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NAACP asks for probe of Anne Arundel police
The Anne Arundel County branch of the NAACP is asking for a Justice Department to probe into the hiring and disciplinary practices of the county’s police department, saying black officers […]
JPMorgan pays $211M to settle bid-rigging charges
WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $211 million after admitting one of its divisions rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from state and local […]
Unsealed suit: KBR truck drivers padded timesheets
Four years after he filed it, a former convoy commander’s False Claims Act complaint against KBR Inc. and its parent company, Halliburton Inc., has been unsealed in U.S. District Court […]
Supreme Court to review warrantless GPS tracking
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will weigh in on an important privacy issue for the digital age: whether the police need a warrant before using a global positioning system device […]
Former NSA executive Thomas Drake pleads guilty to misdemeanor
Former National Security Agency senior executive Thomas A. Drake pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor in federal court in Baltimore on Friday, a day after striking a deal to dismiss […]
US reaches plea deal in NSA leaks case
The Justice Department on Thursday reached a plea agreement in the leak case against a former National Security Agency official. In court papers, the government said Thomas Drake will plead […]
Denis King and Gary Ronan: What to do when the government comes calling
What to do when the government comes calling. It’s a topic of frequent discussion among both in-house and outside counsel, one that took on heightened significance with the prosecution of […]
Solicitor general cites WWII-era internment mistakes
WASHINGTON — Nearly 70 years after the Supreme Court upheld the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, the government’s top high court lawyer says one of his predecessors concealed […]
Feds seek to derail H&R Block’s deal for TaxACT
The Department of Justice is trying to halt H&R Block’s plans to acquire the creator of TaxACT software, saying the deal would leave just two major competitors in the do-it-yourself […]
Government examining airline ticket distribution
DALLAS — American Airlines says the government is investigating whether companies that distribute airline flight and fare information are violating federal antitrust laws. Several airlines and two leading ticket information-distribution […]
Govt urges appeals court to uphold health care law
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Wednesday that health care reforms should be upheld in the courts because the costs of the uninsured are a burden on interstate commerce. In […]
Ex-Bush official publicly reprimanded by Virginia State Bar
Monica Marie Goodling, the key figure in the controversy about the political hiring and firing of U.S. Attorneys during the Bush Administration, has received a public reprimand from the Virginia […]
