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The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut Participates in Stand Down 2017 in Support of Military Veterans

September 26, 2017
On Friday, September 22, 2017, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut participated at the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs event, “Stand Down.” United States Attorney (“USA”) Deirdre M. Daly joined Sean M. Connolly, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs, onstage to make informal remarks to those assembled. USA Daly shared her own family’s military history and thanked the veterans present for their service. USA Daly then explained...
Updated September 29, 2017

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut Teaches Future Attorneys About Servicemember Specific Laws and Protections

September 26, 2017
On September 7, 2017, members of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut (“USAO-CT”), including Assistant United States Attorneys Ndidi Moses, Anastasia King, and Natalie Elicker, taught a class focused on the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative (“SVI”) to students at the University of Connecticut School of Law as part of a year-long United States Attorney’s Office Civil Rights Clinic course. In the first half-semester of the clinical course, students are...
Updated September 29, 2017

The Department of Justice Reflects on the 73rd Anniversary of D-Day

June 6, 2017
Today marks the 73 rd anniversary of D-Day, a turning point in World War II that marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany. On June 6, 1944, in one of the largest amphibian invasions in military history, thousands of Allied troops fought on beaches in the Normandy region of France. At the time, General Dwight D. Eisenhower stated that the Allied forces would “accept nothing less than full victory.” In the days and weeks following the invasion, northern France was liberated and his words proved to be accurate.
Updated September 29, 2017

State-Federal Cooperation in Environmental Enforcement

May 24, 2017
Courtesy of Former Acting Assistant Attorney General & Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood
As a new official within the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), I have appreciated the positive outreach from a wide range of stakeholders, especially our State partners. State attorney general offices and State environmental officials have reached out or visited the ENRD front office to share their perspectives across a broad range of issues. The Environmental Council of the States, the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies, and other State associations have afforded me an opportunity to visit with their members to hear about their concerns and priorities. I have tried to approach these first few months of the new administration with open ears, listening more and speaking less, particularly when it comes to the States. On many occasions, when discussing a matter that is taking place in a particular State, I have asked our ENRD attorneys a straightforward question: What does the State have to say about it?
Updated September 29, 2017

Virgin Islands Superior Court Holds That Sovereign Immunity Does Not Shield the V.I. Legislature from Suit Under USERRA

April 26, 2017
This week a decision was filed in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands in the case of Joseph v. Virgin Islands , CV No. ST-11-CV-419, stating that the government of the United States Virgin Islands can be sued under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (“USERRA”).
Updated September 29, 2017

Supreme Court Rules That Bankruptcy Courts Must Follow Priority of Payment Rules Established by Congress in the Bankruptcy Code

April 24, 2017
Courtesy of Clifford J. White III, Director of the United States Trustee Program
The United States Trustee Program (USTP) within the Department of Justice (DOJ) was established as the “watchdog” of the bankruptcy system. Among our duties is to ensure that all parties follow the rules set out by Congress in the Bankruptcy Code. The recent United States Supreme Court decision in Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., et al., No. 15-649 (U.S. Mar. 22, 2017), helps illustrate why those rules are so important.
Updated September 29, 2017

ENRD Marks National Park Week and Earth Day with Project at Meridian Hill Park

April 21, 2017
Today, at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., employees of the Environment and Natural Resources Division joined Washington Parks & People to plant trees, remove trash and invasive species, and spruce up the Josephine Butler Park Center. Continuing an ENRD tradition, it was the 14th consecutive year the Division’s staff have recognized Earth Day with local public service. Jeff Wood, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, opened the event. Following below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:
Updated September 29, 2017

An Important Court Opinion Holds Lawful Warrants Can Be Used to Obtain Evidence from U.S. Internet Service Providers When those Providers Store Evidence Outside the U.S.

February 6, 2017
Courtesy of Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Blanco
On Friday, a United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued an important opinion in a dispute between the United States and Google over whether Google must comply with warrants issued by United States judges. The matter involved two warrants to search Google accounts belonging to suspected criminals in the United States who communicated with others in the United States. Google refused to fully comply with the warrants, asserting that it could not be compelled to disclose data unless it knew the data was actually located in the United States. The Magistrate Judge ordered Google to comply with the search warrants, specifically finding that no seizure occurs outside the United States and that the search occurs in Pennsylvania.
Updated September 29, 2017

Updated FAQs Provide Answers to the Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program and Model Leniency Letters

January 26, 2017
Today the Antitrust Division is reissuing its “Frequently Asked Questions About the Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program and Model Leniency Letters” because a footnote was inadvertently omitted from the January 17 version. The Division is also reissuing the model conditional leniency letters to reflect the date of the corrected FAQs. Please visit https://www.justice.gov/atr/leniency-program for more information.
Updated September 29, 2017

Farewell Message from Bea Hanson

January 19, 2017
Courtesy of Principal Deputy Director Bea Hanson, Ph.D., of the Office on Violence Against Women
Bea Hanson lead the Office on Violence Against Women from May 2011 to January 2017. In her farewell message, she highlights a few of the major achievements of those years -- achievements that were possible only because of the collaboration of advocates, law enforcement, prosectutors, judgies, health care providers, those in government and those working with non-profit organizations.
Updated April 27, 2017

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