President Obama Nominates Eight to Serve on United States District Courts
WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama nominated Judge Patricia D. Barksdale, Judge Todd E. Edelman, William F. Jung, Judge Philip R....
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Chicagoans Support Resolution at Boeing Shareholder Meeting to Increase Transparency in Arms Sales to Israel
Press Conference and Rally: Monday, May 2, 8:15 a.m. at the Field Museum, South Steps On May 2, 2016, five Boeing...
Remembering Horace Ward, Renowned Judge and Civil Rights Trailblazer
BALTIMORE, MD - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) mourns the death of U.S. District Judge...
David Johnson Named Associate Executive Assistant Director for the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
FBI Director James B. Comey has named David Johnson as the associate executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response,...
Estonian Cybercriminal Sentenced For Infecting 4 Million Computers In 100 Countries With Malware In Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VLADIMIR TSASTSIN was sentenced in...
Financial Experts and Social Service Providers Challenge State, Municipal, and CPS Payments to Wall Street Banks
CHICAGO, IL – On Wednesday, a set of financial experts and social service providers gave testimony before the Illinois House...
Wyeth and Pfizer Agree to Pay $784.6 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Alleging that Wyeth Underpaid Drug Rebates to Medicaid
BOSTON – United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that drug companies Wyeth and Pfizer, Inc., have agreed to pay...
Senator Kirk Hosts Human Rights Caucus Event on Boko Haram’s Continued Terror in Northern Africa
Militant Group Pledged Allegiance to ISIS in 2015; Responsible for 51% of Terrorism Deaths Worldwide in 2014 219 of Kidnapped Chibok...
Illinois Study Finds Juvenile Record Confidentiality and Expungement Laws Threaten Public Safety and Burden Youth for Life
In Illinois, the confidentiality of juvenile records is a myth, and the juvenile expungement system is not working. ...
Attorney General Madigan & Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault Urge Lawmakers to Eliminate Statute of Limitations on Child Sex Crimes
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA) called on Illinois lawmakers...
