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President Obama tells federal agencies to ‘ban the box’ on federal job applications
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Monday he was directing federal agencies to “ban the box” in their hiring decisions, prohibiting them from asking prospective government employees about their criminal histories on job applications. Speaking at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., where he highlighted programs meant to ease the reentry of former inmates into society, Obama said the… Read More »
Obama announces efforts to help ex-convicts
As part of a push to tackle criminal justice issues in his final year in office, President Barack Obama announced new efforts to help former prisoners reintegrate into society. Speaking in Newark, N.J., on Monday, Mr. Obama announced $8 million in new grants to support educational opportunities for ex-convicts returning from prison. Mr. Obama… Read More »
Bruce Udolf has been named 2016 Lawyer of the Year
The Law Offices of Bruce L. Udolf, P.A. is pleased to announce that Bruce Udolf has been named 2016 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America for Criminal Defense: White Collar and Non-White-Collar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
FBI works with online stores to clamp down on counterfeit goods
http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/5/9452939/fbi-counterfeit-goods-department-of-justice The FBI announced on Friday that it was launching a new strategy in collaboration with the Department of Justice, working with third-party marketplaces — such as eBay and Amazon — to enforce intellectual property laws by giving them analytical tools to work out when people might be selling fake goods. The strategy will also award more… Read More »
Justice Department about to free 6,000 prisoners
Justice Department about to free 6,000 prisoners, largest one-time release By Sari Horwitz October 6 at 12:27 PM, Washington Post The Justice Department is set to release about 6,000 inmates early from prison — the largest ever one-time release of federal prisoners — in an effort to reduce overcrowding and provide relief to drug… Read More »
New Guidelines Issued by Justice Department Emphasize Prosecuting White Collar Crimes
Justice Department To Hold More Individuals Accountable For White-Collar Crime The new rules came in response to criticism that the Obama administration had not vigorously pursued individuals in the financial meltdown and housing crisis of 2008-2009 and in various corporate scandals. By Bill Trott Posted: 09/09/2015 09:17 PM EDT WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) –… Read More »
Federal Sentencing Reform
Criminal justice reformers just secured a major victory: a bill that could pass the Senate The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, explained. Updated by Dara Lind on October 1, 2015 http://www.vox.com/2015/10/1/9432017/sentencing-reform-corrections-act On Thursday, a group of senators introduced a bill they called “the biggest criminal justice reform in a generation” — an effort that, unlike other… Read More »
Ferretting out health care fraud in Florida and Detroit
By Rich Lord / Pittsburgh Post-GazetteSeptember 27, 2015 The most successful Medicare Fraud Strike Force sent health care scammers scurrying all over the country — but hasn’t come close to running out of cases on its own turf. The Southern District of Florida accounted for 18 percent of health care fraud defendants nationwide from 2009 through… Read More »
Prosecutorial Misconduct
Our system of criminal justice, though largely inherited from Great Britain, has historically been more vulnerable to corruption by prosecutorial misconduct than that of our colonial antecedents. This has been variously attributed to the fact that prosecutors in our system, unlike that of the Brits (where the barrister alternates between prosecution and defense functions),… Read More »
The Prospects for Pursuing Corporate Executives
New York Times, September 14, 2015 By: Peter J. Henning The Justice Department wants the message to go out that federal prosecutors will be taking aim at executives over their role in corporate misconduct by issuing a new policy that requires companies to identify every wrongdoer within the organization, regardless of rank, or be… Read More »
