Attorney General
1750 ABA Journal Attorney General articles.
Oct 1, 2023 1:40 AM CDT
From May through July, the U.S. Department of Justice led enforcement actions against 718 individuals for offenses involving more than $836 million in alleged COVID-19 fraud.
Aug 25, 2023 11:42 AM CDT
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the rocket and spacecraft company founded by Elon Musk that is more commonly known as SpaceX, for discrimination against asylees and refugees in hiring.
Aug 25, 2023 10:20 AM CDT
Hunter Biden prosecutor given special counsel status
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that he has appointed the U.S. attorney investigating Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden,…
Aug 11, 2023 1:43 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily revived Biden administration regulations that require makers and sellers of "ghost gun" kits and parts to add serial numbers to the products, keep transfer records and conduct background checks of buyers.
Aug 9, 2023 8:40 AM CDT
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland called upon the American Bar Association to support victims of the Russian war on Ukraine at the ABA Annual Meeting in Denver on Monday.
Aug 7, 2023 2:00 PM CDT
The 2023 ABA Annual Meeting runs from Wednesday, Aug. 2, through Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the Colorado Convention Center.
Aug 2, 2023 8:08 AM CDT
Lawyers in the U.S. solicitor general's office who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court have been overwhelmingly white and men over the last 12 terms.
Jul 25, 2023 1:04 PM CDT
The United States filed a lawsuit Monday that seeks to force Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to remove floating barriers that he placed in the Rio Grande River to deter illegal immigration.
Jul 25, 2023 9:11 AM CDT
Mediation ordered in judge’s bid to keep job
A 96-year-old judge on the Federal U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Pauline Newman, must mediate her lawsuit seeking to stay on the…
Jul 14, 2023 2:15 PM CDT
A committee of the Texas House of Representatives has recommended that Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton be impeached for allegedly misusing his power to benefit a developer who contributed to his campaign and provided other benefits.
May 26, 2023 9:57 AM CDT
At least 1,997 children were sexually abused by 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers in Illinois between 1950 and 2019, according to a report released Tuesday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
May 24, 2023 12:11 PM CDT
Updated: Anti-abortion doctors and medical associations likely sued too late to revoke the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, a federal appeals court has ruled in temporarily staying part of an April 7 decision by U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of Texas.
Apr 13, 2023 10:44 AM CDT
A review of Louisville, Kentucky, policing after the 2020 death of Breonna Taylor in a botched raid has led the U.S. Department of Justice to conclude that the city and its police department have engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional conduct.
Mar 8, 2023 2:09 PM CST
Former President Donald Trump isn’t shielded from liability in civil lawsuits stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot if his speech before the event “encouraged imminent private violent action and was likely to produce such action,” the U.S. Department of Justice said in a brief filed with a federal appeals court.
Mar 3, 2023 9:32 AM CST
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