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Washington, DC - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) today announced the fiscal year 2014 results of an aggressive enforcement program to protect the United States from counterfeit and pirated goods. CBP and HSI are the components within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR).
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Washington, DC - The Department of Justice filed a statement of interest today in the Middle District of Georgia in Diamond v. Owens, et al. The plaintiff in that case, a transgender prisoner, alleges that the Georgia Department of Corrections failed to provide adequate care for her gender dysphoria. The statement of interest discusses the unconstitutionality of “freeze-frame” policies, such as the policy allegedly used in the Georgia Department of Corrections.
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Seattle, Washington - An Olympia man faces up to life in prison following his conviction by a federal jury Thursday of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, money laundering, conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Washington, DC - Call me (call me) on the line. Call me, call me any, anytime. We were big Blondie fans, but if the lyrics of “Call Me” are any indication, they’re not the best source of information about complying with the Do Not Call and robocall provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule. So we’re turning to FTC attorney Bikram Bandy to get answers to questions that businesses are asking.
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Lubbock, Texas - A suburban Sacramento, California woman was sentenced in federal court Thursday after law enforcement found more than 160 lbs. of marijuana in her rental car on Christmas Day in 2013.
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Washington, DC - Marketers who helped promote a Utah-based home loan modification scheme will be banned from the mortgage relief and debt relief industries under a court settlement resolving charges by the Federal Trade Commission that they violated the law by promoting the loan modification scam, which conned consumers into paying hefty fees for worthless mortgage relief services.
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