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28 Sep 2017, 8:21 am by John L. Culhane, Jr.
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has issued its annual report to Congress regarding its activities to enforce the ECOA, FHA and SCRA. [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
 Last week National Law Journal reported that the Department was divided on whether to file an amicus brief, although a Justice Department spokesperson denied  the report.The paper says:Senior lawyers in the civil and civil rights divisions and within the U.S. solicitor general’s office said the department should not take a position in the case... [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 12:36 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
From The Hill: As The Washington Post reported, DOJ’s civil rights division has for decades conducted “pattern or practice’’ probes of troubled police departments to determine whether there are systemic problems that require a court-appointed monitor to correct. [read post]
13 Sep 2017, 1:29 pm by John Floyd
  Beauregard Sent Home to Change Clothes   Sessions, a Selma native in the pre-civil rights era, began his political career as an Assistant U.S. [read post]
8 Sep 2017, 5:48 pm by Patricia Salkin
On the day the agreement was announced, Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, stated:  “Federal law protects the rights of all religious communities to build places of worship free from discrimination. [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 2:37 pm by Deborah Hammonds
Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Civil Rights Division stated the DOJ will not tolerate employers misusing visa programs to discriminate against U.S. workers. [read post]
30 Aug 2017, 9:10 am by Federal Employment Law Insider
Altitude Express Inc., challenging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) position that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers sexual orientation. [read post]
9 Aug 2017, 4:00 am by Edith Roberts
In The Washington Post, Sari Horwitz reports that “[i]n a court filing Monday, Justice [Department] attorneys took the opposite position from the Obama administration in a case that involved the state’s removal of thousands of inactive voters from the Ohio voting rolls” and that the department is now “arguing that the purges of voters are legal under federal law”; she notes that “[t]his brief, unlike the prior one, was not signed by career… [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 4:47 am by SHG
The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants, according to a document obtained by The New York Times. [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 4:47 am by SHG
The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants, according to a document obtained by The New York Times. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 2:00 pm
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division was created 60 years ago “to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, particularly some of the most vulnerable members of our society. [read post]
7 Jul 2017, 7:17 am by Workplace Prof
DOJ-Civil Rights Division, is Unlocking the Housing-Related Benefits of Telework: A... [read post]
2 Jul 2017, 4:03 pm by INFORRM
In a recent case between Glassdoor, an online job-review website, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Arizona Judge has ruled that the DOJ can compel a private company to give up someone’s private information because they expressed an opinion online. [read post]
Another one is Robert Mueller, who used to run the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and was also a U.S. [read post]
12 May 2017, 4:54 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A core focus of this work includes work to establish and administer compliance and risk management policies; comply with requirements, investigate and respond to Board of Medicine, Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, Chiropractic, and other licensing agencies, Department of Aging & Disability, FDA, Drug Enforcement Agency, OCR Privacy and Civil Rights, Department of Labor, IRS, HHS, DOD, FTC, SEC, CDC and other public health, Department of Justice and state attorneys’ general and… [read post]
12 May 2017, 2:39 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A core focus of this work includes work to establish and administer compliance and risk management policies; comply with requirements, investigate and respond to Board of Medicine, Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, Chiropractic, and other licensing agencies, Department of Aging & Disability, FDA, Drug Enforcement Agency, OCR Privacy and Civil Rights, Department of Labor, IRS, HHS, DOD, FTC, SEC, CDC and other public health, Department of Justice and state attorneys’ general and… [read post]
11 May 2017, 8:14 am by Daphna Renan, David Pozen
This Office has played a crucial role policing abuse and misconduct across administrations, from improperly politicized hiring at the Civil Rights Division to the mistreatment of detainees in the aftermath of 9/11 to the infamous “Operation Fast and Furious. [read post]
10 May 2017, 3:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the largest not-for-profit health system in Southeast Texas, Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS) is paying to settle charges it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule by issuing a press release with the name and other protected health information (PHI) about a patient without the patient’s prior HIPAA-compliant authorization under a Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan (Resolution… [read post]
10 May 2017, 10:20 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While Congress continues to debate the future of the Obamacare health reforms and its exchanges, the Department of Health & Human Services is reminding employers with less than 50 employees that wish to offer group health coverage for their employees to check out their coverage options offered the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace established as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]