U.S. Department of Justice
DOJ Seeks Forfeiture of $30M Beverly Hills Mansion Tied to $700M Military Fuel Fraud and Iraqi Bribery Scheme
The Justice Department has filed a civil forfeiture action targeting a Beverly Hills mansion it says was purchased and renovated with proceeds from a scheme to defraud the Pentagon and bribe a senior Kurdish military official.
DOJ Indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on Charges It Secretly Paid Extremist Groups With Donor Funds
A federal grand jury has charged the SPLC with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, alleging the civil-rights nonprofit secretly funneled more than $3 million in donate...
DOJ Sues DC Water Over 200 Million Gallons of Sewage Discharged Into Potomac River
The Justice Department filed a civil complaint against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority and the District of Columbia for Clean Water Act violations stemming from the collapse of the Potomac Interceptor, which released more than 200 million...
DOJ Settles With Concord-Carlisle School District Over Antisemitic Harassment
The Justice Department has entered into a voluntary settlement agreement with the Concord-Carlisle, Massachusetts School District to address a pattern of antisemitic harassment of students by their peers. The agreement resolves a federal investigation launc...
DOJ Charges Two With $100M IRS Refund Fraud Using Stolen Identities
The Justice Department unsealed indictments against a Georgia man and a UK-Nigeria resident, charging them with orchestrating a five-year scheme to defraud the IRS of more than $100 million by filing over 300 false tax returns using stolen taxpayer identities.
Two New Jersey Men Sentenced in North Korean IT Worker Scheme at 100-Plus U.S. Firms
Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang were sentenced in the District of Massachusetts to a combined 200 months in prison for running a laptop-farm operation that placed North Korean IT workers on the payrolls of more than 100 U.S. companies using stolen American ide...
DOJ Settles First Suit Enforcing VAWA Housing Rights Provision
The Justice Department announced a settlement Friday in United States v. David Montanus and Lisa Montanus, the first case brought by the Civil Rights Division under the Housing Rights Subpart of the 2022 Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization,...
DOJ Reaches First-Ever Settlement Enforcing VAWA Housing Protections After New Hampshire Landlords Allegedly Evicted Domestic-Violence Survivor Who Called Police
The Justice Department has reached a settlement in what it says is the first lawsuit the Civil Rights Division has ever filed to enforce the Housing Rights Subpart of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, 34 U.S.C. § 12495.
DOJ Antitrust Chief Outlines Enforcement Priorities, Citing Historic Criminal Convictions and Live Nation Settlement
Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed A. Assefi delivered remarks at George Washington Law School on March 23, 2026, outlining the Antitrust Division’s enforcement philosophy and recent victories under the Trump Administration.
DOJ Whistleblower Program Accelerates Leniency Race, Acting DAAG Warns Defense Counsel
AAG Slater Ties AI Innovation to Antitrust, Citing Google Search Remedies
Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater used a keynote address at the Fordham Competition Law Institute to argue that antitrust enforcement, rather than broad regulation, is the best tool for fostering competition in artificial intelligence markets.
Antitrust Division Launches 'Comply with Care' Task Force to Target HSR Violations and Privilege Gamesmanship
Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater announced a new internal task force dedicated to combating Hart-Scott-Rodino Act violations and privilege log gamesmanship, signaling a shift in enforcement priorities for Big Law compliance.