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The Justice Department said the penalty is the largest ever imposed on a bank for misconduct ... Royal Bank of Scotland will pay $4.9 billion to settle US claims that it misled investors on residential mortgage backed securities between 2005 and 2008, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday. The Justice Department said the penalty is the largest ever imposed on a bank for misconduct leading up to the financial crisis....

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Cleveland police reform will likely extend beyond 5 years

San Francisco Chronicle 15 Aug 2018

Department of Justice to complete scheduled reforms of the city's police department is expected to exceed the five-year period both sides anticipated ... The city and the Justice Department reached an agreement on reforms in late 2014 after a Justice Department investigation found Cleveland police officers had engaged in a pattern or practice of using excessive force and violating people's civil rights ... ....

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Royal Bank of Scotland Pays $4.9B for Crisis-era Misconduct

Voa News 15 Aug 2018

Justice Department said Tuesday. The Justice Department said the penalty was the largest ever imposed on a bank for misconduct leading up to the financial crisis ... The Justice Department said that RBS disputes the allegations and does not admit wrongdoing, although the bank said in a statement it was happy to move on ... The looming Justice Department ......

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What’s Your Experience With the Americans With Disabilities Act? We Want to Know.

ProPublica 15 Aug 2018

Late last year, for example, the Justice Department scrapped guidelines that help builders, architects and business owners keep compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act ... House Democrats co-sponsored legislation earlier this year meant to curb ADA lawsuits, and several of the guidelines scuttled by the Justice Department benefited business owners as much as they did people with disabilities....

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HC Asks Seeks Timeline For ‘Effectuating’ Juvenile Justice Law

Kashmir Observer 15 Aug 2018

SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday directed state’s Law Department to specify timeline when juvenile justice in the state law shall be effectuated in the state. “let an affidavit of an officer, not below the rank of Director, in the department of law, setting out the status and action taken as well as the timelines within which ......

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Federal internet sex crime sentences handed down in Guilford, Stokes counties

News & Record 15 Aug 2018

Department of Justice said in a media release ... Wilson sent sexually explicit content and direction to engage in sexual activity, the Department of Justice said. Wilson had previously been convicted of sex offenses against minors in 2003 and 2006 and was a registered sex offender, the Department of Justice said ... minors, the Department of Justice said....

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Mueller Probe Seen Pushing Past Trump-Demanded Sept. 1 Deadline

Hamodia 15 Aug 2018

6 voting, without violating a Justice Department policy against actions intended “for the purpose of affecting any election,” they said, asking not to be identified discussing investigative matters ... Any major step that Mueller takes before the election is expected to be vetted and cleared by Justice Department officials, including Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees Mueller’s work....

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Lenoir Officer completes SRO Certificate Program

Hickory Record 15 Aug 2018

LENOIR — Lenoir Police Department School Resource Officer Brandon MacLeod successfully completed the North Carolina Justice Academy School Resource Officer Certificate Program ... Department since 2010....

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Computer law isn't for cutting corners

Hong Kong Standard 15 Aug 2018

Recent setbacks suffered by the Justice Department over the use of a 1993 legal amendment to target cases involving the use of smartphones will have an impact on public prosecutions that, nonetheless, shouldn't be overstated ... Had the justice department applied the provision of access to computer too readily, when the nature of the offenses suggested otherwise?....

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Arlington Recognized in DOJ Video on Police-Race Relations

NBC News 15 Aug 2018

Building trust with communities of color is one of the key issues police departments across the nation face today. In a new video, the U.S. Department of Justice is highlighting one North Texas agency that... Photo Credit. U.S. Department of Justice ... ....

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Royal Bank of Scotland is paying $4.9 billion for financial crisis-era misconduct

Business Insider 15 Aug 2018

... 2005 and 2008, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday, adding this was the largest penalty imposed on a bank for misconduct during the financial crisis....

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Trump Gives the Palestinian Authority $61 Million While It Pays Killers of Americans

The Algemeiner 15 Aug 2018

Last year, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment against Ahlam Tamimi, yet it has still not demanded that Jordan hand her over ... But (get this) the Justice Department told the Roth family that if a bounty-hunter were to capture Tamimi and bring her to the US embassy in Amman, the United States would refuse to accept her because she has to be transferred according to the extradition treaty....

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Dads laud clearance on terrorist tag

Sun Star 15 Aug 2018

Councilors Art Allad iw and Faustino Olowan in a joint statement said they welcome the court decision to remove the names of Vicky Tauli Corpuz and Jose Molintas from the Department of Justice terror list. Last week, Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 19 Judge Marlo Magdoza-Malagar cleared both highlanders of the terrorist tag that the Department of Justice sought to declare months ago....

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