Like Europe before it, the U.S. government looks ready to try reining in its technology giants. But doing so may be more difficult than it seems. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a sweeping antitrust investigation of major technology companies ...

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Like Europe before it, the U.S. government looks ready to try reining in its technology giants. But doing so may be more difficult than it seems. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a sweeping antitrust investigation of major technology companies ...

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More than four years after Congress required the Department of Justice to assemble information about those who die in police custody, the agency has yet to implement a system for collecting that data or release any new details of how ...

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More than four years after Congress required the Department of Justice to assemble information about those who die in police custody, the agency has yet to implement a system for collecting that data or release any new details of how ...

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The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Missouri National Guard and Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, citing violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

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St. Louis County Family Court, the largest in the state, now finds itself the target of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation based on “a number of allegations that juveniles’ due process and equal protection rights were being violated."

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The lawsuit against Farmland Foods comes after a worker filed a complaint against the employer with a Department of Justice office that protects immigrant rights.

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A group of bail reform advocates are meeting in Washington, D.C., next week to push the nation’s courts to abandon cash bonds in favor of nonfinancial conditions of pretrial release.

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an appeal brought by a man who claims his speedy trial rights were violated. The federal Speedy Trial Act gives criminal defendants the right to have a trial within 70 days of ...

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Eastern District U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway confirmed Friday that she is joining a firm headed by former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. Hanaway is slated to leave the U.S. Attorney position Monday for a law firm to be known here as Ashcroft Hanaway. Missouri Lawyers Weekly reported in February that Hanaway planned to work with Ashcroft when she left office, but Hanaway declined to comment at that time, saying she first had to formally give her resignation to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Kansas City’s federal immigration court hasn’t yet brought in its first live judge, but it’s already been the focal point of a protest. The Immigration Justice Advocacy Movement, a faith-based group in Kansas City, held a prayer vigil Monday in ...

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