Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has agreed to pay more than $642 million to settle a lawsuit that accused it of paying kickbacks to doctors, among other allegations, the Department of Justice said Wednesday.
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A group of immigration judges filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming Justice Department rules prohibiting them from speaking in their personal capacities about their work and other immigration issues are unconstitutional.
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A federal judge shut down the Justice Department on Monday when it sought to ban a student, charged with trying to tear down a statue of Andrew Jackson, from all federal monuments in the nation’s capital.
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Reigniting calls for Attorney General William Barr’s impeachment, two Justice Department attorneys told a House panel Wednesday politics have infested some of the agency’s highest-profile actions, including the prosecution of Roger Stone.
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Bringing a swift end to the prosecution of Michael Flynn, the D.C. Circuit ordered a federal judge Wednesday to let the government abandon the case against the former national security adviser.
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When Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman pushed back against Attorney General Bill Barr’s attempt to oust him late on Friday night, the standoff between a top prosecutor and the Trump administration had a startling sense of déjà vu.
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A federal judge ruled Saturday that former national security adviser John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book despite efforts by the Trump administration to block the release because of concerns that classified information could be exposed.
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The Justice Department on Friday released a less-redacted version of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, showing Mueller considered whether President Donald Trump lied about conversations he had with Roger Stone regarding WikiLeaks.
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A federal judge was puzzled Friday by the Trump administration urging him to block former national security adviser John Bolton’s manuscript from hitting the shelves when the explosive book is already in the hands of the public.
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After threatening to criminalize virtually the entire online gambling industry two years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice told the First Circuit that it didn’t really mean it and that the judges shouldn’t get involved in the issue.
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Michael Flynn fired back Wednesday at the former judge appointed by the court to fight dismissal of his prosecution, denouncing the arguments leveled against him last week as a “wrap-up smear.”
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Michael Flynn’s bid to end his prosecution, going around a federal judge to secure the recommendation of Trump’s Justice Department, appeared unlikely Friday to win D.C. Circuit approval.
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The Trump administration has continued its efforts to clamp down on asylum seekers in the U.S. with a new proposed rule that would make it more difficult for immigrants to be granted protection.
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Nearly 1,300 former Justice Department officials are calling for an internal investigation into Attorney General William Barr’s role in the violent clearing of peaceful protesters outside the White House last week.
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The retired judge appointed by the court to oppose the government in its bid to dismiss the prosecution of former national security adviser Michael Flynn filed his argument Wednesday, staunchly defying what he called “highly irregular conduct to benefit a political ally of the president.”
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Aiming to help lower the country’s high rate of felons returning to prison, a new report from the National Institute of Justice finds prison recidivism programs are best assessed using structured and localized data.
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Condemning the politicization of the Justice Department, Democrats unveiled plans Tuesday to slash Attorney General Barr’s budget by $50 million.
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The judge overseeing Michael Flynn’s criminal case is arguing tough debate yields just results, in his first counter to the former national security adviser petitioning the D.C. Circuit to force the lower court to dismiss the prosecution.
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Opinions continue to mount on whether the federal judge in Michael Flynn’s case should green-light the Justice Department dropping the prosecution against the former national security adviser, as the legal battle gears up for arguments this summer.
Read moreThe Justice Department has closed investigations into stock trading by Senators Dianne Feinstein of California, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, according to people familiar with notifications sent to the senators. The senators came under scrutiny for transactions made in the weeks before the coronavirus sent markets tumbling.
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