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Updated and corrected: BP has announced it will pay $4.5 billion to resolve federal criminal and securities allegations in connection with the Gulf oil spill.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is reportedly set to announce a plea deal with BP that will include a record criminal penalty for its actions in the Gulf oil spill.
Speaking to law students at the University of Baltimore, Eric Holder said Thursday he hasn’t decided whether he plans to remain Attorney General during President Barack Obama’s second term.
Voters in Colorado and Washington state have approved legalization of marijuana for recreational use, setting up a conflict with the federal law that outlaws the drug.
Allison Worden reportedly tried to get out of a traffic ticket—for not wearing a seatbelt—by telling the officer she was a San Diego deputy district attorney. When that didn’t work,…
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit claiming students in Meridian, Miss., are arrested on the recommendation of school officials and jailed for days at a time without a…
The Justice Department announced Wednesday a mortgage fraud lawsuit filed against Bank of America, alleging that the corporation engaged in a scheme to defraud federal loan programs Fannie Mae and…
The District of Columbia’s Office of the Attorney General is taking issue with a federal judge’s scathing opinion finding that city attorneys violated a discovery order.
Lawmakers who became aware of a quid pro quo between the Justice Department and city officials in St. Paul, Minn., are raising concerns about the deal.
In a scathing report made public Wednesday about the botched Operation Fast and Furious federal gun trafficking investigation, an inspector general of the U.S. Department of Justice called for disciplinary…
Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that he will not bring any prosecutions in the deaths of two overseas detainees who were interrogated by CIA officials.
Eric Holder, speaking Thursday at the LGBT Bar Association’s Lavender Law Conference, told the Washington, D.C., audience that they are responsible for helping the Obama administration continue its quest for…
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