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6 Nov 2023, 1:00 pm by jeffreynewmanadmin
A federal court in Puerto Rico entered a consent decree requiring Droguería Betances LLC (Betances), one of Puerto Rico’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, to pay $12 million and make extensive improvements to its compliance program, the Justice Department announced today. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 8:38 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Today, the New York Times reports that a Justice Department investigation has accused the Puerto Rico Police Department of widespread civil rights violations, corruption and illegal conduct. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 1:02 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
For years we have been asking the Justice Department to investigate police brutality in Puerto Rico, and in 2008 the Justice Department initiated an investigation. [read post]
As these injustices continue with impunity within the police department, they have also gone unaddressed by the Puerto Rican government or the Department of Justice. [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 8:26 am
Department of Justice ("DOJ") reached an agreement with the Puerto Rico Police Department ("PRPD") resolving a claim that the PRPD engaged in unlawful employment discrimination and retaliation based on gender. [read post]
29 Oct 2019, 3:28 pm by Sara Amundson
     Related StoriesBreaking news: Department of Justice defends federal cockfighting ban in Puerto RicoBREAKING NEWS: U.S. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 9:49 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Our preliminary report finds the government, and particularly the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), has violently suppressed First Amendment protected speech and activity. [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 11:27 am by Lyle Denniston
 Among an array of other arguments in favor of their contention, the dissenters noted that the United States government has explicitly told the United Nations that Puerto Rico is no longer a territory without self-governing authority, and they noted that the Justice Department — until this case — had held the view that Puerto Rico had independent authority to prosecute its own criminal laws. [read post]
6 Jan 2016, 2:31 pm by Lyle Denniston
”  It created three departments of government and specifies that each is “subordinate to the sovereignty of the people of Puerto Rico. [read post]
21 Nov 2018, 10:57 am by ccollins
Department of Justice, Ramirez-Arone took advantage of the low interest rates at UBS bank to convince his customers to buy additional shares of UBS’s Puerto Rico closed-end funds (CEFs). [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 11:28 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Today's New York Times reports the sky-high murder rate in Puerto Rico has put the territory's police department — the second largest in the nation behind New York — under pressure to ramp up training and instruction, as well as coordination with federal authorities. [read post]
9 Jun 2017, 3:29 am by Scott Bomboy
The Justice Department had asked Puerto Rico’s government to include the last option, but it hasn’t yet approved revised ballot language – adding more drama to Sunday’s vote. [read post]
8 Aug 2019, 7:15 am
Puerto Rico’s Department of Education handed out millions of dollars in contracts, while it shut down hundreds of schools and privatized others. [read post]
9 Nov 2021, 5:15 am by James Romoser
In June, on the same day the government filed its initial merits brief in the case, Biden released a statement saying that he disagrees with Puerto Rico’s statutory exclusion from SSI but cited the Justice Department’s “longstanding practice of defending the constitutionality of federal statutes, regardless of policy preferences. [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 8:19 pm by Tom Lincoln
Meetings will be held at the Department of Justice next Tuesday, October 23, 2007 presided by the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status. [read post]
9 Jul 2021, 1:20 pm by Mitchell Jagodinski
Puerto Rico is a United States territory, with its own constitution. [read post]
20 Apr 2018, 2:15 pm by Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
Department of Justice through its Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT). [read post]
5 Dec 2022, 7:51 am by Ben Vernia
On November 29, the Department of Justice announced that North Carolina-based PowerSecure, Inc., had agreed to settle defective pricing allegations relating to contracts it held with the Army Corps of Engineers to assist with the reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s power grid following Hurricane Maria. [read post]
14 Jun 2017, 5:30 am by Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
Swain, a New York bankruptcy judge, is in charge of the Title III debt restructuring proceedings in Puerto Rico after being appointed to the position by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, per a provision in the PROMESA federal law. [read post]