Sentences with phrase «after federal justice»

Just one day after federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said filling vacancies at the Supreme Court of Canada is the government's top priority, the Federal Court's chief justice announced he will step down on Sept. 30.

Nearly a year after the federal Justice Department declined to bring civil rights charges against a white police officer who fatally shot a black college student in Pleasantville, Westchester County in 2010, the victim's family has agreed to a $ 6 million settlement, a lawyer for the family announced.

Not exact matches

Less than an hour after news site The Intercept published a report on Monday detailing Russian hacking related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the U.S. Justice Department said federal investigators had arrested someone suspected of leaking classified information to the media.

According to The New York Times, Giuliani «used his clout with the Justice Department to press the federal authorities to offer a less onerous punishment to the company after allegations that security problems at its warehouses might have contributed to black market sales.»

Days after Comey's firing, the Justice Department appointed a special counsel, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, to oversee the federal investigation.

In January, a federal judge blocked a $ 37 billion merger between the health insurance giants Aetna and Humana after the Justice Department said that it should not proceed based on antitrust grounds.

A spokeswoman declined to answer a series of direct questions from CNBC about his case, instead providing a statement from Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department's Tax Division: «Bradley Birkenfeld was afforded due process of law and sentenced by a federal district court after full consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, including his admission that he advised wealthy UBS clients on how to conceal their assets from the U.S. government,» she said.

The House Republicans released the highly controversial Nunes memo on Friday, after the White House gave the all - clear, over the objections of the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Republicans have been pushing for some kind of investigation since February, after a GOP memo was released accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of tricking a federal judge so that they could surveil Carter Page.

After reading the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with the settlement, the Los Angeles Times asked in a photo caption of a smirking Madoff outside of Federal Court: «Bernie Madoff: Was he part of the JPMorgan ring, or was JPMorgan part of his ring?»

«After spending time with police officers on ride - alongs, meeting with politicians on the state and federal level and grassroots organizations fighting for human rights, it's clear that our criminal justice system is still crippling communities of color through mass incarceration.»

«State and federal law require school districts to provide employees and students with accommodations that allow them to continue breastfeeding after the birth of their babies,» said Melissa Goodman, Director, LGBTQ, Gender and Reproductive Justice Project at ACLU So Cal.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit charging that North Carolina's bathroom law violates federal civil - rights law — a move that came hours after the state's officials filed their own suit saying the department was trying to rewrite national law by attacking them.

His lawyer Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN, while arguing Amosu's bail application after he was arraigned before Justice Mohammed Idris before a Federal High court in Lagos, said his client had returned «collossal sums».

The head of the federal Department of Justice's death penalty unit has been removed from his job after being investigated at least 12 times on charges of sexism and favoritism.

The convicted - of - corruption Sampson, 51, will get an additional 27 days of freedom after Brooklyn Federal Court Justice Dora Irizarry agreed to push back his surrender date from April 21 to May 18 so the deposed Democratic state senator can attend the festivities.

The Justice Department said in a statement, «After carefully considering the Supreme Court's recent decision and the principles of federal prosecution, we have made the decision not to pursue the case further.»

The Department of Justice sued to force the state to move up the September primary, and after several months of delays, a federal judge ruled two weeks ago that the primary for congressional seats was to be held June 26.

Spota announced two weeks ago after his indictment on federal obstruction of justice charges that he would be leaving office.

Sini, 37, was elected Tuesday to succeed Thomas Spota, who is leaving office Friday after his indictment on federal obstruction of justice charges.

Agreeing, Justice Ogunwumiju held that although the order of the Enugu Division of the Federal High Court, delivered on February 23, 2017, had lapsed after 60 days, Umezulike could only file any «necessary application» before the High Court of Enugu State where he is being prosecuted.

The ex-police commissioner replaces Thomas Spota, who resigned after being indicted on federal obstruction of justice, witness tampering charges.

The Oneida Indian Nation made the announcement Monday shortly after justices struck down a federal law that largely forbade state - authorized sports gambling.

One day after Mayor Bill de Blasio signaled his support for a New York Police Department review of the department's practice of allowing officers on modified duty to boost their salaries with overtime pay, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn said the administration could not be trusted to conduct that review and asked the federal Department of Justice to intervene.

At least not after the guidance the Supreme Court had handed down in the McDonnell case, which found the justices grappling with what counts as an «official act» under federal anti-bribery statute.

Spota resigned effective last Friday after being indicted on federal obstruction of justice charges.

The Post-Standard story notes that Katko broke no state or federal gun laws, and he was not disciplined by the Justice Department after the shooting.

A year after the Department of Justice banned putting juvenile inmates in federal prisons into solitary confinement, a small network of inmate advocates has undertaken an effort to end the practice in some of upstate New York's county jails.

Recall that Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Abuja had on June 27, 2016 sacked Ikpeazu from office as governor of Abia State, after the court found him guilty of tax offences.

Hours after Trump took his oath on Friday, the Justice Department issued an opinion saying that his appointment of his son - in - law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser would be lawful despite a federal antinepotism law.

The U.S. Justice Department announced it intends to retry Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, two months after a jury deadlocked on federal corruption charges against him.

Justice Hussein Baba - Yusuf fixed the adjourned date after counsel to Dasuki, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN and counsel to Federal Government, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, had addressed the court on a motion praying for the release of Dasuki.

A senior FBI agent was removed from the staff of Russia special counsel Robert Mueller earlier this year after Justice Department investigators began reviewing whether the agent exchanged messages critical of Trump, federal authorities said.

The group said in a statement on Sunday by its Executive Director, Adetokunbi Mumuni, that it resorted to suing the Federal Government after its request for Patience's prosecution was ignored by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN).

After hearing the submissions as well as the application, Justice Obiozor granted all the reliefs sought by the applicant and ordered the forfeiture of the properties to the Federal Government.

Jia «Jenny» Hou, Liu's former campaign treasurer, was found guilty of attempted wire fraud, obstructing justice and making false statements to the FBI after a two - week trial in Manhattan federal court, while Xing Wu «Oliver» Pan was convicted of conspiring to commit wire fraud and attempted wire fraud last week.

The Court is scheduled to rule after December 1st on the US Department of Justice's motion to compel New York State to comply with the MOVE Act requirement to transmit ballots to military and overseas voters not later than 45 days before election day for federal office rather than the 32 day deadline currently provided for in state statute.

One day after NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio signaled his support for a NYPD review of the department's practice of allowing officers on modified duty to boost their salaries with overtime pay, Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said the administration could not be trusted to conduct that review and asked the federal Department of Justice to intervene.

Jury deliberations could begin Thursday in the federal trial of State Senator John Sampson, after lawyers presented their closing arguments Wednesday in his obstruction of justice case.

It would be recalled that similar orders had been made by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High as well as Justice Baba Yusuf of an Abuja High Court for the same purposes due to complaints of denial of access to lawyers by Dasuki even after all of them had granted him bail.

He left the prison three days after he was granted bail by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria's capital.

The Chief Judge, CJ of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta had re-assigned the case to Justice Quadri, shortly after Justice Ademola's trial along with his wife and Joe Agi, SAN, commenced at a Federal Capital Territory High Court, for offences bordering on money laundering charges.

The trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, fixed the date on Friday after taking arguments from Chimezie's counsel, Mr Chukwudi Igwe and counsel to the Federal Government, Mr Collins Aromosele.

A seven - man bench led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, had on December 4, 2015, fixed Friday for judgment after entertaining arguments on an appeal by Saraki, with the Federal Government urging the apex court to dismiss the Senate President's case and allow the trial before the CCT to continue.

Gov. Cuomo, seen with then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in January before the State of the State address, said «justice was done» after Silver's conviction on federal corruption charges.

If any of those potential criminal offenses were federal crimes, such as mail or wire fraud, then interference with the investigation could conceivably be construed as obstruction of justice, or even aiding and abetting the commission of such a crime or serving as an accessory after the fact to the criminal offense, said several legal experts who declined to speak on the record because of the sensitivity of the investigation.

Embattled former Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has failed in his bid to regain freedom after being docked on Wednesday on a six - count charge bordering on alleged procurement fraud and breach of public trust to the tune of N2.1 billion before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja by the EFCC.

The Department of Justice announced Friday that it will retry Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) on federal corruption charges after the case ended last year in a mistrial.

INEC had suspended the recall process against Melaye after it was served with an order granted by Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja which directed the commission to maintain the status quo pending the determination of the suit that Melaye filed to challenge his recall process.

The news came a year after Attorney General Jeff Sessions disbanded the National Commission on Forensic Science, an Obama administration - era collaboration between the Justice Department and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology that brought together scientists, judicial players including prosecutors, defense lawyers, federal crime labs directors in an effort to improve forensic science.