Pay $296 Million in Settlement  Nov 7, 2009
    Medical device maker said Friday it will pay $296 million to settle a Department of Justice investigation into the company's Guidant unit. The company also said it will take a charge of $294 million in the third quarter quarter. (Law.com)

    Should Web Search Data Be Stored?  Nov 7, 2009
    However, the DOJ's position is that ECPA doesn't apply to the search engines and search terms, the search engines themselves refuse to say what they think, and it hasn't been litigated yet. In the meantime, how the law does or does not apply is being hashed out secretly between DOJ investigators and search engines' compliance counsel; the public has no idea how the law is being applied, just as they have no real idea of what the search engines are doing with their data ... So I think we disagree... (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Republicans Seek Probe of Brown's Recorded Calls  Nov 7, 2009
    In his resignation letter, Gerber said Brown and other California Department of Justice officials had no knowledge of the recordings. California is one of 12 states that require notification of all parties before a phone call is taped. (Newsmax)

    Letter: Sex offender status upsets mom  Nov 7, 2009
    I always thought that the law meant that they had to stay away from schools and was shocked when I contacted the Department of Justice from the Megan's Law Web site to report it. They told me it was OK as long as the school gave him written permission, but to make sure that I contact the school and find out what their rule was about it. (Appeal Democrat, CA)

    DA rejects criminal complaint against El Centro defense attorney  Nov 7, 2009
    But the laboratory results from the state Department of Justice show that Espinosa had a blood alcohol level of 0. 03 percent, which is well below the legal limit. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)

    Cheney blasts probe of CIA interrogations  Nov 7, 2009
    Cheney, speaking to the Economic Club of Southwest Michigan, was harshest when addressing a Department of Justice investigation into so-called "enhanced interrogations" used by the CIA and military on detained suspected terrorists. "I find that absolutely abhorrent," said Cheney, who served under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    A Cookbook for the Pennywise and Time-Crunched  Nov 7, 2009
    I was terminated in May 2004, two weeks after the dismissal of the EEOC complaint that was not investigated, and a day after informing management that I overheard a co-worker saying to the one that accused me of harassing her by singing, "we're going to show him the power of pu - - y. I was denied unemployment insurance, June 2004, with a fact-finding interview done over the telephone that was not reviewed or signed by me, as it should have been before it was made part of the official record and... (Epicurious.com)

    When the law chases the Internet  Nov 7, 2009
    Google Inc. hasn't committed a crime, but it did argue before a federal judge in recent days that it should not be ordered to turn over some general information about personal search logs to the Department of Justice. Federal investigators say they need the information to help make a case that Web porn is a threat to children. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Boston Scientific agrees to pay $296m settlement  Nov 7, 2009
    yesterday said it has agreed to pay $296 million to settle a US Department of Justice investigation into charges that its heart-device subsidiary made faulty product reports to the Food and Drug Administration. The resolution, part of an effort by the company s new top executive to clean up long-running legal issues, more than erased the $200 million profit the company reported for the third quarter. (Boston Globe)

    Polluters feel the heat in rising legal tide  Nov 7, 2009
    It is often said that Philip Morris has been one of the best-performing stocks in the world over the years - notwithstanding that it and other cigarette makers lost a landmark 2006 case brought by the US Department of Justice, seeking $US280 billion for more than 50 years of conspiracy to deceive the public. But the nature of the fossil fuel business will change as it wards off the readily foreseeable: exponentially rising damages claims from global warming. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Live Nation-Ticketmaster Deal Vote Set for Jan. 8  Nov 7, 2009
    The U.S. Department of Justice has not yet given its opinion on the plan, which would bring together the world's largest concert promoter with its most dominant ticket-seller by volume. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (ABC News -- Wire)

    Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis is a Free Man  Nov 7, 2009
    The U.S. Department of Justice ended its lengthy investigation of Francis for tax evasion after it was learned that the chief witness in the case, CPA Michael Barrett, had secretly committed crimes against Mr. Francis, and then contacted the tax authorities in an effort to cover his tracks ... The Department of Justice launched an extensive investigation during which Francis was held without bail for nearly a year ... "I have admitted that I should have and could done more to reevaluate one of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    FTC Red Flags Rules: How to create an identity theft prevention plan  Nov 6, 2009
    Should the FTC investigate and determine your organization is non-compliant, it will work with the Department of Justice to sue. Currently there is a maximum fine of $3,500 per covered account violation; there can also be violations which are not covered-account specific, and in some cases there can even be multiple violations within a single covered account. (Search Security, MA)

    Losing Track of Sex Offenders  Nov 6, 2009
    How many times in a news story do you see a reference to the fact that sex offenders overall have one of the lowest recidivism rates of all crimes tracked by the Department of Justice ... How many times in a news story do you see a reference to the fact that sex offenders overall have one of the lowest recidivism rates of all crimes tracked by the Department of Justice. (CBS News)

    Sheboygan man tries to sell the rights to his name  Nov 6, 2009
    Jennifer Doss, a special agent with the California Department of Justice pharmaceutical task force, showed a judge how she traced prescriptions issued in the names of Smith's boyfriend-lawyer, Howard Stern, an assistant of Smith and a series of fictitious names used by Smith over more than two years. In addition, Homeland Security agent Kenneth Krause described travel records showing multiple flights by Stern and Smith's psychiatrist, Khristine Eroshevich, to and from the Bahamas at times when... (Fresno Bee)

    One arrest, more cold cases to solve  Nov 6, 2009
    According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 797,500 children are reported missing each year, about 2,000 children a day. Many of them are recovered quickly, and some of the reports involve parental abductions. (CNN)

    Feds: Civil rights weren't violated in traffic stop  Nov 6, 2009
    Pascoe said the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division and the U.S. Department of Justice s Civil Rights Division were also involved in the investigation. The ODPS officer was suspended from police duties after the allegations surfaced a year ago. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    Mass. bank officials to testify on Merrill Lynch deal  Nov 6, 2009
    Read the criminal complaints from the US Department of Justice. LOG IN TO COMMENT. (Boston Globe)

    State targets Glenwood City man in oil fraud  Nov 6, 2009
    The state Department of Justice claims the deception happened three ways. - Rassbach Oil physically shorting the customer by pumping a portion of the fuel back into his delivery truck. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

    Hoschton man pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme  Nov 6, 2009
    Edward William Farley, 47, did not run the schemes in Jackson County, but operated mainly in metro Atlanta, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. In one fraud, real estate appraisers generated inflated values for homes, and Farley's clients secured mortgages based on that inflated rate. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Oracle Outlines Sun Software Plans  Nov 5, 2009
    The U.S. Department of Justice took its time before , but then the European Commission (EC) decided to , the popular open source database Sun owns. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has said Sun per month as the approvals drag on, and the delay thus far has already their jobs, although many more are expected to be cut once the deal is finalized. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Officials: Big jump in Calif. pot plants seized  Nov 5, 2009
    9 million plants in 2008, according to state Department of Justice figures released Wednesday. The state has reported a record number of seizures each year since 2002, when more than 354,000 plants were cut down. (MSNBC -- Crime)

    Ivax to pay $14M to settle kickback claim  Nov 5, 2009
    Pharmaceuticals will pay $14 million to resolve allegations that it participated in a kickback scheme with , to get the nursing home pharmacy to buy its drugs, according to the U.S. Department of Justice ... "These defendants broke the law to take advantage of our nation s most vulnerable citizens the elderly and the poor," said Tony West, assistant attorney general for the civil division of the Department of Justice, in a news release. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)

    LeT targeting top schools  Nov 5, 2009
    Opposing the bail application of Rana, arrested with Headley on charges of plotting terror attacks for LeT in Denmark and India, attorneys from the US Department of Justice said Rana is a danger to the nation and may flee the country if freed. According to the attorneys, the two terror suspects had referred to the National Defence College, New Delhi, as a terror target during their conversations on September 7, which was tapped by the FBI.. (India Times)

    Murder charges  Nov 5, 2009
    After investigation of the death, Stillwater County officials and Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigations Bureau Chief John Strandell confirmed that Blattie's death was a homicide. In initial reports of the death, the sheriff said investigators consider the death suspicious. (Laurel Outlook, MT)

    Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic?  Nov 5, 2009
    In an e-mail statement to Salon, FBI spokesperson Paul Bresson said: "The FBI does not confirm whether or not we are involved in an alleged ongoing operational activity. In all cases, FBI operations are conducted in strict accordance with established Department of Justice guidelines, FBI policy, and the law.". Rather than specifically targeted surveillance, it is also possible that the Bridgeton room is being used for a classified government project, such as data mining, with which the Pentagon... (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Grisham: Printed books are endangered species  Nov 4, 2009
    In response to the discounting, the American Booksellers Association wrote a letter to the Department of Justice on Oct. 22, asking that it investigate the companies practices, calling them illegal predatory pricing. But Grisham, who was a practicing attorney before becoming a writer, says that theres not much that can be done to fight the discount pricing in court even though he calls the practice short-sighted. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)

    Time off for rapists, murderers: Caswell man raped, killed 86-year-old retired teacher  Nov 4, 2009
    An Oct. 15 news release from Gov. Bev Perdue's office states she has asked her attorneys and the N.C. Department of Justice to "review all options to reverse and delay the ... ruling.". "The court's decision in that case will force the early release of murderers and rapists serving life sentences, including seven who were originally sentenced to death.". (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)

    Warren Buffett punts $US26b on railroad  Nov 4, 2009
    The deal requires approval by holders of two-thirds of the railway's shares not already held by Berkshire Hathaway and Department of Justice review. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Many child molesters are known by victims  Nov 4, 2009
    But according to the U.S. Department of Justice Statistics, about half of convicted molesters had relationships with the children, either through friends or family. Other studies have estimated the number of acquaintance perpetrators at between 70 percent and 90 percent, including family members. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

    Equatorial Guinea tests Obama vow to hold African leaders accountable  Nov 4, 2009
    The investigation found that millions of dollars in cash had been brought into the bank in plastic wrap and suitcases to be deposited into the Obiang accounts with few questions asked, according to the Department of Justice records. Riggs pled guilty for failure to report suspicious transactions involving the government of Equatorial Guinea as well as former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and was fined $16 million, the largest penalty ever levied under the Bank Secrecy Act. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)

    Lab Band leaders head to trial (1211)  Nov 4, 2009
    The Oregon Department of Justice and North Bend police completed their investigations in June. Young hasn t spoken to the media about the case, but he shared some of his thoughts in a letter of resignation addressed to Lab Band students and parents. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    Ethics, DOJ Share Turf Carefully  Nov 4, 2009
    By Roll Call Staff Nov. 4, 2009, 12 a.m.. When a confidential document leaked into the public sphere last week, it revealed the Justice Department is seeking to trump a House ethics investigation of Rep. (Roll Call)

    What type of country the U.S. is  Nov 4, 2009
    Instead -- as -- the DOJ continues to embrace the very same "state secrets" theories of the Bush administration -- which and once vehemently condemned -- and is doing so in order literally to shield the President from judicial review or accountability when he is accused of breaking the law ... Rather than respond to the substance of the allegations, the Obama DOJ is instead insisting that courts are barred from considering the claims at all ... That was the principal authoritarian instrument to... (Salon)

    WHAT BERKSHIRE SAYS: 'All-in wager on the economic future of the United States'  Nov 4, 2009
    " Terms of the Transaction The definitive agreement provides that each share of BNI common stock will at the election of the shareholder be converted into the right to receive either (i) a cash payment of $100.00 or (ii) a variable number of shares of Berkshire Hathaway Class A or Class B common stock, subject to proration if the elections do not equal approximately 60 percent in cash and 40 percent in stock. The stock component of the consideration is subject to a "collar" whereby the value of... (USA Today -- Money)

    NM boy charged with murder in father's death  Nov 4, 2009
    Assistant District Attorney Bob Ellis would not say what evidence has been tested in the case of Louie Sanchez, only describing it as "physical evidence." The state Department of Justice sent the results to Fresno County within the past two or three weeks, he said. Ellis also said that investigators have been conducting follow-up interviews with numerous people, but he could not say whether Sanchez was one of them. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    National Defence College on Lashkar target: FBI  Nov 4, 2009
    Opposing the bail application of Rana before a Chicago court yesterday, attorneys from the US Department of Justice said Rana is a danger to the community and might leave the country, if released ... The Department of Justice also contested Rana's plea in his bail application that he was "duped" by Headley and that he is innocent. (India Times, India)

    Men held after 9/11 get $1.26 million  Nov 4, 2009
    The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to an e-mail from The Associated Press seeking comment Tuesday. Ashcroft, others citedThe men were among more than 170 Arab and Muslim men jailed for immigration law violations at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)

    ADL concerned over funds  Nov 3, 2009
    He received word from the ADL's national office Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice would look into the matter, but the ADL has not yet heard the conclusion of the investigation, he said ... The Department of Justice did not return a call for comment by press time Monday. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    Bound for Victory?  Nov 3, 2009
    Does the Department of Justice have a hidden agenda. Thats what some are alleging after the DOJ denied Kinston, North Carolina the right to move to a non-partisan election format. (Fox News)

    IB, RAW officials arrive in US for possible questioning of Lashkar operative Headley  Nov 3, 2009
    "We can neither confirm this (IB and RAW officials quizzing Headley) nor deny this," was the response PTI received from both the FBI and US Department of Justice. Topics. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Jackson truckers charged in mill fraud  Nov 3, 2009
    Cooperating drivers kicked back a portion of the payout for each phantom load to Freeman, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The mill, Temple-Inland Inc., paid more than $425,000 to the Jackson County drivers for the allegedly faked timber loads between 2004 and 2006. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Dodge County Sheriff's Deputies Getting Bullet Proof Vests  Nov 3, 2009
    The department received a $6,300 grant from the Department of Justice to purchase bullet proof vests for all deputies. Captain Tony Winbornsays after Sheriff Jeff Hinson's administration took over, they observed that many deputies did not have the gear they needed to do the job safely. (13WMAZ.com, GA)

    Mexico extradites record number to U.S.  Nov 2, 2009
    (CNN) -- Mexico extradited 11 fugitives to the United States over the weekend, putting 2009's total Mexico-to-U.S. extraditions at the highest yearly level ever, the U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday. Saturday's extraditions put 2009's total at 100, breaking last year's record of 95, the Department of Justice said in a news release. (CNN)

    * US sends six former Gitmo detainees to new life in Palau  Nov 2, 2009
    The US Department of Justice said in a statement it would continue to consult with Palau regarding the former detainees. This story has been viewed 447 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)

    Dennis Crowley: Fort Myers Police Department shouldnt be burdened with another review panel  Nov 2, 2009
    I had an opportunity many years ago to conduct performance reviews and standards evaluations of many police departments for the U.S. Department of Justice. I found that virtually all police departments are staffed by hard-working dedicated employees who are willing to risk their lives every day for the citizens of their community. (The News-Press -- Opinion)

    Congress Asks for Probe of Clemens  Nov 2, 2009
    "Our only conclusion is that significant questions have been raised about Mr. Clemens's truthfulness and that further investigation by the Department of Justice is warranted.". Clemens becomes the second professional baseball player referred this year by the committee to the Justice Department for an investigation into possible perjury, which carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment if convicted. (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)

    The Global Anti-Trust Battle Over Google's Library  Nov 1, 2009
    After that, opponents and the Department of Justice will carefully scrutinize the new deal ... But, even as the amount to be paid out and how it is distributed remains an issue, the Department of Justice frets about the arrangement, saying that it appears to create a price-fixing structure, could stifle competition, and may give Google exclusive rights over so-called "orphan" books whose copyright holders can't be found ... Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped perhaps the biggest... (Time.com)

    Legal Affairs  Nov 1, 2009
    When the Department of Justice announced guidelines last week for federal prosecutors pursuing medical-marijuana cases, advocates for the medicinal use of the drug widely welcomed them. By. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Six Chinese Uighur Detainees From Guantanamo Bay Are Resettled in Palau  Nov 1, 2009
    Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Department of Justice said yesterday that six detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. naval base and detention facility in Cuba, have been released to the control of the Republic of Palau. The detainees, Chinese of Uighur ethnicity, were cleared for release by the prior administration which determined they would no longer be treated as enemy combatants, the department said in an e-mailed statement dated Oct. 31. (Bloomberg -- Asia)

    6 Guantanamo detainees resettle in Palau  Nov 1, 2009
    The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement that it would continue to consult with Palau regarding the former detainees. U.S.-based lawyers for three of the released men praised Palau for giving the men their freedom. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Nine years and Hispanic farmers still waiting for discrimination suit ruling  Nov 1, 2009
    The Department of Justice, which represents the USDA, said that without class-action certification, the government can't pursue a classwide settlement. "As the litigation progresses, USDA and Department of Justice will give fair consideration to settling claims based on the facts and circumstances of each individual case in the hope we can resolve these matters," said Melissa Schwartz, a DOJ spokeswoman. (Fresno Bee)

    Should Web Search Data Be Stored?  Nov 1, 2009
    However, the DOJ's position is that ECPA doesn't apply to the search engines and search terms, the search engines themselves refuse to say what they think, and it hasn't been litigated yet. In the meantime, how the law does or does not apply is being hashed out secretly between DOJ investigators and search engines' compliance counsel; the public has no idea how the law is being applied, just as they have no real idea of what the search engines are doing with their data ... So I think we disagree... (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    When the law chases the Internet  Nov 1, 2009
    Google Inc. hasn't committed a crime, but it did argue before a federal judge in recent days that it should not be ordered to turn over some general information about personal search logs to the Department of Justice. Federal investigators say they need the information to help make a case that Web porn is a threat to children. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Bill would create national missing persons database for adults  Oct 31, 2009
    The law would also provide federal money from the U.S. Department of Justice to purchase up to date databases for law enforcement agencies and it would provide funding for the nation's forensic units to pay for D.N.A. testing on unidentified bodies. "If someone happens to die and they're an adult that information is not shared with other law enforcement agencies and that person remains a missing person in some jurisdictions", added Congressman Poe. (KHOU.com, TX)

    Ruiz Insider Trading Charge May Be Overblown  Oct 31, 2009
    "We are investigating the situation, but we don t have any more detail to discuss publicly. No current or former AMD employee has been charged with a crime and we re not aware of any allegation of criminal misconduct. It would be inappropriate to comment further on an ongoing Department of Justice investigation," said an AMD spokesperson in an e-mail to InternetNews. com. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    BP fined $87m for Texas explosion  Oct 31, 2009
    BP was fined $50m by the Department of Justice in 2007 to settle criminal charges stemming from the Texas explosion. Lawyers for the victims' families said this was not enough. (BBC News -- Americas)

    Pipe bomb explodes in Arnold  Oct 31, 2009
    Evidence found at the scene will be forwarded to the Department of Justice to be analyzed. Contact Joel Metzger at. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)

    Amgen Is Sued by New York, 14 States After Investigation of Drug Kickbacks  Oct 31, 2009
    a spokesman for AmerisourceBergen, the Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania-based parent of Integrated Nephrology Network and ASD Healthcare, said his company learned of the action by the attorneys general today and was cooperating fully with a subpoena the company previously received from the U.S. Department of Justice. We have had no contact on this case with anyone in the New York AGs office or other states attorneys general and we expect to defend ourselves vigorously, he said in a... (Bloomberg -- US)

    How do Fresno police shootings compare to other agencies?  Oct 31, 2009
    Fatal shootings so far in 2009 exceed the citys totals for any of the previous five years, according to statistics kept by the state Department of Justice Criminal Justice Statistics Center. But from 2004 through 2008, the Fresno departments rate of justifiable homicide a killing in which the officer has been cleared of wrongdoing has been about average for a city of its size. (Fresno Bee)

    South Texas Health System fined by government  Oct 31, 2009
    The settlement was announced Friday in Washington by the Department of Justice. The hospital group, based in McAllen, was accused of violating the False Claim Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Statute between 1999 and 2006. (KSLA.com, LA)

    Letter: New blood needed on council  Oct 31, 2009
    Fast-forward nine years, the Senate is now catching on to the fact that there have been abuses regarding the Patriot Act within the Department of Justice. Will city councilors recognize flaws in something and stand up for it, even among unpopularity. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)

    Docs: FBI, CIA Wrangled Over Detainees  Oct 31, 2009
    The documents are also a reminder, however, of gross human rights abuses that have yet to be investigated seriously by Congress or the Justice Department (DOJ). The last administration's decision to endorse torture undermined the United States' moral authority and compromised its security, but the failure of the country's current leadership to fully confront the abuses of the last administration is only compounding these harms. (CBS News)

    Flight School's Student Loan Suit Settled  Oct 31, 2009
    "It looks like a Ponzi scheme, and the Department of Justice ought to be going after this fellow who perpetrated this scheme -- that he was going to train helicopter pilots and did not deliver," Nelson told Channel 4's Jim Piggott. Nelson said he also wants to make sure is that the students dont get hit a second time with another payment down the road due to the Internal Revenue Service treating the forgiven portion of someones loan as income. (News4Jax.com, FL)

    Top DOJ Fraud Section Supervisors Planning to Leave Justice Department  Oct 31, 2009
    Mike Scarcella and Daniel Newhauser. The National Law Journal. (Law.com)

    CEO: First Niagara performance 'positive'  Oct 30, 2009
    The Department of Justice ordered PNC (NYSE:PNC) to find a buyer for a number of branches selected by the federal agency. PNC will convert its National City branches in Western Pennsylvania beginning Nov. 6. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)

    Buchanan to leave U.S. attorney post  Oct 30, 2009
    Since her appointment by President George W. Bush, Ms. Buchanan steadily followed the marching orders handed down from the Department of Justice, serving in a number of high-profile positions, like the attorney general's advisory committee, as the director of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys, and in the Office on Violence Against Women. But Ms. Buchanan, who traveled a great deal throughout her administration, also was roundly criticized for some of her prosecutorial decisions. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    First charges filed in muni bond probe  Oct 30, 2009
    The first charges were filed on Thursday in an antitrust investigation into the municipal bond industry by the US Department of Justice that has been ongoing for at least three years. A Beverly Hills, California-based financial products and services company, known as CDR Financial Products, two of its executives and one former executive were indicted by a grand jury for conspiring to fix prices on contracts for investing municipal bond proceeds and other related municipal finance contracts, said... (FT.com -- Markets)

    Military ballot law has states in a time squeeze  Oct 30, 2009
    Those that don't move up primaries or get a waiver could be subject to enforcement actions by the Department of Justice to get them to comply. According to the Pew study, 19 states allow for fax and e-mail transmission of ballots to and from voters. (Concord Monitor)

    Former Coos lawyer up for U.S. attorney (1291)  Oct 30, 2009
    The list includes Oregon Department of Justice lawyer Amanda Marshall, who was an assistant district attorney in Coos County from 1996 to 2001. She served as a board member with the Women s Safety and Resource Center, and, as an assistant DA, she prosecuted domestic violence cases along with assault and property crimes. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    Allegations fly against man in Chevron video  Oct 30, 2009
    "The content of the videos and transcripts that we turned over to the (Ecuadoran) prosecutor general and U.S. Department of Justice shows inappropriate meetings held by the judge in our case, (Ecuadoran) government interference in the case and a bribe plot involving $3 million," company spokesman Donald Campbell said in a prepared statement ... Ecuadoran authorities launched an investigation into the making of the videos and asked the U.S. Department of Justice to do the same. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)

    Witness: Nanny Saw Drugs Forced on Smith  Oct 30, 2009
    Department of Justice investigator Danny Santiago testified Thursday at a preliminary hearing about an interview he had with the nanny in the Bahamas in September. Santiago says Nadine Alexie saw Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich force Smith to take drugs that kept her asleep for days. (CBS News)

    Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic?  Oct 30, 2009
    In an e-mail statement to Salon, FBI spokesperson Paul Bresson said: "The FBI does not confirm whether or not we are involved in an alleged ongoing operational activity. In all cases, FBI operations are conducted in strict accordance with established Department of Justice guidelines, FBI policy, and the law.". Rather than specifically targeted surveillance, it is also possible that the Bridgeton room is being used for a classified government project, such as data mining, with which the Pentagon... (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Viewpoint: In defense of Hector Ruiz  Oct 30, 2009
    "No current or former AMD employee has been charged with a crime and we're not aware of any allegation of criminal misconduct. It would be inappropriate to comment further on an ongoing Department of Justice investigation.". We have a situation where Ruiz's name and reputation is being tied to a criminal proceeding that he may or may not be involved with. (EETimes)

    Nanny claims Smith forced to take drugs  Oct 30, 2009
    Department of Justice investigator Danny Santiago read portions of his interview with nanny Nadine Alexie during a preliminary hearing. The excerpts had been selected from a thick transcript by Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry, who said he had tried to excise the more inflammatory sections of the multi-hour interview on Sept. 29-30 in the Bahamas. (MSNBC -- News)

    When the law chases the Internet  Oct 30, 2009
    Google Inc. hasn't committed a crime, but it did argue before a federal judge in recent days that it should not be ordered to turn over some general information about personal search logs to the Department of Justice. Federal investigators say they need the information to help make a case that Web porn is a threat to children. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Should Web Search Data Be Stored?  Oct 30, 2009
    However, the DOJ's position is that ECPA doesn't apply to the search engines and search terms, the search engines themselves refuse to say what they think, and it hasn't been litigated yet. In the meantime, how the law does or does not apply is being hashed out secretly between DOJ investigators and search engines' compliance counsel; the public has no idea how the law is being applied, just as they have no real idea of what the search engines are doing with their data ... So I think we disagree... (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Obama nominates Louisiana judge for federal bench  Oct 30, 2009
    He's also served as an associate deputy attorney general with the U.S. Department of Justice. Obama says Jackson will bring experience and "the judgment, intellect and integrity Americans expect and deserve from their federal judges.". (Nola.com -- Sports)

    BB&T to keep Colonial's troubled mortgage unit  Oct 30, 2009
    Prior to Colonial s failure, the Montgomery bank s mortgage warehouse division came under fire by the U.S. Department of Justice. Its Orlando offices were raided by federal agents in search of alleged accounting irregularities regarding its request to receive bank bailout funds. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)

    Nashvillian charged with tax fraud scheme  Oct 30, 2009
    A Nashville woman has been named in a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit alleging she committed tax fraud in a redemption scheme in which she filed bogus tax refunds to collect $8 ... The Department of Justice filing said she filed false returns for at least 41 customers this year ... Miller s case is one of seven civil injunction lawsuits the Department of Justice filed this week in Los Angeles; Panama City, Fla. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)

     Ident-A-Kid comes to Scott County  Oct 29, 2009
    According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a predator attempts to kidnap a child every four and a half minutes in the United States, with more than 150 nabbed every day. A current photograph can assist law enforcement when there is an abducted or missing child, Ident-A-Kid reported. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)

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