Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault
Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced new guidelines to help local law enforcement agencies identify and prevent gender bias from officers responding to sexual assault and domestic violen…
661 viewsAttorney General Loretta Lynch announced new guidelines to help local law enforcement agencies identify and prevent gender bias from officers responding to sexual assault and domestic violen…
661 viewsCybersecurity expert and representatives from the retail and banking sectors testified at a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on preventing data breaches affecting consumers and businesse…
785 viewsSenior officials from Target and Neiman Marcus testified on the recent security breaches at their stores and their companies' ongoing efforts to secure customers' financial data.
1,543 viewsJustice Department officials announced that Wells Fargo had agreed to pay $175 million to settle accusations of unfair and discriminatory lending practices to African Americans and Hispanics…
365 viewsAttorney General Eric Holder and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan outlined the $26 billion settlement reached between the federal and state governments and the five larg…
470 viewsAttorney General Eric Holder announced a $335 million settlement with Countrywide over claims of discriminatory lending practices, the largest fair lending settlement in U.S. history. Countr…
905 viewsWitnesses testified about proposed new rules to make it easier to detect and challenge mystery fees on telephone bills. The proposed FCC rules would require land line phone companies to plac…
352 viewsThree state attorneys general publicly endorsed Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, part of the new financial regulations bill. They also answered questions fr…
104 viewsState and local officials testified about the 2008 financial collapse. Among the topics they addressed were mortgage origination lawsuits, mortgage fraud prosecutions, and the relationship b…
1,087 viewsState attorneys general spoke to reporters following a meeting with state and federal officials on combating fraud against consumers in the housing markets.
318 viewsOfficials announced a new multi-agency crackdown on mortgage loan modification fraud and foreclosure rescue scams. They spoke about increased efforts to identify fraud suspects for civil and…
272 viewsWitnesses testified about regulation of the financial industry and strengthening enforcement mechanisms at the state and federal levels. Among the issues addressed were enacting law to bette…
950 viewsIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that she had filed a motion with the state’s highest court asking to remove Governor Rod Blagojech.
126 viewsNational union officials joined state officials in speaking to the Illinois delegation to the Democratic National Convention at a breakfast held at the Denver Marriott City Center. The speak…
501 viewsThe opening day of the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado focused on Senator Barack Obama’s background, experience, character, and vision for America’s fu…
11,325 viewsJustice and law enforcement officials talked about the Adam Walsh Act and the possibilities and challenges for state management of sex offenders at the spring meeting of attorneys general. A…
885 viewsThe Senate Democratic Policy Committee called witnesses to testify about gasoline prices and energy trading such as done by the Enron company in 2001. Due to technical audio difficulties onl…
145 viewsA hearing was held titled, “Phone Records for Sale: Why Aren’t Phone Records Safe From Pretexting?” on outlawing the sale of telephone and mobile phone call logs. Two panels of witnesses tes…
203 viewsNumerous dignitaries, family and friends spoke at Senator Paul Simon’s funeral, praising his life, his political ethics, and his moral courage. There were 3,500 mourners at the service for t…
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