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Department of Justice

A cabinet-level body of the U.S. federal government responsible for the prosecution of federal crimes. It also provides counsel for the government and supervises law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The department was created in 1870.

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Department of Justice sued to close the PLO's UN Observer Mission in New York.

The aftermath of September 11, 2001: The targeting of Arabs and Muslims in America

The Department of Justice was also less than forthcoming.

You're in the hole: a crackdown on dissident prisoners

The Department of Justice regards markets with HHIs below 1,000 as unconcentrated.

Looking at mergers the way federal regulators do

The Department of Justice aggressively used consent decrees to force police reforms under Attorney General Janet Reno in the Clinton administration.

COURT'S THUMB COULD STAY OVER LAPD PAST '06

Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and research done by the Police Executive Research Forum.

Addressing the need for a uniform definition of gang-involved crime. (Perspective)

Department of Justice, Office of International Affairs in Washington, D.

Article IV prosecutions

The Department of Justice has informed the Board that a bank merger or acquisition generally will not be challenged (in the absence of other factors indicating anticompetitive effects) unless the post-merger HHI is at least 1800 and the merger increases the HHI by more than 200 points.

Order Approving the Acquisition of a Bank Holding Company

Department of Justice has suggested a "core set of data" to be collected, consisting of nine elements.

Collecting statistics in response to racial profiling Allegations. (Perspective)

The Department of Justice has conducted an ongoing investigation of the county jails since 1996, finding chronic understaffing, woeful medical care, excessive waits to see doctors, interruptions and errors in dispensing medication, and inadequate medical record tracking systems.

L.A.'S JAILHOUSE ROT COUNTY MAY FACE A CONSENT DECREE UNLESS INMATE CARE IMPROVES

Another event was a settlement between the Department of Justice and an Atlanta savings and loan association the resulted from a fair lending investigation by the department.

Statement by John P. LaWare, Chairman, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council and Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, February 24, 1993

Clayton, who spearheaded last year's unsuccessful efforts to expand the Board of Supervisors from five to nine members, represents the only group that has announced plans so far to present a map to the Department of Justice to challenge the supervisors' status-quo remapping proposal.

PLAN WOULD SHIFT YAROSLAVSKY DISTRICT

Department of Justice (DOJ), the wireless industry, and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), by recognizing Saturday, January 13, 2007, as AMBER Alert Awareness Day.

Dobson Cellular, Members of the Wireless Industry, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Join the U.S. Dept. of Justice to Recognize AMBER Alert Awareness Day