Sentences with phrase «federal justice department»

Rennie was initially appointed to the Federal Court in 2010, after a nearly 30 year - career with the federal Justice Department, rising to the position of assistant deputy attorney general (litigation).

Schmidt was a lawyer with the federal Justice Department.

That concept is being blazed by Terrance Carter in Orangeville, by the Federal Justice Department and an academic in Copenhagen.

B.C.'s criminal justice branch plans to ask federal Justice Department to seek Amanda Todd's alleged tormentor's extradition to Canada, The National Post

Federal Justice Department data, combined with a litigation efficiency review, allowed McCurry to pinpoint a couple of areas where it was spending the most money.

British Columbia's Supreme Court is trailing behind other courts in the province in terms of gender balance, despite the federal justice department's proclamation that in 2017, it made 100 judicial appointments nationally, of which half were women.

Washington state legalized medical cannabis in 1998 and its medical cannabis market expanded greatly after 2009 when the federal justice department issued a ruling known as the Ogden Memo.

Auburn area Republican Congressman John Katko is urging the federal Justice Department to approve a deal

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.

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A U.S. Justice Department task force recently said the Cole Memorandum, which restricts federal marijuana law enforcement in states where pot is legal, should be reevaluated to see if it should be changed.

Trump's administration addressed one potential conflict when the Justice Department on Saturday said federal anti-nepotism laws do not prevent the president from appointing his son - in - law to his administration.

During the Obama administration, the Justice Department issued guidelines to help banks avoid federal prosecution when dealing with pot businesses in states where the drug is legal.

When asked by Jackson Lee whether the allegations against Moore would undergo a federal review by the Justice Department, Sessions responded, «We will do our duty.»

The Justice Department investigation is still in its early days, and it could take years to determine if any federal laws were broken.

Justice Department lawyers argued in court earlier this month that the federal guidelines issued in May were non-binding with no legal consequences.

A group of Democrats in Congress urged the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission in a letter this week to conduct a more in - depth review of online retailer Amazon's plan to buy grocer Whole Foods.

The trial to determine if the U.S. Department of Justice can stop AT&T's $ 85 billion purchase of media company Time Warner will begin on March 19, a federal judge in Washington said during a hearing on Thursday.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, during his daily press briefing, said the Department of Justice will be the lead on what Spicer referred to as «greater enforcement» of federal law concerning adult - use marijuana.

While eight US states and the District of Columbia have voted to legalise recreational marijuana, the White House has hinted that the Department of Justice will do more to enforce federal laws prohibiting recreational marijuana, raising concerns over how Canada's approach will coexist with a potential crackdown south of the border.

In its most recent scandal, Uber's use of the software «Greyball,» which was used to track authorities in cities that were cracking down on the app and have drivers avoid picking them up, has subjected the company to federal inquiry by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The breach has prompted investigations by multiple federal and state agencies, including a criminal probe by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The lawsuit, to be filed sometime late Tuesday in federal court in Sacramento, the California state capital, will take aim at three state laws passed last year that the Justice Department contends violate a clause in the U.S. Constitution.

The Justice Department urged the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond to lift a stay imposed by a Maryland federal judge March 16th blocking the administration from carrying out the executive order.

Citing anonymous government officials, the New York Times is reporting that federal prosecutors with the FBI and the Department of Justice have recommended that Petraeus be charged with a felony for providing classified information to his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell, who was also an Army Reserve officer.

In total, 15 billion pages of data were stolen from at least 144 U.S. universities, 176 universities across 21 foreign countries, 47 domestic and foreign private sector companies, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the states of Hawaii and Indiana, the United Nations and the United Nations Children's Fund, the Justice Department alleged.

The stakes in finding discriminatory intent are higher because it provides a window for opponents to argue that Texas should be forced to resume having changes to voting laws «pre-cleared» by the Justice Department or a federal court.

Collectively, the Justice Department officials said, these three laws improperly attempt to regulate federal immigration at the state level.

If confirmed, Sessions would have broad latitude to define how federal prosecutors across the country wield their powers and make changes to the Justice Department's priorities.

The Justice Department lawsuit will cite a provision of the U.S. Constitution known as the «Supremacy Clause,» under which federal laws trump state laws.

The case was filed in a D.C. federal court under the direction of the Justice Department's newly installed antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim.

But the FBI director is never empowered to supplant federal prosecutors and assume command of the Justice Department.»

They would have to go to court before an independent federal judge and prove their case, and the burden's with the Justice Department.

In January, Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to rescind the Cole Memo — an Obama - era Justice Department memo that essentially protected states that have legalized marijuana from federal interference — caused concern in the cannabis industry that a crackdown could happen.

The Justice Department said AT&T would use Time Warner's films and movies to force rival pay TV companies to pay «hundreds of millions of dollars more per year for Time Warner's networks» in its lawsuit filed late Monday in federal court in Washington.

Jeffrey Cramer, a former federal prosecutor who spent 12 years at the Department of Justice, cautioned against painting the identity of Person A with too broad a brush.

A decades - old law gives the Marshals Service, which is part of the Department of Justice, primary responsibility for disposing of items seized by other federal law - enforcement agencies.

The Justice Department then keeps and distributes the rest of the money to federal law enforcement at its discretion.

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.

It requires states and local governments with a history of racial and ethnic discrimination, mainly in the South, to get advance approval either from the Justice Department or the federal court in Washington before making any changes that affect elections.

Disney, which doesn't own cable distribution, may be a more palatable buyer for the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice.

The inquiry Ramirez intends to launch could uncover data and evidence to be used by Congress, federal courts, the Department of Justice and other agencies to combat the harm caused by patent trolls.

«It is the mission of the Department of Justice to enforce the laws of the United States, and the previous issuance of guidance undermines the rule of law and the ability of our local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement partners to carry out this mission,» the Justice Department said.

The Justice Department argued that it violated the Civil Rights Act, putting the state at risk of losing more than $ 1 billion in federal funding.

In a recent court case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijuana.

Reveal conducted a market share analysis covering millions of loan records, made available under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, employing techniques the Federal Reserve and the Department of Justice use to spotlight lending disparities.

This memo followed the release of a U.S. Justice Department report in August concluding that privately - operated prisons experienced more safety and security incidents than facilities operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons did.

The fate of major proposed mergers, not just Bayer - Monsanto but also Dow Chemical and DuPont, which plan to spin off their combined agriculture businesses, will be decided by Trump's nominees to lead antitrust enforcement at the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.

And though the Justice Department's push to overhaul troubled police agencies was a staple effort of the last administration, Sessions announced his desire to «pull back» on federal scrutiny of local law enforcement, winning praise from some quarters.