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Two Uzbek Men and One Moldovan Man Plead Guilty to Charges for Their Involvement in a Racketeering Enterprise That Engaged in Forced Labor

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Tennessee Man Charged in Connection with Sex Trafficking Scheme

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Natchez, Mississippi, Police Officers Indicted for Civil Rights Offenses, Conspiracy to Commit Identity Theft and Fraud, and False Statements

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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Fraud in Foreign Labor Contracting Charges

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Justice Department Issues Guidance Letter to State Courts Regarding Their Obligation to Provide Language Access

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Uzbek Man Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Charges

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Justice Department Resolves Discrimination Case Against Flushing, N.Y., Restaurant That Ejected Patrons Because of Religion

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Two Former Navajo Police Officers in Tuba City, Arizona, Charged with Civil Rights Violations

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Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Disability-based Housing Discrimination at Louisville, Kentucky, Apartment Complex

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Jury Awards $115,000 to Victims of Housing Discrimination

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Minneapolis Police Officer Charged with Civil Rights Violation

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Justice Department Enters Settlement with Rainbow River Child Development Center on Care for Children with Diabetes

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Three Indicted for Civil Rights Conspiracy, False Statements and Perjury in Connection with Cross-burning in Athens, Louisiana

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Former Deputy Sheriff from Choctaw County, Oklahoma, Sentenced for Civil Rights Violations

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Two New Orleans Police Officers Charged in Connection with the Beating Death of a Civilian

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Language Access Guidance Letter to State Courts from Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez

On Friday, July 23, 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder signed final regulations revising the Department’s ADA regulations, including its ADA Standards for Accessible Design. To learn more, go here.

Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks on Fair Lending and Fair Housing at the Brookings Institution

The Attorney General is considering amendments to the "Procedures for the Administration of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965." The proposed amendments are designed to clarify the scope of section 5 review based on recent amendments to section 5, make technical clarifications and updates, and provide better guidance to covered jurisdictions and minority citizens concerning current Department practices. Interested persons are invited to comment. View the proposed amendments here.

Matt Nosanchuk, Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Speaks at the Texas Bar Association Annual Conference

Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks at the National Disability Rights Annual Conference in Los Angeles, CA

Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Announces the Justice Department's Independent Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department in a Letter to Mayor Mitch Landrieu

Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Testifies at an Oversight Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks at the 2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks at the Anti Defamation League Luncheon

Returning servicemembers who have been wounded in combat can face great challenges if they must adjust to a new disability. The Civil Rights Division has created an easy-to-follow booklet designed to provide service members who have been seriously wounded with a general understanding of their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. View the booklet - (html) (pdf)

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