Lauren Klosinski | January 30, 2020 | American Indian Law
On Jan. 29, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing the first meeting of a White House task force to address the incidence of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. The following is the press release. The Department of...
Lauren Klosinski | January 22, 2020 | American Indian Law
In “A 41-year-old law designed to protect Native American families is under attack. Here’s what that means for Colorado’s tribes,” The Denver Post takes a look at the potential effect of recent rulings on the Indian Child Welfare Act to Colorado’s Indian...
Lauren Klosinski | November 20, 2019 | Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations
On Nov. 5, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing the formation of the new Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) focusing on deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes, such as bid-rigging conspiracies and...
Lauren Klosinski | October 31, 2019 | Policing
On Oct. 28, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing a pilot program that will allow federally deputized task force officers to use body-worn cameras while serving arrest warrants, or other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of...
Lauren Klosinski | October 22, 2019 | Children and the Law, Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations, Policing, Property, Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct
At its meeting in New York City on October 17 and 18, 2019, the Council reviewed and approved drafts of seven projects.*Children and the Law: The Council approved § 2.22 from Chapter 2, State Intervention for Abuse and Neglect; § 4.10 from Chapter 4, Emancipation of...