WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it formally supports Seattle's motion to terminate a ...

The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday recommended ending 13 years of court-ordered federal oversight of Seattle's police ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said it will review consent decrees which for almost 70 years have regulated how major movie studios distribute films to exhibitors. If the review leads to ...

According to sources, the Orleans Parish Justice Center is under a federal consent decree, and the federal government is within its power to take over operations at the jail.

The consent decree negotiated between Louisville and U.S. DOJ will be dismissed, leaving questions about the future of LMPD oversight.

The East Haven consent decree was one of five Obama-era agreements that expressly targeted discrimination against the Latino community. A similar agreement on Long Island has taken longer to realize.

The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday its first consent decree with a local police department since Attorney General Merrick Garland rescinded a Trump-era memo that limited the use of ...

Late Wednesday night, the Washington Post and CNN reported Trump's DOJ had put a halt to all consent decrees finalized within the last 90 days. That time frame would include the deal in Louisville ...

The settlement in principle to negotiate a consent decree announced Wednesday between the U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Louisville could put LMPD under a microscope for years to come ...

A new consent decree over Louisville Metro and LMPD responds to several key findings in a scathing 2023 U.S. Department of Justice investigation.

Key background on the DOJ report and consent decree discussions. The 90-page DOJ report that led to the consent decree was released in March 2023 found evidence LMPD had violated the civil rights ...

DOJ official estimates consent decree negotiations with Louisville leaders could take 6-9 months. In a public meeting, some attendees pleaded for the DOJ to reconsider not having a member of the ...