Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:04 PM EST
Current and former Food and Drug Administration officials say in a lawsuit that the agency secretly monitored their private email after they raised concerns that approved medical devices might risk public safety.
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Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:38 PM EST
Two Japanese auto suppliers have agreed to pay more than half a billion dollars in criminal fines for a price-fixing conspiracy in the sale of parts to U.S. automakers, the Justice Department announced Monday.
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Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:26 PM EST
Prosecutors are asking for extra time to coordinate with Mexican authorities before heading to trial against an accused Zeta drug cartel member charged in the shooting of two U.S. agents.
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:47 AM EST
An appeals court says it cannot reduce a $20 million restitution order against the public relations consultant who partnered with lobbyist Jack Abramoff to bilk Indian tribes out of millions in inflated fees.
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:46 PM EST
Appeals court judges expressed concern Thursday about whether to overrule Congress' determination that some southern states and other jurisdictions still must have federal election monitoring to protect minority voting rights.
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Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:01 PM EST
A former aide to Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran convicted in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal is facing 10 weekends in jail after bringing a steak knife to a halfway house.
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Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:52 PM EST
A federal agent who accidentally shot himself while lecturing children on gun safety lost his appeal Tuesday in a lawsuit over release of the video that subjected him to ridicule on the Internet and late-night talk shows.
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Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:08 PM EST
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Justice Department's refusal to turn over records of its criminal investigation into Rep. Don Young's handling of a Florida highway project, including its decision not to charge the congressman.
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Mon Jan 9, 2012 8:29 PM EST
The Obama administration argued Monday that Guatemalans unknowingly exposed to sexually transmitted diseases by U.S. researchers in the 1940s cannot sue the United States, no matter how shameful and unethical the studies were.
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Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:26 AM EST
An alleged Mexican drug cartel member was arraigned in U.S. federal court Wednesday on murder charges from the roadside ambush of two U.S. immigration agents working south of the border.
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Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:50 AM EST
The Justice Department reported Monday that it has recovered nearly $9 billion in fraud against the government since the beginning of the Obama administration, a record three-year total.
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Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:14 AM EST
The FBI said Monday that violent and property crimes reported to police continue to drop despite tough economic times.
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Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:31 PM EST
An appeals court has upheld an Obama administration rule change making it easier for unions to organize airline and railroad workers.
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Fri Dec 9, 2011 3:20 PM EST
A federal appeals court is blocking an Environmental Protection Agency rule designed to reduce pollution at cement plants.
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Fri Dec 9, 2011 2:17 PM EST
A contempt of court citation against the prosecutors who tried the late Sen. Ted Stevens has been upheld on appeal.
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Fri Dec 9, 2011 12:15 PM EST
AT&T Inc. and two of its rivals have agreed to postpone their lawsuits over AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile USA now that the $39 billion deal is in jeopardy.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:22 PM EST
The Obama administration is appealing a judge's order blocking a requirement that tobacco companies put graphic images warning about the dangers of smoking on cigarette packs.
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:41 AM EST
The special prosecutor who investigated the botched case against late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is not recommending criminal charges against any of the Justice Department attorneys who tried him despite finding widespread misconduct beyond what has yet been publicly revealed.
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Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:24 PM EST
A San Francisco-area suburbanite pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to ship material for a Pakistani nuclear reactor after initially denying she was behind any scheme contributing to the proliferation threat.
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Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:36 AM EST
Ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff's former partner in crime shouldn't expect relief on his appeal to reduce a $20 million restitution order.
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Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:22 PM EST
A federal judge is stopping H&R Block's plans to acquire the creator of TaxACT software because she found it would reduce competition in the do-it-yourself tax preparation market.
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Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:33 PM EST
The former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay is suing the Library of Congress for firing him after he wrote opinion columns in two leading newspapers criticizing the Obama administration's decision to try some suspected terrorists before military tribunals.
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Tue Nov 8, 2011 2:26 PM EST
Prosecutors in the steroid trial against baseball great Roger Clemens are telling a judge he has no authority to make them pay his attorney fees from a mistrial.
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Tue Nov 8, 2011 11:18 AM EST
A conservative-leaning appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law, as the Supreme Court prepares to consider this week whether to resolve conflicting rulings over the law's requirement that all Americans buy health care insurance.
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Mon Nov 7, 2011 11:34 AM EST
A judge on Monday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing tobacco companies next year to put graphic images including dead and diseased smokers on their cigarette packages.
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