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Ralph Boyd is Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights. According to whitehouse.gov: Most recently, Ralph Boyd was a partner with the law firm of Goodwin Proctor in Boston, Massachusetts. Previously, he was Assistant U.S. Attorney for... [more]
Ralph Boyd is Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights. According to whitehouse.gov: Most recently, Ralph Boyd was a partner with the law firm of Goodwin Proctor in Boston, Massachusetts. Previously, he was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. While serving as a federal prosecutor, he received the U.S. Attorney General's Special Achievement Award for Meritorious Acts and Service on Behalf of the Department of Justice. He is a graduate of Haverford College and received his J.D. from Harvard University.
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The Justice Department finalized an overhaul of rules that will give the F.B.I. freer rein to begin investigations into the possibility of terrorism.
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The delay of the search advertising partnership would give the Justice Department more time to investigate its antitrust implications.
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The Justice Department will roll back a set of rules that penalized companies if they insisted on paying employees’ legal fees or protecting their confidential communications with corporate lawyers.
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The Justice Department announced that it was backing away from the practice of pressing companies to share secrets with prosecutors and not pay the legal fees of employees accused of crimes.
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A civil rights figurehead visited Lynchburg for the second time in less than four years, and upward of 60 residents and city leaders gathered Saturday afternoon to hear his words.
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Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Grace Chung Becker, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Diane J. Humetewa, and Special Agent in Charge John E. Lewis of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Phoenix Division announced today that former Fort Mojave Tribal Police...
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Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Grace Chung Becker, and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Sheldon J. Sperling, announced today that Jarrod Anthony Yates, a former Sequoyah County, Okla., corrections officer, pleaded guilty to violating the civil...
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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) praised the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice for its successful prosecution of Christopher Szaz on federal civil rights charges for threatening employees of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Council on American Islamic...
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Internal Justice Department report finds that department officials recruited and hired law school graduates with conservative credentials over more qualified candidates with potential liberal backgrounds; report, prepared jointly by office of Glenn A Fine, inspector general, and Office of...
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Justice Department prosecutors are using a grand jury to investigate criminal accusations that grew out of the dismissals of nine United States attorneys, lawyers in the case said Monday.
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The Justice Department is reviewing a 2002 decision by department officials to send a Canadian citizen to Syria, where he was tortured, American officials said Thursday.
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The S.E.C. and the Justice Department are examining how the company valued certain complex derivative transactions.
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A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges for threatening employees of two civil rights organizations because of their race and national origin. The Department of Justice said Wednesday that Christopher Szaz of Raleigh sent threatening e-mails to employees at the...
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Walgreen has agreed to pay $9.9 million to settle allegations by the Department of Justice and four states -- Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota -- that the company improperly billed Medicaid, DOJ said in a statement on Monday, the Miami Herald reports (Miami Herald, 9/30).
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges for threatening employees of two civil rights organizations because of their race and national origin. The Department of Justice said Wednesday that Christopher Szaz of Raleigh sent threatening e-mails to...
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Today the U.S. Department of Justice announced that four individuals have agreed to plead guilty for their involvement in a conspiracy to eliminate competition and raise prices for moving freight between the Continental U.S. and Puerto Rico.
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The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's office in New Orleans will investigate the fatal shootings which occurred on a city bridge following Hurricane Katrina three years ago.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's office in New Orleans will investigate the fatal shootings which occurred on a city bridge following Hurricane Katrina.
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Complaints about high gas prices on the South Coast, and in Coos Bay-North Bend in particular, are nothing new. The Oregon Department of Justice released a 13-page report in 2006, concluding there was no price gouging going on in the Bay Area.
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At a child safety event held Saturday in Billings, hundreds of children and their parents were given child safety tools recommended by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice.
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MORRISTOWN -- About 120 students from New Jersey colleges converged on Saturday at the state NAACP's annual convention to kick off a "call to action" to reinvigorate the spirit of the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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Muncie -- The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Muncie's application to become a federal Weed and Seed site, potentially awarding the community $1 million over five years to fight violent and drug-related crime.
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Making sure children get a quality education is the civil rights struggle of the 21st century, according to Oliver Hill Jr., son of a noted Virginia civil rights attorney. Hill was the featured speaker for the Pittsylvania County NAACP’s annual banquet.
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Inside a classroom at River Park Community Center in Naples, more than 30 black residents came together Saturday for an open discussion and forum about the current injustices occurring in Collier County -- and not just in the black community. Juanita Williams, who has been charged in a Collier...
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September 17, 2008 -- HELENA, Mont. -- The Center for Digital Government recently named a Montana Department of Justice online service one of the best...
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The hiring of a veteran antitrust lawyer represents the clearest indication that the Justice Department could be planning to mount a legal challenge to the deal, some analysts said.
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A federal judge has permanently barred Orlando from enforcing a rule barring large group feedings of the homeless in Lake Eola Park because it violates activists' basic civil rights.
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Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 25 September 2008 at 18:09:00 Provision would allow feds to pursue IP-infringement suits A controversial provision to a proposed US copyright law has been scrapped after criticism from the Department of Justice (DoJ) and civil rights...
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The Senate passed legislation Wednesday that would give the Justice Department more money to investigate unsolved murders from the civil-rights era. The bill authorizes $10 million annually over 10 years to help the FBI and other agencies take a fresh look at dozens of cold cases.
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Civil rights leaders are questioning Dallas police policy after an officer shot and killed an unarmed man last week.
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BEVERLY and mdash; A 38-year-old man faces a civil rights violation after police said he wielded a knife against another man and made a gay slur toward him. Gregory P. Vigliotta of 464 Cabot St., Apt. 3, Beverly, will be arraigned today at Salem District Court on charges of assault with a...
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The Senate has passed legislation that would give the Justice Department more money to investigate unsolved murders from the civil rights era.
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DES MOINES (AP) - The Des Moines Area Community College will receive more than $1.6 million to establish an Electronic Crime Institute. The Department of Justice is funding the new program.
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Mr. Guthman was a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter and editor and an aide to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy during the civil rights struggles of the early 1960s.
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Unfortunately, pressed by the entertainment industry, the Judiciary Committee has already approved S.3325, and the measure has been "hotlined" for speedy passage by unanimous consent.
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The Maryland Office of Civil Rights is investigating allegations that Fort Hill High School football players used racial slurs against black players from Washington's Dunbar High School.
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After years of planning, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said it is ready to begin construction on its renovation project.
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The Maryland Office of Civil Rights says it is investigating allegations that Fort Hill High School football players used racial slurs against black players from Washington's Dunbar high during a game in Cumberland.
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The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has thrown out a parent's charge that the district administration has discriminated against Hamilton Avenue School students, federal and local officials said yesterday.
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MARYVILLE - A federal court jury today will hear more from the plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging that three black students at Blount County's William Blount High School endured racial taunting and threats in violation of their civil rights.
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On display starting tomorrow you can see photographs of the Civil Rights Movement that were taken right here in Savannah.
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HAMMOND | A former Gary police chief will admit slapping a woman in his custody last year, but deny violating her civil rights.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against a Hudson-based company.
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The Department of Justice will host the 2008 Project Safe Childhood (PSC) National Conference in Columbus, Ohio, from September 23 through September 26. The conference, which will feature efforts to protect children from online predators through the Departments PSC initiative, is intended to...
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Elected officials, family and friends remembered Anna Langford on Thursday as a pioneer, a champion of civil rights, a good lawyer. She died Wednesday at age 90 at her Englewood home. Langford was the first black women elected to the Chicago City Council, in 1971.
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CINCINNATI -- A relatively new event that pays tribute to the efforts toward racial equality and diversity in baseball and society, the exposure of the annual Civil Rights Game is being elevated to a whole new level in 2009.
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Civil Rights Game to count for Sox
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The Cincinnati Reds will host the majors' first two regular-season Civil Rights Games.
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Civil Rights Game hits home
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IBG announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice has extended IBG's grant to operate the Center of Excellence for an additional year and increased the total award value to over $5 million.
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Federal civil rights investigators are once again looking into how Portland Public Schools teaches its students who don't speak English.
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A civil-rights group filed an appeal Tuesday again calling into question the constitutionality of a state law that requires that residents show proof of citizenship when registering to vote, as well as ID at the polls.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 / Standard Newswire / -- As a national debate rages over abortion mandates versus civil rights in healthcare, the results of a nationwide poll released today indicate that the vast majority of the public do not realize that federal law prohibits compelling physicians to...
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The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded Abt Associates a $358,000 grant to complete an assessment of the current sex trafficking demand reduction strategies in place in the United States.
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Key figures from the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association are coming together to commemorate the march to Derry in 1968.
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Three Carolina, Puerto Rico, Municipal Police Department officers were indicted by a federal grand jury today for civil rights and obstruction of justice violations, announced Grace Chung Becker, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division, Rosa E...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.----ForeSee Results, the market leader in online customer satisfaction measurement and management for both the private and the public sector, today announced that it has established a Department of Justice benchmark that will help DOJ websites ensure maximum citizen satisfaction.
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Kentucky Receives $1.1 Million to Investigate Innocence Claims
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WILKES-BARRE – A federal judge on Monday ruled the city violated the civil rights of tow truck driver Bob Kadluboski when it terminated his contract in 2004 – a decision that could expose the city to more than $500,000 in damages and attorney’s fees, Kadluboski’s attorney said.
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A proposed civil rights museum is planned for Atlanta's central tourist district. The Center for Civil and Human Rights will be located between The New World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium.
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Attorney General Bill McCollum Friday announced that he has brought on a new director for his Office of Civil Rights. Danille Carroll, formerly Florida’s Condominium Ombudsman, will take over the Office of Civil Rights and will begin focusing on housing law and any forms of housing discrimination...
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INDIANOLA, Miss. (AP) - U.S. Rep. John Lewis says he is in awe at the changes that have taken place in the Mississippi Delta since the 1960s. Lewis, a Democrat from Georgia, was the keynote speaker at a reunion dinner that brought together veterans of the civil rights movement in Mississippi.
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Tina Allen's bust of Frederick Douglass resides at Birmingham's Civil Rights Institute.
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The Center for Digital Government recently named a Montana Department of Justice online service one of the best government-to-business solutions in the nation in its 2008 Best of the Web Digital Government Achievement Awards.
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The three-man panel of the Department of Justice (DOJ) will start on Tuesday its preliminary investigation to determine whether there was probable cause for the filing of attempted bribery or bribery charges against businessman Francis Roa de Borja.
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The Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) is the most ambitious and comprehensive initiative to date to deliver educational content on the Civil Rights Movement via the Web.
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