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13 May 2015, 5:47 am by SHG
The investigation was opened last December by the Justice Department’s civil rights division as an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. [read post]
12 May 2015, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
  Although placed on the Guild’s Civil Rights Committee, he attended no more than three Guild meetings. [read post]
8 May 2015, 7:52 am by Rahul Bhagnari
Department of Justice civil rights investigation last summer showed years and years of widespread civil and human rights abuses. [read post]
8 May 2015, 5:34 am by SHG
As some correctly note, the feds consist of more than one person, one division, one agency, and so the involvement of, say, the Department of Justice’s Office of Civil Rights, where they ship all the people who believe in unicorns to keep them far away from the Office of Legal Counsel, there are voices more trustworthy than others within the humongous structure of Main Justice. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 1:25 pm by Barbara S. Mishkin
The report indicates that at the end of 2014, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division was conducting 10 joint fair lending investigations with the CFPB resulting from CFPB referrals and that in five of those investigations, the parties were engaged in pre-suit negotiations. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 8:21 am by Brandon M. Santos and Jodie Herrmann
The DOJ – through the Housing and Civil Enforcement Section in the Civil Rights Division – is authorized to enforce fair lending laws and civil rights statutes, including the ECOA, the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). [read post]
19 Apr 2015, 3:51 pm by Wisconsin Employment Law Letter
The memo clarifies the Civil Rights Division’s ability to file Title VII claims against state and local public employers on behalf of transgender individuals in addition to its role in discrimination lawsuits involving federal government employees. [read post]
1 Apr 2015, 9:03 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Aren’t civil rights a critical issue as well? [read post]
26 Mar 2015, 7:45 am by Jeanne Lauer
“The Fair Housing Act prohibits housing providers from discriminating against families with children,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Civil Rights Division. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 3:00 pm by Kent Scheidegger
The two reports were produced by different sections of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and it shows. [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm by Joseph Margulies
” So began the report written by the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, a 100-page indictment of the Ferguson Police Department. [read post]
What the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division uncovered in Ferguson – racially biased policing on steroids, encouraged by a court system whose budget was dependent on the extortion of its city's residents – isn't just a dark look into an isolated small municipality, it's unfortunately an indictment of American policing in general. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 3:49 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
”  “While the findings in Ferguson are very serious and the list of needed changes is long, the record of the Civil Rights Division’s work with police departments across the country shows that if the Ferguson Police Department truly commits to community policing, it can restore the trust it has lost,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Civil Rights Division. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 11:45 am by Jim Gerl
""The diversity of this nation is one of its greatest attributes," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta for the Civil Rights Division at DOJ. [read post]
On November 25, 2014, the DOJ Civil Rights Division issued its Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making entitled “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities and Public Accommodations. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 7:34 am by Joy Waltemath
In addition to applying to the DOJ’s civil obligations in defending federal interests, it also clarifies that the Civil Rights Division is able to file Title VII claims against state and local public employers on behalf of transgender individuals. [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 7:27 am by Joy Waltemath
Amid the continuing global response to the Ebola virus, the DOJ said it is important to remain vigilant in ensuring that the civil rights of all people are respected. [read post]
9 Dec 2014, 12:55 pm by Fraud Fighters
Additionally a civil qui tam lawsuit filed by whistleblower, Michael Epp, a former Director of Supreme GmbH’s Commercial Division and Supply Chain, exposed Supreme Group and its subsidiaries for allegedly violating the FCA by overcharging for food and supplies to U.S. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 9:18 am by Peter Snyder
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] announced [press release] Thursday that a civil rights investigation [DOJ findings, PDF] by the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] into the Cleveland Division of Police [official website] discovered "a pattern or practice of unreasonable and unnecessary use of force. [read post]